Time to respond.
FACT: 4,300+ unique accounts and less than 160 of them banned on Elite. That's what around 3 or 4 percent? Keep in mind a few of these include the SAME person attempting to gain access using multiple ID's (which never really works for long) That also means 96-97 percent of 4,300 + unique accounts don't seem to have any problems with the server and can play within the server Rulez. Granted not all are active on a daily basis, but I think the point made.
Numerous emails have been exchanged and since I wasn't the one who did the ban, I engaged in a brief conversation with the accused. It was like any other chat the revolved around an issue like this I've had in the past 4 months...useless from the get go. This server is up only because we LOVE the game and it cost zero denero for anyone to play (less the internet connection). If you were a PAYING customer to the server, then you'd have a substantial say so. As it stands everyone who gets banned and doesn't like that fact is free to create their own server and have at it to their hearts content. I wish you well in your endeavourers. On Elite if you play with fire (Pk'ing in Liberty, hackin'/cheatin'/moddin') you can expect to get burned.
Trashing our reputation? I think the numbers stated above speak for themselves when it comes to critiqueing our admin performance thus far.