we aren't whining about getting caught. we are whining about getting punished and then getting punished again for THE SAME ACTS!

we are whinning about a game that ignored violations and punished violators so lightly that thousands of other players realized that the only way to stay competitive was to join the cheaters. We didn't want to cheat but we rightly concluded that if Evony wouldn't protect us from the cheaters that the only sane thing to do was to cheat as well.

we are whinning about a sudden and dramatic change in enforcement policy that was done without warning and without due process or fairness that resulted in the Evony equivalent of the death penalty.

What we want is an amnesty and a chance to play in a cheat free world. If after this amnesty anyone is caught botting then by all means ban them. Is that really so different from what you want? Or is what you really want vengence on all cheaters because vengence is not justice and fairminded civilized people know the difference.