The bans were not for "no apparent reason." Certainly not in Yellonde.
The reason there's a small number of bans in Yollande is because only a few people could f/p or hermit the thing like that before it got patched. HOWEVER, the 25 bans in question affected many of the "top" players. I was #60, I moved up to #33 after the glitchers were banned. That's why their punishment will be more severe than in other servers. If Nexon let these people stay on ranks, it would destroy one of their servers. stfu organized last night's Zrun. iTowelie, who went on last night's Zrun, (the first in Yollande,) told me that stfu's rules for the run were that anyone who glitched less than 15 levels was legit, and iTowelie also told me that to his knowledge no one was excluded for glitching. stfu was one of the people banned for glitching. I admit I got this knowledge from iTowelie and not from stfu himself; but iTowelie is #5 in Yollande at lvl 132, still on ranks, etc. I don't see why he would lie to me over this matter.
In other words, these bans have largely cleaned up Yollande's tainted ranks, and have probably allowed the legits to run with legits only; whereas the legit community had before that largely reconciled itself that the glitchers were there to stay, and they would have Zaked and HTed with them. I was seriously considering leaving Yollande over this matter, because I don't do that pumpernickel.
The reason there's a small number of bans in Yollande is because only a few people could f/p or hermit the thing like that before it got patched. HOWEVER, the 25 bans in question affected many of the "top" players. I was #60, I moved up to #33 after the glitchers were banned. That's why their punishment will be more severe than in other servers. If Nexon let these people stay on ranks, it would destroy one of their servers. stfu organized last night's Zrun. iTowelie, who went on last night's Zrun, (the first in Yollande,) told me that stfu's rules for the run were that anyone who glitched less than 15 levels was legit, and iTowelie also told me that to his knowledge no one was excluded for glitching. stfu was one of the people banned for glitching. I admit I got this knowledge from iTowelie and not from stfu himself; but iTowelie is #5 in Yollande at lvl 132, still on ranks, etc. I don't see why he would lie to me over this matter.
In other words, these bans have largely cleaned up Yollande's tainted ranks, and have probably allowed the legits to run with legits only; whereas the legit community had before that largely reconciled itself that the glitchers were there to stay, and they would have Zaked and HTed with them. I was seriously considering leaving Yollande over this matter, because I don't do that pumpernickel.