I was banned in a Strat battle for breaking redundant ladders in the front of the castle because we were at ladder limit, near the end of it I guess. Unfortunately, I was not in TS, which I told Sparvico because I was sick. However, it is pretty clear to see I was not griefing. I left over 5 ladders in the front of the castle, and no enemies were coming out at the time and I'm pretty sure the gates were open. Little does my team know, I was actually atop the defender's tallest tower, breaking any ladders they threw up for most of the battle. I also managed to get my hands on a heavy Xbow and rain down death from above and keep their ranged players pinned down. Unfortunately I could not participate in TS because I am sick and lost my voice. I also apparently missed ONE admin message during spawn rapes, which is completely understandable considering how fast the text scrolls before I was banned for 7 days. I was not chopping down ladders with teammates on them, and I was not griefing. Please understand I was using Strategy in a strategy game. Denying the enemy a tactical vantage point for ranged is actually quite a good strategem, and getting back up there again to shoot my crossbow was on only desire, no pun intended, when I was banned for griefing.
Edit: I also want to add that I had invited Desire to get up to the top of the tower with me when I had killed 3 of their crossbow men and saved her a Heavy Crossbow and stacks of bolts, but that probably counts for nothing.