Adding this for SkyFallBoss' benefit, since I mentioned him in my reply above. This is the relevant portion of my game log, minus all the rest of the ingame chatter at the time:
[21:08:34] [CHAT] Teleporting to <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>.
[21:09:49] [CHAT] [HelpOp] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]>: I don't see an auto-fish rig/thing. Just a pond that he's fishing in normally. The same as I do sometimes. Weird.
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[21:12:16] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Probable |
[21:12:32] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Definite |
[21:12:41] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Definite |
[21:12:58] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Kicked |
[21:12:59] [CHAT] <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> left the game
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[21:13:05] [CHAT] <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> joined the game
[21:14:47] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Looks like the anti-cheat plugin needs some tweaks. Sorry about all those kicks you've gotten. I can see that you aren't cheating, just fishing normally. I've messaged Veil and SnuRRe about it.
This is about where his friend, aaron223, walked into the scene. SkyFallBoss was still fishing, and Matrix was still throwing "false positives":
[21:15:39] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Hopefully they can figure it out and get that tweaked soon.
[21:17:34] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Cool base, by the way.
[21:18:24] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Probable |
[21:18:36] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Definite |
[21:18:42] [CHAT] [Matrix] | SkyFallBoss | AutoFish | Definite |
And this is where I'd seen enough of the "water walking" (after watching for several minutes to be certain), and banned aaron223 for Jesus hacks:
[21:18:43] [CHAT] Player <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> banned aaron223 for: Hacks are not legal here. You may appeal at simplex.boards.net.
@ SkyFallBoss: To your point (below), it's true that you never replied to me. So at best it was a one-sided "chat". I'll happily concede the point you made when we discussed this.
[22:04:15] [CHAT] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> Is anyone ingame in Discord right now with either SkyFallBoss or aaron223?
[22:04:33] [CHAT] <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> why?
[22:04:51] [CHAT] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> Ah, there you are! Sorry, I called myself looking in <TAB>, but missed you.
[22:05:18] [CHAT] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> See ban appeals. Short version: your friend aaron223 is free to come back and play.
[22:05:39] [CHAT] <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> i am aware i have not stopped communiction with him
[22:06:07] [CHAT] <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> i do wonder why you lied in your response to him on the ban appel
[22:06:16] [CHAT] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> ... I beg your pardon?
[22:06:29] [CHAT] <Apollo | JavaNinja [H+]> Also, be very careful where you go with that.
[22:06:51] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] before i go anywhere i would like to bring another figure of athority in
[22:08:12] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] I told the complete truth in my response, but agreed to lift the ban anyway. What are you angry about? And what do you hope to achieve by expressing that anger to the team?
[22:09:19] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] you said to him. [ i was chattig with skyfallboss when you did as you described above]
[22:09:43] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] we never chated about the base?
[22:10:08] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i am just wondering why you would have said that
[22:10:23] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] If you wish, you can express your concerns in the ban appeal itself. I will be happy to respond there, including copy/pasting that portion of my log.
[22:10:59] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Maybe you missed it in the noise of chat, but if you check your own log you'll see that I said "Cool base!" or something like that to you, a few seconds before aaron223 walked into the picture.
[22:11:39] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i feel when you say chatting there needs to be a response
[22:11:49] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] It would be ridiculous for me to lie about that anyway. That chat will also be on the server log.
[22:12:24] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] OK, I can see that. But just because you didn't respond, doesn't make my statement that we were chatting, and I said "Cool base!", a lie. It was not, in fact.
[22:12:44] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i hope you can see where i am coming from sir. i never had a [chat] with you. or even noticed you around us
[22:12:44] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Can you agree to that?
[22:13:46] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] I was there in gamemode 3, as I am right now. I came there to see why the AFK-fish-anticheat kept kicking you. I reported to the admins that it was a false positive. I saw with my own (virtual) eyes you get kicked while just normal fishing
[22:14:12] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i understand the difficlty of being a admin its easy to miss word and i just wanted to make it clear that you did
[22:14:57] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Then I said something to you along the lines of "Sorry for the anti-cheat software kicking you. Our admins are still tweaking it." Something like that.
[22:15:26] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] If you didn't see any of that in your chat window, I'm sorry, but that's not my fault. And it doesn't make me into a liar.
[22:15:48] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i just didnt want me falsly draged into it, thanks for your quick response to the appel and i appreciate the checking if i was just fishing
[22:16:22] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Feel free to express your concerns in that ban appeal. I will be happy to copy/paste the log of our interaction as a reply, if you need to see that confirmation.
[22:16:47] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i appricate your time thanks for clearing the air i really never seen the msgs so it caught me off guard
[22:17:13] [CHAT] [<Apprentice | SkyFallBoss> -> me] i hope we can leave this convo on good terms?
[22:17:39] [CHAT] [me -> <Apprentice | SkyFallBoss>] Fair enough. Maybe pay more attention to chat in future?
And yeah, I don't hold grudges. They're heavy and serve no purpose. Cheers.