I was reading the OP, lost interest but I get the entire situation anyways.
Tomshere is a problem user that I've had to deal with many times and I suppose I can list some chat logs along with some personal experience. I would list the bans but I'm having difficulties attempting to locate the ID I recall. I've found only one ban, which is Trinko setting a perma for "Sam". He asked me for a history check, I knew who it was so I gave him permission to ban you. I don't see any bans for the ID connected to the forums, so I believe there is a third key in play.
Personal experience: I muted Tom for a bit after he'd picked at other players time and time again. One of these times(as I found out, reading through chatlogs) was that he wanted me and my family to die in a fire and a few other ways. Spamming it of course.
He's generally a richard to other players when he isn't spamming, logs below.
05/20/15 00:59:55 TomsHere 48176 roseman3 if AKF at spawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
05/20/15 01:00:04 TomsHere 48176 roseman3 if AKF at spawn!!!
05/20/15 01:00:10 Ahead 33159 get that mofo
05/20/15 01:00:14 iBrik 18325 I think the 'If you get killed everyone you revived gets killed too' is a little OP. Even for Golden Wrench
05/20/15 01:00:15 TomsHere 48176 roseman3 if AKF at spawn!!!
05/20/15 01:00:17 Derpman1337 105772 forget
05/20/15 01:00:26 Ahead 33159 it's supposed to keep it fair
05/20/15 01:00:32 TomsHere 48176 *rosevan3
06/20/15 00:46:08 TomsHere 48176 forget this,
06/20/15 00:46:08 Spider_ 12585 Never Self Delete
06/20/15 00:46:12 TomsHere 48176 no
06/20/15 00:46:22 Spider_ 12585 I could ban you for point spiting
06/20/15 00:46:25 TomsHere 48176 no
06/20/15 00:46:28 Spider_ 12585 Do not Self Delete as boss
06/20/15 00:46:29 Spider_ 12585 Ever
06/20/15 00:46:35 TomsHere 48176 that wouldnt be point spiting you werent a miniboss
06/20/15 00:47:03 Spider_ 12585 No it still removes my opportunity to get more points
06/20/15 00:47:04 TomsHere 48176 besides, if you dont like boss suiciding dont give the ability to Self Delete
06/28/15 01:06:01 TomsHere 48176 10Zr
06/28/15 01:06:04 TomsHere 48176 10Zr
06/28/15 01:06:06 Skul 15847 whats the id count at now?!
06/28/15 01:06:07 The Combat Philospher 19224 No your trash Quibble
06/28/15 01:06:09 TomsHere 48176 10Zr
06/28/15 01:06:09 TomsHere 48176 10Zr
06/28/15 01:06:10 TomsHere 48176 10Zr
I was intending to post more logs, in addition to the bans he's had, because I remember giving him a really long ban if not a perma, but then I remembered while searching the logs that we had some server issues recently. Had a rollback, to get to the point, he was unbanned along with others, decent amount of logs were cleared so I am unable to recover them.
Ok so I already talked with both Tophat and Trinko, let me clear up whats going on.
what. I haven't talked to you in the past 20 minutes that I've been combing the logs.
Seems like Trinko was in a really grouchy mood. By my understanding, Trinko didn't have a fond opinion of you and wanted you to get punished harshly BEFORE he was admin. So I guess Trinko saw the opportunity to have his wish granted without looking like an abusive admin when you did that, permanently banning someone is for things like DDoS, hacking, or trolling a server. I RARELY permanently ban people unless they actually deserve it and didn't just tick me off. ^This too.
Trinko comes to me for most bans if he's uncertain, to which I then review the server files to see any bans on record along with any logs to see if they are a problem user. We usually agree on a punishment for a player if required and I can confirm that none of these bans are abusive. We allow a decent amount of chances for players, but after the third or forth time, they aren't going to learn, after almost a month of being banned in some cases.
Took me a while of being confused which is why I've replied late.