RevengeGarlic wrote:
Hello, I was told by a mod I could be unbanned as long as I followed the rules, told them I would, and got no response and haven’t been unbanned. What should I do at this point? (Also, I understand that mods are busy people, but it’s been days).
To the ban, send a PM or whisper to another mod you meet. You can tell them what happened and ask them to discuss the ban with others if it's unfair. If it really was unfair, it should get to the senior mods.
Don't have big expectations, though. I will say that EN mods are responsible and if they banned you, you very likely did something bad. You are expected to have read and know the chat rules, which is the reason it may seem unfair to you.
This will be long, but can help
So, read the chat rules. It's intuitive, but a lot of people still refuse to do it. If you can understand the rule's purpose in keeping the chat/forum clean, you will also understand what you shouldn't do not to be banned. That's important to know if you want to stay in this community long-term.
A quite telling example is the deputy mods rule, which says
"disciplinary actions by users which lie within the scope of the duties of the moderators and the demanding of bans are frowned upon and may result in a warning or temporary disabling..."
Based on this, if someone breaks rules and you tell them to stop, you may think you broke the rule. But, find the purpose of the rule...:
If you imitate a mod (use their phrases and like "warning" others) it irritates the other players. Someone pretending to be in the leading position when they're actually not, can disrupt societies severely. People who are otherwise peaceful and healthy for the community can get in rage and you have to ban them along with the deputy mod, or chat would become really negative and unfriendly to players. And banning nice people only damages the community, so it's better to prohibit deputy mods in the first place.
(Just a nerd explanation - skip this: In any society, if you use the benefits of a position you haven't gained, you're basically bypassing evolution. People who are capable of getting the position should be the only ones to use its advantages, as they have proven their superiority. This way, the most skilled/suited people lead the community, so it's more likely to succeed. Superior genes gain advantage and reproduce to replace the weaker - evolution. If the community didn't reject "wannabe" leaders, it would be led by random people and not those who are proven superior, so evolution would stop. The society wouldn't evolve and would get replaced by those which did. For this reason, people have a strong tendency to reject "wannabe mods" and generally anyone who they feel is trying to or already has gained a good position without proving their suitability for it...)
If you're a mod and someone demands a ban or behaves as if they were better at judging the situation than you, it's easy to interpret it as the player thinking you aren't good enough for telling the situation yourself. This behaviour can be very irritating esp. if done in front of other chat users; who could also find it offensive and get angry.
Mods receive training, and are proven suited for telling when they should ban, so it's disrespectful to demand bans.
Knowing this, you should be able to judge when you're violating the rule. It's similar with other rules, too.
Some people read chat rules 3 times a day and desperately try not to violate the exact wording of each of them. Realizing rules are there to help the community can change the thinking. You are violating a rule if you cause the problems the rule is trying to prevent. Many rules are intuitive, and you have to judge when your behaviour starts to be disruptive. Only if you can't, the mod will judge for you.
Good hunting. 
If you have above 10k manpower, you're not investing properly. A good player never has many resources.
Larger armies destroy enemies faster without taking damage from them.
Build only: 1 military building in each city, airstrips, and recruiting stations to boost manpower.
Minimize research, 2 unit types early, 6 types in late game. Upgrade old units, but: artillery lv1 to lv2 is a waste, only lv1 to lv4 is worth it.
Enjoy
Hornetkeeper