My friend and I were banned appoximately 36 hours ago by RichieRich

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You received a week ban which will expire on December 9th.

Staff’s conclusion is that you knowingly tried to buy regions within city limits by waiting until a staff member to let you buy it, after being told twice before that you could not buy it due to it being too close to a city.

Staff members are not perfect and may make mistakes, but this was not with any bad intent. The difference is you kept trying to get a region you wanted by asking different staff members to hope to get a different response from one of them.

In case the rule is still unclear,

@HM Community Rules

Regions may not be created within 200 blocks of a city. (Both private and Government)

· Regions within 200 blocks of a private city that predate the city are not allowed to expand their existing region towards any city within 200 blocks. They may expand away from the city/cities, if possible.
· Inactive regions within 200 blocks are treated as new regions to prospective buyers; in the event a player would like to buy it, the 200 block rule applies.

So if you really wanted a region in proximity to a city/cities, contacting the city owner(s) for permission would be the best option, then making the helpme.