Yeah, as the dissemination of ToS clarification has gone, one of the major conclusions is that there is no size limit (within reasonability). They are not considering size or number of blocks, when making these judgement calls - according to them directly. It’s more about the “intent and purpose” of the structure being examined. If for some (unknown to us) reason they consider a structure or parts of a structure, to have no “good” (by their definition) purpose or to actually have a purpose contrary to the ToS (like walling off resources or players) then you are flagged for a wipe and a possible ban.
They have explicitly stated that they do NOT intend to do that.
Yup, this is the part that irks me most. And even though they may not have told us about it yet, they may have already revised their solution agenda to drastically reduce the number of bans they hand out for these kinds of violations. We don’t actually know because no one is communicating with us about it. But the number of people coming here in the past two or three weeks about being banned is lower than last month, and there was even one fellow who claimed his base was only partially wiped and yet did not receive a full suspension or ban.
So maybe, just maybe they got the message that banning people should be reserved for the most egregious cheaters and stubborn repeat violators - as it is with every other online game and service on the planet?