Thanks Kyuss and Meowful.
I would really appreciate your clemency on this issue. It is not, and will never be my intent to purposefully decrease others' enjoyment of the game, and considering I'm a super newb in Rust, I would really appreciate the ability to familiarize myself with the game in a less stressful environment than most official servers.
If you are feeling so gracious as to unban me, I can assure you that there will not be an issue again.
Anyway, I'm sure you have enough info to make a decision. I look forward to your ruling, either way.