I'm not saying there shouldn't be consequences, but I think that a permanent world ban is too severe. Do you really think I would have zero villages without botting? I cheated and I got caught, and I'll never do it again but I was also #4 in the farming contest at the beginning of F world farming manually, so how much advantage do you really think the bot gave me? It allowed me to keep playing in spite of the carpal tunnel that I got from farming manually. Most of the advantage I got to grow quickly at the beginning of this world was from spending crowns and having five or six tribemates feed me resources constantly for the first week.
P.S. The carpal tunnel is fixed now (thank God for chiropractors!) but I am afraid that it will come back if I start farming manually again. If I ever play again, I will do it legit, but I may not be able to play at all. If it starts hurting again, I am done.