moted over the span of only 15 uploads. This might well be be the last promotion. We have not formulated a hard rule but we are taking a stand against lackadaisical users that only care to be Uploaders when it suits them. Do yourself and us a favor. Prepare an upload (rip, scans, etc.) and then do not upload it. In other words, keep one back, save one, for the next time you get the warning about your status expiring."

So I'm a "lackadaisical" user because I want to contribute and I didn't spread out a few hundred MB of uploads over months.

So I told them I was no longer interested in uploading music to their tracker and I didn't want to continue the conversation, obviously the mod got pissed at me, because he wanted the last word.

The final straw was a message I received; because of all the fuss I'd kicked up on the tracker due to autodl'ing (even though it wasn't against the rules), they'd decided to ban me.

On the way out they told me that part of the reason was that I'd been a me

It is a golden rule in every tracker to not defy expressed wishes of staff. So, your ban makes sense.