From what I understand, the "Strike First" ban wave was because some other communities were coming over to start trouble, one of them being known as the Crix community. Those people were banned as soon as they set foot on our server. From what I ALSO understand, he may have banned a lot of people, but a lot of the time there was reasons behind it and the "Strike First" wave was one of those reasons. Keep in mind this is just things i've gathered in the year I have been here. Regardless, I want to see a screenshot of what your ban message says, because not only would THAT just happen unless you were from one of those communities, but your story is so vague I could cut it in half with a piece of paper. So, until I see a screenshot saying completely otherwise, my standpoint is:
-SUPPORT
EDIT: Also I know that it says "no appeal" but this is what I found in the ban panel:
Perm/Blacklisted/Valk/NoAppeal/StrikeFirst
On that note, were you ever staff?