No worries, you're not banned. If the system detects you're using a VPN then all it does is kick you. If you turn the VPN off and then try connecting to one of our servers again, it should let you in now.
This is the correct answer. The idea of a mute button is apparently too complicated.
They already do this with 4 I think, 3 Hardline and 1 as well I believe.
There’s really no other reason for us to close a server, it simply failed to fill consistently to a good enough level. We didn’t close it because of the playerbase. If we did, then bZ4 woulda been gone years ago lol.