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now im starting to see the connection... loose as it is...

It's not loose. You are over-complicating the issue by filling in your own supposition. The entirety of your argument is based on assuming that it's a crime and that it's a crime that would be treated differently from any other crime they're already offering potential forgiveness for.

Fact:
Nexon has never stated it is against their ToS for a user to play a PServer. It's illegal for the PServer itself to exist and operate, but they can in no way shape or form dictate where you go, they can only try to discourage it.

Fact:
They can't outright forbid it and ban for it because if they ban you from GMS for playing a Private Server, where are you going to go? Back to the Private Server. They lose you either way.

Fact:
Even if they were punishing people for going to PServer, of which the only punishment they have available to them is banning, they've already stated that people with a negative history are encouraged to apply

Fact #3 is made entirely irrelevant by #1 and #2 unless your answer is that you own a PServer are still operating it today.