I gotta agree with tora on this. The “no arguing with admins” rule is over enforced. I can see if an argument gets out of hand, somebody gets gagged, but lately with MOST admins, I’ve been noticing alot of “Talk back to me and you’re gagged” crap.
There are/have been alot of jerk admins on these servers, who like tora said, hide behind their admin title. When I say jerk admins, I mean admins who are blatantly being jerkoffs, and the minute somebody innocent says something like “Isn’t that against the rules?” (such as team stacking), they get the good ole gag.
The PROBLEM with this is it’s not always dealt with properly. Logs should be looked at in EVERY single case.
But hey, what do I know. I’ve been running my own servers on various games for the last ten years, so I’m a total noob.
Here’s a thought. How about less “3 strike rule” BS, and more “suspensions when you abuse admin”? Suspensions should count as a strike in accordance with the 3 strike rule. I’ve seen relatively regular players (people who have been around a month or so) get in arguments with admins (over something stupid that the ADMIN did), and complain. Only to see said admin get “1 strike”, and show up later and ban that person permanently. 80% of the time, said player will never come back. Why? Because he’s been given a bad impression of how the servers are run.
So…..basically…toughen up on the admins. Alot of them abuse entirely too much.