Im not one to usually get in the middle of the drama, but I feel I need to offer an honest opinion.
The reason we have to crack down so hard on everything lately is truly due to YOU the people in the server, yes YOU.
When I first started playing here, the member base on the server was fairly small, tons of regulars, few paid members. I joined the community because I enjoyed the server and the fun it brought without any of the crap. Ive made several friends here, but because of all this silly drama, even theyve all gone away from the game in general now.
To all you members, you know our rules, why must you challenge them when it is you, the player at fault. We understand slip ups every now and then, but when youre consistently breaking the rules and we have to take further actions, it turns into backlash from your fellow members and then we have to crack down harder, because you feel we treat certain people differently and to be fair, we have to get more strict with our enforcement. The second someone complains about a certain person (ie. sess1ons soundboard) it becomes a problem and some people dislike it and feel its unjust to them if we dont tell them to stop. I personally love it, I hate to warn the guy for something so trivial as Ive played with him for a long time on this server, but because of all the complaints about EVERYTHING we have to stop every little action and nit pick all the fun.
Like I stated in a previous thread, us admins do not get off on kicking/banning our fellow players. We like all of you, but we have a job to do and even if that means going against our friendships and comrades, we have to because the server comes first as an admin. Its not a glorifying thing for us. We get constant abuse the second we have to do our jobs or people questioning our actions.
You want the fun back? Maybe understand why we have to do what we do. This community has been around for a very long time and its values have stayed strong the whole time. Just because you dont like them or care to follow them doesnt mean they should change around you.
Anyways, Im done with my rant. Look forward to playing with you all and hopefully this speaks to some people.