some people get power trips and other people don't
i used to get power trips but i didnt actually use tools to facilitate them (this was around the era of iban's cityrpg) and all i really try to do when i host is get a bunch of dudes in the server to be able to do something
usually they try not to forget up anything if they like the server enough so i just give them something to do while i try to make sure everything is in place for whatever i'm trying to do (and that thing is usually 'test a bunch of weapons/ a map' so everyone wins by default)
If they're stuffting on the server, why do you let them play on the server?
That's the thing I can't wrap my head around.
Also, what I said was a huge exaggeration. Obviously there are good administrators out there.
However; there are more bad ones than good ones. And in general, I see mute being used abusively.
"PANDAN, if someone gets muted, they can just leave!"
No, what it does is it makes that person even more ticked off.
Banning happens one time, and the person is given time to adjust their OWN behavior if they decide to rejoin the server.
Mute mod is not doing any good. At least all the times I see it.
pandan you stuff on my server routinely
the last time you were on my server you were
just stuffting on my server
i even told you that you were acting like a punk and gave you my reasoning as to why i thought you were acting like a punk and you got all forgetin mopey and depressed like 'oh boo hoo you're not gonna listen to me i have no worthwhile opinion according to you' while i told you that despite the fact that i disagree with your opinion that i respect the fact you have it and its fine that you're vocalizing it as long as you don't dance around trying to make me the bad guy for failing to nod my head in agreement
banning and muting have the same effect on people's relative amount of hate to the server and if the person goes back and thinks they're in the wrong then the pie's on the admin's face but now you have a guy who respects your rules and is at least somewhat apologetic about the fact he (probably unknowingly) shat on the server
but like if it's some guy who is just trying to stuff on the server for the sake of stuffting on the server it doesn't matter what you do because he'll just come back and try to stuff on the server (possibly now because he's mad that you banned him for misconduct in the first place)
the trick is being able to tell the difference and having enough give in your administration to make sure you can catch the people who fall through the gaps