Based on something that happened to me: That moment you break a rule on a server, that you didn't know was a rule in the first place and/or wasn't enforced heavily, yet other players were doing it yet still following a major rule.
Say you're on a server, and there's one section on a map that is melee only. You see people going after each other in different ways while still using melee, that you figured was allowed. One day, you watch people going after each other with melees, holding one yourself but from a fair distance away to watch. Someone hits you that causes bleed damage, you cloak yourself and run back to your base. Next thing you know, you get slayed, in your spawn, and scolded for breaking a rule: no cloaking in the melee area; the same person that hit you in the first place.
My defense: I was running away from the fight, not going to reappear and retaliate back. He didn't care at all and said, "do you want your warning now or a kick? Because I just explained it." However, I wasn't online or in the process of logging in when he explained it; I probably logged when he was in mid or nearing the end of his rant on the rule and/or lagged during a in-map transfer to another region for a minute or two. Voice chat too I should mention, which at times can be hard to hear if other people are talking; it really angers him if people are talking over him, when he himself at times does it too. At times it's best to just type instead of voicing it.
It's one of those admins that are "it's either my way, or the kick/ban way, you decide," type with the usual lack of patient and at wits end of anger and frustration being taken on players for only doing a minor offense, where it's never a two-sided discussion, only one-sided. Especially when it's a player who you've had issues before prior to being admin. I usually avoid him for his arrogant and harsh way of enforcing the rules. Can't even defend yourself without him biting your head off and going on a rant of the rule like he's talking to an old man with hearing issue and confusion issues, or that he believes "admins are always right, end of discussion." That's like saying doctors are always right, when they can still be off, or the legal system is absolute, when it's filled with contradictions and more of a guide.
Sorta like these two vids of admins in a nutshell: Video 1 Video 2
Admins are people too, however that doesn't mean that they should ever let anger and frustration get in their way of objective judgement. From all I can tell Antilia's admins/mods seem to be all good at their job fortunately. And as you said, it's a part of what makes the community in Antilia great.
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