hmm, i havent ever run across an admin who abuses there rights (even on ga and 'node) but maybe thats because im a pretty ordinary player. I currently rent and admin servers for my clan, and i have run across somehting else.
Abusive players. Now im not saying that because i pay for the server i can do what i want; I follow all the rules that we, as a clan, set out, and then some.
I never kick or ban unless its for a very good reason, like stat padding or eploiting glitches (see BF:2142 lol). But there is one rule our servers have which seems to bring the bitch out in people. No Abuse/Excessive Swearing. We try and keep our servers clean because nobody wants to see a couple immature assholes bitching to each other about how they are owning each other and how they suck and stuff. I dont care, and nobody else on the server cares.
I almost never have to kick/ban players for this, but occasionally you just get that one asshole who has it coming to them. Now i give on average about 4-5 warnings to a player before kicking, and i will try and get a screenshot of it as well. Yet even after this, these people go out to sites like this and just bitch bitch bitch about how they were unfairly kicked/banned and then as usual, everyone on a site like this thinks that we are typical abusive admins and starts jumping on the bandwagon and abusing us even though they know nothing about it. Even if i jump on, show the proof and give the whole story, they still dont believe me.
Thats what i think alot of people need to learn. Not everybody who jumps on here and bitches is telling the truth. Sometimes they deserve it.
Im 15, and i run a clan and admin multiple servers. Now if i hadnt posted my age, alot of you would have assumed i was alot older. But im sure that because i am only 15, many people here would not believe my post. Its interesting how age affects so much in gaming. Just because im young people assume that im immature and would be an abusive admin. But there are people in our clan that have less maturity than me and are much much older.
I think many people are just whingers and need to really look at what you did. Im not saying anyone here is lying (as i know nothing about what happened except your side of the story) but alot of the time when you guys jump on board the admin-bitching bandwagon, your having a go at a reasonable admin who has done nothing wrong.
Thats my rant,
David