No offense Crimson, but therein lies the problem. Normally, a higher up would apologize for it and that would be it, but if an SA apologized for his actions, it means nothing. I'm glad Crimson is an AO and I do think he'll do a good job. I also feel that obsessing over admin abuse is going a little too far.
My personal opinion is that we are here to keep the servers safe and fun. The latter is especially true if you are an admin. You can give people enjoyment beyond normal means. If a player asks to be drugged or blinded, we can't, because it's considered abuse. Discretion should be used, of course, but if a player wants to be drugged for 5 seconds to see what it's like, I don't see the problem. I do see a problem with drugging an entire server or affecting someone's play that didn't want it. Admins abuse each other; it's hazing.
Now, it's come to a point where if admins want to screw with each other, they can only do it if there are no AO+'s present. I'm willing to bet that 99% of our admins have used their admin powers outside of the set rules and have not been caught. I'm also willing to bet that the majority of those times it affected players that wanted it, to pick on other admins, or had no affect on the outcome of the round in question.
I can go into a diatribe about my opinions on all of these matters, but it's pointless. If I teleported Crimson to his death, is that against the rules? Yes. Does he have every right to complain? Yes. Should he tell me to stop and warn me against those actions? I'd certainly hope so. There were a few complaints that I was involved in (not against me) that an admin was slapping or generally 'abusing' a player and that player was laughing it off and having a good time, only to make a complaint later on.
I know we don't want our admin powers used all of the time because it'd make the server look like shit and players may leave. But I also think that some discretion and contact should be used to prevent the majority of the admin-on-admin complaints.
If I posted the demos that I have, I could have a ton of admins removed, along with myself, due to 'abuse' of powers.
I feel like I've gone off long enough and started to get into my diatribe. I hate being 'that guy' that always makes these wall-of-text posts against higher ups, but I know I'm not the only one thinking the exact same thing. I respect all admins and higher ups. I may not agree with their decisions, but I do respect the work they do and the help they offer to the community.
