[H0ok3r w A P3n1s™]

When admins ban people, they usually do it as an admin and not a player. They need to put their feelings aside. That's how I've always dealt with people.

Yeah, bans should only be dealt with good reason--emotions and personal beef has to be set aside. There are players that I dislike, but I don't ban them unless a ban is warranted (I've only ever banned one player, and it was because I saw him hacking on another server [had demo]); likewise, I have friends who play in our servers, and if they break the rules, I punish them just the same... can't show favoritism. I usually just use in-game admin powers like beacon, slap, slay, and gag/mute/silence, and always warn/ask the player to stop beforehand. Most players get the message .

I don't like to kick/ban because it discourages people from playing on our servers, and/or pushes them to play elsewhere. It's hard enough getting the servers filled, so I don't think anyone would abuse powers in that way.