xXWilee999Xx Admin Thug?

This is what i was sent:

2013-03-24 04:24:29 [INFO] <jj100> op me admin
2013-03-24 04:24:36 [INFO] < Senior_AcidicCyanide> no
2013-03-24 04:24:37 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] lizard435(lizard435): /opall
2013-03-24 04:24:40 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] xXWilee999Xx(xXWilee999Xx): /stfu jj
2013-03-24 04:24:41 [INFO] [PLAYER_COMMAND] xXWilee999Xx(xXWilee999Xx): /qdeop jj
2013-03-24 04:25:09 [INFO] [PREPROCESS_COMMAND] xXWilee999Xx(xXWilee999Xx): /pit jj
2013-03-24 04:26:39 [INFO] jj100 was doomed to fall by xXWilee999Xx

This was when Wilee decided to pvp him in creative. I asked him what he was doing, and he said this.

2013-03-24 04:27:04 [INFO] <xXWilee999Xx> he tried to ban an admin
2013-03-24 04:27:09 [INFO] <xXWilee999Xx> so he deserves this

I will be honest, i do regret SPAS'ing him now...

This frustrates me Apres. You are punishing a rule breaker by breaking the rules. I don't know why in god's name so many admins do this, but it's basically acting like a giant hypocrite. You're supposed to enforce the rules, yet you're breaking an incredibly simple one by pvping someone in creative.

Mark has said multiple times that admins aren't above the rules. We're subject to most of the same rules because players won't respect rule breakers and they'll just take it as a "If an admin is doing it, why can't I?"

I'll keep an eye on him whenever I see him on.

Apres, I believe he was referring to xXWilee999Xx... :/

I don't mind 'griefing' the griefer but always best to use admin functions to do it. For example, if somebody is using PVP without permission, I got no problem using /orbit to help them get the message and protect other players.

However since the server is often crowded, /noob is probably the best option since it gets them off the server for 5 mins so they can read the website rules and allows others to get on the server. Going PVP on a PVP griefer is a just punishment in my opinion but other players who aren't involved will just see that admin is apparently violating the rules as Varuct noted. I must say I've done it myself in the past on rare occasion but with some kind of announcement that I'm punishing the griefer with his own medicine. But at the present, we now have an arsenal of admin disciplinary commands at our disposal - use them.

The problem here is an admin already took appropriate action and the 2nd admin (xXWilee999Xx) decided to go thug with excessive and abusive punishment. If the perception by players is that the admins are jack boot thugs who abuse their authority, good players will leave the server and we're going to invite retaliation against the server by those who now feel justified in attacking the server with options that we might not be able to do anything about such as DDOS.