Why its tough both ways....

This one is for the misunderstood. Believe me, we are them.
Admins have it tough. They have to babysit people who don't want to be babysat. Pilots have it tough. They don't want to be babysat by admins who don't want to have to babysit. Because neither side wants to either babysit or be babysat, confrontations can come to a head quickly.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

Get to know your admins. Let the admins get to know you. When an admin sees something wrong in the arena, he has a lot of info he has to compute quickly. Does he know the "trangressor"? Is this pilot trouble? Is he a newbie? How serious is his "crime"? Is it a first time offense? Did it really happen as someone reports it? Did the admin see what he thought he saw? What the hell did that pilot just say in the radio buffer? The admin has to process this info, and even if he has the answers, it STILL may not be enough for him to make an informed decision. And if your a jerk when he questions you about it, odds are not good you will be allowed to fly that night. If the admin questions you, which he should do in a nice, polite, non-accusing manner, you should return favor and answer. Explain to him the situation. If you didn't see the target bail, tell him that. If you shot a plane that was falling apart before you knew what was going on, be honest, tell him you fired before you reckognized the condition of the target. If the admin gets to know you as a pilot, your reputation will carry you through situations. Be a jerk, get treated like a jerk. Be honest and respectful, get treated in same.

Now, this is to the admins. I know your jobs are tough. You get called away from your own flying, you have whiners all over the map crying they got robbed, and you got guys with callsigns that would make a mother blush. Its like a room full of 3rd graders on a sugar high. All I can ask is this: Have patience with the 3rd graders. All sometimes is not what it seems. Case in point:

Crashwingman, a new pilot to the arena, was on teamspeak with my brother Snitchy and I. He was red and we were blue, but we started chatting with him and discovered he had the same joystick as my brother. My brother helped him get a good profile set up, and Crash joined us on the blue side for some flying. We continued talking joystick set up, and fought against the red in the same general area. Crash and my brother went after a plane. Crash hit it and the wing started coming off. Snitchy fired at that time, hit the plane, and was given the kill credit. Right away, some pilot started yelling on the radio buffer for Snitchy to be banned. Crash, being the good guy, said no, don't ban him. The admin did not ban Snitchy, and we all flew for quite a while more. What could have been a knee jerk reaction to an accident could have ruined a session for a new pilot and the guys trying to help him. Luckily, it didn't, through the grace of a good new guy and an admin that took the time to see banning wasn't a good idea.

So in summation, both sides need to take a look and assess the situation. It is tough when you don't know the other guy, but a little time and patience pays off in a big way.