True. Players are unprotected from the whims of an admin. They also know that going in. Players expect that most of the people who are admins have been vetted and likely would not remain if they abused the players.

I'll pass over the Skype log stuff, I don't have any real knowledge of it. But equating that to unethical methods? So the problem is not being caught possibly cheating, but the manner by which the Imms received the proof of it? Which they did not solicit as far as I know? And which Shaapa did not redact or otherwise limit to only CF related stuff I would assume. But what nefarious things did Imms do with the logs? A few CF bans?

I would say Imms should be accountable to the player that they punished, sure. There is a difference between an Imm not needing to explain the why you are punished to the person receiving the punishment and not needing to explain them to everyone else.

Why do Imms have to answer for their actions to the PB at large though? If you're the subject of the punishment, sure, they should, in the spirit of civility and respect (of course CF players tend to show a tremendous disregard for those on any perceived slight by an Imm or player). Otherwise, who are you to demand such? I don't think of Imms as judges in a court of law, I think of them as referees. They have a rule book, they see something, they make a call. You choose to play the game, you abide by the rules and the decisions of the person tasked with enforcing them.

Not all calls are favorable, and some are downright atrocious. But it's still just a game. Nobody forces you to play it. But if you choose to, it's not going to be on the terms you dictate. Anyway, we may just have fundamentally different approaches to how we see things, but I can at least respect your views on them, even if I disagree with them. Maybe you just expect more from the admin staff than I do.