>This isn't a clash of egoes. It's a clash of what we
>immortals are responsible for enforcing vs individuals who
>believe they are not subject to these rules and criteria.
>Cheating is cheating. We are given the positions of
>authority by immortals who created this mud and have managed
>the mud for the enjoyment of other players. We are spending
>OUR time coding, writing, developing, designing and
>enforcing things that are for the betterment of this mud.
>That authority is not delegated to individuals who would
>abuse this power.

The criteria seems to me to be that immortals are generally chosen for their ability to contribute to the mud AND handle these sort of situations in a mature, responsible fashion. Are they perfect? No, something you seem to consistantly fail to mention. They are just the people deemed best for the position (out of those who request it). They're given a lot of power over the players, so excuse us if we ocassionally speak out cause we feel the imps may have made some poor decisions.

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>We then have to deal with individuals who spend all of 10
>minutes creating characters to cheat and violate the rules
>in order to gain an unfair advantage over other individuals
>who are willing to abide by these rules.
>
>We DO NOT create the rules to oppress you. We DO NOT create
>the rules to gain any unfair advantage over you. We create
>the rules so that individuals who play this game will have a
>level playing field with those individuals who feel
>compelled to cheat.
>
>There are two types of people who play this mud:
>
>1) Those individuals who want to contribute to the mud.
>
>2) Those individuals who want to be a detriment to this mud.

This oversimplification of the playerbase is absolutely mind boggling. We can only pray that when it comes time for judgement, you aren't the one on the other side.

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>Those who feel like being a detriment to the mud (regardless
>of how long they have been here) are not being forced to
>play here. Nor are they welcome here.

See above comment.