Part of the reason why Mekantos left was because of the "higher standard" they expected from him because of his epic characters. Things like Daevryn saying in his immortal comments "I expected more from you" is just wrong on so many levels considering they supposedly don't know who plays who and that his characters, which wasn't on the level Urden was, were getting flack for it. It's a game and it started to feel like a job - and great characters like Molo got #### in comparison to many others at the time.

Another big problem is they don't hold themselves to the same standards. I could go into details of immortals cheating, abusing items/bugs then fixing them or even IM conversations *happening now* with Immortals with players where they clearly break the rules. Generally in this realm it's been retorted with "it's our sandbox" and it's very "do as I say but not do as I do".

On a personal note, banning a repeat offender like Krilcov has been beneficial to the game - some people can't "fix" the problems they have and move on. Others can. Not tooting my own horn but considering what I did many years ago and now, it's a world of difference and I've changed. Jhyrbian from Valg's example and the Pittsburg crew and several others have adjusted. A lot of it would benefit from discussion as well instead of "the council has voted, you're out!"

The thing that hasn't adjusted? The Immortals.