[Albionite]

I've seen this as a player and a wizard.

I think you want staff that do play, otherwise there are things they just won't get. It's sort of like eating your own dog food, what looks good in code -- when played just doesn't work.

And it happens, people are fallible. I've watched one really great mud with a healthy player base get destroyed by one egomaniac that got promoted to admin that systematically punished/nerfed guilds not his own and chased away long time players.

-Al