@EvoWarrior5, there are three potential trial admins with an under review tag on their application that I know of. As to the status of said applicants, Im in no position to give any legitimate information, only that it took 2-3 weeks for my own application to be accepted.
When you say what the server was meant to be, I think you mean restored to what it was. We have lost a handful of admins this year, when we had a larger staff I saw much more calls being handled.
For players who are unaware of the stealing rules, this really only applies to a player with (likely) less than 12 hours of time spent on Panda DB. Which also suggests they ignore the chat completely and miss the rules that are displayed regulary.
Whenever a player chooses to argue with me over getting slayed for stealing, I always tell them that there are other DB servers that dont have stealing rules and they are welcome to steal all they to on said servers. The counter argument being that those servers are unpopulated, hmm wonder why.
Most regular players I chat with agree that they enjoy Panda DB specifically because of the no stealing rule. (Unless they are lying because Im an admin lol)
Personally being in my position, for about a year now, Ive learned a lot about being an admin for DB. I choose to stand in the middle to watch where the rocket goes. This way I can determine if a steal is honest or aggressive. I dont want to be a slay nazi, but some players are what I would call "rocket chasers." These players choose to cause trouble regardless of an admins presence. Some steals I wont slay because I didnt even see it, but when the same persons name pops up for over and over its hard not to auto slay :b
What Im getting at, is that it is the individual admin who makes the server what it is. Its like getting pulled over, some officers will ticket your ass, and others will let you off with a warning. Depends on you, and the cop.