This is the deal:

It is extremely frustrating to me personally that so many people only see things as right or wrong. It is extremely disheartening that people are being called out for using their brains and being creative to solve problems. It is absolutely mind-boggling that the two instances cited in this thread were both cases where players were helping their team, not hurting it, yet both players are being told that what was done was wrong and against the rules.

To me, one-manning an apc to whore kills is not the same as one-manning an apc to push a tank out of a ditch and save it for the team. To me, one-manning an apc to transport squads into a flag to prevent it from being capped immediately by a superior opponent is not the same as one-manning an apc to a prime ambush spot and using it as an ammo dump and kit request point for your own personal glory. Yet in both cases, people see nothing but the rules; they cannot think outside the box and try to solve problems, and that is sad. Instead, the tank should be left in the ditch until it is destroyed by the enemy or just sit there all round. Instead, those squads should be made to walk to the flag which will be in enemy hands by the time they get there and lose a round in 15 minutes (and probably cause half the players to quit in frustration and the other half to start another teamstacking thread).

Also, let me be perfectly clear: There is absolutely nowhere in the rules that states that a player cannot one-man a vehicle. Nowhere! It simply says to use the vehicles and weapons in the game in as realistic a manner as possible.

What is not realistic about towing another vehicle out of a ditch? What is not realistic about using a vehicle capable of carrying an entire squad in that manner with no intent to try to engage the enemy? Remember, it is called an APC for a reason - Armored Personnel Carrier.

Why isn't there a rule specifically against one-manning a vehicle? Because things aren't always cut and dry, that's why. It gives me, an admin, leeway to make a decision based on the circumstances as to whether something needs to be done or not about the situation. This is good for the server. This is good for TG. This is good for you, the TG member.

It lets me ask the player if his gunner disconnected.
It lets me ask the player if he is meeting his gunner elsewhere. Heaven forbid that his partner accidentally spawned somewhere else on the map instead of at the main, because people never make mistakes, right?
It lets me ask the player all sorts of questions and decide what his intentions are. It let's me tell that vBF2 player who just installed PR that tanks aren't the same in PR as they are in vanilla and you need to return to the base to get a gunner. You know, the education part of being an admin?
It lets me get rid of a player who has no interest in helping their team or working with others, either temporarily or permanently.

In other words, it lets me be the kind of admin that I think TG would like to have, not some heavy-handed draconian mindless robot who only knows the rules and that's all.

The problem a lot of people seem to have is that they spend more time worrying about what everyone else is doing and not enough time focused on themselves. Everyone likes vigilante justice. Everyone is looking for a chance to take someone else down. Everyone likes to tell everyone else how to do things. Everyone likes to let everyone else know how great they are.

It's pathetic.

Stop the witch hunts. Whether that was the intent or not, this is what it seems to have become.

At the end of the day, PR is just a game. People play it to have fun and socialize with their friends. Yes, we have our rules. Yes, we have our Primer. But I'll tell you what. If people are intent on sucking the fun and creativity out of the game then the rules and the primer mean absolutely nothing.

The fun has been sucked out of it for me. I'm leaving for a week. There's no martyrdom there at all, trust me. I wouldn't give any of you the satisfaction.