I will use the quote you have used in your comment Christopher.
Quote from: Zart
If you endure a problem in-game and you -for whatever reason- need an admin: Use the F1 with reason +possible people involved'. DO NOT USE /OOC.
This it to prevent the provocation of arguments, fights and/or spamming on channels otherwise used for genuine chatter. Along with this comes the efficiency of dealing with problems that is decreased majorly by the 'ADMIN TO ME'-messages in the OOC channel. These are blank shots for the staff and don't allow us to prioritize your issues.
If you read what the guy said, he didn't ask for an admin's help, he asked everyone. AKA The general populous of the server, you gave no warning, when asked about the mute, you said it was because he didn't use the F1 channel, so that throws the metagaming argument out of the window.
If you stop people asking game related questions that arn't that major such as this in the OOC then that will:
A. Clog up the admin requests with people asking mild questions such as 'How do i fill up my car?' or in this case 'Is blocking with a camera allowed?'
B. Stop the people who arn't admins helping. Even moderators can't see the F1 requests so that means when an Admin is not present on the server then small questions or Admin requests using F1 are not dealt with.
C. Stop people such as myself who arn't a moderator or admin do what they like to do, help people. I like nothing more than to help someone understand something or talk them through the process of doing something and see them suceed at the same process later.
Chris, don't take any of this personally, i just feel like you were wrong on this one.