Wow, this is a mighty big assumption and more than just a little insulting.
Too bad, its mostly true. We have more decon bans than all other bans combined. I have access to logs containing IPs going back some time, so I know its true. There are no DS forums, and the site is just this side of impossible to read as a result. Blogified forums, ug. I don't go there so much anymore for that reason.
It isn't a badge of honor to get kicked by noobs.
ug, quit taking things out of context. "
You may not recall, but it used to be a badge of honor to be kicked for botting before there were aimbots." What that means is that even though there were no aimbots, you were sooooo good that people believed that you had an aimbot. Newsflash, it STILL happens, only now there are aimbots and its annoying because of that.
Lakitu7, you are contradicting yourself pretty severely.
Actually, Lakitu7 isn't. I've seen good players play against aimbots and win, consistently. An aimbot makes a poor player seem ok, but not good enough to stand up to a great player. And an aimbot won't tell you that you need to kill your opponents base, NOT get s3. Thats also part of the reason that DS has kicked skilled players for aimbotting. Don't tell me they haven't or that its an assumption. I've had players that I know to be great join the server and say exactly that. "I just got kicked from DS for botting." Don't get your panties all in a bundle, "apologies Atom_Eve

" every server does it on occasion. Check the PureTremulous forums and you'll see that I've kicked players for botting that, after looking at the demos again, decided that I was wrong. But your complaint that it is happening all the time implies that you either are being targeted, are witch hunting, or are kicking good players, cause there are two servers that have more than a year and a half experience each (satgnu even longer!) that seem to dispute your claim. SST is generally targeted AND bans you if you smell bad, so I tend to not count them in that respect

Really its a question of scale though. A botter can get vote kicked, ruining maybe a match or twi. If a player tells a good admin, the botter can be banned then, even blocked at the firewall. A malicious admin can ruin tremulous for everyone that joins the server, ever.
What I think Lakitu7 means is that a never ending witch hunt for botters is more harmful than the botters themselves. Don't believe me? Look at their forums, they laugh about it.
Nothing frustrates new players--especially when they've never done anything like dretching in an FPS--like some noob who can't dodge but knew how to install a bot.
I used to play different servers all the time. I'd pick a new name every time I started tremulous and go looking for matches. I know whats more frustrating than realizing that some moron is using a bot. Its being treated like shit by some napoleon who's never heard of you and wants to show to his friends and/or clanmates what a big dick he has with his admin powers.
That happened a hell of a lot more than I see botters nowadays.
I got lucky though. I was a newb on a server where people helped. Thats what we need, helpful players, not more powerful admins.
I might add that Lakitu7 and I are in MG. MG specializes in unintentionally taking threads off topic!