I don't blame them in a way, tbh, because setting any sort of solid "Okay we said x last time so x this time" risks trapping yourself in situations where you may have voted otherwise beyond simply "the rules say so".
A lot of the best PK appeals were those that a PK manager could act in a fair way, y'know? But equally a lot of the time, as said, people intentionally tried to muddy the waters, bury details or smear the other person. Those are the appeals that everyone hated.
Yeah it's definitely a difference of approaches, if the rules were consistently enforced I think it would help mould players into following the regulations, as they would have to think 'is this gonna risk me getting killed?' before acting, which would lead people to being a bit more thoughtful about activity ingame.
I think people should be more willing to lose characters, the server has had such a plummet in difficulty for getting involved with insurgent resistance activity as a citizen. Ideally more people would make their character with the intent that he will die in a few months, and play them that way - taking risks etc.
Instead due to the 'infinite lives if you're a good boy!' system of PKs, almost
everyone in the rebel scene is vying to become the top dog instead of fighting what should be the main enemy (just under acknowledgement that you might die horribly for your rebelliousness) imo
