Listen to staff members - Enough said! People will always find ways around the rules, staff reserve the right to make changes to the rules to cover these holes in order to keep the server a safe friendly place.
There will always be loopholes, when a staff member requests that you don't do something or tells you a rule, then it must be follows as if it were written down. Use some common sense, clearly it was meant to be hard, and pot's make it way too easy. You need a balance, sometimes ppl say I am way to nice, and that causes issues because I don't enforce rules hard enough, I let long time rule breakers come back, and avoiding ip bans, hoping that they will learn to respect the rules. Sadly some players take advantage of this and think they can come to me to get a less harsh opinion. Sometimes you need a bit of a good cop bad cop, and you sir have dealt with the one that's not covered bubble wrap to cushion the blows. Sometimes it's nice to have someone who's straight up with you, that doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to the rules.