I can safley say that having been a HIT Moderator for over a year, your all correct.
The HIT Admins / Moderators have no conception of what is fair or acceptable. Granted their is one good moderator amoung them (Not going to name names) who is fair and just.
I actually got my moderatorship removed and then less than an hour later got banned from the site for a week for somthing that I didnt even do. But did the admin check or even talk to me to see my side of the story? Nope.
Then once I had explained that I had nothing to do with what had happened he unbanned me, but then kept my moderatorship away from me for 2 weeks! And I was totally innocent. Hence why I left, there are other reasons aswell, more serious ones. If you like, check here;
Exzibit A:
http://www.hl-improvement.com/forums/index.php?topic=2817.0Anyway, as Rabid said, they all play a massive game of favorites, anyone who is new to the site can expect to get banned for starting a "hello" thread. The guy who owns the site (pays for the server) is never around, he doesnt really care what happens to the forums and makes bad discisions (IMO) about staff.
HIT is a mass of flame and spam, granted that the people who actually do anything never go near the off-topic sections and do make very good models in the modelsing areas. If you know whats good for you, stay away from HIT.
On a lighter note;
A few weeks ago me, Rabid, Mopx and a few others (sorry cant remember your names) all joined the HIT IRC channel to see how long it would take us to get banned. I dont have the exact logs but here is what I am working from memory (Correct me if I am wrong rabid);
(Up to this point rabid had said nothing).
Wolf-Kain: We have IP range blockers.
Rabid: ...Most forums have IP range blockers.
Wolf-Kain:
SighWolf-Kain sets mode to +m
Yea, me and wolf-kain go way back, he is a total asshole who thinks he is right about everything but in actuality lives in a dream world of his own (He once told me he has his own mech).
Well anyway, enough ranting, as you can tell I have strong feelings (of hatred mostly) about HIT after being their for over a year (it took me 1 week to be given moderator ship, go figure).