[ddhoward]

You are still speaking as if admins are online 24/7.

Unless you can explain to me how an admin can spectate and ban a hacker while he's asleep, or 10 miles away from his computer at work, or whathaveyou.

An admin happened to be on when this hacker was on. What makes you think that there is a guarantee that the admin will be on next time? I'm having a hard time grasping your thought process on this one.