I'm the Admin of ZenRO, but I'm also your average player. I do befriend a lot of the veteran players, that's not a crime is it? They do vote everyday and they're helpful toward the other players. But contrary to your assumption, no, I've never given out a single item for free, unless it was for donations, event reward, or some type of compensation. No other person on the server can give out items either, not even the GMs. They're all restricted from trading, vending, and dropping. You have no idea how many comments(refering to the 3 new comments you just posted) like "... getting everything easily became boring very quickly and ruined the fun of the game..." come up on a daily basis. It's a high rate and that's the way some players prefer it, if you dont like it, then move on to another server that better fits your needs. The server does not adjust to you, you have adjust to the server. No way am I going to make unnecessary changes to please the minority of the server.
Ok, let me once again clarify this. Technically, there are no donation items. People donate to obtain items that are available ingame AND are obtainable by any hardworking player. It's necessary to upkeep the server, unless you want to pay for the hosting. Oh, and I wouldnt consider these players "favorites". Seriously, if you talked to me and hang out with me, I'd treat you the same way. Like I said, a lot of these players are veterans, it's no surprise that they have what they have. You guys(whole guild), from what I've read, are from low rates right? You should know that high rate and low rate are completely different when it comes to pvp/woe. It's a whole new terrain. There's no reason for you to assume that just because someone's good, they must have a GM behind them. It's childish. And the whole "harassment" thing; I really cant do anything about. They're probably just messing around, like they always do. All in good fun, just dont take it to heart.
Oh, and yC, can you check the 3 comments that just came in? It's the same stuff.
http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=serverstat&serid=1530&url_sname=ZenRO&page_num=1