i start to like you Bart, but i guess you know that already 
its like a company is building a car, then you change the weels. now you have control of the car?
you have to explain that a bit more 
JonnyM and ELiZ did the job what is called today Assist. they did all needed to get this game running WITH honors (auth server) and cheat detection. therefore i give a very loud applause!
but as i did write above, the car is aa25 game, the wheels are aa25assist. that's a fact as well.
about the argument of needing admin rights on the car (the game itself) because of kicking hackers immediately is just a joke, but not even a good one. you know the well known servers are always populated with server owners with admin rights. so really no need to kick any player sitting inside the car (the game). first you have to proof - and you do very very long as i can see with this phyro (which i think is very good to have a correct proof before you ban) - then you have to ban. so it really doesn't matter if a player, who did maybe play this game for years with hacks, just plays another 5-6 hours.
it is just not correct doing so, jumping into the car (the game) as a driver. the owner did buy the car, you only changed the weels (assist). but i also dont care about this. most of you did not abuse it, that i can say here loud and clear. but the power point part is bullshit and you should stop that. because it is hidden.
and the part of restricting me here at the forum is also not correct. before a post of mine is released, an admin or mod has to "control" it. this is a poor part as well as banning pit after years for his behavior agaist a woman who maybe isn't that she do say to all. this i care about. because it looks to me (and others) that you will not hear some facts. YOU do decide what people can read and what not (sounds a bit like a dictatorship you are doing). and vegeta did already say it: we all pay for the server of the auth system (only one is needed). so maybe think again about that all.
doing steps like this will not take out the bullet in the breast of this game.