There are some valid criticisms and some decent ideas here in this thread. There's also some stuff not so valid.
Yes, it's silly that we have to ban the same people 20 times. Hardware ban would be very nice. Yes, anti-hack could be completed and enforced.
I believe both those things will get done, but iL is busy and moves at his own pace.
Lance might be the answer for you, but I wouldn't trust him in charge of War2/the server/etc. Therefore I follow iL's pace.
iL has fixed up the chronjob so that the server will only be down a minute each night. People in games can keep on playing, idle people in chat may not even get booted. Should be fine.
A lot of the rest is part of having an old game.
Tora's tournaments are nice to keep the regulars involved and from leaving the community.
More admins - it's possible, I think we'd appoint someone like Tora if he was interested. Hardware ban would solve this though. It does take a long time for it to come.