They should be active on IRC as much as possible, plus be active on the forums a lot. Playing in the server is not so important because when there is a cheater, or griever or whatever, you can go to IRC and ask for a admin to come. this in tf2 is bad. because 3/4 of the players doesn't use irc;-/ so when do they contact you, NEVER. in the 2/3 years i am playing i always used the steam-community to talk with admins about a cheater ingame. - Active on the server he's admin on (atleast 1/2 hours per day): do that 3 hours a day only in weekend much more:D - When not playing on the server online at IRC to assist in case of an emergency: this thing i dont agree with. reason you see in this post. (only in tf2 servers, dont know how this is working on other servers). - Checks and posts on the forums several times per day (both server related and off-topic talk): well doing this as well