I don't give a shit about your "i used to dev for premier" anecdotes and they frankly don't shed any light on the situation. The person running the league, ipwn, stated that he did not want items to be used. However, to do that, at least some fiddling would need to be done which would require higher access than you want to give players or some time on the dev staff's part. Regardless, it doesn't come down to whether or not items should be in the league, it comes down to whether or not someone is willing to put the time in required to limit item usage. You guys try to run a league and fail because none of you put any time into the zone and when you ask the players to run the league, you don't give them the tools necessary to run it properly. I'm expecting Dr. Brain to come back with the "THIS IS HYPERSPACE AND I OWN HYPERSPACE AND I DO WHAT I WANT" argument that he always uses whenever anyone challenges the legitimacy of the ridiculous decisions you make time and time again. Honestly, I thought a zone full of staffers who don't seem to care would be a lot less interested in the patently childish e-politics.