My humble opinion on Nexon's path.

Not my SS, but this was pretty memorable to me. I really doubt that was a bot. And this was somewhere in '08? I believe, GMs actually showing a sense of humor during an event.

There's also the case of PirateJing became famous, when the gm banned him upon request. These are very rare occurances. Any player legitimately who has played since 05 will comment how GM activity really hasn't changed at all throughout these years. Otherwise there would be dozens of examples, especially in basilmarket ss archives.