If you want an SSF server, you should definitely petition it. What we got that people ‘wanted’ was a hardcore server.
SSF is not the same as hardcore. People just hijacked the terminology and now its causing everyone to go nuts.
Petition the SSF server. Understand that hardcore and SSF are different and both modes are self-imposed so a lot of the arguing is pretty senseless. Pointing out you want something entirely different and getting behind it is cool though. I wish you and yours luck.