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This would depend on the age/level/skill of the players and the expectations of the coaches/league. Pre-game should clarify if balks will be called, or warnings issued, or instruction offered, or nothing at all. In your game, sounds like you were the only one who knew what you were doing. This lack of skill by players and instruction by coaches was probably so obvious to previous umpires that your fellow blues decided it was useless to call these teams "by the book." Heck, I've had 13 year old games where F1 balked just about everytime he stood on the mound and calling those balks would have been exasperating to everyone.
Simply put, in games such as you described, experience and common sense will tell you what to "ignore." Don't look for anything too fine, and stick to your rules knowledge (such as awarding bases, etc.) regardless if everyone else thinks you're wrong. The comment about you being "the star of the show" was uncalled for, especially in you efforts to call the game properly. If they don't want a quailty umpire, they can go back to the parent and teen volunteers.
Oh, those people all quit due to being badgered and dumped on.
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