Votekick mod and its abusive power (pagestretch rant)

[fred da kiko]

if it does not kick the afk person quickly enough then you can't leave spawn without getting shot.

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[Planr]

if it does not kick the afk person quickly enough then you can't leave spawn without getting shot.

i don't think of this as being the problem. the afk person could actually act like a body shield, lol. anyways, if people are able to snipe you in your spawn room (assuming this is like a tower build or interior build or something), then i'd say the map is designed bad.

[fred da kiko]

ok, imagine you have a base. imagine that base has a spawn room in it. you can't shoot the spawn room, but you can shoot the exits to the base. you can not get in the base, but you can not shoot out. it causes a stalemate.

[Planr]

ok, imagine you have a base. imagine that base has a spawn room in it. you can't shoot the spawn room, but you can shoot the exits to the base. you can not get in the base, but you can not shoot out. it causes a stalemate.

yeah, that's a pretty terrible base design.

[fred da kiko]

yeah, that's a pretty terrible base design.

eh, it's better than an open spawn where you can just shoot people as they spawn.

[Skorpion]

Votekick turns servers communist. It's only useful if the server is 24/7 and an admin isn't alway available, but even then it needs restrictions, such as time between votes.

You misunderstand the meaning of communism.

Votekick is democracy run amok.

[ShadowYoshi294]

Wait, there's a voteBAN now?! How did that even get passed? Next thing we know, vote perma-ban could be passed and make servers unplayable everywhere! That is, if every server host suddenly gets a mental disability and thinks it's a good idea to download the mod.

[Hades]

It's not necessarily the mod's fault, Mob Rule is an inherit fault in Democracy. As long as everyone has a say in things there will always be the Tyrant using Social Engineering to get done what he wants.

[Firecycle]

Never seen Votekick successfully abused.

[ShadowYoshi294]

Never seen Votekick successfully abused.

You've either never gone to Pecon's server in Fall 2011, or gotten very lucky.

[Tango]

If I ever host again I'll be sure to get rid of it.

[Planr]

I'm mega-bumping this because I feel it is VERY important people see this. I don't want to see votekick ruin another server again.