Back with a New Suggestion...

[Oonyx]

I got a suggestion for you oonyx, just play the fucking game correctly and leave all the important stuff to us, alright?

Sure, because the type of language you're apt to using is the hallmark of an intelligent person. Leaving people as irritable and condescending as you in charge of the "important stuff" would be disastrous.

You could enforce a rule against people rejoining, but I assumed your post was about people joining mid-round, as most posts in this thread are. But then there's the issue of people having connection trouble - if there's a rule against rejoining is there an objective way to distinguish between someone who was disconnected due to server errors (e.g. buffer overflow) and connection trouble vs a person who disconnected intentionally?

[Christmas]

Sure, because the type of language you're apt to using is the hallmark of an intelligent person. Leaving people as irritable and condescending as you in charge of the "important stuff" would be disastrous.

You could enforce a rule against people rejoining, but I assumed your post was about people joining mid-round, as most posts in this thread are. But then there's the issue of people having connection trouble - if there's a rule against rejoining is there an objective way to distinguish between someone who was disconnected due to server errors (e.g. buffer overflow) and connection trouble vs a person who disconnected intentionally?

It is quite obvious when you are shooting the guy, he disconnects and reconnects very quickly, then respawns and heads straight for you.

Especially when they do it several times in a round.

Also connection trouble normally causes the player to time out or be kicked due to high ping, not disconnect by their own accord.

[Oonyx]

Good points Christmas. With that type of information an admin should indeed be able to usually tell why an individual disconnected.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

so what is the final verdict?

how about when someone as a zombie dies, disconnects, reconnects and respawns because they died?

[Christmas]

so what is the final verdict?

how about when someone as a zombie dies, disconnects, reconnects and respawns because they died?

I don't see anything wrong with that.

They paid their dues by getting killed, and they want to keep playing.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

well then howabout if a human dies? should they be allowed to comeback as a human?

it's just too cheap and biased towards the zombies

[Christmas]

well then howabout if a human dies? should they be allowed to comeback as a human?

it's just too cheap and biased towards the zombies

They can't and if they tried they would get tagged.

I also wouldn't consider it biased towards the zombies because if they can be killed once they can be killed again.

Of course on the flip side if the zombie is close to destroying a cade and gets killed it may put the human at a severe disadvantage to have that same zombie come at his cade again with full health.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

also, if everyone who was a zombie started doing what you're doing, the humans will run out of ammo eventually.

[walterbrunswick]

If you enabled the respawning of zombies (which I am not opposed to) you would have to give the humans a lot more ammunition... at LEAST double (800 rounds x 2 == 1600 rounds).

[Christmas]

If you enabled the respawning of zombies (which I am not opposed to) you would have to give the humans a lot more ammunition... at LEAST double (800 rounds x 2 == 1600 rounds).

How often do you run out of bullets, Walter?