As for team killers,...

I have found that lately people are lighting up there team mates as soon as they spawn for whatever reason they can cook up; some don't even need a reason. This mentality is beginning to catch and spread; what was once a once in a while occurance is now an all day-everyday event. I do have an idea on slowing this problem a bit. I propose a slight modification to the inf code which keeps track of team kills; when the counter reaches 3 in a match the player is automaticaly kicked. When this happens for 3 matches in a 10 match session the INF code destablizes its self and renders its self useless. Sure, they could reinstall it, but it would be a pain in thier back sides. One more thing, this modification would have to ignore user names because team killers usualy change thier names often. Well, thats my idea, what do you think?

That's a good idea

I didn't think of freezing them for a few seconds, that's even better than my idea and a whole lot better that just voting them out. I can realy see how that could be a real deterant. Very good thinking R-Force.

I like that idea of having so many team kills before it kicks you out. Maybe have it on the server with a variable count of how many team kills a player has before they're kicked. But for now let's get the voting option down before we get into anything else. We may not need it and it would just take up space in the code.

-Fission

Freezing them just encourages more TKing, in the name of "revenge". The vote based kick is the sane and fair way to deal with it.

voting

After reading some of the replies, I can see how voting is possably the best option for now. I thought that the name of the player was all that was banned not the IP address itself. Thank you all for your input.
By the way, I was in the game with "PIPPY"; that is why I put up this post to begin with. By the time I left that game I was fuming mad.

Wouldn't that be great, I realy have to wonder what runs through that silly ****'s mind. Maybe these posts might make him think a little next time,........mmmm...... then again,.... probably not.

Server option

Id prefer to see the server admin having th option of why people get kicked or banned.. not INF. Voting is good but half the time some new players doesnt know how to vote.. or someone doesnt care..so the vote doesnt pass. I think the main deteriant is to have, when possible, people that the servers admins trust with admin rights. Right now on SK server we have about 8 guys with admin rights and any of us can ban or kick some one. It really slows down the incentive to try some crap when any of us can pop in.

Also Dreamtactics has suggested that all the admins of server share banned / kicked players names in a forum they are creating. That way player who are jerks repeatly on several servers make a name for themselves and get banned not by a server but by the community. Just some thoughts.

Dinky [SK]
savagekillers.com

stick with a vote

i feel the majority of TKs are accidental... i have never met up with a dedicated TKer... i have done it by accident on occasion, especially with similar looking camo on a dark map... you apologize and get over. implement voting, because any code is gonna screw up regularly and often.

I'm sure we have all killed team members by accedent, however, I've encountered a few dedicated TKrs (one most notable in my mind at the moment being the silly **** Pippy with a score of -30+). No mater how new someone is, if they don't catch on to the diferent shades of camo before they reach a negative score in the double digits then they need to get off the net and practice with bots for a while before trying the online games again.

Teamkilling..another look

As I see it there are 4 types of teamkillers:
1)The ones who do it on purpose and are only out to ruin others games.
2)Newbies who haven't gotten used to the special characteristics of INF and for example have a hard time differentiating between teamskins.
3)Itchy triggerfingers and the uncareful. "Oh, I'm sorry, were you guys standing right where I threw my nade."
4)Accidental spawnkillers and telefraggers.

Voting and banning will probably work but they require TK-police to make it work and may result in unfair kicking/banning of newbies. The 4th type of TK:er is really innocent and shouldn't be punished for lag and map related problems.

How about this: 3 sec spawn protection and auto respawn if telefragged.

If this is done then if you TK this is what should happen. The TK:er has to sit out the next round in the match. This would I think help solve all the TK:ers 1-4. Those who do it on purpose will stop because it's mighty boring sitting out half the matches on all servers(If they try to TK every time). Those who are newbies or hotheads will get a timeout to think about what they've done and calm down, see who's on they're team etc. This will also encourage "target ID" which is non-existant today. When the round you have to sit out starts you should also get a message saying your out because you TK:ed.

My 2 cents.

That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger.