My few server rules include a line that reads - No Spawn camping (allow players fresh out of spawn/chat protection to run)

You will note this does not read No Spawn killing, simply because thanks to a custom plugin running on my game servers all players are protected when they spawn. The protection means spawn killing "per say" is not possible. Just to make sure all players know when a spawned player is protected the player model stays dark red/maroon.The moment that player moves however!!, and is able to kill others, their player model switches to normal colour. At that moment that player is technically fair game....End of story.

Ah!….If only life were so straight forward, because some people will test the limits of tolerance, on all sides of the interpretation, when it comes to spawn killing. Some with hyper sensitivity bordering on obsession, and some with a casual moan. My only easement to these people is to direct that all players in game must allow those fresh out of protection to run. It just needs a little common-sense approach. People will argue the point both ways endlessly. My preference is that people please keep it simple, don`t make it a bigger issue than it needs to be. Deathmatch is a simple game of kill and be killed, you lose some, you win some.

But "Spawn camping" which speaks for itself, is judged not fair play. If caught repeatedly doing this by an Admin you could be kicked and banned. Accidents happen, and in the heat of the battle mistakes will be made. But repeating an offence implies deliberate intent and that could see the offending player removed from the server.

For the sake of everyone's fun, know that you spawn safe, and then please accept that as soon as you move, you are both hunting, and being hunted.

Thanks - Loki

I moved to https://lokiservers.net be sure to update any links you have and check out the additional player stats.

Server Admins have been discussing my server rule regarding placement of mines and hidden doors. The following explains the finer point of the rule and how they are agreed to enforce it.

Legal
Any mine placed in front of hidden doors if the mine is clearly visible before accessing the door, and could therefore be destroyed without killing a player.

Any mine placed behind hidden doors if there is enough room between the mine and the door to allow use of the door without instantly killing a player, in other words 100% avoidable.

Illegal
Any mine placed behind a hidden door that kills a player as he enters, without leaving enough room to have avoided the mine.

All players are asked to keep it all simple, the rule does not need any further debates. The above should make it clear that we still encourage fun with mines, but we know they can sometimes be tedious. Mistakes made and not repeated will be forgiven, but players intentionally ignoring the rule as explained above - risk being kicked or banned from my servers.

From time to time I read chat comments relating to missing menus in game.
Menus like RTV map lists are a custom feature.

If you are not seeing them, locate your config.cfg and look for the entry that reads cl_showpluginmessages make sure it is set to "1"

Default sets this to 0 (off)