Short time ban system

[KTM_Calle]

I guess you've all encountered this situation; some newbie or whiner joins the server, whines, gets kicked off, and connects again and again. If this is a public server, someone with acess to the server might now be around to ban this person, same if it's a clan server (happens). So i think the admin should be able to do a 5-10 minute ban in mp, if the server admin has it enabled.

[Skul]

I'm up for this idea. Would limit TK'ers and assholes connecting again and again after being kicked.

[Gareth Gates must die]

[bn880]

Yeah good idea. Timed bans....

[Dauragon]

Why not just ban directly instead of 10 mins ?

[bn880]

Well it's less work, you don't want to ban someone forever over some bad moment he had, gives them time to cool off and respect others. Also you can give timed ban permissions to voted in moderators. (well it's a little more complicated but doable)

[waffendennis]

Just give a timed ban and make it in Time periods like:
1: 5min ban
2: 10 min ban
3: 15min ban
4: 30min ban
5: 45 min ban
6: 60 min ban
7: Day ban
8: Week ban
Etc Etc Etc...It's a nice idea and i hope BIS is gonna use this

[Goeth]

This is very good idea, hope we see this on ofp2.

[KTM_Calle]

If its a public server though, chanses are always that some asshole is admin, and decides to ban everyone for a week or two , so the allowed ban-times should be defined in the servers cfg, for example

[benu]

I don't get the ip of timed bans. I've never done that in my years as a gameserver admin. Either a player behaves or he doesn't. Actions that warrant a timed ban warrant an infinite ban too, cause i don't want to play with assholes. This does not mean that i ban many ppl, just those i find really antisocial. But i don't want to see those on my server ever again.

[bn880]

If its a public server though, chanses are always that some asshole is admin, and decides to ban everyone for a week or two , so the allowed ban-times should be defined in the servers cfg, for example

Oh well the maximum ban for voted admins could be 5m-15m-30m.

That's it, in increments. After all, an asshole admin can kick anyone he wants, so he has the power to be an asshole anyway, but people can vote someone else in or leave the server. However for a good admin this will be helpful.