Spring RTS Engine

Seemed like a good thing, something little fresh to the old. Balance competition, cant be bad in any way.

This morning there were players. Then came the mafia.

[08:17:06] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban1 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:09] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban2 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:16] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban5 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:19] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban4 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:21] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban3 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:32] * BlackHoleHost2 * Hi kickban6 (Newbie), welcome to BlackHoleHost2 (SPADS 0.11.39, automated host).
[08:17:46] <kickban6> !kickban Penske
[08:17:46] * BlackHoleHost2 * kickban6 called a vote for command "kickBan [Sir]Penske" [!vote y, !vote n, !vote b]
[08:17:46] * BlackHoleHost2 * 8 users allowed to vote.
[08:17:49] <kickban2> !vote y
[08:17:50] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote in progress: "kickBan [Sir]Penske" [y:2/5, n:0/5] (42s remaining)
[08:17:52] <kickban5> !vote y
[08:17:57] <kickban4> !vote y
[08:17:57] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote in progress: "kickBan [Sir]Penske" [y:4/5, n:0/5] (34s remaining)
[08:17:57] * BlackHoleHost2 * Awaiting following vote(s): Culosburro,kickban1,kickban3,[Sir]Penske,Kapytii
[08:17:59] <kickban3> !vote y
[08:18:00] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote for command "kickBan [Sir]Penske" passed.
[08:18:00] * BlackHoleHost2 * Battle ban added for user "[Sir]Penske" (duration: 2 games, reason: temporary kick-ban by kickban6)
[08:18:07] <kickban6> !kickban Kapytii
[08:18:07] * BlackHoleHost2 * kickban6 called a vote for command "kickBan Kapytii" [!vote y, !vote n, !vote b]
[08:18:07] * BlackHoleHost2 * 7 users allowed to vote.
[08:18:10] <kickban1> !vote y
[08:18:10] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote in progress: "kickBan Kapytii" [y:2/5, n:0/4] (42s remaining)
[08:18:13] <kickban2> !vote y
[08:18:13] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote in progress: "kickBan Kapytii" [y:3/5, n:0/4] (39s remaining)
[08:18:13] * BlackHoleHost2 * Awaiting following vote(s): Kapytii,kickban4,kickban3,Culosburro,kickban5
[08:18:15] <kickban5> !vote y
[08:18:16] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote in progress: "kickBan Kapytii" [y:4/5, n:0/4] (36s remaining)
[08:18:16] * BlackHoleHost2 * Awaiting following vote(s): Kapytii,kickban4,kickban3,Culosburro
[08:18:18] <kickban4> !vote y
[08:18:19] * BlackHoleHost2 * Vote for command "kickBan Kapytii" passed.
[08:18:39] ** Left Battle.
[14:13:39] ** Server ** Failed to join battle. Denied by host (temporary kick-ban by kickban6)

Really? Hilariously stupid. Someone must be really proud of himself.

And of course it needs its own TS.

Split from viewtopic.php?f=88&t=35558 (Silentwings)

[08:17:57] * BlackHoleHost2 * Awaiting following vote(s): Culosburro ...

What you are looking for there is an autohost admin, and, you already had one. One option is to deny voting rights to newbie ranked players in spads config.

I'm afraid these dev forums are not really the place for autohost stuff - viewtopic.php?f=16&t=28199

It's DeathStar/SuperNoob exploiting the vote system through VPN/private server.

I will try to provide a plugin for SPADS to mitigate this vote system exploit, without having to deny voting rights to all newbie ranked players.