Noobs guide to kicking by client number

[Orc]

While I know there are a great many threads addressing the need for some more permanent form of kick/ban, wether they be IP, Guid, hostmask, or whatever, in the meantime I thought I would help all those uninformed on how to vote kick by client number, effectively negating the popular "you cant kick me because I can change my name" exploit.

First of all as far as I am aware this method works on any and all servers, all you have to do is go to the console by pressing the ` key, (thats the key above tab and to the right of the number 1) and type in
/callvote clientkick # where # is the client number of the spammer/griefer. To find the client number there are 2 methods, if the server supports it you can simply type !listplayers into the chat and it will give you a list like this:

1 H 0  'Anonymous Player'  (*00000000)    Unnamed Player
2 A 0  'Anonymous Player'  (*00000000)    Orc
3 S 0  'Anonymous Player'  (*00000000)    Norfenstein
4 C 0  'Anonymous Player'  (*00000000)    Timbo
5 H 0  'Anonymous Player'  (*00000000)    Spammer

of course the names will be different, but the important thing to look at is the number at the front of each line, that is their client number, so in this example to kick the spammer one would simply open the console and type /callvote clientkick 5  it is also a good idea to explain to the players why you wish to kick said person if it isnt already obvious.

Now of course not all servers support the !listplayers method, in which case you must fall back to a universally available russian roulette method, open the console, and type /serverstatus and you will get a slightly different list resembeling this:

num: score: ping: name:
0          0        100   "Orc"
1       0        50     "Norfenstein"
2       0        75     "Timbo"
3       0        200   "Spammer"

So to kick the spammer here you would type /callvote clientkick 3  I call this method russian roulette because what the list indicates should be their client number isnt always correct, and you may end up kicking an entirely different person so always attempt the !listplayers method first, because it is always correct. Well I hope this was informative to anybody who was interested.

Ruining the fun of spamming and griefing one step at a time!

[stahlsau]

thanks. this will help.

[Stasis]

/playerlist

remember client id #

/callvote kick #

[|Nex|TrEmMa]

(thats the key above tab and to the right of the number 1)

Right?
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OMG WTF NOTHING HAPPEN
 

[rambone]

FINALLY, someone releasing that little bit of info! Thanks a million Orc!

[Mario]

/playerlist

doesn't work on some servers btw

[[UG]Plague]

I've seen votes that just have "" (two quotation marks) and then the Yes/No counter.  How would I go about using this "masking" technique so that deconners/griefers aren't aware of it until it's too late.  

On a related note, I don't understand how people vote Yes/No when they don't even know why the vote was called or what the person did.  People need to excercise more common sense.

[tjw]

Plague"]I've seen votes that just have "" (two quotation marks) and then the Yes/No counter.  How would I go about using this "masking" technique so that deconners/griefers aren't aware of it until it's too late.  

On a related note, I don't understand how people vote Yes/No when they don't even know why the vote was called or what the person did.  People need to excercise more common sense.

I've noticed this bug from time to time too.  It doesn't seem to effect all connected clients when it happens though so it's probably client related.

[kozak6]

Plague"]
On a related note, I don't understand how people vote Yes/No when they don't even know why the vote was called or what the person did.  People need to excercise more common sense.

Yeah, I accidently got votekicked this evening.  Someone tried to kick someone else, but hit my number instead.

It really pissed me off because I lost all of my points and the hummies were at S3.