01 Mar 11, 06:40PM
As a coder you should be more aware of this than me, but the server has a parameter to change whether or not players can be kicked/banned for an 'invalid' reason, by a non-admin.
Effectively this means the server owner doesn't trust you, as a non-admin, to make that kind of decision. I'm not having a go at the server owner; I have the same setting. And I'm not saying you're irresponsible; sometimes it seems there are too many vote abusers to risk leaving it 'open'.
An 'invalid' reason means that the player concerned isn't obviously lagging, TKing or spamming, and has a low ratio. Now, we don't know why you wanted to kick/ban, but I have no reason to suspect it was frivolous, so it's possible the 'valid' vote detection needs some tweaking. Maybe some specifics would help? For example, I banned a player because he joined the server and made a racist joke. This wouldn't have been covered by the 'valid' reasons so I considered myself fortunate to have an admin password.
Effectively this means the server owner doesn't trust you, as a non-admin, to make that kind of decision. I'm not having a go at the server owner; I have the same setting. And I'm not saying you're irresponsible; sometimes it seems there are too many vote abusers to risk leaving it 'open'.
An 'invalid' reason means that the player concerned isn't obviously lagging, TKing or spamming, and has a low ratio. Now, we don't know why you wanted to kick/ban, but I have no reason to suspect it was frivolous, so it's possible the 'valid' vote detection needs some tweaking. Maybe some specifics would help? For example, I banned a player because he joined the server and made a racist joke. This wouldn't have been covered by the 'valid' reasons so I considered myself fortunate to have an admin password.