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https://entgaming.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=46430

As suggested in this thread by @donotpingme we should remove the option to votekick people in the lobby.
The votekick option was to prevent someone from ruining the game when it started but as most, if not all the reasons to kick a guy from a game, comes from him doing something (AFK, teamkilling, trashtalking etc.) first happens when you are actually in the game, there is low to no reason having this option in the lobby.
The only thing I see votekick being used as is kicking people with low elo to balance out elo or to make spot for a friend of yours which both is illegal, so in order to help the players away from the temptation of a rulebreak I think we should remove the votekick option in lobby.


Bottom line: Remove votekick option in lobby to prevent abuse.

Added a poll.

oh right - thanks

I agree. There is barely anything one can do to deserve being kicked from lobby. Excessive flaming maybe. Openly announcing to screw things over. But quite honestly, I doubt at even 1% this is the case. While votekick-abuse vs low ELO-players is definitely not something unusual.

Vk is simply a tool to kick someone game ruining or breaking a rule. Same applies in lobby. If someone abuses it, they can get reported and get banned for it. ezpz. But, there are very few cases where vk would actually be needed in lobby.

In brief, there is quite a number of lobby vk abuse cases compared to its actual purpose. More harm than good.

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