Hi Dave,
the maker of the list uses an lpi of 10 or lower and you also must have
certain minimum number of races run to get onto the list (i.e. you won't get
onto the list just because you created a new ID and crashed in the first
race).
But even if the latter were not true, an lpi of 10 won't even cover all
wreckers, much less bad or unlucky drivers. Nobody who honestly tries to
race clean will have a problem getting an lpi of 10. Although I am convinced
we will see the odd unjustified complaint.
I'm basing this opinion on my own experience. I recently created a new ID
because I wanted to join Papy RC server races without hurting my main ID's
lpi too much (there's a particularly fast guy who seems to exclusively race
on Papy's fixed setup RC servers).
I got to an RC rating of 5 racing almost exclusively Papy RC servers in less
than a week if I remember correctly, and the ID has an lpi of around 50.
An lpi of 10 really shouldn't be a problem.
Apart from that, I find it perfectly justified if a server owner wants to
ensure a certain quality of the races on his server, and the ranking alone
is insufficient to fulfill that task.
Achim
> The only drawback to this that I can see is the use of LPI as a main
> determining factor. Another thread here has been raising the fact that a
> Short tracker will almost always have a smaller LPI than someone who
cruises
> the Superspeedways. I haven't looked at the list, but I would hope that
> eye witness accounts are also included to verify that someone really is
> wrecking. If that is verified...then cut'em off...
> dave henrie
> > Because cdkeys are involved, the only thing they can do to get around it
> is to buy another copy AND
> > use another ID....
> > --
> > Biz
> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular
structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash
> > > Problem is, they just make another ID and start all over again.
> > > -John
> > > > Someone is maintaining a list of people who have raced in 30 or more
> > > > races and has an LPI lower than 10, or are a known wrecker. If they
> > > > meet those criteria, they are added to the community muzzle list.
> > > > Here's a link:
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/craneris/muzzle.txt
> > > > Many of the ID's are also supplied with CD Keys, which effectively
> bans
> > > > them from your server, no matter what user ID they might use.
> > > > It migt be a good idea to use this muzzle list for non-passworded
> races
> > > > on your server.
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