Fair warning

[lw'nafh]

saw this posted on durandal's skype, came here to say exactly one thing

"I logged onto the live server with a modified client to test some things"

don't do that

log on live with a modified client at your own risk.
don't test stuff on live. ever.
the first stuff thing you learn in community college-tier software dev is "don't push untested changes to live", and the second is "do your tests on the test environment"

there was no reason for this to ever go so laughably wrong. admins unban the guy, devs slap him on the wrist for testing stuff on live, you all go home nice and happy.

it would be very astonishing if a community as old and long-standing as disco did not have some kind of test environment. like, stuff, just set up a server in parallel on the main box, keep it updated to the latest dev branch on git, and if it's some minor change (like switching the effects on a weapon), just remote in and edit the line in the .ini then restore from backup when you're done.

like, holy stuff you guys. holy stuff.

This is all starting to remind me a lot of Errorage and Hornygranny, wouldn't you say, @Psyentific