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RE "SetMaxPlayers":

I don't see that as an issue at all, at least no more so than anything else in YSF may be. That is a value in the server, and is just as valid for being changed as any other value. There is nothing to say "this value is more protected than that value".

Don't forget that hosts can choose what plugins to allow, and if they think one will adversely affect their system they can not allow it, or they can use a modified version that removes the given feature - it is open-source after all.

The idea of being "disrespectful to server hosts" is not the point IMHO, the plugin is there to improve all servers, not to baby-sit hosting companies. I should point out that this is all technically possible from pure PAWN, so even if they disable the plugin or this feature of the plugin you could hide it in your mode anyway. Plugins should not be crippled based on what hosting companies may or may not like - they to me are not a stakeholder in server features!

This is of course all predicated on the rest of the plugin being fine, that is to say setting max players after the server starts is no worse than setting the game mode name after the server starts. And I doubt that Kalcor would single that out any more than any other point.