I host a lot of games, and I've come up with these ideas:
1) When hosting, the host should have the plugin tab available
It's crazy that guests in my games can see what plugins I have active from the pregame screen, while I, as host, cannot! Rediculous. I have to go to options to check. The host should be able to check settings without leaving the pregame screen.
2) Check the lobby without leaving the game
How many times have we had to send someone out to the lobby to see if so-and-so is still on? Let's be able to check right from the pregame screen, and even possibly initiate a chat with a person in the lobby. At the least, it would be nice to see if the person we're waiting for is actually still on pmnet, or whichever server the game was on.
3) Lock a specific person out of a game (PermaBoot)
Occasionally some real a-hole joins a game I'm hosting and begins screaming obscenities and insults in all caps (sound like anyone you know?)
It's possible to t00b the guy, but he can come back. I can lock the game, but then no one else can join. So: it'd be nice to be able to lock a specific person out of a game from the pregame screen. Not as final as a .wank; if I were to rehost the person could rejoin.
This would also be good when hosting tournament match games when non-tournament people keep joining the game. Having random people join continuously can prevent the game from starting on time, or it may fill up the game and keep legitimate tournament players from being able to join.
4) To fully wank a person from the pregame screen
For that matter, it would also be nice to be able to fully wank a person from the pregame screen. Though I've only ever wanked one guy -- Placid2, for exactly this kind of behaviour (spelling for you English readers
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
5) Check player logins in the pregame screen
For all those times when you want to see who so-an'-so really is... whether out of curiosity or to verify identity for tournament matches.
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6) Being able to see more than 8 measly players in the list in pregame
Hey, seeing more players is kinda nice, isn't it? Myth has a tiny window (I can fit about 6 of them on my monitor). People had smaller monitors when Myth came out; now I see no reason not to be able to see more than 8 players. See the screenshot a few posts down.[/edit]