I know how to block it, though most server owners probably don't.

My question is why is this even possible, when it was supposedly
removed in 2007.

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/October_2,_2007_Patch

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:30 AM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you remove the FCVAR_GAMEDLL flag from this command it will prevent
> clients from being able to execute it (via SourceMod or some other plugin)
>
>
> Kind regards,
> *Saul Rennison*
>
>
> On 18 June 2012 09:19, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I am wondering why a client can repeatedly spam a command like
>> listdeaths and cause the server to lockup with thousands of lines that
>> don't even show up in the client.
>>
>> It looks like this:
>>
>> 63266.50 : TF_CLASS_SNIPER at (4690,4135,568) caused 174 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_MEDIC with TF_WEAPON_SNIPERRIFLE at (3463,3454,448), CRIT!,
>> KILL
>> 63266.77 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3496,2963,576) caused 5 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3670,2875,576)
>> 63266.77 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3496,2963,576) caused 2 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3670,2875,576)
>> 63266.80 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3496,2963,576) caused 5 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3670,2875,576)
>> 63266.85 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3510,2952,576) caused 6 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3658,2887,576)
>> 63266.86 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3517,2947,576) caused 5 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3658,2887,576)
>> 63266.91 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3517,2947,576) caused 7 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3651,2894,576)
>> 63266.94 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3525,2942,576) caused 7 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3644,2901,576)
>> 63266.98 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3545,2932,576) caused 6 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3636,2909,576)
>> 63267.03 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3563,2931,576) caused 6 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3629,2916,576)
>> 63267.07 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3572,2932,576) caused 6 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3621,2923,576)
>> 63267.12 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3573,2934,576) caused 7 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3621,2931,576)
>> 63267.16 : TF_CLASS_PYRO at (3573,2941,576) caused 6 damage to
>> TF_CLASS_HEAVYWEAPONS with TF_WEAPON_FLAMETHROWER at (3621,2940,576),
>> KILL
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> listed 92 deaths
>> listed 1615 damages
>>
>> Even a few of these will cause the server to freeze before getting
>> kicked by SMAC for command spamming.
>>
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