I like the idea of placing the players who die and the players who join mid-game into some sort of viewing area or perhaps place them in a parkour course, etc... People join MCBall to play paintball, not to do parkour or watch paintball. I think that mostly new players will die in the first sec...

I wouldn't lock the server. I would place them in the lobby for the duration of the game or... Maybe make a map in which players joining during the match can face each other off. Also put those that are eliminated in this map. That way there is no boring wait. With an elimination match sniper cam...

New players are unaware of the extent of f5 usage. They can learn, but it is more likely that they quit before they even realise they are prefired due to f5. It is way more frustrating for a new player (and for old ones aswell) to die from an f5 camp than from a 'fair' fight. Besides that, as an...