From e0086b6dad9fd4932fc16496445666d1cfc80c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonio Martinez <aj@worldsbe.st>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:02:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove late join

---
 src/k_kart.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index 421d0abc6..19b4de6e7 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -15740,6 +15740,15 @@ void K_CheckSpectateStatus(boolean considermapreset)
 			if (players[i].exiting)
 				return;
 
+			// Mid-race joins cause all kind of jank, including replay issues
+			// that literally none of us can figure out. Whoops.
+			if (numingame < 2 || leveltime == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			return;
+
+			// Unseal when someone feels like debugging.
+#if 0
 			// Allow if the match hasn't started yet
 			if (numingame < 2 || leveltime < starttime || mapreset)
 				continue;
@@ -15753,6 +15762,7 @@ void K_CheckSpectateStatus(boolean considermapreset)
 				return;
 
 			continue;
+#endif
 		}
 
 		if (players[i].bot)