Concise description:
When a newish player tries to join a game, a message could appear suggesting that this map, or some of the settings, are particularly difficult for players unfamiliar either with the map or the settings.
Specifics/Details:
Essentially this message should not disallow the new player from joining, but would give them fair warning that they're entering a map with special rules, or a type of game that might be unfamiliar to them. They would, of course, have the option of joining anyway, but that's up to them. A link to the rules or one of the strategy guides to the particular map might be good to include, although possibly more difficult to implement.
How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
This strikes me as a good possible compromise for the four groups who are involved in the argument about farming (though I'm not going to say it's a complete fix).
1) Mods- it'll save a lot of hassle if newbies have been told that they're playing a difficult map or setting and want to try it anyway.
2) People accused of farming- if the accusations are true, you can point out that they were warned, if not, you have an extra filter against newbies joining your games without knowing the basics.
3) Most players- You won't have so much to worry about with new players deadbeating because they have no idea what to do on the map they just joined, plus, fewer arguments about farming.
4) New players- more likely to stick around if they at least have a warning that they've chosen the difficult setting when joining a game.
Now, of course, this isn't a suggestion for a complete solution to all farming woes. And the big problem with this suggestion is what do we consider a difficult map, or a difficult set of settings.
