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by fabiensanglard 204 days ago
> My understanding is that a new client coming from the same IP and different port will now be treated as a new player instead of a reconnect

Indeed. It could be a gap of my understanding but I believed that in pre-QuakeWorld there was no "coming back". How would a connect differ from a reconnect from a user experience perspective? Was it expected they keep their previous score/name?