Why can't we just add plugin X on Sourcemod?

[Bottiger]

People have come to us with plugins from the Sourcemod forum and then expect us to immediately try it as though it is as easy as saving a file. Every time we install a plugin, it could have any of these problems.

• Crash
• Lag
• Security Leak (like enabling sv_cheats)

These problems don't occur instantly and could even take several months before triggering an issue.

• Many plugins are poorly written by kids with very little experience.
• Plugins may start crashing many patches later and we have to figure out which of the 50+ plugins is causing it. When the server crashes, it doesn't tell you which plugin caused it.
• Plugins may crash when combined with other plugins we have installed.

Examples of plugins that we had to remove.

• Model manager
• High Five
• TF2ware