"If you are a server administrator that run ranked servers, then you should take note that a few settings are no longer changeable for ranked servers. The most notable example here is that you are no longer able to set the min # of players to start a round to less than 4. This is to prevent statspadding."

Below is a petition to DICE/EA regarding their recent release of R9 server for Battlefield 3.

We the undersigned, petition for the following to be changed:

1) Ability to walk around/drive vehicles during pre-match state
2) Remove mandatory 300 second idle kick
3) Remove the mandatory 5 player minimum count

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