QVM is JIT compiled. It's only advantage is cross-platform compatibility, it is not secure in any way. Beside this it has several disadvantages.
It has been discontinued in Quake 4 and also you won't find it in Quake Live.

Back to topic. I like the idea as it is optional.

I don't think a feature to disable alpha models is a good idea, we are not talking about a new feature/hack here, but about a long and established feature that has been around since a long time, and that is even available by default on Quake Live.

Also, you don't have to base opinions and develop features on the premise that it will make cheating harder. That is just obfuscation and it doesn't take care of the real problem, and as skull said there will always be ways to get around them. Anticheat features should be coded on the engine, not the game logic.

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Yeah .. and in the future this will behave like :

now i(having e+ mod and an e+ config)

want to join this unknown server but .. im banned because i used r_picmip 3 > 0

i rejoin .. now im banned because i use cl_maxpackets 125 > 30

i rejoin .. now im banned because i use rate 25000 > ...

i rejoin .. now im banned because i use xp_enemyColor xxxx != ""

i rejoin .. now im banned because i use xp_enemyModel xxxx != ""

i rejoin ..

I know, it's madness. I'm against it.

-> BOZO

I think it was B@N@N@ server. Some guy even called me a cheter after kick for cg_shadows 2. 

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I do understand that, but you can't achieve that just by disabling alpha models. You seem to think than just by disabling alpha skins an skilled player will play like a noob, which is not true. Blocking alpha skins will only affect reaction time a bit and NOTHING more, so a good player will always own noobs the same way regardless if alpha skins are enabled or not.

I know that it sucks when good players come to a server intended for low-skilled players and the server gets empty because of that, but imo this is NOT the solution for that. What will be next when disabling alpha skins fails? Blocking some other "advanced" features too, like some other player already stated in this thread?

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I do understand that, but you can't achieve that just by disabling alpha models. You seem to think than just by disabling alpha skins an skilled player will play like a noob, which is not true. Blocking alpha skins will only affect reaction time a bit and NOTHING more, so a good player will always own noobs the same way regardless if alpha skins are enabled or not.

just for example, when i go to megabox i mostly have xp_corpse 1 (or 3, no idea what value) so my enemys are actually grey on that server, doesnt matter a single bit

I know, that's what happens to me too.