diff --git a/engine/server/pr_cmds.c b/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
index 4008594e6..4d252881f 100644
--- a/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
+++ b/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
@@ -4180,6 +4180,7 @@ static void QCBUILTIN PF_spawnclient (pubprogfuncs_t *prinst, struct globalvars_
 			svs.clients[i].userid = ++nextuserid;
 			svs.clients[i].protocol = SCP_BAD;	//marker for bots
 			svs.clients[i].state = cs_spawned;
+			svs.clients[i].connection_started = realtime;
 			svs.clients[i].spawned = true;
 			sv.spawned_client_slots++;
 			svs.clients[i].netchan.message.allowoverflow = true;
diff --git a/engine/server/pr_q1qvm.c b/engine/server/pr_q1qvm.c
index 70c6c46cf..d48be2ff1 100755
--- a/engine/server/pr_q1qvm.c
+++ b/engine/server/pr_q1qvm.c
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ static qintptr_t QVM_Add_Bot (void *offset, quintptr_t mask, const qintptr_t *ar
 			cl->userid = ++nextuserid;
 			cl->protocol = SCP_BAD;	//marker for bots
 			cl->state = cs_spawned;
+			cl->connection_started = realtime;
 			cl->spawned = true;
 			sv.spawned_client_slots++;
 			cl->netchan.message.allowoverflow = true;
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_main.c b/engine/server/sv_main.c
index 9e0584bf9..de95c5685 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_main.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_main.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ void SV_FullClientUpdate (client_t *client, client_t *to)
 
 	if (ISQWCLIENT(to))
 	{
+		float onservertime;
 		unsigned int pext = to->fteprotocolextensions;
 		int ping = SV_CalcPing (client, false);
 		if (ping > 0xffff)
@@ -1041,10 +1042,13 @@ void SV_FullClientUpdate (client_t *client, client_t *to)
 			MSG_WriteByte(buf, client->lossage);
 		ClientReliable_FinishWrite(to);
 
+		onservertime = realtime - client->connection_started;
+		if (onservertime > sv.time)
+			onservertime = sv.time;
 		buf = ClientReliable_StartWrite(to, 6);
 			MSG_WriteByte(buf, svc_updateentertime);
 			MSG_WriteByte(buf, i);
-			MSG_WriteFloat(buf, realtime - client->connection_started);
+			MSG_WriteFloat(buf, onservertime);
 		ClientReliable_FinishWrite(to);
 
 		InfoBuf_ToString(&client->userinfo, info, (pext&PEXT_BIGUSERINFOS)?BASIC_INFO_STRING:sizeof(info), basicuserinfos, privateuserinfos, (pext&PEXT_BIGUSERINFOS)?NULL:basicuserinfos, &to->infosync, &client->userinfo);
@@ -2546,6 +2550,7 @@ client_t *SV_AddSplit(client_t *controller, char *info, int id)
 	if (cl->spectator)
 		InfoBuf_SetValueForStarKey (&cl->userinfo, "*spectator", va("%i", cl->spectator));
 	cl->state = controller->state;
+	cl->connection_started = realtime;
 
 //	host_client = NULL;
 //	sv_player = NULL;
@@ -3076,6 +3081,7 @@ void SV_DoDirectConnect(svconnectinfo_t *fte_restrict info)
 #endif
 
 	newcl->state = cs_connected;
+	newcl->connection_started = realtime;
 
 #ifdef Q3SERVER
 	newcl->gamestatesequence = -1;
@@ -5273,6 +5279,7 @@ void SV_Impulse_f (void)
 	pr_global_struct->time = sv.world.physicstime;
 
 	svs.clients[i].state = cs_connected;
+	svs.clients[i].connection_started = realtime;
 
 	SV_SetUpClientEdict(&svs.clients[i], svs.clients[i].edict);
 
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_user.c b/engine/server/sv_user.c
index 1927bfad0..df9f702a7 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_user.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_user.c
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ void SV_New_f (void)
 			ClientReliableWrite_Byte (host_client, playernum);
 
 			split->state = cs_connected;
-			split->connection_started = realtime;
 		#ifdef SVRANKING
 			split->stats_started = realtime;
 		#endif
@@ -412,7 +411,6 @@ void SV_New_f (void)
 				playernum |= 128;
 
 			split->state = cs_connected;
-			split->connection_started = realtime;
 		#ifdef SVRANKING
 			split->stats_started = realtime;
 		#endif
@@ -5459,7 +5457,6 @@ void SV_SetUpClientEdict (client_t *cl, edict_t *ent)
 	ent->v->movetype = MOVETYPE_NOCLIP;
 
 	ent->v->frags = 0;
-	cl->connection_started = realtime;
 }
 
 //dynamically add/remove a splitscreen client
@@ -5949,18 +5946,7 @@ static void SVNQ_Spawn_f (void)
 		host_client->maxspeed = ent->xv->maxspeed;
 	}
 	else
-	{
-		ED_Clear(svprogfuncs, ent);
-		ED_Spawned(ent, false);
-
-		ent->v->colormap = NUM_FOR_EDICT(svprogfuncs, ent);
-		ent->v->team = 0;	// FIXME
-		svprogfuncs->SetStringField(svprogfuncs, ent, &ent->v->netname, host_client->name, true);
-
-		host_client->entgravity = ent->xv->gravity = 1.0;
-		host_client->entgravity*=sv_gravity.value;
-		host_client->maxspeed = ent->xv->maxspeed = sv_maxspeed.value;
-	}
+		SV_SetUpClientEdict(host_client, ent);
 
 //
 // force stats to be updated
@@ -6221,6 +6207,8 @@ static void SVNQ_Status_f(void)
 		int hours, mins, secs;
 		if (!cl->state)
 			continue;
+		if (i >= host_client->max_net_clients)
+			break;	//don't send more than it expects. the ping parsers will give up and get spammy (sucks).
 		secs = realtime - cl->connection_started;
 		mins = secs/60;
 		secs -= mins*60;
@@ -6418,6 +6406,7 @@ ucmd_t ucmds[] =
 	{"sayone",		SV_SayOne_f},
 	{"say",			SV_Say_f},
 	{"say_team",	SV_Say_Team_f},
+	{"status",		SVNQ_Status_f},
 #ifdef SVRANKING
 	{"topten",		Rank_ListTop10_f},
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/quake3/svq3_game.c b/plugins/quake3/svq3_game.c
index 6ff3df493..4e4cf2f8c 100644
--- a/plugins/quake3/svq3_game.c
+++ b/plugins/quake3/svq3_game.c
@@ -3409,6 +3409,7 @@ void SVQ3_DirectConnect(netadr_t *from, sizebuf_t *msg)	//Actually connect the c
 
 	cl->protocol = SCP_QUAKE3;
 	cl->state = cs_connected;
+	cl->connection_started = realtime;
 	cl->name = cl->namebuf;
 	cl->team = cl->teambuf;
 	worldfuncs->ExtractFromUserinfo(cl, true);
@@ -3434,6 +3435,7 @@ static int SVQ3_AddBot(void)
 		return -1;	//failure, no slots
 
 	cl->protocol = SCP_BAD;
+	cl->connection_started = realtime;
 	cl->state = cs_connected;
 	cl->name = cl->namebuf;
 	cl->team = cl->teambuf;