It seems that join in progress has gone from one extreme to another. It's looking like once the game has hit a halfway point, either from time or score (or both?), join in progress cuts off regardless of how close a game is. I'm not sure if it's possible, but I feel it would benefit the game if there was some way to detect how close a game is and how long is left in the game, not just some half way threshold. If the game is within 1-2 kills or even a single flag cap or tied up, and one team has lost some players, getting someone in there can be the difference between a win or a loss, especially if there are still many kills left to go, or if in CTF you're looking at a 3-2 score with 5 caps to win.