Posted 09 March 2010 - 06:22 PM
I have no problem at all with self killers. In fact, if you are fast enough to slash before I hit you then you deserve to not get a death.
You are penalized if you are hit and then slash, I'm not sure what the timelimit is, but I'm guessing somewhere within 2-3 seconds will give you "[n] was scared to death by [d]" and the person who last shot you gets the kill.
Slashing if you come up in the enemies base when they spawn is a good idea, and right before being hit by a panzer is well received. They waste a rocket and get nothing from it.
I don't do it often myself, basically only to restock my ammo. /kill is bound to delete for me, so it's on the other side of the keyboard, no way I can reach it fast enough to get out of most things.