I'm just curious what the plan is. Will the server go back to Fast Spawn? Are we sticking with stock spawn? I know a few times admins have manually changed it to fast spawn, to the chagrin of some and joy of others. So I know it's a divided issue.
Instant respawn is a must. Otherwise, those players who suck and get killed a lot <sheepishly raises hand> spend most of their time watching a timer count down.
It honestly seems to vary. You are just cruising along and then you die and its all of a sudden a 16-20s spawn time. Only certain admins know the dark arts required to change it on the fly.
For those wondering, the plugin we were using broke after an update a couple of months ago. Valve fixed the issue apparently. I've just never had time to test whether or not the issue was fixed at a time when the server wasn't packed.