parse.c or player.h
/* how many players may be removed from program 
   per call of process_players() */
#define MAX_OUTGOING_PER_BEAT 10


parse.c : process_players ()

add declaration
   int chucked = 0;


just below this bit
      if ((scan->fd < 0) || (scan->flags & PANIC) ||
          (scan->flags & CHUCKOUT))
      {
add
         if (chucked++ > MAX_OUTGOING_PER_BEAT)
            continue;