A simple can't spawn when there are x players within x meters of the spawn point is the way to go. it is simple, it has no downside, it makes sense.

This is replacing a bad system, with another system that is equally bad, if not worse.

I noticed the same issue during the last event.

We have the same problem in the PBS server. It's the only full community server in the game and it being ruined by toxic players because the admins can't ban toxic Xbox players.