if VIP username is added, it means you have secured access no matter if the server is full
Another query, it happened to me that I have 8 bots and 14 slots and the server is full and when I want to enter it tells me that the server is full and does not throw a bot out.
would this work?
make a private slot and use a password to enter it in your server.cfg file
set sv_privateClients “1” //Private Clients, number of slots that can only be changed with a password
set sv_privatePassword “” // the password to join private slots