Hey scotched,
You were kicked from the server because someone used a reserved slot?
That shouldn't happen since you're a donator. I checked the database, and your SteamID is in there.
It shouldn't matter how you connected to the server. As long as you're a donator, you should not be kicked to make room for someone else.
I did receive a complaint about reserved slot issue this afternoon. I did check the reserved slots, and they seem to be working fine. Can you please let me know if it happens again? And if you get any message/errors as well.
Everything looks good on my end, but it's possible either the Steam authentication server timed out for a bit or our SQL server did.
Sorry again about that.