The downside that I see with ignoring one nick as a method of flood prevention is that a lot of clones can still flood you off with that one command.
Yeah, I realized that too. It's possible, though, to implement a 2nd flood detection that's directed "globally" and let it interact with the "personal" one. However, I feel that maybe the code is too complex as it is (I can't stop myself complicating these things, lol)... I guess I'd prefer the simpler way.