I couldn't get it to work either here's my very simple script.
function cAnimation(player)
engineLoadIFP("parkour.ifp")
engineUnloadIFP(HandPlant)
setPedAnimation( player, "parkour", "HandPlant")
end
addCommandHandler("handplant", cAnimation)
A release for Christmas would be great, but I doubt the MTA team will have it ready by then, I'm guessing it will be released sometime in January or February.
You should be able to reconnect if you where kicked. Are you sure it said you where kicked because if you cant reconnect after a day it sounds more like a Ban.
yeah i love this new theme. Its very informative too, for people that may have stumbled accross this website it makes them want to try MTA even more with the screenshots and information.