Incessant AFK Spellup Scripting -- is this legal?

[GemstoneFan]

There's this guy named Dethereal that sits in the Abbey Library day/night and just runs a spellup script 24x7. Thing is, I never see him hunt -- what's the point?

Is this even legal? Is this against policy? If it irritates the crap out of me it should be against policy :: chuckles...

[Artha]

If it's afk scripting, no.

[HarmNone]

As long as he is not gaining experience, coin, or other unfair advantage, it is not against policy, to my knowledge...unless, it causes needless scroll.

If the constant scrolling of spells is bothering you, you can always put in an Assist and talk to a Host about it. I would suggest doing that before Reporting.

HarmNone

*edited because I forgot about the scrolling issue*

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by HarmNone]

[GemstoneFan]

Policy ambiguous as usual:

GemStone III player policy: Scripting Policy

=Any= experience gaining activity while being unresponsive to the gaming environment will be considered against policy. AFK scripting of =any= kind is entirely against policy and is an immediately warnable offense (If your attention is not in the game window, you should log out of the game or stop any experience, skill or money gaining activities to avoid being warned.

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I sent this...

report is it legal to sit in a node all day and be afk using a spellup script? Dethereal does that all day/night where I hunt.

and got back.......

SEND[Ysbail] Please ASSIST so a GameHost may address your questions. Thanks!

Bah...... I'll bother with it when I get home tonight and feel like sitting around an hour to wait for a GH.

[HarmNone]

Heh. I expected that if you Reported, you would be told to Assist. It is worth asking about, if it is really annoying to you.

HarmNone

[CrystalTears]

If it's just spelling up, it's not a problem. If he's scripting while he's hunting, then it's a problem. But sitting in one area and just spelling himself up doesn't do anything but possibly bug you for the scrolling if it's a lot.

Just out of curiosity, where is the Abbey Library? What do you hunt there?

[Betheny]

It should be illegal, if it isn't, IMHO.

[AnticorRifling]

Mana Leech him.

[Vesi]

Just out of curiosity, where is the Abbey Library? What do you hunt there?

It's through a door in shamblers and pumas and then go up and through a screen and then go up and east then se. (that's how I get there... might have left an east or so out).

Abbey has shamblers, pumas, storm giants, vereri and arch wights.

Vesi

Abbey Library used to be a safe spot. Not sure if it still is.

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by Vesi]

[CrystalTears]

But is it an actual hunting room with critters running through it or is it a resting spot?

[Vesi]

Originally posted by AnticorRifling
Mana Leech him.

I like that idea. I don't like to run across anyone afk because I hate trying to talk and they don't respond. Gives me a complex. Heh. Hide already!

Vesi

[Vesi]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
But is it an actual hunting room with critters running through it or is it a resting spot?

People use it to rest in but about a year ago when I was hunting there and went to the library to rest and a vereri came in. Someone that was in there said the creatures had been coming in lately. (they didn't when I hunted my older character there a few years ago) I don't think it's a safe spot anymore. But your rarely see creatures wander in. The other portions of the Abbey are where you would want to hunt.

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by Vesi]

[Drew2]

The abbey library is a safe spot. You can build a fire in there and all that.

[Vesi]

Originally posted by Tayre
The abbey library is a safe spot. You can build a fire in there and all that.

Maybe it was a bug when the creatures were coming in. I know I was surprised.

Vesi

[GS4Gurl]

I thought we already covered the AFK scripting. No its not acceptable even while spelling up. AFK scripting is... afk scripting and against policy. Period.

[Scott]

Originally posted by GS4Gurl
I thought we already covered the AFK scripting. No its not acceptable even while spelling up. AFK scripting is... afk scripting and against policy. Period.

Oh. So rest mode is against policy if you aren't at the computer since it's a script that keeps you in the game....... Thanks for clearing that up.

[GemstoneFan]

I take lil ones over to arch wights up there because they bind nicely and let the youngsters have a fun hunt for a change where they get to whack at something and not get killed... I usually do that after someone has a rough day in cold guardians or something and just needs a pal to help em hunt.

So I'll sit there with whomever I'm taking hunting and hang out / rp after the youngster fries in wights... Dethereal, I've never seen actually stand up and hunt, just sit and spellup and won't respond to conversation, hello's, gestures, nothing. I've seen him up there for as long as I've been taking lil ones up there to hunt, which has been months now. If he ever does hunt up there and it's been at least 4-5 months, surely he's too old for anything up there and they're not exactly rich -- and he's not MA'ing because he's always alone.....odd.

I've never seen a critter in there and I myself have fallen asleep there from time to time (not spelling up, hahha) with no problems.

I may see if there are some youngsters in Mule who want to go on a little arch wight hunt and on the way we'll swing by and see if it's still going on :: chuckles ::

[CrystalTears]

AFK scripting that is done specifically to gain experience or advancement in skill is against policy. Sitting there and spelling yourself up or even healing yourself up is not against policy. Annoying... but not against policy.

[HarmNone]

Originally posted by GS4Gurl
I thought we already covered the AFK scripting. No its not acceptable even while spelling up. AFK scripting is... afk scripting and against policy. Period.

Wrong. AFK scripting is only against policy if the scripter is gaining experience, coin, or some other unfair advantage over other players (like guild skills).

HarmNone

[Scott]

Originally posted by HarmNone

Originally posted by GS4Gurl
I thought we already covered the AFK scripting. No its not acceptable even while spelling up. AFK scripting is... afk scripting and against policy. Period.
HarmNone

But but but HarmNone, she said it is against policy, PERIOD!
Wrong. AFK scripting is only against policy if the scripter is gaining experience, coin, or some other unfair advantage over other players (like guild skills).



[Edited on 9-16-2003 by Gemstone101]

[HarmNone]

Someday, perhaps I will understand why this is so difficult to understand. AFK scripting for experience, coin, or advancement of skills is against policy. Otherwise, AFK scripting is not against policy.

Why is that so difficult?

HarmNone does not understand why people do not understand this

[CrystalTears]

Because the policy has the word "any" in it so it confuses people. Of course they ignore the reasons for it being against policy, but they keep bringing up the word "any" to support it.