NEWS 17 - AFK Scripting Policy (Updated)

[HR-Trevor]

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AFK SCRIPTING POLICY!
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Unfortunately, it's become obvious that many players feel welcome to AFK script and test their luck against GM monitors. While many of these persons are caught regularly, the alarming rate at which we observe these incidents has prompted us to make changes to penalize AFK scripters / gainers more. Therefore, the following new guidelines for penalties will apply:

First Warning: Deduction of 15,000 experience points. Experience Penalty Tracker increased by 50 hours.

Second Warning: Deduction of 60,000 experience points. Experience Penalty Tracker increased by 100 hours.

Third Warning: Deduction of 120,000 experience points. Experience Penalty Tracker increased by 250 hours.

Fourth Warning: Deduction of 180,000 experience points. Experience Penalty Tracker increased by 250 hours.

Fifth+ Warning: Deduction of 300,000 experience points. Experience drain rate permanently reduced to 50% for all future/existing characters on the account.

Additional notes:

* In light of these changes, anyone with three or more warnings will be reduced to two warnings immediately. This is a one time reduction.

* In addition to the above, any warning will result in loss of any pool experience as well as any foraged or mined items.

* Addition penalties may apply per discretion of the staff, particularly for exceptionally devious attempts using complex methods or scripts.

AFK scripting / gains is defined as any method or incident by which a player gains new experience into their pool, cash, credits, poison resistance, or any other form of gain. The only exclusions are: Natural healing over time; recovery of focus, health, stamina, etc.; and draining of the experience pool. Use of scripts is fine as long as those scripts do not violate the previously mentioned criteria. If you are unsure whether an activity you are taking part in would violate this policy, please ASSIST to ask a Counselor.

The staff will send messages for a period of time, typically three-plus minutes, seeking a response. Before a warning issued, your screen will be flooded with a massive amount of text. For Wizard FE users, this text will typically be red in color. You are expected to reply to this check as directed by the messaging.

Any questions on this policy should be directed to a staff member via ASSIST, or email Trevor Rage at hr-trevor@haelrahv.com.
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Author: Trevor Rage - 02/05/04 9:38 p.m.
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