Someone on Something Awful admitted to staying AFK all night

and they were still logged in this morning.

This is unacceptable. Every online game has an afk kick timer. Put one in and the login problems will decrease.

These damn goons take over every MMO they play and now they're exploiting the system to keep other players from being able to login.

FFXI didn't have one. It had the option to turn off the auto log out after a period of time of inactivity. So that won't do much good if people can turn it off.

So have several people on reddit, and I'm sure there are thousands more who are doing the same thing. I probably would too if I finally managed to get in after 16 hours of fruitlessly trying.

Yeah turning on a auto kick feature that you cannot turn off would go a long way into helping the server load. as it is now it doesn't work

As the leader of Please Be Careful/Dragongod Knightkings, the twin Something Awful Free Companies, I can confirm that this is the case. Some members are remaining online to ensure they can play when they have free time.

However, I don't believe that members of PBC/DGKK are the only ones taking advantage of the lack of an idle timeout. This is a problem endemic to every server and community, and will regrettably continue to be so until either the severe login restrictions are lifted or an idle timeout is added.

TC

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Originally Posted by HunkyJimpjorps

As the leader of Please Be Careful/Dragongod Knightkings, the twin Something Awful Free Companies, I can confirm that this is the case. Some members are remaining online to ensure they can play when they have free time.

However, I don't believe that members of PBC/DGKK are the only ones taking advantage of the lack of an idle timeout. This is a problem endemic to every server and community, and will regrettably continue to be so until either the severe login restrictions are lifted or an idle timeout is added.

TC

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This is why no one in the MMO community likes you goons.

Don't try to justify a blatantly selfish and disgusting act.

Please Be Careful when throwing rocks when inside a glass house.

Ya'll gettin' mad at video games.

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Originally Posted by Pizzagirl

and they were still logged in this morning.

This is unacceptable. Every online game has an afk kick timer. Put one in and the login problems will decrease.

These damn goons take over every MMO they play and now they're exploiting the system to keep other players from being able to login.

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Please Be Considerate and realize that some people don't like queues.

I'm going to stay logged into this thread in the hopes that no one else will be able to read it.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

My only regret of not rolling on the Ixion server is that when I stay logged in over night I could possibly be keeping Pizzagirl from playing.

Hello!

As an Officer of Please Be Careful, and by officer I mean I run the website off of SA and every effort is made to keep me away from any sort of actual power, kind of like the second mate of a ship during the golden age of sail, I can confirm that the person you are talking about in particular is someone nobody else in Please Be Careful or our auxillary company Dragongod Knightkings likes, either.

We look forward to many adventures together in Eorzea!

Oh look, the goons have showed up to defend their brethren. It's like a locust swarn.

If that doesn't scream of guilt, what does.

And in all honesty... they're not just keeping other players from logging in, they're also keeping other goons out at the same time! Dual-purpose!

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Originally Posted by Astorra

And in all honesty... they're not just keeping other players from logging in, they're also keeping other goons out at the same time! Dual-purpose!

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Only the worst species in the animal kingdom would ever turn on their own like that. Shameful.

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Originally Posted by Pizzagirl

Oh look, the goons have showed up to defend their brethren. It's like a locust swarn.

If that doesn't scream of guilt, what does.

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Screaming of guilt is screaming of guilt. People hitting POST POST POST isn't guilty?

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Originally Posted by Elmo

FFXI didn't have one. It had the option to turn off the auto log out after a period of time of inactivity. So that won't do much good if people can turn it off.

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FFXI was over a decade ago.
Times change, AFK kicker pls. I even just up and leave the game when I know I'm going to be gone a while.

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Originally Posted by Pizzagirl

Oh look, the goons have showed up to defend their brethren. It's like a locust swarn.

If that doesn't scream of guilt, what does.

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Please be aware that it's a swarm of little bees tyvm

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Originally Posted by Arriverderci

FFXI was over a decade ago.
Times change, AFK kicker pls.

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Not to mention, served a purpose given that player run bazaars were an important thing to effectively trade and make gil (at least, when I played).

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Not to mention, served a purpose given that player run bazaars were an important thing to effectively trade and make gil (at least, when I played).

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When I say that, Retainers as I've heard, will be online while you're offline.
So there's no need for AFK selling anymore.

Staying logged in is the only way you can play the game. My game unfortunately just crashed on a minimize.. ill try logging in around 10 hours from now and should possibly be able to get back on. (3AM)

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Originally Posted by Pizzagirl

This is why no one in the MMO community likes you goons.

Don't try to justify a blatantly selfish and disgusting act.

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I apologize if I came across as defending them. I personally think it's selfish to take up one of a limited number of login spots. I'm also not able to personally control or monitor every single person from SA who also plays FFXIV, so unfortunately my hands are tied here; even if I remove them from the FC, they'd still be able to idle, so that wouldn't resolve the issue.

If you have any further concerns, please let me know and I'll strive to address them.

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Originally Posted by HunkyJimpjorps

I apologize if I came across as defending them. I personally think it's selfish to take up one of a limited number of login spots. I'm also not able to personally control or monitor every single person from SA who also plays FFXIV, so unfortunately my hands are tied here; even if I remove them from the FC, they'd still be able to idle, so that wouldn't resolve the issue.

If you have any further concerns, please let me know and I'll strive to address them.

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Are you... really a goon? :P

Really though, I can't quite say I'd blame anyone for afking at this point.

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Originally Posted by Pizzagirl

and they were still logged in this morning.

This is unacceptable. Every online game has an afk kick timer. Put one in and the login problems will decrease.

These damn goons take over every MMO they play and now they're exploiting the system to keep other players from being able to login.

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nope , increase server capacity is the answer

Some people are dicks...It's a fact of life.

Lets hope they get a 90k error and locked out like the rest of us then hit with a 1017. /fist shake

At least no one is yelling "TO OPEN THE AUCTION HOUSE HIT ALT + F4" yet ...