Down time

[Vix]

yeah. honestly they dont bother me unless they interfere with my gaming experience. And theres plenty of camping spots in this game, so If I see a bot I just go somewhere else. The only time Ive ever really had a problem with botting was in 11. Claim bots are complete horse hokey. I quit because of the nasa bot. No point in showing up to HNM's if you already know the outcome.

[Nuclear]

design an in-game player based, applied for task force. these players would be granted a couple new abilities:
*Teleport to the reported bot location.
*Arrest (the bot) - actully just teleports the bot to an in-game jail house, say the gladiator arena in Uldah.

key elements of this program:
*Bot cops cannot perform these duties on their home server/world.
*Bot cops remain completely anonymous.
*In order to remain in the program a player must register a minimum of 14 hrs per week "on duty"
*Incentive to partake in this volunteer program, the selected players will gain an exp bonus equal to the amount of time "on duty"
*Bot cops get to ride around on a black/white chocobo.

*Judges (GM's) will be the issuing authority for an arrest warrant, and the oversight for this program.
*Arrested bots sent to jail must petition to a Judge (GM) to be released within 1 hour of arrest or that players account becomes suspended for a duration determined by SE.
*If a player is found guilty that character will be publicly executed with a world wide message stating their name their crime and punishment.
*The world wide message will be a new feature that will display in the upper center of the screen.
*Players misreporting bots will be warned the first offense, arrested and sent to jail second offense, progressive suspensions thereafter .

heheheh

Not sure I could be bothered but it sounds fun, it would be like being a Bladerunner

This bot thing puzzles me, probably coz i am like the most noobynoob ever where mmos' are concerned but... surely if a character is always near Red Labyrinth , has 2 or 3 r50 classes and is still killing doblyns, and since starting the game has visited atherite 1 (home city) 2 (Limsa) 3 (Uldah) 4 (Cactus Basin) 5 (Red Labyrinth) and that is all.... then how can there be any question that the character is not a bot?

aaah.... bless his weathered survival pants xxx


I do find the bots around Red Labyrinth interfere with my game, it was hard enough for a glad grinding dobs to compete with the legitimate archers running around slaughtering everything in seconds, let alone the bots that turn up still after weeks of being r50?

I cant be arsed to play Bladerunner, but unless I am missing something really obvious, each characters history is freely available on lodestone, surely it is easy to prove if or not a bot is a bot or what?

To bot or not to bot.... wot was the question? ;p

[shots]

Way to hijack my thread you sluts... This is supposed be about down time and what you guys are doing... You guys can't catch botters right now because the game isn't even up and running!!! *Cracks whip* back on topic fools!!!

[Nuclear]

sorry Mr Shots, they started it... it wernt my fault...... honest..... i am easily led etc

At the moment i am...... bored

I tried Runes of magic - no fun
I tried Mytheon - no fun
I tried playing with my cat (who thinks he is a dog) - mildly entertaining
I watched a film - it finished
I watched another film - same
Have now decided to save all of Abes friends in the first Oddworld game again - actually much fun

;p

[Maleko]

Playing a little Just Cause 2 and doing some reading (picked up The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss). Work has been busier for me this past week than it has in a while, so just from the perspective of "if there's gotta be downtime..." this was a good week for it.

However, I expect it to last longer than the 22nd, and I feel horrible for the situation.

[Vix]

Way to hijack my thread you sluts... This is supposed be about down time and what you guys are doing... You guys can't catch botters right now because the game isn't even up and running!!! *Cracks whip* back on topic fools!!!

Amanda started it.
MP2FTW!

[Vix]

And on topic, been tweaking my new rig last couple days.
Hit 4.9ghz for a couple hours of prime95 stress testing.

Had to throttle it down to 4.6ghz @1.285v to maintain stability.
I'm pretty siked, that's a 1100mhz boost from factory settings
And Ive only hit 69c on full load. Should run around 45-50c for gaming.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

No I didn't, I just said what I was doing.
Now I'm thinking up ways to use fraps while riding my bike since spring has sprung.

[shots]

Playing a little Just Cause 2 and doing some reading (picked up The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss). Work has been busier for me this past week than it has in a while, so just from the perspective of "if there's gotta be downtime..." this was a good week for it.

However, I expect it to last longer than the 22nd, and I feel horrible for the situation.

Oh, it is deff lasting longer then the 22nd. We -imo- won't see servers back up till the 31st of this month or 8th of next month.

So COD Blockops will have to suffice

[Daenarys]

I've been playing Dragon Age II. And baking alot more than usual. And working out....I keep hoping I can exercise my tits to a smaller size, ya know, avoid the breast reduction surgery I so need. But alas, its not working.

Oh, and I read a freaking book....I hate reading. Nothing ruins a love of reading like getting a legal career and reading regulations constantly.