World of Warcraft (en) Forums -> AFK scripts in Alterac Valley

Warhawk

< Epic Horde >

Scarlet Crusade

0. AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 22/04/2007 19:23:15 PDT

Does all Realms have same problem with 5-8 people each game just stand and leech. they got 3000-7000 honor and 0 HK´s.

Does anyone report them or everyone think its ok for them to do this?

Im sick and tierd of the games during night when we are 15vs15 and 8 of them are standing afk.

Dunno if they are worse than the goldspammers.

//Warhawk

Azurewrath

< Deviant Evolution >

Ner'zhul

1. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 22/04/2007 23:57:55 PDT

reroll and go pew pew them!!
yes. theyr funny, i usualy do a /cuddle on them, or spam yelling at then ( it works i saw one move! )
i swear...

[ Post edited by Azurewrath ]

Saphyrena

< Serenity >

Khadgar

2. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 00:05:36 PDT

Report them. If they can't be arsed to participate in the fighting then maybe they enjoy getting booted from AV. Bad enough that people use AV for honor grinding nowadays and not to actually "win".

I aim to misbehave.

Dahlia

Duskwood

3. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 00:09:52 PDT

we have 3 people in our battle group that have been afking for over 2weeks that i have noticed. Its probly longer. Ive reported them 3 times now and yet they are still allowed to leach.

Poecie

Nefarian

4. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 00:40:41 PDT

At this very moment there's 4 people on the same spot in the cave in AV, jumping every 8 seconds to not go AFK.

That's just.. silly..

Everytime you whine, Blizzard lags a server.

Dharmavira

< Nerubian Hunters >

Nefarian

5. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 00:42:51 PDT

They can leach all they want to.
Its not nice, but as long as they are not using any 3rd party software to prevent them from AFKing then they are all right. Blizzard will not toss then out of AV, but they will remove fishing in BGs with the 2.1 patch :)

Naturally, this isn't my real lvl :)

Nyu

Frostmane

6. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 00:43:45 PDT

Q u o t e:
At this very moment there's 4 people on the same spot in the cave in AV, jumping every 8 seconds to not go AFK.

That's just.. silly..

Isn't your post kind of hypocritical? In a post about leechers in AV, you yourself, afk while forum surfing post about people being afk. Say.. what? O' you're from al'akir carry on then...

Leechers will always exsist, while you don't notice it, many people leech while in stealth, druids/rogues and i've seen dozens of NE's who are just standing around near battles to claim HK's etc, all while they are blissfully afk.

As stated above the problem is that blizzard considers it fine aslong as no 3rd party software is donig the leeching/ stopping the afk for them. Even if they have no intention of PvPing atall. It's sad, but true.

[ Post edited by Nyu ]

Dahlia

Duskwood

7. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 01:02:28 PDT

Q u o t e:
At this very moment there's 4 people on the same spot in the cave in AV, jumping every 8 seconds to not go AFK.

That's just.. silly..

i am currently in a game and we have 16 afkers and the same people i talked about in my first post are of course here afking as well... why the hell wont blizzard do somthing about this?

Taldarin

< Requiem >

Jubei'Thos

8. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 01:09:16 PDT

As I remember a blizzard representative have already stated that leeching is not against the EULA, and those they can not do anything about it unless they can prove they are using a bot, I do agree though it should be stopped.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.
-- Miyamoto Musashi, 1645

Dahlia

Duskwood

9. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 01:21:44 PDT

Q u o t e:
As I remember a blizzard representative have already stated that leeching is not against the EULA, and those they can not do anything about it unless they can prove they are using a bot, I do agree though it should be stopped.

Yup they have some amazingly retarded rules such as the one above and its ok for people to steal mats from each other.

Demonwar

< Evolution Alpha >

Archimonde

10. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 01:35:37 PDT

Q u o t e:
As I remember a blizzard representative have already stated that leeching is not against the EULA, and those they can not do anything about it unless they can prove they are using a bot, I do agree though it should be stopped.

I thought that it was against some rule, because the of fact they aren't getting invovled.

Warhawk

< Epic Horde >

Scarlet Crusade

11. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 23/04/2007 16:59:19 PDT

I belive only time we will se them stop is when they got all pvp stuff they want and dont need to leech anymore. Sadly there will be new people every day trying out thease script/bot programs.

Hope there will be some penalty for those who use it week after week. Mabye honor reset or banned for some time.

Issuntril

Blizzard Poster

12. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 24/04/2007 05:17:34 PDT

Hi guys,

I'd like to clear up our policies on "AFK Leeching", and to put a stop to any speculation.

Please refer to our Exploitation Policies, at:

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/exploitation.html

In particular:

Q u o t e:
Abuse of Game Mechanics

The distinction between exploiting bugs and abusing game mechanics is a fine one. While bug exploitation involves the abuse of what is essentially a programming mistake, the abuse of game mechanics is the act of taking advantage of the limitations of the World of Warcraft game systems. Since the line between the sanctioned use and the abuse of game mechanics is sometimes unclear, we prefer to educate players before taking any action against the account being used.

This category includes using/distributing game mechanics in a manner unintended by their design that:

* Damages another character, their gameplay, the service itself and/or its economy

If a player is found to have abused/distributed such game mechanics, he/she may:

* Be given a verbal warning
* Be temporary or permanently suspended from the game in very specific cases

In short, purposefully avoiding the "AFK" tag in a battleground, regardless of the method used is an actionable offence. Anyone found by us to be leeching honour in this way will be first removed from the Battleground, and then action will be taken on their account, up to and including permanent account suspension.

If you should see anyone avoiding AFK in a battleground, please report them to us in game, and we will try to witness the offence and take appropriate action in accordance with our policies.

If you have any further questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to ask away! :)

Issuntril
Game Master / / Customer Service Forum Representative - EN

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Moredhel

< The Harbingers >

13. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 15:38:05 PDT

Q u o t e:
Hi guys,

I'd like to clear up our policies on "AFK Leeching", and to put a stop to any speculation.

Please refer to our Exploitation Policies, at:

http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/exploitation.html

In particular:

In short, purposefully avoiding the "AFK" tag in a battleground, regardless of the method used is an actionable offence. Anyone found by us to be leeching honour in this way will be first removed from the Battleground, and then action will be taken on their account, up to and including permanent account suspension.

If you should see anyone avoiding AFK in a battleground, please report them to us in game, and we will try to witness the offence and take appropriate action in accordance with our policies.

If you have any further questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to ask away! :)

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Ardley

< Nine >

14. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 15:51:05 PDT

Great stuff! Totally reporting all those now lol

Q u o t e:
locks need a nerf hardcore...no way a 34 lock should be able to kill a 64 so easily and camp me

Pvp vid paused for a bit cause hardrive ran out of space lol

Coolgerb

< Dark Disciples >

Taerar

15. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 18:23:40 PDT

Q u o t e:
Abuse of Game Mechanics

The distinction between exploiting bugs and abusing game mechanics is a fine one. While bug exploitation involves the abuse of what is essentially a programming mistake, the abuse of game mechanics is the act of taking advantage of the limitations of the World of Warcraft game systems. Since the line between the sanctioned use and the abuse of game mechanics is sometimes unclear, we prefer to educate players before taking any action against the account being used.

This category includes using/distributing game mechanics in a manner unintended by their design that:

* Damages another character, their gameplay, the service itself and/or its economy

If a player is found to have abused/distributed such game mechanics, he/she may:

* Be given a verbal warning
* Be temporary or permanently suspended from the game in very specific cases

Not true. Scamming is 'damaging' another character and their gameplay too. While you DO allow that =/

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Jetta

< Andu Alshar >

16. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 18:33:57 PDT

Q u o t e:

Not true. Scamming is 'damaging' another character and their gameplay too. While you DO allow that =/

They do not allow it. If people report them, then action will be taken. They do not however return materials as almost certainly they will have left the scammer's account by then.

Bondx

< Apathy >

17. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 18:48:07 PDT

Q u o t e:

They do not allow it. If people report them, then action will be taken. They do not however return materials as almost certainly they will have left the scammer's account by then.

Wrong. They might take action against repeated scammer. There was a scammer on kazzak that was reported numerous times over period longer than 6 months. He scammed countless players and nothing has been done. So i wouldnt count on any action taken against any scammer. I havent even heard of any case that action has been taken vs scammer.

Jetta

< Andu Alshar >

18. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 18:59:09 PDT

Of course you wont hear of any action, the scammer isn't likely to tell you and Blizzard can't tell you.

Bondx

< Apathy >

19. Re: AFK scripts in Alterac Valley 08/07/2007 21:21:12 PDT

Q u o t e:
Of course you wont hear of any action, the scammer isn't likely to tell you and Blizzard can't tell you.

Well scammer beeing online almost each day for 6 months scamming and beeing reported... that speaks for itself.

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