Plugging

[bl0rg]

Should zone plugging be suspendable? Originally it was not meant to be possible so why not enforce it's not used!

pros:
-more pvp

cons:
-more work for devs if people don't stop plugging


To monitor it any attack or spell cast on a target makes then plug in a screenshot or fraps they could be suspended? Lets say for 1 day, up to 1 week max or something like that.

what say you?

[heartbrand]

If you think Rogean is going to A) read this thread B) Care C) do something then you D) are Dumb

[SearyxTZ]

Yes, this is totally viable and realistic for the massive # of active GMs on red to enforce something that happens in 95% of pvp encounters and cannot technically be proved (don't think there's even a footprint of it in the database).



I'm sure this will go swimmingly and not create the even bigger problem of players flinging shit at said GMs over selective enforcement because they can't be in 80 zones at once to catch everyone/anyone who plugs.

[SamwiseBanned]

talked to nilbog about this, he told me to necro the LD ai thread, have yet to find it but ill look again later. nilbog has been in game alot lately. as far as suspending, no way you would need a gm on at all times and even then it would take all their time. i think the only solution is to make people stay logged in for 20-30 seconds or something like that.

[SearyxTZ]

A hard-coded solution to plugging would be a fantastic feature for any red server, to be sure.


GM enforcement is a terrible idea.

[bl0rg]

no need to enforce every single case, could be similar to training, if caught you get suspended. Just having it in rules will stop alot of it from even happening...

[Cwall]

fuck that i'd never play a melee without the ability to plug when 5 casters come at me in najena just trying to get my jboots mang

[nilbog]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46443

[pointyhat]

Plugging is classic why you wanna ruin this server?

[Dullah]

Saying it was never meant to be possible isn't true. They could have made it so if you lost connection while zoning, your character appeared on the other side, but they didn't. Its a classic mechanic, so its unlikely to be changed here.

[Dullah]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46443
Reading old threads from a time Rogean used to post makes me sad.

Dunno why he never put the system in that he suggested. Would have been neat, tho not classic.

[bl0rg]

I see this as an intermediate step until that fix is implemented. Since the clear goal is to stop plugging why not enforce it as suspendable until the fix is implemented that makes you pop on other side for 30 sec.

[PhantomRogue]

The population is 23 at 8PM on a wednesday, and people are worried about plugging?

http://www.campusbasement.com/uploads/1330284710_medium.jpeg

[Harrison]

fuck that i'd never play a melee without the ability to plug when 5 casters come at me in najena just trying to get my jboots mang

Why would you care? You left when you were level 17.

[Nirgon]

Making it to 17 or 30 or whatever he was on "live" red99 is better than only making it to lvl 8 in beta. Mind you in said beta I recall him murdering many people on his shaman.

[Rushmore]

I use to think this way about plugging. But plugging is what it is. Shouldn't be messed with. The only solution I think would if someone plugged that they wouldn't be able to log back into the server for 10mins.

[Harrison]

Couldn't make it past 40 on blue or red, continuously trolls emu forums like anyone cares.

Lol this mouthbreather thinks I didn't make it past 40 on blue...

Unlike you and your buttbuddies, I can handle XP at normal speeds. (and with hybrid penalty)

[Lucky]

my motto has always been "you z0ne you l0ze" anyways. like some1 said b4 its a tapout not a knockout, aka still a win

Lol this mouthbreather thinks I didn't make it past 40 on blue...

Unlike you and your buttbuddies, I can handle XP at normal speeds. (and with hybrid penalty)

lol

http://i48.tinypic.com/bg309w.jpg

[Harrison]

The only game I play right now that has no pvp in it is Diablo 3.

I don't cry about 13 year-old games where the grind IS the game, where I knew this going in, and was told it was going to be this way, etc.

You guys are pretty laughably awful to be told before the server even popped that it was going to be normal speed, and then still cry it's normal speed. What level of mental retardation do you need to reach to be that stupid?

[SearyxTZ]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vhu9MuV61qj3ir1.jpg

[gnomishfirework]

I've been crashing on zone a ridiculous amount of times. It's bound to happen.

[Arillious]

This whole thread just makes you /facepalm.

Zone plugging is confirmed classic. If you make someone pull plug, you won. In fact, you probably caused them more of a penalty then if you actually killed them because you shamed them by making them pull plug, made them take the time to log out, wait a few minutes until they think the coast is clear, and then log back in, and they didn't even get to respawn with mana.

ALL of the suggestions in the original discussion thread introduced more problems then it actually solved.

Implementing rules that make GM's use their judgement to discipline people even more on a server that is dead partially from GM's using bad judgement is pretty stupid.

[hagard]

Harry bant again man he such a rebel

[HitchensNeverRelevant]

That's what happens when you make it public (moreso than it already is) that you can exploit and cheat all you want as long as you are in the largest guild on either server, with no repercussions, as is proved time and again in multiple cases across both servers' history.

See: TMO and Nihilum.

[Lucky]

# of ppl who care: 1

[Tradesonred]

A hard-coded solution to plugging would be a fantastic feature for any red server, to be sure.

Yeah a bunch of balloons and some kittens would be nice right now, but im not getting those either.

When was the last time Rogean posted anyway? I asked him what was up with that plugging code he was talking about, like 13 months ago or something.

[hagard]

Yeah a bunch of balloons and some kittens would be nice right now, but im not getting those either.

gay?

[aerokella]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vhu9MuV61qj3ir1.jpg

Roflmao