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Originally Posted by Jobitussin
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But yeah, I just want to know basic stuff we can do so that we will never be mistook for boxing so none of us ever have to worry about being banned.
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As with a few other folks, my wife and I have been with P1999 since it opened and never ran afoul of the staff. We alter our normal mode of gameplay only in a few ways.
A) Don't log in one of their characters to do a transfer for you, or to port you, or anything else. One character, one person--ALL the time, no exceptions. It would be best if you don't even know their login info.
B)The more active everyone is, the better. Boxers often favor simple classes, or simple roles for complex classes. The stereotypical Warrior/Cleric duo where the Cleric only stands up to heal then sits back down looks an awful lot like boxing even when it isn't. An Enchanter who doesn't do much except rebuff clarity every half hour might look suspicious. A bad pull where that same inactive Enchanter suddenly turns into crowd control Jesus--while everyone else simultaneously just stands around doing nothing--looks
really suspicious.
C) A minor annoyance, but the wife never uses auto-follow.
D) If someone's AFK in a bad spot and a train or something bad happens, let 'em die. Don't run over to their PC and move 'em to safety. Again--one player, one character, ALL the time.
E) This one's irrelevant to the GM's, but if you don't want the stupider members of the community at large pestering you, don't give any of your characters similar names. On occasion some idiots have accused my wife and I of boxing for no better reason than our original characters share same surnames. None of our other characters have similar names and--shock!--these same self-appointed internet sleuths have never said a word to us when we're on those other characters. Morons play P1999 too, and unfortunately they can type out a /petition just as readily as someone who has an IQ higher than that of a grapefruit.
Finally, the staff recommends that if someone's going to be AFK for awhile, it's best for him to log out, particularly if the group's gaining experience. The staff maintains that if you don't box you won't get banned for it; while I can only speak for myself, as I said I've had no trouble with staff in some five and a half years on here.
Danth