Just from my personal experience, my RL friends (I have 2 left that play) and I have done this type of thing on P99 numerous times, where one of us logs on and levels the other in a group while they are AFK, and to be honest I don't see how that could be against the rules. I thought the rule was one player per character in game and if they are going to start kicking people off for being AFK at a camp then they will just create a lot of extra police work for themselves. Granted, my friends and I are logged on at different houses, but we have NEVER had anyone accuse us of boxing and never had a run in with a GM about it. If they checked us out, they never asked me or my friends about it as we talked about this thread last night on voice. If one character is sitting there not doing anything where's the suspicion?
If someone wants to sit there and watch us and wait to blow the whistle, that's fine by me if that's how they choose to waste their time, but it's never happened. Most likely on this server if you are genuinely not boxing then you'll be fine, unless you're on a highly coveted camp and someone is butthurt that you're there. But you don't have to be grouped up with someone AFK for that to happen. On this server they accuse people of anything for sport. Just take it in stride and go about your business. Don't play in to the antagonist. Worse comes to the worse a GM will come and talk to you.
Moral of the story: don't 2-box and you won't get in trouble for 2-boxing. And I would think if you're aren't controlling your friends character in any way then you will be okay.
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