Ancient Cyclops: Server rules or Player rules?

[Lhancelot]

This might be a TL;DR post for some, but I have some questions regarding the AC camp.

I took a long break from game. Used to be AC popped after a fairly simple killing of PHs in SRO desert... Since getting back, that routine was altered and now the only reliable AC camp is the one in OOT.

The only time you can get this camp (unless the stars have magically aligned) is if you are logged in around 1am to 5am, which obviously are not the most convenient hours for most normal living people who sleep during these hours.

The reason this is the only time you can get this camp, is because there is almost always a very long list of people waiting. The list usually has 3-7 people on it.

The players on the list also tend to be on alts while waiting, or not even ingame at all.

My question is, technically how can someone be waiting for a camp, when they are either on alts, or not even in the game in any form?

By server rules, a "camp" is held by someone actively clearing it, and being physically there. The next in line would technically be a person who physically is there at the camp, waiting once the camp of the AC is completed right?

I ask this question because we had this happen one day.

AC pops, and another unlisted guy is waiting with the AC camper as it pops. He is not on the "list". As the ac dies, the camper gets their ring, and then the waiting guy says, "you done now?" The person says, "yes I got a ring I am done..." So, the guy says "ok, I am taking camp then, thanks."

The "guy" I mentioned above said he did not follow "player rules" he followed "server rules", and in some ways I tohught to myself, I can respect that. My only problem with him is since that day, he actually HAS been on lists with his alts too. So, I guess he just determined that day it was convenient to not follow player rules, showing he is just a hypocrite.

My question is this; Is this list a player made rule that can be circumvented by someone abiding by server rules? If someone camps the AC, he pops, and no one is left to camp the AC because the person there got the ring, if someone runs up not on the list, can they take the camp?

Also, a side question... If you get the AC ring, can you get corpsed, just to continue camping the AC? Seen people doing this too, and just want to know if this is perfectly allowable and "ok" by server rules too.

Thanks for any input on the matter, and sorry for the TL;DR post.