Server rules and keyboard programming?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Taminy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is it against the rules to tape a key down?

Technically I don't think so, because technically I don't think tape counts as a "third-party program":

4.3. You may not use third-party programs on Project 1999.

The use of any third-party programs on Project 1999, including but not limited to, Macroquest/Macroquest2(MQ/MQ2), ShowEQ(SEQ), or any other program that interacts with the Everquest Titanium Client, is strictly prohibited. Use of any third-party programs will be detected and will result in the permanent banning of your account(s). No exceptions will be made, and once a ban has been enacted for violation of this rule it will not be reversed.

Wineq2 by Lavishsoft is the exception to this rule.

That being said there used to be a rule against AFK-playing, and I strongly suspect that if you managed to tape your keys in a way that let you AFK play and the GMs noticed you'd get banned.

"But really Sirken I was using tape not a third-party program" probably won't help [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

[maskedmelon]

I wouldn't think you would get banned for something like that, because the returns are so small and it is a real world solution.

Now letting your pet run wild to do for you while FD and AFK is a radically different situation and while not enabled by anything other than the game itself, it is a detriment to the community no matter how small. There really is no detriment to the community from this other then a few less /ooc loc/direction inquiries once it is maxed.

It is also something that can be done anytime while logged in, whereas something like swimming requires spending time in a zone with water, which is why the numlock in a corner with an eb item method was nerfed (understandably).

[loramin]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

whereas something like swimming requires spending time in a zone with water, which is why the numlock in a corner with an eb item method was nerfed (understandably).

I never knew this was prohibited; numlock swimming (even without an EB item) is as classic as it gets.