Rolled a mage with my wife and...

[SamwiseRed]

u can easily simul cast with 2 comps next to each other lol

[SamwiseRed]

have suspected boxers each send you tells saying the pledge of allegiance. should be interesting if they are boxing.

[Meeper]

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

have suspected boxers each send you tells saying the pledge of allegiance. should be interesting if they are boxing.

Especially if they don't know it.

[Sithel1988]

are you the dark elf mage with the dark elf cleric or something that was in ecommons killing stuff in like the worst spot, catching aggro every 3 mins. i think i gave you some summoned weapons for your pet or something

[Galelor]

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

^boxes

Correct, just not on this server.

[tanknspank]

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

more IP exemptions than people playing the server. i know there is a shit load of IP exemptions on red yet I've only known 2 people that actually have a significant other that plays.

How many of those are unused though? I imagine that aside from a core set of players, there's quite a lot of turnover with old EQ players stopping by for a few months for a nostalgic fix, possibly to show off the golden days of MMOs to their SO/buddy/roomie then move on.

Look, I understand the desire to keep 2+ boxing off the server, so why not have a formal set of criteria on which accounts are investigated and certain items of proof that are considered acceptable proof?

For example 2 live-streams that show the two game screens + cam of the respective players is something that should be acceptable as indisputable proof. A GM could verify the game screens are showing the characters in question and could see the players pressing the keys (or that an AFK really is an AFK and the player isn't there when the character isn't doing anything).

Hell, make the IP exemption a premium service (personally I'd pay 2x$15 in a heartbeat to play P1999 with my wife without the threat of random banning), register a streaming URL to the account and add a little app that only enables dual IP login when the stream is live. A GM could just secretly pull up the registered stream and check in on players if there's any complaints/suspicion. Easy to see if an AFK really is an AFK and if it's not can always ask the player to verify with a verbal answer on the stream.

[Treats]

If you have an IP exemption and are playing with someone else from the same IP there is a simple thing you can do to most likely never get reported for boxing:

If you have to afk log out to the character select screen.

It's highly unlikely that anyone would ever report you for boxing if you explained to the group that was what you were doing and what was happening.

I have no sympathy for anyone that gets banned for doing this.

Just one time is all it takes of swapping over and trying to play both.

It's kind of like speeding, you think you're fine one moment then the next BAM pulled over and ticket (except it's not a ticket here, it's a ban and you don't get to play anymore).

[senna]

Seems kind of a hassle. Me and my brother both play here and live together so sometimes we will group up to have some fun.

But if I had to camp every time I was afk to smoke, shit, or grab a bite to eat, I might as well not even play. Because I smoke shit and eat constantly.

[Kagatob]

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

If you have an IP exemption and are playing with someone else from the same IP there is a simple thing you can do to most likely never get reported for boxing:

If you have to afk log out to the character select screen.

It's highly unlikely that anyone would ever report you for boxing if you explained to the group that was what you were doing and what was happening.

I have no sympathy for anyone that gets banned for doing this.

Just one time is all it takes of swapping over and trying to play both.

It's kind of like speeding, you think you're fine one moment then the next BAM pulled over and ticket (except it's not a ticket here, it's a ban and you don't get to play anymore).

This is rediculious, going AFK and staying logged in is against the server rules all of a sudden?

I don't understand your analogy. Speeding is illegal no matter what reason you are doing it or where you are (where there is a posted limit). Are you going to start saying that any bard who AFK's in their group with mana/heal song playing should get banned too? I don't think the rest of the group they were in would appreciate that.

[Treats]

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

This is rediculious, going AFK and staying logged in is against the server rules all of a sudden?

I don't understand your analogy. Speeding is illegal no matter what reason you are doing it or where you are (where there is a posted limit). Are you going to start saying that any bard who AFK's in their group with mana/heal song playing should get banned too? I don't think the rest of the group they were in would appreciate that.

If you have two different accounts logged in from the same IP and you go AFK thats the risk you take if you are reported for boxing/suspicious behavior.

My post was not meant to imply that everyone that AFK's is boxing.

Logging out would give them absolutely NO TEMPTATION to box if their partner was AFK.

I'm sure a GM will make a mistake once or twice, but given their lengthy assessment of who was or was not boxing I simply find it hard to believe everyone in this thread is completely innocent.