[imported_Pande]

The punishments have been updated, please check them out.

I'll run through some afk harvesting situations to clear things up for everyone:

1) "legal" afk harvesting

You are running your harvesting script while talking with people on msn, watching tv, a movie, sporting event, etc.

This is allowed 100% because you can easily check on UO and see what is happening. You don't have to constantly stare at UO, but just check every few minutes.

2) "illegal" afk harvesting

You start your harvesting script and head out for a night on the town with your friends.

You are profitting by putting in 0 work in comparison to someone who is sitting there watching their script. The person watching their script puts in more work but gets the same reward. This is not fair.

3) "but i was there!"

Before jailing you, a staff member will watch you for a few minutes to see if you're doing the "legal" or "illegal" afk harvesting. At some point if you go to get a drink or go to the bathroom this is not considered afk harvesting because we're all human and need to do this at some point. You do run the risk of getting caught by the auto gump, but we won't jail you if you don't answer us right away.


The person I caught was clearly doing the "illegal" afk harvesting because when I took away his pickaxe his macro kept going. Someone watching/listening would of realized they weren't mining any more or that something looked fishy with their character. I let this go for a minute or two thinking maybe he is getting a drink. But when this went on I was pretty convinced. Next I jailed him and he kept walking around trying to get somewhere. Clearly he was "illegal" afk harvesting because he didn't notice he was magically in a 9x9 room with no dungeon floor.

Yes GMs are capable of making mistakes and that is why before we jail someone for afk harvesting we will run a few tests. Issuing the autogump wont help if the person's script takes care of it.