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Thread: Special Report: The AFK Epidemic
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Chessack
Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:55 am
#14
Sigrun wrote:The group lead should communicate with members with some regularity. Every 10-15 minutes or whatever. If the member is unresponsive, try again. If the member is still unresponsive, kick 'em.
When I am the group lead, AFKers get the auto-boot. If someone is unresponsive for a while, I ask direct questions, and then send a tell. If I get no response, they're gone.
However, I'm rarely the "first one in the cantina" (unlike some of these people I actually have a job, a life, etc, outside of the game). Which means I am hardly ever group lead. And most of the other leads, while they may not "hold with" Kreetlejuice addiction themselves, are loathe to take the "tough love" approach to get these people out of the group.
Also, if there are enough AFKers, and it doesn't take many, they just group with each other.
The problem, Sig, is not really when we vastly outnumber a couple or three AFKers and can just boot 'em. The problem is when the cantina has 8 of them and 2 people trying to RP. Us 'booting them' has no effect then, and they're not there to hear us complain about it anyway.
Of course, they're not there to make us stop RPing about them being drug addicts either, so maybe now it's time for the chickens to come home and roost a little bit...
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Chessack
Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:51 pm
#15
Velvet-dancer wrote:If only /addignore also made the avatar invisible!
Yep... I wish it did. That would help solve the whole thing.
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Chessack
Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:17 pm
#16
Theed, Naboo -- The Imperian News Network (INN) has just learned that there is a new and very dangerous form of spice sweeping through the ranks of entertainers -- musicians and dancers alike -- from one end of the galaxy to the other. This very addictive form of spice is distilled directly from the intestinal contents of Kreetles -- a desert insect found on Tatooine -- and is fermented in acid for several days to purify its contents. It is a highly illegal concoction that the Empire outlawed long ago due to the extremely detrimental long-term effects. This spice, called Acid-Fermented Kreetlejuice, is known throughout the underworld by the abbreviation, AFK.
Medical reports obtained from the Royal Naboo Center for Spice Control, indicate that AFK is used primarily in the entertainment fields. It dulls certain sensory inputs to allow dancers and musicians to perform for hours and hours on end, without stopping to rest. The performers like it because it allows them to make money quickly, learn dances and songs more rapidly, and enables them to perform almost without thinking about it. However, this spice is, at the same time, seriously damaging neural pathways. Those under the influence of AFK spice continue to dance and play music, and may appear natural, but on closer inspection, are often completely incoherent. They frequently speak the same few words over and over again, or babble about matters not the subject of conversation. They sometimes will stop to rest even after a medic has just injected them with a stim pack, or will forget to rest and stand motionless for long periods. They can frequently be seen dancing vigorously in a corner, facing the wall and bumping into it repeatedly without noticing. But most of the time while they appear to be dancing normally, their neural pathways are so interfered with by AFK that they don't respond at all. Speaking, waving hands in front of them, poking and prodding, even laser fire going off around them, all seem to go un-noticed by the glazed-eye stare of the person on AFK. The spice is also highly addictive, to the point that only taking it a few times can lead to absolute dependence.
"This spice has swept through the entire entertainment community on Naboo, and has spread to Corellia as well," says Dancer and Choreographer Dejah Thoris of Keren. "I saw people acting very much like zombies in Moenia, but didn't realize what was happening. Only after a friend of mine saw AFK being used by nearly every performer in Theed, and told me about it, did I figure out what was happening. Since then, I have noticed it in every major cantina in the galaxy." Asked if she had ever tried the spice, Ms. Thoris responded, "Of course not! My mother and father were both lifelong performers. They knew about AFK and even had friends who used it. Most of them are in a state of permanent catatonia at this point. Oh, they still dance, physically, but their minds are so far gone you can't talk to them or communciate with them at all. No, I can't imagine why anyone would want to use AFK."
The chair of the Royal Naboo Center for Spice Control had this to say. "AFK is very damaging. It is bad for the community; it is bad for the entertainers who ingest it; and it is reaching epidemic proportions. We request that anyone with information on those using or trafficking in AFK contact our comm center immediately."
INN contacted the Imperial Board of Health for a comment, but no officials were available at the time this story went to press.
Medical reports obtained from the Royal Naboo Center for Spice Control, indicate that AFK is used primarily in the entertainment fields. It dulls certain sensory inputs to allow dancers and musicians to perform for hours and hours on end, without stopping to rest. The performers like it because it allows them to make money quickly, learn dances and songs more rapidly, and enables them to perform almost without thinking about it. However, this spice is, at the same time, seriously damaging neural pathways. Those under the influence of AFK spice continue to dance and play music, and may appear natural, but on closer inspection, are often completely incoherent. They frequently speak the same few words over and over again, or babble about matters not the subject of conversation. They sometimes will stop to rest even after a medic has just injected them with a stim pack, or will forget to rest and stand motionless for long periods. They can frequently be seen dancing vigorously in a corner, facing the wall and bumping into it repeatedly without noticing. But most of the time while they appear to be dancing normally, their neural pathways are so interfered with by AFK that they don't respond at all. Speaking, waving hands in front of them, poking and prodding, even laser fire going off around them, all seem to go un-noticed by the glazed-eye stare of the person on AFK. The spice is also highly addictive, to the point that only taking it a few times can lead to absolute dependence.
"This spice has swept through the entire entertainment community on Naboo, and has spread to Corellia as well," says Dancer and Choreographer Dejah Thoris of Keren. "I saw people acting very much like zombies in Moenia, but didn't realize what was happening. Only after a friend of mine saw AFK being used by nearly every performer in Theed, and told me about it, did I figure out what was happening. Since then, I have noticed it in every major cantina in the galaxy." Asked if she had ever tried the spice, Ms. Thoris responded, "Of course not! My mother and father were both lifelong performers. They knew about AFK and even had friends who used it. Most of them are in a state of permanent catatonia at this point. Oh, they still dance, physically, but their minds are so far gone you can't talk to them or communciate with them at all. No, I can't imagine why anyone would want to use AFK."
The chair of the Royal Naboo Center for Spice Control had this to say. "AFK is very damaging. It is bad for the community; it is bad for the entertainers who ingest it; and it is reaching epidemic proportions. We request that anyone with information on those using or trafficking in AFK contact our comm center immediately."
INN contacted the Imperial Board of Health for a comment, but no officials were available at the time this story went to press.
Kharrissa
Fri Oct 31, 2003 8:13 am
#17
I have a terrible confession to make: I am an AFK macrotainer.
Chessack
Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:41 am
#19
Kharrissa wrote:
I have a terrible confession to make: I am an AFK macrotainer.
Just say NO! to Acid Fermented Kreetlejuice!
:-)
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