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Thread: POLL: AFK Play

shadowdefender
Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:11 am
#79


1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is dancing? Yes sometimes to get things - drink - restroom stop - snack - that type of thing


2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while dancing? No more than 15 - 30 minutes total.


3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for theAFK flag to appear above your head. Yes I think that after 30 minutes you should not only get the AFK flag but you should be logged out of the system. I wouldn't want it less than 30 minutes - it takes me about 10 minutes to log back in and I would hate to take longer to get a drink and find myself logged out. However, 30 minutes would be reasonable amount of time.




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Sunjammer
Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:20 am
#80

By the way, if you want to stop dancing while getting up to run to the bathroom or something, it isn't necessary to go to the trouble of typing /stopd. Just hit one of the keyboard arrow keys as you get up.


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Caliet
Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:10 pm
#81


1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?


No* I strive never to do this, ocasionally there might be a pressing reason to step away for a moment without having a chance to stop dancing or playing music (life happens)

2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?


5-10 min (Preferably not at all but as I said sometimes life happens)



3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.


I would be willing to givevirtually all of it up. In those cases where life calls me unexpectedly away from the keyboard I would prefer my toon stopped playing. As far as the flag goes PLEASE make this happen and if the flag comes up have the toon stop playing/dancing.




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sweatyclimber
Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:03 pm
#82

1. Yes: quick things as mentioned.

2. 2-8 minutes

3. I'll do anything you ask to make afk play go away.



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Darlena
Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:57 am
#83


1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is dancing? Rarely, 2-4 mins max if something comes up


2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while dancing? 15 mins


3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for theAFK flag to appear above your head. yep yep





Message Edited by Darlena on 04-12-2005 08:48 AM





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Cindal
Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:00 am
#84




1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is dancing? When I need to leave my keyboard, I generally sit down - if I am gone for longer than 15 min I automatically get kicked back to the login screen.


2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while dancing? While I believe that no unattended time is acceptable, emergencies do happen IRL. 15 minutes would be acceptable.


3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for theAFK flag to appear above your head. Yes I would be willing.






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spacedoggys
Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:56 pm
#85








Aleyo wrote:
Just curious to see where we stand on this topic. This poll was started by Esharra on the Dancer forum, and it was suggested we have our own happening here on Musician; I'll combine my results with Esharra's when it's time to tally everything up.

1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?


No. However i dont stop my character from playing music to get a glas of something to drink and things like that.

2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?


As said above, i think its ok to go afk for a minute to get something to drink or to attend other minor issues.

3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.
No i wouldnt, and i enjoy the time im atk. If i get bored while entertaining, i stop entertaining and i do something else. I bought swg to play it, not to have some character online that i never actually play.



Please feel free to explain your answers. Thanks!

*edited to fix embarrassing copy/paste errors*


Message Edited by Aleyo on 04-08-2005 05:17 PM








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NomAnor1987
Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:46 am
#86

1. The xp is too damn annoying if not... but when you have mastered then you gotta be ATK at all times(except bio breaks and such) Musician xp is especially horrible, dancing is like double of musician...

2. 20min, that's the time a phonecall from my aunt can take... ;-)

3. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(did you get that I really mean "YES"?!)



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Cindel
Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:58 am
#87

1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?

Only if I need to grab a drink of pop to the loo. That's 2 mins max. If I know it'll be longer, I stop playing, sit down and go AFK.


2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?

ATK only would be desirable but there are situations (like those above) where it is acceptable to play AFK. It's hard to actually set a time limit but I'd say somewhere around 2-5 mins.

3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.

AFK play needs to go, whatever it takes. Period.
psikobunny
Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:31 am
#88

1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?


Yes, for personal needs only.



2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?


15min at most. people may be trying to justify longer because of the experience requirements, but truth is, most professions are going to take longer post CU, so if we end up taking about the same time as a combat profession, this isnt a valid excuse.



3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.


Yes, burn the zombies




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Tralmek
Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:28 am
#89






sweatyclimber wrote:

1. Yes: quick things as mentioned.

2. 2-8 minutes

3. I'll do anything you ask to make afk play go away.




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Shaizann
Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:02 pm
#90








Aleyo wrote:

1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?


No, I do not, unless it's to get a drink/snack bio break

2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?


I think 15 minutes is enough time, as seems to be the consensus from this thread and the equivilent in the dancer forum

3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.


Absolutely



Please feel free to explain your answers. Thanks!

*edited to fix embarrassing copy/paste errors*


Message Edited by Aleyo on 04-08-2005 05:17 PM








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Echinacea
Wed Apr 13, 2005 4:15 pm
#91






Aleyo wrote:
1. Do you leave the keyboard while your avatar is playing music?

2. What do you think is an acceptable amount of time to leave an avatar unattended while playing music?

3. Would you be willing to give up any degree of unattended play beyond the 15 minutes for the AFK flag to appear above your head.





1) Yes...with Auto-decline turned on, and I don't have /join in any of my macros. I AFK to provide healing, which I've done since beta. I won't AFK buffbot, I won't do it onstage and I hate AFK spam

2) Variable depending on circumstances

3) Yes



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