dlgn wrote:What if my fingers hurt from holding down the mouse button, so I pick up an object and, holding it in my hand, use it to hold down the mouse button instead, still not watching the game? What if I just leave it there to hold down the button itself, staying next to the computer but not watching it—or, conversely, leave the object holding down the mouse on its own, but keep my attention on the game?
If you're near the computer, you will at least notice in your peripheral vision the kick screen.
THe action to take would be to join and explain the situation to the staff who kicked you.
Also, if you have an object on the mouse and a staff messages you while you're watching, for goodness' sake, hit 'T' and just explain what you're doing!
You won't encounter problems as long as you check back on your screen regularly enough- it's the people who leave these running, say, all night and day on an alt that staff don't want. So if staff message you, just message back and it's not illegal. The problem is machines that don't even have the player monitoring it or anything- as long as you're there, might as well rest your finger. Just keep an eye out.
Sometimes in singleplayer to grind gravel into flint I leave my player facing down with heavy objects on both mouse buttons and spacebar. I don't do this in online games because obviously normally block placement/digging in such a manner requires player input, and also I would most likely get kicked/banned on an accusation of hacking of some type or using a bot. it falls into a matter of whether you're at least nearby and can explain yourself to staff. Now, sometimes I leave that system running while I'm nearby watching something else, but I make sure to have one eye on chat the whole time. I could just as easily set my fingers there and still be watching something else. I believe it falls into whether you are/would be curently able to perform the action.
Hence leaving this running while you sleep, or eat, or whatever is unacceptable. You have to be nearby to field questions and to explain the procedure to any curious staff members.
Just some random rant I went on while sitting here talking.
-Meow
EDIT:
As for what sharp said:
Leaving this running is an exploit of sorts. You exploit the setup of the game to gain an advantage- you are able to fish at times when most others could not or would not- leaving this running, say, while asleep or in the restroom is pretty much equivalent to leaving an autoclicker on all night. It gains the same desired function, and gives you an advantage over people who play the game as it is meant to be played.
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)had very simple rules for if something was considered botting. If your client can, without player input, attack a new mob then it's botting. Clever triggers or scripts or creative use of mudside commands (akin to clever constructions in Minecraft) can be used to automate certain things, but the hard line was you couldn't attack a new mob.
