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Old 05-26-2009, 04:38 AM
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I don't think that you can really "demand" people to stop being AFK. I mean really, it sounds like you're putting a lot of hate on people who are AFK. Besides, there are easy ways around this:

1. Hide in a safe place, or teleport to another Island, though you state that a safe place isn't safe, there are good safe spots which are always reliable. For example, if you need a safe spot on Isla Tormenta, just go to where the dig spot is, you'll never get attacked. In my opinion, the only places you should be concerned about AFKing in are places with the safe layout as El Sudoron, or King's Run.
2. I can't see a reason for getting banned just for being AFK. I can understand being banned if you're one of those people so desperate to get into Abassa, that you get in, and you just keep the game running for 14 hours over night. But other than that, I really don't see why; you'll need to elaborate.
3. Refer to workaround #1.
4. In this game, (correct me if I'm wrong ), you can't push people, so I don't really care if people just mock me while I'm away. If I see remarks on my chat screen, I can report them.
5. Either park towards an island, or go on AFK while you point your ship to the end of the world. Its actually kind of cool to see the message that comes up at the end of the world.

The only AFK people that concern me are the type of people in solution #2-- Those people make Abassa full, which is very rude for people who are actually on, and want to get to Abassa. Though I am rarely in Abassa, I think that it is just incredibly selfish to do that. They sort of get their own joke on them, when their computer dies of exhaustion.