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This page will eventually encompass information about the DO and DO NOT's while AFK.  There will also be explanations as to the various afk checks that are performed, and how you should respond/react to them.
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When performing the following activities, you must not be away from keyboard: killing creatures, fishing, gathering ore/wood/leather/wool/plants, taming animals or any other activity that can result in a profit.
 
 
  
 
AFK checks:
 
AFK checks:
Currently there are a couple types of AFK checks.
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Currently there are 2 types of AFK checks.
  
- Gump checks. These will pop up as a window within your game screen, with a captcha to solve.
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- Gump checks. These will pop up as a window within your game screen, with a captcha to solve. These are primarily seen as part of gathering actions, IE: fishing, mining, spinning, lumberjacking, etc.
  
- Manual checks. A staff member does rounds, spawning a brightly colored item which could be a monster, static item (wall, statue), or animated sparkles that will then ask you a simple question. You get numerous chances to answer the question, spanning approximately 30 seconds. If you do not answer the question, you will be considered AFK and punished accordingly. You must answer the question, saying "I'm here" or other phrases is not enough.
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- Manual checks. A staff member does rounds or all players actively hunting/farming/killing or in areas where there are monsters. The staff member will spawn a large brightly colored item (IE: a monster, wall, statue, or animated sparkles) that will then ask you a simple question. The question will appear above your character's head. You get numerous chances to answer the question, spanning approximately 1 minute. If you do not answer the question, you will be considered AFK and punished accordingly. You must answer the question accurately (spelling isn't a major issue so long as it's close). Saying "I'm here", answering with a 'funny' response, or other phrase(s) are not considered an answer and can result in being jailed anyway. This is because some players do use auto-responding scripts.

Revision as of 18:33, 13 April 2015

When performing the following activities, you must not be away from keyboard: killing creatures, fishing, gathering ore/wood/leather/wool/plants, taming animals or any other activity that can result in a profit.

AFK checks: Currently there are 2 types of AFK checks.

- Gump checks. These will pop up as a window within your game screen, with a captcha to solve. These are primarily seen as part of gathering actions, IE: fishing, mining, spinning, lumberjacking, etc.

- Manual checks. A staff member does rounds or all players actively hunting/farming/killing or in areas where there are monsters. The staff member will spawn a large brightly colored item (IE: a monster, wall, statue, or animated sparkles) that will then ask you a simple question. The question will appear above your character's head. You get numerous chances to answer the question, spanning approximately 1 minute. If you do not answer the question, you will be considered AFK and punished accordingly. You must answer the question accurately (spelling isn't a major issue so long as it's close). Saying "I'm here", answering with a 'funny' response, or other phrase(s) are not considered an answer and can result in being jailed anyway. This is because some players do use auto-responding scripts.