Regarding my Spellbot and its many users
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:03 am
Firstly, please do not take this as an insult to intelligence nor character, it is not meant as one.
Secondly, it is not an attack on GMs, nor your views, simply a showing of my own views.
Thirdly, I have been a GM/Coder/Staffer on various online games over the years, so please do not thing I am simply tossing aside your point of view as admin, I simply think this ruling needs alteration.
Some background on me...
I do not break rules, I am one to push the limits of them, but do not break them. Through the pushing of rules, over the years, I have had many rewritten in a more appropriate manner, when they either were phrased improperly, or simply stifled an honest player unfairly.
Some info on the bot.
I created this bot to benefit the community, because when I was just starting out on the server, I was met by nothing but kindness, and assistance. I even was given a super nice item (for a low, or even high level player), Dragon Skull Faceguard. I was level 2, and that nuke was absolutely insane to be able to use and level with. I wanted to give something back, but was not uber enough to have such good items to simply give away, and I am still not uber enough to do such a thing. So my plan was to give back with a spell bot, I can cast spells that will aid new players, such as a DS, Haste, and KEI even. I also was filling a huge gap in the buffing of Sune, by her inability to buff a pet or a bot, unless it was a box'd bot able to say "Buff".
Some info on the continued usage of my bot.
I was initially confronted upon creation of my bot to stop it from announcing over OOC. I understood, apologized, and immediately removed that function. Players rejoiced that they could continue getting DS's, Hastes, and KEI.
I then came to add Rune and Godly Pet Bags to the mix of castables, the latter of which was added to stop all of the begging for it over OOC, because it was available whenever a player may need it, unlike those that have been making them in the past, who only drop like 5. First come, first serve never seems fair.
Every time I disconnect from my internet or computer being dumb, I am immediately greeted with "Thank God you're back" from at least 3 players.
If the popular vote of the masses supports this, I feel that a spellbot should be allowed, especially for the fact that it works on pets and bots, unlike Sune. Even more so because there is NO personal gain that comes out of it, I do not get XP, Levels, AA's, nor elite gear. But the benefit resides solely in the community's ability to level, and play at a higher pace through a simple casting of spells.
Now you COULD argue that I do get a benefit from it, because it accepts donations. However I have accumulated a total of 7.5kpp from donations total. If I were to farm in a zone, I am told I could make 10 times that in a few hours, so this cannot be seen as a gain, it is absolutely NOT required for the bot to work. I only added that option because people would try to give platinum often, and want to "pay it back" for my help. But I can even turn that off if you desire that I gain nothing at all from the bot, as that would be completely understandable.
I am sure that many would chime in on the benefits the bot has given them, and the ability to get from 1-30 in a half hour, and even up to 70 in about 6 hours. I have, as it currently stands about 15 people that are all asking for spells, which I am manually casting, because I want to aide the community, no matter what.
So please see that the best intentions, and actions on my behalf have been taken. There has been no "Abuse" of AFK Macroing, as per the rules. Simply a THF-wide benefit that has been removed from the game.
*Leaving with a little bow, Veneficius awaits the decision of the All Powerful Gods*
Secondly, it is not an attack on GMs, nor your views, simply a showing of my own views.
Thirdly, I have been a GM/Coder/Staffer on various online games over the years, so please do not thing I am simply tossing aside your point of view as admin, I simply think this ruling needs alteration.
Some background on me...
I do not break rules, I am one to push the limits of them, but do not break them. Through the pushing of rules, over the years, I have had many rewritten in a more appropriate manner, when they either were phrased improperly, or simply stifled an honest player unfairly.
Some info on the bot.
I created this bot to benefit the community, because when I was just starting out on the server, I was met by nothing but kindness, and assistance. I even was given a super nice item (for a low, or even high level player), Dragon Skull Faceguard. I was level 2, and that nuke was absolutely insane to be able to use and level with. I wanted to give something back, but was not uber enough to have such good items to simply give away, and I am still not uber enough to do such a thing. So my plan was to give back with a spell bot, I can cast spells that will aid new players, such as a DS, Haste, and KEI even. I also was filling a huge gap in the buffing of Sune, by her inability to buff a pet or a bot, unless it was a box'd bot able to say "Buff".
Some info on the continued usage of my bot.
I was initially confronted upon creation of my bot to stop it from announcing over OOC. I understood, apologized, and immediately removed that function. Players rejoiced that they could continue getting DS's, Hastes, and KEI.
I then came to add Rune and Godly Pet Bags to the mix of castables, the latter of which was added to stop all of the begging for it over OOC, because it was available whenever a player may need it, unlike those that have been making them in the past, who only drop like 5. First come, first serve never seems fair.
Every time I disconnect from my internet or computer being dumb, I am immediately greeted with "Thank God you're back" from at least 3 players.
If the popular vote of the masses supports this, I feel that a spellbot should be allowed, especially for the fact that it works on pets and bots, unlike Sune. Even more so because there is NO personal gain that comes out of it, I do not get XP, Levels, AA's, nor elite gear. But the benefit resides solely in the community's ability to level, and play at a higher pace through a simple casting of spells.
Now you COULD argue that I do get a benefit from it, because it accepts donations. However I have accumulated a total of 7.5kpp from donations total. If I were to farm in a zone, I am told I could make 10 times that in a few hours, so this cannot be seen as a gain, it is absolutely NOT required for the bot to work. I only added that option because people would try to give platinum often, and want to "pay it back" for my help. But I can even turn that off if you desire that I gain nothing at all from the bot, as that would be completely understandable.
I am sure that many would chime in on the benefits the bot has given them, and the ability to get from 1-30 in a half hour, and even up to 70 in about 6 hours. I have, as it currently stands about 15 people that are all asking for spells, which I am manually casting, because I want to aide the community, no matter what.
So please see that the best intentions, and actions on my behalf have been taken. There has been no "Abuse" of AFK Macroing, as per the rules. Simply a THF-wide benefit that has been removed from the game.
*Leaving with a little bow, Veneficius awaits the decision of the All Powerful Gods*
