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scottfitz 
Forum Warrior
Joined: 22 Apr 2010
Location: Spokane WA USA
Status: Offline
Points: 433 |
 Topic: Account Sitting
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 06:54 |
Given the history of account sitting abuse or accusations of abuse, I really wonder if we need sitting at all.
I am curious how many people actually use this function. I don't, and although I have been asked to serve as a sitter for others in the past, I have not agreed to being a sitter for quite some time, and I have never had a sitter for either account, and I never will. It just seems to cause more problems than it is worth.
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Truth
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Oct 2011
Location: Truth
Status: Offline
Points: 57 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 06:57 |
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I feel it is the bane of Illy and voted as such.
Everyone can have two accounts... Use the second account for your meta gaming needs... No need for a sitter.
On the other thread it may have seemed as if I was for sitting. Not true, I am not for making accusations without proof to back it up.
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Rill
Postmaster General
Player Council - Geographer
Joined: 17 Jun 2011
Location: California
Status: Offline
Points: 6903 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 06:58 |
I have used account sitting during a period when I needed to take a weeklong break from the game. I found it valuable for that purpose. Perhaps there should be a rule that the account owner has to log in at least once a week, and a limitation to the number of days per year that account sitting is allowed?
I suppose if account sitting weren't allowed, people would be tempted to violate the Terms of Service by sharing password information. Perhaps that would cause more problems than eliminating account sitting would solve?
I don't know, I can see both sides.
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Truth
Greenhorn
Joined: 07 Oct 2011
Location: Truth
Status: Offline
Points: 57 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:00 |
 Rill wrote:
I have used account sitting during a period when I needed to take a weeklong break from the game. I found it valuable for that purpose. Perhaps there should be a rule that the account owner has to log in at least once a week, and a limitation to the number of days per year that account sitting is allowed?
I suppose if account sitting weren't allowed, people would be tempted to violate the Terms of Service by sharing password information. Perhaps that would cause more problems than eliminating account sitting would solve?
I don't know, I can see both sides.
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If people shared passwords to allow another player play his or her account, these players would get their in game accounts suspended. So, good luck trying to get away with this method.
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Jane DarkMagic
Postmaster
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
Status: Offline
Points: 554 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:05 |
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I think maybe the tasks an account sitter can perform should be limited. Keeping resources and defenses up, but not attacking or moving around the map? That way your friend can give you some peace of mind while on vacation but it wouldn't be the same as playing the account?
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Jane DarkMagic
Postmaster
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
Status: Offline
Points: 554 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:06 |
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So maybe confine sitter permissions to just stuff you can do within the city itself.
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Jane DarkMagic
Postmaster
Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Location: Tennessee
Status: Offline
Points: 554 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:07 |
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Because should be able to go without leveling your commanders or sending resources to other people while on a brief vacation!
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Faldrin
Forum Warrior
Joined: 03 Sep 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 239 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 07:56 |
I would like the account sitting rules GMs warned us about a long time ago put in force:
90 days pr. year and max 90 days.
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White Beard
Greenhorn
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
Location: AUS
Status: Offline
Points: 53 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 10:54 |
Why not have a holiday / vacation function in place?
The account owner activates this function and all activities in the account stops, research building troop making etc.
And give a sort of newbie protection so attacks are impossible.
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Createure
Postmaster General
Joined: 07 Apr 2010
Location: uk
Status: Offline
Points: 1191 |
Posted: 29 Dec 2011 at 12:19 |
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Haven't sat anyone or been sat myself for many months.
But I'm happy with sitting as it currently is... If I ever decide to break from Illy for a few months again I would like to see someone keeping my account alive - and likewise I'd be happy to keep friends accounts alive over extended periods of inactivity.
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