DC due to player inactivity

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Posted by: Lechet.7516

Lechet.7516

Hey, I was sitting around for a while chatting with folk and then it suddenly dc’d me due to excessive player inactivity. I was wondering if this was because I hadn’t moved in a while or if it was just a glitch or something. If it was because I hadn’t move in a while, shouldn’t me talking to folk in game count as player activity?

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Posted by: synk.6907

synk.6907

Yeah, it’s because you were standing still. You’ll get disconnected for inactivity while using interface elements, too (bank, trading post, guild interface, bags), provided that you aren’t moving.

It shouldn’t have been sudden, though -- you start getting a message about it every ten seconds for about a minute prior to it disconnecting you. At least that’s been my experience, aside from when I’ve not been near my screen.

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Posted by: JBDanger.2603

JBDanger.2603

Haven’t people got suspended for going akitten this manner before? I think i read somewhere someone got banned for inactivity

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Posted by: Mespilia.2896

Mespilia.2896

Moving requires moving position, jumping does not count.

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Posted by: Strawberry Nubcake.7163

Strawberry Nubcake.7163

Haven’t people got suspended for going akitten this manner before? I think i read somewhere someone got banned for inactivity

Idling in game isn’t against the rules and it would be silly if it was. Stepping away from the keyboard and having a program (bot, macro, etc.) perform actions or play the game for you is a different story. The people who claim they were banned or suspended because of inactivity probably weren’t telling everything. I doubt the reason that popped up said it was due to inactivity.

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Posted by: Braxis.8396

Braxis.8396

Haven’t people got suspended for going akitten this manner before? I think i read somewhere someone got banned for inactivity

Idling in game isn’t against the rules and it would be silly if it was. Stepping away from the keyboard and having a program (bot, macro, etc.) perform actions or play the game for you is a different story. The people who claim they were banned or suspended because of inactivity probably weren’t telling everything. I doubt the reason that popped up said it was due to inactivity.

You must be new here, arena net banned few people by mistake many times …

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Posted by: JBDanger.2603

JBDanger.2603

Ok, thanks lol. I always shut my client down if i had to go afk for 5-20 minutes just because i thought i would get banned lol

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Posted by: Lechet.7516

Lechet.7516

It seems kind of silly to be disconnected even if you’re obviously at the computer, just sitting and chatting away with people in game.

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Posted by: Strawberry Nubcake.7163

Strawberry Nubcake.7163

Haven’t people got suspended for going akitten this manner before? I think i read somewhere someone got banned for inactivity

Idling in game isn’t against the rules and it would be silly if it was. Stepping away from the keyboard and having a program (bot, macro, etc.) perform actions or play the game for you is a different story. The people who claim they were banned or suspended because of inactivity probably weren’t telling everything. I doubt the reason that popped up said it was due to inactivity.

You must be new here, arena net banned few people by mistake many times …

What you’re talking about is a false positive and Anet is usually pretty good about correcting their mistake… assuming it really was a false positive. A lot of people lie or omit details when making “I got banned and didn’t do anything wrong!” posts. We should take most of the stuff people say with a grain of salt when it comes to bans and suspensions.

There’s a difference between getting banned while idle and getting banned for idling. I think that’s what the person I responded to could have been mixing up.