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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 19:21
Originally posted by Daufer Daufer wrote:

Originally posted by scaramouche scaramouche wrote:

the sitter would have to have a lot of spare time and dedication to run two accounts and sit two accounts.

Given how many folks I see chatting on GC at any and all hours of the day and night, apparently there are a lot of people out there with nothing to do but play Illy.  I imagine some of them need six accounts just to keep busy.
 
LOL...get a job springs to mind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 18:34
Originally posted by scaramouche scaramouche wrote:

the sitter would have to have a lot of spare time and dedication to run two accounts and sit two accounts.

Given how many folks I see chatting on GC at any and all hours of the day and night, apparently there are a lot of people out there with nothing to do but play Illy.  I imagine some of them need six accounts just to keep busy.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 17:29
i have been sitting a account for quite some time, so that if needed i can help him out, he is active tho, so i usely dont do anything, but i check in some times to make sure he isnt running out of food or gold, been sitting it for a few months now, just no reason to cancel it
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 17:19
the sitter would have to have a lot of spare time and dedication to run two accounts and sit two accounts.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 11:55
In my opinion if someone is sitting an account it is only short term.  Isn't long term sitting just a different way of saying im taking over your account.  The rules state each player can only have two accounts per server.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 09:51

I agree with Rill on this issue.  The use of dual accounts and dual perma-sits  should end and more sensible time limits should be introduced for account sitting.  



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 01:54
There was a bunch of a hullabaloo about long-term sat accounts some months ago.  The devs were going to put in some time limitations to prevent the sort of abuse that you are describing.  However, the plan was not implemented.  My understanding is that it's still on the "to-do" list somewhere.

In the meantime, it is not against game rules to have two accounts and also to perma-sit two accounts on each of those accounts, resulting in de facto control of six accounts.  Reaction of players to this behavior tends to be negative, however; there are players who were attacked over perceived abuse of account sitting, although the results of that effort are ambiguous at best.

So:  It's not against the rules and the devs won't do anything.  If there are enough players who object and can identify a culprit, they could potentially do something.  Speaking from experience, short of an open admission from someone who is also violating other community norms, probably people won't do anything unless or until they are directly affected, and possibly not even then.

If the tone of this post seems a little cynical, please forgive me.  I find the issue to be frustrating.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2012 at 01:39
If it came to your attention that a player is a "sitter" for two accounts and if you also knew that the person owning those two accounts left the game, would that be a violation of Illy rules against playing more than two accounts or is that OK?  Should a player take over as sitter of accounts of players that leave the game?

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