What to do if u recieve a GM tell with MQ2 up...

[duexe]

So there u r, fat dumb and happy macroing away while monitoring ur toon. Then HORRORS, u get a tell from a GM. What do u do, WHAT DO U DO....

First of all, in populated areas, i never leave my toon unattended for more then 5 minutes. From outside observation, peeps have not been able to tell that I am using the program. However, u might just happen across a GM who is responding to somebody elses bug report or what not...

Things not to do with other peeps observing.
1- Warp (duh)
2 - /Invite (peeps) when clear across the zone - This is always the way I can tell someone else is using MQ2
3 - track better then a bard or ranger when u r a cleric
4 - autobot in an area with relatively high traffic area (zone in area of dulak is a good example).

If u get a GM tell...

First thing
You have an MQ window that displays macro/plugin/feed back/spam. Do not get rid of this window!!! MQ2 spam can transmit to GM's if the MQ2 window is closed!!

Having recieved tells from GM's (while MQ2 is running), I immediately type /unload in the MQ window , wait a sec or two, then reply. DO NOT REPLY WITH MQ2 RUNNING!!

Note, if a GM has caught u using MQ2 then u will not get the "we have been recieving lag reports from this zone, have u been exper....bla bla" type tell. U will get the "u have been pwnd, prepare for banishment" tell.

U might do the, "/r dinner, gotta run /q" thing, but this can be suspicious. Remember to stay cool...

ADDITIONALLY

Alway try to have ur map up with /mapfilter pc (on) when autoboting. Do /who all GM's periodically (U can have a macro do this for u). GM's have been known to pose as a mob to observe peeps (and thus will not show up on a /who all GM command). Know the pathing of mobs. If u see unusual activity of a mob, question it.

Hope this helps, stay safe and unbanned...

 

[Easy_Moder]

I have a question. If I'm ever caught warping or zoning (since I hear they can tell if you do this, right now they choose not to flag your account. They are capable if they feel like it) will they suspend you or outright ban you?

 

[hamburgerhelper]

*sigh* badnews for me regaurding this.. I was running bard and I hadn't went away for no more then 30min, but within this 30min the shit hit the fan!!!!
In the time I was gone 3 asshats conspired a plot behind my back and /petitioned me, never even sent me a tell to see if I was there or not, too.. Then GM popped in, I get the famous but dreaded, 'Hello Guide Silvyane, are you there?' and of course I was not so I had not time to respond back.

When I got back to computer I nearly shit my pants, I immediantly tried to respond to GM but with no avail.. I looked at my log file later and noticed that I had only missed the GM tell by 14min~!

Thing is that the GM was a Guide(aka. A volunteer) so am I likely to be focked from ever using MQ2 ever again?? When gm rolled around all I was doing was twisting 1 DoT and running in a circle

 

[Siddin]

he's a guide not a gm, the most he can actually do is petition to get an actual gm to come to you. but anyhow, in any long term afk macro you make put these codes in someplace.
in the main sub, somewhere in the loop

/call GMcheck

and after the /return of the sub main

Sub GMcheck
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {
      /mqlog GM entered the zone!
      /mqlog For safty reasons ending the macro
/keypress instant_camp
/endmac
}
/return

 

[Easy_Moder]

I wouldn't worry. I've heard ton of complaints from former guides that say they have busted people using MQ2. As Siddin said they can't do anything. Maybe chill out with that toon for a couple days, or sign on and don't go afk. Just run the macro. Thats what I would do anyways. Tell him you were kiting, and couldn't respond else that would have been insta death for you if they ever contact you about it.

 

[darkeros]

If it's a guide...be on the offensive not the defensive. If a guide or a GM show up where you are instead of actually sending you a tell from another zone, then someone has petitioned you. Pretty much any zone you'd use the afk macro in is called a non-loitering zone and GM/guides aren't allowed in any non-loitering zone unless answering a petition. If it's a GM, just be polite and more often than not you will get off without a warning. Also...good idea would be to leave an AFK message up. Even though it will flag you as AFK, if someone sends you a tell, your reply could be something like "Kiting, sorry no time to talk" or "I'm kiting, not watching the chat bar". Gm's see that and will usually leave you alone unless you get a real dick handling the petition.

 

[Redbot]

I've only been caught AFK macroing once, and it was by players who petitioned a GM. However, I had the GM check running and escaped when he zoned in.

I know people who have been caught and suspended, but don't know anyone (in the last 2 years) who has been banned for AFK macroing. SOE seems to just slap their wrists now.

 

[Siddin]

i think its more like, ok, so you paid us, well to keep you paying us we'll just tell you not to use it, but nothing more. Hopefully you'll still play and have to pay us more. *grin* That and who knows, they might actually like some parts of MQ2 as a marketing scheme lol.
btw gm's are not allowed to /zone into instanced zones because they can possibly crash the zone.

 

[duexe]

Its even more hairy on the Legends server. GM's typically pop in on u to give u milk and cookies and crap like that. Ran off a cliff one time when GM poped ( i typed /circle off to shurdown MQ2moveutils autocircle) and died from 20k fall lol. GM thought it was funny and gave me a 100% rez.

As Redbot says, stay aware. Have ur GM check up. Try to use zones not frequented by others or stay near when ur macroing (so u can watch).

Sidden, do u have the beep macro when u recieve a tell? Might be helpful to post here.

 

[Siddin]

lol, sure, if you want one

#event Tell "#*#tells you#*#"

Sub Event_Tell
/beep
/beep
/return

 

[azulyn]

Silly question perhaps, but what does the /beep cmd do?

 

[Siddin]

makes your internal speaker (if you have one) beep, just like it normally does after the cmos check

 

[Infernal]

Where do you add this? (I suck at this :p )

 

[Siddin]

#includes go above #event. #event goes above sub main.
sub event, goes anywhere after a /return as long as your still no longer in a sub. ie
#include includethisfile.inc
#event someevent "some catch phrase for the event" (with the quotes)
sub main
(code)
/doevents (need /doevents to do any events)
/return

sub event_someevent
(code)
/return

 

[Infernal]

he's a guide not a gm, the most he can actually do is petition to get an actual gm to come to you. but anyhow, in any long term afk macro you make put these codes in someplace.
in the main sub, somewhere in the loop

/call GMcheck

and after the /return of the sub main

Sub GMcheck
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {
      /mqlog GM entered the zone!
      /mqlog For safty reasons ending the macro
/keypress instant_camp
/endmac
}
/return

Can i put this into a plugin?
Also, could i have the player detection plugin? Would be nice to have them both in 1 thread TY in advanced

 

[hamburgerhelper]

Here is what I subsituted the beep for, as I could never hear mine.. and really helps when your sleeping if you want to pay attention to your surroundings..
For Tells and near says

#event Tell "#*#tells you#*#"
#event Tell "#*#says,'#*#"

Sub Event_Tell
/beep
/exec c:\Program Files\Kazaa\My Shared Folder\Pink Floyd\PinkFloydIsThereAnybodyOutThere.mp3 bg 
/return

For GM entering zone

/call GMcheck
||put me in your main loop

 Sub GMcheck 
/if (${Spawn[gm].ID}) {
      /mqlog GM 
/keypress instant_camp
/exec c:\Program Files\Kazaa\My Shared Folder\Led Zeppelin\LedZeppelinWhenTheLevyBreaks.mp3 bg
/endmac
}
/return

I always find music as a instant wake up call!! Also edit the songs and their locations to you liking

 

[duexe]

HAHAHAAA

>>>Pink Floyd "Is there anybody out there"<<< HAHA

That is good. I always liked the the CMOS beep as I sometimes turn my music volume down.

ha... giggle...is there anybody out there... lol

 

[Siddin]

lol, anyhow i don't hear beeps as i purposefully tore out my standard speaker :P

 

[veryblueapple]

Here's something you can say to a GM if you are not at the computer when they send you a tell- and of course you are running MQ2-
Tell them you have a seperate window for tells, and you minimized it because you didn't want your little sister/brother/mom reading your messages because she/he was in the room watching you play EQ and having a talk with you. You dont have to right away give up and get banned. YOU dont always HAVE to respond! I know people who actually have missed plenty of tells minimizing the chat window to a sliver on the screen- opening it hours later and realizing they missed all these tells from their friends or people asking for buffs. And if the GM says they hailed you and it should have shown up on your Main chat window- tell them 'hails' turn up as white words, and when you are playing you have lots of options turned on, so words flash by on the screen (spells being cast, you hitting the mob, your pet hitting the mob, you getting hit, effects fading, bla bla). And it's hard to read all the crap flashing on the main chat window when you are having a conversation with your mom- wink wink. So they can't get mad and ban you over a little misunderstanding! Use your imagination. There's no reason that you have to give up MQ2 or EQ over a little slip. Take care, and be careful- but stay cool when you get caught ;-)