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Kestrix Industrial Renaissance MinTek Conglomerate 35	Posted - 2012.12.28 11:29:00 - [1] - Quote Zol Interbottom wrote: I think we can see that AFK mining is the wrong way to play the game, it was never intended by the devs as one of the sandbox activities and should be removed poste haste, preferably by banning the perpetrators Please share with us how the Dev's are going to know if I'm at the key board or not? I don't see why I should be banned for going to make a cup of tea or answer the door or phone or even nipping down to the shops whilst my characters are mining. AFK mining has always been part of this game and one that I have embraced as it allows me a flexibility of time that no other game (that I have found) offers me. The ability to log on and start mining even though I don't have time to play actively is one of the things that keeps me here.
Kestrix Industrial Renaissance MinTek Conglomerate 36	Posted - 2012.12.28 17:51:00 - [2] - Quote Bing Bangboom wrote: AFK mining is the entry drug to Botting. The New Halaima Code of Conduct, found at www.minerbumping.com, clearly explains why AFK mining is bad and therefore, forbidden by The Code. The miner who would afk is looking for maximum gain with minimum player interaction. From an economic point of view this makes sense. If for some reason, CCP began to allow botting many of these afk miners would immediately begin automating their processes, thereby becoming bots. They are therefore, bot-aspirants and subject to New Order discipline. The ice mining, AFK miner who unloads into a nearby Orca has to hit one button and drag ONCE every thirty minutes. This is so close to botting as to be indistinguishable. And yet we have this thread where some miners actually argue that this is a good and necessary part of the Eve community. Well, its not. It is unhealthy for the miners who do not AFK as they are competing against bot-aspirant mining machines. It is unhealthy for the interaction of real players that makes an MMO different from a single player game. It is unhealthy for the petitioning system as the entitled, selfish-minded AFK miners beseige CCP with complaints about the New Order. And finally, it is unhealthy for the AFK miner himself as he loses touch with his humanity and decends into the hell that is Highsec Ice mining. Despite the clear gain to everyone in Eve that ending AFK mining would bring, James 315 and the New Order are not asking CCP to ban afk anything. We are taking on the task of educating the mining community and the rest of our Eve friends on how to abandon their vices and move into a better way of life. We WANT miners to prosper. To this effect, we offer The Code and its path to enlightenment and truth. In the finest tradition of Eve Online, we, the players, are taking on this challenge ourselves. We ask CCP to do nothing but stand aside as we deliver The New Halaima Code of Conduct to each and every one of the mining community. You are welcome. Highsec is worth fighting for. Bing Bangboom Agent of the New Order of Highsec Belligerent Undesirable Eh what? Mining requires minimum player interaction regardless of my physical location in regards to the computer. I can sit and stare at the screen for 30 mins watching the pretty blue lasers and the drones zooming around my ship or I can go and do the hoovering or washing up or whatever and nip back every 30 mins to empty the ship and set it off again... ether that or replace it if some **** has taken exception to it's presence in the ice field/belt. I would also like to point out that even if bots were legal I would not use them.
Kestrix Industrial Renaissance MinTek Conglomerate 36	Posted - 2012.12.28 18:04:00 - [3] - Quote masternerdguy wrote: Kestrix wrote: Eh what? Mining requires minimum player interaction regardless of my physical location in regards to the computer. I can sit and stare at the screen for 30 mins watching the pretty blue lasers and the drones zooming around my ship or I can go and do the hoovering or washing up or whatever and nip back every 30 mins to empty the ship and set it off again... ether that or replace it if some **** has taken exception to it's presence in the ice field/belt. I would also like to point out that even if bots were legal I would not use them. Try mining using a Hulk / Covetor as a team, you'll be pretty busy. The whole point of mining AFK is because normally I would not be playing at all, eg I have something better to do. On these occasions I'll log on one or two accounts and set them off in a belt and go do other stuff, it does not matter if I don't mine a lot or plane forget about them altogether. What ever I get is a bonus. When I'm at the computer with time on my hands then yes as you put it I am pretty busy.

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