HEHE, today we all logged in to pour IO accounts and saw "wonderful" message abount game rule changes. Here what we all got:
"Six Hours Offline Block to be Deployed in IO
On May 3rd, 2010, at 14:00 server time (GMT +2), a new rule will be deployed in IO which is called "Mandatory 6 hours offline block".
1. The rule applies only for players who are above 1000 networth points in all IO realms except the classic and Blitz.
2. The maximum time a player can spend online in the game is 24 hours.
3. When the 24 hours period expires the player`s account will be automatically locked for the next 6 hours. During this 6 hours block the player will not be able to log into his account.
4. If the player completes his 6 hours offline block earlier than scheduled (he wishes to do so), his timer will be reset and will start counting another 24 hours.
5. Upon logging in the system will notify the player for the amount of the offline time and whether his 24 hours timer is reset or not.
6. The player will be able to constantly monitor the time left until his new 6 hours offline block through the game interface."
First of all, congratulation to IO tema for changing rules in the middle of the realm! Very "motivating" aspect to paly IO, coz you'll never know when the rules are changed
I'm very sad, coz I never saw such a thing in forum before - why there was not any topic concerning this issue? Don't you care what IO community thinks about it? What if someone will quit hte game due to that or due to changing rules in the middle of the realm (never knowing when)?
On the other hand, if this rule is for trying to conserve and save someone's health or to put multiaccounters and babysitters on hard times, then it's applausible
. But again, not in the middle of the realm and without any approval from IO players, we want our opinion olso be important and heard!
And lastly, can someone explain me, how exactly those 24 max online hours will be counted? The system will be similar to that which is in old version realms? For example if you log in at 12:20 for 5 minutes will this be considered only 5 minutes of playing or will it be considered as the whole hour being online? And how those max 24 hours of being online will be counted - will they be counted in minutes (would be better seconds, but IO I think has problems then copunting at such accuracy) or hours accuracy? For example, if I log at 12:20 for 5 minutes and again I log at 13:35 for 10 minutes, how much time of playing/being online will be counted - 2 hours or 15 minutes? Thanks in advance for any clarification