Avoiding being flagged AFK

[cmeche]

Well, I just ran an AV where this idiot starts yelling about my group before the game starts....im taking up spots blah blah blah...
I just ignore him and wave....but when the game starts ALL my guys are flagged with the afk debuff. Somehow he got some others to join along. But, no big deal casue i found some horde to kill. After I procede to wipe their group at Balinda....I head back to Dun'Baldar to back cap all that stuff.

Half way there i run into a group of horde....they kill two of my guys while my other three keep holding back wave after wave of horde rushing. Well, they end up wiping me, and I rez only to realize that the two that had died earlier got kicked for afk'ing. OMFG.....this pisses me off to no end. Come to find out, the idiot is on my server.....
The crazy thing is that I always play at the same time at night, have close to 250 AVs under my teams belt.......and 95% of the time I am 1st - 5th place in total honor at the end of the game(win or loose). How people miss this has got me puzzled.
I help Ally out greatly on my Battlegroup........and have alot of fun doing it. But this fricken 10sec AFk debuff has got to go.

[valkry]

Copy paste this into a macro for all your chars, hit it if anyone gives you grief (most effective at the start of a battle 2 seconds after the gate opens). Wow players can not be reaosned with, just get revenge and smile. This macro reports every single person in the BG afk, and if all your chars do it, everyone will get the debuff.

/run for i=1,GetNumRaidMembers()-1 do local unit = "raid"..i local name,realm = UnitName(unit) if(realm) then ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name.."-"..realm) else ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name) end end

[Iceorbz]

Copy paste this into a macro for all your chars, hit it if anyone gives you grief (most effective at the start of a battle 2 seconds after the gate opens). Wow players can not be reaosned with, just get revenge and smile. This macro reports every single person in the BG afk, and if all your chars do it, everyone will get the debuff.

/run for i=1,GetNumRaidMembers()-1 do local unit = "raid"..i local name,realm = UnitName(unit) if(realm) then ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name.."-"..realm) else ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name) end end

rofl.... epic.

I had macroed my buttons so i could report guys, id wait till they died and flag em right then.

[Èlemental]

Copy paste this into a macro for all your chars, hit it if anyone gives you grief (most effective at the start of a battle 2 seconds after the gate opens). Wow players can not be reaosned with, just get revenge and smile. This macro reports every single person in the BG afk, and if all your chars do it, everyone will get the debuff.

/run for i=1,GetNumRaidMembers()-1 do local unit = "raid"..i local name,realm = UnitName(unit) if(realm) then ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name.."-"..realm) else ReportPlayerIsPVPAFK(name) end end

For that macro is there any way to set it so that you don't report your guys?

[remanz]

I don't see the logic of using this macro. Why would you want to report everyone afk on your own side. and potentially lose the BG because of it, not to mention it includes your own characters.

I see no gain, and only benefit the other faction.

[Littleburst]

I don't see the logic of using this macro. Why would you want to report everyone afk on your own side. and potentially lose the BG because of it, not to mention it includes your own characters.

I see no gain, and only benefit the other faction.

Can only agree, besides that you'll only get grief more then anything else. Unless they're unable to figure out that the boxer probably did it.

Because of it people won't be able to rush to DB/FW but have to stop to kill a horde/alliance to get rid of the debuff.

[Ualaa]

Long term, I don't see a point in the macro.
Really, you are forcing your team to engage in combat, instead of do whatever it takes to win the game.

Short term, the macro rocks.
If you are reported prior to the match starting, you can return the favor to the person who has reported you.
Since you are reporting everyone, you are sure to catch the people who have reported your toons; others are unfortunate casualties of the /report wars.

I would/will add this to my repertoire on my pvp teams.
In the event that some idiot decides to report my team, I'll return the favor.

[Èlemental]

But is there a way to evade reporting your team? Or does it flat out report EVERYONE.

[Svpernova09]

Lets not discuss ways of overcoming game AFK mechanics.

[Ualaa]

But is there a way to evade reporting your team? Or does it flat out report EVERYONE.

Keep your team in combat, preferably against opponents who will either kill your team outright or who are not a challenge.
Either way, your team remains in one place.
And being in combat (with an opposite faction toon) will clear the AFK Flag.

If you actually do go /AFK, nothing to stop that.
But its a good time to get a sandwich or use the washroom.