automatic reaload mechanism

[team fl]

Hi there. I read the following during the 15h chat from todays single day race (bottom to top, won't translate it...):

Psychos: sagt dir reload every was?
Sandow Racing: du hast ständig aktualisiert warst maximal 2 oder 3 km offline du hast deinen fahrer selber rausgenommen
(...)
Psychos: ja denkste ich machn pc aus wenn ich rauchen gehe...mein balkon ist 5 meter weg

for explanation: reload every is a firefox add-on and "Reloads web pages every so many seconds or minutes. The function is accessible via the context menu (menu you get when you right click on a web page) or via tab context menu (just in Firefox 4.0)"

This conversation leads me to the following questions/conclusions:
- so it is possible to be off but be shown online by installing this add-on?
- so I may be off the whole race but not be kicked out after 60 %
-> is this wanted?

I hope I did not open some bad opportunities here

[Buhmann]

I think at the moment it would be possible. But it is possible to avoid it. What i should do for the new layout for example.

[Luna]

But it's forbidden

5. Der Teilnehmer verpflichtet sich, keine Bugs auszunutzen oder in
irgendeiner anderen Form Dinge zu mißbrauchen die nicht für das Spiel
vorgesehen sind.

[Buhmann]

Yes, you are right.

But people who have this addon for other things and don´t turn it off for rsf?
Do many people use such things or should most RSF-player with these function have installed it because of RSF?

[NoPikouze]

Stupid thing...
He was shown online, but his rider went out of tempo anyway. The information on the screen was not accurate in this case, since he was still counted as offline. So a team who is offline the whole race, even if the screen says he's online, would still be kicked. It's just confusing for everybody else.
Am I wrong ?

[Buhmann]

Yes, i think you are wrong. If somebody is shown online, he should not be kicked.

[Luna]

Yes, you are right.

But people who have this addon for other things and don´t turn it off for rsf?
Do many people use such things or should most RSF-player with these function have installed it because of RSF?

I could imagine it's tempting for one or another.

[team fl]

Yes, you are right.

But people who have this addon for other things and don´t turn it off for rsf?
Do many people use such things or should most RSF-player with these function have installed it because of RSF?

I could imagine it's tempting for one or another.

I thought exactly the same. For some it might be tempting, the usual suspects if you want to call it that way. But I also think that 95 % of the RSF-Users want to be online anyway and have fun while racing. And there are some users you sometimes wish they would be offline

[Luna]

.., the usual suspects if you want to call it that way.

The same suspects as for whom we introduced the offline rules at all. So it would be logical to build something against it.