Should I give the guild member the boot?

This weekend I had recuritied a new member for our PVE guild. He/She did ask to be invited and said "Hi" in guild chat that first day. However (you knew there had to be one) the account has been logged on for the last 24 hours (everytime I have hopped on) and while I don't require anyone in my guild to be chatty (or talk much), this person hasn't responded to direct whispers.

I worry that the person is using a bot - and I will NOT have this in my guild; however, I am also thinking... what if they just accidently left the game running.

I am leaning toward kicking tonight if the user is still on and not responding.

Do you think I am justified? Or being overly cautious?

I would wait a day or two and then kick him/her if nothing change.

my guild leader leaves GW on 24/7 so i think you're a little cautious. but you never know...

<stereotype> does he/she have an asian-sounding name </stereotype>

I wouldn't assume they are a bot until you saw them in person behaving like a bot. (Gosh, are they in Elona Reach alot? lol)

If, after a couple of days, they are still online and not responding to direct whispers I don't think you'd have any reason to feel guilty for kicking them. If they had a legit reason for being afk for three days, and they talk to you about it, you can always enroll them again.

What I find intriguing is why would you assume first and foremost that s/he is a bot?

At times because of these intruding "hi"s I turn off guild chat or even set my status to "Offline" altogether. Don't you think you are being a bit too nosey?

Lol, my being over cautious is noted.

No asian sounding name - not even a I-am-trying-to-not-sound-asian-but-fail names that some bots have.

give it some time. it's only been a day. maybe he/she did leave it on.

Nosey? well... could be! I have a few guild members who after I invited I only speak to about once a month, even though they are on. I don't mind it, some people are private and I respect that.

This is just the first member I have had that stayed logged on ALL the time. Could very well be that is just what they do, if so, I will respect that too.

Just with all the BOT crazieness as of late - I just don't want to have a member that is taking advantage of a 3rd party program and my NPC full guild hall.

Do u stay logged on 24/7 to watch him and make sure, how do you know he doesnt have odd sleeping patterns?

Nope, as I said in the first message - when I am logged on - which is usually 3 times a day during the week: 7AM, 6PM and 10PM.

I am fully aware they I could and am over reacting I posted this more out of curiosity of what others would do if they suspected a bot in their guild.

I personally leave it be and say, oh well if its a bot hell get banned, if it isnt hes a heavy gamer.

Why would a farm bot need to join a guild?

Fell asleep on the keyboard...Has all chats disabled...Cant understand you...Is dead...Is a bot. I would wait a day or two and then decide.

Trying to "blend in" - use the guild hall - not be a full time botter - just a person using a bot program?

I'd kick them, why be in a guild if you never speak to anyone?

If he's not contributing to the guild in anyway I dont see the need to keep him around... that's just my opinion

^^^ This dude has a point...

check Elona / Droks .. maybe u ll see him

On a similar vein, I have a guild member who logs on occasionally, but I never see him. I haven't spoken to him in over a month. When do you decide to boot someone? Do you boot them due to inactivity? Do you boot them because they're never on when anybody else is? Do you boot them because they serve no use to the guild if there's never interaction with them?

eudas

Once had someone on for three straight days. At the end, it finally said they were offline.... and hadn't been on in two days! Very confusing.