TI Scheduler

[Kinaed]

How would players feel about adding a TI scheduler that allows you to lock your characters from play based on IRL times? This is to help us OOC addicts manage our TI-ing so it doesn't ruin our life and give us a healthy work-life-play balance.

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Syntax: schedule
        schedule lockout <# of hours>
        schedule block <time1> <time2> <date>
        schedule remove #
        schedule # edit

This command will allow a player to block a character of theirs 
from logging into the game. Schedule lockout # is a countdown 
lockout that automatically prevents the character from logging 
in until the lockout timer is ended.

Schedule block <time1> <time1> <date> will block access to a 
character any hour that falls between those the specified 
hours, system time until the specified date.

Schedule lockout # will specify a non-repeating lockout that
will expire at the end of a given time.

Schedule # edit will allow you to put up the message you want 
to display to yourself (to override the default message) if you 
have something specific you'd like to see on logout and re-enter
attempts.

Schedule alone will list any current blocks on the character:

Scheduled Times:

 #  Time         Status   Repeat    Repeat Ceases
 1. 01:01-02:00  Locked     Y       Apr 02, 2099 12:34 pm
 2. 23:00-05:00  Locked     N       Apr 02, 2011 12:00 am

Players online and exceeding their lockout time will get a message
and be politely booted from the system.

[Estelle]

Oh. I like that but I know I'd never have the guts to use it. :)

[Kinaed]

I thought of it when a player was telling me how much trouble they have and when I'm thinking about how I'm going to balance going back to work with TI and my kids.

[Amdair]

Seems a bit futile, though, since if your will is weak enough not to hold to a schedule (mine is, often,) then it likely won't hold up against the temptation to remove the schedule blocks for 'just today', or 'just this week', or so on. Eh? ;)

[Enix]

I wont use it....just my personal view on it

[Kinaed]

I think it'd work for me. :)