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Can I vacation in hell so someone can feed my piggies?

A discussion earlier today about home entry made me wonder if this is possible:

Player A is going to be on vacation for a week and wants to allow Player B house entry for the purpose of feeding piggies.  So, while both players are online, Player A grants Player B house entry. Player A then goes afk, leaving computer on and logged into Glitch while going on vacation. Player A's glitch dies due to lack of energy, goes to hell, and remains there while Player A is on vacation. Since Player A has remained online, Player B can continue to enter Player A's house and feed the piggies.

When I am online, I sometimes lose my session and have to re-start. However, I've never had this happen when I'm afk. I have been disconnected from the server while afk, but then the connection is automatically re-established and it seems that the session also is restored (which would leave house entry permissions intact).  This is why I'm thinking it might be possible to vacation in hell.

Obviously, if Player A's computer loses its Internet connection or is shut down due to a power outage, the piggies are SOL -- but there are arrangements that would make the risk of this small.

Posted 13 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I think we get kicked out of hell at the start of every game day now (darn it). Maybe your friend could just log in as you while you're gone?
    Posted 13 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd just like to share a house with someone. Preferably my husband, but who knows.... Propper house sharing with beurocratic papers could be wonderful.
    Posted 13 months ago by jiva Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, even if you get kicked out of hell every game day, so long as you're online, they should be able to enter and take care of the piggies. So maybe the duration of your vacation wouldn't be in hell, but you'd likely die once a game day anyway.
    Posted 13 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  •  turn your computer off when you go on holiday!
    Posted 13 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Way to rack up the Dracula achievement.
    Posted 13 months ago by jiva Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When you disconnect even for short periods of time it'll revoke the permission.

    I have a friend who sometimes momentarily disconnects, it has booted me from their house forcing me to ask for permission.

    Best bet is to buy several K of grain and hope for the best. I don't do the animal skills but I'm sure X pigs eat Y food in Z days. And likely less if they are not being nibbled. So it should be possible to simply leave enough food for them.

    BTW, this is why I don't do pigs.
    Posted 13 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've offered to have my friends leave their pigs at my house and I'd take care of them while they are gone. They could have hog tied them, put them up for auction at a stupid amount and then come over, canceled the auction and then dumped them in my pen.
    Posted 13 months ago by Gwyn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Actually, it's just occurred to me (as I know I too will have this problem at some point) - if you hog tie all your piggies and put them in your cupboard (as per a hilarious forum topic I recall) wont they stay alive indefinitely?

    Ok, it seems a bit cruel (!) but at least they'd stay alive? No?!
    Posted 13 months ago by geekybird Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Splendora, I have remote herd keeping. I wonder if I could place a feeder in your house and have it work. I'm totally game to try or if you have another friend with the skill, maybe give it a shot and see if the piggies eat from it overnight. You might not be able to refill the feeder, but if someone with RHK can fill it just before you go, it might do the trick.

    Edit: Geekybird's idea is hilarious! If that worked it would be fantastic.
    Posted 13 months ago by Aleph Zero Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had to be away for four days last week so I dumped 8 feeders full to the brim in the pen.
    It worked. Came home to fat and happy piggies.
    Posted 13 months ago by Puzz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Munchma Kuchi - I've done that before and it does work. A player without RHK couldn't move or refill the feeder, but the piggies do eat out of it regardless!
    Posted 13 months ago by Folderol Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmmm... Why not just ask someone with RHK to fill a bunch of feeders for you and then pass them back to you so you can drop it in your yard?
    Posted 13 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Although I do appreciate the suggestions and offers of help for alternative solutions, I was specifically intrigued by the idea of a vacation in hell (or at least part of each day in hell).

    I have RHK and could set up enough feeders to keep my piggies alive for at least a week. I also could take them to stay with a friend while I'm on holiday. However, I would never hogtie the piggies and stick them in a cupboard.*

    *speaking in character here as Splendora -- I who write this IRL find the idea hilarious.

    @Metra, I also sometimes disconnect, but it's never happened while I'm afk. So I'm not certain whether the disconnects are due to some action of mine causing a server hiccup or due to something entirely unrelated to my actions. I might try going afk for an extended time just to see what happens.
    Posted 13 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh! If that's the case then go for it and then tell us how it goes. ^_^
    Posted 13 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exactly how many piggies are we talking about here? Because, if it's just a few, perhaps the hogtie/release for vacation then capture/re-pen would be an option....bit of a pain, but if it keeps the piggies from expiring, isn't that kind of the point?
    Posted 13 months ago by Dahlia DreadNaught Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Avoid all the fuss and let them leave you some meat then get yourself new piggies.
    Posted 13 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Well, for science I"m buying a pig on auctions and sticking it in the cupboard to see what happens.

    The idea is hilarious!
    Posted 13 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Other games have introduced the concept of "sitter." This is a person that you specify, and logs in with your account name and *their* password. Privileges can be limited, or revoked entirely later.

    I think it'd be good to have something like this in Glitch.
    Posted 13 months ago by Heatseeker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Seems that GOD doesn't want me to have to vacation in hell.  Now we have keys!:)!:)

    However, I was already set to do the experiment and so I will go forward. I hope GOD will forgive me.
    Posted 13 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • GOD will forgive you. GOD is cool that way.
    Posted 13 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, my hot-tied piggy is out of the cupboard!

    A friend said it lasted 2 days...so I guess next time I'm not on to play for a few days....maybe logging in caused him to wriggle out.
    Posted 13 months ago by M<3tra, obviously Subscriber! | Permalink