The issue people are raising, Mottsy, is that if killing hodg is a "free for all", then trying to script so you can check the situation more than someone else would give you a very unfair advantage over those who do it honestly. The reason I suggested the chatbot technique was so you would be depending on someone else picking up on the situation and then sending you a command to start. That way, you would have a shot at hodgman if others were not on their toes, but you would still be at a disadvantage by virtue of not actually being there.
Do you not see how selfish this sounds? I'm sure there are other clan members in exactly the same boat. If you can't make the times, then that's unfortunate, but that doesn't give you the right to use measures unfairly to make up for that.
Anyways, this discussion goes beyond the scope of the board. The script you have deals with things in a way I consider to be fair and equitable (and to be frank you could have gleaned this method from my hobopolis chatbot script). I would recommend though that you pass the idea past your clan mates before using any script. Tell them what you are doing and stress its implications. Make sure they are happy with whatever method you decide on.