yes, this is how you explore forbidden zones. have your chat window display system messages (not sure which category exactly) and when you leave a zone it will say "Leaving chat <name of zone>". When you cross a boundary, you are actually safe until you see this message come up. then you have a few seconds to turn back until you see "Entering chat"

All of this is moot for me because the fucking server went down an hour early.

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