I think it would be a little better if a player paused, and on the playerlist it would say "Namegoeshere (paused)".

sure, why not :-)

That would be useful

wait or better yet....

put a symbol to the left of their name, a little "P" or something, that would be easier. Because not everyone has their player list expanded large enough to see the end of everyones name.

Or maybe have their name outlined in blue or green!

Yeah that would work too, something like that... so that it would be easier to tell who is paused (without having to go walk next to them and see it for yourself)

Or if they've been idling. :o

It would make it easier for pkers to hunt people down though >.<

Well maybe so...

But it is their own fault, people need to learn how to use the pause button, or they deserve it ^_^

That would create lag..Everyone would pause/unpause and make the playerlist blink

Or they could have something next to their name saying 'n00b'

It would be helpful though, so you know if someone is afk or not.