People still manage to surprise me...

[Fuzzyboy]

So, I'm cruising around Icecrown finshing my zone achievement when I run into this guy.

Him: That's an odd group you have there.
Me: How so?
<pause>
Him: I'm afraid I'm going to have to report you.
Me: Knock yourself out - multiboxing is perfectly legal :-)

Nothing out of the ordinary, except that this time, I get another tell from him about an hour later:

Him: I'm sorry about the reporting thing, I researched it and it turns out that your multiboxing is actually not against the rules. Just wanted to apologize.

I was shocked - an apology! I was getting so used to the hate that I actually was surprised of someone behaving properly, I think we tend to notice the haters because they're much easier to see, but it was pleasant to see decent behavior! :-)

[Siaea]

I had someone following me around the Ebon Hold daily area this morning, and finally asked me how I was doing that. I told him I was a multiboxer. He then asked "how much are you asking?". I can only assume he was asking if I was selling them 8|

[Catamer]

one day someone starting following me in Shalazar Basin and starting skinning all of my kills.
they never said anything and I was going to give up on a collection quest when I decided to show off for the skinner.

So I stayed and finished the collection quest on all of my toons letting this guy skin everything.
He never said anything to me and I never said anything to him.

The next day he sends me a tell apologizing for stealing my skins, he said he did it because he though I was cheating and he had read up on it and found I wasn't cheating.
I said back, "lol, i just through you were a fellow player that needed skins and I was happy to help"

[jinx08]

I joined my brother's guild the other night, after he had a chat with the guild leader. The guy seemed very interested in the prospect and was keen himself in starting up his own team. Naturally i pointed him the direction of this site. :)

So the decision was made for a fun run of AQ for the achievment, and my bro gets me a spot with all four of my shammys. We're about half way through and im suddenly removed from the guild and booted from the raid. I /w the guild leader asking him why he had removed me and he replies saying that some of the guildies had told him that I was a hacker/bot.

No a very good experience to say the least, and the ignorance of some people amazes me, especially as I had already pointed him this way!

Generally on my server (Chamber of Aspects, EU), i'm met with well informed people who know exactly what it is i'm doing but I guess some idiots do slip through the net...

[TheBigBB]

I joined my brother's guild the other night, after he had a chat with the guild leader. The guy seemed very interested in the prospect and was keen himself in starting up his own team. Naturally i pointed him the direction of this site. :)

So the decision was made for a fun run of AQ for the achievment, and my bro gets me a spot with all four of my shammys. We're about half way through and im suddenly removed from the guild and booted from the raid. I /w the guild leader asking him why he had removed me and he replies saying that some of the guildies had told him that I was a hacker/bot.

No a very good experience to say the least, and the ignorance of some people amazes me, especially as I had already pointed him this way!

Generally on my server (Chamber of Aspects, EU), i'm met with well informed people who know exactly what it is i'm doing but I guess some idiots do slip through the net...The problem with any raid guild I've been in is that some of the people are the most insufferably annoying people who ever lived, and then those people whine and cause drama which leads to what happened to you. I also got flamed in the same way for being a boxer. Not even for boxing in a raid, but just for being one. I'm happier in my own one-man guild. There aren't any other people to talk to, but all you do is load up dual-boxing.com while you play and you pretty much found a better replacement for /g.

[Svpernova09]

I had someone do this to me not long after Wrath release. i was running my 3 shaman around borean. He came back 20 minutes later and tried to tell me what I was doing was legit, I just ignored him, not because I'm an asshole, but because he was a rude asshole to me the first time around. Accuse me of hacking and botting and then come back and try to tell me I wasn't cheating after your guildies explained what I was doing just as I tried to? No thanks.

[Tonuss]

Him: That's an odd group you have there.
Me: How so?
<pause>
Him: I'm afraid I'm going to have to report you.
Me: Knock yourself out - multiboxing is perfectly legal :-)

Him: I'm sorry about the reporting thing, I researched it and it turns out that your multiboxing is actually not against the rules. Just wanted to apologize.
That sounds like someone who thought he saw someone cheating and decided to do something about it, as opposed to someone who is rabidly anti-multiboxing and just being a douchebag. I agree that it's both rare and refreshing to find someone who shows both restraint and the willingness to follow up when he learned that he was mistaken. Games like this are better off with people like him playing.

That player took a very different approach than the one that Svpernova09 described. If you want to report me, report me. But if you intend to lecture me or be an asshole before you understand the facts, don't expect me to be cheerful about it when you realize you jumped into the deep end before you checked for water. As someone who makes an effort to treat other players maturely and with respect under almost any circumstance, I think I've got the right to expect other players to return the favor, as well as the prerogative to not be understanding when they cross that line. You could've saved yourself an apology by not being a prick in the first place.

[Gadzooks]

I joined my brother's guild the other night, after he had a chat with the guild leader. The guy seemed very interested in the prospect and was keen himself in starting up his own team. Naturally i pointed him the direction of this site. :)

So the decision was made for a fun run of AQ for the achievment, and my bro gets me a spot with all four of my shammys. We're about half way through and im suddenly removed from the guild and booted from the raid. I /w the guild leader asking him why he had removed me and he replies saying that some of the guildies had told him that I was a hacker/bot.

No a very good experience to say the least, and the ignorance of some people amazes me, especially as I had already pointed him this way!

Generally on my server (Chamber of Aspects, EU), i'm met with well informed people who know exactly what it is i'm doing but I guess some idiots do slip through the net...The problem with any raid guild I've been in is that some of the people are the most insufferably annoying people who ever lived, and then those people whine and cause drama which leads to what happened to you. I also got flamed in the same way for being a boxer. Not even for boxing in a raid, but just for being one. I'm happier in my own one-man guild. There aren't any other people to talk to, but all you do is load up dual-boxing.com while you play and you pretty much found a better replacement for /g.From what I've seen, this is for two reasons:

Raid spots

and

Loot

They'll babble forever about other reasons, but that's what it boils down to. These issues also effect solo players too - can't get a rogue into a guild because you threaten the existing rogues for raid spots and drops.

Not all guilds are like that, however. I've been in a few that kept the drama to a minimum, believe it or not. I was in one shortly before I started MBing, through a friend's referral, and when she quit, I did too, because I'd only been in the guild two weeks, and did'nt know anyone, and while they did'nt ask me to quit...I just quit to make things easier, in case there were issues. I regret that now, I saw their main healer the other day in Dalaran, and armoried the guild, and they're all still there - and the guild is about twice the size they were then (300+). I'm thinking about whispering her the next time I see her, and see if I can get one of my guys an invite. They had *fun* in that guild - we went on a Mana Tombs run (with said healer) where we laughed so much we never finished, we just sat in the middle laughing until it got too late to finish!

[Ève <Wolfpack>]

I kick it in a PVP guild. Not fond of the pve stuff too much and haven't had any probs most like the fact that I will BE a bunker crew in the premades. :thumbup:

Eve

[Zal]

<----- Reported Daily /facepalm
Makes me lol though. Even better when alliance make level 1 characters on you realm to either 1) say your being reported for hacking in a BG or 2) "WTF is your problem you <insert curse word> <insert curse word> <insert curse word> <insert curse word> <insert curse word>. Get out of your parents basement and find a job you hacking/botting/chinese farming <insert curse word>
/r Madallaince
<Madalliance has logged out>
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[Gadzooks]

<----- Reported Daily /facepalm
Makes me lol though. Even better when alliance make level 1 characters on you realm to either 1) say your being reported for hacking in a BG or 2) "WTF is your problem you . Get out of your parents basement and find a job you hacking/botting/chinese farming
/r Madallaince

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The irony is most of the hate is probably coming from high school and college kids whose parents pay for their monthly and they got their games and computers as presents.

The real irony is the hackers/botters/gold farmers know that multi-boxing does not make them more efficient in the least, it's MORE work, with the possible exception of powerleveling, although a good leveling guide is probably better. I lurk in a few places where account thieves and scammers hang out, so I know what they're up to (I hate them with a burning passion, too), and I've seen ONE talk about MBing.

Granted, those who hate don't realize how stupid they are (the stupid never do), they don't get that multi-boxing generally requires a good job to support. :) When you get through to them, then it's "what a waste of money!", or "it's not fair to BUY advantage!".

Granted, we're talking about a game community that complains about *everything*. I've stopped going to the WoW forums completely, I've reached my limit reading the endless complaining about everything you can imagine. Now, since last week, all I read is this site, MMO Champion, and WoW Insider (woot for Belfaire working there now), and I'm much happier for it.