A Tale or Three Servers

[Zenthor]

Hi everyone. After stumbling upon bradster.net and getting hooked on dual-boxing, I have made teams on three different servers and wanted to share the reception I have received on them.

My first was Arthas with 4 Locks and 1 Priest. We quickly leveled to 20 and I had no negative feedback at all. I had several ask about us, and several who know what we were doing, ask for more details. Unfortunetly, Arthas had 30 minute log in ques and sometimes worse so we took advantage of the free transfer to Jadenar. This was a mistake for the most part. First week was very bad. If I got near a city, I would get constant accusations of botting, gold spammers (? did not get this one) and many others. Since then...it has got slightly better. When ever I go to Org, I will ALWAYS get the 'bot' attacks coment from 2-3, but of late, many have shouted them down. I have got a mini fan club going it seems. So, it is getting better.

Finally, last night I decided to start 5 shammies on the 'dual boxing server' of Magtheridan. As soon as we grouped, it was awful. Three in town began a tyraid of BOT/Spammer/Hacker insults, then as we went to kill our first mobs, a L26 shammy (What was a L26 even doing there??) came and started sending entire paragraphs of the EULA and saying I was being FRAPPED. I gave him the usual websites he could check and assured him it was legal...but...then he began to follow me and kill all mobs. When ever my team stopped running, he would put a totum down to kill nearby mobs. We logged off.

So...just a taste of what people planning this can expect. I love dual boxing and see that over time, the support and shout downs of the 'bots' comments are making it better. And it seems that some servers are better then others. I am thinking of going back to Arthas and just dealing with the ques. Seem to have the best reception there.

[-silencer-]

Well, unfortunately I think this talk comes from all servers. I've got a lot of friends on different servers, so I've created various sets of 5-man teams on Magtheridon, Laughing Skull, Kalecgos, Archimonde, Blood Furnace, and Medivh. On all 6, I've gotten the 'hacker/bot/cheater' comment more than once in the first few levels. I'm simply nice and say there's no external program, Bliz has no problem with one person playing multiple accounts at a time, then refer them to this site for further info. Just don't get defensive about it and you'll be alright. Most of the negative comments are probably from those just envious that their mommy and daddy won't pay for them to have extra accounts..

[Diamndzngunz]

Hi everyone. After stumbling upon bradster.net and getting hooked on dual-boxing, I have made teams on three different servers and wanted to share the reception I have received on them.

My first was Arthas with 4 Locks and 1 Priest. We quickly leveled to 20 and I had no negative feedback at all. I had several ask about us, and several who know what we were doing, ask for more details. Unfortunetly, Arthas had 30 minute log in ques and sometimes worse so we took advantage of the free transfer to Jadenar. This was a mistake for the most part. First week was very bad. If I got near a city, I would get constant accusations of botting, gold spammers (? did not get this one) and many others. Since then...it has got slightly better. When ever I go to Org, I will ALWAYS get the 'bot' attacks coment from 2-3, but of late, many have shouted them down. I have got a mini fan club going it seems. So, it is getting better.

Finally, last night I decided to start 5 shammies on the 'dual boxing server' of Magtheridan. As soon as we grouped, it was awful. Three in town began a tyraid of BOT/Spammer/Hacker insults, then as we went to kill our first mobs, a L26 shammy (What was a L26 even doing there??) came and started sending entire paragraphs of the EULA and saying I was being FRAPPED. I gave him the usual websites he could check and assured him it was legal...but...then he began to follow me and kill all mobs. When ever my team stopped running, he would put a totum down to kill nearby mobs. We logged off.

So...just a taste of what people planning this can expect. I love dual boxing and see that over time, the support and shout downs of the 'bots' comments are making it better. And it seems that some servers are better then others. I am thinking of going back to Arthas and just dealing with the ques. Seem to have the best reception there.All you got to do is tell them to stop with the verbal harassment. If they keep doing it report them then ignore them. This is something your going to have to deal with. Nothing you can really do.

[opt]

I get more people generally interested in what im doing, if you chat a little bit they understand what your doing. However im starting to get to the point where im sick of explaining it to people. So in my /invite script i made the first line /dnd blahblah so i dont have to reply to whispers as much.

[Hippieman]

How to make people like you, even if they're complete twats vol. 1

- /dance in front the AH in Orgrimmar (if your toons are hordies) or Stormwind/Ironforge (if your toons are alliance schmuc... I mean allies)
- Start a scitzofrenic conversation. It could be as simple as a "hi!" "hi!" "where you from?"-kind of thing, up to "OMG! U JUST WHIPED US! I'm not going anywhere 'till that nob is kicked"-kind of thing. Trust me, people turn their heads and they laugh as they see 3-5 identical toons arguing.
- If a person continiously walks by you when you're grinding and starts giving you a hard time, either do things either the easy way, by making a macro that explains your doings and spam it every now and then, the fun way, by /rofl-spamming him untill he gets it, the freaky way, by explaining it to him trough all five toons at once or lastly, the sneaky way, just logg off and await the GM-whisper when you logg back on.
- If possible, have a friend, prefferably a few, of yourself stand next to you and defend you for a while. A few more individuals can make all the difference in the world.
- Cherish those who know what you're doing (most people seem to get this one already) and keep them close. As mentioned in the paragraph above, the more you've got on your side defending your case, the easier it gets and the funnier it is to see them twats get bashed on the head for being ignorant.
- Use your imagination. Throw a party, farm SM for fireworks and spam them in a city. The bigger the fuzz, the better.

Of course, you might just wanna stay low and hide untill you reach 70 and wack the nubs yourself in a BG/the Arenas. If you want people to like you, throw a show. If you want to remain in the shadows, keep your distance and, if you can be bothered, travel to cities one character at a time (which kinda kills part of the point of multiboxing, but, ya know, if you want people to stay REAL quiet about it).

Upcomming books:
- How to skin an Orc(C)
- How to skin a Tauren(C)
- How to get bloodelves to like you - they may seem scary, but they're loving and caring on the inside ...I think(C)
- Wilbur - an epic story about a very lost boy(No copyrights gained as Wilbur himself insisted on keeping his name)

[Wilbur]

What the hell? Whilst obviously the book will be epic, I fail to see how I'm 'very lost' :-(

[opt]

- If a person continiously walks by you when you're grinding and starts giving you a hard time, either do things either the easy way, by making a macro that explains your doings and spam it every now and then, the fun way, by /rofl-spamming him untill he gets it, the freaky way, by explaining it to him trough all five toons at once or lastly, the sneaky way, just logg off and await the GM-whisper when you logg back on.

If its a lowbie with a higher proximity agro than you I walk close to mobs without agro and then the lowbie char gets agro and has a tough time with it whilst u just run on and do whatever

[Hippieman]

What the hell? Whilst obviously the book will be epic, I fail to see how I'm 'very lost' :-(You'll find out in the sequal.

[The IT Monkey]

Usually I don't mind answering "omfg wtf" questions... last night was different though. Started a completely new group (five hunters) and was bombarded in the noob area with questions. I figure explaining to each person takes on the order of 5 to 10 minutes.... times that by two or three times an hour and you cut seriously into your play time.

I have to remember to make some global macros for explanations.

[unit187]

a L26 shammy (What was a L26 even doing there??) came and started sending entire paragraphs of the EULA and saying I was being FRAPPED. I gave him the usual websites he could check and assured him it was legal...but...then he began to follow me and kill all mobs. When ever my team stopped running, he would put a totum down to kill nearby mobs.It reminds me funny story. I was questing in peninsula with my 4 box and some "omg wtf" guy started to steal my kills. Basically attack with faster casting spell and waiting untill my bolts come and smash the target. Ok, he got 2 kills. Third time I started casting the bolts and then stopped the attack. Guess what? The guy died :) Later on he ressed and started to do the same and once more I stopped my spellcasting, he got that mob running towards him and somehow managed to aggro 2 more and died. "Res me... plz..." - I laughed at him :)

[Squiggoth]

*shrug* Whether it's playing a single character or 5-boxing, I give the same response to everything, unless I'm feeling charitable:

Warrior: priest fort plz
Me: NI HAO MA
Warrior: what r u chinese?
Me: NI HAO MA

or

Shaman: Hey lol u r botting, rite? u r not 5 ppl?
Me: NI HAO MA
Shaman: lol u r farm botting omfg lol reported
Me: NI HAO MA?

Either case, the first guy just ignores me, the second actually did report me but the GM cleared things up with me being a multiboxer and everything was fine.

Moral: Always respond with a Chinese greeting and everything will be okay. =D

[marvein]

Id just like to share my expereinces and things I have found that help improve my acceptance among my server (kel'thuzad) When I first started it was bad, the first 15 or so levels there are lots of people who dont get it or just QQ a lot and most of the time Im rather, short with them I guess would be the term. The ones that are genuinely curious or the 'wtf' crowd I will explain a little bit or just say 'lol' I suppose an english response is all most of them want because they leave me alone after that lol.



But one thing that I feel really helped me was what hippieman mentioned. As odd as it sounds /dancing in a group in a major town does wonders for your reputation; people especially love the synchronized ghost wolf dancing, since they only have one dance move its very easy to sync them and it looks great maybe ill post a small vid of one of them I took last night lol. I spent easily an hour last night in TB dancing on hunters rise (near arena battlemasters) and dropping totmes all over, running around in sync and just doing random stuff. I drew a huge crowd too(usually in the teens at any given time, not a ton but remember this is TB) and many just stayed around to watch me racast my 20 totems every time lol. Two people even kept shouting 'more totems!' whenever some were fading lol. Got lots of 'dude get to 70, NOW!' And more and more things like that, and the news definately spread because several people from the same guilds would show up and do a 'omg' or 'wtf' followed by their guildmate saying "dude I told you!" This was my second visit to a main town with all 5 where I didnt have to put someone on ignore for being a twat so obviously my name is getting around. I even went to town once with only one char (my main) to put a bunch of silk cloth that I got from SM runs into my bank since I was running out of room. Two people on the zep actually asked me where the rest of me was, people I did not know or ever talked to. When I told them where they were they just laughed and said good luck. I also get atleast one tell a day from a different person asking how instances are going or what Im working on at the moment, or even if they can join my 5v5 arena team when Im 70 LOL.

I would say avoid orgrimmar if you do this, way too many cunts there and too much lag, the entrance to UC works well too (by the chair in the front) because it is a high traffic area but not tons of people. The more people that have respect for you the more people you have to stick up for you later and that has come into a play a lot. On my last 3 visits to town (training at 32 and 34 and vendoring/restocking at 33) I have had atleast 2 people within earshot to defend/explain what I am doing to the QQing haters (or just tell them to stfu and QQ moar lol).

[Boylston]

Since my first shammy is L70 and kinda somewhat known to a lot of folks on the server, I've had a good time hanging out in Org with the three newbies and having a big conversation with myself. Boylston will lecture the little guys about techniques and ways of the shaman. I have minor personalities for each of the Boyls-- Boylcee answers every question with "FROST SHOCK!", Boylbee mutters to himself under his breath about the trials of being an Orc. Boyldee tends to emote that he is staring blankly off into the distance. Boylston tends to get very frustrated with the Boyl* squad and will throw up his hands in the air and say, "ok, ok, nothing that can't be solved by a little dancing"... etc etc

It's way more fun to not answer questions directly, as well. I like sending whispers to people who run up and ask "R u Bot?!!1??" with things like, "Shh. We're waiting for Boyldee to fall asleep then we're going to glue his shield to his back with murloc slime!" or to break into an argument amonst yourself about some loot. (Boylbee is a huge loot ninja, BTW).

A little misinformation is fun too. I will sometimes explain to people, "Don't be a n00b, haven't you ever seen the Teleporter Pad in Gadgetzan malfunction before?"

[Simulacra]

Boylston you're a genius my good man!!!! I'll extend your messing with their heads style to a set of non sequiturs

random: WTF?
then some random reply
Ooh Mrs McGregor ! I shall dampen your firey passion by bopping you on the nose with this small china ornament. You'll never take me alive copper!! By God, I'll have some satisfaction from you. Roll up your blouson and fight like a man! Hey, kemosabe! long time no see. Hey sport you know, I can see two tiny pictures of myself and there's one in each of your eyes. They're doin' everything I do. Every time I light a cigarette, they light up theirs. I take a drink and I look in and they're drinkin' too it's drivin' me crazy, it's drivin' me NUTS!
If you want a fluffy scarf - put sticky-tape on the dog, rip it off and wear it around your neck!Now if that doesn't get them running for the hills I don't know what will.
So can anyone else come up with some totally bizarre responses to WTF???

[marvein]

Boylston you're a genius my good man!!!! I'll extend your messing with their heads style to a set of non sequiturs

random: WTF?
then some random reply


Ooh Mrs McGregor ! I shall dampen your firey passion by bopping you on the nose with this small china ornament.
You'll never take me alive copper!!
By God, I'll have some satisfaction from you. Roll up your blouson and fight like a man!
Hey, kemosabe! long time no see. Hey sport you know, I can see two tiny pictures of myself and there's one in each of your eyes. They're doin' everything I do. Every time I light a cigarette, they light up theirs. I take a drink and I look in and they're drinkin' too it's drivin' me crazy, it's drivin' me NUTS!
If you want a fluffy scarf - put sticky-tape on the dog, rip it off and wear it around your neck!Now if that doesn't get them running for the hills I don't know what will.
So can anyone else come up with some totally bizarre responses to WTF???

Ive argued with my alts, accusing each other as botting and stuff like that. I dont do it very often though since I have better things to do.

I did respond to a "wtf how many of you are there?" with "how many? There is only one, get your eyes checked man."

[Ziran]

Well you have your four types:

1) WTF, HAXXX, DUDE, REPORTED type. just ignore them. it is a waste of time to deal with them. The best thing is to do absolutely nothing as anything you say will just make it worse.

2) HOW YOU DO THIS, WHAT MOD ? types. I usually take the 30 seconds to explain that I have 5 accounts and tell them if they are REALLY interested they can go do www.dual-boxing.com/forums2 to learn more.

3) friendly/congratulate types. Most often these are people that dual/multi box themselves or have done so (or have friends that do). I usually have a quick chat with them and if they want to know more I send them to this forum as well.

4) Very polite people that try to explain to you that you are violating TOS. I just roleplay with them. It REALLY confuses them.

Also on alliance side do not bank in Stormwind or Ironforge. All the gold sellers make those stupid level 1 characters that spam people with /say in the AH and bank there and everyone is really annoyed and has extra low tolerance. I bank in exodar (mage portal), especially since I am revered there so regents/repairs are cheapest. Few people and much more relaxed attitude.

Ziran

[Hippieman]

Hey hey hey hey HEY now, I've Copyrighted the schitzofrenic alt-convoes! Pay me in golds, or Is report U!