So much hate for boxers :(

[Ginseng]

Hello guys, it's my first post here so go easy on me!

I boxed 5 shammy about 2 years ago but only made it to lvl 33 before getting bored (it was the days before heirlooms and guild XP bonus etc.) - anyway, just this week I started playing 2 x shammy again to see how it would be.

As i'm sure many of you will know, upon entering dungeons, you either go un-noticed, get called a hacker, or have someone say 'wow a multiboxer' or some such thing.

Tonight I joined a guild on my realm, the GM of which I had played with before, on my main character. I did not reveal this information, as I felt it was pretty irrelevant.

So I joined on both of my toons just some moments ago, and was kicked probably after 15 mins.

I explained what I was doing, and what software I was using (keyclone) - The GM of guild seemed impressed, however another 'officer' seemed to take offence for no reason.

Here is how the conversation went down:

[01:06:51] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: I was looking on the forums and a team of 5 arcane mages have cleared quite a few Cata HC's
[01:07:02] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: All played by one person
[01:07:07] [G] [85:Sair]: lol nice
[01:08:47] [G] [85:Caged]: Yeah or pathetic
[01:09:02] [G] [85:Caged]: Sorry, but playing with yourself is stupid - Its an MMO, not a singleplayer game
[01:09:54] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: So overcoming an encounter alone using various software isnt fun ?
[01:10:28] [G] [85:Caged]: As i said, its an MMO
[01:12:40] [G] [85:Caged]: And overcoming something with outside software isnt fun - If you on the other hand could do it without it, then you might have some skill, but anything else is stupid and im wholly against it
[01:13:26] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: You think keybind number 1 on one toon is the same macro as keybind number 1 on another toon ?
[01:13:56] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: Do you use DBM or Bigwigs? That's also 'outside software'
[01:14:12] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: So if you can play without the assistance of those, then you have some skill
[01:14:15] [G] [85:Caged]: It doesnt play my char with a stroke of a button
[01:14:40] [G] [50: Dardelpol]: No, you play your char with the stroke of button
[01:14:57] [G] [85:Caged]: Sorry, i think you are a pathetic retard, deal with it
[01:15:43] [G] [85:Sair]: i dont this is gonna work sorry

>Kicked on both toons.

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Whilst I don't really follow the reasoning behind the 'no-skill' allegations, I would be lying if I said this conversation didn't bother me.

I am hoping it was an isolated incident with a chap who views boxing as 'cheating'. Specifically, if you can clear a Cata HC (or any instance) entirely on your own, I don't really see how this has any impact on other players. Admittedly I am only playing on 2, but my DPS is on par with other party members.

And the game is actually an MMORPG which means 'Role playing game' but I don't see many people role playing.

End of rant, and sorry to burden you all with my rage.

Has anyone else ever been faced with such hostility?

[MiRai]

Whilst I don't really follow the reasoning behind the 'no-skill' allegations, I would be lying if I said this conversation didn't bother me.

And the game is actually an MMORPG which means 'Role playing game' but I don't see many people role playing.

End of rant, and sorry to burden you all with my rage.
Welcome. If you're going to be a multiboxer you need to learn to sail through the ocean of douchebags and
uneducated players.


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Has anyone else ever been faced with such hostility?
http://www.dual-boxing.com/search.php?searchid=1297592

[Scelesti]

I usually don't talk to people. Like if someone asks why 3 DKs...i just ignore. Or if they ask a question, ill just give them a simple yes/no answer. Works for me pretty well. At first it's pretty frustrating but then after a while you learn to laugh at it. It gets really funny when they're cursing you out, calling you names, etc.

- Are you controlling all 3???
- yes
-Why???
-it's fun
-they banter about bullshit
- i don't respond the rest of the run

I've had someone in my guild ask me like 4 times now, but I haven't answered his question yet. I've had plenty of haters in 5 mans, something you just kind of have to get used to. In Battlegrounds it will be even worse, because this is where people are even more immature, because you can't kick them.

[Akoko]

The only whispers I ever get always say the exact same thing: "Why?"

So I have a macro that responds "For fun, challenge, and hilarity", and it seems to have satisfied every inquiring mind so far.

[Ellay]

After a while this type situation will become less of an issue, I just ignored the haterade myself :)

[Sam DeathWalker]

You got it better now then I did in 2003:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retard-rickshaw-hall-shame/5328-who-has-top-single-person-burst-dps-server-wide.html

[Ginseng]

You got it better now then I did in 2003:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retard-rickshaw-hall-shame/5328-who-has-top-single-person-burst-dps-server-wide.html

olol

You made me smile

[Lyonheart]

After a while this type situation will become less of an issue, I just ignored the haterade myself :)


Well it was easy for you...You get hate in game..come to these forums where you have legions of worshipers to make you feel loved and admired. So what little hate you receive you got 100 times the love here on the db forums!! I mean YOU are the reason most of us old school boxers started 5 boxing! 8)

I used to try and reason with haters..but you just can't. So now i mostly ignore them, or just /wave

[Lyonheart]

You got it better now then I did in 2003:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retard-rickshaw-hall-shame/5328-who-has-top-single-person-burst-dps-server-wide.html

I forgot how good Furor was at being an asshole! And Blizzard hired him!

[ElectronDF]

I have my own ideas on things. I probably box to get away from idiots and/or people that don't actually do objectives in PVP. That is my goal in PVP, objectives. I love AV and WG (before matched sides kept me out). I liked being able to help do stuff while other people just wandered around. I knew how to us my locks to get people summoned for capital raids. I knew how to turn my team backwards facing the door to stop people rushing in while the rest of the raid fought the capital leaders. I didn't do as much DPS as the other people, but making sure we didn't get AOE feared or have healers CCd to me helped.

So I ignore the people that say a boxer in a BG is bad, or can't play. I show them through actions more than words. Look, I took BS and held it and it helped with people being able to res and get to places quicker. All done through actions, more than words.

Don't try to explain to others what you can do and why you want to do it. They might never understand. Show them what you can do. For me, it is doing things like they should be done. Look, I always use totems and try to maximize the benefits. Look, I always CC and never have to be asked, take much time doing it and know which mobs to do it on. Look, I can run flags in WSG (or new one) due to ghost wolf and know how to get away from people (earth bind or frostshock). Look, I have too much gold, so I can get the track human food (something like burnt worg haunch) so I can see people coming and call out incoming or which way a person/group is heading. Look, I am willing to fill in as a healer, even dual healers so people won't die (flag carrier), to keep a tank up (boss fight or big guy in PVP), or to just fill in a group healing situation (BG PVP, TB/WG PVP or raid). Look, I have too much money IRL, so I am willing to pay for the vent server ($70 per year isn't that much when you pay $75 per month for chars).

Maybe don't worry about the people that don't want you, pay attention to the people that do. People have seen boxers in action, find the people that like it and gravitate toward them.

[Littleburst]

You got it better now then I did in 2003:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retard-rickshaw-hall-shame/5328-who-has-top-single-person-burst-dps-server-wide.html

You're obviously asking for it/trolling.

More serious: Ignore them or reply back with the same amount of stupidness, if it can be satisfying. It's probably far from the most constructive way, to annoy them back. But it makes something annoying for me, into something fun for me. Besides all that I always make clear in any grouped situation that I'm boxing. I guess that's more relevant with 4 then 2 characters, but it does avoid those situations. Or get kicked instantly or you're accepted. No time wasted.

The world simply has retarded people who are just a lost cause.

[Ginseng]

[05:09:42] [W From] [70:Zéran]: dirty botter
[05:12:14] [W From] [70:Zéran]: you did the thing where theres 2 of you
[05:12:32] [W From] [70:Zéran]: the second you do somthing the other one did the same

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It's funny, so many fools. I now begin to laugh at this stuff, I tell them to make a ticket etc etc.

[Yahtzee]

It's funny, so many fools. I now begin to laugh at this stuff, I tell them to make a ticket etc etc.

Beh, that just adds work for the poor GMs. They don't need that, I'm sure they wade through enough garbage tickets in the run of a day. It has got to be mind numbing for them.

[death]

i just ignore them and go on blowing stuff up / getting blown up (just dinged 85)

[ebony]

[01:15:43] [G] [85:Sair]: i dont this is gonna work sorry


16-year old counterstrike kid who lives at home with mom
and can't afford to have multiple accounts

i been in my fair load of guilds funny thing is a lot of chars use "offtopic" serives to level there chars and they nerver get kicked out the guild.

[zenga]

I have my own ideas on things. I probably box to get away from idiots and/or people that don't actually do objectives in PVP. That is my goal in PVP, objectives. I love AV and WG (before matched sides kept me out). I liked being able to help do stuff while other people just wandered around. I knew how to us my locks to get people summoned for capital raids. I knew how to turn my team backwards facing the door to stop people rushing in while the rest of the raid fought the capital leaders. I didn't do as much DPS as the other people, but making sure we didn't get AOE feared or have healers CCd to me helped.

I completely agree. However - with the risk of getting flamed - a huge part boxers I've encountered in bg's are plain bad and have no clue about those things. That might be just me, but I run tons of random battlegrounds solo, and besides the odd boxer who knows what he is doing, they are mostly handicapping the team. Boxers like that, who leave a flag to pick up 2 of there toons that died at a GY far away, who run around in crap/wrong gear, who refuse to follow any bg objectives, and who tend to just plain suck at playing their class, well those boxers cause a lot of bad reputation and are pissing people off.

[Yahtzee]

I completely agree. However - with the risk of getting flamed - a huge part boxers I've encountered in bg's are plain bad and have no clue about those things. That might be just me, but I run tons of random battlegrounds solo, and besides the odd boxer who knows what he is doing, they are mostly handicapping the team. Boxers like that, who leave a flag to pick up 2 of there toons that died at a GY far away, who run around in crap/wrong gear, who refuse to follow any bg objectives, and who tend to just plain suck at playing their class, well those boxers cause a lot of bad reputation and are pissing people off.

The most annoying thing I've run across as a boxer doing battlegrounds is the people that follow you around irregardless of what's happening in the battle. That loses a lot of games. Even when trying to explain before the battle begins that you are 1/2 or 1/3 of the team and not to tag along, doesn't seem to get through to a lot of people.

I think I've only ever randomly encountered another multi-boxer once before, and it was in AV so it was really hard to judge what they were doing. I normally just play with the people from my realm, they're a great bunch.

There was one time back in Wrath that was great, trying to control AB matches to help a rogue named Rizer get "We had it all along *cough*", the achievement where you win by only 10 points. The first match went so well we even doubled down on the achievements attempts the second time and we went for both the above and "Resilient Victory". We got the latter, but the 10 point achievement eluded us by 10 points because the single PuG warlock fear-bombed the opposing team as we were letting them take a flag at the end. Oh well, still a good time, some pictures below of the shenanigans.

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6401/wowscrnshot082810214904.jpg
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/36/wowscrnshot082810224713.jpg

Ouch, that first picture. Not a single death on our side of the board. It's got to be tough joining a battleground and not being able to kill a single person on the opposing team.

I'm not sure you can really peg somebody for not having the greatest gear in a battleground though. Everybody has to start somewhere, and if you're aspiring to PvP, battlegrounds is the easy grind to gear the fastest. Wrong gear on the other hand, there's no excuse for that.

[zenga]

Nice achievements, fun times. Well back than full premades were possible, and with a skilled setup and enough healers facing a really crap team, with wrath health pools and globalling, then yeah, that 0 kill number is not really that surprising.

About gear: I don't blame people who are at the start of the grind for not having gear. I blame people who run bg's for weeks/months and still run around in heroic blue or quest gear. The prefer to buy mounts with their honor points, or other weird stuff before getting some honor point gear that is easily to obtain and makes a ton a difference. If you keep failing that way and become a burden to your team bg in bg out, then that player is nothing but a selfish leeching fucking idiot in my opinion.

[death]

yeah although ive cost my teams a few matches today, ive capped my honor now waiting on 4.2 to get some vicious gear

[Yahtzee]

Nice achievements, fun times. Well back than full premades were possible, and with a skilled setup and enough healers facing a really crap team, with wrath health pools and globalling, then yeah, that 0 kill number is not really that surprising.

About gear: I don't blame people who are at the start of the grind for not having gear. I blame people who run bg's for weeks/months and still run around in heroic blue or quest gear. The prefer to buy mounts with their honor points, or other weird stuff before getting some honor point gear that is easily to obtain and makes a ton a difference. If you keep failing that way and become a burden to your team bg in bg out, then that player is nothing but a selfish leeching fucking idiot in my opinion.

I can absolutely agree with you there, nobody likes a leech. I'll never understand why some people choose vanity over functionality. Generally those are the people that are going to be useless in a battleground with or without the gear. It's especially not okay when it only takes a few days to grind out full bloodthirsty (soon to be vicious) though.


Edit: You could still probably eek out a premade by queue-syncing and a bit of patience.

[Sam DeathWalker]

flag to pick up 2 of there toons that died at a GY far away


Ya this is a real problem, when all die and some go to one GY and others go to another. What would you suggest as best to do in that situation? To maximize help to the team. Log the fewer?

[Apps]

....Has anyone else ever been faced with such hostility?

one word. Yes. Everyone has. Multiboxers or Singleboxers.

"Hey youre a pally, pallies suck. That shouldve been my gear." /gkick

@@ Whatever.

From my own experiences there are three main types of MB's:

PVP Jackwaggons
PVP Pro
PVE Pro

Those MB'ers who do PVP (terribly), just make themselves look stupid, and further uneducated comments from the peanut gallery.

Those MB'ers who are pro at PVP, ALSO further uneducated comments from the peanut gallery... for wiping the mat with nubkins who cant even box a single account well.

Those who PVE, (and I should say stick with it), either quietly do their business, or run with a pug here and there.

At times, I will pug a 5th dps. He/she can stay, leave, quit, sit down and do nothing, bitch the entire time, idc. I typically say "hello. ready to do this? Im going fast!"

And thats the last of it.


For my guild.
I am the only MBer. Some think im cheap, and a hacker, and one guy reports me to a GM every day, and tells me about it. Its been 8 months now.... nope... not banned. Devin got a 3 day suspension for harassing a GM. Whats that tell you?

They love me there. I complete the weekly guild challenges for dungeons 7/7 every week. on a PVP server, so if one guy gets into an altercation, they ALWAYS ask me to come first, before anyone else... knowing that one PERSON, is bringing (5) TOONS... and it aint gonna end well for the griefer.



TL;DR =
Everyone in game is given hostility for the dumbest reasons. not just multiboxers.
Best advice was already given. You simply need to buck up and learn how to deal with the retards.

[d0z3rr]

Hello guys, it's my fi...hostility?

I usually report all insults or curse words directed towards me. It's really fun to create overly dramatic tickets reporting people. In your situation he called you a "pathetic retard", I would go ahead and note the time/date he said that and submit a ticket, make up something about how you have a mentally handicapped uncle that you have to care for and you found his comment to be incredibly rude and disrespectful. Tell them you don't think it's healthy behavior for the WoW community and you would like action to be taken against them.

A few days after submitting the ticket you should receive a email that says something along the lines of them taking care of the situation but unable to reveal the exact consequences.

[Tonuss]

You got it better now then I did in 2003:

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/retard-rickshaw-hall-shame/5328-who-has-top-single-person-burst-dps-server-wide.html
I remember that thread, I might even have a post in it somewhere. Skimming through it now, I see this:

I'v had sex with 349 different women
And all I can think is... you were COUNTING the whole time??? :eek:

[daanji]

I usually report all insults or curse words directed towards me. It's really fun to create overly dramatic tickets reporting people. In your situation he called you a "pathetic retard", I would go ahead and note the time/date he said that and submit a ticket, make up something about how you have a mentally handicapped uncle that you have to care for and you found his comment to be incredibly rude and disrespectful. Tell them you don't think it's healthy behavior for the WoW community and you would like action to be taken against them.

A few days after submitting the ticket you should receive a email that says something along the lines of them taking care of the situation but unable to reveal the exact consequences.

I do the same thing.

In a 5s match, the opposing team name was "husslin hitler cleave" . They beat me solidly and repeatedly, which was fine. However, they logged onto my server to brag about it and harass me for being a 5x boxer.

I created a ticket complaining about the team name "husslin hitler cleave". In the ticket, I stated I was a Jewish descendant of a holocaust survivor and did not find "hussling hitler cleave" to be amusing and could not believe it was allowed in game.

In the GM response, he said he would take care of the situation immediately and personally. That 5s team got their name changed and each got a 3-day suspension. :D

[d0z3rr]

I created a ticket complaining about the team name "husslin hitler cleave". In the ticket, I stated I was a Jewish descendant of a holocaust survivor and did not find "hussling hitler cleave" to be amusing and could not believe it was allowed in game.

In the GM response, he said he would take care of the situation immediately and personally. That 5s team got their name changed and each got a 3-day suspension. :D

lmfao, brilliant.

[nobodyz]

cant believe mbox community met with such many incidents... personally i've been boxing on and off over the years and I usually just ignore them and carry on.. but on my server, i do get quite a few people going.. 'wow!' "cool!" haha..

of course there will be some idiots that wil just go around following me wherever i go and just killing all the mob i want to kill but usually have no chance at all ~ ;) For me.. i chose mboxing over single box because i find the great sense of satisfaction in doing things alone and getting all the achievements ~ not saying i dont play with friends.. i do have some friends that i regularly play with and they, in fact, respect me for being able to box...

[Silence]

I can't recall too many negative incidents... mostly people are curious and want to know how.

The few negative ones are just annoyed until they ignore me, the difference in IQ is so enormous it's not hard to do at all. The best ones are where you stay relaxed and factual while they're blowing up and cursing you with everything they know before they ignore you with a final "gonna report you fag!".

Those make my day.

[valle2000]

I really can't understand those saying it's wrong cause it's a MMO. And so what?
MMO just means massive multiplayer online, this is true regardless if you're boxing or not. We are all sharing the world with others. But those three letters says nothing about the fact if you want to actually play with the others or not.

[Kel]

Most people I've spoken to about boxing are simply curious about how it's done, I've had very few negative reactions (to which I'd respond that it isn't breaking any Blizzard rules and directed them to the o-boards as there were quite a few boxing threads up at that time). I tend to level through questing though so I don't really meet that many people out and about. I've had some follow me around for a while and some that will try to tag my target, I guess those ones assume I'm a bot.

I've had someone in a pug (whilst playing solo) threaten to find out where I live and stab me, some people are simply rude and/or narrow-minded. No matter how much evidence or logical argument you provide them with they will not accept anything other than their own view point as correct. There are plenty of nice players out there though and hopefully you'll be able to find a guild with more mature players to park your team in.

[wyofiddler]

I've had someone in a pug (whilst playing solo) threaten to find out where I live and stab me

Report people like this for sure, threats of violence against you will very likely get them at least a 3 day ban.... Which would make the point about their behavior far stronger than anything you could say to them. I lost my temper at a hater one day, reported them for what they said to me, and ended up with an official warning on MY account for what I had said to them. So now I say nothing to haters, nothing at all. And report them if they say anything even remotely threatening to me about what I'm doing.

[Ashley]

I think people generally complain for no reason at all, even if we're winning.

http://ash.gdkr.net/wow/WoWScrnShot_062211_182444.jpg (http://ash.gdkr.net/wow/WoWScrnShot_062211_182444.jpg)

[Apps]

Ashley, I noticed your date of the SS is the 22nd. And I did a search for "Puledron". Either my mobile armory is down, or he was banned, or deleted. Either way. Kudos. :)

Edited part:

Actually, Im US.. is there a seperate EU armory? Cause I cant find your characters either.

[MiRai]

Ashley, I noticed your date of the SS is the 22nd. And I did a search for "Puledron". Either my mobile armory is down, or he was banned, or deleted. Either way. Kudos. :)

Edited part:

Actually, Im US.. is there a seperate EU armory? Cause I cant find your characters either.
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/outland/Puledron/advanced

The URL of the site designates what region you're looking at.

us.battle.net
eu.battle.net
...and so on.

[Apps]

Figured as much. Thanks Fenril. Man it wouldve been great to learn the guy was suspended or something... dont you have a GM friend like the rest of us Ashley?

[Ashley]

Sorry, I don't report people. Out of all my WoW years (ZG release in Vanilla) I've reported about two people.

There has to be at least some idiots in the world to keep a pleasure/pain balance. I don't have any GM friends either.


Puledron was the alt of a Horde member on my realm. I killed him far too many times in BoG he logged off and started raging.

[CheeseCake]

I give my response in a nice way if people do shout hack or botting etc they may just be misinformed so i will explain what im doing, its not botting and what i do has been going on for years and is not againt the ToS.
They now think you may not be farmer or bot and they get curious about it all, why it aint banned or is it easy to do, benefits of boxing etc etc. I direct them to here or explain how i play the game and why i box

You explain what your doing that its not against the Tos. If your met with hostility just give up talking to them because no matter what you say most cases you just cant get anything through to them and shouldnt waste your time.

If im met with any kind of bad hostility swearing etc at all they are ignored or reported.
They have a go at you about the cost of it all get no responses such as 'i spend more on that on a night out' etc etc. How you spend your money and how much you spend has nothing to do with them.

I also have 2 chat windows. on the left of the screen is my guild chat and whispers.
To the right is everything else.
I barely look at the right one at all unless i really need to because trade is full of whinging and Bgs is full of whinging.
When it comes to Bgs i will give a simple response at the start and no more. I see insults then that chat window is ignored.
I have come to realise that when it comes to BG chat that it doesn really matter if you boxing or not people will act just the same by blaming everyone else but themselves.

[d0z3rr]

I give my response in a nice way if people do shout hack or botting etc they may just be misinformed so i will explain what im doing, its not botting and what i do has been going on for years and is not againt the ToS.
They now think you may not be farmer or bot and they get curious about it all, why it aint banned or is it easy to do, benefits of boxing etc etc. I direct them to here or explain how i play the game and why i box

I used to be like that. Now I don't give anyone a chance. All it takes is one name call and I'm reporting them. Obviously if they say "hacker!" I'm not going to report them, those I just ignore. But as soon as I see any piece of profanity or harassment come out they are reported.

I feel that if they're dumb enough to fling insults off-the-cuff, they don't deserve any explanation or help from me regarding multiboxing.

[EaTCarbS]

I ignore everything. I'm here to play the game, not to deal with babbling buffoons. If you give them the slightest of attention, then they have you troll'd

[Sam DeathWalker]

Again just out of curiosity lets say I am running 6 guys and 4 go to one GY and 2 go to another GY in AV. It dosnt happen often but it does happen.

Now assuming I am trying to do what is best for horde, regardless of whats best for me, what should I do?

Log the 2 and play the 4?

Run the 4 back to pick up the two (meanwhile the two sit and do nothing)?

Log all 6?

Play the 4 and try and run the two to the four at some slow pace?

[lamf123]

Again just out of curiosity lets say I am running 6 guys and 4 go to one GY and 2 go to another GY in AV. It dosnt happen often but it does happen.

Now assuming I am trying to do what is best for horde, regardless of whats best for me, what should I do?

Log the 2 and play the 4?

Run the 4 back to pick up the two (meanwhile the two sit and do nothing)?

Log all 6?

Play the 4 and try and run the two to the four at some slow pace?

I AV with my ele shaman so I either self rez or if I'm getting rolled by a lot of alliance I'll fight till all are dead and I'll use the one thats farthest back to pick up the rest. If I'm to spread out I'll roll with the 3 or 4 that rezzed together and if i can't get the others back into the fight I'll log them or let them time out. So far most people in my battlegroup are cool with a multiboxer in AV so I always try to make sure I'm active as possible and I don't want to give the impression that I'm leaching honor.

[thebucket]

It's not all hate for multiboxers out there. I was leveling a pair of shamans in Hellfire yesterday and a worgen guy asks me if I'm dual boxing. I said yes and he /highfive'd me! I didn't know there was a /highfive emote until he did that. That made my day. And there's hate for solo players too. This last weekend, I was herbing on a shaman and I dared, I dared to kill the mob standing on the herb and then, of course, pick the herb. And a pally rolled in right behind me after I began picking the herb. Of course, I got to loot the herb since I was first but he proceeded to yell at me, taking care to ignore me first, for being "real crappy" and hoped I felt "so superior". People in this game hate because you have something they don't. And it doesn't matter what or how many it is/are.

[ZooljinX]

as previous poster noted, there are just as many pro boxers as haters, you just dont hear from them as often :)

as for me i enjoy the crying/whining, it allways makes me smile that people take the effort to try and insult me, its very amusing for me

[ElectronDF]

For me, last one. Or if you really want to be together, run them toward each other. I try my best to not release until all my alts are dead. It makes sure if a GY gets taken in the meantime, they all end up together. For WSG and such, if it is just 1, I run the 1 guy (click to move goes a LONG way) to my team, if it is 2, I meet them up together (each go half way). If I am on a mission (carrying flag, guarding flag, etc), I always do mission first and ignore the alts until I am either all dead or mission done.

[Aesthier]

I have been multiboxing for a long time now (EQ etc..) and it honestly used to bother me quite a bit which in turn actually made me play that much harder so people couldn't tell I was doing it. (Dual boxing)

Then I found this community and I cannot express how refreshing it was to find others who enjoyed the same thing I did no matter how different the reasons might be.

The fact is I am not half as good as the majority here but regardless as a community you all have been very supportive and it has made my enjoyment of the games that much better.

Now when someone gives me flack I just tell them they might want to get better taunts and laugh at them.


I have had some pretty fun arguments with haters and most of them end up in them saying they are going to report me for botting.

I love that one as I always ask them if they need help filling out the report and if they want me to whisper them with each toon so they can get the names correct.


Anyway don't sweat it for every ignorant jerk out there there are several more players who will come by and offer the "OMG thats SWEET!" whisper.

[Shodokan]

I just reply "you jelly you can't even hit 2200 on 1 toon" and they shut up =P

[Ughmahedhurtz]

The fact is I am not half as good as the majority here but regardless as a community you all have been very supportive and it has made my enjoyment of the games that much better.Nobody here cares how good or bad you are -- all we care about is having fun and enjoying the laughs that come with multiboxing. :D

[edit] And enjoying a community that, with a few rare exceptions, is helpful, friendly, well-informed about the games we play and very low-drama. ;)

[isnarn]

my favourite thing to do is spam 5x "AUTOBOTS mount up" just to confuse and anger ppl

[Apps]

my favourite thing to do is spam 5x "AUTOBOTS mount up" just to confuse and anger ppl

this made me chuckle. Although, I try not to call any undue attention to myself with stuff like, all the toons being various race / classes, and names that dont exactly match up.

EX: Team Metalica

Ridnlightng - orc female shaman
One - tauren femanle paladin
Sandman - troll female druid
Jstsforall - orc male shaman
Fairytales - orc male shaman (I know, name change is iminent)

I'd run many several dungeons, dropped out Fairytales (higher level) and simply pick up a PUG. Surprisingly, very few people caught on that I was MBing. Yet when they do, only once did a guy refuse to leave the group, and refuse to participate..and just sat at the enterance.

[RSM72]

I AV with my ele shaman so I either self rez or if I'm getting rolled by a lot of alliance I'll fight till all are dead and I'll use the one thats farthest back to pick up the rest. If I'm to spread out I'll roll with the 3 or 4 that rezzed together and if i can't get the others back into the fight I'll log them or let them time out. So far most people in my battlegroup are cool with a multiboxer in AV so I always try to make sure I'm active as possible and I don't want to give the impression that I'm leaching honor.
That and as a multiboxer for AV you should always have the trinket on your toons. The rank 6 one got no cooldown - I'm playing 5 mages for pvp and I'm using that alot. Its really unbelieveable how often I port back to horde base, immediately go invisible and make it into Dreks room, over the bridge to our flag or into one of the towers without getting harmed by any kind of aoe damage. Have several times now turned the game by running into Dreks room and prevent them from pulling the boss giving horde 1-2 minutes to score the kill first.

[d0z3rr]

The fact is I am not half as good as the majority here but regardless as a community you all have been very supportive and it has made my enjoyment of the games that much better.
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The way I see it is if you are able to multibox in WoW, you are smarter/more capable than 95% of WoW's community. Think about it, we have to keep track of 5 different characters, 5 different macro setups (depending on the group), 5 different rotations, heal and tank at the same time, so on and so forth. Not only that but we need basic computer knowledge to set it all up: symbolic links, hardware configs, software troubleshooting, networking (depending on software used). The average WoW player probably knows how to tie their shoes and stuff food in their mouth and probably doesn't have the mental capacity to do the stuff we do.


this made me chuckle. Although, I try not to call any undue attention to myself with stuff like, all the toons being various race / classes, and names that dont exactly match up.

EX: Team Metalica

Ridnlightng - orc female shaman
One - tauren femanle paladin
Sandman - troll female druid
Jstsforall - orc male shaman
Fairytales - orc male shaman (I know, name change is iminent)

I'd run many several dungeons, dropped out Fairytales (higher level) and simply pick up a PUG. Surprisingly, very few people caught on that I was MBing. Yet when they do, only once did a guy refuse to leave the group, and refuse to participate..and just sat at the enterance.

I definitely noticed that when you run mixed races/classes/names that you are basically invisible. My melee teamed is like that and unless I was doing things in sync in the middle of town, no one ever realised I was multiboxing those 5 characters.

[Fat Tire]

I would have to add once I stopped using similar names I stopped receiving any kind of grief or harassment. Granted I only play 2 now but still.

[Toned]

I just reply "you jelly you can't even hit 2200 on 1 toon" and they shut up =P
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[Phrostshock]

I just take screenshots of all the hate and love messages I receive. During down times I'll review them and make a Collage and send it out to my friends to share. We all get a good laugh at the rage.

Whispers of Love. (http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4290/whispersoflove.jpg)

[Sam DeathWalker]

That and as a multiboxer for AV you should always have the trinket on your toons


Kinda embarrising I didnt think of that, get seperated then go and play defense .... let me look it up.

[Ñightsham]

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2794651938

.... Just another whiner LoL