How much hostility should I expect to face?

I want to multi box as the next challenge as well as the fun of being able to 5 man instances all by myself. I really don't want constant grief from players, or being reported 5 times a day or havnig to talk to one ignorant GM after another that does not know thier own company's policies.

So my questions:

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

3. How often do you get reported?

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Originally Posted by 'wizofid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=128507#post 128507

I want to multi box as the next challenge as well as the fun of being able to 5 man instances all by myself. I really don't want constant grief from players, or being reported 5 times a day or havnig to talk to one ignorant GM after another that does not know thier own company's policies.

So my questions:

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

3. How often do you get reported?

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1. Ahahaha no. I'm loud and I'm proud (cheesy) but yeah I go where I want and do what I like. I have found however that as you get higher in levels, you get less negative comments (could just be my server)

2. On my mains, like once every 30 days? Unless I do something to annoy someone.

3. Probly a lot I guess. I have yet to talk to a single GM since I've started boxing.

1) I certainly don't try to hide. I play for fun, and hiding is not fun for me.
In fact, quite the opposite. Ganking some seventies with my lower-level shamans seems to be quite relaxing after a long day.

2) Putting unpleasant people on ignore Makes bg very pleasant. I do not remember getting hate whispers, mostly whispers are people talking in an open chat - general or bg. I get the most hate in bgs, but during the first minute or two of bg, I put anyone who seems to be cursing or otherwise talking trash to anyone on ignore. Haven't had any problems so far.

3) probably a lot. Probably at least 5 or so times, but so far a GM has never bugged me, and I've never had to prove anything. I have read one or two reports here of folks having to put up with trash, but that is usually something else.

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Originally Posted by 'wizofid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=128507#post 128507

I want to multi box as the next challenge as well as the fun of being able to 5 man instances all by myself. I really don't want constant grief from players, or being reported 5 times a day or havnig to talk to one ignorant GM after another that does not know thier own company's policies.

So my questions:

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?

2. How often do you get hate whispers?

3. How often do you get reported?

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1.If you aren't able to deal with QQ definitely stay away from other players.
2. Not often
3. Hard to tell. GMs don't really bother with boxers anymore. As long as you are playing within the Terms of service you should have no problems. Having all your accounts in the same name is fairly important, if not I wouldn't box them.

1. Never, I'm loud and proud about MBing. I spout the wiki all the time.

2. Hate whispers? Once a week. Curiosity and "hold my hand and tell me how to do each and every step so I can do it too including teaching me how to set up a WoW account"? Every day, usually twice a day.

3. Once per hate tell I would guess. This has never resulted in me talking to a GM yet, but I know thier eyes are on me, and I try to represent the MBing community in the best light possible.

Note that I haven't been boxing long, but this was what I discovered in my early (and worried) MBing. It is no problem atm.

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I'm loud and proud about MBing

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Hehe you're as lame as I am :D

1. I avoid undercity because it is a bitch to move through with 5 toons.

2. I've really only had two hate tells in three months of boxing. I've also had one semi-hate tell where the person asked me if I was cheating. I told him/her if they thought I was cheating to contact a GM and ask. The conversation turned into a positive one, with me directing them to this site, and a thanks for the info.

3. The only way to really know if you've been reported is if you get a whisper from a GM or a letter via email. Haven't had either. The two Hate tells said they were reporting me but people say that all the time. I have had one conversation with a GM and that was because I "reported" myself. I let the GM know that I was boxing on my server, that all the accounts belonged to me, I was behind each keystroke, and I would be using all characters rolled. His/her exact words were, "thanks for the heads up," and he went away leaving me with a survey.

If hate is an issue for you, turn your chats / and chat bubbles off...at least for the time you are in major cities or in BG's. If someone pesters you, report them. What you are doing is legit. You have some asshats out there that think they know the rules. Arguing with them rarely works, because nobody likes to think they are wrong (see the numerous "ban multiboxing" threads in the WoW forums). I saw somewhere on this forum, and would love to give credit but I can't remember who said it, but that person said something like, "don't let others dictate how much fun you have." That changed my perspective. I hope you have fun.

1. Do you attempt to "hide" multi-boxing? Run from instance to instance and hope people don't see? Never go into a city as a group? etc?
Never. Why woud i? Its legal, fun and..fun.
2. How often do you get hate whispers?

Each day, depending on how mutch i play, and where i am ofc.
3. How often do you get reported?

[font='']How woud i know? Never god a GM whisper about it, but then again, i think they stopped with that long time ago. But yes, people whisper 'reported' quite often.[/font]

If you're at all worried about it (and just not wanting to deal with crap is, I think, a valid worry), and you want to PvE, allow me to suggest Lightbringer Horde! Lightbringer is not a multiboxer-heavy server, but it is a very multiboxer-friendly one. The worst I've ever gotten is one dude who wanted to inform me -- very politely, if incorrectly -- that multiboxing was against the ToS. I told him that Blizzard has explicitly cleared multiboxing as OK, and he said he didn't know that but was happy to hear it. That's my horror story. Lightbringer Horde is Pleasantville for multiboxers. :)

It does vary server to server. So perhaps stick with one of those recommended.

1. I never hide the fact I'm multiboxing. I feel that if i did it would be a small victory for those mindless morons who just can't grasp the fact that it is within ToS.

2. Hate whispers rarely. So rare I can hardly remember it. I've been spat on by alliance (but then again that's happened when i've not been multiboxing), and I have had 2 instances that I could attribute to hatred of my multiboxing, but could just as equally be alliance hating horde :) one of which was inventive ways of killing a non pvp flagged character on a non pvp server so i did actually have to admire them.

3. Reports I've had one person tell me they were reporting me - then it turned out that they were joking and we spoke for a bit. I dare say I've been reported, and have never spoken to a GM.