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a short introducing well i am Dennis Smit i am 23 years old i am from Holland and have playing wow for about 2 years now an i just Discover Multiboxing

Oke Get to the Point!!

i have read some information about multiboxing but i just want to aks a view quastions about it (Not That i am 123 Gonne set Something like this up) but to make a short list about the Software and the Hardware that will need to run 5 (accounts)

You Need (5 Computers) You Need (5 Monitors) You Need (5 Sofrwar Programs ??)

but i have read shomething about keyclone and find out that the will communicate with you other 4 computers i have see that there are more programs for that but i am totally new with this have any one some advice withs program that works the best

and i asspect that i only need to have 1 program (for ever computer) i have seen that you are talking about more program on this forum so my quastion is have any one some good advice and maybe some inportent things that you realy need to watch out for ? (or dont do that)

after that i hope i can try shomething on my computer i can run 2 account but yes its a little lagging but just want to try shomething out and to figure out how evert thing work with multiboxing i hope it not a problem to run 2 accounts on one computer and with than i meen the communication with those 2 wows ?

Greets Haagnus

Hi and Welcome (I'm pretty new here myself),

You can run 5 machines (Some prefer this), you can run 1 machine and 5 accounts (Need a decent system, some prefer this as well).

If you go all hardware you can get a KVM switch which if I understand it right, allows you to use 1 keyboard/mouse for multiple machines, that said most hardware boxers from what I gather also have back up keyboards/mice per machine (Though I haven't figured out why yet).

This set up you wound need 5 (Or more) PC's and 5 Wow accounts. (You can get further info in the hardware tools forum here)

If you choose to MB with software, I'd reccomend Keyclone over the others (it doesn;t get any more user friendly, and the customer service that KC provides is well worth the $20 investment). There are free versions, but those weren't for me and for the least headache Keyclone was the way. Check Software tools forum on this site for further info.

With this route you can use 1 or more machines, 1 or more monitors.

My setup (Not as fancy as some here lol) but I am running 2 pc's/3 monitors and 5 wow accounts and Keyclone (1 per pc) and I have found this fits my budget for the moment.

I will tell you that there is a ton of info here, some needs decyphering (for me anyway the macros give me fits), but it is worth it when you cut through mobs like butter. I will add that there are times (I did) you hit a plateau and it gets boring, but then you move up 10 levels and can go new places so it gets fun again.

The New Multiboxer/support forum here is a great resource and this link Beginners Guide 2 Dual-Boxing (3,4,5 boxing) is a great start to help you out.

Like I said I'm fairly new here (Though I do read almost all the posts), but if I can help out I'm glad to do so.

G'afternoon Dennis,

multi-boxing comes in many forms... hardware to software and loads of combinations in between. what works best for you depends on your finances, available equipment, and play style.

personally, i'm more partial to software (i wrote keyclone for my own multiboxing purposes)... keyclone in particular. :D

using keyclone, you do not have to run 5 machines to get 5 wows working. keyclone will allow you to interconnect keyclones on other machines... each running/managing their own wows. (for example.. i run 5 wows across 1 desktop and 2 laptops)

some people have the hardware that can support 5 wows at once (some even have 30" screens... very nice). using commands, maximizer, and PiP (features within keyclone).. they have a single machine setup whose screen can look like this:

http://solidice.com/keyclone/maximizer_01.jpg

still others have setups like this (note the 2 wide screens turned vertical, portrait mode enabled, and horizontal maximizer split)

http://solidice.com/keyclone/wow_elos_setup.jpg

if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop me a note.

have a great night and welcome to multi-boxing

For more practical reasons, many people go with 1 really nice computer over 5. It's cheaper, and generally you're other 4 PCs will be there collecting dust when you're not playing WoW (when are you EVER not playing WoW? :-) )