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You make some very good points Remote. I certainly hope you're right. Then again, we're a community working together on a daily basis, toward making multiboxing easier. :) Maybe we need to be making it harder!Quote:
Originally Posted by Remote
"REAL multiboxers play with their feet soaking in a tub of acid and scorpions in their pants... So... You in kid?"
Boom
Only time will tell. IMHO, I see no need to stop posting here, or sharing my experiences with this small community. I have no problem blogging about it either. (obviously) I'm even going to continue showboating in Org.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fursphere
For now, I think it's plenty just to remind folks not to be dicks when we play, as we just don't need that kind of publicity... then again, it's your $75/month, I have no say in what you do with it.
I read Xzin's post about CGFs. It's really interesting. The funny thing is, if that does happen, those guys will push the very envelope of multiboxing, and for a while, I'm willing to bet we'd benefit greatly from their work.
Porn always has, and always will push the very boundaries of the Web. As a web developer, back in the day, we all looked to the "porn devs" for new ways to build traffic, make better and faster websites, etc. I wouldn't be surprised to see CGFs posting here with new macros and ideas that blow us away. Progress changes when cash is the motivator, instead of fun.
Boom
I started multiboxing with full hardware, decided to build one machine and I like it a whole lot more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fursphere
I don't see a problem with the fact, that Gold-Farmers could use Multi-Boxing for their own puposes. Blizzard secretly let them do their job for a few weeks, before they shut down the account. So they increase the chances, that the Gold-Farmer is buying his next WoW-Box. If the Gold-Farmer starts to buy 5 boxes each time, wich can be shut down a month later, the beter for Blizzard.
On the other hand can I agree completly with the OPs topic. Beeing an asshole-MB would be be bad for our community. So let us be gentle and role models. Good advice, sticking with your faction and build up a positive fanbase.
I think if Blizzard had their way, everyone would have multiple accounts. More $$, bottom line, all that matters.
I think it'd be pretty cool if 1 or 2 people show up as a "team" and win one of those 5-man pvp competitions.
I can't see them banning multiboxing. If Blizzard truly listened to all the QQ, they would've nerfed Warlocks a long time ago.
A new video denegrating our kind on youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QKNaPpmMxL4
Yet another scrub that has no grasp of economics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyudo
Furthermore, in regards to the OP, I'm really not interested in hearing what some pimple-faced hamburglar thinks about what I do. It is not against the rules and, in fact, provides many benefits to the realms on which these people play. Not the least of which is the influx of crafting materials and drops that might otherwise be exhorbitantly priced by solo bored 70s that have nothing better to do than farm for things to sell.
I'd also suggest that multiboxers are _less_ inclined to be farmers or idiots in general because most people who do this do it because of the challenges it provides over solo play _instead_ of mindlessly raiding crossroads/TM/SS or farming things to sell on the AH.
/shrug
I'd think this was all common sense but I suppose I'd be wrong, again. :P
[edit] P.S. Just to reiterate, I'm not going to go out of my way to be super-nice to someone that insults me first just because I do something that many consider to be an unfair advantage. Ask some of the folks on this board that have spoken with me in-game: I'm very laid back and easy to talk to in game if you act civil toward me first. Be a prick to me and you should expect no quarter. Be a prick to me as alliance and I WILL come camp your ass all the way into the upstairs rooms in the inn in Southshore.
I find it awfully sad when I see people calling multiboxers bots and I find it even sader when people say stuff like "I reported a bot x minutes/hours/days/weeks ago, but nothing happend to him". "Well duh, maybe it wasn't a bot?". "Oh, it had to've been, because I R wowzplayer, I knowz everythings!".
Luckily, I've been rolling on primarily A) Educated realms (Balnazaar) or B) lowly-populated realms with people willing to learn (Stormrage). Sure, I've been reported and yelled at, but it's only happend about once a week or so.
This is what I do to counter everyday life as a boxer:
Situation 1: Person being nice to you, he knows what multiboxing is.
Tell him about dual-boxing.com and ask him if he has any questions. Tell the person to feel free to whisper myself if he has any questions.
Situation 2: Person is saying "wtf?" as you pass by.
Ask if you can help him with anything. If the person reacts in a posetive way, copy situation 1. If he's being rude, try to educate him. If that fails, ignore him.
Situation 3(WORST CASE): Person starts mouthing you off in general/trade as you pass by, naming you as a botter.
Whisper him and ask him if you can explain what you're doing. If that fails, tell him anyways. If he ignores you in any way, put one simple message in general/trade, telling people that you're not botting and that you'd gladly explain about multiboxing if anyone's interested.
Sidenote: you may want to create a channel for it :P
Sidenote 2: If you keep getting rude comments and such trough whispers and general/trade chat following the "broadcast", ignore them. DON'T fuel their fires.
My solution? I warn them to stop slandering me, or they will be reported for verbal harassment. They continue? I report them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hippieman
It's actually worked out pretty well.