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I thought I'd like to multibox mine and my husband's toon while the other can't be there to lvl up together. I know ppl who do it and I'm pretty sure I can if I can just find a program (free or not too expensive) to multiplex. Please don't suggest keyclone--already been there. If that's the cheapest they run, fine. But I know my friend got a free one and wouldn't you know it? He's not been on lately. Please help!
....hm, you searched everywere, including the wiki?
thing its quite obvious placed under Getting Started - Software...
http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Software
This will get you banned. Accounts can only be shared between one person and one of his/her minor children. Multiboxing tends to get reported from people that don't understand and when Blizz checks into it they will see the account sharing and swiftly ban both accounts. I would highly advise against this.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119950#post 119950
[quote='Aradar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119957 #post119957]Multiboxing tends to get reported from people that don't understand and when Blizz checks into it they will see the account sharing and swiftly ban both accounts.[/quote]
To clarify this a bit:
It's OK to multibox -- but people don't know that, and as a multiboxer you'll probably get some (if not ALOT of) attention. People who don't understand that it's OK, they will report you (and they should if they think you're a bot or something... Blizz will investigate, see that you're not botting, and nothing will happen).
Now, when Blizz receives a player report, many things get checked -- including account names. If the account names do not match, that's pretty much an insta-ban for account sharing.
Just clarifying:
Multiboxing = OK
Account sharing = NOT OK
Getting away with it: NOT LIKELY
Discussing it on our forums: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=14540']NEVER.[/url]
What if you made accounts under a different first name but same last name? do they only check last name like when doing character transfers?Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120002#post 120002
My first name is Abdalla which is what I used on my main account but my alts are under first name Ab which is what everyone calls me....dang now I'm worried :S
What she said. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120002#post1 20002][quote='Aradar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119957 #post119957]Multiboxing tends to get reported from people that don't understand and when Blizz checks into it they will see the account sharing and swiftly ban both accounts.[/quote]
To clarify this a bit:
It's OK to multibox -- but people don't know that, and as a multiboxer you'll probably get some (if not ALOT of) attention. People who don't understand that it's OK, they will report you (and they should if they think you're a bot or something... Blizz will investigate, see that you're not botting, and nothing will happen).
Now, when Blizz receives a player report, many things get checked -- including account names. If the account names do not match, that's pretty much an insta-ban for account sharing.
Just clarifying:
Multiboxing = OK
Account sharing = NOT OK
Getting away with it: NOT LIKELY
Discussing it on our forums: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=14540
[quote='ChaoticMonk',index.php?page=Thread&postID=1 20019#post120019][quote='Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12000 2#post120002]Now, when Blizz receives a player report, many things get checked -- including account names. If the account names do not match, that's pretty much an insta-ban for account sharing.
[/quote]What if you made accounts under a different first name but same last name? do they only check last name like when doing character transfers?
My first name is Abdalla which is what I used on my main account but my alts are under first name Ab which is what everyone calls me....dang now I'm worried :S[/quote]
I kind of have the same issue: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=44367&highlight=#post 44367']How to Change Account Names[/url]
I've never fixed this issue and have had no problems though you should do what makes you feel comfortable. I personally worry it will show up but at the same time any commen sense on the person investigating my accounts would negate this. However, the rules are the rules and they could do what those rules call for and then I would have to go through the trouble of fixing it. But I'll cross that bridge when it gets here.
It's up to the GM. I know they've confirmed that if your name is "Robert" and you put "Rob" as your first name on the other account, there's usually no worry. However, if your first name was "Robert" and the other account's first name was "Susan" -- even if your last names matched, the GM isn't stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'ChaoticMonk',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120019# post120019
Hmm, the site you sent me wasn't the one I looked at. http://www.wowwiki.com/Multiboxing. Didn't mean to annoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'OLIPCS',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119954#post1 19954
[quote='Aradar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120037 #post120037]
[quote='Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12000 2#post120002]
[quote='Aradar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119957 #post119957]Multiboxing tends to get reported from people that don't understand and when Blizz checks into it they will see the account sharing and swiftly ban both accounts.[/quote]
To clarify this a bit:
It's OK to multibox -- but people don't know that, and as a multiboxer you'll probably get some (if not ALOT of) attention. People who don't understand that it's OK, they will report you (and they should if they think you're a bot or something... Blizz will investigate, see that you're not botting, and nothing will happen).
Now, when Blizz receives a player report, many things get checked -- including account names. If the account names do not match, that's pretty much an insta-ban for account sharing.
Just clarifying:
Multiboxing = OK
Account sharing = NOT OK
Getting away with it: NOT LIKELY
Discussing it on our forums: [quote='Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12000 2#post120002]Now, when Blizz receives a player report, many things get checked -- including account names. If the account names do not match, that's pretty much an insta-ban for account sharing.
[/quote]What if you made accounts under a different first name but same last name? do they only check last name like when doing character transfers?
My first name is Abdalla which is what I used on my main account but my alts are under first name Ab which is what everyone calls me....dang now I'm worried :S[/quote]
I kind of have the same issue: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=44367&highlight=#post 44367']How to Change Account Names
I've never fixed this issue and have had no problems though you should do what makes you feel comfortable. I personally worry it will show up but at the same time any commen sense on the person investigating my accounts would negate this. However, the rules are the rules and they could do what those rules call for and then I would have to go through the trouble of fixing it. But I'll cross that bridge when it gets here.[/url]OK, wait. I thought you just had to have 2 accounts. I own both. Now I'm really confused and I'll take it out of here. I'll go ask someone from Blizzard. Thx anyway.
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Originally Posted by Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119950#post1 19950]I'd like to multibox mine and my husband's toon[/quote]
[quote='Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12006 2#post120062] I own both[/quote]
What we're saying here is... no, you don't own both.
But most definitely go ask Blizzard. That's always the best recourse when dealing with ambiguity about the rules.
You might want to also take a look at the following threads on the same topic, which have links to blue posts and world of warcraft support pages on account ownership and sharing:
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=24229#post24229[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=78169#post78169[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=75284#post75284[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=74121#post74121[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=82456#post82456[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=65734#post65734[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=80803#post80803[/url]
[url]http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=82893#post82893[/url]
[quote='Vyndree
sorry i was just obviously misinformed by another person who is doing it. sorry to waste anyone's time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120075#post1 20075]
[quote='Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=11995 0#post119950]well thx for informing me of the facts. i obviously won't be doing it now. i was misinformed and it's not gonna kill me to not do this. i won't break the law. sorry to have wasted anyone's time. i go now
[/quote]
[quote='Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12006 2#post120062] I own both[/quote]
What we're saying here is... no, you don't own both.
But most definitely go ask Blizzard. That's always the best recourse when dealing with ambiguity about the rules.
You might want to also take a look at the following threads on the same topic, which have links to blue posts and world of warcraft support pages on account ownership and sharing:
[url='http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html
well thx for informing me of the facts. i obviously won't be doing it
now. i was misinformed and it's not gonna kill me to not do this. i
won't break the law. sorry to have wasted anyone's time. i go now
we are not encouraging you to leave. We are just making you aware of what is ok and what is not. By all means go out and get another copy of the game and another account in your name and play them. Its fun. :)
Well thanks. I get easily hurt and offended when accused of lying or someone insults my (lack of) common sense. Truth is, I had a lot of pain meds in me yesterday along with major fibrofog. I read a darn lot to the point that I was really getting ready to throw the monitor out the window....That aside...Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Kissell13',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120387#po st120387
It certainly looks fun and challenging. I've done a ton of reading on it and I'm sure I can do it and it would help with instances--not having to search all day for a healer. In game, I'm not quite this slow. It's trying to sort through what I read that gets me. It wasn't that I couldn't find multiplexer links or sites. It was that I couldn't find a good one that wouldn't break me since I'm going to have to pay for at least 1 more account (hopefully 2) along with it. The only free one I found was through curse.com and my comp's been having issues with their site.
The issue with not being able to help my husband level, I never realized it was account sharing. That obviously, I won't even attempt now that I understand it is. But I would love to get up to 3 boxing on my own just because I want 2 healers guaranteed for every instance/raid.
Many apologies if I helped make you feel that way. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120519#post 120519
If anything, our intentions are good -- we want to make sure you have a happy, safe multiboxing experience and we don't want anything to do with account closures. So if I wave the rules around like crazy maniacs, we really are trying to look out for your best interests. :)
Bansticks are very unhappy experiences -- some of our own members have gotten accidentally bansticked by GMs before due to account inconsistencies -- but luckily they were able to sort things out. So we're awful careful about account-related stuff.
Listen to Vyn sometimes she will slap you around on here but she means well. I have had nothing but good experience out of the info that she post and she has slapped me around some on some of my post but was my own fault :)
As stated you don't want to get banned or get your husbands account banned its bad juju! Now maybe you can call blizz or email them and see how viable it is to get your husbands account switched to you, just argue that you dont want it to be closed so you want to pay for it, then you might be ok.
Shh! Don't tell anyone I have a soft side.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Marious',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120593#post 120593
I have to keep up my reputation as the evil ToU/Eula wielding, bluepost quoting, threadlocking raid boss!
nah, wasn't you or even that subject. i'm very very glad you took the time to let me know so i didn't get banned. that would've hard core sucked. nah what i meant was i read so freakin much yesterday i really was frustrated and just didn't see the freakin links i needed. even now i'm having a hard time with the links provided. some either don't work or they don't go anywhere useful. the only links i found were ones that either cost too much for me or i've already read how hard they were to figure out. i did hear about octopus being good but that is a multimachine isnt it? for some of us, we can do all the reading there is and still have no bloody clue what we're lookin at. i'm a hands on chick. if it's not poetry or a novel, words make me dizzy. 8|Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120590#post 120590
[quote='Aerayne',index.php?page=Thread&postID=12069 0#post120690]i did hear about octopus being good but that is a multimachine isnt it?[/quote]
Octopus I believe is both. It can be used for either purpose, or for both purposes at the same time. ;)
Basically, what I'd do is this -- decide what you need from a multiplexer and start doing the whole "process of elimination" thing... (I'm assuming you're using the [url='http://dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/Software#Available_Software']software[/url] page, with the little chart at the bottom)
Do you need it just for one machine? Totally ignore the Multi-machine column. Remember: Just because something can be used for multiple machines, doesn't mean it CAN'T be used for a single machine -- it could be useful for either way. :)
Do you need something free? Totally ignore any row that involves a pricetag above $0.
Don't want to have to write your own scripts? Ignore everything that doesn't have a GUI.
Your computer is Windows? Cross out anything that says "mac".
Now look at what's left. Try out a few, and if you get confused let us know the exact step that you're confused about or start a new post that's more specific... For example: "<PRODUCT>: <FEATURE> isn't working after <THESE STEPS>" is a good forum topic that will get peoples' attentions.
Also, once you've decided what you want to install, the guides section is a really good place to get a how-to on certain products -- some of them have their own step-by-step guides.
Correct!Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120707#post 120707
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