legal question

[Meathead]

Ok ok Cool thanks for the heads up

[valtrex]

heyas.

i'll just cut to the chase, im 2 boxing with accounts in my name but i also have an account that is not in my name
i know i cant box with it
but what i want to know is if i use the account solo like i did before boxing
will it increase my chance of being banned?
now that i'm boxing gm's may take more of an intrest in my ip i guess is my worry

It is against the TOS but I dont know that they would ban you based on IP address. I play at work a lot with about 4 other guys . It probably looks like an internet cafe On the other hand, I am just speculating and they very well may ban the hell out of you.

[puppychow]

what is the OP expecting, someone to answer "I don't work for Blizzard, but I am 100% positive they will never, ever ban you! Rock on bro!"?

Nobody can answer these kind of questions except Blizzard, and their answer is always the same - if you are not the original owner, you cannot play. Now of course they can't tell who the OO is every time, so you can get away with it. Maybe. If someone reports you for whatever reason (harrasment, name violations, they see you multiboxing and don't understand what it is, etc) and Blizzard investigates they could ban you. They could implement super duper detection software in the next patch that will catch you. Who knows if/when you will ever get caught, but the penalty is the same - you will lose some or all of your accounts.

The sad thing is even people who are the OOs are always at risk of banning, with 5+ million accounts in the US/EU its easy for them to make a few mistakes and ban the wrong people. Don't get too emotionally attached to your characters