Hypothetical question..... What if Blizzard said okay you QQers....

[mlwhitt]

Hypothetical question.....

What if one day Blizzard finally said, we give in to all the QQers and we are going to stop multi-boxing period. Do you think they would allow multiboxers to freely transfer toons for a short period of time to a single account? What do you think they would do?

I know that it isn't going to happen. But I always love the what ifs. So what if they did finally listen to the crybabies that want to tell us how to play the game? Personally I don't see how they could even really ever get ride of multi-boxing. I guess they could make it so only once instance of WoW could run on a single machine but that still would only stop a small portion of the hobby.

I guess the point of this posting is really to say that even if Blizzard said okay we give in, that honestly there is not a lot they could do short of removing the /follow command, /focus and /assist commands and such. Then imagine how much QQ non-boxers would do.

I guess anti-boxers fail to realize that.

[Skrimshaw]

I think with this change to RAF Blizzard has said with a booming voice to the QQers "STFU and try it yourself"

[Aradar]

First off, I'd quit. Boxing is the only reason I still play as I was pretty tired of the game.

Second, it would be extremely easy to get rid of boxing and they wouldn't have to change anything other than say it's not allowed. It's extremely obvious when someone is boxing by watching and probably even easier from Blizzards point of view where they can see the timing of input to multiple characters. All they would have to do is start handing out bans, problem solved.

[mlwhitt]

True points.

I would quit and then go cry about the hundreds and hundreds I had spent.

[Basilikos]

True points.

I would quit and then go cry about the hundreds and hundreds I had spent.

I see where you're coming from, but that's why I'm placing an order for the Vetra multicaster right now. After that, I'm full hardware. If they want to kill software, do it (not really, but you get my point). Unless they outright ban the practice, nothing is going to happen. Also, if they ban multiboxing, I'd likely just go to another game. I've got a setup that doesn't depend specific software right now, so there would be no point in my just stopping. This is too fun.

Besides, we all know that Blizzard never really gives in to QQ. It just seems like people whine right before Blizzard's solution for a problem they were already working on is ready for deployment.

[-silencer-]

First off, I'd quit. Boxing is the only reason I still play as I was pretty tired of the game.

Me too. It'll force me to try out some other games for awhile, and kiss buying WotLK goodbye.

[Mac]

First off, I'd quit. Boxing is the only reason I still play as I was pretty tired of the game.

I wouldn't cry about the money spent, now I have a nice beefy PC and a couple big monitors to use for whatever else. I would just think it was fun while it lasted. There's always something else to do besides play wow.

[Seraphaw]

Yeah I suppose this would be hardest on the people who bought 3+ computers to play with.

[Tonuss]

Hypothetical question.....

What if one day Blizzard finally said, we give in to all the QQers and we are going to stop multi-boxing period. Do you think they would allow multiboxers to freely transfer toons for a short period of time to a single account? What do you think they would do?

If Blizzard ever gave in to QQers on an issue it would signal the end of the game anyway, so I'd quit and not spend a second worrying about it.

If Blizzard ever decided to forbid multiboxing, I assume that they would simply say "stop doing it or we will ban you" and that is all. They wouldn't offer discounted transfers or anything like that. We took the risk when we decided to do it.

If they decided that they would outlaw it, I would consolidate my characters onto two accounts and close the other three. I play with friends more often than not, so such a change would have a minor effect on me. If my friends stop playing WoW, chances are that I'll stop playing as well, even if multiboxing is still allowed.

[Stabface]

I'd imagine the lawsuit would drag out for years and come to no real end.