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

[Bradster]

Perhaps I'd try FFXI 5 box it. Maybe go back to boxing EVE. EQ2 is pretty cool but the PVP system is horrid. But the PVE rocks. Really hard to say. Have to look at the big picture and see where everyone is going, which point Id most likely follow just for the company in a new world.

I'd be lost for a while, also sad.

[mmcookies]

It'd be a horrible move on blizzard's part.

1. I'd quit the game because I start to fall asleep whenever I play only one char.

2. The lawsuit thing wouldn't be out of the question. I imagine multi-boxers typically have more resources and initiative than your average gamer. Despite the likely outcome of being defeated in court, I'm sure one of us would be smart enough to make the point of it be a publicity nightmare.

[heyaz]

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

To be honest I think RAF has absolutely nothing to do with multiboxing. Nor even slightly influenced by it. I know the community seems big when we're in the middle of it, but I think we still account for very little on the scale of 10 million players - I think their main (or only) goal with RAF is to encourage you to.... recruit a friend... and get to a respectable level before the cap is raised to 80.

I know it seems like a multiboxing QQ post in a sea of 1000 posts on the general forums means we're causing quite a ruckus, but when you look at it, 99% posts aren't about multiboxing. In two months I've run into 2 other boxers, and only in AV. INnthat time I've run into probably 10000 solo players.

I'd be willing to bet there are more QQ posts about a single class ability (like cloak of shadows) than all multiboxing QQ combined. I just don't feel we're impacting the game that significantly... and that's a good thing.

Even though people have shown that all shaman teams can do very well in Arena, and even dominate a bracket, the barrier to entry is still so high that it's not likely that a significant number of multiboxing arena teams will emerge. For reasons beyond my comprehension, most people in wow think $60 is a ton of money. Like a ridiculous amount of money. I didn't even think that was a lot when I was 14. But oh well. Not to mention what you have to spend on a PC (or 4 of them), and the time investment for something with such a huge learning curve.

[OzPhoenix]

I would:

1) Attempt to sell all my characters.

2) Having achieved 1), then close all my accounts.

3) Do something else to till D3 comes out.

[Ken]

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

Same here.

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.

If they'd be smart, they wouldn't even bother to give out bans. They would just have to cut the /follow feature. This way they:
- remove effective multiboxing from the game
- don't have to state anything like 'you can't multiboxing anymore, even though we allowed it in the past!'

[blast3r]

I'd play EQ ... lol

They would have to eliminate auto follow to stop boxers, I mean you just say "Ya, I'm two people" (try not to say it the same time on both computers though).

I guess you'd have to claim to be a guy and his son, since the accounts would be under one name. "Oh yeah this is my sons who follow me around. I taught them to use assist on daddy" etc. I don't know that Bliz would be able to be sure that just because someone has a lot of toons on follow means he's boxing. And with the lag, it wouldn't show up with identical casting moments on the server side. You can replicate it with multiple keyboards. I used to dualbox with two keyboards by pushing the buttons in unison. No one know how I was doing it or if I was even boxing.

Yea, Hi Blizz..these are my 4 sons. LOL. if they ever did ban it (which i know they won't) I would stop boxing and not try to get around it. The haters would be reporting all the time and besides, we don't do things against the TOS, right? will never happen, though!

[TheBigBB]

You guys mentoining lawsuits really crack me up.....

I absolutely think that a class-action lawsuit would succeed for anyone who played with multiple accounts at once. I don't think anyone would get rich off of it, but it'd be enough of a headache to make Blizzard never take this action. Removing /follow would be killer, but boxing would still be possible, just more annoying to do.

[Sarduci]

wait for warhammer.

*looks at his CE beta preview weekend invite*
To bad it's an AV weekend, I really wanted to get some honor.....[img]../forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.png[/img]

[TheBigBB]

most people in wow think $60 is a ton of money. Like a ridiculous amount of money.

Seriously. Most people in WoW think the fee for one account is barely enough to continue playing the game. It's crazy. I can pay for almost two months of WoW in one hour of work on an average salary. I don't get it. Not to derail the thread or anything...

[Tonuss]

I absolutely think that a class-action lawsuit would succeed for anyone who played with multiple accounts at once. I don't think anyone would get rich off of it, but it'd be enough of a headache to make Blizzard never take this action.

I'm not sure that you'd have enough people and enough of a claim to be granted class action status. I doubt that any lawyer or group of lawyers would seek that status unless there were some pretty big gains to be realized, and it's unlikely that you'll be able to prove monetary damages in a civil court. I think that in a best-case scenario, you'd be able to get your subscription dollars refunded. But if that was the case, no lawyer's going to take that case on contingency (no money to be made), and you'd be crazy to hire him under any other circumstances, since his fees would dwarf anything you'd get from a victorious case.