Too much multiboxing?

[Syro]

Would be worth further study. I don't know how to describe it either but it changes your way of thinking - at least subtly. Makes you stretch your brain and bifurcate your focus from one thing at once to two (or more). You never wind up being able to fully concentrate on two things at once but with practice you start to get good at it - you become able to do two things decently well at the same time, constantly shifting back and forth between them almost automatically.

I'm starting to notice I'm getting better at this. Being able to heal myself and party members while still being able to tank and do DPS. It's challenging to have to press different buttons with my left hand, different buttons with my right hand, and being able to watch what is going on in the game. It's like playing the piano or drums, gotta be able to do different things at once with your hands.

[keyclone]

What is it about multiboxing that affected my brain so much that now I am waking up dreaming/anxious about having to do things five times???

concentration while playing the game. you've trained your wetware to reflexively think beyond itself and to worry about the others. similar to muscle memory... but more like task memory. 'i did X... confirm X on others... check' IRL you can't confirm, and you get fidgety

for me, i'll exit the game, check the forums and have to respond to a message... hitting PAUSE first, of course... (doh! 8|)

[Tonuss]

I don't multibox enough for this to happen to me, which is probably a good thing. I can imagine being annoyed by someone on the street, then punching them and laughing as I wait for my group to nuke him down...

[Shuri]

I don't multibox enough for this to happen to me, which is probably a good thing. I can imagine being annoyed by someone on the street, then punching them and laughing as I wait for my group to nuke him down...

It would be more like you'd expect your first punch to be x5 and knock them into a coma

[Pure Hairy]

I have found myself nodding off at work only to snap up and start hitting alt+numpad 0 (big tank heals button). Also, I have found myself waking up in the morning wondering where all my clones were. Couldn't think of ever going back to solo play, seems like it would get boring not controlling everything going on.

[SlayerX]

I'm done some of this myself, more-so when I was doing the high warlord grind thou, Id be dreaming of pvp or wake up thinking I was still pvping. I realized when it was bad and I was at work thinking about how to get by ppl (like in wsg with the flag) and who to take first or I'd think of how to attack. I also played wow with certain songs playing and to this day, when i hear those songs i think of how i'd attack ppl with my toon. to this day certain songs just bring back flashes of images of wsg and AB.

Another example of too much wow is when your with your brother and sister (both wow players) and your in church for your cousins conformation and you start thinking of ways to pull the ppl on the alter in church, to clear to the priest (think Sm). Think The funny thing is we planned it out completely and my family was like traps, sheep what are you talking about..hunters what? good times

[Xzin]

Would be worth further study. I don't know how to describe it either but it changes your way of thinking - at least subtly. Makes you stretch your brain and bifurcate your focus from one thing at once to two (or more). You never wind up being able to fully concentrate on two things at once but with practice you start to get good at it - you become able to do two things decently well at the same time, constantly shifting back and forth between them almost automatically.

I'm starting to notice I'm getting better at this. Being able to heal myself and party members while still being able to tank and do DPS. It's challenging to have to press different buttons with my left hand, different buttons with my right hand, and being able to watch what is going on in the game. It's like playing the piano or drums, gotta be able to do different things at once with your hands. :p

Next up: combine multiboxing with Guitar Hero. Press red to heal, blue to DPS, etc. It will sell millions.

[Drizzit]

[quote='Xzin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=108116#p ost108116]Next up: combine multiboxing with Guitar Hero. Press red to heal, blue to DPS, etc. It will sell millions.[/quote]

New [url='http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml']Hero[/url] class in WotLK.

I know it was a joke, but with Guitar Hero fan base i wonder if they will ever do it. They did have a band that played last year in outlands.