So, my guild flamed the hell out of me for leaving...

[Rin]

There's no way I could convince you to roll Horde and switch over to Burning Legion, is there BB?

- Rin

[TheBigBB]

There's no way I could convince you to roll Horde and switch over to Burning Legion, is there BB?

- Rin

Oh man, I wish you could just smash characters through a horde-transformation machine. I like the horde, I just wound up on the alliance when all was said and done. I started off on horde and then tried alliance just to see their side, and wound up using that alliance as my raider due to enjoying the class I had picked for her.

[badashh]

Well you know I'm on Garona on the horde side if you ever feel like making the transfer over. I just boosted my guys from 25-40 in about 3 hours last night. If you want to get started over there let me know.

[TheBigBB]

Well, I really couldn't leave this team. I have 5 of them at 70 and 7 of them over 60. but maybe I'll see you around, like in lake Wintergrasp. :-)

[SilverSlice]

what you just experienced thats just sad.
looks like they can'nt handle people having other priority then wow and raiding

all in all i say you are quite so better without that guild

o yeah, i do love 10 boxers if you do anything cool let us know


Silver

[Schwarz]

Hardcore raiding guilds are cool to do once I think. It was sweet walking around the game with full t4/t5 before 99% of everyone else had it. I remember at one point thinking to myself that there might only be ~20 as geared as me. But in time you realize that commiting so much time to a game is crazy. It isn't so much the time it is the rigidity or it. I had to pass up on several things IRL to get my raiding in. Now that I look back at it that is stupid and I would never do it again. I saw best of luck to you playing solo.

[elo]

Hardcore raiding guilds are cool to do once I think. It was sweet walking around the game with full t4/t5 before 99% of everyone else had it. I remember at one point thinking to myself that there might only be ~20 as geared as me. But in time you realize that commiting so much time to a game is crazy. It isn't so much the time it is the rigidity or it. I had to pass up on several things IRL to get my raiding in. Now that I look back at it that is stupid and I would never do it again. I saw best of luck to you playing solo.

You hit the nail on the head man. I certainly thing I spend as much, or close to it, collective time playing as a lot of the hardcore raiders, I just can't spend it on their schedule. Specifically I (and this is where multiboxing ROCKS) walk away from my system at least a dozen times every night.

Hungry? Just go make a snack.
Thirsty? Go get a drink.
Kid's going to bed? Stop and tuck them in, XOXO
Wife has a question? Stop and talk to her.
Wife has needs? Stop, go to the bedroom for 3.5 minutes.
Need a smoke? Just go smoke.
Out of beer? Go to store and buy more.
etc. etc.

So sure, I've spent 4-5 collective hours in an instance but I'm always able to put my family and personal needs first and don't have to worry about screwing over other people (which I HATE to do). Then when family is out of town or in bed or just w/e I can join up with people on a variety of toons, filling a variety of roles, and I've been able to get the gear I need on my own to be valuable to the team when I can play.

This is what multiboxing gives us. It let's us put in all the work and effort required to succeed in the game without having to depend on or be screwed by other players all the time and that is a glorious thing. I feel bad for people, mainly their families, who wrap their lives around a raid schedule or even just do 5 mans every night on vent. Even 3-4 nights a week for 3-4 hours is taking an incredible amount away from your family because you can't just walk away at anytime to take care of the needs of your family. I've got to think this plays into the high anti-boxing emotions. Even if they won't conciously admit it people know what the game is really taking away from them and it infuriates them that someone else can have both a RL and an OL (online life). In some cases we're actually more valuable than the hardcore single boxer because we have so many toons to draw from. My guild (less aggressive raiders/players) loves having me around because if they need to fill a spot they know I've got a toon ready to go (provided my family can support it). Also when someone has one of those group quests to complete they just call on the Elo Army, I drop a toon, invite them, and we're good to go.

Now, I'm certainly no Ward Cleaver, even with boxing I still spend too much time on the game and not enough with the kids, but it's definitely a healthier balance and they all know that if they need my attention they've got it, no questions or conditions.

[pengwynman]

Wife has needs? Stop, go to the bedroom for 3.5 minutes.

i lol'd

[Kaynin]

I think most multiboxers have raided actively in a hardcore environment in the past, and are glad they did so they know what it is like but are enjoying the game with minimal attachements to schedules, able to freely log in and off at any given time. Experiencing and enjoying the game how it is meant to be enjoyed!

Without regrets and never going back to raiding.

Íf I'd had to guess, I'd say 80% of all multiboxers feel the same. :P

[TheBigBB]

Everyone in here echoes my thoughts about this actually helping your personal life. Thanks for a little cheering me up, guys.

I find it funny that people in my old guild who leveled every class in the game to 70 the slow, solo way were never called out, but as soon as I level 5 at once it's like this big point of conflict. It has to be some kind of jealous rage for some people, there's just no logic behind it.