Dealing with the server community

[wizofid]

Since my server has been down for hours and I have read all the threads ehre I thoguht I would start another one. This is about those of us that multi-box for PvE and not PvP. I had mentioned in another thread that I needed a thicker skin because I was having trouble with the constant whispers and hate from people. Someone mentioned that I probably received more positive or curious messages than I remembered because the nasty ones tend to stick in your mind and the nice ones are quickly forgotten. So I started marking on a pad of paper next to the computer in two columns marked "nasty" and "nice". After two weeks I have 22 nasty and 43 nice. I only counted /whispers and /say. I did not count /general and /trade. I will say that the number of nasty ones skyrocked after the expansion, where everyone is tense and tired and competing for the same quest items. There was one night when someone in the Tundra told everyone in /general to report me for botting and several people came to my "defense" and said I wasn't botting, but was just a pathetic loser running 5 accounts. There was a long debate over /general which I watched while I did my questing. In general though I have taken to doing instances at night and questing in morning/day to avoid too much unwanted attention.

The nasty whispers tend to to fall into two categories, people who have nerd rage toward multiboxing and people who think it is illegal botting.

Common negative whispers:

• "reported for botting"
• "reported"
• "loser"
• "get a life"
• "you are cheap"
• "you are pathetic"
• "no talent loser"
• "cheater"

The only hate message I have gotten that had any merit at all was this: "You are a f***cking asshat to take up 5 character slots on a server where people wait more than 40 minutes to log in.. "

Common confused whispers:

• WTF?????
• How do you do that?
• Are you a bot?

I will say that a lot more people than I thought actaully think it is really cool. If I am not in the middle of something I will often "put on a show" for people who are cool and nice. Formations, elemetnals, Heroism, dancing, etc. A few times when people "reported" me I took the time to talk to them and in 3 out of 4 times they ended up no longer being mad once I explained what I was doing and let them know I had checked with Blizzard first. I really don't mind the ignorant people at all.. I can understand why they might think I am botting or whatever. What does sometimes still bother me are those people who know exactly what I am doing and cast judgement on me as a loser, cheater, etc. I always want to jump to my own defense and explain what I am doing and why I am doing it and "convince" them that it is ok, but after trying that a few times and coming away all upset I just automatically /ignore them.

Now I am very new to all of this. Started my team at level 1 about 6 weeks ago. I think that as I master each encounter I feel better about what I am doing. My team is almost 71, and I spent a lot of Saturday mastering Shattered Halls. (I know.. that so last year). I wiped 20 times or more learning that first Boss and that is even with the strategies posted here. That is a damn hard encounter. But in the end when I got the Figurine of the Collossos off the final boss (which was my goal) I walked away with a sping in my step. And I did it at the right level and expected gear for that instance. I personally think it is vastly *harder* to do instances multi-boxing than with a group of 5 people. When I downed the first UK boss last night after 10-14 attempts and then quickly killed him again twice more this morning without breaking a sweat I feel like I accomplished a very difficult gaming challenge. Especially considering my poor gear and bering new to multi boxing. When I went back to the inn to rest and encountered some hate it didn't even bother me.

I think that all yuo can do is be polite and nice, even in the face of hate. I buff everyone I see. I rescue people all the time. I assist with people who can't get a group for a 5 man quest. I answer questions and joke a round and put on fun displays for people. I th ink it helps, but I have come to understand that there is no cure for someone really in the grip of nerd rage towards you other than /ignore.

[Lance]

I just don't reply to anything negative (or pointless like wtf? tells) but tbh I dont get much hassle dunno why. I've got groups on pve and pvp servers. Mostly I get a wtf? or someone following me about for a few mins but thats about it. I've been 5 boxing since summer last year and I play about 20-30 hrs a week. In all that time I'd say my average negative tells/hate would be about once a week or less. I've never had to put anyone on /ignore.

[TheBigBB]

Most people on my PVE server don't seem to care or notice. The most common things I get are people not realizing I have 3 more guys sitting inside the giant moonkin, and they get mad that I didn't invite them to some group for something.

[turbonapkin]

I've had pretty much the same experience as you, except for the part where you have converted haters :P

My approach is to be as unresponsive as possible - those that hate just want us to take the bait! If they want to make remarks, they can type their little hearts out, as long as its not offensive/reporting me to a gm then I will happily ignore them.

If they call me a cheater/hacker or give the all too regular "REPORTED FOR CHEATING" line, i hit my bind that says "Educate yourself before you waste GM time." In past experiences, when I've tried to educate them via references to forum posts or mail i have received from gms they just double up on the "You're a liar/cheater/general bad person" lines, since they are just ignorant individuals 99% of the time.

It's always pleasant to talk to people who are interested. Luckily, on my server, there are more of this type of person than the former and I have referred scores of people to this forum. So if any euros are looking for boxing friendly realms, you can't go much wrong with Spinebreaker EU

[Lance]

Most people on my PVE server don't seem to care or notice. The most common things I get are people not realizing I have 3 more guys sitting inside the giant moonkin, and they get mad that I didn't invite them to some group for something.

Lol that's reminded me that is by far my most common tell. Invite me!

[algol]

• Are you a bot?

"Yes, I am a god."

+/ignore if needed.

[Ualaa]

Another thread on the dual-boxing forums pointed me towards the Therapist addon - http://www.wowinterface.com/download...Therapist.html

This is seriously tempting, for those people who are just completely ignorant pricks and delight in trying to make you miserable for doing something you find to be a little more challenging then default vanilla wow.
Most people are positive in their interactions with me regarding boxing on my server. I've actually run into around a dozen 5-boxing teams while playing one of my teams or another. While making my latest team, someone was setting up another team beside me, very neat stuff to see there are others on my server doing the same.
A few people are negative no matter what. Mostly I ignore them completely if they are very hostile. But this addon could be very useful in this situation.

[Starbuck_Jones]

The nice ones im nice back, the rest get ignored. Help when people ask for it etc. When people /say /t im a looser, no life, fag, etc. I kindy reply "Your playing the same game I am" and leave it at that. I dont get bothered much as most of the time im in an Instance, but on the trips to town or if im outside questing for a change of pace, thats when I get bothered. All the global channels like trade and general I have turned off.

[Hat]

I'm terrible. I taunt them if they message me first with a negative message.

Like,
"Why do you cheat?"
"Because I'm better then everyone else."
"Your a loser."
"Thanks."
"Duel me."
I ignore duels, requests for duels, or anything as soon as I get into questing. It takes too much concentration.
"You won't duel me because you are a failure at games and life. You are a loser."
"First, I was kidding about being better then everyone else. Second, I wouldn't consider collect 100 armaments cheating. I enjoy multiboxing because its a challenge. And I would lose at dueling because my interface is set up to do instances and kill people who attack me, not to win duels."
"Oh."

"Is it worth it?"
"Yes."
"Do you really pay $90 a month?"
"I spend more on a night out in town."
"Yeah right. You have no friends."
"...says the 76 Death Knight?"

Sorry MB community. I just love to argue to much. It's a fun challenge that gets me thinking about the most ludicrous way to respond.
I ignore WTF tells. I don't attack anyone unless they've attacked me first in the past. I'm always willing to help.

The most annoying thing is people who go, "Invite." when I'm already fighting an elite spawn that they want. I already have 5 people in my party, and I wouldn't have time to type /invite whoever while fighting. Those people usually attack the elite twice then leave. Funny thing is though, if they would've stayed around and helped me kill it, I probably would've returned the favor.

I figure all in all, just keep a list and you'll know who not to group with in the future when you solo. If they are so immature already just imagine how horrible it must be to group with them. The answer I'd like to say to everyone who messages me with a negative tell to start would be, "I do it so I don't have to group with spoiled brats like you. This is just more fun."

[Dorffo]

/say Ni Hao! QQ