Interview subjects needed for article on multiboxing

[Gadaí]

I multiboxed in UO... and played text MUDs. Compiled TinTin and ran five guys. That's how I learned Linux. Compile, compile dies, grumble grumble, change config, compile again, dies, repeat ad infinitum.

Your slash ANNIHILATES the goblin for 2477 damage.

I've only recently started multi-boxing in MMOs (WoW). But I was usually boxing back in the MUD days, as well, before even EQ opened up the world of MUDs with UIs. It was a different experience though, as there was a variety of MUD clients that had built-in windowing to make boxing easy, since everything was text-based: e, e, n, n, n, e, n, kill spider, loot corpse, cast 'heal' self, use 'scroll of recall'

I also spent a great deal of time admin'ing, working on development, and creating content and areas for MUDs. I also boycotted EQ for the longest time because I refused to have to pay for something that I spent so many years playing for free.

Heh - your comments are eerily familiar. Another multiboxing friend of mine and I were both players back in the day on DS MUD where 5 of the original GMs for UO hired from. At the time we figured it was a crazy idea - why would anyone pay for bad graphics when there were so many great, massive and mature MUDs out there? How wrong were we? Also remember the shocking change going from Diku to Merc muds and seeing colours in the damage descriptions!

[asonimie]

I'd be happy to share my knowledge and experience, Send me a PM!

[Taliesin]

Heh - your comments are eerily familiar. Another multiboxing friend of mine and I were both players back in the day on DS MUD where 5 of the original GMs for UO hired from. At the time we figured it was a crazy idea - why would anyone pay for bad graphics when there were so many great, massive and mature MUDs out there? How wrong were we? Also remember the shocking change going from Diku to Merc muds and seeing colours in the damage descriptions!

OMG, Ansi colors!! Merc codebase rocked.

Sad when colored text was state of the art gaming. I'd have to look up the old free editor that I used to work with, we were starting to incorporate images into the browser (animated GIFs, ftw). But sadly, that's when MMOs started to take over. It was "adapt or die" time.

Sorry all! Don't mean to hijack the thread... but I guess it's all kind of related. I'm new to posting here, but I was interested in the idea of the history of boxing and mention of MUDs brought back memories.

[jinglehopper]

[quote='heffner',index.php?page=Thread&postID=17489 7#post174897]Out of curiousity,

Is this article for Escapistmagazine.com? Does Escapistmagazine .com have any affiliation with ZAM Network / Affinity Media?

Thanks.[/quote]
The Escapist is part of the Themis Media Group. [url]http://www.themis-group.com/[/url]

So no, they don't advocate the buying and selling of WOW gold, nor are they affiliated with IGE, nor do they know who [url='http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-12/ff_ige?currentPage=all']Brock Pierce[/url] is.

Well, maybe they know who he is but they don't really like him.

Greg

[heffner]

Thanks for the information. I am just not interested in participating in a marketing survey disguised as something else, so I wanted to do a bit of fact checking first.

[Souca]

[quote='heffner',index.php?page=Thread&postID=17527 7#post175277]Thanks for the information. I am just not interested in participating in a marketing survey disguised as something else, so I wanted to do a bit of fact checking first.[/quote]While I can't vouch for Greg personally, I can tell you that gmail found his name attached to 10 articles in [url='http://www.escapistmagazine.com/']The Escapist[/url] dating back to October 2005. It's a gaming ezine of sorts, and while I'm not sure how big a following it draws, it has been around for over 3 years. I've been reading it off and since issue 1 when it was pimped by Gabe and Tycho from Penny Arcade. In fact, I think they were contributors for the first issue, but I could be wrong.

Greg: I was in drama in highschool. I know what cast parties are like

- Souca -

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Hey guys,

I've gotten a lot of great responses. Thank you!

I'm currently looking for more people who multiboxed before WOW came along. I want to know about the gritty gamer who multiboxed with Pentiums running Windows 95 through the then-virgin lands of Lord British. Are there any of you there? I'd like to hear about the roots of multiboxing. Send me a PM if you are or know of anyone who could tell me about what it was like to multibox back then.

Greg

Jay is your best source for that info (http://www.teamwizzy.com) I think. I sorta-kinda multiboxed DAoC for a couple years before WoW (not really keystroke-replication multiboxing as we know it today, more like just having a train following you around). Be happy to relate some of that experience if you'd like.

Oh, and give my best to Yahtzee.

[badashh]

Great Articles, but if you hear from someone named DeathWalker, beware.

[jinglehopper]

Greg: I was in drama in highschool. I know what cast parties are like

- Souca -

heh, yeah. good times...

[BobGnarly]

Great Articles, but if you hear from someone named DeathWalker, beware.

Dude, what are you talking about? I think a hyperbole-ridden article containing loincloths, basements, hookers and bad hair would be a great read.

I most anxiously await Greg's interpretation of Sam's attempt to aggrandize himself by explaining that he has more internet epeen than anybody else using some ridiculously defined metrics including all his character's tradeskill levels and decades /played doing nothing but arranging UI.

Greg, please contact Sam Deathwalker and feature him!