I was playing WOW pre Xpacs on Magtheridon on the Alliance side. Our guild was preparing to do BWL, we were in the hallway when everyone started shouting about "OMG the Zins." I looked up and saw this Arcane Explosion running down the tunnel like a traveling nuclear explosion...and Xzin WIPED MY GUILD. That's all the motivation I needed to sign up.

As for personal factors of multi-boxing, I have a decent job, so I consider the money spent like any other hobby. $60 a month in fees was the equivalent of a tank of gas not too long ago. I am in the IT field, so I already had multiple computers set aside for work.

Also, since I do work a lot, I can never tell really when I'm going to want to play. So I play at odd hours. Before I 5-boxed, I wanted to get a toon keyed for Kara, and I was LFG for Auchindoun and part of pick up groups for over 6 hours...and at the time I was in a pretty big guild...and I had a hard time finding help.

The biggest reason I wanted to do it though was to PvP. Going into the BG's have been my favorite. With one toon, you can't always influence the outcome of a BG. But with 5 you almost always can make a huge difference.

Props to Ellay and Xzin.