Newb w/ a dream.

[inebriated]

Its not about the fame for me. Its more or less about stretching the limits. Ive always been the kind of person that if Im going to do something, Im going to go all out and test the boundries. The trial account idea is a good idea, and I believe i will do that as soon as I am setup, because I can always update them to regular accounts. Ill just have to BC trial accounts as well though (if thats even possible) because I want to make my group either all pally's or a fair mix of them, because they can heal themselves and others while attacking.

Server side lag. Ya, the presents a problem. but thats something everyone has to deal with. If it ends up that it causes the server to lag to the point of a server crash, I will more then likely stop doing it w/o anyone having to enforce me to do it. I want to grief players, not blizzard (lol).

[jinx08]

I'm not sure whether you can get BC trial accounts. I believe you would need to buy the vanilla wow.
Would you not prefer the tried and tested Shaman? I really do believe these are the swiss army knives of wow. Good for so many situations due to their totems etc. Perhaps you could throw a few palas in there for good measure?
Good luck with your project mate! Keep us all updated on your progress. I'm really intruiged with your idea!

[SilverSlice]

looks like you got a overall good insigth on how to level up without doing the "sam" mistake, so beeing 80 on all chars within acceptable timeframe will not be to hard.

but like someone have mention before 100 char's is way above any past or current raid group config, as well as battle ground and raid instances.
the only ting you really could do would be raid apponent city's and challance the everyone in world pvp really

if you had 40 chars at max it would lower the odds for server or and connection technical issue's to be a issue.
as well as you could solo av and still to world pvp and city attacks.?

still if you do get 100 char's i would love to see vids of that army "ps can you make them on sams realm and make opposite faction char's as him :thumbup:

[elsegundo]

i would stay clear of sam's realm. there's no reason to beat a dead horse.

besides, if you start on a realm where thare are many multiboxers already, you'll get plenty of support, moral and otherwise.

[wrs]

Server lag will be your biggest obstacle imo. Also, did they move macros to be server side? If so, this could be a pain. You used to be able to just grab your macro file and copy it to the folders of the other accounts.

Look for a low population server.

[Tiddily]

Don't talk about private servers here. Let alone SUGGEST using them. This is not www.LOLLETSTALKABOUTPRIVSERVARS.com

- Svpernova09

[elsegundo]

i guess you could try it on private servers

no you shouldnt.

1. its against bliz rules.
2. private servers vs. an actual server? thats two totally different things, one being thousands of times better than the other.
3. connection between them is different. so even if you make your own private server, connect it via lan and play, the outcome will be different from having an actual connection to bliz servers.


let me illustrate the difference:

A SERVER:


A PRIVATE SERVER:




(Pictures found on images.google)

[Zerocool2024]

Well, think of it like this, you are going to need multiple internet connections, running 5 accounts off of one cable connection is fine, but doing anymore can really start to show with lag.

So, with 100 accounts running at the same time, you are going to need (theoretically) 5* accounts per 1 connection *100… so 20 cable connections. Give or take depending on your location, maybe you can get better.

Average? $50.00*20=$1000 a month.

100 Chests, and 100 WOTLK.
Amazon –
World of Warcraft Battlechest $36.99 *100
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack $34.99 *100
36.99*100=3699 (no taxes)
34.99*100=3499 (no taxes)
3699+3499= 7198 (no takes)

Multiple computers running the games (give or take 5, 600 dollars a rig to take on 5 accounts) with no other reason but to run 5 wow’s.
So.. 20*$550= $11000

Then, lets say, 22” to 20” monitor for clarity sake…
Monitor 120*20 = $2400

Not to mention power bill/heating problems (a lot of fans, or some sort of rigged cooling system (one of those walk in fridges you can get for a couple grand.) My dream setup Fridge that I would use for all my rigs… Perfect for you.

Or build a sheet metal and other materials a rack mount setup to host all your boxes and setup a cooling system.

Then depending on your system setup, going to multiple keyboards/mouse with a couple of 58X-keys and or the big boy

Not to mention setting up all the toons names/macros/group setups and the multiple amount of hours upon hours to get it all setup… lol.

I say, go for it, I want pics, details, movies, before and after pics of you, before and after pics of bank account, before and after hair, facial hair, mental state, jerkins lotion bottle consumption, Pics of the Bawls Castle vs the Jolt Cola Castle that you are going to build in my honor.

But in all honesty, I say go for it, I think it’s going to be hella pain in the ass, but if it’s something you want to do, then do it, just PLEASE, don’t pull a stupid assjackery Phuktard SAM EGO BULLSHIT!! I hate nothing more than people like him.

[wrs]

The more I think about this, the more questions and thoughts I have.

First, if you are REALLY serious, I would suggest calling Blizzard customer service and see if you can arrange some kind of direct buy deal with them. For almost $8000 in initial costs and $1500/month, they might be willing to work directly with you. I know it's folly to believe that any of us with 5 or 10 accounts is 'special' in Blizzards mind, 100 accounts might actually get their attention.

And the only reason I mention this is, the huge time investment alone in entering 100 keys for WoW, TBC, and LK. Add to that the time to name/create 100 toons and enter them into the game.

If money really is no object, you could probably get a great rack mount system with gigabit Ethernet and a high speed switch. 20 controllers with highspeed drives. The only downside might be video, but with 100 accounts, it's not like your brain would be able to comprehend every instance at all times. I would create one system, install the game on it, create all your accounts, maybe create the most basic macros then clone the drive for the other systems.

I can see how this might be fun for awhile, but I'm guessing it would get old quick. Someone mentioned a net cafe in an earlier post. If you have the money, I would suggest going that route. Find a public space to rent, set it up for multiboxing as well as operating as an internet cafe. You could make the first WoW Cafe.