I've been enjoying 5-boxing now for a few weeks. I'm enjoying it so much that I'm compelled to issue a word of warning to all everyone who cares about dual-boxing and wants to see it survive.

In short, if you piss off the rest of the WoW community enough, they'll eventually ban this activity.

I've seen this happen with "macroing" (basically botting) in Asheron's Call. It was legal for a few years, but then the public outcry of how "unfair" it was caught Turbine's attention, and they changed the CoC (Code of Conduct) to ban this activity. There were petitions. There was gnashing of teeth and rending of clothing. None of it mattered. Macroing was a bannable offense thereafter.

I had a conversation with the program manager for Asheron's Call a few years later, and he told me that the reason they made the change was that they kept getting "banged up" in reviews of the game for this unfair activity. Basically it was customer perception of unfairness that forced their hand.

I fear that we face the same issues today. Not everyone can afford more than one computer. Not everyone can afford more than one account. Even those who can, many of them would prefer not to play this way. To these people, dual-boxing can seem unfair. This is especially true when 3 guys camp 1 poor bastard with 15 characters. On the one hand, this sounds like comedy gold to me. On the other hand, it wouldn't surprise me if this is exactly the sort of issue that may ultimately catch Blizzard's attention and cause them to change their policy with respect to dual boxing.

Here's my advice: Lay low.

Specific suggestions:

- No corpse camping or anything that might be considered "griefing"
- No bragging in public (aside from forums like this one) about your conquests where 1 person can "solo" group content
- No showing off

That doesn't mean you have to hide. Just be discrete. Every person who perceives you as playing with an unfair advantage is another opportunity for Blizzard to empathize with them and change their policy.