Community and Multiboxing

[wonz]

I am a little bit wondering about the current attitude of the community considering multiboxing. It seems to me, many people dislike multiboxing, and some even hate those who do it. I very often get whispers like "you got no life, did you?" or "need 5 chars to beat one, dont you?" or "youve got too much money, didnt you?". Even if i try to explain that i got a job, and 5 accounts are not that expensive, and that i am mainly a pve multiboxer, noone listens and they keep on their stereotypes.

Other stereotypes:

"Are going to sell your toons once they are 80, arent you?`"
"Are you a china farmer?"

Most times i keep a civil tongue on answering. And i explain what i play. Patient. Peacefully. And often, the same people tend to repeat the same stereotypes.

Do you get the same kind of response in your realms community?

[merujo]

U'll get those comments often, u just gotta move along. Keep in mind that most are young kids, for whom 15bucks is a gold mine. Very little ammounts of people will whisper u for actually hating u, they simply whisper or say what they are thinking at that moment, due to many reasons.

The other day i was seeing a retard on youtube, saying that chinese farmers will often multibox with several chars, so that the income is more. Thing is, i never saw a boxer that was chinese or with intentions of selling the chars. Anyways, what matters is that theres too many videos like that one appointing to multiboxing as a source of making profit, retards see them and presto.

Also, everyone thinks a 5 boxers has 5 computers, and the best ones, like 2k each machine... And paying 65€ per month for 5 accounts is sooo much... Only takes to buy 2 DVD's or a PS3 game, that can give u around 6 or 7 hours of entertainment to spend the same ammount.

Just keep in mind that ur doing what u like because u want and u can. Some people don't even understand what u are doing and still say sh!t.

[Clone]

I just ignore any negative comments I get from people. 9 times out of 10 they are just jealous poor children who would box anyway if they could afford it. Its not worth trying to explain your motives to someone who is incapable of generating $45 a month.
The only arguement I have ever used in response to people is that it is cheaper to have 5 wow accounts than it is to have a good sky tv package. With that said there are a few boxers on my server and I very rarely even get noticed.

[Nighthawk38]

Most of the reactions I have been receiving lately have been suprisingly positive. I've had several people ask questions, want to know how difficult it is, how do I manage all the toons at the same time, etc.

I did have one person stop and ask me if I was a chinese gold farmer. My Response : " We've tried farming chinese gold, but we can't tell the difference between it and regular gold." He laughed, wished me the best of luck leveling 5 toons at the same time, waved, and went on his way

If someone gets really obnoxious, just ignore them. Seems to be the best policy.

[ElectronDF]

There is the old stand bys. To the selling chars, "How come you know so much about selling toons, did you buy yours?" To no life or money, "Everyone has a hobby." To the you need multiple toons to play, "I like to do _______ and most people are idiots." In BGs in general, "I just capped __________, what did you do to help?" That is my new one, it shuts them right up, since they are most likely HKers that just run around. Or worse leave places undefended.

For me, anything <2 words is just ignored. Any more than 4 messages of hate gets an /ignore. Any real questions get answered by "90% of it is /assist and /follow". If they something nice, I tell them more "You can use a key broadcaster to send keys from one WOW to another." The nicer they are, the more info they get.

[Dramoth]

To be honest really, a lot of the time people are just asking what the hell is going on...

I have only had the one hater who thought I was botting because I had 5 toons with similar names...

A lot of the times when I am in IF or SW, Powerwar is also there with his 5 box team and people are kinda amazed really that there are all these toons with similar names... then we start doing fun stuff like jumping and spells and buffs and people are like whoa.

But yeah, if they are nice and ask all the right questions, they get detailed answers...

[Khatovar]

/dnd No, I don't want to group, I don't want gold, I'm not cheating and I'm not for sale. Real questions answered after the beep. Beep..

[Littleburst]

I used to get a lot of hate aswell a year ago, but now i get most comments in Battlegrounds.

And since i can pretty much say that i personally can turn a losing AV into a winning AV, without being cocky. This results in more "Yeah, little is here, let's win!" then people crying, hating and whatever.

I however like to start an endless discussion with a brainless kid who thinks i'm a chinese farmer, i really enjoy it. :>

[Acidburning]

I however like to start an endless discussion with a brainless kid who thinks i'm a chinese farmer, i really enjoy it. :>

haha

[noidentity]

I tend to get more welcoming responses and questions on how to do it on my realm. There are haters of course but I explain that I just do it for fun and love to level alts; if they persist then I just tell them to have fun reporting me.

I love the “How do you clone your toons like that?” and “Why wont they talk to me?” remarks :P