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    Quote Originally Posted by Lax View Post
    I must have hit a soft spot.
    no way baby, Im tough, hurrrrr!

    There is only 1 true newly argued item mentioned in this response that draws my attention and it is the physically connected device, wether it is a popicle stick, or mechincal in nature. that presses two keys at once physically. again, aside from the "see I told you it could be done" people, no one uses the physically connected device in their day to day wow play. What is used is programms that unlike the physicaly device, do not have failure rates, or wear down like a part on a car can. The software performs nearly perfectly every time it is used to with percision in ms, that can not be duplicated in the physical world by a human activating the pressing of both keys. To gear the percision, you would have to automate the humans contact with the keyboard, placing a mechincal mechasim on a wheel or rotor and gear to achieve this, which means the whole replacement of a human by mechanical automation fails the concept that "a human is behind every keypress"


    Dude you're like a Tea Partier defending their vision of the constitution, rather than what the constitution actually says -- or without having read it at all.
    personal attack, saying im uninformed...

    Yes. I am glad you got the point of me linking to THE ONION that has a funny article about you! Lighten up! I never said the article called the man a tea partier, I said something relevant to what you're doing, then I added a link that that made me think of, and I wrote a poem! I'm happy that we can share and enjoy satire together.
    attempt to say that it wasn't an attack at all, then later you beleive the article was about me. an attact inside of an apology? despite that I back up my comments with evidence and logic that still hasn't been touch. Are you sure the article isn't about you? I mean, you really do WANT your beliefs to be the norm.

    This is irrelevant because it doesn't need to be on keyup. It can be done at the same time as your attack. You can press your IWT key at the same time as your DPS key. Like holding 1 and 2. You can also hold W and A to go forward and left (with the default WASD).
    I have absolute no issue with a person who has dps key 1 and iwt key 2 and then physically spams the two using his fingers, palm, face, ass, etc. I just say that you can't have a dps key that also does IWT at the same time even if it is a key-up or keydown. Ualaa and Mercuro has gone to great lengths to educate the community about the logic of items being off of CD and how when a key is spammed, a highly opitimized rotation can be be realized. Ualaa also has established, as have you also I beleive, that IWT is off the cd and can be done at any time reguardless of the part of the cast bar you are in. My issue is having IWT on the same key as the dps key but binding it to the key-up and trying to call it a seperate key press action. You said that you can bind it to anyother key and press it at the same time. I would add, as long as you are physically pressing that other key, no harm, no foul. If HKN, AHK, or ISBoxer is pressing both keys for you at the same time you are physically only pressing one key, that is a "no no". I suppose you could break out the various devices. but I doubt their stability under regular utalization.

    Moreover, I mean, look at all the really COOL stuff people are doing with the wow interface. Have you seen that wow interface that completely automates areans, battlegrounds, and mob grinding? I wonder when blizzard will bring that aspect into the game?

    Steelseries advertises their Officially Blizzard-licensed Shift Cataclysm keyboard (another keyboard I picked up) with this specific capability displayed in the Cataclysm keyboard promotion:
    blizzard licensed the graphics and world of warcraft game logo, not the rights to change interface ineraction with the game client. even if the keyboard could start running in game bots out of the box, it would still get you banned. welcome to licensing and mercantile law

    should I not be allowed to make that control do something when I move it to the left, and then something else when I move it to the right? What if I move the switch to the left and to the right really quickly
    that is a turing machine. I have no problems with how many states you want to have as long as the change into those states does not execute a key press inside the game with a new physical keypress and not the original keypress that pushed you into the next machine state. I have already gone to lengths describing how action bar changes is basically the same thing and is replicatable ingame. moot point

    I am talking about when I say "spam keys"... If you program your n52 to repeatedly press a key (or different spells in sequence for example), this requires delayed action that isn't happening at the time of them pressing the n52 key. I am talking only about pressing and releasing keys at the time you are pressing and releasing physical buttons or moving other physical controls (then latter) Some people prefer to separate that into one on key down one on key up. Okay. Why not? This is two separate input events. WoW fires these separate events for Addons, too. They recently changed hotkeys to fire on press by default, with an option to fire on release, probably because some WoW Addons did that and people liked it. Did you ever notice that sometimes outside ideas get incorporated into games, because they're good ideas?
    If key-up were something that blizzard would add to the default UI, then yes this would be a moot point. Until then, it is not moot. Please refer to my original post where I reason why IWT can not be put into dps key like other button names / macros can be. It is an advantage being used by our software that is not replicatable ingame with any addons. The addon you reffer to again "snowfallkeypress" was to help cause spell casting / ability triggering keybinds happen on the key-down action instead of the key-up action. it achomplishes this by injecting a keyup, mouse click up, event as soon as the registered key press occurs ingame. Please feel free to look at the LUA code for yourself, specifically, the AddOne funcitons.

    It however, does not allow you to do a seperate action, keyboard event on click-up, key-up., etc. Blizzard's blue post on the topic says that they are considering changing the key-event trigger to be on the front end instead of teh back end on this, which would make this addon, completely trival. see above blue quote

    My entire point of describing various types of input controls and ways of interacting with the game is because there are some really genuinely cool things that people are doing, that these so-called "litmus tests" from blue posts (which as you have so kindly made sure to point out, are not necessarily GMs, but that's entirely beside the point) that are so often quoted, may not even be relevant to at all. These input controls are based on the precisely same things that you're saying should not be allowed
    I pointed out the litmus testing you were using becuase you weren't kind enough to say which litimus test you were looking at and then how it failed the test. you just said, litmus test failed I asked that you state what test you were applying since I could only conclude you were speaking of the litmus test I had brought up. I can't argue tests that aren't defined because no one other then you would know what you are testing for. Clearly, that that doesn't appear to be happening. How would you like your doctor telling you, "well, you passed all tests except for three. see you next year"

    Clearly, I have hit a soft spot, as this discussion didn't imspire new objecive thought and a serious look at a community accept conduct that is regarded as completely legit. Again, you say the whole "blizard has better things to do" excuse, and that "they have bigger problems" followup, which does nothing to further discussion nor rebutt the arguement presented.
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    Quote Originally Posted by coglistings View Post
    lots of blah blah blah..
    I just say that you can't have a dps key that also does IWT at the same time even if it is a key-up or keydown.
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    I don't understand this, are you the authority for Blizzard? Who says you can't? Show me specifically. We have been boxing for years and at no time has anyone ever been banned for using many of the software choices here on this site. ISBoxer, Keyclone, HKN, etc. It's a pretty simple concept...if you automate you break the rules. THAT automation or botting is pressing button, getting out of your chair, leaving the room and the game continues to play itself. That's it. Nothing complex. If you are sitting there pressing keys (i don't give a crap if its one key, 5 keys, the whole freaking keyboard,) playing the game, answering whispers from GM's then it is very doubtful you will have problems.

    Plus if you feel something isn't right, no one ever said you HAVE to do it.

    Common sense dude, that's all it is. Enough of the rambling BS please.
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    I make no apology for comparing you to someone who defends the constitution without understanding it, because you were attributing things to the TOU that are not in the TOU, and thus my explanation of why every blue post does not belong in the TOU, which included an anecdote from ISBoxer development.

    Moreover, I mean, look at all the really COOL stuff people are doing with the wow interface. Have you seen that wow interface that completely automates areans, battlegrounds, and mob grinding? I wonder when blizzard will bring that aspect into the game?
    You're making a straw man just for the purpose of making a straw man. There is no way you thought I was either explicitly stating or implying that they would make that the game. I am explicitly stating or implying that there are features that are not currently available in the game, that Blizzard may or may not implement at a later date, that it is not against the TOU to use from other products.

    blizzard licensed the graphics and world of warcraft game logo, not the rights to change interface ineraction with the game client. even if the keyboard could start running in game bots out of the box, it would still get you banned. welcome to licensing and mercantile law
    They didn't have to license anything, let alone let Steel Series set up a booth at BlizzCon. This advertising gets pushed in your face, you even get advertising on the official WoW site for things like this (if not specifically this product, perhaps even linking to this specific page). It's not like Blizzard is licensing their logo to gold farms, and advertising for them, even though Blizzard could make money off of it!

    you just said, litmus test failed I asked that you state what test you were applying since I could only conclude you were speaking of the litmus test I had brought up.
    I think because I mentioned the words Tea Party and linked an article at theonion that you skipped reading the rest of my posts, because the litmus tests were defined in the quote from Malkorix, which specifically said that "because it is simulating mouse moves, you should stay away from the software." You don't get any more litmus test-y than that. We are specifically breaking this litmus test presented by a blue post, as I went on to describe several times, to achieve things that are not against the rules. Things that violate the so-called litmus test, but are not against the rules. The rules that are defined by the TOU, which is enforced by suspensions and/or banning.

    You are right that it is not possible to emulate every type of hardware within the default (presumably meaning no additional WoW Addons) WoW user interface with a standard keyboard. This is why people buy hardware like the officially-endorsed-by-Blizzard SteelSeries Shift, and even software (like the SteelSeries Engine, installed by the Shift).

    The question is whether or not you gain an unfair advantage over the other players by doing whatever it is you're doing. That is what I have been trying to explain to you. You can gain all sorts of advantages by owning an additional piece of hardware or software -- in fact, that's how these things get marketed (gain a competitive advantage! the steel series keyboard says). That doesn't make them unfair.
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    If you don't like Key Down... do these things.... Key Up.... do these other things.

    You can disable the option to execute a step on press or release.
    It is an option in a menu.

    Then since the software is only executing steps on (take your pick, press or release -- but not both), you would spam twice as quickly.



    My DK's...

    On press of "1"
    - Slaves assist the main.
    - Melee toons receive my IWT keybind
    - DK's do Howling Blast, which is not on "1".
    - Paladin receives "1".

    On release of "1"
    - DK's receive the keybinds for Howling Blast, Frost Strike, Frost Strike, Necrotic Strike and Blood Strike, none of which are on 1 or 2.
    - Paladin receives "2".

    I could as easily spam twice as quickly... and only execute steps on key release.
    Nonetheless, on press on one single key, I get:
    - Assist
    - DK's get IWT
    - DK's get another keybind
    - Pally gets a keybind

    And on Step 2 (release in the press & release, or step 2 in the spam twice as quickly) either way, I get:
    - DK's get five different keybinds
    - Pally gets a different keybind.



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    It happens as a result of a key I push or release.
    Nothing happens that is not a direct result of my input at the time it occurs.

    Nothing happens if I walk away from the computer.
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  5. #35

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vecter View Post
    I don't understand this, are you the authority for Blizzard? Who says you can't? Show me specifically. We have been boxing for years and at no time has anyone ever been banned for using many of the software choices here on this site. ISBoxer, Keyclone, HKN, etc. It's a pretty simple concept...if you automate you break the rules. THAT automation or botting is pressing button, getting out of your chair, leaving the room and the game continues to play itself. That's it. Nothing complex. If you are sitting there pressing keys (i don't give a crap if its one key, 5 keys, the whole freaking keyboard,) playing the game, answering whispers from GM's then it is very doubtful you will have problems.

    Plus if you feel something isn't right, no one ever said you HAVE to do it.

    Common sense dude, that's all it is. Enough of the rambling BS please.
    Show me specifically: post number 10 in this thread. It may be between the first blah you saw and the second blah. :P

    are you the authority for Blizzard?: I am no more an authority than anyone else on this site including yourself, which is why I quote customer service reps and I give citrations for those quotes. It is in that manner, the the arguements carry the weight that you think doesn't exists.

    It's a pretty simple concept...if you automate you break the rules. THAT automation or botting is pressing button, getting out of your chair, leaving the room and the game continues to play itself. That's it. Nothing complex

    I propose that Malkorix, Blizard customer service rep, has defined automation to be something different. The point is that the 'something' that occurs spools out without direct human involvement aside from the initial pull of the lever. That is automation. Even if it's only a single extra step.
    http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/inde...ing_Automation

    the difference between your def of automation and malkorix's def is more likely the difference between a good botting program and a bad n52 key macro. but from Malkorix's def, as soon as one key press does something more than one button press ingame, and it can't be replicated by use of ingame macros, it is also automation. even if it is IWT.

    Plus if you feel something isn't right, no one ever said you HAVE to do it. - You are correct in that if I do not like something or if I feel uncomfortable, I don't have to use it. That is what I have said in most of the early posts I did on this. However, the OP asked a question if what he wanted to do would voilate the TOS is his first post. He received a generic, "Multiboxing is great, and blizzard loves us" response which was a cheap and misleading answer, but perfectly in line with all other posts regarding legicmacy of multiboxing available on this site. I am pushing you and other out of their safe bounds on this because, we need to be honest with ourselves if not for our own sake, for the sake of people who ask for advice on this.

    Enough of the rambling BS please - I am happy to discuss points on what I have brought up with anyone who is interested, and for those who do not, can proceed to ignore them. No one is forcing you to read my posts :P
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    All of you stop f**king up my thread! I simply asked for how to IWT target on first press, then dps on the second press on the same button. Not a debate about what is bannable or not! Still havent gotten any answer about this. Is there an easy way to do this without addons/software/hardware?

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    I make no apology for comparing you to someone who defends the constitution without understanding it, because you were attributing things to the TOU that are not in the TOU, and thus my explanation of why every blue post does not belong in the TOU, which included an anecdote from ISBoxer development.
    Fair enough, but since you opened exact wording of TOU, lets let the dog out of the yard
    TOU
    A. WHEN RUNNING, THE GAME MAY MONITOR YOUR COMPUTER'S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) AND/OR CPU PROCESSES FOR UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH WORLD OF WARCRAFT. AN “UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM” AS USED HEREIN SHALL BE DEFINED AS ANY THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE THAT, WHEN USED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE GAME, WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 1, 2 OR 7. IN THE EVENT THAT THE GAME DETECTS AN UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM, BLIZZARD MAY (a) COMMUNICATE INFORMATION BACK TO BLIZZARD, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE ACCOUNT NAME, DETAILS ABOUT THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM DETECTED, AND THE TIME AND DATE THE UNAUTHORIZED THIRD PARTY PROGRAM WAS DETECTED; AND/OR (b) EXERCISE ANY OR ALL OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER ANY BLIZZARD AGREEMENT, WITH OR WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO THE USER.
    http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/wow_tou.html

    under Section 2, Additional License Limiutations, blizzard goes on to state
    A. use cheats, automation software (bots), hacks, mods or any other unauthorized third-party software designed to modify the World of Warcraft experience;

    so without your blue posts where the Customer service reps attempt to clarify rules, you have TOU that says not to even use any software outside of the game client. Don't you like where your arguement landed you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikita View Post
    Thanks Khatovar and coglistings, THAT was the answer I was looking for. +132 rep for you guys!
    If ppl would have read my question we wouldnt be having such a long post about it! So basicly I need to get ISBoxer or something similar to make this happen?
    sorry, thought we already had you taken care of :P the two of us agreed on that you would need something besides just the game client and even octupus to achomplish this.

    if you follow ualaa post, he says how to do it with ISBoxer. There is a way to use HKN and AHK to do it as well since both can recognize the key-up keyboard action, but you have to edit your script to do it.
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    Then ppl started commeting about certain addons of some sort?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikita View Post
    Then ppl started commeting about certain addons of some sort?
    ya but the addons everyone was talking about, including snowfallkeypress, can't do what you want to do, since you have to achomplish two things in one action. that addon can't bind actions or even macros to keyup, keydown. it only allows you to take a character on your keyboard, and specify if it "accellerates" the key-up by sending the key-up action to the game client as soon as your keyboard sends it to the game client. It however, can't have one thing done ingame on keydown, and then something else on key-up.

    if you aren't interested in a trial of Lavasoft to use ISBoxer, then try HKN and dump octupus. There is a specific key broadcast that is triggered on key-ups of certain keys that will get this achomplished.

    Let me know if you need anything else man and GL :P
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