Quote Originally Posted by Shodokan View Post
Many people said after i took my information down that I should simply not share it. If that were the case and everyone thought that way then there would be no helpful information at all for others to get better with or get started. There is also a fundamental problem with how the community interacts with one another here which is hard to put your finger on. There are very very few active members and fewer people who go out of their way to help others. As a whole the community has dwindled in comparison to what it was in previous expansions which could explain this but there also seems to be more to it. People are keeping to themselves more and more and in my honest opinion there is a false sense of community which I really hope will change because there are a lot of nice people here.

All and all I just hope that like Selz said to me on skype... that people decide to share much more and stop being so selfish (like i was). It should mean more to help others than to have self gratification but as an American I don't quite see eye to eye but in a sense I agree. Both mean a lot but in a community setting helping others should matter much more than it seems to.

To close, if anyone needs any sort of help please don't feel shy about asking for it (not just me). Reach out, ask questions and show you care.
The community has dwindled because Cataclysm is harder than what most boxers want in terms of difficulty.
I didn't join this community until Wrath but, I was dual-boxing characters in BC without the knowledge that
such multiboxing tools existed. Wrath was a joke in terms of game play, but I thought it was a lot of fun and
many other people did as well. So, here's how I see the timeline broken down:

Vanilla

  • Guessing this era existed mostly of hardware boxers and difficult scripting
  • Multiboxing is still on the down low

Burning Crusade
  • Ellay makes a big name for himself in Arena and multiboxing popularity is on the rise.
  • Burning Crusade still proves slightly difficult for multiboxers because of CC and instance/raid mechanics.

Wrath of the Lich King
  • Instances and raids are immediate faceroll upon reaching level 80
  • AoE damage output shows very large numbers which which is great eye candy
  • No CC is needed anywhere except maybe some hardmode raid encounters
  • Macros which include commas for perfect timing of abilities make everything super easy
  • Any window licker is able to successfully multibox in this expansion

Cataclysm

  • Blizzard reports subscription base falls for the first time
  • Major revamp to most mechanics that boxers have become very familiar with
  • Instances once again prove to be difficult
  • Heroics require some gear and skill
  • Boring and tedious breadcrumb quests plague Vanilla/Cataclysm content
  • Still slightly early in the expansion -- just wait until Blizzard nerfs everything prior to Deathwing


Blizzard is set to nerf all raid content prior to Firelands starting tomorrow and shiny gear will be easier to
obtain. With that and the new change to the Recruit-a-Friend system I believe we will see an influx of more
people begin to play. Once content becomes easy and faceroll again with 4.2/4.3 gear then more people
will begin to multibox but, because Cataclysm is just a lot of the same old stuff veteran folks have seen over
the last 6, almost 7, years... people begin to fade away and you're left with just forum lurkers. At any given
time there are at least 50 - 100 people on this site 24 hours a day. Of how many those are bots? I don't
have those numbers but after Svpernova recently implemented an amazing system I'm going to guess that
not many of them are bots.

As for who deserves thanks for what they give back to this community is not for anyone to decide. In fact,
I've given more thanks to this community in the last 2 years than I have to Microsoft who has supplied me
with operating systems for the past 17 or so years.

So, you're obviously welcome back in this community because you were never banned and I would say that
the apology was definitely needed if anyone was going to respect you ever again. Whether you return to the
community is obviously your choice but, it's a community which is hard to quit.

EDIT: Didn't realize the thread was locked. My reply was in progress prior to the lock so, I'll leave it.