Well, I got banned today, good-bye 4 mages, and mains. (Non Dual-Boxing Ban)

[Otlecs]

I really wish people would read all the information in a thread before posting.

Let's not keep covering the same old ground in these replies. The information about the accounts he used has already been posted:

Warrior - Mickey Mouse
Mage - William Campbell (lets pretend thats my real name. I really did use my real name for Blizzard.)
Mage - William Campbell
Mage - William Campbell
Mage - William Campbell
Hunter - Minnie Mouse

Computer 1 on Router 1 was my warrior
Computer 2 on Router 1 was my girlfriends' hunter
Computer 3 on its own separate internet connection was the four mages with keyclone.

All had the same phone number, and address.

Yes, he has accounts in at least three names (if you include his girlfriend). Yes, he had accounts in ficticious names. That's not guesswork - he's already told us that!

He's also quite clearly said that when he was booted, the GM came up with some shite about using a 3rd party tool to circumvent the GCD, rather than citing the account information as a reason.

All we need to do now is sit back, wait to see the email, and let him tell us how the story ends.

No more guesswork. No more repetitious musings. No more laying in the boot while he's down.

[Xar]

Also, his group originated from 2 different IP addresses I think, link that with the phony names and that's a recipe for problems. Violating the GCD could have meant that because those mages were on different ip's he was activating their GCD's "remotely".

Edit: Good luck with getting your accounts back and your GF's! My wife would kill me if I screwed her account so I never ever log in on it.

[roddo]

his mages were all on the same comp, so he had the same IP's for those.

[Eteocles]

My ex refused to let me use her account for any reason that wasn't purely for her advantage...till I managed to work a deal out shortly before she became my ex, I did her some favor, probably daily quests since her comp couldn't handle 'em and/or she sucked at them(Shartuul especially), and she said I could borrow her lock to plvl my twin shamen a bit...course, I didn't get a chance to use that till the day after she left, and she wasn't playing, but she did log on earlier than usual and found herself in Bloodmyst with my guys at lv20 having just successfully killed the last elite quest on the island...yeah, she wasn't happy =x But I got done what I needed to get done and she DID allow me to without ever saying "The deal is off!" so her problem =x But yeah, I know what you mean firsthand Xar ;p

[Vyndree]

My girlfriends account, lvl 65 Hunter, banned.

Yeah, it was my fault though. I underestimated the importance of using real personal information when signing up to play a widely played MMORPG.

Warrior - Mickey Mouse
Mage - William Campbell (lets pretend thats my real name. I really did use my real name for Blizzard.)
Mage - William Campbell
Mage - William Campbell
Mage - William Campbell
Hunter - Minnie Mouse

I wouldn't be surprised if you were banned for the above, however, it's fishy that the GM told you you were being banned for using 3rd party programs to get past the global cooldown.

By any chance, were you using hardware like the g15 keyboard or the nostromo n52? Both of those can be used to get past the global cooldown.

In any case, be sure to follow up with account admin if the reason is indeed for using 3rd party programs (I hope you used a real e-mail address for those accounts).
If the reason is for account sharing, there's not much you can do. You might be able to get the accounts where your real name is listed back, but it would be a icky process. This would be the reason why we're adamant here on the forums that you be the original owner, and be LISTED as the original owner, on all of your accounts.

[Ðeceased]

By any chance, were you using hardware like the g15 keyboard or the nostromo n52? Both of those can be used to get past the global cooldown.

oh fudgesticks, I forgot about that. I remember when i first used my g15 and everyone kept saying, "it's illegal isn't it?"
If you are using one be sure never..ever to put a delay into your macro keys. fast track to ban methinks

[Sanctume]

1-800-59-BLIZZARD.
You don't need to press any menu option.
It takes 15 minutes waiting for a real person to answer.
Ask the person wtf is up.
Ask the person to "escalate" the issue to his/her supervisor.
Ask the supervisor wtf, and what you want to happen.

[Catamer]

maybe they decide to put their foot down on sync casting, one button = 5 attacks. doesn't matter if it's keyclone or hardware. we might get past this with either the keyclone round robin on all buttons, or cast sequences that only let a single toon fire at any one button press. it probably doesn't it matters if that is what they have decided to crack down on. it would be nice if they let us all move to multiboxing servers and let us all kill each other there and leave the cry babies alone. I kind of tried of the cry babies myself.

[Stabface]

itt: speculation

Well, it sucks that you got banned.
Hopefully it's just a screwup and you'll get some of your accounts back... but expect to go through a LOT of hoops and probably lose some of them due to the contact info problem.

Good luck

[Vyndree]

maybe they decide to put their foot down on sync casting, one button = 5 attacks. doesn't matter if it's keyclone or hardware. we might get past this with either the keyclone round robin on all buttons, or cast sequences that only let a single toon fire at any one button press. it probably doesn't it matters if that is what they have decided to crack down on. it would be nice if they let us all move to multiboxing servers and let us all kill each other there and leave the cry babies alone. I kind of tried of the cry babies myself.

Well, at least we got a solid response on whether or not "sync casting" is against the rules.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...sid=1&pageNo=1

Multiboxing is the art of playing multiple characters on multiple accounts simultaneously. Multiboxing is typically played via a single user interface (i.e. one keyboard) connected to multiple instances of the game (on one or more computers) and are controlled via actions available in the in-game /macro feature.

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Q u o t e:

Semantics issue #1:
Is using one keyboard to send signals to multiple instances of WoW automation? In other words, what is the definition of automation as it applies to WoW?
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Using a keyboard setup like what you're describing? Not automation.
Setting up a macro with said keyboard that would, for example, automatically press Fireball each time it was available? Automation.


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Q u o t e:
Semantics issue #2:
Software (such as Keyclone, Octopus, etc) to emulate a keyboard multiboxing solution is, by nature, "3rd party". Is "3rd party software" synonymous with "bot" or "automation"? Are all types of "3rd party software" bannable?
Likewise, hardware, by nature, is "3rd party". What kinds (or uses) of 3rd party hardware are bannable?
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Is it sending an identical signal to all client windows or switching between them to send commands? Not automation.
Is it playing the game for you, or rather, for one of your client windows? Automation.
All hardware is considered neutral as long as its commands and features are not being used to automate gameplay.

Currently, we're well within our rights to play with our keypresses sync'ed across multiple instances of WoW, whether it be via software or hardware.

Repeated for clarity... "Is it sending an identical signal to all client windows or switching between them to send commands? Not automation. "