Like most, the reaction I get is mixed.

I reckon it's about 70% "ur botnig, boon111" and 30% proper interaction.

When I have time, I quite enjoy the 30% and have taught a fair few people a little bit about multi-boxing, hopefully dispelling a few myths along the way.

The most unpleasant experience so far was when I started my hunter team. At level 5, two level 70's turned up and started following me around.

Having convinced them that I wasn't a bot, they were then convinced that I was power-levelling the hunters to sell to gold farmers. They absolutely couldn't understand why anyone would spend "fifty quid" a month on five accounts.

No amount of rationalisation attempts ("Erm, I spend more than £50 on a round of drinks in London!!", "Perhaps me spending £50 is like you buying a cup of coffee, in terms of disposable income percentage?") would make them understand and they spent a merry 20 minutes or so killing all the spawn in my newbie area.

In the end, I just logged to another team.