/chops off head
"WANT SOME MORE CAKE, BITCH?"

Joking aside, kudos for attempting to clear things up. Not everyone can conceptualize what we do, why we do it and how it fits into the grand scheme of our lives. We enjoy, suffer, whine, cheer and logoff in frustration just like anyone else. We just have some things we can do better and some things we canNOT do as well as solo or normal group players. Interestingly enough, we're right smack in the middle as far as capabilities. We're positively lethal to 1-3 man groups in PVP in almost all cases depending on surprise, amount of CC, etc. Conversely, we're starting from a healthy disadvantage against full normal groups again depending on surprise, amount of CC, etc. It's a niche hobby within a niche hobby. Which is probably why there are so few of us around.

One other point I might add to your list of things to discuss is the common whiny assertion that blizzard doesn't ban multiboxing because we pay them 5x the monthly fees and so we have some kind of "pull" with them from a monetary standpoint. This is patently absurd as we (we meaning people that multibox 3 or more chars; dragging a priest behind your 70 warrior is not multiboxing) probably constitute less than 1/100th of a percent of WoW's population (1/100th of 1% of 9million = 900; I'd bet there are less than 300 multiboxers worldwide). As such, we are statistically insignificant to Blizzard's WoW revenue. Face it: if the 20%+ of the playerbase that whines about them daily can't get hunters nerfed into oblivion, why would Blizzard kowtow to the few multiboxers that exist? :P
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I don't see the need to respond to that. If we go around flaunting the fact that we can clear heroics, etc. it will just get people pissed off. The reality is that we are not as powerful as 5 people (even though we take up that many slots in a BG/arena/instance), but we are more powerful than a single person, and that will ignite drama.

I'd rather have people pass us off as no-skill weaker-than-one-real-player. If it makes them feel better to think that, good for them.
Most people will form an opinion based on their own view through whatever color glasses they wear and stick to that as "fact," despite empirical evidence to the contrary. Since you can't change someone's mind who doesn't want to learn or become enlightened, why worry the slightest about them? Hey, don't get me wrong. I understand your sentiment but I'm just not going to voluntarily give someone else that kind of power over what I choose to enjoy or how much I choose to share that enjoyment with others.