Well-stated Octale and np on necroing it :p I don't really think it was TOO derogatory of a remark at first(and I'm one to talk about when someone voices their possibly inflammatory opinions...lol), but yea it did come off a little uninformed, mostly, and you admit that, much respect :p

I'll see if Zin can get ahold of Vyndree to re-send the email, she doesn't troll around here much anymore(that I know of, anyways) for reasons I won't go into here; will definently be listening to the sunday show to see how that goes ;p Most of us aren't really out to be "lololol look at me I can solo raid content in an mmo"(though there is at least some "nobility" as you put it, in doing so, because it's done differently; just like 3manning ony and being the world first of something from 70 to raid boss kills...and noone gives 2 shits about it a few days/weeks later in ALL of the above cases), but more that we're...trying to dispel uninformed perceptions, I suppose is the best way to put it.

Legality, time and skill are the main issues thrown at us and most of the time:
Legality: It's legal, bottom line; sure, it's 5v1, but people for some reason think the # of players behind that matters; you're gonna get ass-raped till you bleed if you try to solo 5 people, whether it's 1 person playing 5, 5 people playing 5 or even 10 people 2-manning each of 5 character(lol reverse multiboxing, multi-playering?)
Time: We spend no more and no less time on it than anyone else would, which varies from person to person; people play all day, sleep, and play more; most of us have jobs and play in our spare time, some play all day too, others rarely play at all. Boxing doesn't change that ;)
Skill: In Arenas, a 5-player 5man team will win more often than a 1player 5man team, simply because they can multitask and individually move, not be AOE fodder. The only thing boxers in arenas have going for them is focus fire which is easily broken via rogues stunlocking one and running around alot(alts don't turn on their own most of the time; stun the leader and the alts're stuck facing one way); in pve, it's like RTSes...micromanagement of mass amounts of skills in a limited amount of time. Trying to tank, dps and heal all at once over 5 screens can be intense :p Blizzard's builtin Macros and conditions help ease this strain but it's still by no means a cakewalk.

And by all means you're quite entitled to your opinions that's it's a waste of money; I don't consider 5boxing worth it yet either so I 3box, and we all play the game differnetly, even amongst boxers and non-boxers. It all boils down to we're all just players and all do things our own way to have our own fun :p

Thanks for taking the time to post man, lookin forward to the show :p I'm usually idling in the wowradio IRC as Drayth too if you wanna yell at me privately for any reason ;p