What Players make money from wow and how?

[MadMilitia]

Arena is easily the most attractive. For a number of reasons.

1. You aren't carrying a numbers advantage.
2. The opposing players tend to be the best of the bunch when it comes to WoW in general.
3. The macros are going to be WAY more complicated which in of itself, draws some intrigue.
4. Most of the WoW twitch community does rated RGBs and Arena.


Those are just 4 reasons. I'm sure there are more. As for the other accounts I'll just say this. I closed most of mine last year. I only run with 2 or 3 now. I can't say given the direction the game has gone in whether that matters to me or not. I feel like I have more control with just 2 than I did with 5. Of course, me playing 5 is 5 different classes so that matters too. Does it mean you'll get rolled in BGs? Of course. No matter how good you box 2 accounts, a zerg on your location is going to steamroll you. Just accept it. I don't play 2 just to win. I play 2 because it is infinitely more interesting than playing 1.

[EaTCarbS]

So what are greatest boxing accomplishments to date: Prepared winning AV solo? Xzin high arena rating? What raid boss has been downed in Pandaria?

Aelli's high ratings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgMsDGyCVE
Vyndri 2x5 multiboxing Kara in BC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5DVSNR_vKs
Kara 10 boxed in BC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrMLYYdf5w
Shodokhan's ridiculously good ratings. Sorry, no video that I know of.
LFR In cataclysm Multiboxed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGb03hVvRg
Nechja Multiboxing ICC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIf8vYTMHkQ
Myself and another multiboxing Vault of Archavon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczn1...23444FC328C50B
Team Howister and a Friend multiboxing ICC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprkYgLrrRs
(A few others were 10 boxing it, but their names escape me)

I'm sure there are plenty of others that I missed

I hate to say it, but the glory days of multiboxing in WoW are long gone.

Also, Prepared hasn't done anything most of us would consider an 'accomplishment.' Many of us could do the same (if not much better) with 40 accounts.

[Mokoi]

Most of could do a LOT better.

I don't play wow much, and I don't do world bosses, but it sounds like they are a brute force boring BS fight. Nobody is gong to watch that, and nobody is going to watch it enough to justify the subscriptions for that day of wow.

[Shodokan]

Aelli's high ratings - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgMsDGyCVE
Vyndri 2x5 multiboxing Kara in BC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5DVSNR_vKs
Kara 10 boxed in BC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrMLYYdf5w
Shodokhan's ridiculously good ratings. Sorry, no video that I know of.
LFR In cataclysm Multiboxed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsGb03hVvRg
Nechja Multiboxing ICC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIf8vYTMHkQ
Myself and another multiboxing Vault of Archavon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mczn1...23444FC328C50B
Team Howister and a Friend multiboxing ICC - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprkYgLrrRs
(A few others were 10 boxing it, but their names escape me)

I'm sure there are plenty of others that I missed

I hate to say it, but the glory days of multiboxing in WoW are long gone.

Also, Prepared hasn't done anything most of us would consider an 'accomplishment.' Many of us could do the same (if not much better) with 40 accounts.

I streamed some 2400+ 3's and 5's in s10, and 2300+ 3's and 5's in s11 but deleted the vods. Most people just didn't care to watch, even from here when I posted I was streaming. Even at high ratings a multi-boxer gets shit on for their game style choice. (remember i got ddosed for days because i beat the r1 team on shadowburn a few times as double dk + hpal vs their RLS)

Streamers make most of their money through donations, without a sub button and a 2k+ sub base you won't make shit for money from twitch. Youtube money is easier to get in the long run but you need new and interesting content... or just be REALLY good at what you do/likeable etc.

If you want to make REAL money from boxing the only way to do it is through shady means that has nothing to do with social media. And even then you don't make that much from it vs a minimum wage job unless it is the beginning of an expansion or something stupid.

IMO you'd be wasting your time trying this, tons of people tried (prepared... though fuck him, and tim from the other forum to name a few)

I might make one more run at it next season with a shaman team... but other than that wow is dead to me too.

[Tonuss]

Ya we all kinda drifted off topic, anyway any more suggestions as to how to improve the videos I post to get more people to look at them? Is music or commentary absolutely necessary?

I think it would make a difference, it feels awkward to watch them without sound. Commentary might be good if you have a good delivery (no stammering, for example). Perhaps the best approach is to make shorter videos (5-6 minutes) and edit out unnecessary footage (ie, killing guards or running around looking for something to kill). Clean up the UI and move any UI elements as far out of the way as you can, leaving a large clean viewing window that does not distract the viewer. Change things up, you posted a video of world PVP and talked about killing PVE bosses, that seems like a good start. Since you are on a PVP server, world bosses can present the additional challenge of having to deal with opposing players as well. Of course, if you do not succeed the only videos you will be able to post is of you being wiped, which won't work as well.

I don't know much about making money on twitch or youtube, but I think you'll want some kind of schtick or personality that keeps people coming back, whether it is because they like you or hate you. Prepared has already done the "multiboxer army wipes people at Location X for two hours" bit so that may not draw too many viewers. But I think if you can regularly post short videos (say at least one every week) that have good editing and good music or narration, you might build a following and some money will follow. That also has the advantage of not requiring huge amounts of time and effort, so that if it doesn't work out you don't follow the sunk cost road to damnation.