Prepared is no more - New Multi-Boxing maximum is 24 characters

[Tonuss]

Lawyers accept cases on contingencies all the time. Reasonable doubt ring a bell?

I don't think a lawyer would accept a case like that on a contingency basis. If you sue Blizzard because they closed your bnet account the best you could hope for is to get the account reinstated. To get anything else you would need to prove damages. Either is unlikely because a judge would probably dismiss the case before you finished explaining what you were suing for. And then your lawyer walks away with a percentage of the zero dollars you "won." I can't imagine that there's a lawyer out there who would go through the trouble of starting a class action to get a bunch of gamers their WOW back, for the same reason.

On the other hand, I am sure that there are plenty of lawyers willing to charge a person $400 to write an angry letter to Blizzard on their behalf and another $400 to write a letter back telling them that Blizzard refused to restore the account.

That said, the CYA language in those TOS agreements really shouldn't be allowed, even if it is just an access agreement for a video game. "You agree that we can do whatever we want, for whatever reason we want"? Who do they think they are, the NFL?

[Bradster]

In before Virtual switching and sub-netting to get around this issue guide.

[Khatovar]

In before Virtual switching and sub-netting to get around this issue guide.

This is a TOS-Compliant community and there is a no tolerance policy here when it comes to discussing ways to circumvent a game's rules.

[Bradster]

This is a TOS-Compliant community and there is a no tolerance policy here when it comes to discussing ways to circumvent a game's rules.

Subnetting and Virtualization is a common industry standard configuration.
What I took from this change was to provide a better load/performance. This would be the best bet to ensure a smooth transition over paying for two Internet Service Providers.

Unless I skimmed over any official post, identifying the change outside of that reason there would be no conflict of interest and a happy medium for all parties.

[MiRai]

Subnetting and Virtualization is a common industry standard configuration.
What I took from this change was to provide a better load/performance. This would be the best bet to ensure a smooth transition over paying for two Internet Service Providers.

Unless I skimmed over any official post, identifying the change outside of that reason there would be no conflict of interest and a happy medium for all parties.

I'll be honest, I don't know exactly where you're going with this, but...

Blizzard knows how many World of Warcraft and Diablo III licenses can be attached to a single BNet account, so if Blizzard was to enforce the "3 BNet account rule," then they'd immediately know that anyone multiboxing more 24 characters in World of Warcraft or more than 3 characters in Diablo III, would automatically need to be looked into.

No amount of virtual switching or sub-netting is going to get around that.

[Bradster]

I think the issue isn't targeted towards boxers. Perhaps an issue with Bnet account management. Appears its ok to have Multiple Bnet accounts.
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...1650625?page=1

You have to forgive me on "BattleNet" That came after my time, its been six years since I've played the game. You had to have a separate account for each back then. Not how that all works now now that Battle-net is part of it. But looks like that is still ok for those worried. Could end up having to pay for transfers to other accounts, perhaps they will provide that free with the change. Least be the right thing to do.

[MiRai]

I think the issue isn't targeted towards boxers. Perhaps an issue with Bnet account management.

I doubt it's targeted at multiboxers as well, but no one knows why it's there except for Blizzard and they've yet to say why.

Appears its ok to have Multiple Bnet accounts.
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...1650625?page=1

That thread is from early 2013. The recent change that is being discussed in this thread doesn't take effect until next month.

You have to forgive me on "BattleNet" That came after my time, its been six years since I've played the game. You had to have a separate account for each back then.

You're allowed to play the "old guy" card once.

[Bradster]

You're allowed to play the "old guy" card once.

What if your old enough that you forgot you used it?

[Tonuss]

What if your old enough that you forgot you used it?

Well, memory is the second thing to go...

[MiRai]

What if your old enough that you forgot you used it?

A doctor's note will need to be provided.