So why did you start multiboxing in WoW?

[Wubsie]

For me, it started out with boredom.

I was already aware of multiboxers having ran in to a few in some BGs. They never bothered me, more just made me curious as to how it all worked. How were they moving and targetting? What were their weaknesses? How could I beat/annoy them in BGs? etcetc.

Around the middle of MoP I was just done with the game. My guild and raid team had disappeared, my usual arena buddies had quit, and since CR-phasing had not been introduced yet, being on a dying realm meant you really could not do anything unless you wanted to pay for a transfer. So, I recalled those character stacks I had seen a few times and started googling. I quickly found out I could do it with trial accounts and free software to try it out and started dabbling with some low level toons. I thoroughly enjoyed figuring it all out and learning how things were done. Since my interest was peaking, I was looking around on youtube/reddit/twitch for related content and ran in to a stream from someone called Rizzey. I was a bit floored. He was running a full raid group of toons on his own and clearly having a blast with it. I started talking to him and he was kind enough to withstand my noobish delight at his setup and all the silly questions that followed. Soon enough I was hooked and upgraded a few more accounts to start my first "real" team. 5x ret pallies, that I still have, although I've yet to level them beyond 100.

From there the usual thing happened. I started going: "Well, I wonder if I even could run more than 5", "Maybe I should have a mage for portals", "A lock would be sweet so I can summon", "I totally need healers don't I?" and kept cramming an uncomfortable amount of game clients on to a rig that was never meant to run more than the 5 I initially rolled. 0 regrets though as this is the most fun I've had in the game since Wrath. 10/10 would waste money again.