Reported... Banned? Keyclone arguement

[Occam's Razor]

heh, there's actually a thread on the General Forums about someone whining how MBoxing "isn't fair" and one or two other people chiming in on how
MBoxing software 'alters the exe etc'

It's scary and funny at the same time.

Scary because if people whine enough things get changed, (remember SWG?) and funny because the people stating these things absolutely have no clue how any of this works or what they're talking about.

One guy keeps arguing that MBoxing is Automation, because "You can hit ONE button and 5 clients will do an action" and he keeps quoting Dictionary.com about the definition of "Automation"

One button? He should read some of the threads here, where people are running 5 healers and have 5 different keys assigned to 5 different characters for 5 different character heal combinations FOR ONE SPELL.

He's obviously under the impression that you can hit the "1" key and 4 of your MB characters will just start casting spells, healing, meleeing etc etc without ever having to press ANY OTHER KEY, until combat is finished.

All the whining about MBoxing is:

1. Pure Ignorance
2. Whining because they are convinced their character should be Invincible, and they got pwned by a MBoxer
3. Jealousy because they can't convince Mom or Dad to buy them 4 extra accounts
4. Jealousy because they have the most BASIC understanding of a computer and would NEVER figure out how to MBox in the first place, and would freak out if they ever saw a DOS prompt.

[ThatIrishGuy]

would freak out if they ever saw a DOS prompt.

i have to point this out again, i had 3-4 ppl following me today in the dwarf starting area, the were like hackzors! then logged out ....

[Djarid]

I must be dead lucky or Draenor is a friendly server... I have had nothing but love despite multiboxing since september... to be fair I have yet to get to 30 on any of my groups.

multi-boxing just sent my altoholicism into overdrive ;)

[Crayonbox]

I get reported so often it isn't even funny. My server has been Multibox free of anyone that boxes over 2 characters for quite awhile.
Recently however there have been a few that popped up other than myself, two others, one horde and one alliance, but the server is quite ignorant when it comes to multiboxing.

The stupidity is amusing and worth going along with sometimes, but sometimes you just want to pull out a gun and shoot them.

"are you guys like brothers playing together?"
"woah you guys have like the same names! thats so cool! I wish i had friends i could do that with"
"cheapasshacker! enjoy your ban!"

[entoptic]

Keyclone can not get you banned as you are not editing the wow interface or hacking the game.

All keyclone does is send signals to each program that is open and running inside keyclone. That is not a bannable offense.

In game you are using macros which EVERYONE uses so it too is not bannable.

Don't trip on the haters. I get reported all the time now and I even tell the GM's to message my main cause i am boxing. Sometimes they appear to just check it out as I pwn ally.

[entoptic]

I believe crayon and I are the only 5 boxers on the server.

[kllrwlf]

After a couple of threats and hate, you'll get over that uneasy feeling. If you talk to a GM, just be honest about everything, make sure GM is fully aware about multiboxing and move on.

On my server, there are 2 other multiboxers and I still get the occasional crap from other players. I just respond to that I enjoy talking with the GMs and put them on ignore.

[Vyndree]

If you're super concerned and losing sleep IRL due to this...

...report yourself to a GM. Open a ticket, explaining that you are a multiboxer and that you are concerned that the actions of uneducated peer players that are reporting you. Ask them if there is anything those players can do that can mistakenly get you banned even if you're not breaking the rules.

I've personally gotten a GM to admit to me that once they know someone is a multiboxer and that they are not botting they put a "flag" of some sort on your account so that future GM's will know that you're just multiboxing. Granted, they still have to investigate you (just in case you ARE botting), but as long as you're not doing anything wrong they won't bother you.

If a GM tried to talk to me every single time some dummy player reported me I'd be spending all of my gametime chatting with GM's. Thankfully the GMs are more courteous than that and I have never been pst'ed by a GM out of the blue.

[Crucial]

I've been playing wow since December 2004... multiboxing and non-multiboxing... and have never once been contacted by a GM in game. It's an urban legend for a GM to appear on the screen for me. I feel neglected... lol.

[Knoxious]

out of curiosity, what server/faction are you on? i think i'd like to roll a 5-box just to say howdy

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