account sharing - a way around it maybe?

[DemonWithin]

I was fortuneate enough to have a 1 on 1 chat with keyclone last night ^_^ however he alerted me to the fact that if the accounts are NOT in my name, as if a friend of mine owned them, that there was a possibility that i'd get banned. My friend has given me his account, he no longer plays, i own all his characters and know the password to the account so im wondering IF i changed the contact details to the same as my original account, would that classify me as owning it instead of him owning it? the details would match my main's details but whether thats how they actually would tell if i were account sharing or not is unknown to me.

please reply with what you think!

Thanks,
DawnOfRex

[Knytestorme]

Short answer: No

Long answer: I expect to see Vyndree come in here and explain (yet again) the Blizzard and dual-boxing view on accounts and if they can tranfer ownership and then a very quick lock to the thread.

[DemonWithin]

ok thanks, i also just realised u cant actually change the name of the ORIGINAL owner so its still set to mike whatever instead of jeff etc unfortunately, i thought this would be a changeable option

all is pretty clear now

[Simulacra]

ok thanks, i also just realised u cant actually change the name of the ORIGINAL owner so its still set to mike whatever instead of jeff etc unfortunately, i thought this would be a changeable option

I don't condone this sort of thing, but that could work, maybe......probably a lot easier just to get some new accounts lol

Is that the sound of Vyndree ????? Oops!!!! I didn't say anything OK? Wasn't me...

[JezPeRR]

I Tried to call blizz about changing the ownership of an acc. and the answer was a big "NO NO"
so u just have to buy another acc and write it in your own name

[DemonWithin]

whew im glad u said that cos ive just spent another couple hundred dollars on battle chests :P

[Tdog]

You could just adopt your friend as your son and them tell blizzard that you are his guardian and see if the let you sneek by with that one :P

[Simulacra]

You could just adopt your friend as your son and them tell blizzard that you are his guardian and see if the let you sneek by with that one :P

you could say that you've only just discovered that you have a multiple personality disorder and you are in fact Mike Whatever AND Jeff Etc.

[lans83]

ok, honestly, i didn't do my homework completely on this....what you're saying is that if we want to multibox, we have to physically go out and buy our own boxes and register them all in our own names? so i can't multibox with my account, my cousin's that she's giving up and her boyfriend's that already gave me his account like 5 months ago, along with my brother's and his wife's account? i can see how this would normally look like someone running a paid lvling service, but there's no way i can run these 5 accounts without the risk of beeing banned? i've got several lvl 60-70s spread out across multiple servers on these accounts i can't afford to transfer to new accounts

[Otlecs]

if we want to multibox, we have to physically go out and buy our own boxes and register them all in our own names?

Correct.

no way i can run these 5 accounts without the risk of beeing banned?

Correct.

There are many tales recounted even on these forums where people have been banned, and had their friends' / partners' accounts banned for not having the accounts all in the same name.

As a multiboxer you will get reported at some point, because people are ignorant. Apart from wanting to talk to each of your characters individually to make sure you have control over them, the GM will also check the account details for each character.

If they do not match, all of your accounts will be banned.

You may get away with it for an hour. You may get away with it for a year. You may even get away with it for ever, but the risk is always going to be there.

i can't afford to transfer to new accounts

That's ok. Since the accounts aren't yours, you couldn't use the paid character transfer service anyway