Stop hating the singleboxers please

[Drizzit]

Fuck 'em

Only if they are female and have a pulse.

[Ðeceased]

I dunno, maybe I'm just fortunate... or maybe I've got some awakening time ahead of me. Could be that because I'm in <The Zerg> on Magtheridon that people there already know of boxing and have accepted it?

I've found most of the agro comes in the mid 60s :S

[Mac]

Yesterday I noticed trade chat as I was leaving UC...

randomtradechannelhater1: "omg multibox cheater has 5 shaman!"
randomtradechannelguy1: " multi-boxers is old news qq more noob"
mytoon1: "lol"
mytoon2: "lol"
mytoon3: "lol
mytoon4: "lol"
mytoon5: "lol"
randomtradechannelguy2: "O_o"
randomtradechannelguy3: "pwnd"
randomtradechannelguy4: "LOL"
randomtradechannelguy5: /cheer

I left chuckling to myself and went got my 5th and final shield from Mograine

I have to say that I'm happy I get more positive stuff then negative for the most part so far, but I'm only lvl 40 so far, so it seems to be more a novelty for people then anything.

[Drakkun]

I love being in 2 communities that others hate and call illegal even though the authorities say its allowed...

Multiboxing and lane sharing motorcycle rider in LA

I feel the hate almost equally in both of these communities. It just reaffirms that I should continue to enjoy what I am doing.

[Mac]

I love being in 2 communities that others hate and call illegal even though the authorities say its allowed...

Multiboxing and lane sharing motorcycle rider in LA

I feel the hate almost equally in both of these communities. It just reaffirms that I should continue to enjoy what I am doing.

taffic sucks, lane splitting FTW :thumbsup:

[Ughmahedhurtz]

You're point is a valid one in most circumstances. It is always more constructive to enter into a dialogue with someone who holds a conflicting belief than it is to condemn him or her as an idiot.

However, have you read the big multiboxing QQ threads? The people we're talking about are not interested in resolving an issue or learning; they don't want to have a dialogue or conduct a debate. They hate multiboxing and they want everyone to share their beliefs. They argue with the blues and refuse to accept well-settled decisions. They specialize in ad hominem attacks and indefensible generalizations.

These are the same people who follow us around in-game swearing at us, harassing us, reporting us, and spamming /spit at us. They accuse us of cheating, hacking, gold farming, and character selling.They are unquenchable, seething cauldrons of rage who can't stand the thought that someone somewhere may be doing something they don't like. They will not be satisfied with anything short of the complete removal of the play style we all enjoy.

We treat these people like arrogant, socially stunted jerks because that is exactly what they are (or at least what they present themselves to be).

No one here hates all single-boxers. I'm positive that all of us have more single-boxing friends than multiboxing friends. There are plenty of folks on the WoW forums who don't really like multiboxing but realize that Blizzard allows it and that it doesn't really affect them too much. No one here takes exception to them either.

The people we target are the hardcore forum haters. It may be better, more decorous, to ignore them or engage them politely. Lashing out at them in the ways you have illustrated above is at best pointless; it can never advance our cause and it will probably fuel the haters to be more vocal and more vicious. But we are all human too--sometimes we need to let off some steam, and I think it is far better to do so here than to stage a more public display on the WoW forums.

Q. F. T.

[OzPhoenix]

Well, I guess this is just a case of adding my 2 copper to the chorus.

Like most everyone else here, I am the only person in my circle of wow-friends who is a multiboxer. Not only don't I hate 'em, but I plan on dropping a single, rotated shaman out on many of my heroic runs so that they can join me in badging up.

Being a relatively new multiboxer, leveling my first team, I've always taken the time to stop and explain to anyone interested in talking about it sensibly. I've put on shows for people following me, I help out regularly whenever someone is in general looking for a group for this or that elite, and I think I've built up quite a good reputation for us multiboxers on my server.

This was evidenced just a few days ago when someone started abusing me in general while I was in Nagrand, and they got shot down by several other people, none of whom were themselves multiboxers, but all of whom understood and accepted it (including one guy who I'd just helped with the final nesingway quest who was VERY vocal in supporting me...lol).

However, I've also been around long enough now to get the other type. The childish, arrogant, intolerant and highly abusive types who send filth-riddled whispers then immediately /ignore me, many of whom create level 1 alts like "youraloser" etc to do it with. While I always try to talk to reasonable people, these types just get /ignored /reported asap. Most of the forum posts in WoW General are from this second type, which is why you'll see quite a bit of counter-flaming, even if (as I do agree) it's not particularly helpful.

[Gigatron]

I think single boxers need to get a life. They only have one account, so they must be a loser with no life, crappy job and no friends. Maybe get a better freaking job and maybe the chicks might like you!!! WTF, You can't afford $75 a month, then how do you expect to take a chick out to dinner??!!! Amirite?

[Bradster]

You know what would be the PERFECT thing? A add-on just for this kind of stuff.

Someone sends you a tell. They receive the following.
Reply back with the following:
Press 1: To ask me general questions or request help with something
Press 2: To flame me.
Press 3: For friends only.

If they press 3, they require to type in a password that you set to give out to friends. Option 1 and 2 can be turned on and off, if On a pretyped message is send back and they are unable to reach you, you don’t see any of the tell requests, all they get is your message.


Tell me how AWESOME would a addon like that be? If only I knew how to code

[Yamio]

It's completely unrealistic to think we should be nice to people who curse us, spit on us and generally treat us totally opposite of how they would treat us if we were to meet in RL. No offense, but you're talking moral high ground in a VIDEO GAME? Get a friggin grip!! The only moral high ground in a VIDEO GAME is when you see someone flagged and you don't kill him.

If this were the 1960's and we were involved in the civil rights movement then yes....we should turn the other cheek. But since we're in the 21st century in a VIDEO GAME, the only cheek turning will be me showing a hater my ass. I'll even tell him that I'm "bending over and cracking a smile" as pleasantly as I can.

Moral high ground? Puh-leeeze!