WotLK Multiboxing as a real problem

[Skuddy]

We are talking about voting on an issue. Issues exist within countries and within private companies. OMG you are so dumb.

whatever makes you feel better, i'd expect nothing less from a Biden supporter.

[theborg9]

the only way a poll would be of any use is if everyone literally had to vote on it before they could continue to play. otherwise you're only getting the opinion from a biased group.

That's not how a poll works. Please read at least this before commenting more about this topic, because your lack of knowledge is kinda tragic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll
And there's no reason to consider the sample non representative of the population. If anything, we can assume multiboxers to disproportionally dwell in the forum compared to other players and/or the possibility that the they may have used their many accounts to take many votes in their favour. In other words the poll probably underestimates the number of "no", which are still anyway the far majority.

[AlexMarv]

whatever makes you feel better, i'd expect nothing less from a Biden supporter.

Listen I've had some arguments in my life. I've won some, Ive lost some. I've argued against intelligent people and I've argued against stupid people. But those stupid people could argue a basic point no problem. You on the other hand cannot even do that without changing the subject. Your simple-mindedness is starting to scare me.

Blizzard is banning multi-boxing!!!! https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...t-multi-boxing

[Skuddy]

That's not how a poll works. Please read at least this before commenting more about this topic, because your lack of knowledge is kinda tragic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_poll
And there's no reason to consider the sample non representative of the population. If anything, we can assume multiboxers to disproportionally dwell in the forum compared to other players and/or the possibility that the they may have used their many accounts to take many votes in their favour. In other words the poll probably underestimates the number of "no", which are still anyway the far majority.

gl with letting 0.03% of the population make decisions. the poll was to small a sample to actually represent the player base.

Listen I've had some arguments in my life. I've won some, Ive lost some. I've argued against intelligent people and I've argued against stupid people. But those stupid people could argue a basic point no problem. You on the other hand cannot even do that without changing the subject. Your simple-mindedness is starting to scare me.

Blizzard is banning multi-boxing!!!! https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...t-multi-boxing

my point was pretty simple, warmane don't need nor want your opinion on the matter, if they want to change things they will make that choice. and what blizzard does doesn't matter in the slightest.

[theborg9]

gl with letting 0.03% of the population make decisions. the poll was to small a sample to actually represent the player base.

Bruh. 1000/30000 = 3.33%

learn 2 math.

By the way, 1000 (950 actually) is a good sample size. The minimum size is often said to be 100, and we're much above that.

[Skuddy]

Bruh. 1000/30000 = 3.33%

rip. forgot to multiply by 100.

By the way, 1000 (950 actually) is a good sample size. The minimum size is often said to be 100, and we're much above that.

for something trivial i'd agree. for something important like banning an entire playstyle it's far to small.

[Winryi]

You're the one crying here, and about a topic you have 0 knowledge about. If it bothers you that much you should either deal with it or leave, because you are the minority here.

Do you have any knowledge about multiboxing yourself? I don't think you do.

You (MB whiners) are forgetting that Warmane isn't retail. Retail has its own problems with "multiboxing". The article some of you like to spam (or advertise), states:

"we've seen an increasingly negative impact to the game as this software is used to support botting and automated gameplay."

Do note, those are retail's problems they are talking about, not Warmane's.

Warmane has 0 obligation to follow Blizzards policies. You can cry, moan, make these topics, demand votes all you want. If Warmane doesn't want to change their policies, they don't have to. They don't have to put up a vote, or even act on results of one, if they do.

Take a chill pill and wipe away your tears :)

[theborg9]

Do you have any knowledge about multiboxing yourself? I don't think you do.

Yup, I've multiboxed 5 toons myself. It's something that takes 30 mins to setup and that doesn't require any skill to perform, BUT it requires some recent hardware to multibox many toons. I very soon realized it's not a deserving way to play the game, especially concerning PvP.
Now, what about you? You are always ready to defend this minority of multiboxers, what's the truth about you?

You (MB whiners) are forgetting that Warmane isn't retail. Retail has its own problems with multiboxing. The article some of you like to spam (or advertise), states:

"we've seen an increasingly negative impact to the game as this software is used to support botting and automated gameplay."

Do note, those are retail's problems they are talking about, not Warmane's.

You have (very conveniently) left out this part "As World of Warcraft has evolved, our policies have also evolved to support the health of the game and the needs of the players.". Guess what, that's something that Retail has in common with Warmane, despite the efforts of people like you, who constitute an insignificant minority, probably with many accounts to comment with.

Warmane has 0 obligation to follow Blizzards policies.

Of course, but Warmane has no obligation to NOT change the multiboxing policy either.

[Goranham]

Bringing a motorized go-kart to a soap box derby may or may not be allowed, but even if it was, it takes from the spirit of the race, makes you unpopular, and highlights an obvious lack of skill to compete evenly. It also creates excess pollution, and caters to people who have an undeserved, elevated sense of self.

[mier]

I've multiboxed 5 toons myself. It's something that takes 30 mins to setup

"Takes 30 mins to setup".
What a nonsense. Never ever can you set everything in only 30 min up. Especially not when you multibox for the first time.
Just out of curiosity. What software did you use?

[mier]

people who have an undeserved, elevated sense of self.

You mean just like the guy in your avatar?
Seems like you are actually the one who identifies with this category of ppl.

[Winryi]

It's something that takes 30 mins to setup and that doesn't require any skill to perform

It doesn't take much effort to kill anything below level 80 as a level 80, will you cry to ban ganking as well? It's something "unfair" as well. Or will it be "it's PvP" just like MB killing you is just "PvP".

Now, what about you? You are always ready to defend this minority of multiboxers

I'm against banning multiboxing, that's all.

However, the biggest reasons why multiboxing is allowed is because of 1) the huge amount of drama that would ensue if we put any sort of limit on it, which would start witch-hunting, and even people complaining that the rules aren't severe enough. And 2) we cannot enforce any rule-set on them without harming innocent players; Where would we draw the line on multi-boxing? 5 character cap? Well what if some guy wanted to log a bunch of accounts, bank alts for example, to trade around and/or organize their gold or items? What if a guy would want to use 5 characters to try and play through a dungeon without affecting anyone else? These are just some examples, but the list goes on.

Lastly and ultimately, this is really not up for discussion. We've made our stance on multi-boxing pretty clear. Regularly complaining about it is not going to get us to take action against multi-boxers. In fact, it's more likely that we're going to take action against people who are disrespectful towards the staff because of the issue. Not because we don't care about multi-boxing, but because it's part of the game and not everyone can be satisfied.

You have (very conveniently) left out this part "As World of Warcraft has evolved, our policies have also evolved to support the health of the game and the needs of the players.". Guess what, that's something that Retail has in common with Warmane, despite the efforts of people like you, who constitute an insignificant minority, probably with many accounts to comment with.

WoW has evolved, but we're still in WotLK.

Minority this, minority that. People are people, doesn't matter how many or few are there. Are you going to ignore minorities' voices here as in real life, will you say their voice doesn't matter?

probably with many accounts to comment with.

What an odd thing to bring up, makes me wonder.. Just this one, I have obviously other account I sometimes use to post, hardly ever I've posted on two accounts on the same thread. Happened once or twice by accident.

The staff should probably start banning these anti-MB thread starters, as these threads are actually against forum rules.

[theborg9]

"Takes 30 mins to setup".
What a nonsense. Never ever can you set everything in only 30 min up. Especially not when you multibox for the first time.
Just out of curiosity. What software did you use?

Well, I did it, and I'm sure everybody can, just with hotkeynet + some follow/assist macros. It's not like it requires any mysterious knowledge, and there are hotkeynet premade setups available for free; as said, the only limit is the hardware and the deliberate will not to play that lame way.

[theborg9]

I'm against banning multiboxing, that's all.

Sure, and I'm a flying unicorn.

Minority this, minority that. People are people, doesn't matter how many or few are there.

If does matter when there are reasons not to support them, like in this case, and they are extremely unpopular for those reasons.

The staff should probably start banning these anti-MB thread starters, as these threads are actually against forum rules.

We're having a civil discussion about an in-game aspect, it's not like anybody is insulting or similar. You can simply not open threads like this one if they bother you so much (for some mysterious reason).
Actually I think that these threads keep appearing because they get deleted, and evidently many players really look for a change about multiboxing.
Anyway, the thread is not mine.

[mier]

Well, I did it, and I'm sure everybody can, just with hotkeynet + some follow/assist macros. It's not like it requires any mysterious knowledge, and there are hotkeynet premade setups available for free; as said, the only limit is the hardware and the deliberate will not to play that lame way.

So in 30 mins you created 5 WoW accounts, learned how to use hotkeynet and searched for a premade profile, then went in to the game and set all the interface settings, addons, keybinds and macros up and all if that on 5 accounts.
Great story bro 👍😂