Time 9:30am Tuesday Australian +10GMT
In warsong gultch this one person had three other hunters following him/her doing all the same attacks similtaniously (not spelt right) doing everything and where ever this one person went the three other hunters followed, we took names and server. It was the level 19 WSG BG

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Please tell me how they where doing this and if they were not please proove it to me because my mind is set on that they were

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Time 9:30am Tuesday Australian +10GMT
In warsong gultch this one person had three other hunters following him/her doing all the same attacks similtaniously (not spelt right) doing everything and where ever this one person went the three other hunters followed, we took names and server.

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please tell me how they where doing this and if they were not please proove it to me because my mind is set on that they were

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it's called multi-boxing, one person controls multiple accounts at the same time using software to "split" a keypress to each instance of the game running. it's perfectly allowed i believe

That just stinks it ruined the game for us. we just sat down and took it

This was me laughing about the names of the characters in question. Since blue removed them from the original I figured I better as well.

But it was pretty funny...:)

As a general recommendation, fear or CC the leader. If the characters separate, their coordination is usually spoiled.

Can we get a Blizz to clear up this situation?

Edit: well my twink is a rogue and we had no hope of getting near them
they would just use their boars to stun us and hit us with arcane shot or multi shot

so it is legal????
is that why you removed the names???

There is no situation. This is perfectly acceptable.

Argh thats disgracful

oops sorry vrak for making you do more work


OP if you think this kind of multi-boxing shouldnt be allowed you can always post to the suggestions forum requesting they change the policy

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Argh thats disgracful

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No it's not. They are playing each and every one of those characters, and they are at the keyboard, this is not botting. No amount of you thinking it's unfair will change that. In fact, I applaud them for having hte coordination and macros and such to do this. I know i couldn't

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so it is legal????
is that why you removed the names???

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That is correct. Multiboxing is entirely acceptable provided all commands are entered manually. While it would be forbidden to automate one of the characters in question, multiboxing relies instead on splitting a keyboard's output to multiple computers. Provided the commands are entered manually, the TOS makes no requirements that the commands be entered separately and individually for each account, presuming of course no account-sharing is in place.

i really dont like that. and theres no point in arguing a rule or a slip rule, so thanks for clearing that up with out the needing of a blizz person even though they did editing i would have atleast expected them to post

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i really dont like that. and theres no point in arguing a rule or a slip rule, so thanks for clearing that up with out the needing of a blizz person even though they did editing i would have atleast expected them to post

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o_O ummm blue posted 4 posts up

Did you cause some kind of time paradox vrak? Like in Back to the Future, where you are slowly disappearing?

i didnt see that must have a slow comp or bad eyes >.< both i think

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That is correct. Multiboxing is entirely acceptable provided all commands are entered manually. While it would be forbidden to automate one of the characters in question, multiboxing relies instead on splitting a keyboard's output to multiple computers. Provided the commands are entered manually, the TOS makes no requirements that the commands be entered separately and individually for each account, presuming of course no account-sharing is in place.

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Im sorry but that isn't accurate, if Blizz would investigate instead of assuming they could find a rule break in there.

That is a paid service, the person running those characters was paid to collect HPs for the owners of those Characters. I bet if Blizz investigated they would find all characters to have different payment info, different emails, different info all togother, so if one person is boxing those Characters, its account sharing... and that is against the rules.

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Im sorry but that isn't accurate, if Blizz would investigate instead of assuming they could find a rule break in there.

That is a paid service, the person running those characters was paid to collect HPs for the owners of those Characters. I bet if Blizz investigated they would find all characters to have different payment info, different emails, different info all togother, so if one person is boxing those Characters, its account sharing... and that is against the rules.

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Nice assumption, likely incorrect. That player is not the only person who does it, there is a guy who does the same thing with a priest and 4 mages. Just because you don't/can't do it and because you're unhappy with it doesn't mean they are cheating.

You can come up with any of a number of way to try to claim the accounts are in violation of the TOU/EULA, but that won't make them in violation. I have to agree with the previous poster who recommended utilizing fear or some other CC to throw off their coordination.

While they can output a ton of DPS really quick on a single target, they cannot deal with multiple people all at once. Try working as a team and see what happens.

EDIT: Curses, Vrak is faster then me. I too have 2 accounts and often utilize this character to level my alts on the other one. Finding groups isn't always easy, but with a 70 pally I can run myself through most instances that my characters need to get into now.

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We do not prevent people from owning multiple accounts, nor playing those accounts simultaneously as long as they abide by our Terms of Use and EULA.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/

Multiply Boxing while not common, has been done in many MMO's, and as long as you steer clear of using Third Party Programs to automate the game play it is a perfectly legitimate practice.

Exploitation Policy
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20224

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The conditions you state here are mutually exclusive. It requires third party software, or firmware on hardware, to achieve these results. Therefore, it is illegal by nature.

Please see: https://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3268468562&sid=1&pageNo=1 for more information as to why.

I question the validity of deleting bots, yet not taking action against these kind of exploits.