I was wondering if Blizzard has an official stance on people who use multiple accounts on multiple computers at the same time.

as long as they are following the tos, it is fine.

Multiboxing is allowed.

This issue comes up *all the time* in this forum. Use forum search ;-)

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Multiboxing is allowed.

This issue comes up *all the time* in this forum. Use forum search ;-)

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To be fair, Blizzard's forum search is kinda crappy.

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To be fair, Blizzard's forum search is kinda crappy.

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the stickies however, work just fine:

Botting vs. Playing Multiple Accounts Simultaneously
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3168405460&pageNo=1&sid=1#9


from the CSF information haven sticky.

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Q u o t e:
To be fair, Blizzard's forum search is kinda crappy.

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Works for me. There is an alternative, though:

http://www.google.com/search&q=site%3Aforums.worldofwarcraft.com+YOURSEARCHTERMS

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I was wondering if Blizzard has an official stance on people who use multiple accounts on multiple computers at the same time.

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I'm collecting a list of blizzard's stances. Just for you! :)


Ta-da!

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"Multi-boxing is not a violation of the Terms of Use, Sincast. On the contrary, it's a fairly common practice and extremely fun to watch. "
Syndri, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2856144935&postId=29491813990&sid=1#16

"Badkarma, we do not stop players from owning and playing multiple accounts...There are all manner of ways to use two accounts that are not outside of our in-game policies and legal documents..."
Berghe, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=77594054&postId=776776019#1

"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."
Vrakthris, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3168405460&pageNo=1&sid=1#9

"multi-boxing,..., it's not considered a violation of policy." "[It] is viewed simply as a clever, yet tedious play style, but not altogether counterintuitive to the spirit of the game"
Syndri, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3159886078&postId=31680816892&sid=1#8

"Nah, it's one person using one keyboard to simultaneously control more than one account. There's no automation in that case.
If there is, then it's against policy.
Dig?"
Belfaire, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=4822936028&pageNo=1&sid=1#3

"Totally legit." (in response to a post about multiboxing software)
Belfaire, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=4973137485&sid=1

"There is no problem with you playing multiple characters, as long as you are the owner of the accounts and are in control of them..."
Eilanai, Blizzard Poster
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html;jsessionid=2537DAB869934A1E146BCF0133FC2302.app03_02?topicId=268157261&pageNo=4&sid=1#77

"Multi-boxing is not in violation of our current policies, Varlex." ...
"Unlike the forms of botting you mentioned, multi-boxing requires user input and does not automate any aspect of gameplay. Each time an action is performed it is controlled by a real player sitting at their computer controlling multiple accounts. "
Aradek, Customer Service Member
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5103947753&sid=1

Conversation with GM Thorwain
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj121/grimfandang0/gmanswer.jpg

Xzin's conversation with GMs Lasuri and Cometic
http://www.wowbash.com/image-159.html

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http://www.v-boxing.net/faq
http://dual-boxing.com/wiki/index.php/GM_Conversations

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To be fair, Blizzard's forum search is kinda crappy.

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I agree. I never get anything decent out of the in-forum searches. Usually nothing at all, sometimes only the really really REALLY old posts.

I find that searching with "site:worldofwarcraft.com THING I'M LOOKING FOR" works very well on most major search engines. :)

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It's cool as long as the person's not automating their actions. If paying for five accounts and playin' em simultaneously on one or more your systems capable of running the game or multiple clients thereof is how you roll, then we're not gonna hate on it.

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Drat it, Belfaire! Now I have to add another quote to the ever-growing list. ;)

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It's cool as long as the person's not automating their actions. If paying for five accounts and playin' em simultaneously on one or more your systems capable of running the game or multiple clients thereof is how you roll, then we're not gonna hate on it.

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Dey see me rollin',
Dey hatin'
Reportin',
They try'na catch me multiboxin'

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I make sure that each one is posted in a differently non-threatening manner for this exact reason ;D

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Cool, yo. I'm down.


... ok that just doesn't work for me. Bravo to you, though, Belfaire. Excellently executed.

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It's cool as long as the person's not automating their actions. If paying for five accounts and playin' em simultaneously on one or more your systems capable of running the game or multiple clients thereof is how you roll, then we're not gonna hate on it.

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/babelfish