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Original Post : http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=12636

The Problem

Unfortunately, World of Warcraft is full of immature idiots and spoiled children. In spite of all the intelligent, considerate players in the game, they really start to come out of the woodwork when something unusual is going on. Like another player who is multiboxing. Any time I go to a populated area I am constantly harassed by these like. Here are some of the common types of idiots I interact with as a multiboxer.

The Genius

This player knows you're doing something wrong and breaking the rules, and they're going to tell you about it. It's cheating, botting, or some other offensive abomination of gameplay. When I first started to get these idiots, I would try to educate them about the legitimacy of multiboxing.

However, I have never been able to get anything across to them. So now to handle these geniuses, I simply tell them to report me if they are so damn smart. I wish I could watch their conversations with the GM.

The Pest

This is the one that irritates me the most. This is the player that follows you and either says incoherent gibberish or puts you on autofollow and won't go away. They say stupid things like "wat ur doing????????????????LOL" and such.

I had the worst encounter once in Durotar with a hunter who put me on autofollow. Any time I would go to attack something, he would try to attack it first to steal it from me. I had to employ some misdirection and instant spells to get my kills. Eventually he got bored and left.

The Buffer

This one isn't so bad, but after running into 2-3 of them in a row it gets annoying. This one thinks you definitely need their buffs, so they follow you until they have buffed every one of your characters. This happens to everyone though, not just multiboxers.

The Excessively Amused

I think this is the second most irritating type. This is the player who just thinks what you are doing is the most hilarious thing they have ever seen. They come up and say things like "LOL," "HAHAHA," or some similar emote. I try asking them what is so funny, but they can't really give me a good answer. Five players in a group is not funny!

I had one today who came up and laughed at me and then ran away. I asked what was so funny and he said "are you kidding?" No, I'm not telling a joke. In fact, I haven't done anything funny yet, so stop laughing!

The Hater

This player hates you and everything about multiboxing. They spit at you, fart on you, and tell you that you're a loser. I don't know what their problem is, but it probably has something to do with either losing to a multiboxer in the battlegrounds or being so poor they can't afford more WoW accounts to multibox themselves. Or they are too dumb to do it.

Yesterday I was in Orgrimmar with several level 70's around me reinforcing each others hatred for multiboxers. It was a rather harsh environment, but I just merrily danced with them and avoided responding to their incendiary comments.

The Poor Child

You know, $75 a month for five accounts is really not a lot of money. I think a lot of people probably spend more on their cell phone. However, there are these poor children in World of Warcraft who are on an allowance and think you are some spoiled rich kid who gets everything in the world, including five WoW accounts. No thank you, I have a full-time job and $75 is next to nothing for me to afford. Ask your mommy to raise your allowance.

The Exception

These are the players I love to interact with. They come up and ask intelligent questions if they are not familiar with multiboxing, or they strike up an interesting conversation if they know more about it.

These players are nice, curious, and mature, and I wish they were more plentiful. I've had conversations about different multiboxing strategies, received intelligent questions about how to do it and how to get more information, and just chit-chatted about random other things not related to multiboxing. Thanks for making the game worth playing.

What are some of the most annoying experiences you have while multiboxing?

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Q u o t e:
These probably ring true for every template of person in life and not just multiboxing, everyone'll sometimes have 'haters'.

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If you've ever multiboxed, every one of these are hilarious. I understand what you're saying, but it's multiplied when you encounter those same people doing something new/exciting *gasp* to have fun.

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The Hater

This player hates you and everything about multiboxing. They spit at you, fart on you, and tell you that you're a loser. I don't know what their problem is, but it probably has something to do with either losing to a multiboxer in the battlegrounds or being so poor they can't afford more WoW accounts to multibox themselves. Or they are too dumb to do it.

The Poor Child

You know, $75 a month for five accounts is really not a lot of money. I think a lot of people probably spend more on their cell phone. However, there are these poor children in World of Warcraft who are on an allowance and think you are some spoiled rich kid who gets everything in the world, including five WoW accounts. No thank you, I have a full-time job and $75 is next to nothing for me to afford. Ask your mommy to raise your allowance.

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Damn, posts like these make me question why there is such a negative reaction from the community towards multiboxing.

That was a pretty terrible list.

I've seen a multiboxer three times. All three times, it was multiple shamans. Once, in AB. We played peekaboo with the stables building until he realized he should stop wasting his time trying to cast at me and maybe cast at one of the 4 people killing his doodz. Second was in AV. No totems, for whatever reason, so Psychic Scream. Win. Third time, I was actually on my rogue, and it was 5s. He was 5 shamans, and I think my team was rogue, rogue, MS warrior, mage, holy pally. The other rogue found the lead shaman and we burst it down. Wait for him to switch main control, burst that down. They did manage to kill a few of us, but the pally just resed.

I'm not particularly impressed with the multiboxers I've come across.

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The Excessively Amused

I think this is the second most irritating type. This is the player who just thinks what you are doing is the most hilarious thing they have ever seen. They come up and say things like "LOL," "HAHAHA," or some similar emote. I try asking them what is so funny, but they can't really give me a good answer. Five players in a group is not funny!

I had one today who came up and laughed at me and then ran away. I asked what was so funny and he said "are you kidding?" No, I'm not telling a joke. In fact, I haven't done anything funny yet, so stop laughing!

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LOL
thats me
i'll follow you around and laugh my ass off the entire time.
Whats so funy?!
YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND

think of it like this.
Your out shopping.
You see 5 girls, all have the same name with one letter difference, all have same hair, same color, same skin, same height, same clothes, SAME EVERYTHING the same.
You just can't help but laugh since its just SO %%%!ed up.

I think the worst is the people who think you have no life cause you multibox, when in reality, only the people with a life and good job could afford it.

People are just stupid.

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Q u o t e:
I think the worst is the people who think you have no life cause you multibox, when in reality, only the people with a life and good job could afford it.

People are just stupid.

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Well people with a life tend to have friends to play with instead of just playing with themselves.

The Buffer

This one isn't so bad, but after running into 2-3 of them in a row it gets annoying. This one thinks you definitely need their buffs, so they follow you until they have buffed every one of your characters. This happens to everyone though, not just multiboxers.

if you some how find this offensive you are really f'd up in the head and need to take a break from this VIDEO GAME

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Q u o t e:

Well people with a life tend to have friends to play with instead of just playing with themselves.

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people who talk about others lives usually have something wrong with their own. I mean really. if you have fun, then I'd say that's a life. why is it anyone elses business how you spend your time?

usually people who town down about others lives are the ones who are just trying to make them selves feel better about their own life.

I interact with multiboxers by /saluting them and taking screenshots for my WoW scrapbook! ZOMG!

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I mean really. if you have fun, then I'd say that's a life. why is it anyone elses business how you spend your time?

usually people who town down about others lives are the ones who are just trying to make them selves feel better about their own life.

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Because the human mind/body REQUIRES social interaction with others, in the form of loves and friendships, to be healthy.

So for someone to shut themselves away and live a life of solitude, its something to comment on, and frankly, can appear as living a 'sad' life.

I'm all for people doing whatever they want when it doesn't hurt others, but at the same time, I hate to see people do things to hurt themselves too. So yeah, being commented on when you advocate a solo lifestyle as 'living' can invite comment from others who know thats no way to live. /shrug

Sort of funny isn't it, that almost all the multiboxer complaints come from people angry about a situation in pvp.

It's almost as if they don't feel right about fighting a premade when they thought they were facing a pug.

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Because the human mind/body REQUIRES social interaction with others, in the form of loves and friendships, to be healthy.

So for someone to shut themselves away and live a life of solitude, its something to comment on, and frankly, can appear as living a 'sad' life.

I'm all for people doing whatever they want when it doesn't hurt others, but at the same time, I hate to see people do things to hurt themselves too. So yeah, being commented on when you advocate a solo lifestyle as 'living' can invite comment from others who know thats no way to live. /shrug

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yeah, playing an online games with thousands of people is SO locking yourself away in solitude. people don't even call others anymore. it's all about texting. so whats the difference?

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people who talk about others lives usually have something wrong with their own. I mean really. if you have fun, then I'd say that's a life. why is it anyone elses business how you spend your time?

usually people who town down about others lives are the ones who are just trying to make them selves feel better about their own life.

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But i thought...

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only the people with a life and good job could afford it.

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So your saying you have something wrong with your own life?
Because obviously you seem to enjoy talking about the lives of multiboxers.

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The Buffer

This one isn't so bad, but after running into 2-3 of them in a row it gets annoying. This one thinks you definitely need their buffs, so they follow you until they have buffed every one of your characters. This happens to everyone though, not just multiboxers.

if you some how find this offensive you are really f'd up in the head and need to take a break from this VIDEO GAME

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Q u o t e:

But i thought...

So your saying you have something wrong with your own life?
Because obviously you seem to enjoy talking about the lives of multiboxers.

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no, I'm talking about people who sit in trade and shout at people who say the "wrong" thing in trade channel. the same people who see a multiboxer and they are like "LOL U HAS NU LIFE NERD"

I haven't really multiboxed myself, I'm just speaking in defense of people who get talked down to because some people in this world feel what they do in life is more Superior to others.