I think I saw saw a hack or an exploit

[Sentroc-moon-guard]

@Mute-silvermoon

Then you probably met a multiboxer. It’s not against ToS

Oh yes it is.

Facilitation of Gameplay.

[Beaupeep-draka (Beaupeep)]

@Sentroc-moon-guard

Oh yes it is.

Wrong

Multiboxing

“Multiboxing, or playing multiple World of Warcraft accounts at once, is not a violation of our Terms of Use.”

[Amiya-skeram]

@Sentroc-moon-guard

Oh yes it is.

Facilitation of Gameplay.

It’s a shame this is wrong, because the devs and company decide the rules. Not you.

[Mute-silvermoon]

For what it’s worth, it’s probably an anomaly. I’ve leveled several characters opted into WM on both sides and never seen a boxer.

I’ve been playing the majority the game’s been around and seen maybe one boxer for about each year. Probably half of them were just farming nodes.

[Shïvana-scarlet-crusade (Shïvana)]

Why do these people always think facilitation means anything other than what it actually means.

[Sentroc-moon-guard]

Multiboxing = Cheating

As someone who started to use WoW forums only recently I’ve noticed that there’s unspoken “tradition” to treat most threads posted on sunday as a joke. Well, this is not a joke. In fact, this is one of the many other threads on that issue I’m going to post in upcoming weeks. But for a first thread I’ll keep it simple and short: If you Multiboxing - then you Cheating. Simple as that. In fact, Multiboxing IS against TOS, as Multiboxing quite easily falls under the category of Facilitation of t…

Yes it is.

[Tsataga-zuljin]

Some light background reading

Tolerating Multiboxing is a dangerous precedent to set

Imagine some one hacks into the game and makes it so they can one shot anyone in a BG. You report them and blizz tells them “Hey, give us an extra $15 and we’ll let it slide”. That’s basically what’s happening with Multiboxers. Per the language of the ToS it is a violation. But because they are cheaters who happen to pay a little extra money, they get to get away with it. Blizz needs to understand, sometimes having principles gets you farther than an extra $15 will. Particularly because most …

Boxxing is pay to win

you pay blizz more money than would be normal. because you spend more money, you get massive economic advantage over players that do not spend more money. you increase supply, directly and negatively impacting people who do not buy multiple accounts. increased supply lowers the value of goods on the market and thus lowers the value of the normal players time and efforts in game to make gold. the token is money. it has real world value outside of the game. thus, if you buy tokens with gold, to…

@Rawrlol-skeram

Dang, you beat me to it ):

Silly Alliance Druid thinking you could keep up with a mighty Horde Druid.

[Amiya-skeram]

@Sentroc-moon-guard

Yes it is.

Nah, this ain’t how it works sadly. Blizz announced it wasn’t against the rules so it isn’t. Blizz can do whatever they like it’s as simple as that.

[Mute-silvermoon]

Botting is cheating. Multiboxing isn’t botting.

Do you think it’s cheating when a little old lady at church bingo plays multiple cards at a time?

[Sentroc-moon-guard]

But the player majority uses bots in order to multibox for a financial advantage. Pay to win.

Of course, Blizzard is going to say “oh its not againt TOS”. But take a moment to think WHY they might say that.

$$$$$$$$$

[Fatmike-frostmourne]

Well that’s a terrible analogy.

Old Nana Poppits isn’t sitting there spotting a single card whilst her 4 other cards are simultaneously being spotted with the same hand.

I personally appreciate multiboxers, they’re like artifacts of an age old past when being a geek was considered uncool.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

Activision-Blizzard makes billions a year. Multiboxing doesn’t even register at that scale.

So no, it is not allowed “because money”. It is allowed because Blizzard views it as an interesting way to play the game. That’s all there is to it.

[Rankin-shandris (Rankin)]

@Metalos-wyrmrest-accord

How is that even possible to control multiple characters at the same time without the use of some sort of program? And how is this allowed?

Because “using a program” isn’t considered cheating. Otherwise they’d have to ban everybody who uses a peripheral to play this game. Which would mean everyone who has ever played this game.

@Zenazin-wyrmrest-accord

The program BTW turns one button press into 5, so it’s one cone and 4 chaos bolts with a single click.

This is not how multiboxing works.

Each character performs a single action in response to a single button press.

[Zenazin-wyrmrest-accord]

@Rankin-shandris

This is not how multiboxing works.

Each character performs a single action in response to a single button press.

That is what I said… 1 button press equals one cone of cold, and each lock firing a chaos bolt.

[Aesedài-sargeras]

Nice bait, happy Sunday folks, here’s your weekly QQ about boxing.

[Gallows-korialstrasz]

And yet another MB thread. How exciting.

Steven Colbert Popcorn Eating - anim gif material

[Andrin-malygos (Andrin)]

what is a sealion i mean besides the animal?

[Mute-silvermoon]

I see them as the same.

They’re both playing a game they love how they want to and it’s costing me $0 to let them have their fun.

[Goulgrim-tichondrius]

I don’t see multiboxxing as cheating because they can indeed be killed. Identify the head of the multiboxer, kill that first, it doesn’t last long but it causes a bit of disruption so you can kill another. Always try to focus on the head.

[Glaivedancer-area-52]

@Sentroc-moon-guard

But the player majority uses bots in order to multibox

judging from that sentence, it sounds like you know absolutely nothing about how multiboxing works. Maybe do some basic research first, then maybe you can come back with a solid argument.