It’s irrelevant because what other software does or doesn’t do has no bearing on what the EULA prohibits in this game.
So you might want to see this part and consider it again:
It does not say
Blizzard’s public commentary on the topic is Blizzard authorizing it.
The one who spoke most recently. The one who has the ability to actually ban people.
I’ll give you a hint. It isn’t the legal department.
Go read the Blizzard response to that link you posted. Here it is:
I’m afraid we cannot comment about any specific software, Svenla, we are simply unable to give you a blanket approval or tell you that you shouldn’t use it. It isn’t our program, we can’t fully know what it does.
Looks like Isboxer was not given “express authorization”, therefore it still falls under the cheating clause in the EULA.
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You see mutiboxing while they see $$$$$$$.
You sure seem to need it, since you have no clue what you’re talking about.
Software that bots/cheats/hacks is forbidden. Software that does not do that, and does not inject itself into the client or its files, is not forbidden. A program that takes a keystroke and distributes it to each active instance is still only triggering one action per keystroke per instance of the game active.
No, they’re not. Because there is a difference, and your little fancy robot story isn’t something that wouldn’t be caught, sorry.
No, you just spewed the same drivel you’ve been spewing since yesterday.
It doesn’t automate it. Still one keypress per active instance, still one person controlling each character.
Having a computer facilitates gameplay. Facilitation is not used the way you’re thinking it’s used here.
It doesn’t alter gameplay. One keypress, one action per instance of the game active.
It is permitted by the verbiage of the license agreement, since the license agreement only refers to software and actions which involve cheating/hacking/botting or injecting software into the client to manipulate the client, which is what facilitation is referring to in this case, facilitation of manipulating the game. Boxing does not do that.
Good, so we’re in agreement that your opinion has no bearing on the EULA.
No, you’ve convinced yourself to see things that aren’t there and draw false meanings from them.
No, Blizzard chose to elaborate on why multiboxing is permitted. No more or less.
Nope, it isn’t. Sorry.
Don’t stop there… you missed the important and good part.
"Overall, multiboxing software tends simply reproduce your keystroke across multiple World of Warcraft clients. In that case, there generally isn’t anything wrong with it. It isn’t a supported playstyle, but neither is it prohibited.
If the program provides any kind of automation, even if you do not use it, that could cause an issue. If anything I’d recommend talking to the multiboxing community to see what their take on it is."
Funny how you stopped reading and the quote just before the line that destroys your entire argument.
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Except the intent of the wording is not ambiguous. If you can spot the ambiguity, quote, and clarify the intent behind it, please do so. Thanks.
We know Blizzard’s intent because, as you have been shown multiple times, they have explicitly told us.
Your arguments hold no more water than those of the putative smart alec in court claiming a queue of Norwegians constitutes a white line.
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I do see more mulitboxes farming Zin’athid than anything else as of late.
It doesn’t bug me so much but I do think in the new zones that Naz’oth is assaulting those herbs should be converted to Zin’athid to help with the shortage or over farming of that one zone.
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You believe that bots must inject themselves into the game client to be considered bots. I think you need to do some more research before trying to explain this stuff.
Can you cite the difference and reference the EULA? My fancy robot story? Caught?
Ditto.
Oh? How is it used? Can you enlighten everyone as to what you think the word facilitate means?
The ability to control multiple characters does alter gameplay, since this functionality is not built into the stock game client.
You have redefined the word “facilitate” to mean “memory injection”. I wonder how many people would agree with that. If that is true, then your definition allows a bot to run a second computer that reads the screen and issues keystrokes.
Correct. Nor does yours. Facilitation ~= memory injection.
Like seeing “injection” instead of “facilitates”?
Mental gymnastics.
Accidentally clicked delete on my reply. Re-writing from memory.
It’s relevant because, as you yourself said, Blizzard does not get to dictate what the words in the English language mean.
When Blizzard writes a EULA, or a GM gives clarification, and “per client” is implied, it’s is a problem when the common understanding of software, based on how the majority of it works (which is why other software is relevant), would lead the reader to not infer “per client”. Blizzard should have said “One key press = One action [per client (multiple clients are acceptable)]” and it would have cleared all of this right up. Doing so would have improved clarity and caused many of the arguments in this very thread to never be able to take place.
The funny part is that I actually agree with the argument you’re making in favor of multi-boxing existing. I don’t think it’s a problem at all. But since you’re not smart enough to realize I’m mostly on your side, you want to condescendingly tell me that my point is irrelevant when we disagree about nuance, even when you can’t even articulate why it would not be relevant.
I just think the clarity of Blizzard’s EULA and the words of its forum moderators were problematic because they imply things about how their software works which is not common to other software.
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His wording does not equate to express authorization and therefore still leaves the software unauthorized and thus prohibited under the language and wording of the EULA.
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You’re right, this isn’t a question. Multiboxing software absolutely does not fall under the definition of cheating in the EULA.
That is something you made up entirely on your own by redefining words to the point where they don’t mean anything anymore.
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I agree, but honestly it’s probably not worth a lawyer’s time to redraft that section of the EULA to address what is at best a niggling annoyance that pops up on the forums from time to time. 
You are choosing to ignore what the EULA explicitly tells us.
If there is any word, or phrase, or definition that you believe I have misinterpreted please quote and clarify it directly. Otherwise, the language in the EULA is still the language that you agree to when you sign up for a WoW account, and therefore more relevant than any other comment on the matter.
You’re ignoring Blizzard’s explicit interpretation of their own rules.
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I don’t think it was written by a lawyer. A lawyer they hired would have specialized in that type of contract and would know not to write a meaning that is outside of the common usage.
The Supreme Court consistently rules that the common usage is what counts. It’s why a tomato isn’t a fruit for tax purposes. Lawyers would know that. I’m not a lawyer and I know that.
The EULA is a legal document, therefore your interpretation is irrelevant. Blizzard wrote it, Blizzard has given their interpretation. Legally, that is all that matters.
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Notice how I differentiated between those things.
Jeez, reading must be hard.
Why don’t you? You’re the one who’s claiming Blizzard has a misrepresentative EULA when they don’t.
How you’re trying to apply it and how it’s used in the EULA are two different things. Which is why your point about facilitation is flawed.
Actually, it is. You can control multiple characters with or without that software.
Real shocker, I know.
I never said memory injection. I never related facilitation with “memory injection”.
Learn to read.
Never mentioned memory injection. Maybe you need to get your head checked, because evidently you’re not reading what’s in front of you.
Read above.
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