Web browsers? They don’t interact with the game or platform and therefore do not need any authorization.
To be clear, he says that multiboxing is not prohibited, without commenting at all about the EULA.
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Except it doesn’t. You made that part up entirely on your own by reinterpreting the EULA into a twisted shadow of itself.
Yeah? And? That’s my point. They’ve said that multiboxing is allowed. They’ve also never said that multiboxing can only be done through hardware. That means that they’re authorizing the use of multiboxing software.
So looking up something on Wowhead doesn’t facilitate gameplay in any way?
are you going to address the fact that these innocent botters sold a service to WoW players using WoW?
Unfortunately a fan-based wiki would not be considered express authorization in any sense. If they wanted to expressly allow it, they could easily do so. But they don’t, and actively avoid it by refusing to comment on specific software. All the while the EULA expressly forbids it.
So you have to draw your own conclusions about why this discrepancy exists.
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Expressly? Show me. I seem to have missed anything in the EULA which expressly mentions multiboxing at all.
expressly
adverb
ex·press·ly | \ ik-ˈspres-lēDefinition of expressly
1 : in an express manner : explicitly
“expressly rejected the proposal”2 : for the express purpose : particularly, specifically
“made expressly for me”Synonyms: explicitly, clearly, directly, plainly, distinctly, unambiguously
Providing a link to that fan-based wiki on their official website is a tacit approval of the contents of that third party site.
Easy. No such discrepancy actually exists. It’s just some mountain you’ve carefully crafted out of an imaginary molehill.
Blizzard does actively support addons, though. They use the WoW API which is supported. They may not support them very well, but they will help people with using the API.
Projecting. That person made straight up better points than you in fewer words lol…
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Devs confirmed it on these very forums. The fan-based wiki, while not a credible primary source by any means, is just regurgitating the info.
They are. It is allowed.
Because it’s third-party that Blizzard themselves will not go out of their way to spend money, time, and energy in order to do so.
It would be like if Blizzard has to endorse each and every individual addon just so that it’s Blizzard™ approved, according to this expectation that you have set up for them. In that case, they would just bake this level of customization into the settings menu.
What they instead do is allow addons to be able to use “x” information, which limits what the addons are able to do.
In the case of multiboxing, the same ethos applies. They won’t go out of their way to make their own multiboxing software because it’s a waste of time. Instead, they will, again, limit what third party software is able to do. One key stroke, per account. If the software automates this process by any other means, it could be botting. But it’s not. Because one key still = one action per account.
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In many cases other documents written by the author(s) of a legal document have been examined to discover the intent of those authors, to guide the court’s decision.
In the case of tomatoes, common usage was used because that was the only guide to intent. When the author(s) have specified their intent, any documents they made containing that specification gain legal import.
Unlike others, nobody can tell me that the thing doesn’t say what I see written in plain english. It doesn’t matter who says my interpretation is wrong unless they can say exactly how and back it up with quotes and definitions as I’ve done, the EULA says what it says.
Blizzard choosing not to enforce the Cheating clause against multiboxers even though it is prohibited is not the same as multiboxing software being “allowed”.
how much clearer do we have to explain it? I mean should we write it out in red crayon?
BLIZZARD DOES NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORT MULTIBOXING BUT THEY ALSO DO NOT BAN IT
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I am guessing they would tell me to send my questions regarding the EULA to the Blizzard legal department which would then ignore me.
Uh… what? I think you may have sprained something while jumping to that conclusion.
They don’t just “not enforce” cheating in regards to multiboxing, they have expressly stated many times over that multiboxing is allowed. Further, they have never stated that multiboxing can only be accomplished through hardware, so that means they are fine with multiboxing software as well.
So, once again, you are making up your twisted interpretation of the EULA that has no correlation with the actual EULA and acting like we’re the ones who are mad because we want to stick with what Blizzard has written.
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Wog, this has been entertaining. I mean this in the nicest way possible, sometimes you can admit when you are wrong. I’ve done it before. My pride is not worth my dignity.
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It’s wrong that any company’s EULA is backed with the penalties of criminal copyright laws which were not designed or written for that purpose.
Yeah, you didn’t even try. Are you scared to ask Blizzard questions? I asked, they didn’t ignore me.
This has been happening since the start of the expansion. IT is a problem, and any ethically bound company would do something about it. Unfortunately for us, business culture has convinced people that as long as anything is legal, and they can make money off of it, then people should, regardless of anything else.