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It's so crazy I just had to make a topic about this.

Check it out: WoW in 36 boxes (http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=14611&s=2d6e4ca12c9ca5a2532d2cf037534136d8f4b62a).

And a Wiki on how to make such a multi-boxed set-up: Multiboxing Wiki (http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=410).

I wonder how people can still effectively play like that...that's like multitasking². :o
Not cheap either, according to the Wiki it costs about $4280 for that particular set-up!


PS: I'm not making this topic to make fun of people who do this nor WoW in general. I just think it's so cool/interesting it's worth posting. :)

I knew a guy who ran 5 shammies...but 36 is insane o.0

Yeah, it costs him quite a fortune aswell:


and


Blizzard's most loyal customer.

Must have some cushy job.

Besides the costs of actually buying all the stuff needed to do that, I wonder what his electricity bill must be.

Or a nice fat inheritance. Which could also explain how he has the time to do it.

That's really depressing...

Well, everyone has a right to do what he/she wants.

Only thing I find hard to understand how you can limit yourself to the same game for so long and not get bored. Or not get bored from leveling up 36 different characters.

It would be a hassle, although he can probably just pull an entire zone and chain lightening everything dead in moments...Still, does not seem fun, just a sort of I BOX MORE THAN ANYONE type deal.

That's crazy! He must really enjoy playing WOW. I've never tried it myself.

Yeah... No....

:laugh:....sort of.... :P

This is pretty nifty. It would be nice to have these type of controls for all MMO's.

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Thats just plain ridiculous.  C'mon, do you really need to play as 36 people?

I guess instead of going through the effort of finding a good guild he decided it would be easier to be a guild by himself.

Sell all 36 of them and recoup 1/10 of the loss.

ha ha lol :)

I've been considering the prospect of multi-boxing, but WoW isn't my thing. Does anyone know a good free MMO that's multi-box friendly? Something I could run either 5 copies of on one machine, or on old hardware (like, 1ghz-1.8ghz, 256mb ram)?

You could run Guild Wars on that. (with specs on low, though)

The advantage of GW is, that, after the initial purchase you don't have to pay subscripsions. Maybe not a big deal for some but when you're going to multi-box those subscriptions really add up. ;)

If you're into MMO's then don't hesitate to try out GW. It's a good game with a good community. For some more info on the game, don't hesitate to check out my review, HERE (http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/sirgin/Little-Review-6-Guild-Wars-712.php).

:)

Just plain dumb it seems like

I have being playing Perfect World (http://www.perfectworld.com) and it is free, There is some stuff you can spend money on but you dont have to. NOt sure about an old box but it does scale down a lot. I run PW on my PC at home and my PC at work. THe install is a 2GB download.

2GB?! Im on a dell from '04 it wouldnt know what to do...lol
Never played WoW myself but I guess to each there own....I can tell you one thing the NSA's probably jealous of that set-up

Many games these days hit 6-8 gig installs, even 3-4 disc games hitting 8-10 years old are over 2GB. 2GB is what, half hour-forty-five minute download for the average broadband user? Not too bad I'd say.

Methinks he's thinking RAM?

Yeah probably. A 2004 Dell would prob have 256 or 512 of PC2100 or PC1600. Nowadays most systems average 2GB of DDR2 as a minimum and most games recommend at least a gig for low settings.

Ok its been since windows 98 since i was really into PC gaming so all that PC# and DDR2 stuff you just said is drawing a blank stare at the screen. 
And no I was thinking Gigs not ram.. But the last PC game I bought new was Age of Empires 2: Age of kings (with the expainsion pack) so..lol

That's about 9 years ago but a PC from back then should atleast have a 10-20Gb hard drive. My dad bought a PC in...1999 I think and it had a 20Gb HD so you should be fine. :)

The last time I had seen a 10 gig HDD standard was around the launch of the K6's and that was before Win98 even came out.

I still deal with those kind of systems at work. Pentium 3 766s, with 10-15gb drives and like 128mb ram. They're FINALLY upgrading this month, so I'm going to see about bringing them home and possibly booting them off a network to run Ragnarok Online or something. There's four of them and they're the wide and flat form factor, so I could stack them. Or they might just stick them in the back for spare parts...

well slap my butt and call me sally, the dell (main computer) is a 20gig hd, the old 98 HP in my room that I use for the old pc games is an 80gig (added a slave drive), hell guess i need to look for some pc games now..lol

See, nothing to worry about. :)

I agree, Perfect World is a great option for those4 of you who don't want a monthly subscription.