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Originally Posted by cd288
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Not sure what you mean by how would the box check go. If they show up to box check you and the other person is AFK they will usually just ban you (unless the person gets back very quickly and you pass the boxing test). Also not sure why you're referencing raid bots...they don't get popped for it because if they're being PLed then they're not boxing...any large raiding guild that is spending time leveling bots is absolutely not going to risk boxing them if they have any sense because not only could that lead to both accounts being banned but it could also lead to penalties for the guild.
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Fair enough, there might be a lot more boxing than I'm aware of.
The reason I brought up the guild bot example though is because it's exactly what the OP is describing: Another real person, in a real place, on a real computer, logging in a shared character and afk'ing all day while a different real person (the bard in this case) does all the work of grinding xp while the bot soaks. Guilds do this all the time, and I've never heard of a bot (or the toon grinding) getting banned for it, which would inevitably happen sometimes given how common it is to level bots (esp cleric bots) in this exact way.
What I'm saying is, how are the GM's supposed to differentiate between the above, and somebody doing the same thing with a vpn or whatever? What gives away boxers is that there are two characters who are both active, but never do anything at the same time. If somebody is just afk for like 8 straight hours, how is the GM supposed to know if it's a box or a legitimate shared account PLing session? They would just outright ban both of you?