Contest for Reporting 2boxers?

[godbox]

see the problem with this whole thing is endgame for my wife girlfriend and roomates is just hanging out on a lvl 5 bard in ec selling and buying loots and running auction houses this is super unfair =(

[trollitc]

A 4 boxer? How is that even fun for anyone?

[Vityaz]

Originally Posted by trollitc [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A 4 boxer? How is that even fun for anyone?

On Live, when my friends weren't available to group with, I would 6 box a group in RSS. Bard, Cleric, Mage, Paladin, Enchanter, Druid. It was better than sitting in PoK passing out KEI.

If I could, I certainly would 2 box on P99... and use SEQ. However, with it being classic, and me playing a Paladin, that's a lot of time to risk over things that I can live without.

But if it comes to a point where I can't find a group on a regular basis, I certainly will make a go at boxing (flag my account now). I'd rather enjoy playing until I'm banned than be sitting with my thumb up my butt in EC.

SEQ on the other hand, well it isn't required for me to play and have fun so whatever.

Just my thoughts on the subject.

[Szeth]

3 boxing > 2 boxing anyways. Having the holy trinity is just baller.

[Flunklesnarkin]

I support the bannings. Send a strong message.


and no I'm not a rabid anti boxer... I just think they should go somewhere that its within the ruleset.


I was tossing out the log off if afk a "long time" as an option if somebody was seriously worried... to me a long time would be 20+ minutes.


If you can't see how it would be considered suspicious to have one IP exemption account afk for hours at a money / loot / dragon camp while another is out questing / exping / whatever... then you are trying to twist words give boxers some wiggle room to squeeze through.

[BarackObooma]

I blame this on the British and Canadians. They even have a holiday celebrating it called "Boxing Day"! Pure evil.

[erog84]

I am still baffled how there is so much hate towards 2 boxers. Yes it is against the rules, and there should be consequences. But from the sound of some people on here, it's almost as if those 2 boxers personally offended them IRL. I'm sure a few of you on this thread are going to call me a boxer just because I don't agree with you guys! I have a much greater issue with people who purposely train (happens quite often it seems), powerlvlers who move into a zone and just take it over (happens 100 times a day in unrest!). And don't get me started on trading/selling accounts. I mean seriously, we are against people playing 2 characters (even though it was CLASSIC), but we aren't against people trading/selling accounts( which WAS against classic).....this logic baffles me.

On live I boxed all the time because my first character, which I loved, was a ranger. Could never find a group until I had my pocket cleric to bring along. When the group needed a healer and had a spot open, I'd play both in group, but just as often as not I would heal outside group just so i could get xp on my ranger.

I recognize there are certain things about 2 boxing that are an issue:
- Leave one character camping Jboots, and other similar camps.
- People paying 2, 3, 6 characters at once. Where does it stop?
- People never grouping because why group when you can duo with yourself? (powerlvling has the same affect)

Just my thoughts. When I am playing I am almost ALWAYS watching a movie or tv shows because unlike 80% of the server(seems to be that high), I don't get high, drunk or do other stuff to alter my mindset so I can play this game.

Also the 4boxer Amelinda talked about.... HILARIOUS, especially when he admitted and asked to be unbanned.

[Deuces]

You boxed on live and you paid for 2 accounts to do it . Here this is free which means people would box much more then 2 if they were allowed to do it. boxing clutters up the social aspect of the game as well it hordes camps.

[erog84]

Originally Posted by Deuces [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You boxed on live and you paid for 2 accounts to do it . Here this is free which means people would box much more then 2 if they were allowed to do it. boxing clutters up the social aspect of the game as well it hordes camps.

Thanks for the comment, and I agree this very well could be the scenario. The free to play is a big difference from live for sure. But to play devils advocate (or should I say 2 boxers advocate), do you think there are many people on live who would have box'd consistently had they not had to pay for a second account? Everyone I knew that wanted to box didn't have an issue with it, while others would only box their friends char occasionally for rezs/ports/etc, and was fine with just having one account to themselves.

Perhaps I am being naive, I've just been suprised by how much people on this server dislike 2 boxers, whereas on my live server (tunare) it wasn't an issue at all. I've played off and on, on this server for about 2.5 years now depending on when friends get me to play or when they quit, so perhaps before thn (or during breaks) there has been big time issues with 2 boxers screwing up camps and such? So far I have not had any run in's with 2 boxers ruining a camp for me or anything else (it's usually pretty easy to spot them, and no I have not reported them. Not because i sympathize with them, but because I just don't really report anyone for anything.... probably due to laziness).

[Swish]

Originally Posted by erog84 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

do you think there are many people on live who would have box'd consistently had they not had to pay for a second account?

I didn't like boxing from the moment it took root (seemed in my mind to start during Kunark on live). Mercs on live was the cure, though I'm sure people continue to box with mercs added as well over there.

I guess I'm a purist at heart, the game was created so that you could meet new people, level together, raid together.... not section yourself off from the community because you don't like the LFG time or because boxing is easier.

Different strokes for different folks, but for me one of the best draws of P99 is not having to put up with that shit going on here. Like some mentioned above, I'll continue to report suspected boxers if I'm 99% sure that I'm right (you can never be 100% sure unless someone tells you, right?).

As for sarcasm on my last post, it wasn't meant to be there. The forums really do serve to blow an issue out of proportion, and as the pages stack up on a thread like this its just made more of an issue. I've probably reported 4 sets of boxers since I started playing... its not going on around every corner that I've noticed but it makes me rage that bit harder when it goes on in places like Unrest or Mistmoore where spawns are at a premium during peak hours.

Sure, I'll never be able to tell if someone is logging on their "brother"'s account to check auctions in EC and do some trading on the side, but chances are the more he does that the more likely he is to get caught anyway...*applause* for Amelinda for staying vigilant on the issue.