Why all the Vitriol towards Multi-boxing?

[cd288]

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

Yeah it would definitely take some tweaking, but I just remember the original Verant sales pitch for kunark which was that you can level from 1-60 without ever leaving, so it's like okay let's see how true that is haha

I believe a guild on Green did this 1-60

[Mblake1981]

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

replying to a bunch of you:

I had 2 PCs and a laptop running EQ. 1 compaq and 2 alienware.

Damn son you have an impressive pocket protector. Do you recall the specs or where they so meaningless you only remember the brands?

[Mblake1981]

A couple of these and a Compaq Presario/Armada?

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[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Damn son you have an impressive pocket protector. Do you recall the specs or where they so meaningless you only remember the brands?

uh, well at the age I am now, I'm not proud to say that as a kid, when I said i wanted a computer, dad brought one home, when I said I wanted a better computer, dad brought one home, so on and so on.

I didn't start to educate myself in computer/IT stuff until i was like 20, they were just gaming consoles that you could watch porn and do homework on AFAIK at the time.

My parents were good people that worked hard and may have taken the idea of american consumerism a little too far. They were both children of immigrants who fled Korea and Germany during the wars.

If you are able spoil your kids, definitely do so! but I would advise making damn sure they understand where it all comes from before the age of 15. my parents died of separate natural causes when i was like 22~ then I had some hard lessons to learn, that I had to learn real fast, otherwise things could have ended up very differently to where I am today.

thats life tho right?

[Mblake1981]

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

uh, well at the age I am now, I'm not proud to say that as a kid, when I said i wanted a computer, dad brought one home, when I said I wanted a better computer, dad brought one home, so on and so on.

I didn't start to educate myself in computer/IT stuff until i was like 20, they were just gaming consoles that you could watch porn and do homework on AFAIK at the time.

My parents were good people that worked hard and may have taken the idea of american consumerism a little too far. They were both children of immigrants who fled Korea and Germany during the wars.

If you are able spoil your kids, definitely do so! but I would advise making damn sure they understand where it all comes from before the age of 15. my parents died of separate natural causes when i was like 22~ then I had some hard lessons to learn, that I had to learn real fast, otherwise things could have ended up very differently to where I am today.

thats life tho right?

It wasn't common in era, bro.

Not going to mess with your story here, I can't verify anything personal. It was your assertion, bold assertion that this computer stuff was normal, common and OK when most families might've had a single computer and it sat in the kitchen.

The house had a single phone line, a nice house at that. Your personal story is cool but recognize the difference. The argument was about in era stuff, it wasn't normal or common for a family to have more than one computer, let alone for playing a game or watching porno, and paying the prices for all that.

Consoles beat Computers (Windows Desktop) in the wars because guess what is under everyones tree? it wasn't some niche high-end Alienware with the latest 3D accelerators and sound cards, it was a console. It's Xbox gaming, you would think today with as common as being a "gamer" is then families would have like 5 consoles in the living room, all xboxes or playstations, and they just bounce back and forth owning noobs on COD or something. Nah man, they have one box.

[Mblake1981]

I did room with a boxer, he used an older computer for his cleric and played a rogue on his new PC. When friends where over for their D&D stuff they would walk into our computer room and remark about having two computers on the desk.

Hell, the cable guy even remarked about it and asked why our computers had so much ram. This was later, during LDON.

Maybe that is just a local story, my cool story.

[Trexller]

I get where you're coming from

nagafen could have been killed within the first 2 weeks of live EQ launch, like he was on green launch, at the time people just didn't know how to do it

multi-boxing was also possible at the same time, most folks didn't even think of it, because like you said most folks had 1 PC.

TBH I probably wouldn't have initially realized the value of multi-boxing, if i didn't have the friend who started me on EQ, you think I'm a "crazy rich asian" you gotta meet lil' Juntao, his family had a room walled with desks and computers. I was the poor kid by comparison.

This kid once sold a lvl 50 mage for $1500 in year 2000, thats what got me into buying/selling accounts/items. crazy times.

I guess I should have at some point made it clear that im not out here lobbying for P99 Devs to allow boxing on their server. What i don't understand, like the OP, is the vitriol regarding multi-boxing, or the idea that it's "unclassic"

[Mblake1981]

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

I get where you're coming from

nagafen could have been killed within the first 2 weeks of live EQ launch, like he was on green launch, at the time people just didn't know how to do it

multi-boxing was also possible at the same time, most folks didn't even think of it, because like you said most folks had 1 PC.

TBH I probably wouldn't have initially realized the value of multi-boxing, if i didn't have the friend who started me on EQ, you think I'm a "crazy rich asian" you gotta meet lil' Juntao, his family had a room walled with desks and computers. I was the poor kid by comparison.

This kid once sold a lvl 50 mage for $1500 in year 2000, thats what got me into buying/selling accounts/items. crazy times.

I guess I should have at some point made it clear that im not out here lobbying for P99 Devs to allow boxing on their server. What i don't understand, like the OP, is the vitriol regarding multi-boxing, or the idea that it's "unclassic"

Our guild SK sold his account on ebay for $800, had full planar armor. He was the only guy I new personally who "ebayed", which had a bad stigma attached and for good reason. I have and always will find it bizarre behavior, many older people blame EQ for starting many bad trends and I think they have good reason for it.

Anyway, your story keeps getting more extreme, if you truly lived that then I guess grats to you for living experiencing some wild stuff.

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[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Mblake1981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hell, the cable guy even remarked about it and asked why our computers had so much ram.

Maybe that is just a local story, my cool story.

just curious, how did the cable guy know how much ram was in your PC?

[Mblake1981]

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

just curious, how did the cable guy know how much ram was in your PC?

Because they had to install an ethernet card in one of them, then he asked about he rest.