Multi-boxing rule question

Frug · #1 03-10-2014, 04:36 PM

I have no intention of breaking, bending, nor trying to get around the "no boxing" rule, nor do I want to whine about it; your server, your rules which is fine.

My question is simply, why does this rule exist? Was it ever allowed and abused, or to enforce grouping, or something else?

Again - I'm 100% fine with the rule as it stands, and am merely curious from a historical perspective.

Thanks!

JayN · #2 03-10-2014, 04:44 PM

it was when box first opened to promote people playing here also when it was known as winters roar server

August · #3 03-11-2014, 01:29 PM

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it was when box first opened to promote people playing here also when it was known as winters roar server

Wow, I had no idea that this was Winter's Roar. I remember hearing about that EMU way back when and was like maybe I should try it out. Then I went to SoD instead, maybe because WR went down? Fuzzy memory.

**nilbog** · #4 03-11-2014, 01:32 PM

This is not and never was winter's roar. I'm pretty sure that server was around back in 2003. I started this project in early 2008.

August · #5 03-11-2014, 01:49 PM

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This is not and never was winter's roar. I'm pretty sure that server was around back in 2003. I started this project in early 2008.

Noted. That makes sense because I started EMU'ing after The Sleeper server, which would have been late 2006. I looked up WR then and decided on SoD instead.

Galelor · #6 03-12-2014, 12:12 PM

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This is not and never was winter's roar. I'm pretty sure that server was around back in 2003. I started this project in early 2008.

Winter's Roar was the precursor for the eq emu Shards of Dalaya.

lecompte · #7 03-10-2014, 04:46 PM

Only one character was meant/could play at a time in EQ original

Thulack · #8 03-10-2014, 05:53 PM

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Only one character was meant/could play at a time in EQ original

i 2boxed in 2000. Had 2 pc's right next to each other. Usually it was my mom and stepdad that were playing together but when they werent usually someone was boxing another toon in my house.

Archestratie · #9 03-11-2014, 12:32 PM

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i 2boxed in 2000. Had 2 pc's right next to each other. Usually it was my mom and stepdad that were playing together but when they werent usually someone was boxing another toon in my house.

So did I. So did my roommate in college (had 4 computers in the room). So did half the people I knew back then. To say that boxing wasn't classic is a lie. But I'm totally cool with the rule because it does ruin the community and the server. So while it's a little strange, I support it 100%.

myriverse · #10 03-11-2014, 03:22 PM

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So did I. So did my roommate in college (had 4 computers in the room). So did half the people I knew back then. To say that boxing wasn't classic is a lie. But I'm totally cool with the rule because it does ruin the community and the server. So while it's a little strange, I support it 100%.

Pretty much. We used to tease our guild leader about his "strike force" even before Luclin.