The story is likely to have been heard by the GMs multiple time when they go for that #ban hotkey, but IF this is really what happened...I have to agree that this is a confusing situation. You weren't playing the other character or had any idea it was considered two-boxing. Maybe a warning would have been a better(kinder?) move by the GM but regardless it's their rules and their judgment, and this might just make matters worse. "One client per RL person", in my opinion you would be OK. But if you weren't operating the character, since it was on another computer on the other side of the room/house, is it considered two-boxing? In some opinions it is essentially the same as someone next door to you putting the char AFK.
To play devil's advocate (or this GM's side), if you had two clients up on one box (one computer) and were only "operating" one character, that IS, without question, boxing. Is this the same? Where is the line/what do they mean by "operating"?
If your characters are important to you, maybe from here on err on the safe side. Two chars under the same IP not being actively played by two RL people is pretty sketchy anyway. Good luck to you.
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12-11-2010, 03:04 AM
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