Question - False accusation of two-boxing by GM

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Of course, to be fair to Sam Da Man, I hear he just mines bitcoins now.

[Haynar]

Boxers rarely get banned by mistake. It does happen tho. Making you case in public forum actually will make people lean towards that your son was guilty. Expecting the masses to line up behind you, not gonna happen.

The general consensus on the server that boxing is the devil. Just how it is.

It was a short term suspension. That gives you plenty of time to find out the truth. Cuz next time the ban usually goes perm.

(P.S. I am for boxing. But I still wont line up, cuz rules be rulez)

H

[jww_63_99]

First of all I would like the thank everybody that responded to my post. All of the information that I received was very good and very helpful in providing me with an understanding of the definition two-boxing and what could be considered as two-boxing by a GM. It has helped me tremendously and is something I now know about and understand as I continue to enjoy my EQ adventures.

Secondly, If what I posted seemed offensive or as if I was on a crusade then I sincerely apologize to you as that was not my intent. The above situation mentioned did not occur to me but to that of people I know who play the game. After hearing of the suspension it did concern me that my and my wife's account could be mistaken by a GM and put on suspension or worst termination. We were fairly certain that we had followed all of the policies and procedures but wanted to verify that each of us playing our own characters simultaneously was not a violation. I am not what I have heard termed as a "Gamer" but I have been a follower of EQ since its origination. The term two-boxing or boxing was one that I had never heard of and when I asked what the definition was the explanation I received was completely different then the situation I spoke about. I am 100% positive that what I said was what occurred and I can now see how it may have been perceived by a GM as an individual two-boxing. This was not the case in this situation and unfortunate that this happened but completely understandable. Once again if I have offended any of you please accept my apology. We are all here because we are all friends and faithful followers of EQ.

Thank you to everybody that responded and I wish you all happy hunting.

Trevoir

[NegaStoat]

I was speaking to a player last night in a newbie zone as I ran through and witnessed them obviously two boxing a warrior and a cleric on auto follow. I paused to watch the 'players' go through some noob mobs, and I know buff bot activity when I see it. It was sorely blatant.

So I sent a Tell to the warrior and politely let them know that while they might get away with 2 boxing in the lower levels, it's incredibly certain that they'd get ratted out later on down the road and all that work will have been for nothing.

The player was bewildered as to why two boxing wasn't allowed, so I gave them the short answers. Druids and camps. Boxing invalidates the Druid as an honest "I like playing this class as my main" choice for any player really wanting to be one. The semantics and details are kinda obvious so I won't bother going over it. And on the blue server, PvE camps are already a tense situation at times with some key target loots, and if boxing was involved? No. Just... no. That's an area the server staff don't want to deal with.

The 'players' logged off 10 min later so I dunno what decision they made.