Way back in the day, I dual-boxed Everquest.  That is, I had 2 PCs with 2 keyboards, 2 mice, and 2 monitors and 2 copies (and subscriptions!) to EQ.  I thought I was hardcore.  LOL!

Take a gander at the screenshot to the right - here is a guy who is apparently 50-boxing World of Warcraft. I know, that sounds crazy and hard to believe, but there are some screenshots (and click the picture to head over to a forum that describes it in more detail.

I was surprised to learn that while 50 is certainly on the outside edge, there are several people who are trying to 5-box and now 10-box WoW.  It frankly sounds cool, if expensive - expect to pay $5K to buy the necessary gear to 5-box - that's for four more PCs plus monitors, KVM switches, etc. The forum site dual-boxing.com has pictures of more than a couple people who are 5-boxing the game.

Posted by scottsh at Sunday July 08, 2007 - 4:24 PM | TrackBack (0) | Category: World of Warcraft | © 2007 Gaming Signal

I've been dual-boxing WoW off and on and it's pretty boring -- I guess what I do is not really dual boxing, it's more like 1.5 boxing -- one guy does most of the work with the other one is in a support role; or using a very high level to run my low level toon through dungeons to get them gear and quest xp.

I really want to know how they can control all those toons, I have enough trouble controlling just two nevermind 5 or OMG, 40!?!?!!

Posted by PeterY on Sunday July 08, 2007 at 7:08 PM

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Posted by JP on Monday July 09, 2007 at 8:51 AM