How could you enforce a ban on tape and wooden dowels?

So If I use my laptop and desktop at the same time with two keyboards side by side... and be creative, I should be banned because someone doesnt want to do that?

Can we also ban everyone who doesnt play the way I want them to playstyle-wise as well?

You use the we can do what we want clause.

Yes, if those playstyles you want removed are things like ganking, awoxing and bumping.

The issue here is not "is multicasting automation". Even if we all agreed it was not, CCP could still ban it.

The issue is, going forward from now should it continue to be allowed, or banned?

Of course we should continue to allow it. I don't personally do it but I don't see why people have a problem with it, and I think this entire discussion is pointless.

For that account you are controlling yes.

Not the other 19 in your 20man army.

Those clicks were automated by a script to duplicate the original input.

The best reference was the "pedaling while on 2 bicycles" analogy. You can own 2 bikes, noone is disputing that fact. You can either alternate riding them down the street, or you can ride 1 to your destination and walk/travel to the other bike then ride it down to your destination.

I'm sure you could technically fashion a broomhandle across the handle bars to hardware comply multiple actions...

But ultimately, you cannot ride 2 bikes at once. Not without assistance of some kind.

The EULA, should govern that assistance, not monitor it.

Multiplication is automation if you have no understanding of programming then dont post.

The issue here is not "is multicasting automation". Even if we all agreed it was not, CCP could still ban it.

The issue is, going forward from now should it continue to be allowed, or banned?

bikes have nothing to do with this.

at the end of the day, multiboxing doesn't even come remotely close to breaching the eula [or, at least the section people seem fond of quoting]. if people would actually read.

We are talking about using a program to simulate the actions you told 1 computer to do.

so, nothing to do with bikes.

I agree.


Software that allows you to connect multiple clients to a single keystroke shouldn't be allowed.

If CCP is going to allow stuff like that, then they should build it into EVE.

This includes complex macros from mice and keyboards.
I could have swore that it was posible for developers to block LUA commands given from things like G15's or something? I know I've played other online games and the game would get all wonky whenever I used a macro key.


However, it would be foolish to do this now. I'm pretty sure that after 10 years of allowing people to multibox in a game that actually promotes the purchase of more accounts for alts, the amount of revenue they would lose if they enforced a rule like this could quite possible end them.

Does anyone think that only a really small portion of the playerbase uses this kind of stuff?
After many, many years of watching people in mining belts I feel confident saying that software that allows you to connect multiple clients is used on a rather regular basis.


They should make it a native ability of the client.

Stay on topic please forum warrior.

Edit:
This is pretty sad. I have never seen such a lack of reading comprehension in my life. I started this thread to petition against ONE thing only and that was Duplication of clicks via a 3rd party program.
From there, you guys have talked about fleet warp being duplication? Really? An in game feature is 3rd party software?
Ban multi boxing? Are you kidding? No one said anything about one person being able to control multiple accounts.
OP is just mad/poor/idiot/etc..... I use 4 accounts to play this game, I multi box, I have plenty of $ thank you for isboxer or more accounts.

i wasn't the one talking about bikes.

actually, the last time i stayed on topic it was deleted for being off topic, which was actually funny as ****.

So your reading comprehension is "selective". Got it.

no, i just tend to stop reading when people start going off topic, because it never gets back to the topic.

So by telling me that I was the one going off topic when I wasn't the one to originally bring up the analogy that you focused on, but only agreed with it... is you staying on topic and NOT being selective?

Tell me more.

what's to tell? 30 plus pages and people still can't read the eula.

And yet you evade still. Very well, I accept your surrender. And to answer your question, the EULA is fairly simple to read, just unfortunately the GMs made a ruling against it.

It happens all the time. Hence, 30 pages.

isboxed bomber wings etc are kinda lame imo

Do you know of anybody that does that? Because I don't.

In bomberwaffe we have someone who does this.

He messes up the fleet by logging in and joiining with multiple characters. You can see squads with 15 people ...

Yes I know of someone personally that does it and have heard of others.

Some of what I've heard involved goons. I'm pretty sure at least a couple of you could figure out how to make it work )))

I agree.


Software that allows you to connect multiple clients to a single keystroke shouldn't be allowed.

If CCP is going to allow stuff like that, then they should build it into EVE.

This includes complex macros from mice and keyboards.
I could have swore that it was posible for developers to block LUA commands given from things like G15's or something? I know I've played other online games and the game would get all wonky whenever I used a macro key.


However, it would be foolish to do this now. I'm pretty sure that after 10 years of allowing people to multibox in a game that actually promotes the purchase of more accounts for alts, the amount of revenue they would lose if they enforced a rule like this could quite possible end them.

Does anyone think that only a really small portion of the playerbase uses this kind of stuff?
After many, many years of watching people in mining belts I feel confident saying that software that allows you to connect multiple clients is used on a rather regular basis.


They should make it a native ability of the client.