One WoW player controls 36 characters simultaneously

[Da Ill One]

Long-time World of Warcraft players have probably had run-ins with "multiboxers", players with multiple accounts who control more than one character at a time, during their illustrious adventuring careers -- but we're fairly sure no Azerothian has ever seen anything like this. A WoW player by the name of Prepared, using the terrifying eleven-computer rig you see above, has begun tooling around Azeroth in his own 36-shaman raid party. When asked how he controls so many characters at once, Prepared was unable to respond, as he is an octopus.

However, he was able to share some of the financial demands imposed upon his single-player raid machine, such as his six-month subscription plan for each of the accounts, which runs him $5,711 annually. He also plans to pick up 36 copies of the title's upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, which he estimates will cost him $1,500. The price doesn't bother Prepared, who remarks, "there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft." Yes, like that black tar heroin "hobby" our uncle Marco recently took up.

Report: Obsessive WoW Gamer Juggles 36 Accounts | GamePolitics

[Shooterman]

That kinda ruins the purpose of playing an MMO IMO...

[Mikazume]

I wonder how long it takes him to log into every single one of his account's...

[Shooterman]

I want to know his ISP, they must have obscenely fast, reliable, internet!

[Blan21]

now THAT tells u he has no life what at all. That's kinda sad actually :/

[cornyjohn]

There are more hobbies that cost more, yes, but when you factor in the time actually played on each account... That's astoundingly small.

You can only play on one account at once, maybe two if you're good. That means it must take 15 seconds per account to execute an action, so:

15 x 36 = 540 / 60 = roughly 9 minutes per action, 4.5, because stated above, you can play 2 accounts at once if you're good.

What that means is you play on one account for 15 seconds, then delay over 4 minutes to execute your next action on that account.

Play for an hour and you get 60 / 9 = 6 2/3 minutes per account.

Quite a waste of money. Find a guild.

EDIT: Those laptops must have cost at least $1000 to be running 2 or 3 instances of WoW on it, so you figure in 11 x $1000 + $1500 per game... That's roughly $13,000 for a game... And that's a worthwhile hobby HOW?

[Reizo_PR]

Wow, that guy must bo socially inactive, almost blind, and lame. Lol at CJ's post, its true.

[Lyle91]

I just can't believe he would have that kind of money considering he couldn't have enough time left to have a job.

[Njordgreen]

Just WOW... if this is true this guy does not have a life. I though my roommate and i were obsessed with WOW but this guy takes the cake.