# Multiboxing Poll

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154 "2021-02-01T22:04:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Goe\_Rilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/goe_rilla/32/360069_2.png) [@Goe\_Rilla](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Goe_Rilla)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/141 "2021-02-02T21:15:25Z")

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> [@Cypherous](#):
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> Such is the nature of EVE, its mostly about who can bring the most ships to a fight, it always has been

It’s actually not, until what people **choose** to make of each fight imo.

Eve is thankfully varied and complex enough to make interesting mixes of content, not just a “pile on - you lose”…

> [@Cypherous](#):
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> Again, it wouldn’t matter if it was a single person with 4 accounts or 4 people with 1 account each, 4 ships shooting you is 4 ships, your issue isn’t actually with multiboxing at all lol

Say, let’s just imagine for a minute that I had the singlehanded power to field 5000 ships into a battle and annihilate an entire nullsec coalition in one stroke, just from my own one supercomputer, would you still fairgame this as legit and part of the game ?

Im pretty sure a lot of people would ■■■■■ about it being _slightly_ unfair …

Yes, even you …

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/142 "2021-02-02T21:21:54Z")

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You really stirred up a hornets nest with this one. Excellent job! 🕶

I cant find the clip of the guy who had (I think it was 20) accts with a room with 20 monitors set up and a 3rd party software that let him control all the ships as one. I ran across him and his fleet once in game. I went the other way. If still possible, that might be an exploit?

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**Author:** ![Miranda\_Farron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/miranda_farron/32/250852_2.png) [@Miranda\_Farron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Miranda_Farron)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/143 "2021-02-02T21:23:03Z")

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> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> Yes, even you

Nah, he would simply propose you were the only **1 person** in his 16 years of experience to have a problem with such a thing. Even though I am already that **1 person** , apparently (and so are lots of other people).

Don’t ask me how that works.

Your opinion that it was unfair would be based on you being some kind of insane 5g / flat Earth loonie person.

Trust me, been there, bought the T-shirt.

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**Author:** ![Goe\_Rilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/goe_rilla/32/360069_2.png) [@Goe\_Rilla](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Goe_Rilla)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/144 "2021-02-02T21:29:46Z")

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> [@MB\_ThePhotographer](#):
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> If still possible, that might be an exploit?

No no, it totally comes with the game !!

lmfao …

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/145 "2021-02-02T21:34:45Z")

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> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> it totally comes with the game

Which part? The room? The 20 monitors or the 3rd party app? I can add enough accts to make 20.

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**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/146 "2021-02-02T21:46:59Z")

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> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> Say, let’s just imagine for a minute that I had the singlehanded power to field 5000 ships into a battle and annihilate an entire nullsec coalition in one stroke, just from my own one supercomputer, would you still fairgame this as legit and part of the game ?

Hardly, because its no different than 5000 people doing it, if you have the resources to do that then fair play to you, and you would actually have a lot of people very impressed given the massive amount of inputs required to manage that feat, i would still deem it entirely fair and valid and part of the game

> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> Yes, even you …

Not in the least, if you want to come and gank me with 30 catalysts as a multiboxer then fair play to you, i’m not going to be more upset to learn it was a single player compared to it being 30 players than i would be from losing the ship in the first place, and i’m no stranger to unfair numbers being used against me its all part of the game and the risks i take by undocking

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**Author:** ![zazzmatazz\_Xu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zazzmatazz_xu/32/451037_2.png) [@zazzmatazz\_Xu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/zazzmatazz_Xu)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/147 "2021-02-02T21:52:41Z")

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2 max, anymore and there is an automatic imbalance.

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/148 "2021-02-02T21:52:47Z")

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> [@Cypherous](#):
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> than i would be from losing the ship in the first place

Good point! I am always more pissed at myself that I let them catch and pop me than I am at them for doing it no matter if it be a multiboxer or just a bunch of players.

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/149 "2021-02-02T21:55:01Z")

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> [@zazzmatazz\_Xu](#):
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> 2 max, anymore and there is an automatic imbalance.

Why? Contrary to some ppl’s opinion, I can actually run 3 pvp accts at once. Why should I be limited by your inability’s?

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**Author:** ![Shipwreck\_Jones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shipwreck_jones/32/274382_2.png) [@Shipwreck\_Jones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shipwreck_Jones)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/150 "2021-02-02T21:59:28Z")

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The 3rd party app that would allow him to control all accounts as one.

Yeah, I knew that there were people that didn’t like multiboxing, but I wasn’t aware of many there were or how adamantly they felt about it. Turns out it’s a very polarizing issue.

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**Author:** ![Buoytender\_Bob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/buoytender_bob/32/374377_2.png) [@Buoytender\_Bob](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Buoytender_Bob)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/151 "2021-02-02T22:01:32Z")

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Since it is far easier to get one player manning 10 ships than 10 players manning 1 ship, certain ship losses (freighters) would probably be significantly reduced in HS if the total number of ships able to be multiboxed was reduced. It wouldn’t be reduced to zero, but the number of people wanting their characters at -10 would have to significantly grow from its current ammount to be able to man a fleet capable of dealing the appropriate amount of damage. IS and NS would also see a reduction, although not nearly as large, as just gathering the needed number of ships/players individually would be burdensome for many.

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**Author:** ![Karak\_Terrel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/karak_terrel/32/373453_2.png) [@Karak\_Terrel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Karak_Terrel)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/152 "2021-02-02T22:12:28Z")

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Should have had a “How concerned are you about multiboxing for voting” vote. lel

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/153 "2021-02-02T22:14:07Z")

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If I vote with my alts, everyone would know who they were by the corp. 😬

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**Author:** ![Goe\_Rilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/goe_rilla/32/360069_2.png) [@Goe\_Rilla](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Goe_Rilla)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/154 "2021-02-02T22:17:40Z")

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> [@Cypherous](#):
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> Hardly, because its no different than 5000 people doing it, if you have the resources to do that then fair play to you, and you would actually have a lot of people very impressed given the massive amount of inputs required to manage that feat, i would still deem it entirely fair and valid and part of the game

Lets go a step further into the ridiculous then, see if theres movement in there still.

Say i managed to get hands on an alien supercomputer that could quadruple that ammount of ships and enforce a complete embargo on the entire games economy and playerbase. No one undocks without being instaganked, nowhere to run.

The game would completely tank unless my ability removed.

You would not be able to play your game until then, that would still be cool ?

> [@Cypherous](#):
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> Not in the least, if you want to come and gank me with 30 catalysts as a multiboxer then fair play to you, i’m not going to be more upset to learn it was a single player compared to it being 30 players than i would be from losing the ship in the first place, and i’m no stranger to unfair numbers being used against me its all part of the game and the risks i take by undocking

You would be upset if it meant you not even being able to undock unless my ridiculous ability gets removed from me.

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**Author:** ![Goe\_Rilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/goe_rilla/32/360069_2.png) [@Goe\_Rilla](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Goe_Rilla)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/155 "2021-02-02T22:20:24Z")

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> [@MB\_ThePhotographer](#):
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> Which part? The room? The 20 monitors or the 3rd party app? I can add enough accts to make 20.

The player part.

The choice to multibox, or not to multibox.

We should not have been given the choice in the first place.

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**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/156 "2021-02-02T22:23:55Z")

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If eve had started as a one acct game, then of course I would have no problem with it. But the genie was let out of the bottle a long time ago.

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**Author:** ![Cypherous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/cypherous/32/499883_2.png) [@Cypherous](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Cypherous)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/157 "2021-02-02T22:24:23Z")

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> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> You would not be able to play your game until then, that would still be cool ?

Even if you had such a computer its still easy to circumvent given game mechanics, but lets ignore that part, what you’re asking is, would i be mad at you for being a multiboxer, then the answer is no, would i be annoyed that you killed the game, probably, but you being a multiboxer wouldn’t be the reason

Aslong as you weren’t breaking any actual rules or actually cheating then sure, that is still fine within the confines of the games mechanics, annoying sure, but not for the reasons you seem to want to blame

> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> You would be upset if it meant you not even being able to undock unless my ridiculous ability gets removed from me.

Again, not because of how you were doing it but only that you were doing it, you having a super computer and being able to do it single handed isn’t going to make me any more annoyed than if it were the population of a large country all having characters logged in 24/7 doing it

Again, it doens’t bother me more knowing it was a single person compared to 5 million people, the end result is the same

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**Author:** ![Goe\_Rilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/goe_rilla/32/360069_2.png) [@Goe\_Rilla](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Goe_Rilla)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/158 "2021-02-02T22:25:34Z")

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And people can’t seem to reason beyond face value …

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**Author:** ![Daichi\_Yamato](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/daichi_yamato/32/252995_2.png) [@Daichi\_Yamato](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Daichi_Yamato)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/159 "2021-02-02T22:26:03Z")

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> [@Miranda\_Farron](#):
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> That very easily could have been the top result. More easily, in fact, as surely the multiboxers would have more accounts with which to vote?

You can check whos voted what.

> [@Miranda\_Farron](#):
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> Clearly there’s undeniably an issue.

Bandwagon fallacy.

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**Author:** ![Shipwreck\_Jones](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/shipwreck_jones/32/274382_2.png) [@Shipwreck\_Jones](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Shipwreck_Jones)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multiboxing-poll/293154/160 "2021-02-02T22:26:13Z")

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> [@Goe\_Rilla](#):
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> Lets go a step further into the ridiculous then, see if theres movement in there still.

Then that would be a reductio ad absurdum argumentative fallacy, and not a good counter argument.

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