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Lord Ryan
True Xero
#21 - 2012-10-02 17:31:01 UTC
Alavaria Fera wrote:
Honestly I rat with three ships, they are all different and work together, I flip between the three clients (using two monitors).

It's still boring. At least better than checking on 20 mackinaws...

Can use please explain to Vincent what I'm saying. You know what never mind. You can lead a horse to water.

Do not assume anything above this line was typed by me. Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#22 - 2012-10-02 17:32:35 UTC
Alice Saki wrote:
Lord Ryan wrote:
Alice Saki wrote:
Jim Era wrote:
I think alts are bad and people with alts are even worse because they are so bad on one they need more to make up for it.



That makes me sad Jim



Right! As Jim's alt how do you think I feel.



No.

HELL No.

I may be an Alt But I ain't Jim's Alt.

Damn right, you're my alt.

OP, piloting 2+ ships at once is done either via a command-copying program to fly identical ships (ISBoxer I think always gets mentioned), or by the non-primary clients being relegated to very simple tasks that don't require much micromanagement, but provide giant benefit. Some examples are off-grid boosts, cloaked Falcons ready to be used if things go south, tanks for a mission/complex, cyno ships, etc.

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Lyell Wolf
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2012-10-02 18:50:01 UTC
Jim Era wrote:
I only have one character.
Not even filled up the other 2 spots on my account.

How am I supposed to be 2 people at once? That is ******* stupid.


Most people missed the point of my question. Yea i get dual boxing yada yada ****. I guess it was more of an RP question, which may be that this topic is in the wrong section or whatever.
Anyway, read through some posts, bleh.

Can't help but wonder, that's all.

Yea, probably wrong section of the forums, I'll post this topic in the RP section if I GOMLA
Skydell
Bad Girl Posse
#24 - 2012-10-02 19:04:51 UTC
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Jim Era wrote:
I only have one character.
Not even filled up the other 2 spots on my account.

How am I supposed to be 2 people at once? That is ******* stupid.


Most people missed the point of my question. Yea i get dual boxing yada yada ****. I guess it was more of an RP question, which may be that this topic is in the wrong section or whatever.
Anyway, read through some posts, bleh.

Can't help but wonder, that's all.

Yea, probably wrong section of the forums, I'll post this topic in the RP section if I GOMLA




RP comes in afterwards. Training up multiple accounts has its obvious motives in a roles type game like EVE and role play isn't one of them. Creating multiple accounts is initially about functionality. Role playing them is an attempt to make the decision fun because if you aren't playing a game for fun, no amount of l33tness will help.
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#25 - 2012-10-02 20:36:04 UTC
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Jim Era wrote:
I only have one character.
Not even filled up the other 2 spots on my account.

How am I supposed to be 2 people at once? That is ******* stupid.


Most people missed the point of my question. Yea i get dual boxing yada yada ****. I guess it was more of an RP question, which may be that this topic is in the wrong section or whatever.
Anyway, read through some posts, bleh.

Can't help but wonder, that's all.

Yea, probably wrong section of the forums, I'll post this topic in the RP section if I GOMLA




Generally when doing RP I only do one client. I have done more than one. It can get confusing, trying to do two personalities. Ive accidentally answered for character A while on client B, and so on. Then there is the practice of having a conversation between your two pilots. I guess its the same as writing a story with more than one character. You got to RP them all.

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Jim Era
#26 - 2012-10-02 20:41:48 UTC
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Jim Era wrote:
I only have one character.
Not even filled up the other 2 spots on my account.

How am I supposed to be 2 people at once? That is ******* stupid.


Most people missed the point of my question. Yea i get dual boxing yada yada ****. I guess it was more of an RP question, which may be that this topic is in the wrong section or whatever.
Anyway, read through some posts, bleh.

Can't help but wonder, that's all.

Yea, probably wrong section of the forums, I'll post this topic in the RP section if I GOMLA




That is what I was saying, I don't really have to RP much as most everything about myself and Jim Era are the same...name, bigoted beliefs, attitude etc. So I find it stupid for people who have more than one account.

Its for lonely people.

Wat™
Lin-Young Borovskova
Doomheim
#27 - 2012-10-02 20:43:26 UTC
Vincent Athena wrote:
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Jim Era wrote:
I only have one character.
Not even filled up the other 2 spots on my account.

How am I supposed to be 2 people at once? That is ******* stupid.


Most people missed the point of my question. Yea i get dual boxing yada yada ****. I guess it was more of an RP question, which may be that this topic is in the wrong section or whatever.
Anyway, read through some posts, bleh.

Can't help but wonder, that's all.

Yea, probably wrong section of the forums, I'll post this topic in the RP section if I GOMLA




Generally when doing RP I only do one client. I have done more than one. It can get confusing, trying to do two personalities. Ive accidentally answered for character A while on client B, and so on. Then there is the practice of having a conversation between your two pilots. I guess its the same as writing a story with more than one character. You got to RP them all.



I thought I was playing an MMORPG, you know, the thing you're supposed to play with lots of other people and socialise etc.

I think I just got scamed by some game for neuropathological nerds.

brb
Grumpymunky
Monkey Steals The Peach
#28 - 2012-10-02 22:42:26 UTC
War Kitten wrote:
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Alts, like the ones used on seperate accounts. I always enjoy a bit of reasoning behind the possibilities, so I was curious on how it's logically possible for one person to control two people at once?
May sound like a bad question, perhaps it is. But I was curious and I thought it would be interesting to think about such possibilities.


It's easy!

You first need to buy and train a monkey to use a computer and mouse. Just get him a cheap mouse, monkeys have trouble with scroll wheels anyway.

Teach the monkey to understand your commands, how to play Eve, and voila! Easy-peasy!
I can use scroll wheels just fine, stop being such a cheap prick.

Post with your monkey.

Thread locked due to lack of pants.
T'Laar Bok
#29 - 2012-10-02 23:02:04 UTC
I've mined with 12 chars all on separate screens just to see if I could. The coordination and concentration required was a killer.

6 is much more manageable, I do it every day.
.

Amphetimines are your friend.

http://eveboard.com/pilot/T'Laar_Bok
ashley Eoner
#30 - 2012-10-03 00:23:08 UTC
I don't use any fancy tools just a couple computers with a couple screens running multiple clients. I used to multibox parties with my wife via the same method in lineage 2.
T'Laar Bok
#31 - 2012-10-03 00:27:49 UTC
Lord Ryan wrote:
inputdirector., Synergy, inputdirector.


I tried all of them over 6 computers, didn't use them for playing Eve thought but the one I found best/most stable was Multiplicity

Amphetimines are your friend.

http://eveboard.com/pilot/T'Laar_Bok
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#32 - 2012-10-03 11:13:50 UTC
Grumpymunky wrote:
War Kitten wrote:
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Alts, like the ones used on seperate accounts. I always enjoy a bit of reasoning behind the possibilities, so I was curious on how it's logically possible for one person to control two people at once?
May sound like a bad question, perhaps it is. But I was curious and I thought it would be interesting to think about such possibilities.


It's easy!

You first need to buy and train a monkey to use a computer and mouse. Just get him a cheap mouse, monkeys have trouble with scroll wheels anyway.

Teach the monkey to understand your commands, how to play Eve, and voila! Easy-peasy!
I can use scroll wheels just fine, stop being such a cheap prick.


Ok, Ok... I'll buy you a better mouse.

Never teach your monkey alt to read and write. It'll save headaches in the long run.

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Irya Boone
The Scope
#33 - 2012-10-03 11:58:31 UTC
you cant' be two persons at once but yoou can be a Commander or amiral and being in your command room see What your men are doing .. ( telemonitoring ?) you know like IN ALL sci fi movies or series ....

CCP it's time to remove Off Grid Boost and Put Them on Killmail too, add Logi on killmails .... Open that damn door !!

you shall all bow and pray BoB
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#34 - 2012-10-03 12:55:23 UTC
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
Lyell Wolf wrote:
Alts, like the ones used on seperate accounts. I always enjoy a bit of reasoning behind the possibilities, so I was curious on how it's logically possible for one person to control two people at once?
May sound like a bad question, perhaps it is. But I was curious and I thought it would be interesting to think about such possibilities.


0/10. Not for trolling, but for asking a dumb question.



0/10 for being an ass to a newbie. Everyone was new once, and there's no such thing as dumb questions, only dumb answers (like yours).


OP has already been answered. Just thought someone should call you out for making this game a tiny bit worse for newbies to get into.

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Barrogh Habalu
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#35 - 2012-10-03 13:00:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Barrogh Habalu
I like how OP is asking about how to explain possibility of "one person controlling two people at once" and getting answers on how to control two gaming clients.

OP, spice up your post properly and post it in the Intergalactic Summit, I'll answer you Blink

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