http://gamernode.com/news/7465-wow-gamer-has-36-personal-accounts-cost-5711/index.html

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"One World of Warcraft gamer doesn't like to depend on other players when he conducts raids in the game. He believes he can do it all by himself, and we mean that literally. He has 36 WoW accounts. How much does this extravagance cost him per year? Try subscription fees, totaling $5711 per year, on for size. He runs 11 PCs simultaneously to control all his characters. It may cost him $5711 in subscription fees, but this doesn't include the cost of his electric bills and Internet connection charges. The gamer goes by the screen name of Bradster, and in his own words explains why he does what he does. "A lot have asked me, why create so many [characters]? The main reason is to invade Stormwind and Ironforge when they reach top level. I'm sure the Alliance will put up a big fight when that happens. We'll see how it goes." Bradster doesn't think the high cost of playing WoW is an issue. "It costs me exactly $5711 in subscription costs per year with 36 accounts on the 6 month pay schedule. Not bad considering I'm looking at it like it's a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft." He explains that many of his characters have leveled up quite nicely. "32 of my shaman are level 61. One shaman that I had before I started the 32 is at level 70 along with 8 other level 70 classes that I had. By the way, I have 9 level 80 shaman created on the Murmur PvP realm in the Wrath of the Lich King beta." Indeed. You have to be some sort of a tech geek to accomplish what Bradster has done in order to play so many accounts at the same time. And in fact, Bradster does sound a little geeky. "For my keys to send to all instances of WoW on my 11 computers, I use Octopus 1.3.2. Maximizer in Octopus allows me to start up all WoW instances at the same time or any individual instance such as if a WoW instance has crashed. It also allows me to shutdown all of the computers at the same time." All we can say about Bradster's fixation on World of Warcraft is, "wow.""

[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 11:59 AM. Reason : ]

10/13/2008 11:58:17 AM

i too have played WoW

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10/13/2008 11:59:34 AM

LEEEROOOOOOOOY JENKINS


thats the extent of my care/knowledge of WOW

10/13/2008 12:00:11 PM

baller as fuck

10/13/2008 12:01:07 PM

fail so epic its a win fail

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10/13/2008 12:07:14 PM

pathetic

10/13/2008 12:16:11 PM

ridiculous


i bet it would be MORE of a pain in the ass to raid a 25 man using macros.

10/13/2008 12:17:04 PM

never seen a naked woman irl

10/13/2008 12:17:39 PM

i bet he has



and i bet he makes bank selling gold, too. I imagine farming with 25 shamans would be retarded easy.

10/13/2008 12:19:43 PM

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"All we can say about Bradster's fixation on World of Warcraft is, "wow."""

10/13/2008 12:20:45 PM

trackball FTW

i just ordered another trackman from newegg when they went on sale for $13

10/13/2008 12:22:25 PM

I'm impressed.

10/13/2008 12:22:48 PM

you don't farm to make money in wow

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10/13/2008 12:24:42 PM

hasn't he ever heard of a kvm switch? jeez

10/13/2008 12:26:52 PM

whatever. if that's what he chooses to waste his time and money on, his choice.

10/13/2008 12:33:23 PM

You could say the same about heroin, but it's still looked down on.


This is down right ridiculous.

10/13/2008 12:34:57 PM

there needs to be a picture of the guy along with this

shall we place bets on weight and facial/neck hair

10/13/2008 12:41:54 PM

could

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[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM. Reason : picture found]

10/13/2008 12:42:32 PM

pathetic x 2

10/13/2008 12:46:13 PM

wasn't he on The Pickup Artist?

10/13/2008 12:49:34 PM

http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=14611

jesus christ

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10/13/2008 6:40:18 PM

I, too, have played Wo....wait no actually I havent

10/13/2008 6:41:38 PM

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"By the way, I have 9 level 80 shaman created on the Murmur PvP realm in the Wrath of the Lich King beta." Indeed. "

10/13/2008 6:47:08 PM

that is insane!! what would his momma say?

10/13/2008 7:10:39 PM

bet he stays warm in the winter

10/13/2008 7:14:27 PM

Bet that room's got a smell to it.

10/13/2008 7:35:25 PM

this quote pretty much sums it up:

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"You have to be some sort of a tech geek to accomplish what Bradster has done in order to play so many accounts at the same time. And in fact, Bradster does sound a little geeky."

i don't know anything about world of warcraft. is playing 36 games at once like playing 36 games of chess at once? if so, that's actually impressive, geekyness notwithstanding.

10/13/2008 9:05:47 PM

You missed the part about the other guy that takes it even farther!!!!

10/13/2008 9:11:32 PM

Inheritance or lottery money?

10/13/2008 9:28:00 PM

Epic fucking lameness

10/13/2008 9:30:59 PM

It's called "having an IT job and no other real responsibilities in life." When you make $65k a year with no children or major expenses you can afford all this extra shit.

10/13/2008 9:31:33 PM

When the economy turns to shit and he gets fired he'll be wanting that $5700 bucks a year back.

10/13/2008 9:58:42 PM

the ultimate chick repellant.

10/13/2008 10:02:08 PM