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Hail the freak: 36 WoW accounts, played simultaneously. By a freak photo

I submit evidence of one man, which I am going to use to paint all World of Warcraft players as subhuman scumworms who deserve to be shot. This creature owns 36 WoW accounts, plays them at the same time on 11 computers, and goes on solo raids. He can't even make friends in a videogame.

The WoW nutbag goes by the name of Bradster, leading me to believe it is our very own Brad Nicholson. The 36 accounts costs him $5711 in subscription fees: "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."

Yeah, there are also worse crimes than raping a woman, but I'm not going to do that either.

Bradster also has designs on 36 copies of Wrath of the Lich King, which will run him to another $1500. He has chosen to do this simply because he wants to invade Stormwind and Ironforge. By himself.

I fully believe that when the atomic bomb drops, it is not cockroaches that will survive, but World of Warcraft players, all of them angry that the loud noise put 'em off their looting. Freaks.


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Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 10/11/2008 18:57
Meh, if it makes him happy and doesn't harm others, who are to criticize him for it?
rbrooks's Avatar
rbrooks at 10/11/2008 18:58
WoW...no pun intended.
DonHonk's Avatar
DonHonk at 10/11/2008 18:58
I'm a little jealous at that setup. Looks fucking awesome.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/11/2008 18:58
"who are to criticize him for it?"

That's what they said about Albert Fish, and look what happened there.
wilbo's Avatar
wilbo at 10/11/2008 19:01
i wanna run in there with a bucket of water and just own him
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 10/11/2008 19:01
@Jim
Not sure I should be embarrassed or thankful that I don't get the reference ;)
Vlambo's Avatar
Vlambo at 10/11/2008 19:02
Well, with all that gear, it looks like the guy has quite a bit of money. MAybe designed some Software thing, and retired at 25?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/11/2008 19:03
"Well, with all that gear, it looks like the guy has quite a bit of money. MAybe designed some Software thing, and retired at 25?"

You'd think he could buy someone to play it with him.
CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 10/11/2008 19:03
Hahaha, incredible. Thing is, in Wotlk there's gonna be a lot more emphasis on 10 man raiding...wonder how far he gets.

You mention the subscription costs - think of the gear costs too - insane!
Darksavior's Avatar
Darksavior at 10/11/2008 19:04
OMG!!! WTFFFF!

wow seriously...

dumbfounded
Cartman's Avatar
Cartman at 10/11/2008 19:05
Woah, I just read this article from a link in a comment, then when im done I see you were already on it, Jim.
The comments on the article are a good read, too.
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar
RonBurgandy2010 at 10/11/2008 19:06
How is this physically possible?
dgonchild's Avatar
dgonchild at 10/11/2008 19:06
This one of the most ignorant, ridiculous things I've read all year.
nebones's Avatar
nebones at 10/11/2008 19:06
o lawd....
Edarios's Avatar
Edarios at 10/11/2008 19:07
amazing, controlling a whole army totally changes how the game can be played..its like a control room..
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 10/11/2008 19:08
That's, as the Drew Carey Show would put it, "pathetisad."
Vlambo's Avatar
Vlambo at 10/11/2008 19:09
Oh Jim, he so crazy. AMIRITE?
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 10/11/2008 19:14
Where the hell is frued when you need him.
AKK's Avatar
AKK at 10/11/2008 19:15
That's fucking disgusting.

People like that are the reason gamers have such fucked up stereotypes.

Someone put the fuck out of his misery. Please.
CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 10/11/2008 19:17
@Ron:

Multiboxing software. Use one keyboard/mouse, recreates the commands on all computers. Limited use I know, but there are plenty in the game who run around with 4/5 identical characters and just own stuff. Personally I'd rather spend the money on beer or something, but each to their own!
Azereki's Avatar
Azereki at 10/11/2008 19:19
Your post is not accurate. He plays 36 characters simultaneously on 11 PC's.
lic05's Avatar
lic05 at 10/11/2008 19:20
Damn...
V3r1n's Avatar
V3r1n at 10/11/2008 19:22
that is... AWESOME...
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/11/2008 19:22
Azeriki: I misread that. That's even more funny.
mrplow8's Avatar
mrplow8 at 10/11/2008 19:23
I'm mostly amazed that someone has the time and money to do something like that. What does this guy do for a living.
Azereki's Avatar
Azereki at 10/11/2008 19:23
Also, what really makes this guy look like a toolbox is the fact that he uses the characters solely for the sake of raiding Alliance cities. That is so unbelievably retarded. That went out of style like 3 years ago. Why not use them to do something like beat raid high-end raid content? What a waste of money regardless.
nicojay's Avatar
nicojay at 10/11/2008 19:26
You guys do realise that should he gain control of the u.s. army's secret mechanised droid army he'll be unstoppable. Well when he's not playing WOW.
Iroquois Pliskin's Avatar
Iroquois Pliskin at 10/11/2008 19:27
IT'S UNGODLY!
Brad Nicholson's Avatar
Brad Nicholson at 10/11/2008 19:27
@Jim Sterling - I would like to have several hours in order to put together a proper response to these scathing accusations, Mr. Sterling.
saxiums's Avatar
saxiums at 10/11/2008 19:29
can anyone saw water pistol fight?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 10/11/2008 19:30
"I would like to have several hours in order to put together a proper response to these scathing accusations, Mr. Sterling."

Please take those several hours. I know you need to grind up to level 70 before you do anything else. :-D
IzekialRage's Avatar
IzekialRage at 10/11/2008 19:36
how is tis physically possible?!?!?!?!?!?!
Magesx's Avatar
Magesx at 10/11/2008 19:38
In a way, this is more impressive than neckbeardy. I mean damn, controlling 36 characters at once? Damn.
wardrox's Avatar
wardrox at 10/11/2008 19:40
You have no idea how much I want that many screens in front of me. I would feel like such a pro.
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 10/11/2008 19:42
OK, that's kinda awesome!

Frankly, its the best punchline to the joke of trying to get 40 competant people to achieve anything in World of Warcraft. Its a ridiculous meta game, trying to find a group and over come nasty class-based stereotypes (Hunters are useless, lol). He misses out on that social experiment and get to go straight to the business of playing.

Massively Multiplayer indeed.
NINE_X's Avatar
NINE_X at 10/11/2008 19:45
my brain hurts just thinking about that system.
DonHonk's Avatar
DonHonk at 10/11/2008 19:47
@ AKK

I think you're just jealous he has the money to do that.
CALkulon's Avatar
CALkulon at 10/11/2008 19:48
WAIT WHAT THE FUCK.

I kinda skim read and assumed he only played 11 of his accounts at one time...but all 36?!?!

haha, this gets better and better!
jediyoshi's Avatar
jediyoshi at 10/11/2008 19:52
Imagine God's setup for us.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/11/2008 19:55
I'm not intimately familiar with the workings of WoW or ways to assist your playtime, but I have no idea how you would play two characters at once, much less 36. Even if this guy is a friendless loser, I would love to see this process in action.
Teta's Avatar
Teta at 10/11/2008 19:59
And they are all shammans.
Jetsetlemming's Avatar
Jetsetlemming at 10/11/2008 20:00
Somebody needs to tell this guy about bots, jesus.
Does he make all his characters look the same, or wear matching clothing or something? Can you be chilling in Azeroth one day and see a clone army go marching by and say "There goes the Bradster"?
Toneman's Avatar
Toneman at 10/11/2008 20:04
Let's see him play them all using 36 treadmills like those other guys.
Paul Soth's Avatar
Paul Soth at 10/11/2008 20:06
A literal one man army.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 10/11/2008 20:08
Oh wow, this guy can control 36 characters at once across 11 different computers. Even if he is doing it all from one keyboard, that's some impressive micromanagment. Imagine what a gamer of this skill could do with a GOOD game?
The-Excel's Avatar
The-Excel at 10/11/2008 20:08
"Wow section" indeed.

I am loathe to imagine how much all of that hardware costs. Those computers could be put to much better tasks, like playing 11 H-games all at once.
Marioland's Avatar
Marioland at 10/11/2008 20:11
With lots of mone you can get:

Lots of Pc's capable of running multiple WOW clients: check

Lots of trackball mices and keyboards: check

Lots of WOW accounts: check

A super huge internet connection: Check

A stock of Mountain Dew bottles: Check

A life......................................No.
Monodox's Avatar
Monodox at 10/11/2008 20:26
Oh my...
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 10/11/2008 20:31
Jim is the type of guy who gets jealous he can't use a mouse and has to whine how the world of PC games is over his head by posting stuff like this when he don't really have a damn clue about what the guy is doing.

Oh can WOW runs on a cracker jack toy I got 11 old ass PC's laying around that could run wow If i played it.

Oh noes it cost to much oh noes.


So anybody playing that many accounts is selling god damn warcraft gold and rare items on the internet and is making 60 times more than he is paying.

and he is using bots and doing all this other crap that blizzard don't want him to be doing.

DUH.............


http://www.wowgoldlive.com/




that is his part time job you just don't know how profitable it can be.


He is not the first or the last to do it.

That guy is making more money than most of you people are selling crap he is getting with his 36 accounts.
Oni's Avatar
Oni at 10/11/2008 20:31
@Samit: I think 'weirddork' fits here better, actually

:)
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