naulab
05-05-2005, 05:32 PM
Gnome Fu - The Art of the Multibox
With the recent server merge between Brell and Cazic I've gotten in more than my fair share of bad groups. Normally I don't group with non-guildies much, but my work situation has forced me to. I've kind of gotten tired of this so I set out to become a multi-boxing master! (actually I did this a long ass time ago, but I figured for the sake of the story I'd set this all in the present tense… now if I'll be able to keep everything in the present tense with my lack of writing skills is yet to be known. Most likely I won't be able to, but that's not the point.)
Onward with the story! I've always had a second computer that I used as a tivo box. Screw it! I shouted as I installed windows and dropped in a new graphics card to get it up to eq specs. Thus the second box was born. I spent many a moon (told ya I couldn’t really stick to a present tense… or maybe I did) with my trusty shaman or cleric or druid or what ever toons my friends would let me box.
Sadly soon the newness of 2 boxing began to fade. The game got easy once again. Of the remaining challenges I was left to face two characters stood no chance. So, the gnome that I am, I began to tinker with running two characters on each of the machines. Something new! EQ was suddenly new and entertaining at the possibility of running four characters at once!
Many more moons pass (and a few suns). I once again become tired of only four characters… On this dreadful day (today actually) while digging through my closet to find my pants…which I still haven't found fyi… I stumbled across my old amd 1.3 ghz mobo and proc…. Hrmm I thought a friend took this, I guess not…..
Once again the fires of boxing fueling I set out to finish this computer to be! Asking friends for spare part I acquired all the necessary parts. Only thing missing is a case. I look around for awhile and remember I've got a giant thing of peg board! Yes yes peg board will work perfectly!
Bust out the hammer screws and bolts and I get to work building my new computers case. After many hours of banging my head against the wall, and running out of parts I finally had it all together. (pictures at the bottom) Yes my third and final (god I hope so) box is complete!
So what now for the gnome? Will I use my new found power to 5, potentially 6, box for good or evil? Who knows, only time will tell!
pictures! (http://www.luna-fx.com/thedsp/computer/)
sorry my camera sucks =(
With the recent server merge between Brell and Cazic I've gotten in more than my fair share of bad groups. Normally I don't group with non-guildies much, but my work situation has forced me to. I've kind of gotten tired of this so I set out to become a multi-boxing master! (actually I did this a long ass time ago, but I figured for the sake of the story I'd set this all in the present tense… now if I'll be able to keep everything in the present tense with my lack of writing skills is yet to be known. Most likely I won't be able to, but that's not the point.)
Onward with the story! I've always had a second computer that I used as a tivo box. Screw it! I shouted as I installed windows and dropped in a new graphics card to get it up to eq specs. Thus the second box was born. I spent many a moon (told ya I couldn’t really stick to a present tense… or maybe I did) with my trusty shaman or cleric or druid or what ever toons my friends would let me box.
Sadly soon the newness of 2 boxing began to fade. The game got easy once again. Of the remaining challenges I was left to face two characters stood no chance. So, the gnome that I am, I began to tinker with running two characters on each of the machines. Something new! EQ was suddenly new and entertaining at the possibility of running four characters at once!
Many more moons pass (and a few suns). I once again become tired of only four characters… On this dreadful day (today actually) while digging through my closet to find my pants…which I still haven't found fyi… I stumbled across my old amd 1.3 ghz mobo and proc…. Hrmm I thought a friend took this, I guess not…..
Once again the fires of boxing fueling I set out to finish this computer to be! Asking friends for spare part I acquired all the necessary parts. Only thing missing is a case. I look around for awhile and remember I've got a giant thing of peg board! Yes yes peg board will work perfectly!
Bust out the hammer screws and bolts and I get to work building my new computers case. After many hours of banging my head against the wall, and running out of parts I finally had it all together. (pictures at the bottom) Yes my third and final (god I hope so) box is complete!
So what now for the gnome? Will I use my new found power to 5, potentially 6, box for good or evil? Who knows, only time will tell!
pictures! (http://www.luna-fx.com/thedsp/computer/)
sorry my camera sucks =(