We have all heard of the quad-box shaman 5v5 team. We have all heard of them, but we never really saw anything like this, this, or this. Quad boxing is the “art” of controlling four computers (or four instances of WoW) to achieve the same result. In this case, the result is insane burst. Capslockcrew, known as one of the best 5s team, went up with a quad box shaman team and lost 3-2. This might seem surprising, until you think that only a few of them need to really get off some spells to kill something. In these games, even though they lasted a few minutes, you have to realize that it didn’t take that long for someone on the opposing team to die. The trick with quad boxing is, you have to not only manage your different characters abilities, but also when to trinket, etc.. when one gets CC’d. Quad boxing, even though some might deny it, does take some level of skill.

Should quad boxing be permitted in arenas? I’m not really one to say. Of course it sucks to lose to a team like that when you are someone like Capslockcrew, but then again the quad boxer has put a lot of time and effort into leveling and gearing his four different characters. Even though it sucks to go up against a quad boxer, I don’t think they should be illegal. It does show, however, that the state of fives isn’t what it used to be, and that threes have become the more competitive bracket.

Speaking of 3v3s, recently I have been noticing some really interesting comps on the ATR. I came up against several comps with a feral druid, and even had a fluke where we lost against a Warrior/Feral Druid/Resto Shaman, due to us just being terrible. They were a decent team, and with MS and pummel, they pulled it off really well, however we went on to beat them a few times before we stopped queuing for the night. The ATR really gives everyone a chance to experiment, and it is really interesting what one can pull off to a competitive level. No doubt these Feral Druid teams have been influenced by our high success of our late Feral Druid/UA Lock/Disc Priest team, which we brought to 2000+ on the ATR before we dropped it to play a more competitive comp (Lock/Druid/Rogue).

The first day of the tourney, we decided to try out Resto Shammy/Ret Pally/Warrior and we won to a degree. With none of us actually playing that comp (or the classes) competitively before, I think we did decent. We came up against, and lost to, both Neilyo and Zeckz. We weren’t exactly expecting us to get matched up against them, but being the first day of the tournament, it is bound to happen. We will be playing both a Resto Shaman/Ret Pally/Warrior and a Holy Pally/Warrior/Rogue comp in the upcoming days of the Tournament. We have played multiple comps up to a high rating, and even classes we have absolutely no experience with, and it really opens your eyes to what is possible. It takes time to learn a new class, but once you have the basics down, you can at least compete with the best. We can only wait to see what the ATR is to bring in the future, and where our teams will bring us. See you on the ATR!

Tags: Rants

8 Responses to “Post Rating Reset on ATR, Quadboxing”

1. Aaron Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm

   I agree with you about quad boxing, and I personally think that it should be allowed. If someone takes the time to level their characters, manage four copies of WoW, and pay per month for it, they should be able to do as they please with their characters. In all honesty, if a team loses to a quad-boxer, that team can’t be that great in the first place. Maybe CAPSLOCKCREW was having a bad day.

   Now, on your second topic, the tournament realm is a good place to experiment, and I have heard more people than you say that. If more people tried out classes instead of the basic bread-and-butter compositions, arenas will get a hell of a lot more interesting.

2. Deadx Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm

   Read this the other day and thought it was a pretty good read. But on to the topic. Anyone doing any kind of # boxing is not only cool to see, but fun to play with, I currently play with Aelli myself and feel this is the most fun I’ve had. Also its fun seeing people QQ about him on differnt forums and ingame.

3. warlfg Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm

   Deadx: Thanks for the comment. I agree that quad boxing is really fun to see, and I haven’t had the chance to play as a quad boxer, or to play with one, but I am sure that owning someone within a few second has to be great

   I have rolled triple POM Pyro Mage in threes for fun on the TR (got really bored) and yeah, watching people die was great.

   Aaron: Yep, all valid points. There are probably more arguments for quad boxing than against.

   The arena is great. I get to try out these really goofy comps that people usually don’t expect to work. I hope to try out even more, and see where it takes us.

4. flakes Says:
   April 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 pm

   nice read, got any videos in the making?

5. xlr Says:
   April 24th, 2008 at 12:17 am

   Are you sure RLD is more competitive than your old lineup? Seems to me the newer lineups are better

6. warlfg Says:
   April 24th, 2008 at 10:23 am

   flakes: We do actually. Look forward to some videos very soon.

   xlr: I believe RLD is a lot more sturdy than some of the goofy comps we made. While we did do well, I don’t think some of those comps could stand up in a serious tournament. We made those comps during the practice period because we didn’t have much else to do

7. Flymachine Says:
   April 24th, 2008 at 11:18 am

   nice, looking forward to your videos for sure!

8. ish Says:
   April 25th, 2008 at 2:37 am

   Is the complaint against boxing that people box, or that they are running a comp like quad shaman? because as fine a player as im sure the above mentioned aelli people were, clearly 4 similarly skilled players would be able to achieve atleast a comparable degree of execution and probably be a somewhat stronger.

   As for whether i think its fair people run 4shaman teams and such, i really couldn’t care anymore and probably won’t untill s4 comes out and i have to struggle to get 2200 before i stop queing again.

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