EVE General Discussion

My main's name is significantly less awesome... and significantly less delicious.

I consider my first character I made and trained to be my "main" even though I only use it for isk making these days.

There are countless reasons why people don't post with their mains and many reasons others rage about it.

People complain about it because they want to be able to dispute everything you say based on killboards or X encounter/experience they had dealing with you in-game. The most controversial threads are the ones people whine most in to "post with your main" so they can use character history in an attempt to discredit the person instead of forming a valid argument.

Posting on your main also limits your ability to say certain things on the forum. For example if I say I mine ice in low sec and someone recognizes my main from a system they pass by often, there's a good chance they now know what I may potentially be doing and I just gave them free intel.

I post on my main because I don't give a damn if someone doesn't like what I say and I stand behind what I say.
I also use the same character name across all the MMOs, that's how much I care to stay well hidden.

Actually I have a whole personal website listing my main characters in various MMOs. For some reason I feel stronger if I am well known than if I hide. Come August 25 I'll (also) play GW2 on Desolation server, name Vaerah.

Alt posting may be slightly cowardly, but that doesn't make the opinion any less valid. You're still an EVE player who presumably has some experience with the topic in question.

I use alts as different personalities: profane inanities go on my almost-never-used NPC alt (Lysanne), srsposting goes on my main (nope), and RvB posting goes on my RvB alt (still nope).

Naturally, I am alt posting right the **** now.

My main.. hummm.. that is actually a hard one! My first character was started in the beta back in 2003.. is that my main? It can't be cause it got binned when the beta ended and apparently can't be resurrected (believe me, I tried!).. my next four or five characters? Are those my mains? They have names closer to my normal nick (no numbers and such), but were only trials.

It is pretty hard to say what your "main" is, however most of us have toons with which we are most closely associated. If you asked someone who ps3ud0nym is, good or bad you will get an answer. My main is the character that I used which is most closely associated with my EVE persona as represented in forums and in alliance.

I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards.

Anonymity is something that should be done away with. It teaches a lack of consequences for one's actions. And while I agree that giving your enemies information is foolish, I think being able to post stupid ideas behind an alt essentially encourages concealing who those idiots are. Do you actually serve next to one? Also, we cry for more transperency from our government, and yet we expect none from a game. Is that guy suggesting X really from Y Coalition? I believe it would serve to clarify who makes what suggestions and their motivations for doing so.

As it is, the smell of fish is sometimes over-powering here in the forums, because I know that not THAT MANY newb toons know where the forums are.

I consider my main to be my pvp character, but I spend more time in game on this account, and I'd feel schizophrenic if I were to suddenly switch who I posted with.

It doesn't matter what character you use to post with, (Main, alt, whatever) it's you that is posting not the character. People who yell "Post with your main" are saying they can't come up with an effective argument to your post so they use straw-man tactics and attack your avatar.

That is a weak debate tactic and only shows how weak your position is.

When I read the forums, I skip the posts of people who post with obvious Alts. Eve is real, use your real Eve character, else your opinion, story's and motivation are not to be trusted and your convictions completetly meaningless.