EVE General Discussion

Why?

I post with an alt because my views are my own and could/may cause trouble for my corp.

Obvious and simple really.

I tend to read and judge a post by its content and never look for, nor care if it may have been posted by an alt.

To me my "main" is simply the character I like best, the one with highest skill points that I use the most. The one character that I don't have a specific goal or job for. I always post on my main because I don't fart sensitive intel, and have a very "public" attitude in general. It's also convenient, because I don't really use alts much. I can understand why a null dweller would post on an alt. In my case it would be security overkill and it wouldn't help getting corporate exposure.

Generally what people post with their alts can be insulting, or directly attacking someone. They're scared to do that with their main because they know there's a chance the person they've insulted might come and find them in game!

Also i think your character, employment history, corp etc, can at the very least give you an idea about the level of experience and knowledge of the poster. Alts are just faceless unknowns. Sometimes i find it easier to just skip whatever they've posted. If they don't have the stones to post with their main, why should i bother to read their opinion?

You know they say:


The Internet is SRS BUSINESS

EVE is not real, its a game. Real EVE character what does that mean? An alt for hauling, an alt for mining, an alt for PVP, an alt for boosting, an alt to sell, double, sometimes triple what he is worth (when he can fly a T2 HML Tengu) Why should posting be any different?

Hrm.. let's see. I got 2 active characters on seperate accounts and post on the forums from time to time... do I use one of those characters...yeah sure (mostly the one that is logged into the forums at the time for whatever reason). Do I use one of my (cyno or whatever)alts? Nope. Why? I just don't see a point in it. If I feel like taking part in a discussion seriously I do so. If i feel like trolling somebody I do so. If somebody figures he wants to wardec/kill/do-whatever ingame to me because of it? Oh well look at all the fucks I give... don't see any? Exactly!

Posting on an Alt to back up your claims can also be a factor. I post on all my chars that are relevevent to the topic. WH is my main WH char. He can back up his claims of being in a WH. Null sec is my Null Main. He can back up his stance in those topics, and so forth.

For all intent and purposes, ALL my Alts are considered mains. I have recently got a new Char. He is 10 days old and in a NPC corp. He is training for a specific purpose. What I post on him, his input is considered IMo valid.


This Char is my general poster. He is definately my Main "poster".

Actually, the common hardcore "mains" among the forum tend to be just as insulting and aggressive, so posting with an alt is irrelevant.

I created this alt long ago after posting my opinion on something (I think it was a discussion on the direction of the game) and my corp at the time ended up getting war-decd for it by a griefer corp that didn't like me disagreeing with them. When you have people like this that cannot distinguish forum discussion from game play it becomes a viable solution to use an alt.

I am my main toon, I would not have it any other way, watch you see is what you get.

To me, a main is the character where voicing your idiotic opinions will bite you in the ass the hardest. Therefore this is incentive to raise the quality level of your posts. If something's really worth saying, you should be willing to back it up with pewpew if necessary.