Crime & Punishment

One of the more common attacks I see on posters in C&P is that the OP is not posting with "their main". It is usually implied that posting with an alt makes them cowardly. Frankly, that's a lot of *********. Eve is well-known as a jaded, paranoid, ruthless game and stories of "meta-gaming" that are beyond the pale are hardly news. Worst case scenario is that you post something in a forum and trigger some psychopath into "grief for life" mode... which won't matter if he/she/it can't identify the OP's main. So by posting with an alt, you're dodging the worst case. That's not cowardly, that's just common sense.

Isn't C&P supposed to be the Mos Eisley of Eve forums? Don't criminals and other miscreants commonly assume a false name, to avoid perhaps, getting caught? Criminals and pseudonyms go together like *insert cheesy synonym here*.

Giving the enemy free intel is never a good idea if your main is into pvp. Anything you post as your main can be used by enemies in pvp. Forums are routinely checked by WTs etc. for any shred of helpful information. I've even read many instances of C&P berating people who were scammed/ganked for not checking forums first.

Posting with your main can also inadvertently close doors for your main. For example, if someone were to post about a corporate theft with their main it would certainly lower their chances of success next time. It could also preclude them from joining a corporation that frowns on people who steal from corps. That's obvious, but on a lesser scale, anything you post as your main could be a deciding factor when a corp is vetting an applicant. Could be you post about your cat and the CEO is a dog person. You just never know.

Now of course there are a few exceptions to this, such as "famous" Eve characters. But their worst case stalker-type scenario is likely not going to be from a post, but from their fame. So in a way they're immune, as their chances of attracting some online nutjob are already sky high. A post probably isn't going to make the difference.

Another exception is the player who has many accounts. Such a player has many "mains" and may even trade characters regularly in the character bizarre. However, many players have only one or two "mains" and therefore maintaining their integrity and reputation is important.

tl;dr If you're posting with your main in C&P and you're not rich or famous you're DIW, especially if you pew.