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Lady Ayeipsia
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:02:00 -
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You see this all the time. People railing on others to post with their main character and not hide behind a forum or other alt. This brings several questions to mind and I am curious as to how others feel.
What defines your main? Do you view your main as your oldest character, the one you play most, the one you most associate yourself with? I would think for some of the forum/eve celebrities this is obvious. But for myself, I may spend more time during the week hauling, pi, and doing indy tasks, but I would never consider my indy characters as my mains.
Do you view posting with your main as more hazardous or safe? My main (this character) is meant for pvp, in a well known pvp corp (even if it is not viewed as the best or most legit, we are there for pvp), and doesn't exactly fly expensive toys or implants. Attacking this character would be far easier on myself than someone going after an indy alt. So really, posting on my alts would be more at risk.
Would you prefer to see all characters on an account by clicking the character's profile on the forum, or would that be a horrible idea? I wouldn't care as my alts are seperate accounts all still training.
So what ate the rest of you thinking? |
Charles Baker
Federal Mineral Acquisition VORTEX RISING
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:06:00 -
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Main shiptoasting, best shiptoasting |
Metalcali
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:07:00 -
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I view a main as your character with the most amount of time put into it. Such as this is my main via skillpoints and what I've done with the character although I do spend time on my alt that is half the sp but more specified in skills. |
Anslo
Black Horse Enterprises-International
135
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:07:00 -
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Charles Baker wrote:Main shiptoasting, best shptpoasting
Here here. |
ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:15:00 -
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I think the idea is more important than who is posting it.
But, many who can't find a good argument against an idea want to be able to attack the speaker. Kind of hard to do when the speaker doesn't really have much of a history.
Asking someone to post with their main is simply the request of a lesser mind tbh.
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Ajit Kumar Bhattacharya
Metaphysical Utopian Society Explorations
498
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:24:00 -
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Metalcali wrote:I view a main as your character with the most amount of time put into it. Such as this is my main via skillpoints and what I've done with the character although I do spend time on my alt that is half the sp but more specified in skills. Using that criteria, my main is in an account that's been dormant for like 8 months.
Main to me means the character that you use the most in a particular active account. If you have several active accounts then the main is the one you use most out of the mains of all your active accounts. |
Karl Hobb
Stellar Ore Refinery and Crematorium
495
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:27:00 -
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I tend to think the "post with your main" request means "post using a character you actually use in-game instead of some dumbass forum alt you created to troll GD." Nothing Found |
Lilianna Star
State War Academy Caldari State
70
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:27:00 -
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Anonymity is a great weapon and shield.
Throwing it away is a terrible plan. |
Metal Icarus
A.M. Rebellion
247
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:28:00 -
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Real men post with thier main, regardless of politics or otherwise. To me, it would be fun to see a posting history evolve with which corps and alliances the person associates himself with. And how their demeanor changes with affiliations. |
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:29:00 -
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Lady Ayeipsia wrote: What defines your main? Do you view your main as your oldest character, the one you play most, the one you most associate yourself with?
I would define a main as the character a person started eve and stuck around first with. I personally sold that character so I have multiple alts for different tasks and no main. Characters are just like ships I hop into (LCO is my posting barge).
Quote:Do you view posting with your main as more hazardous or safe?
It's not a safety issue - but I want to post things with everyone being able to read up everything I ever posted when I apply to a corp with a character I actually use ingame. The internet never forgets, and whilst I stand behind every post I ever made on LCO, I often make sarcastic posts that could be easily misunderstood, slightly trollish posts to prove a point or sometimes post when I'm completely rat-arsed (gosh! Could you believe that?). I just prefer to keep these things separated.
Quote:Would you prefer to see all characters on an account by clicking the character's profile on the forum, or would that be a horrible idea? I wouldn't care as my alts are seperate accounts all still training.
I'd immediately start raging on the forums if anything like that would be announced, then biomass LCO a day before it gets implemented. You know... morons. |
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John Rando
Sigillum Militum Xpisti Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:30:00 -
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I consider my main to be my very first eve character. Everything else is an "alt" regardless of playtime or SP. |
Lilianna Star
State War Academy Caldari State
70
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:32:00 -
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Metal Icarus wrote:Real men post with thier main, regardless of politics or otherwise. To me, it would be fun to see a posting history evolve with which corps and alliances the person associates himself with. And how their demeanor changes with affiliations.
"Real men" go into lowsec with no modules. |
Andski
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:34:00 -
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forum alts are for people who lack an opinion of value "WeGÇÖre a professional Merc Alliance, like PL" ~ snot shot, 2012 |
Josef Djugashvilis
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:35:00 -
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I am but one part of a holy trinity - but my main is primus inter pares. You want fries with that? |
Josef Djugashvilis
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:36:00 -
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Andski wrote:forum alts are for people who lack an opinion of value
So you are an alt then? You want fries with that? |
Metal Icarus
A.M. Rebellion
247
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:46:00 -
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Lilianna Star wrote:Metal Icarus wrote:Real men post with thier main, regardless of politics or otherwise. To me, it would be fun to see a posting history evolve with which corps and alliances the person associates himself with. And how their demeanor changes with affiliations. "Real men" go into lowsec with no modules.
bait frieghter, best frieghter
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morons.
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:46:00 -
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Andski wrote:forum alts are for people who lack an opinion of value
I disagree (well - of course I do - this is a posting alt main after all).
That statement holds some truth for NPC corp characters, although I never look at the name before reading a post, and even found them to make more valuable contributions than some forum regulars that are actually used ingame (I recently saw maternerdguy in space in a ship he must have trained for - lol).
The point is that I also like posting information on the forums on how I do things and tend to setup base somewhere. If I post the information about what I regulary do on the character I actually do stuff with, it's openly available to anyone capable of using a search engine which would be kinda like shooting my own foot.
But of course I lack an opinion of value, so you should just block me if you haven't already.
edit: also, I think I just got trolled *shrugs* You know... morons. |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries Epsilon Fleet
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:50:00 -
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Lilianna Star wrote:Metal Icarus wrote:Real men post with thier main, regardless of politics or otherwise. To me, it would be fun to see a posting history evolve with which corps and alliances the person associates himself with. And how their demeanor changes with affiliations. "Real men" go into lowsec with no modules.
REAL MEN HULL TANK!
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Sara Palin's thighs
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:52:00 -
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I like me. |
ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:57:00 -
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Kult Altol wrote:Lilianna Star wrote:Metal Icarus wrote:Real men post with thier main, regardless of politics or otherwise. To me, it would be fun to see a posting history evolve with which corps and alliances the person associates himself with. And how their demeanor changes with affiliations. "Real men" go into lowsec with no modules. REAL MEN HULL TANK!
With no modules,... In a Freighter.
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Vera Algaert
Republic University Minmatar Republic
323
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:58:00 -
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it's nice to theorize about what a "main" is in general but that doesn't help much to understand "main" in the context of that statement.
"Post with your main" is about disclosure of bias and about accountability - so in the context of that statement your main is that one of your characters which an outside observer would expect to be most likely to have a hidden agenda (pertaining to the matter at hand) and/or the character that has most to lose by making bad posts.
No matter how much you play on your faceless industrial alt in some npc corp: that character has nothing to lose - no reputation, no credibility and can as such not be your "main" in the context of that phrase.
Nobody cares if you consider your "main" in terms of gameplay to be your high-sec mission runner - if you comment e.g. on the issue of moongoo distribution your "main" for that topic is your 0.0 character, even if you only log it in once or twice a week. I'm a NPC corp alt, any argument I make is invalid. |
Jim Era
Viziam Amarr Empire
885
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:59:00 -
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posting with main in a post with your main thread |
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:04:00 -
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Post on main = free intel.
Not going to happen. I don't care if you are too snobby to read my posts, there are plenty of people who will respond to them more reasonably. |
highonpop
Void.Tech Fatal Ascension
211
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:19:00 -
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Its not necessarily your "main" but just a character that is not created for the sole purpose of forum trolling.
If started back in the day when posting something on the forums that someone didnt like would pretty much mean a wardec or some sort of in game response.
To prevent getting a dec, or getting ganked, etc etc people started using forum alts to hide who they really were so they could **** post and not have in game responses to their **** posting.
I on the other hand dont give a **** enough to do this. I have a neutral character, but it is used for in-game stuff, like high sec markets and moving items to LS staging areas free from any wardecs that the alliance may have going.
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Very%20best%20of%20Makalu%20Zarya |
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Immortals of New Eden Rebel Alliance of New Eden
159
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:21:00 -
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Smohq Anmirorz wrote:Post on main = free intel. Like what? |
highonpop
Void.Tech Fatal Ascension
211
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:23:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote:Smohq Anmirorz wrote:Post on main = free intel. Like what?
I was wondering about this too.
How does someone gain intel about your corp or alliance just by reading your forum posts.
Maybe you shouldnt post sensitive info on the forums?
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Very%20best%20of%20Makalu%20Zarya |
Janet Patton
Brony Express
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:23:00 -
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I'm posting with my main right now and am not afraid.
This is not my original or oldest character. I rebooted back in Oct 2011 and this character has the most SP by far. My other is in a NPC corp with only 1m SP and quite useless. Only keeping them around because I started them back in 2005.
Seems like already more then half the post here are not with their main. Why do I have this sig? I don't smoke. |
Dennis Gregs
The Scope Gallente Federation
10
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:27:00 -
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The character you're most attached to. Usually the one you learned the game on. |
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy Caldari State
35
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:34:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote:Smohq Anmirorz wrote:Post on main = free intel. Like what? Nice try. |
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Immortals of New Eden Rebel Alliance of New Eden
159
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:48:00 -
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Smohq Anmirorz wrote:Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote:Smohq Anmirorz wrote:Post on main = free intel. Like what? Nice try. Wow, you sure are paranoid.
Just asking for a general description of the intel that could possibly be revealed by posting with a main. |
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