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Lady Ayeipsia
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
323
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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
202
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Posted - 2012.08.16 19:06:00 -
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Main shiptoasting, best shiptoasting |
Metalcali
5
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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
2
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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. |
Large Collidable Object
morons.
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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
1
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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
4371
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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
422
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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
422
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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
52
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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
4
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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
34
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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
46
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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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ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:50:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote: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.
Yes, only very few Eve players are paranoid. |
Qvar Dar'Zanar
EVE University Ivy League
85
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:53:00 -
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Beware, by posting with your main you could reveal the corp and alliance you belong to!
(Sarcasm intended) |
Montevius Williams
Eclipse Industrial Inc
318
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Posted - 2012.08.16 20:59:00 -
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Your main is whoever you feel is your main. Other people do not define who my main character is because other people do not pay my 15 dollars a month bill to play this game. "The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB |
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy Caldari State
35
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:00:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote: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.
Yes, apparently I am. I'm have trouble finding anyone else in high sec who thinks they should hit d-scan. |
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Immortals of New Eden Rebel Alliance of New Eden
159
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:01:00 -
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ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin wrote:Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote: Wow, you sure are paranoid.
Just asking for a general description of the intel that could possibly be revealed by posting with a main.
Yes, only very few Eve players are paranoid. There's a term called "healthy paranoia".
Sometimes paranoia goes beyond that healthy area, and usually is marked by unreasonableness.
So until Smohq tells me what information could be somehow revealed by posting on a main, I'm going to assume it's unhealthy paranoia. |
Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy Caldari State
35
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:07:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote:ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin wrote:Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote: Wow, you sure are paranoid.
Just asking for a general description of the intel that could possibly be revealed by posting with a main.
Yes, only very few Eve players are paranoid. There's a term called "healthy paranoia". Sometimes paranoia goes beyond that healthy area, and usually is marked by unreasonableness. So until Smohq tells me what information could be somehow revealed by posting on a main, I'm going to assume it's unhealthy paranoia.
And I'm not going to care what you think about it. |
Zombie Lord Ryan
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
8
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:10:00 -
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I BIOed my first. Sold my second after a year or so of use. Couldn't tell you how many I've had since. My main is whichever of the current +25 characters I have logged in. |
ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
4
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:12:00 -
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Cadfael Maelgwyn wrote:...So until Smohq tells me what information could be somehow revealed by posting on a main, I'm going to assume it's unhealthy paranoia.
That's just crazy talk.
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Rats
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
149
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:13:00 -
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Well kind of complicated right now but normally I post with my main which is my first character created in Eve
Tal -áI Fought the Law, and the Law Won... -áTalon Silverhawk-á |
Cadfael Maelgwyn
Immortals of New Eden Rebel Alliance of New Eden
159
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:14:00 -
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Smohq Anmirorz wrote:And I'm not going to care what you think about it. OK.
I was just curious, no reason to get all uppity about it. |
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Hypercake Mix
Magical Rainbow Bakery
15
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:23:00 -
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My main's name is significantly less cool... and significantly less delicious. |
James 315
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
2398
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:27:00 -
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This thread speaks to me. People are always accusing me of being someone else's alt, but I'm not! I'm my own man.
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ MinerBumping.com -½-½-½-½-½-½-½-½-½-½The daily saga of one man's quest to bring civilization to highsec by bumping miners out of range. |
Whar Target
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
34
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:28:00 -
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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.
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MadMuppet
Universal Freelance CONSORTIUM UNIVERSALIS
520
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:29:00 -
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I only post with my main because I'm too lazy to change to an alt.
Oh and my first toon on an account is my main. If I tried to make a type of coffee that made all of you happy, and you rated it, the group score for it would be about 60 out of 100. Break into 3 or 4 coffee clusters, and made coffee just for each cluster, the scores would go from 60 to 78. The difference between coffee at 60 and coffee at 78 is a difference between coffee that makes you wince or makes you happy. |
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
1865
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:44:00 -
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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. Auditing | Collateral holding and insurance | Consulting | PLEX for Good Charity
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CATPAIN KIRK
State War Academy Caldari State
79
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:45:00 -
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MadMuppet wrote:I only post with my main because I'm too lazy to change to an alt.
Oh and my first toon on an account is my main.
QTF - saem here |
Lysanne Reqetta
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
41
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Posted - 2012.08.16 21:48:00 -
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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. The bep train's a'comin' for you boy! |
Jonah Gravenstein
745
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Posted - 2012.08.16 22:18:00 -
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My main is the character I've put the most time playing recently, not always my first character.
and real men corpsetank. War hasn't been fought this badly since Olaf the Hairy, High Chief of all the Vikings, accidentally ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside. |
ps3ud0nym
O C C U P Y Tribal Band
98
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Posted - 2012.08.16 22:25:00 -
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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. |
General Isk
State War Academy Caldari State
0
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Posted - 2012.08.16 22:34:00 -
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who cares... post on an alt to troll the trolls. This forum is mainly trolls anyway at least GD is anyway. <------ another alt deal with it or close page fool |
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Xen Solarus
Inner 5phere
135
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Posted - 2012.08.16 23:48:00 -
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I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards. |
KIller Wabbit
The Scope Gallente Federation
40
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Posted - 2012.08.16 23:49:00 -
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Zombie Lord Ryan wrote:I BIOed my first. Sold my second after a year or so of use. Couldn't tell you how many I've had since. My main is whichever of the current +25 characters I have logged in.
The selling of characters totally invalidates the idea of a main. As in the game, you never really know who is behind a character in the forums.
So best to only go with the ideas presented by a character in a single thread. Even thread to thread the character may be different.
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Jimmy Gunsmythe
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
133
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Posted - 2012.08.16 23:55:00 -
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Lilianna Star wrote:Anonymity is a great weapon and shield.
Throwing it away is a terrible plan.
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. A good predator knows how to live in balance with his prey, lest he follow them into oblivion. |
Jack Miton
Bite Me inc Elysian Empire
470
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Posted - 2012.08.16 23:55:00 -
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Your main is the name you use on comms. |
Xinivrae
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
179
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Posted - 2012.08.17 00:55:00 -
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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. |
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
1273
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Posted - 2012.08.17 01:54:00 -
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Xinivrae wrote: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. Oddly, my "pvp character" who can fly battleships in fleets, does nothing of the sort.
Meanwhile a random alt which somehow trained into bombers is all I (non-isk farm) on now. It's very odd. Those who cannot adapt become victims of Evolugalbugaslugakjlwsdhvbzxd Click for old school EVE Portraits: http://jadeconstantine.web44.net/Maison.htm |
Planktal
Kenshao Industries Galactic Acqisition Specialists
35
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Posted - 2012.08.17 05:47:00 -
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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. Here sanity, nice sanity.....*THWOOK* Got the bastard |
Mara Rinn
Native Freshfood Minmatar Republic
1780
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Posted - 2012.08.17 06:33:00 -
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I posted on my main, my corp got wardecced (and the attackers blamed me), and now I find myself back in an NPC corp. So apparently posting on your main can be hazardous . Though I have posted on my main since before I subscribed, this is the first time anyone has taken action based on some vague evil I am supposed to have committed on the forums.
Other reasons for GÇ£post on your mainGÇ¥ are the ability to look up the poster on killboards and ridicule their fits and losses.
For me, the main character is some combination of the one you play the most hours on, the one you have most SP trained on, and the one that most of your ingame friends associate with you. Day 0 advice for new players: Day 0 Advice for New Players |
Kryss Darkdust
The Skulls
113
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Posted - 2012.08.17 06:56:00 -
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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. |
Kryss Darkdust
The Skulls
113
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Posted - 2012.08.17 06:58:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:I posted on my main, my corp got wardecced (and the attackers blamed me), and now I find myself back in an NPC corp. So apparently posting on your main can be hazardous . Though I have posted on my main since before I subscribed, this is the first time anyone has taken action based on some vague evil I am supposed to have committed on the forums. Other reasons for GÇ£post on your mainGÇ¥ are the ability to look up the poster on killboards and ridicule their fits and losses. For me, the main character is some combination of the one you play the most hours on, the one you have most SP trained on, and the one that most of your ingame friends associate with you.
Getting War deced for your mouth is a right of passage in Eve, by punking out and going back to posting alts you have not graduated. |
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Josef Djugashvilis
The Scope Gallente Federation
427
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Posted - 2012.08.17 07:01:00 -
[61] - Quote
Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards.
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. You want fries with that? |
George Costanza Jaypeg
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2012.08.17 07:06:00 -
[62] - Quote
It is just safer to shiptoast with your alt. You can say what you want without someone trying to get back at you for it for whatever reason |
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
40
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Posted - 2012.08.17 07:56:00 -
[63] - Quote
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. |
Merovee
Gorthaur Legion Of Mordor
42
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Posted - 2012.08.17 08:07:00 -
[64] - Quote
This is my main (1st toon), but my alt ended up with more SP & history. Wasn't till I got an 2nd acct. that started to skill him. All I wanted to do was skill my alt as a miner, but one skill lead to another. |
Xen Solarus
Inner 5phere
136
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Posted - 2012.08.18 08:55:00 -
[65] - Quote
Josef Djugashvilis wrote:Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards. Why?
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?
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Josef Djugashvilis
The Scope Gallente Federation
429
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Posted - 2012.08.18 09:21:00 -
[66] - Quote
Xen Solarus wrote:Josef Djugashvilis wrote:Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards. Why? 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?
No problem.
Don't want to read a post? then don't.
Eve is a sandbox, you are free to read, or not read whatever you wish.
You want fries with that? |
Ashera Yune
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
35
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Posted - 2012.08.18 09:53:00 -
[67] - Quote
You know they say:
The Internet is SRS BUSINESS |
Syler Puuntai
Nomadic Asylum Still Censored
37
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Posted - 2012.08.18 09:57:00 -
[68] - Quote
I would post with my "main", but his account is inactive. Regardless they share the same surname and is in the same corp. |
Caucus Prime
State War Academy Caldari State
11
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Posted - 2012.08.18 10:18:00 -
[69] - Quote
Kryss Darkdust wrote: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.
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? |
Spectre80
Shadows Of The Federation Drunk 'n' Disorderly
78
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Posted - 2012.08.18 10:35:00 -
[70] - Quote
posting with alt is common because of the sociopathic nature of eve community. someone doesnt like your post and he can haunt you long time in game. thats one reason and second reason i can think is that alliance or corporation character is in prohibits any forum posting. |
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Kaahles
Retarded Extemely Dangerous The Unthinkables
12
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Posted - 2012.08.18 11:14:00 -
[71] - Quote
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! |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
1069
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Posted - 2012.08.18 11:29:00 -
[72] - Quote
Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards.
People that espouse simple generalities are simpletons.
I find that without a good mob to provide one for them, most people would have no mentality at all. |
malcovas Henderson
Smoking Minerals Syndicate Cannabis Legionis
161
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Posted - 2012.08.18 11:59:00 -
[73] - Quote
Xen Solarus wrote:Josef Djugashvilis wrote:Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards. Why? 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?
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". |
Lin-Young Borovskova
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
659
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Posted - 2012.08.18 13:19:00 -
[74] - Quote
This is my Eve O-forums main, so what's the fuss about? brb |
MatrixSkye Mk2
Republic University Minmatar Republic
348
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Posted - 2012.08.18 13:23:00 -
[75] - Quote
Xen Solarus wrote:Josef Djugashvilis wrote:Xen Solarus wrote:I always post with my main. Those that don't, are cowards. Why? 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? 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.
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Antisocial Malkavian
211
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Posted - 2012.08.18 13:59:00 -
[76] - Quote
Yah, this is my forum main http://gizmodo.com/5913381/season-your-food-with-salt-from-real-human-tears
you will be harvested |
ctx2007
Wychwood and Wells Beer needs you
107
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Posted - 2012.08.18 17:12:00 -
[77] - Quote
I am my main toon, I would not have it any other way, watch you see is what you get. |
Ginger Barbarella
State War Academy Caldari State
65
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Posted - 2012.08.18 18:01:00 -
[78] - Quote
"Main" is a concept forum warriors used to use to identify the toon on an account that was older than the other two. What's hilarious is that if you suddenly buy a lolwtfpwn toon, THAT is now your main. I could name names...
My main is whatever toon I'm playing at any given moment. Nothing else is relevent. Period.
(ie, Ginger Barbarella is my "main" forum posting toon. Deal with it.) |
Flamewave
Crimson Moon Society
24
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Posted - 2012.08.18 18:25:00 -
[79] - Quote
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. Some things ISK can't buy. For everything else, there's Jita.
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Lin-Young Borovskova
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
659
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Posted - 2012.08.18 18:34:00 -
[80] - Quote
Spectre80 wrote:posting with alt is common because of the sociopathic nature of eve community. someone doesnt like your post and he can haunt you long time in game. thats one reason and second reason i can think is that alliance or corporation character is in prohibits any forum posting.
Most interesting answer considering OP's thread and comments. Normal people ignore sociopaths witch just makes of those "frustrated sociopaths" who are then able to post dumb threads about e-peen, internet importance, insulting/provocation, threatening with youtube vids (Prencleeve was an example).
It's one way or another for some of them to feel they exist and actually matter, and the only ones giving importance to their crap is either their alts or other sociopaths. Actually if you feel the need to justify yourself why you post with an alt then you're probably one too
brb |
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Smohq Anmirorz
State War Academy Caldari State
40
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Posted - 2012.08.18 18:57:00 -
[81] - Quote
Lin-Young Borovskova wrote:Spectre80 wrote:posting with alt is common because of the sociopathic nature of eve community. someone doesnt like your post and he can haunt you long time in game. thats one reason and second reason i can think is that alliance or corporation character is in prohibits any forum posting. Most interesting answer considering OP's thread and comments. Normal people ignore sociopaths witch just makes of those "frustrated sociopaths" who are then able to post dumb threads about e-peen, internet importance, insulting/provocation, threatening with youtube vids (Prencleeve was an example). It's one way or another for some of them to feel they exist and actually matter, and the only ones giving importance to their crap is either their alts or other sociopaths. Actually if you feel the need to justify yourself why you post with an alt then you're probably one too
It's the internet, you do your best to avoid crazy people.
I don't know where this idea that alts are different comes from. They're the same as the main character, they just don't want to be followed by crazy people. It's a perfectly natural reaction.
To suggest that I post on my main makes me suspicious of you and why you would insist on that. That's my only reaction, I never consider posting on my main. |
Kyra Felann
The Scope Gallente Federation
17
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Posted - 2012.08.18 19:04:00 -
[82] - Quote
I only have one character, so obviously she's my main. |
Call Me Allen
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2012.08.18 23:17:00 -
[83] - Quote
there are no such things as mains. i'm a person, not a character. they are all a part of the game i'm playing. |
Estheria Quintessimo
Mechanical Eagles Inc. The Ancients.
24
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Posted - 2012.08.18 23:35:00 -
[84] - Quote
This is a main because....
She is much sexier looking then my alts. Did I mention I am a game crossdresser?
Gosh I am a hot main !!!....
Ha, do not worry,.... for real dirty things I game-crossdress in APB :D .... I am a neat and smart obedient Caldari girl in EVE. Please dont kill my clone... I'll loose my implants and I'll just be a dumb 'blond' again.
In general I will post on my main. The times I felt the need to post on an alt was in one of those "rate the avatar" topics,... then I posted with one of my zombies one day.
I felt very sad though,... one day... someone rated ME almost at zombie level. But that happens. I just posted something similar back. Those things happen.
I blaimed the hairdresser that did this clone's hair,.... and the poster ofcourse.
I can understand ppl who post on their alts though.... If you going to insult someone heavy,... you'd better do it on an alt. Especially if you are in a corp and/or alliance and your chitter chatter in the forum will get them into a hard and cold war. That wont be smart ... So I guess those ppl would post with alts in general. Neque femina amissa pudicitia alia abnuerit.
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Corina Jarr
Spazzoid Enterprises Purpose Built
1233
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Posted - 2012.08.18 23:46:00 -
[85] - Quote
This is my main. I see no reason to not post with it. EVE is just a game. If someone really takes so much offense to something I say that they want to hunt me down, more power to them (they could just ask... much easier that way). |
Cutter Isaacson
Quantum Reality R n D GREATER ITAMO MAFIA
869
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Posted - 2012.08.19 00:16:00 -
[86] - Quote
I tend to do everything with my main; I attempt rational discourse, I troll, I argue and I show support. My EVE character is in some ways an extension of me, though with the inherent anonymity of being behind a computer screen I am somewhat more vociferous and loquacious than I may otherwise be "In real life".
I have even been war dec'd because of something I once said in here, but I do not let that stop me. My opinions are my own, and if I choose to air them in a public forum then I should also be willing to accept any possible consequences. By posting with my main (yes I do have alts) I feel I am putting my real self out there to be judged, kindly or otherwise, and hopefully earn a modicum of respect along the way.
Having said that, just because someone may not post with their "main", I do not automatically exclude or otherwise ignore the opinions and ideas those people may post on these forums. Many of the best ideas in human history have come from the pens and mouths of such unknown people. I prefer to judge an idea on its merits, and not solely upon the person by whom it is delivered, to do so would be foolish.
-posting with my main- My views are my own, not those of my Corp. or my Alliance. |
Ashera Yune
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
38
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Posted - 2012.08.19 08:44:00 -
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This is rich coming people talking about being men talking behind their "mains", while remaining in safety of in the anonymous internet.
"Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth."
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