Ingame responsibility for their words...

Like what?

You aren't going to wardec anyone regardless of if you like what they post or not.

I have yet to receive any fallout ingame for anything I've posted here, and in fact have been involved some very interesting conversations.

As has been said by several people, cowardice. If you can't fully support your own position, why should anyone else? That is why people tend to use posting from NPC alts to attack your position, because you yourself are essentially telling everyone that you don't really believe the stuff your saying.

Hint: No one actually goes after people for posting on the forums.

Being in an NPC corp invites other ad hominem attacks. Such as being in an NPC corp.

The real question is whether it does the attacker a favor in saving hours of scouring killboards, attempting to discredit your words? Or deprive him of the enjoyment such an activity provides, provoking an agrevated response?

The real question is whether it does the attacker a favor in saving hours of scouring killboards, attempting to discredit your words? Or deprive him of the enjoyment such an activity provides, provoking an agrevated response?

The thing really is OP does it even matter?

Before i was in the CFC and i had an arguement i got the 'where did the bad cfc touch you ' etc . remarks , the 1st day i was in the CFC i got the ' lol you're blue donutboy .

Another example , i joined my current corp 1.5 months ago , the day i joined they where in ROGUE and on the forums and ingame channels whenever i made a remark i got the 'lol your failrogue , abandon your space without fighting , your a coward' while i was only in that corp an hour.The day we joined FCON i got the 'lol your fcon loose a super about it ' remarks . As if being in an Alliance for one day means that you contributed to X or Y .


What i am trying to say is people just look for 'easy responses' when they can't make a decent coherent reply to what you are saying.Since we have a lot of posters from npc corps you generally will see that response the most.But then the same thing can be said about goons because anyone who is in goons , no matter how long , will be viewed as a scammer/jerk/blobber/troll etc .


Speaking for myself i can honestly say that i too have made blunt assumptions about people purely on their corp/Alliance tag and i probably will do so many many times after this post because we are people after all.We just like to generalise everything to make it 'more coherent' in our head instead of taking the effort to look into it a bit closer.

And if we run out of words we still have the 'yeah uhm .. but you're part of X hahhahahha faill' .




So back to the main question : Does it even matter?Why do you post on the forums?To share/give your opinion and with pressing post you have done so.Some people agree and some don't , some will troll you , some will smack you and some will tell you your avatar is ugly as hell.And most importanrtly : that guy who said that girl on page one had kewl lips for a bj .. spot on my friend , spot on .

I allways thought that after 60 days in a npc corp you should be given the chioce to either switch to a FW corp of your choosing depending on your current standing or told that you are no longer a member of a corperation and now you can be personally war decced

The bears soil themselves with rage whenever that is said.

Which proves that the people hiding behind npc corp alts just to post on a forum are being silly. That's the entire point. People want to imagine they are so important that they HAVE to hide their true in-game identity.

In a way, it's a similar thing to how people post that they are elaving, as if the lose of their anywhere from 1 to 20 accounts (lol) is so important that it's going to bankrupt ccp. People who really don't like CCP or EVE just leave quietly lol.

Exactly.

I have this terrible tendency to imagine I'm conversing with grown men (since no women play EVE) why I type words. I , as an adult, stand behind every word I type and if I decide to one day run for the CSM, i have no fear in putting my real actual name behind those words either. Being honest about who I am and what I'm saying is a show of respect.

This might be a little left field, but I think the reason why the people I tend to argue with (overwhelmingly npc alts) tend to question everyone's motives (you know, the, "you just want me to play your way" people) is because deep down they understand that their own motives are less than pure (evidenced by the hiding behind an alt) and project that onto others. In otherwords, they think everyone is basically as dishonest as they are, which is a common human belief.

Instead of being vulnerable to a personal war dec, I think I'd prefer it if they instead gained an incrementally increasing bounty... sponsored by Concord for "tax evasion".

I have this terrible tendency to imagine I'm conversing with grown men (since no women play EVE) why I type words. I , as an adult, stand behind every word I type and if I decide to one day run for the CSM, i have no fear in putting my real actual name behind those words either. Being honest about who I am and what I'm saying is a show of respect.

Which proves that the people hiding behind npc corp alts just to post on a forum are being silly. That's the entire point. People want to imagine they are so important that they HAVE to hide their true in-game identity.

This might be a little left field, but I think the reason why the people I tend to argue with (overwhelmingly npc alts) tend to question everyone's motives (you know, the, "you just want me to play your way" people) is because deep down they understand that their own motives are less than pure (evidenced by the hiding behind an alt) and project that onto others. In otherwords, they think everyone is basically as dishonest as they are, which is a common human belief.

This is the eve-o forum , if you think most people do some ''research'' before posting then you're clearly mistaken.This is the ''talk first mayyyyyyyyybe think later'' forum .

See my post above as an example that most people just use assumptions as a general posting habbit instead of research.

Most? You're most probably right.
Some? See: any Harry Forever thread that turns into lol cyno killer with warp stabbed bomber regardless of topic. If someone is talking about solo pvp on an NPC alt, the attack at NPC alt comes from a failed attempt in scouring killboards for solo kills. Trying to attack the player's (supposed lack of) appropriate experience to discuss the topic, rather than the topic itself.

A certain degree of accountability. For example: If you're giving someone advice about solo pvp, it would be helpful if you've actually solo pvp'd before.

A mission runner whose never been in sov before could comment on sov mechanics, despite never having actually even been in sov. Since any NPC alt can say anything without any way to confirm if they actually have any relevant experience, it makes their opinions fairly worthless.

There is no harm at all in hiding behind a forum alt... as long as you understand that whatever you say will be perceived to be an opinion you are not willing to stand behind.

Now if you post with your main, whether you are right or wrong... agreed with or ridiculed... whatever, at least people get the strong impression that they got your straight opinion on the matter and are willing to be associated with that opinion.

I only post on this character because I want you to know that, whether you agree with my opinion or not, I didn't simply troll you.... I told it exactly the way I see it. Nor am I afraid to admit it if you show me there was something to the conversation I hadn't considered.

Obviously all characters (main or not) are a mask of anonymity for the real people that play them... but there you have it.

Perhaps the opinion and relevance of alt posts should be judged by their content?