Posters on "JOB lv. 1" characters trolling

[Greatguardian]

................wut?

I think he means so that people can't pretend that they're me. We all know most of these forums secretly wishes they were.

[TybudX]

If you think you deserve to know me, you absolutely don't. I don't hide from you, you are uninvited. The more you want to know me, a complete stranger you dont like anyway, the more completely disgusting you must be. Stop worrying about me and figure out why you are so devoid of redeeming qualities. If I wanted to know you, I would.

Didn't read the thread. Don't care what you think. Get over yourself.

+1. Poster wins this thread.

[Dragoy]

I don't think linking the account here has much, or rather anything to do with showing yourself, but more like the forum being a part of the service.

That's how I think of it anyways.

As for the rest of the topic, I wouldn't want them to force any more than they already have.
No forcing of certain characters being shown.
Forcing them avatars is bad enough!

lol

But yeah, if a person wants to "hide" behind a character, I'd say so be it; that should remain.
I may be sort of biased a little since I'm basically immune to them "trolls" and such and see no harm really as long as they play by them rules and if not, let them moderators sort 'em out. ^^

[TybudX]

It must be really tough for people to base their opinions of somebody solely on the quality and consistency of their posts.

Would anybody here suddenly think less of Nightfyre (probably mangling his name) if he had posted under different account names on all the forums he has posted on? No, chances are he would have the same reputation as an intelligent and informative poster that he does now. I can go to his ah page *cough*stalking*cough* and look at his profile to see that he has only a few jobs leveled, yet he still seems to have a clear understanding of how those jobs fit into the game.

What the hell is going on here? How am I supposed to attack his posts if he's consistently right about stuff despite his seeming lack of experience in certain matters? I know, I'll blacklist him on this website. Except those damn tags, my curiosity always gets the better of me. I wish SE would take that choice away from everybody so that I don't have to be tempted by those damn tags.

[Nynja]

If you think you deserve to know me, you absolutely don't. I don't hide from you, you are uninvited. The more you want to know me, a complete stranger you dont like anyway, the more completely disgusting you must be. Stop worrying about me and figure out why you are so devoid of redeeming qualities. If I wanted to know you, I would.

Didn't read the thread. Don't care what you think. Get over yourself.

Who are you again? Oh right, nobody.

[illusionist]

There are much more people in Japanese forum who use mule's name.So I've been involved some arguments about it.
I don't stand their side,and I use main character name,because I have something to say.
And I thought,opinion belongs to my main character,which ran around the fields in Quetz,talk with people.And if someone hate my post,I don't want make he/she wonder "Who is this??".

As far as I have my word,You deserve to know me if you want to.
(I'm already showing part of myself in these words.and I don't scribble and run away,as my choice)

Sorry about my English ability,as always..

[Eric]

Whatever. I don't need to know your forum account to notice a terrible player. Neither do other people. Hiding behind a mule on a forum won't change that.

[TybudX]

That's the point. You can't see someone's gear unless you cross reference them on a third party site, which isn't even mandatory. You can't tell anything about their playing by that gear either way (hello #1 ranked player in the game). Your next logical step is to have somebody stalk them in game to post their gear, and I'm pretty sure a lot of the people crying foul to people not using their in game names are the same type of people who get all butt hurt that BG has a gimp/confused/wtf player thread. So what do you gain by knowing an in game name? Nothing? Good. Base your opinions on somebody's actions. The only possible reason you could have to want to know their in game avatar is to attack them. I haven't seen one person here post a reason that didn't purvey that sentiment at heart.

Here's something else to think about. Do you guys think somebody like GG or Neisan go around spouting textbooks of speech to players in game? Not likely. Chances are they are just like the rest of us. They probably talk to their LS mates, joke around, and fill their time playing with lighthearted conversation. There's a good chance that how somebody acts on a forum is different than how they act in a game. I know I've talked down on certain jobs and styles of play, but on a conceptual level. That doesn't mean I'm going to refuse to play with the guy in my LS who likes to whip out his sword on RDM every chance he gets. I'm also not going to refuse to do an event just because we don't have the accepted job spread to win. I play the game to have fun. I come to forums to get the most unbiased information I can to help improve my self and the people I play with.

You know what else? I know people who (stupidly) used their real names as their characters. After this many years they shouldn't be forced to change their names just to protect themselves on an online forum. That right there is enough reason to allow mules and separate accounts.

[Ravenmore]

Again this forum linking was a sad failed attempt by SE to make us play nice. The best fights on here have been between people with thier mains listed.

[Alhanelem]

Again this fotum linking was a sad failed attempt by SE to make us play nice. The best fights on here have been between people with thier mains listed.

No, usually it's a fight between someone with a listed main and someone who has not listed a real main.

There's a good chance that how somebody acts on a forum is different than how they act in a game.

Actually I'm quite certain that they do provide technical information in-game like they do on the forums- just only when somebody asks for it. The people I do know ingame who post on this forum are not much different here than there. The chance is much higher that someone who doesn't list their main is behaving differently on the forums- usually more trollish.

I also don't know many bad apples in game who aren't also bad apples on whatever forum they happen to frequent.

Seriously. The -only- real reason to hide your main character on the forums is so you can troll with no repercussions, or because you screwed somebody in-game and you don't want them to know who you are here so you don't get called out for it. There is pretty much no way to deny this. Hacking fears is a B.S. excuse because it's not true.