Posters on "JOB lv. 1" characters trolling

[Greatguardian]

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

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.

A couple friends have taken to calling me a walking ffxi encyclopedia, but it's more that I've become a mighty LMGTFY master. The difference between my forum posting and my attitude in-game are night and day, though it's rare that people I know in-game post on the forums in the first place so it doesn't come up often.

What, do people really think I'd be a successful leader of both social and endgame linkshells for over 7 years now if I was a ginormous douchebag to anyone and everyone?

Anecdotal evidence is best evidence.

[Alhanelem]

What, do people really think I'd be a successful leader of both social and endgame linkshells for over 7 years now if I was a ginormous douchebag to anyone and everyone?

Well, are you saying you consider yourself to be a ginormous douchebag on the forums? That's not really what I see, at least not most of the time.

[Greatguardian]

Well, are you saying you consider yourself to be a ginormous douchebag on the forums? That's not really what I see, at least not most of the time.

Ha. I think that comes down to perspective.

[TybudX]

The -only- real reason to hide your main character on the forums is so you can troll with no repercussions

You keep bringing this up, and people keep correcting you: not agreeing with you =/= trolling. Take Dallas for example. He posts from a mule account and is at disagreement with pretty much everybody on these forums. Does that make him a troll? No, it makes him a laughing stock, and pretty much wrong about everything in life, but he's not a troll.

And when has somebody using their in game name stopped them from actually trolling you? It's so easy to do; you almost do it to yourself most times.

[Nynja]

You keep bringing this up, and people keep correcting you: not agreeing with you =/= trolling. Take Dallas for example. He posts from a mule account and is at disagreement with pretty much everybody on these forums. Does that make him a troll? No, it makes him a laughing stock, and pretty much wrong about everything in life, but he's not a troll.

And when has somebody using their in game name stopped them from actually trolling you? It's so easy to do; you almost do it to yourself most times.

If you were posting with your main character revealed, someone on Fenrir might look at your posts and go "this guys a fn retard, holy shit im never doing anything with this moron"...instead they just disregard it.

[Meyi]

If you were posting with your main character revealed, someone on Fenrir might look at your posts and go "this guys a fn retard, holy shit im never doing anything with this moron"...instead they just disregard it.

It's usually the other way around. I often times read something really stupid, look over at the user name, look down at the server and character name, and nod my head in shame. Most server idiots are well known without the help of forums.

But I agree. Why hide information? If none of us are important, then why act as if your information is so important that you feel the need to hide it from everyone? Very few people on this forum have a notorious enough reputation to even be remembered. If someone fears becoming one of these people, then just avoid being a jackass and everything should be fine.

[Nynja]

Back in the day Gilgamesh had its share of trolls, Blynk + co. After 5 years of blatantly stealing peoples shit, there were STILL morons who'd respond to his BCNM shouts and STILL shout an hour later how "this prick jacked my drops it was supposed to be your orb your drop".

[Atomic_Skull]

This stops nothing, it's not like you can't go from 30-99 in one day if wanted.

Or just use a gardening account that only has lvl 1 characters like I do.

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

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.

Oh yes the sorry old "you have nothing to fear unless you have something to hide" argument. This has always been a discredited argument. It is legitimate to want privacy for it's own sake.

Also if you'd spent any time on 4chan you'd understand why some people are adamant about remaining Anonymous. There are people on the internet who will track you down IRL and and ruin your life just for laughs. Encyclopedia Dramatica is full of stories like this.

[Alhanelem]

Oh yes the sorry old "you have nothing to fear unless you have something to hide" argument. This has always been a discredited argument. It is legitimate to want privacy for it's own sake.

No, it was never a discredited argument. You can't have your cake and eat it too, either. If you want privacy, don't post on a forum. There's a reason there's no private message feature. Everything is kept out in the open, and you shouldn't be saying anything you're not willing to own up to even if you're on a lv1 mule. The only reason to want privacy on this forum is because you've done something bad you don't want people to find out about / you want to talk about it without people knowing who did it.

Nobody is going to come after you in game because you posted something on this forum. There is nothing to fear unless you have something bad to hide, it's a plain, simple fact. Again, your character and main job level are not like your name address and phone number (which are a violation of the forum rules to discuss). No actual harm can come to you by revealing it.

<<<<< That's the real deal right there. My main is Tahngarthor, I'm a level 99 PUP and I'm on Shiva. COME GET ME!

[Runespider]

Sharing information is down to the person themselves to decide (especially when it serves no purpose other than the curiosity of your fellow posters), sorry but you don't get to decide where everyone else draws the line mr Alha. Anyway that whole argument is beside the point, the real argument was that it would stop trolling and that's nonsense, trolls thrive off the notoriety of it, they want you to know who they are.

The front page and past history of trolling here debunks the entire "anon = troll" argument. Account linking was added to make people know that their actions here were linked to their accounts (not a specific char) and not to out people. You people just have to accept you ain't going to have your way so if it means so much to you either find a forum that has this (none exist) or learn to live with it.