The Cult of Alts - Why Do You Have Them?

I have always been curious as to why so many people on here have multiple alts (some with so many its comical). This is my 2nd account after permanently retiring my longtime one just to see how others would interact with me in a new light. Even with the same ideas and views I have found interacting with the same people to now have a completely different tone.

Feel free to list your number of alts, a list of them if you so choose, and why you have them in the first place.

I have none. I don't really see why. I might create one though...

Maybe to be in the RPG section, multiple characters and such.

@Xanni15 said:

Maybe to be in the RPG section, multiple characters and such.

That's what I've heard

I think some people like having an alt account for in your face altercations too, because the things some users say with like twenty post is just plain obscene and sometimes seems a little to personal to be random.

@Xanni15 said:

Maybe to be in the RPG section, multiple characters and such.

That one I can understand, but there seem to be many users who have multiple alts that have nothing to do with the RPG section. There are some people over there who have 30+ alts, how they keep up on it all must be mind bending.

Cause they're fun. Then people play guessing games. I just had a guy pm me thinking im Spike....

I told him/her that they're wrong.

@Brazen_Intellect: How do you know they have that many?

@Xanni15 said:

@Brazen_Intellect: How do you know they have that many?

There was a thread asking the same question for that section and people gave lists of their insane number of alts

@Blood1991 said:

I think some people like having an alt account for in your face altercations too, because the things some users say with like twenty post is just plain obscene and sometimes seems a little to personal to be random.

I have somewhere around 35-50 alternate accounts. Most, if not all, are for RPGing.

I have 1 other, and that for if i get banned, i made that on a dif IP

@KnightRise said:

@Blood1991 said:

I think some people like having an alt account for in your face altercations too, because the things some users say with like twenty post is just plain obscene and sometimes seems a little to personal to be random.

Lol I think some of our "trolls" are veteran viners who are bored. I really do.

Also its because mods ban alot of trolls and this site is so addicting that they cant resist making another account.

RPing purposes. That said, I only have 4 or 5 alts.

I just have one account,this one.

I've only got one, but it is for Deviant Art...

I come as I am on the internets.

@mrdecepticonleader said:

I just have one account,this one.

That's something someone with more than one account would say.... >_>

@NlGHTCRAWLER said:

@mrdecepticonleader said:

I just have one account,this one.

That's something someone with more than one account would say.... >_>

lol

I definitely only have one account.

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

And the sun is definitely purple :P

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

I have so many its unbelievable lol

I know this questions off topic, but are you male or female? I never could figure it out.

@protectyournose said:

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

I have so many its unbelievable lol

I know this questions off topic, but are you male or female? I never could figure it out.

I'm aware :P

Female.

@Mercy_: WOW! For so long I actually thought you were a male. lol I thought Sexy Merc was female earlier and he corrected me.

@protectyournose: First time I've heard that lol

@Mercy_: It happens, but i'll keep in mind not to ever refer to you as a " He, Him, Guy or Dude. " lol

Edit: Their was a guy on yahoo chat he had the screen name " violent " and I Thought he was female cause his name made me think of " violet " a female name. and he died laughing and I called him a her once.

thought of making another account, but people dont know me at all so there really isnt a point. lol

I've got 3 accounts and I don't see that changing any time soon.

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

Um yeah me too :P

@Acer.: I like your account. To bad we cant make dot names anymore. lol

I would of copied your name and made Acer...

I'm a name freak got so many here, on yahoo, facebook and paltalk...etc

@protectyournose: Thanks and this isn't my first Acer account either lol. Theres also somebody else on here who uses the name.

Have a few myself. Mostly out of boredom or because of a joke.

@Acer.: are you acer51? I thought off head you were either him or hes the acer you're talking about.

@protectyournose: Yeah completely different person

@Acer.: ah ok.

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

Same here. I totally have just the one.

My nickname is too much badass, there is no point for me in using another account.

I have a few for RPG purposes and one that I've forgotten the username to.....

Different people get different Username ideas so they stick with em.

@ComicMan24 said:

@Mercy_ said:

I definitely only have one account.

And the sun is definitely purple :P

No, it's not. It's Green. Just ask Knuckles. :P

I have Warcraft account and have like 6 characters but I'm the same person on all of them.

I cant pretend to be someone else it's too hard, I do that in real life

I Have like a dozen or so accounts I think, Maybe less.

All for RP Purposes

@ComicMan24 said:

Have a few myself. Mostly out of boredom or because of a joke.

Cause sometimes I wanna tell a fool off and dont wanna get my Mod hands dirty doing it.

@Gambler said:

Cause sometimes I wanna tell a fool off and dont wanna get my Mod hands dirty doing it.

:o

@Mercy_ said:

@Gambler said:

Cause sometimes I wanna tell a fool off and dont wanna get my Mod hands dirty doing it.

:o

I KNEW IT!

@Gambler said:

Cause sometimes I wanna tell a fool off and dont wanna get my Mod hands dirty doing it.

At least your honest about it..I made an alt to remain anonymous but then …@Mercy_ had to go any play detective with her fancy mod tools, at least she has been polite enough to hold her tongue. You would never believe her guesses on who she thought I was before getting it right, hilarious.

@Brazen_Intellect: Hey, to be fair, I only used them to confirm, I figured it out all by myself ;p

@Mercy_ said:

@Brazen_Intellect: Hey, to be fair, I only used them to confirm, I figured it out all by myself ;p

I did give you more than the 3 clues I promised so you only get partial credit...lol...

That PM went back and forth at least 50 times, you really, really, do not like not knowing something. Your frustration with every guess that was shot down was pretty funny (at least from my end)

A+ for effort and persistance

@Brazen_Intellect said:

you really, really, do not like not knowing something.

This sums me up in a nutshell lol. Not knowing drives me crazyyy.

@protectyournose said:

Cause they're fun. Then people play guessing games. I just had a guy pm me thinking im Spike....

I told him/her that they're right.