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| rdfs:label | - Alternate account
- Alternate Account
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| rdfs:comment | - An Alternate Account (also known as an Alt) is an extra account owned by a user that already owns an account. Most name snipe accounts were created between 2006 and 2009.
- An alternate account (or "alt" for short) is an account used by a resident for something other than their usual activity or to do things in privacy (such as building or scripting). Alts are sometimes viewed in a negative regard as they have been used by some residents to abuse others anonymously and/or in order to avoid having their "main account" banned. However, alts have many legitimate uses as well such as using the account to role-play, build/script without being disturbed, hold land, aquire more stipend, and more.
- Alternate accounts, commonly known as alts, are accounts made by forum users (typically previously banned members) who exploit the anonymity provided by the internet to post on the forums using a different alias or personality. In the case of banned members, this serves to extend their stay on the forums. Some alternate accounts are hilariously obvious; others may take a longer period of time for their identities, or even the fact that they are alts, to be discovered.
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| abstract | - An Alternate Account (also known as an Alt) is an extra account owned by a user that already owns an account. Most name snipe accounts were created between 2006 and 2009.
- An alternate account (or "alt" for short) is an account used by a resident for something other than their usual activity or to do things in privacy (such as building or scripting). Alts are sometimes viewed in a negative regard as they have been used by some residents to abuse others anonymously and/or in order to avoid having their "main account" banned. However, alts have many legitimate uses as well such as using the account to role-play, build/script without being disturbed, hold land, aquire more stipend, and more. Accounts that are on the same credit card could be considered alts of each other, although an alt usually refers to one person with multiple accounts rather than two different people on different accounts that are paid for by the same credit card (such as spouses or families). It is impolite and against the TOS/CS to reveal an alternate account if the owner of the alt has not done so themselves. Accusing another resident of being an alt is also impolite.
- Alternate accounts, commonly known as alts, are accounts made by forum users (typically previously banned members) who exploit the anonymity provided by the internet to post on the forums using a different alias or personality. In the case of banned members, this serves to extend their stay on the forums. Some alternate accounts are hilariously obvious; others may take a longer period of time for their identities, or even the fact that they are alts, to be discovered. Alternate accounts are considered a punishable offence. For a non-banned user, there is a five-point penalty; banned users' alts will be banned immediately, and an IP block may be instated. However, the creation of a second account to replace an initial account (rather than request a name change, for instance) is generally accepted, as long as no more than one account is actively used at a time.
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