I don’t recall anyone saying this one to me, so this isn’t a salty topic as far as I’m concerned.
It’s just something I have noticed and I just can’t seem to wrap my mind around it?
Someone brings up a point and another person brings up a counter point. Then the person being countered is like, “YEAH! why are you not posting on your main?!?!?”
What does it matter if the person is posting on their main toon or their alt? If the point can stand on its own, does it matter if the avatar being used is level 10 or X?
I just don’t see how a toons level makes a point more valid.
That said, reading a comment from a level 60 priest who has certain visible raid gear on their character does offer more credibility if they’re answering a question on how to manage mana in a certain fight in ZG than a level 10 hunter. The priest probably has lived experience, has researched. The hunter, who knows? Maybe they’ve got the experience, or maybe they’re just regurgitating something they read with no first-hand knowledge.
Are you more likely to believe a story from a mysterious unamed stranger, or someone who you know their name, their server, their raid performance, and put their avatars credibility on the line.
(Eilethalua’s highest level WOW Classic character here)
And, for some, the very fact of posting on a played WOW Classic character offers proof that they’re invested in the game. (A level 10 might have only been played enough to get forum posting privileges, hence ‘played’ implies continuing to level.)
Example: If you make comments or suggestions like “how mythic raiding should be done” and such, but have never killed a single raid boss, you should stop talking about mythic raiding.
If one is on an alt and hides their profile while trying to make these stances, it is cowardice.
Because there’s a fair number of unintelligent people that don’t know how to defend their beliefs, and it’s far easier just to dismiss something they can’t formulate an argument against by attacking something unrelated like ilvl, parses, pvp rank, server, character level, race, gender, etc…
It’s just as common IRL, but the nice thing is it lets you know immediately that the person you’re talking to has nothing of value to say.
if someones posting on their alt they’re not taking responsibility for what they’re posting making it harder to tell if they’re trolling or not.
people can obviously still troll on their mains, but there’s always the chance of being recognized in game which helps deter it somewhat.
additionally, it adds weight and credibility to your argument when people can see that you have cleared content, that you are parsing high in raid encounters, that you at least have some experience with what you’re talking about.
There are certainly circumstances where the proof your character provides is relevant. However I can count on one hand the amount of those circumstances I’ve seen on these forums, and I’m here a LOT. In the vast majority of cases the logic or links you bring mean far far more than an avatar ever could.
Though I’ll admit to an endless fascination with such fallacious thinking in humans. Like driving by a tragic car crash, I cant stop ogling.
It can also help to understand perspective. If I post on this character, it’s a lot harder to tell how I might look at the game than if I post on my main.
I’ve definitely felt like it’s been pretty relevant to a lot of the discussions I’ve had.
I think I would trust my intuition about how someone’s perspective would inform their post far more than their Avatar. Sure a fully geared raid character is proof that they’ve engaged in raiding, or proof enough anyway, but they could easily have been heavily carried, or hated every minute of it, Etc.
Another’s perspective is frequently useful in conversation, but we aren’t really conversing here, we are debating. The amount of times perspective weighs on debate I would think is quite low.
With the armory there is some validity to asking people to post on their main account.
That shows you whether their claim of whatever BS is actually BS. On the classic forums? since blizzard refused to actually fully implement the armory? Post on your classic tune means nothing.