Alternate account

An Alternate Account (also known as an Alt) is an extra account owned by a user that already owns an account.

Reasons for owning an ALT
There are several reasons why a user may create an alternate account, including:


 * Name sniping (see below)
 * To hold another place if the player cannot afford BC, one famous example are the "Wingmen". However, you can now have 200 places on any account without BC.
 * To play ROBLOX without being followed by other users and possibly be interviewed if being a famous user.
 * As a second account to complete multiplayer challenges with the owner (usually done on 2 separate computers)
 * As a group account, though technically not allowed by ROBLOX rules, to house a group place or group information.
 * For spam alts which are alts with inappropriate usernames that don't get used much.
 * To make an inappropriate game and then get its alternative banned then donate to the actual main account.
 * To troll other users.
 * To get another account if the user forgot their password.
 * Extra account if main is stolen, hacked or banned.
 * To show a free ROBUX/BC scam without being banned.
 * To exploit without getting their main account banned. This can backfire if they get IP banned, however.
 * <13 users that want a 13+ account.
 * To test changes to games that use data stores without deleting their own data or that of a legitimate player.
 * To test scripts/assets that are used to affect other players, such as weapons, death traps, ban/kick scripts, etc.

"Sniped" alternate accounts
Name sniping is the action of attempting to create an account with a certain significance. Some people consider name snipes to only include one word, although this is not proven to be a requirement. Most accounts are 'sniped' for either a rare name, such as "Player", or for a certain playerID (e.g. http://www.roblox.com/User.aspx?ID=7777777). Some players try to snatch username snipes that are one word but very long.

There is, in fact, a group for name sniped accounts, so you can see examples here.

Examples of username snipes

 * Troll
 * Player
 * hello
 * bye
 * 1337
 * justin
 * apple
 * AFK
 * Robloxian
 * 666
 * O_O
 * hi
 * noob
 * kids
 * pill
 * ton
 * trucks
 * man
 * woman
 * girl
 * boy
 * troller
 * LOL

Examples of playerID snipes
(Note: not all playerID snipes are intentional, some people simply obtain a special ID by pure coincidence).
 * OneRaven (ID=99) /
 * killla77 (ID=311)
 * inuysha93 (ID=360)
 * steel s11 (ID=411)
 * ZMAN (ID=420)
 * jdogie (ID=666)
 * gaaralover96 (ID=777)
 * lego_boy (ID=911)
 * breeks (ID=1515)
 * Bjordana495 (ID=9001)
 * SantaClause (ID=9999)
 * peters328 (ID=20000)
 * miked2 (ID=12345)
 * crazychris (ID=54321)
 * Ekaven (ID=1122555)
 * toodoodavid (ID=7777776)
 * 2COOLFORU (ID=1000000)
 * 0x000A (ID=123456789)
 * jellybean517 (ID=10203040)
 * GrungeResurrected (ID=22222222)