Alternate account

An Alternate Account (or Alt, sometimes playfully called sALT due to creators including their name [s] ) is an extra account owned by a user that already owns an account.

Most name snipes were created Between 06-09.

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


 * Name sniping (see below)
 * Extra account if main is banned
 * To hold another place if the player cannot afford BC, one famous example are the "Wingmen"
 * 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 and are used just to take up username space.
 * To make an inappropriate game and then get it's alternative banned then donate to the actual main account.
 * To troll other users.
 * To get an another account if the user forgot his password.

"Sniped" alternate accounts
Name sniping is the action of attempting to create an account with a certain significance. Some people consider namesnipes 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: http://www.roblox.com/Groups/Group.aspx?gid=190409

Examples of username snipes:

 * Troll
 * Player
 * hello
 * bye
 * 1337
 * justin
 * apple
 * AFK
 * Robloxian

Examples of playerID snipes:
Users will target special "names" and special "userIDs." That is why user creation picks up around significant userID benchmarks.
 * jdogie (ID=666. "look at this. that the number for the beast!)
 * miked2 (ID=12345)
 * 2COOLFORU (ID=1000000)
 * lego_boy (ID=911)
 * inuysha93 (ID=360)
 * ZMAN (ID=420)
 * jordana495 (ID=9001)
 * gaaralover96 (ID=777)
 * breeks (ID=1515)
 * SantaClause (ID=9999)
 * crazychris (ID=54321)