Alternate account

An Alternate Account (also known as an Alt) is an additional account belonging to a user that already owns a main account.

Reasons for owning an ALT

There are several reasons why a user may create an alternate account, including:

• Name sniping (see below)
• 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

Main article: Name sniper

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
• 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)
• 277727772 (ID=277727772)
• davidlater (ID=500000000)
• I557611800I (ID=557611800)