hahaha. Total comedy. I've seen alts create mayhem on message boards. I know they can be a pain, not only for the mod team, but for the general population also.
The thing is, all of these accounts are a kind of huge role playing game anyway. Hell, real life is one huge role playing game. I'm not the exact same person when I'm visiting with my mom as I am when I'm in a group of guys. We all take on different roles and personas depending on the situation.
Some folks never post out of character. For instance, Gromnir or Sarge. I've seen Gromnir post out of character once, and that was to make a specific charge against Feargus. I'm sure neither Gromnir nor Sarge talk the same way in real life, right? For good or ill, I think mkreku has the right of it. I'm not so jaded to say we don't know anyone. I will, however, say that we only know the person any particular individual lets us see.