Interesting thing to think about as we use our screennames

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-01-12 04:58pm

I've told my friends stories of SD.net, and now I'm being called 'Iggy' in real life. so, what would Mr. Karl Guthke think of that, I wonder?

pellaeons_scion · Post by **pellaeons_scion** » 2003-01-12 06:40pm

My real names Michael, 26 from Sout Australia. Never like giving out my full name/details because there are too many creep and weirdos out there. The internet for the most part is not a place to be completely open and honest about Identity......

Still would rather be Pellaeon...(wishful thinking

)

mantakai · Post by **mantakai** » 2003-01-12 06:45pm

no they have found me out, scott is ok i didnt actually hurt him i swear, i was just slowly fading him out of my life so i could take over the world in my alias of mantakai the mighty mwhahahahaha

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-01-12 08:16pm

Well, knowing that with about half an hour and a screen name to work from you can generally find out nearly anything about someone I don't see the point in hiding behind pseudonyms.

WeeMadAndo... well, my real name is Anders Russell, but most people probably already knew that.

Its what my e-mails are signed with and its the name I originally posted to ASVS with.

And I'm sure with about 10 minutes work you could have an address and phone number too.

pellaeons_scion · Post by **pellaeons_scion** » 2003-01-12 08:19pm

I suppose it depends on

a) how desperate you are to know about a person
b) 133+ H@X0R Sk1llZ!

of which I have none

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-01-12 09:59pm

Shinova wrote:
Karl S. Guthke (B. Traven) wrote:[B. Traven's] longing to vanish, in death, without a trace and to return to the elements from which he came echoes his lifelong hunger for anonymity, for disappearing without a name, or with a fictitious name, so that his true identity would be lost forever. The life of a pseudonym is the life of a dead man, of one who does not exist.

Have any thoughts?

No great lose
F.I.D.O.
LT.Hit-Man

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-01-13 08:21am

Zaia wrote:Due to the fact that my last name makes it extremely easy to find me, I don't post it over the internet. The only people who know what it is are people who I've emailed, which took a great amount of trust on my part for me to do. Being a chick on the internet is a little scary sometimes...

It's no better being a slight 20 year old woman as being a six and a half foot tall guy in his mid thirties. I like screen names because they give you protection as well as often SAY something about the person posting. When you can't look into a pair of eyes, shake a hand, and get a first impression that way, I think that a sig line and a personally important screen name CAN (although it doesn't always have to) go a long way. If my screen name was 'BornToConvert' or 'JesusDoesItDoggyDoggy' you'd have two very different impressions of me.

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-01-13 08:38am

Screen names I have found can be about anything...something they are meaningful and sometimes they are not.

'Coaan' Has meaning due to the fact it was my first roleplaying character name and has stuck for everything I have done since...'Coaan' has been used countless times and I doubt I could even count them all

I however don't give a rat's ass if people know my name or not...if they want to come over to Scotland and knock on my door with intent to harm...I'll show them just how handy a bo staff is.....

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-01-13 08:44am

The Yosemite Bear wrote:I choose a name that fits my Personality

Ditto, and everyone ought to know my name.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-01-13 09:44am

transcript from my last support group meeting:

Hello, my name is Dale Frink

*sobs*

and i paid to see nemesis......

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-01-13 02:42pm

Spanky The Dolphin knows my name.

Anyone I've emailed knows my name.

Anyone who checks my website, and Google-searches for stuff from it will probably find my earlier works with my name on them.

I bet you're just itching to know (you know who you are, you nosy person you!). I dare you to read the stuff you find while you're at it.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-13 02:50pm

Eh given the level of which my nickname of Dan Ketch is used...pfft, my real name and my nickname are pretty much used in the same way.

And anyone I e-mailed knows my name...and hell the ones that tried following some poor indie comic I've done also

As for Zaia's bit...that I'd agree what is with that weirdness? Guys on the net have no real problems(or really somewhat rare problems) but women have a high level of being stalked and encounter a great deal of problems...oi.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-01-13 03:42pm

Ghost Rider wrote:As for Zaia's bit...that I'd agree what is with that weirdness? Guys on the net have no real problems(or really somewhat rare problems) but women have a high level of being stalked and encounter a great deal of problems...oi.

I'm a guy and I have been stalked and recieved countless death threats from members of a message board I use to run. Funny thing was the stupid fuckers tried to cause shit with me in real life because I'd smacked them down and mocked them on my board. Even funnier was how a couple of them got their asses hospitalized by me and still claimed victory on the board and talked shit, and how every single time I saw them in real life they practically shit their pants. Of course a mountain biking board picks up a lot of immature trashtalking kiddies and I was about as nice to them as Mike Wong is to a religious fundie or rabid trekkie.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-01-13 03:51pm

As someone who suffered from a minor case of identity theft Im not about to go around the internet posting my full name, middle initial, and last name.

That does not mean I won't tell people my name, but it is not needed for a msg board anyway.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-01-13 04:29pm

I don't go around with my real name as a username because I think my real name stinks. Of course, so does the username I have now. Actually, I'm kind of shy about giving out informaion like that online for some reason.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2003-01-13 06:26pm

My real name is also Rob Dalton.

One True Spoon · Post by **One True Spoon** » 2003-01-13 06:35pm

I originally used 'One True Spoon' to pay out people who believe in [or impose the idea of] 'One True God.' So it stuck, kinda.

My real name is Will, I live in Canberra.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-01-13 06:38pm

aerius wrote:
I'm a guy and I have been stalked and recieved countless death threats from members of a message board I use to run. Funny thing was the stupid fuckers tried to cause shit with me in real life because I'd smacked them down and mocked them on my board. Even funnier was how a couple of them got their asses hospitalized by me and still claimed victory on the board and talked shit, and how every single time I saw them in real life they practically shit their pants. Of course a mountain biking board picks up a lot of immature trashtalking kiddies and I was about as nice to them as Mike Wong is to a religious fundie or rabid trekkie.

Wow...both funny and seriously blows at the same time.

Sonnenburg · Post by **Sonnenburg** » 2003-01-13 09:08pm

Mine is John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt. So's my roommates.

Let me tell you, I fucking hate going out.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-01-13 09:15pm

Ken Choi. Well, actually Kay, but everyone either calls me Ken or some variation of Darth Yoshi on account of me being the only person in school with an official Yoshi hat. I answer to all three.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-01-13 09:32pm

Sonnenburg wrote:Mine is John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt. So's my roommates.

Let me tell you, I fucking hate going out.

Ladies and gentleman, there he goes.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2003-01-14 02:24am

Darth Wong wrote:I believe most people here are aware of my real name.

Robert Scott Anderson?

*runs away*

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-14 02:25am

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:I believe most people here are aware of my real name.
Robert Scott Anderson?

*runs away*

Some Padawans never learn...Yoshi, the whip?

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2003-01-14 02:31am

The Dark wrote:
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:I believe most people here are aware of my real name.
Robert Scott Anderson?

*runs away*
Some Padawans never learn...Yoshi, the whip?

**hiding in the Jedi Academy's basement**

Now they won't find me!

mantakai · Post by **mantakai** » 2003-01-14 07:51am

well if everyone is going to be serious about it and not poke fun at the obvious stupidity

my real name is scott newsome and im from australia so thats me in a 5 simple words for anyone who cares

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