Topic: Stop the Bullshit campaign - Real Names

[Robillard]

alright thanks man.

[Sat Santokh]

Hey I've always used my real name.  People probably just think its fake because it sounds ridiculous and they can't pronounce it.

[Muhammad]

i can pronounce your name, but then again, i'm probably a different case

[Mike "Pyro" Araujo]

I dig this idea alot.

[Sat Santokh]

i can pronounce your name, but then again, i'm probably a different case

Haha I don't know its pretty hard to get just right.  Do you speak anything by the way, farsi or arabic or anything of the sort?

[KC Parsons]

I think between posting here and putting your former display name as your personal text, within a week or two, everyone will be reoriented

[Chris Lyons]

I think between posting here and putting your former display name as your personal text, within a week or two, everyone will be reoriented

yea, when i switched my name a few weeks ago, I just put it in ( ) at the end of my name for a week to let people get used to it...

[Mark Toorock]

Sat and Muhammad - your conversation is going the way of PM's verse being related - thanks

[Jaycee123]

While i skimmed through the thread i saw everyone had their real names! i love to see this change 

[EpicMovement]

Done. 

No more EpicMovement

[Kevin Roysden]

I like this idea, definately reduces confusion 

[Robillard]

I like this idea, definately reduces confusion 

im confused. i dont know anyones name anymore lol. 

[Samuel96]

Good idea Mark.

[operation_jetpack]

If I fall victim to ID theft, I'm blaming you, Mr. Toorock!

[Nom]

I only read the first page since I assume after that is just sillyness.

Sure I'll change to my name, will you put "Nom" under it? Some people only know me as Nom as it's easier to remember.
Thanks in advance.

[Chris Lyons]

If I fall victim to ID theft, I'm blaming you, Mr. Toorock!

imitation is the sincerest form of identity theft

[Muhammad]

I would feel sorry for any sucka who tried to steal my identity LOL

i've got no credit, no credit cards, no bank accounts.. nothing.. and if you tried to assume my identity, the government would probably watch you for the rest of your life because I'm a white American Muslim LOL

[Adam McC]

Yeah, I was a gamer for years, and I can tell you, when people use an alias, it becomes much more impersonal, and it allows your brain to shape whatever for to the name. If someone goes by "DarkSoldier" and is an idiot, your brain associates that name with an idiot, it matches an identity. However, if "Dark Soldier" is actually "Benjamin Rochester" all of a sudden it's an identity that holds it's own.

I've always believed this, so I have a nickname (Feng) so that people can remember something unique, but everyone calls me Adam, and I never use Feng. I use McC because nobody wants to spell, pronounce, or read "McClellan".

Very good idea.

[misstanyamae]

I can see both sides of the "argument" here - Parkour grew up on the internet where handles are very common - so I never minded going by a nickname - personally I never used mine to hide, and my real name is very much out there - as are my phone number and address - I personally prefer it that way. Yeah, I get a few weird phone calls every now and then, but Freestylefox isn't so bad when you get used to him

Calls from Fox are actually comforting after a while. Its the rest of us from Indiana who you have to worry about.

Miss Tanya Mae, now and forever... unless I suffer some sort of severe head trauma which causes me to decide to marry, but that's only a slight change.

[Cord Zwirner]

I'm game, and now everyone can see how truly awesome my name is!

P.S, What up with the monkey?