Political posting

[Durelin]

I am going to go out on a limb here and make a confession. This is more about trying to avoid responsibility than trying to gain points/votes, but...

I expect several people had suspicions or were completely aware when I did it (I didn't try very hard to seem different), but...I have RPed under a different username (only once, and it was a very brief game! Also it was 4 years ago if you are wondering...) because I wanted to participate in a game but felt guilty about abandoning and not being active enough in games I was already in... Is that lame or what?

So I can definitely see that being a punishable offense (and it's just disrespectful) but I'm putting that out there. Putting out my wrists to be cuffed, I suppose.

Why? I have this guilt issue.

On that note, I do wonder about a few RPers who seem so very...similar...

This thread reminds me (at least in some of the direction it has gone) of another that discussed how "real" people were behind their screennames - as in, how much they behaved as themselves rather than trying to be someone else.

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Durelin

This thread reminds me (at least in some of the direction it has gone) of another that discussed how "real" people were behind their screennames - as in, how much they behaved as themselves rather than trying to be someone else

That's something that's hard not to consider in this digital age, where possibly the only contact you have or will ever have with someone is through a forum such as this, or an online game group. The days of people having just a few friends that they all knew intimately are gone, for better and worse.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

That's something that's hard not to consider in this digital age, where possibly the only contact you have or will ever have with someone is through a forum such as this, or an online game group. The days of people having just a few friends that they all knew intimately are gone, for better and worse.

Not necessarily - if I may use myself as an example, I have a rather extensive social network, mostly thanks to the BD, but I've also managed to get and keep three very close RL friends. I feel I have got the best sides of both the old and the new way of having a social life.

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Not necessarily - if I may use myself as an example, I have a rather extensive social network, mostly thanks to the BD, but I've also managed to get and keep three very close RL friends. I feel I have got the best sides of both the old and the new way of having a social life.

Much agreed. I have old friends that, sans email, I would have a hard time staying in touch with. And with inventions like this forum, I have new people that I can annoy as well.

The only difference that I see (or will admit to) between me in RL and FL (forum life) is that here, you read what I've had at times the chance to edit, sometimes even after some thought. In RL you don't get that chance.

Originally Posted by Durelin

And you can even analyze away why I decided to confess , and I will rep you for any interesting conclusions!

I don't know you, but will take a swing at it anyway as long as you *don't* rep me.

Hmm...is it that you were quite pleased at your deception? Did you feel a little 'freer' in this other persona, and so did things that Durelin wouldn't? And now you feel guilty as you have some feelings/relationship with those with whom you RPed, and you feel that although they've been forthright with you, you haven't been with them?

Or, being more cynical, are you using your confession as a way to acquire sympathy? Or are you trying to smoke others out..trying to get them to say, "me too"?

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Durelin

I am going to go out on a limb here and make a confession. This is more about trying to avoid responsibility than trying to gain points/votes, but...

Tell us all of your secrets... (Wow! This thread is really paying off! )

Why? I have this guilt issue.

Sorry; I'm unfamiliar with the word I highlighted.

This thread reminds me (at least in some of the direction it has gone) of another that discussed how "real" people were behind their screennames - as in, how much they behaved as themselves rather than trying to be someone else.

Some of us, sadly, are no more or less than what we seem.

[Durelin]

Originally Posted by alatar

Tell us all of your secrets... (Wow! This thread is really paying off! )

And you can even analyze away why I decided to confess , and I will rep you for any interesting conclusions!

Originally Posted by Inziladun

That's something that's hard not to consider in this digital age, where possibly the only contact you have or will ever have with someone is through a forum such as this, or an online game group. The days of people having just a few friends that they all knew intimately are gone, for better and worse.

Yes, it's always weird to me when I talk to people I know 'in RL' as people will say (whatever that means, eh?) about people I only know in an online context. But of course, the authenticity of someone is always in question (let's get philosophical!), regardless of how you know them, really...though anonymity adds so many more dimensions. I must say I at least am much bolder thanks to anonymity, if not necessarily not myself (ohh the negatives).

[Rikae]

Originally Posted by Durelin

This thread reminds me (at least in some of the direction it has gone) of another that discussed how "real" people were behind their screennames - as in, how much they behaved as themselves rather than trying to be someone else.

With some people, it seems to me, the opposite happens: you can see more of someone's "true self", so to speak, then xe would reveal in RL. At least, that can be the case with the painfully shy and geeky types like... um... Mac, for instance. I wasn't, of course, referring to myself (remember, this may be a triple bluff...).

I have never repped under another name, nor have I ever attempted to avoid double-posting in any way (in fact, I take some pride in it). I have repped anonyomously...

As for fighting for reps, I used to have a bit of that mentality, but these days I'm actually kind of embarrassed by my place on the member list. There are so many people listed below me who deserve to be ranked higher, and I think my reputation has been padded by werewolf-related reps, which always feel a little ill-gotten to me. Perhaps posts in Books should be worth more points per rep? I hate to see more serious posters rated lower than a dabbler like myself.

[alatar]

Originally Posted by Rikae

I have never repped under another name, nor have I ever attempted to avoid double-posting in any way (in fact, I take some pride in it).

When you double-post, is it within a few moments of your first post, or is it after the thread had clearly died?

I have repped anonyomously...

Ah, ya...me too. Actually, not only do I rep both signed and anonymously, I rep using other people's names...and on threads on which I never seem to post... Anyway, just assume that if you've gotten a rep in the past few years, it was probably from me.

You're welcome.

As for fighting for reps, I used to have a bit of that mentality, but these days I'm actually kind of embarrassed by my place on the member list. There are so many people listed below me who deserve to be ranked higher, and I think my reputation has been padded by werewolf-related reps, which always feel a little ill-gotten to me. Perhaps posts in Books should be worth more points per rep? I hate to see more serious posters rated lower than a dabbler like myself.

I can't help but think that this is some new ploy, as I'm immediately drawn to see where you stand in the rankings, and as you've made both a self-deprecating remark while including praise for other higher ranked members...well, we will see where that goes.