I really bugs me when people I talk to beyond PMs and a once in a blue moon IM call me Rye. I dunno why, it just makes me feel like such a stranger. Call me Jess!
I really bugs me when people I talk to beyond PMs and a once in a blue moon IM call me Rye. I dunno why, it just makes me feel like such a stranger. Call me Jess!
So it was great, everybody was callin' me Psy and I was one badass internet dude with a shortened name. Then suddenly one day everyone started calling me Paul in unison and I didn't know where I was anymore.
I will be refered to in both IRL and on the internets as The Emperor.
You will never be Paul. Paul Knox was Paul, and even now that you can't call him that anymore, that doesn't mean <i>you</i> can be Paul.Originally Posted by Psychotic
I'm cool with people using either my screen name or my real name.
I don't really give out my full name on the fora and would rather that others keep from doing so as well, but only because I don't want future potential employers to find my account here by a simple Google search (who knows how they could misinterpret my posts). I don't mind saying my full name in chat.
Haha, I thought the same thing years ago when people I talked to referred to Psy as "Paul." Even though that's my step-dad's name, online I've always related the name to Knox. Now that he's Gene I just call him "Knox."
I look at it this way: Gene Knox.
<b>G-KNOX</b>.
He's like the super-powered robot sequel to Paulie.
...Knox changed his name to Gene? o.O
Anyway, I don't care either way and tend to switch between calling people their screen names or their real names on a whim.
I like to call Psychotic Paul because sometimes people think I'm trying to say a bad word when I call him Pssy!
I generally call them what I call them online. As for whether I use their real name or not, that depends on who it is.
Para exampla, I dont think I'll ever call peegies "Mike" unless I'm introducing him (Which might actually happen!)
Usually though, i prefer to give someone a personalized nickname, so whether they are called by their real or screen names has a lot to do with how nicknamizable those names are.
Kishi: That's brilliant. xD
Yeah, a while ago. A couple of years, maybe?
Paul Knox still exists?
Not at EOFF so much anymore, though he posted a bit about three years ago.
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No, <a href="http://jumahn.livejournal.com/57779.html">he died in Iraq</a>.
I don't care who calls me what because names are arbitrary anyhow.
derp
Oh, well maybe it was only a year or so ago. Whatever. My sense of internet time is way off.
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