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Forum names and real names:
« on: September 18, 2013, 03:32:15 PM »
Jason (or at least I think it's Jason) made an excellent point that I think is worth discussing.

-When BG posts the results of tournaments throw another line in there saying what store they are from
-Hand out those "hello my name is" stickers at tournaments with forum tag names so people can put more names to faces and what store they are from

To put it simply, people are identified on the forums by a name that (often) has absolutely nothing to do with their actual name.  In my opinion, that's a pain in the ass.  Especially when playing in the Abington campaign, where knowing your opponent's name didn't mean you could find them on the forum.  I think it'd be extremely helpful  to have a person's name visible on the forum. 

In addition, for the sake of identifying where people are from, something to denote whether a player primarily plays at Plainville, Abington, or splits his/her time would be awesome. 

I know notionally we all want to be private on the internets.... but is this pseudo privacy worth the frustration it causes?  What do people think?
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Re: Forum names and real names:
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 03:38:10 PM »
What if Grimwulfe is my real name?
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 03:53:17 PM »
Hi Bradpowers. I think it's a great idea! Please allow me to start:

My name is: Brad Powers
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2013, 04:01:21 PM »
Well put Bill.  For now, I've changed my signature to that.  I think that having this be a default part of the sidebar on everybody's posts might be better though.  Perhaps an opt-in feature?
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2013, 04:07:03 PM »
I know notionally we all want to be private on the internets.... but is this pseudo privacy worth the frustration it causes?  What do people think?

Yes.

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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2013, 05:06:49 PM »
It's kind of fun to slowly figure out which forum names are which Battlegrounds people.  I think I've made about 6 or 7 matches now...
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2013, 06:54:41 PM »
Its our 4th amendment right

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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2013, 06:57:54 PM »
Real Name: Hat
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2013, 07:35:02 PM »
So I'm Chase.

Let me know if you want to know who anyone is.  I know at least 90% of forum posters by their actual name.
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2013, 07:45:23 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2013, 10:26:03 PM »
Think I'll keep my identity a secret.

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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2013, 10:58:04 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2013, 11:22:26 PM »
Hi my name is Bob and I'm an Alcoholic.
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2013, 11:33:27 PM »
Dear everybody:

You suck.   :'(
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2013, 11:40:01 PM »
My name is Gary. I invented Dungeons & Dragons.
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