How many of you would post your real name in your games credits?

[Esseb]

I never give away my real name on the net, but that's only because I don't want Norwegians pointing out my surname is spelled wrong.

[Helm]

It's not like many people will even remember Telemachus Stavropoulos 30 seconds after they read it...

but still, I use "Helm" on my games, cause it's oldskool to have a nick for all your internet activities

[Toefur]

Wouldn't it be ironic if the above post would become the last post Toefur ever posted on this forum?

That would indeed be poetic beauty.

[m0ds]

If you've helped with Kinky Island, then i'm afraid its your real name or no name at all. I always use my real name, sometimes Mark "mods" lovegrove, and sometimes people put "Music by Mods" in there games, but I really prefer my real name being used, and I'm happy for it to be used.

I think it's sad that you wouldn't use your real name. It's not like your giving out your address, telephone number etc.


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[MillsJROSS]

My name here is basically a scrambline of my real name. And the only reason I didn't sign up with an unscrammbled name is because years ago when I was first signing on-line someone had already taken several variations of my name, so I was stuck with MillsJROSS (Justin Ross Mills being my full full name). And it grew on me, so I use it on everything I sign on to.

-MillsJROSS

[Ben]

There are only two places I know of on the internet where my full name is used. One is in the credits for Pleurghburg, and the other is on the RON info page. I'm not paranoid about being murdered or raped by some crazy nut, but I don't usually put my name out there very much. There's just about being somewhat anonymous that appeals to me, but I'm not exactly sure what it is.

[DragonRose]

I do the scrambling thingy too.  When I do credits for movies games or comics, you'll find it's been worked on by Christine McLeod, Kris MacLoud, Chris "Mac" Lowd, Enid Sirhc-Doelcam  (Read it backwards) and so forth.  That way my name is all over it, but I don't need to worry about people figuring out what my real name is.

But now you know my secret, and I must kill you all.

[Goldmund]

I use Goldmund because it sounds stupid.


Which reminds me:
Lucky bastards without strange letters in your real name!
I hate you!
How am I supposed to be a famous writer in, say, England, when my full name is Blazej Krzysztof Dzikowski, and "l" and "z" is hyphenated in Blazej (you read it like: "Booashay").

Better think up my writer's nom de guerre. Like Gary Cox. Or Fat Lolo. Or Philboyd Studge.

[m0ds]

Go incognito as Andy Penis ?


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[evenwolf]

Fat Lolo, I'm making a phone call right now...

[Las Naranjas]

Better yet, just call yourself Booashay.

It's like Booyakashah, except more Polish.

[Raggit]

I am not really worried about giving out my real name.

But my mom is cautious about it.

I believe that there are a lot of trust worthy people on the internet.  And I do agree if sombody is going to stalk sombody they'll get it out of the phone book if they can't find it in a game.  And why would they kill me just because I put my name in my game.

Besides, only the people who play my game will see my name.  So I don't have a prob with it.  

But if my mom really doesn't want me to put my full name in, I won't. Thanx for the help.

[Dave Gilbert]

Cautious?  Screw cautious!

Me, I went ahead and met up with Gilbert Cheung while traveling in a foreign country where I bearly spoke the language.  How's that for cautious?  

I use my real name because I can't be arsed to think of a wittier one.  For a brief time I called myself "GameGeezer" but gave that up because it was daft.  I'm lucky in that my name is pretty common and therefore google-proof.  

-Dave

[Flippy_D]

I am called Phillip Dyte which is one of the strangest names ever and I highly doubt anyone else outside maybe Russia or Norway shares its dubious recognition qualities.

Hell yes. My ancestors were Norwegian pirates.

[evenwolf]

Well, I'm kinda torn on the issue. I use my name on my website and all that good stuff- and I did that so people COULD find me on google.  Because I left Knoxville kind of abrubtly and figure ONE day someone might wonder about me, I dunno .  I think it all comes down to what the hell you're doing and who you are.  If you're a 12 year old girl with a website about your favorite boy band, I advise you not to publush your name.   Or if you're working on an invention that could make you millions of dollars, do not put too much info on your website as to where you can be found etc.  But I think most of us are ok, I don't think we're in the "helpless" or "potentialy theft worthy" category.  

[Flippy_D]

I mean I always use Flippy_D (except for one board, but that has.....circumstances), and I always have good ol' Cranky Kong here as me avatar. Everyone loves Cra-....no. Wait. That's wrong.

[Las Naranjas]

Putting your real name there won't help if they search for Morehead, or the other mispellings

[TerranRich]

Hell, when I finish my game, I'm putting my real name out there for recognition, so people can know who made that piece of crap! I'm even going to use my middle initial,  to sound all important and high and mighty... Richard J. Brum

Yes, I can see it now...

[Scummbuddy]

We can all see it now, you just posted it.  

Yea, I don't have a problem posting my name in a game.  I'm not scared.

[Michael Zhu]

If a stalker played my (unmade) game, and wanted to kill me for some hysterical reason (maybe hates my game), then I would put boot to scrotum, then knuckles to cheek, then maybe shoot him in da legs and arms with my SOCOM. Yeah, that sounds pretty pleasant. Hey, it's just self defence, right? RIGHT?!
ARGH!