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

[Raggit]

I was just wondering what you think about putting your real name in your games credits.  

Do you think its a bad idea?

I mean, if sombody played your game and saw your real full name why would they want to stalk you down and kill you?

What do you put in your credits?

[Dr. Eric Moreau]

I put my real name, 'cause I'm brave and fear no one.

[Trapezoid]

Hey, why would a stalker stalk someone just because he knew their full name? Couldn't he just pick one out of the phonebook?

[rodekill]

That's slightly paranoid.

I wouldn't worry about it, seriously.

[DMonkey]

Do you know how many other people the same name might be out there?

[MillsJROSS]

I put my name somewhere in my credits I'm sure. But I have a pretty common first name and last name, so it might take a stalker a little while to find me. I don't think that thats likely going to happen, but I can dream of people pursuing me in the night!

-MillsJROSS

[Squinky]

I often use my real name, as there seems to be another squinky that makes adventure games.....
Who woulda known?

[TerranRich]

I would...and will...use my real name for my game. It's the ultimate recognition, seeing your own name as the creator or conspirator for a game. I say, why not? If people who know you see it, then that could only be good, right?

[Gilbert]

Well... As I'm also using my real name here, so...

[evenwolf]

stalkers don't stalk lonely people, it would be an empty gesture.



Oh, I was talking about me, not you.  But then again I wasn't talking about me, I was just being funny.  Well, ok actually I wasn't.

[MrColossal]

eric john feurstein

bring on the stalkers

i could use the company

[danny*]

I am already using my real name!!111!!

[Andail]

My real name is all over my games, my webpage and everything else I do on the Internet...it's really no big deal

[BruisedWeasel]

I'm pretty cautious about letting my name roam around on the internet. A few of you know it, and I doubt anyone dangerous is here. Heck, I think I've even used it on a web site of mine. I'll probably put it on my games, should I finish any and release them.

But there is a reason I'm cautious: Never ever let you dad piss off a schizo who knows where you live.

[Linus]

I never give out my personal information to sources I don't know what they are, but I do stick my name on the ILB site aswell as in my games.

A word of advise could be that avoid using your name when dealing with more cautios areas of computer development, as the completely alegal things like cracking programs..

[Ghormak]

Let it be known that I, Andreas Mats Vilhelm Slotte, am extremely paranoid and don't give out my real name to anyone.

[Butcher]

Let it be known that I, Antonis Vavayannis, AM a stalker and will hunt each and every one of you down!


seriously now...I use butcher because it's easy for someone to remember and because all the people that know me through the internet know and recognise me by that name...I bet no one of you can spell Antonis Vavayannis correctly without looking at it,EVER!

[Toefur]

I don't get what the big deal is. Well, it seems people here don't mind too much, but I know so many people that are so paranoid about the 'net.

Some people even go so far as to change the names of people they know when mentioning, so they'll say, "Yes, me and... David (when the persons real name is Michelle) went to get a coffee", like giving away the persons real first name will enable somebody to hunt them down...

I dunno... maybe I'm just desensitised... I've been posting my full name... my telephone number and address all over the internet for years... havn't had a problem so far...

[Ghormak]

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

[jannar85]

I'm also using my real name everywhere. In forum posts, homepage, games and everywhere else on the net. Nothing has happened to me yet.