Anon

Was making the morning rounds of blogs I have saved in Google Reader andfound a fairly long winded but interesting post on various facets of being Anon on the internet. The following portion made was amusing enough to warrant a link and a quote.

I’ve since taken the stance that none of that shit really matters, and now have my XBL gamertag as Ericksen. Here’s a hint if you can’t figure out the meaning: it’s my last name. I certainly could have gone with “BlaZzZin FurEY 420 Smokolot” or something, but felt like my last name was a better representation of who I am. There are no Xs in it, I know… it’s pretty mundane.

While my characters in WoW are all named some variation on Isobelle, I make no excuses about broken microphones or missing sound codecs online. I’ll jump in vent with a PUG (OMGURADOOD?), and actually am usually the first one to offer up my guild’s server IP just so I don’t have to type. I even go gentle on the fragile ones and tell them that I don’t care if they never say a word. It’s just easier for me personally if you can listen to what I tell you, without ME having to type. You can type all day if you want to, knock yourself out. I personally prefer saying “focus fire on the skull icon” than typing it during a botched pull.

The whole post is not about this specific train of thought but covers several aspects of anon on the ‘net. I just found this part particularly humerous because there always seems to be at least one person in any guild of reasonable size I have been in who plays the “my michrophone is broken” card, and they are always female characters. I also think the xXxnamegoesherexXx names are pretty freakin stupid on xBox live. They also seem to be the ones I end up having to mute because they are morons who try to talk smack constantly. (Texas Holdem being hte worst) Texas holdem on the xbox is fun until the 3rd or forth time the table crashes and you loose your bankroll btw. Good thing it is fake money.