The anonymity(sp?) of the Internet is grand. You get judged by only your deeds and words, nobody knows your gender or race unless you disclose it. There is still one way to give a negative impression without really doing anything: choose to name your avatar **** Slime, Periodblood or Itchy_crack. Yes these are all names I've come across in various online communities.
Whenever **** Slime is online, I don't say a peep in the voicechat of my outfit in Planetside 2. Somehow I just don't think anything good will come from letting that player know I'm a girl. To clarify, the name is in Finnish, otherwise I'd like to think moderators would have requested namechange by now. In the same game a Portugese guy insisted to be called something other than his character name. When I asked why he admitted his name meant "Huge breasts". Classy.
Usernames make the first impression; calling yourself any variation of Master or God tells me you're likely conceited (and propably delusional). xXx*insert popular character*xXx - has no imagination or is a fanboy of the worst order. I just don't know why anyone would shoot themselves in the foot with a name that says "I'm trying to offend everyone". Maybe they forget this is online and the other players are real people, not NPCs. I would imagine getting called something cringeworthy gets old fast.
/rant
Feel free to tell me to grow a thicker skin or get out. I would prefer some insight on why actions that would cause frowning in real life are seen as the norm online.
EDIT: for some reason one of the options is missing half text and I can't fix it. It should be "No, but I don't mind when others do"
Whenever **** Slime is online, I don't say a peep in the voicechat of my outfit in Planetside 2. Somehow I just don't think anything good will come from letting that player know I'm a girl. To clarify, the name is in Finnish, otherwise I'd like to think moderators would have requested namechange by now. In the same game a Portugese guy insisted to be called something other than his character name. When I asked why he admitted his name meant "Huge breasts". Classy.
Usernames make the first impression; calling yourself any variation of Master or God tells me you're likely conceited (and propably delusional). xXx*insert popular character*xXx - has no imagination or is a fanboy of the worst order. I just don't know why anyone would shoot themselves in the foot with a name that says "I'm trying to offend everyone". Maybe they forget this is online and the other players are real people, not NPCs. I would imagine getting called something cringeworthy gets old fast.
/rant
Feel free to tell me to grow a thicker skin or get out. I would prefer some insight on why actions that would cause frowning in real life are seen as the norm online.
EDIT: for some reason one of the options is missing half text and I can't fix it. It should be "No, but I don't mind when others do"