Subject: Re: Name
From: Jerry 'Sinister' Kurunen (sinister.serpent@sci.fi)
Date: Thu Apr 13 2000 - 10:32:08 EEST
Tommi Leino wrote: > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Jerry 'Sinister' Kurunen wrote: > > > > Brethel. > > > > Belemar or Admorac. > > I don't really like people changing names from time to time, just when i'm > getting used to their name. It doesn't really matter that much if it is > Brethel, Belemar or Admorac, it is just a name, all of them are great, but > it takes just too much trouble to go with changing the name. Once a name > has been chosen, it shouldn't be never changed, otherwise the one discards > its identify and has to build a new one and the others has to get used to > it. Now everyone knows you as Brethel, not as Belemar or Admorac and > that is not only the Majik team, all the people who look at the web pages, > people at linuxgames.com, everywhere. Everyone speaks of Brethel, no-one > of Belemar or Admorac. It is not that simple to just to change the name, > it is a huge effort to get everyone used to it and if one does that once > in a year or so.. Compare the benefits, if one choses to cling only to a > one name, it becomes more well-known and changing the name discards all > the popularity gained by the name just in order to get a "nicer" name, > when in reality it is just the same whatever name you use, it isn't really > worth the trouble. That is all true. Thanks for pointing it out, BUT if someone STILL wants to change his name, no matter what, he should be able to do so. Some people change identity/name just because they are known too well by certain name etc. -- | _____/ __ /___ ___/ ___ / | / | / / / / / / | / | ____ / ___ / / ___ / / | / | / / / / / / / / | ______/__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ | Sinister / Serpent of Nightside | <mailto:sinister.serpent@sci.fi> | Homepage: http://www.kaapeli.net/~sinister | Nightside homepage: http://welcome.to/nightside
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