Online identity.

Fair enough... I seem to recall that this happened the last time that you described yourself to me as well. Is this a trend with you? Do you struggle with your identity? Or perhaps you are stating what Peace-and-War did below, that people are more abstract than the question implies. And so have a case in point, as Castle Mysterio would have me say...

 

I myself am actually pretty much the same online as I am in real life...
The only difference is that... well... I don't get shot nearly as much in real life as I do here lol
*shot*

 

*Pushes Bushy-Brow out the way* There's always a better way :3


I am basically the same, I'm just as stupid and mature/immature as in real life. The main difference is probably what I talk about since none of my friends really play Kingdom hearts, and I'm not a huge fan of make up and all the stereotype girly stuff. I'd say on here I'm more accurate because I can talk about the things I love with people who are actually interested... I hope :D. Plus in real life, people can annoy me easily but on here I'm quite happy.

 

I find that being called Dark lets me act more sarcastic and/or witty, and being called my real name seems to make me act more compassionate and/or caring. That's even in real life. There's something slightly liberating about being known by an alias.

He's lying. He gets shot twice as often in real life. Mostly by me.

 

I do keep the two personas of here and out there quite seperate from each other.
In talking to others out there with spoken words, i'm what some would consider a comedian, always trying to make people laugh and smile, even if the situation doesn't need it, and usually try to make the best out of each situation I deal with. Whilst talking to others in here with typed words, I find myself more of a reflective and thought-filled person with greater articulation of words, and the want to talk to others about more serious matters or matters I equally enjoy.

Concerning the use of names, Peace-and-War isn't that catchy of a name, so I don't think i've ever openly been called that, but PAW has been used before. HOwever, the most common pseudonym I use online is Kam Sage. It's a name I've been using for years now on almost everything, and ever since i've used it on my Xbox and Playstation accounts, my real world friends have used it the odd time, mostly when we are playing, but whenever it is said I do feel a little shocked. Kam Sage has been rooted in a lot of disturbing memories from my online past and i'm kind of disgraced and embarassed about myself back then but in the end, it's a part of me, so I accept the name online and offline.

And there's not a fine line between me here and outh there, sometimes they crossover or switch with each other, in the end both online and offline versions of myself are parts of a much larger and complicated person, and as such I won't get confused about who I know I am no matter the situation.

Actually, that makes more sense then how some regular people try to describe themselves. I thought you were just trying to say that someones identity can be so abstract and hard to define, that in general we are the same person yet completely different all at the same time. And also that people worry too much about who they whole-heartedly are, which leads them nowhere since they never find the answers they seek, causing more questions then answers.

At least, that's what I thought you meant.

 

It'd be hard to say that anyone acts exactly the same online as they do offline. I like to think that my online and offline self are very similar, at least in the ways that matter. I have the same ethics, thought process, and sense of humour as I do in real life; the major difference being that many of my "real life" friends don't get my humour, really (excluding a select few). It feels to me like I get a lot of "Haha! ...wait, what?"s, so sometimes if I think of something funny that I suspect might go over their heads at first, I'll just keep it to myself if I'm not in the mood to explain it. I feel like I can let out my humour a bit more on the internet.

 

Both. What I learned from this, well, never post when struggling with thought processing.

Bingo! You somehow managed to decipher it, and it was done far better than I could ever hope to do. I cannot believe that you managed to comprehend that, as I had been nearing psychosis while writing that. Give yourself a pat on the back, you are deserving of it.

Then again, you may want to evaluate yourself. Understanding a floundering lunatic, oh dear, that cannot mean good.

Either way, I am going to start keeping close watch on you from here on out. Be cognizant of stalkers. That is all!

 

I am Califa online. It's just me uncensored in life.

Or sometimes I'm even kinder and more sympathetic to others than I am in person. The only major difference online compared to in person is that I get to say everything I want to say in a discussion instead of getting cut off (people may not read my side of the argument but I still get to voice it).

I suppose I do reveal some more rude things about my personal life on another board because I don't care if strangers know it but I do care if my friends knew it XD
Thats odd but I don't invent myself into some more exciting party girl with constant bedfellows or something like some people I knew who did that.

 

I registered for this website figuring I'd never really post on the forums. I came for the vids. At the time I was quite taken with the actor from which I got my screenname from. I don't even bat an eyelash when people call me 'Laurence' on this site. In fact it rather makes me smile.

I'm a bit ...quieter in actual life. Get me in a face to face discussion and I don't know you? I will not say one word and I will look anywhere but at your face. I think the term for it is 'extreme introvert'. Sometimes even if I feel comfortable around a person, I just won't speak. A lot of people perceive it as rude but I really have problems with face to face talking. I don't even like phones all that much. [I'm probably just as arrogant though. I don't know how that makes sense.]

I'm just a quiet person who enjoys listening to music, reading and writing.
And watching boring documentaries about Nazis.

 

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My duplo identity (Internet/reality) seemed to be quite similar, yet not the same. On the internet I'm not as afraid to show a bit more of my personality... I'm not afraid to say how I feel, but sometimes I need to come out of my shell.. I'm almost completely myself in reality, given that I warm up to people a bit. At first I do tend to make people really confused.

To be honest I preferred my internet facade back in my younger teenage years. I just felt more comfortable being Cherry Berry. I've been so used to this site for most of my teenage-hood that it's made me in a sense a bit eccentric, yet aren't we all eccentric in one sense or another?? In reality nowadays though I'm just myself... Online or offline. Like it or hate it peeps.

At one point I did have an identity crisis. Though it was also triggered by a long term impediment in my personal life

I didn't have many username changes on this site, but when I reached Cherry/Cherry Berry I decided to stick with it. Why not after all?

Better Cherry than iPeck. :lolface:

 

In the past my online and offline personality were different. Years ago I was much quieter and reserved. But as the years went on things change, because of things like like college, university and even aspects of my online life I became more confident as a person so now really what you see online is pretty much a more open version of myself. If you ever met me in real life, sure I would be more reserved at first but as I get to know a person I become more like I seem online.

It's weird, I feel like I can open up easier online. There are things I've told online friends (who I meet IRL on a regular basis) that I have never told friends of mine I've had for years.

 

It seems for most people there is either very little change, or they are more confident on the internet, but for me I'm less confident. In real life I do what I'm going to do, and then stick with that course of action, but on the internet, I will decide what I'm going to do, then before actually committing too it, pace around and worry, and get nervous, and sometimes quit altogether, but if I just start whatever it is I'm going to do, like writing this message, I don't second guess myself, and in the real world I don't really have the option to sit and wait and worry, and must actually choose in a reasonable amount of time. when on the internet being called by my real name I will stare at it surprised for half a second and then tell people not to call me by it, and in real life if I were called Fred, I would just think they were talking to someone else.
Edit: although in real life I use periods, rather than stringing an entire paragraph together with commas.

 

Let's see . . . hmmm . . . different . . . Yes. I am completely different online than in real life. I do feel like I have multiple personalities when I am online. (Paranoid moment) If you mess up and say something awkward in a conversation you just stay away from the site for a few days, unlike real life where you say something and everyone knows where you live . . . Anyway, my personality goes online goes by the name Night171 but my friends call me Night. In real life I go by ***** ***** but my friends call me ***** . . . you thought I would actually tell you, hah! See, your mad at me and can't go to my house to beat me up *roflmao* But seriously, it is easy to be yourself on the internet, hard to by you in the real world.

 

I mean, people usually call me Kites on here and I've had this username ever since I was allowed to change it from my super lame one when I first signed up for KHV. That being said, I actually prefer people calling me Julia, which is my name, as opposed to Kites, but calling me Kites isn't that big of a deal since the name is easy to refer to in case people forget "Julia". Besides, it's only people that I'm really good friends with on here like John, Cam, Haley, Carla, etc. that have my facebook that call me Julia. Kites was like the first thing that popped into my head when I was playing FFXII because a minor character's name was "Kytes" and I just changed the y to an i, it wasn't really a big deal. But actually, I'm quite the opposite with a lot of people on here, I'm actually waaaayyy more outgoing in real life in contrast to the internet where I'm like idgaf so I don't feel the need to put myself out there to an extreme just because no one actually knows me in person.

tl;dr - I like people calling me Julia but calling me Kites isn't a big deal to me. Call me whatever you want.

 

Online personality is DEFINITELY more me. Here I can be me and not be criticized by stupid f-ing haters. most of the time anyway

I've never changed my name here tho... people call me Cat and that's the basis for every account I make on anything... from gmail to YT...

 

*raises hand* I don't even give people time to get used to calling me by a name before I change it. My selection of avatars is even more schizophrenic. I am a complete and total internet metrosexual.

I've always been a bit of a mimic, adapting and absorbing different traits on the fly. This is true of me offline as much as it is online. Interesting, then, that certain core values and habits stubbornly remain through many iterations. At any rate, there's definitely disconnect between online and offline me, but that's because, for a while, there was only an online me; I was never very popular, and when I started homeschool I became a complete recluse. Now that I'm out of that valley I'm trying to internalize the digital persona I developed, because there's a lot of positive qualities there, like assertiveness and a keen sense of articulation. As for my identity crisis, well, part of the reason I'm a mimic is because I've always had pretty low self-esteem. I've tried to make myself better by tacking parts of others onto me, but now I realize that doesn't work; I still absorb other people's traits, but if I don't identify with them, they don't stick. So I still have many faces, but I put a lot more effort into them. It works for me, even if I often wish I could just be really excellent at one or two things or have a more solid identity.

I've always had the potential to be a lot of things, but I feel a lot more freedom to switch modes over the internet because of the interface. One post I might be flippant and condescending, the next I might be deadpan and neutral; meanwhile on MSN I'm typing in all caps and throwing inane smileys at everyone like hand grenades. :L <-- What does that even mean? Who even cares. (Funny thing is, I make a face that one might imagine looks like that.) Offline I tend to downplay my intellectual side because I'm just not as articulate or verbose. I'm slow. I take too much time to think. I misuse words or say things I don't mean. So while I'm open to thoughtful conversation, I tend to just shout and joke and laugh and cuss and carry on. It's easier, and it's still better than being shy and antisocial like I used to; any mode of interaction is better than none. I mean, that, and a lot of times I'm the life of the party. I like to entertain. Part of me just likes the attention, but I've always profited from others' happiness.

So yes, I think my online and offline selves are different, but the difference is hard to pinpoint and getting smaller all the time. It's like two actors swapping trade secrets.

 

After looking at the OP's huge list of name changes, I didn't realize those were all the same person. In fact I thought they were all different people. This forum suddenly feels much smaller. :v

Anyway, I've changed my name a few times. Let me think...

Bass GS
Darkwatch (current and pretty much my default here now lol)
Darky
Atari
figure of destiny
qubert (was a joke, so idk if it really counts)

I also tried switching to Oberon, but then the forum reset and I went back to the one I had before that (Darkwatch).

These days I'm more likely to act like my regular self online. Not like before where I had all that teenage angst. Oh, the angst and how fun it was... lol I open up easier online for some reason. It's really a medium that I feel comfortable with (don't gotta deal with the social awkwardness for one...) plus it's at my leisure and not planned, so I'm definitely more relaxed.

 

So many name changes I can't even begin. The only reason I did this was because I didn't really like being known as "Famous". A lot of people on here used to call me Haley, which is better in my opinion, because that's obviously my name. I think less people do now though because most of the older members are MIA.

I feel like on this forum you can build yourself to have any type of personality you wish, which is true for the rest of the internet. I try to represent myself in the same way as I do in real life. Of course there are those things that you can escape with an online identity, the stereotypes, the judgments people make when they see you in person, etc.

In terms of honesty and things that I say on here, I act the same IRL. I can be mean, I can be really sweet, etc. I have balls and not just a cyber penis so to speak which some people have doubted in the past (online fights lol).

I feel like I take real life more seriously, but it's not like I hold back on my thoughts at all with people. But online I am much more quiet about my real life. Like I don't like to tell people what I do and about my life as much. But then again I have my facebook link in my signature for anyone to add me because I really don't mind people having access to me and I have nothing to hide.

 

I don't feel that there is too much of a disconnect between my online identity and my real one. I am a little quieter in person, but then again, you can say whatever you want on the internet and no one on here can really do anything to you.

 

Real Life: I am extremely klutzy, gullible, naive, and pretty stupid most of the time as well (with words). I speak before I think. I walk before I plan my path. I do things at the last minute possible. I try and get out of things I don't want to do, not even trying them, not even considering it might be an absolute adventure. But I'm still good in heart and I'm funny. I have many friends who love me. I try my best to love them back. To encourage and help them like they have to me. But I always end up hurting their feelings and apologizing later, stupidly. I'm shy. I don't talk much unless around people I've known forever and ever. Hard to believe if you're a friend online.

Online: I am cunning, I can figure someone's true intentions out just by one conversation with them. I can make or break your heart with words. I'm still a bit clumsy and shy, but I'm a lot braver and smart online than I am in real life. I am extremely talkative. I can chat until I drop. Unless I'm drawing, of course. Then I need alone time and I don't want to be bothered. Otherwise, I'm on my laptop ALL DAY. I try and buy as much time as I can on the internet as possible. It's something vital for communication for me. Without it, I can't be social. Although I still have some trouble choosing words on the internet, I'm still persuasive, and can figure you out from head to toe. I know if you're hiding something from me. I know if you're depressed, or happy, or just plain bored. I can read your words like a psychic lady reads hands. I like talking like old people like chicken.

There you have it. Me being talkative IRL is like a snowball's chance in hell.

And I, also, have a lot of name changes on sites. Actually, a lot more than probably anyone here. O.o
Bulbagarden. I have maybe over 70 different names I've gone by on there. But most people recognize me as either "Aurawave" (my first forum username that I've used for just about every forum I've joined) "American1D10T" (big Green Day fan is me. People abbreviate it as A1.. lol I'm a steak sauce) and "Keyslinger" (duh).
Yeah. I have no life. And I'm also very stubborn. And emotional.