if everyone just used their real names on the forum's and chat's...

the77club

the77club

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wouldn't the pool community and support be more easily recognizable and unified if we all used our actual names on forums, chats, live stream, etc? I know it sounds funny coming from "the77club" because that is my business name, but my website and phone number are attached. It just makes me wonder when "spacecowboy"" says they were at Turning Stone event and I think, "wow, I was there too" I wonder who it is?? I also think it would slow down any bashing and animosity if someone actually had to reveal themselves....I try and do my best to support pool, live streams, players, pool rooms, cue makers, etc...why not put my name on it? It just seems like it would help identify who is in this with me, instead of this anonymous support...just a thought....peace..
damian mancini.
 
I've always used my real name with my screen name, even before the internet. I'm not hard to find at tournaments... I am usually eavesdropping on conversations around the flow chart - you'd be surprised at some of the things some people say.

If anyone wants to know what I look like - plenty of pictures to include my avatar pic - and if they want to see me play - videos are on youtube. Any questions - then my phone # is displayed on my website.

I don't hide very well these days.

:)
 
Forums are supposed to be anonymous, so people can post their feelings without regard to any retribution.
Having said that if you came to my town and asked for Bob Roberts everyone knows thats me.:cool:
 
Also ,even if someone uses their name how do you REALLY know.

Jay Helfert could really be Fred Flintstone (no,no it is Jay) for example.



Still Terry
 
Johnnyt was one of my poolroom and bar names. Three or four of my published books and eight of my short stories have been mentioned on AZ with my real name as author (John Terrell). I’m sure my inactive nursing license can be pulled up on the net. Only a hand full of members here know me. Some are still on here and some are not. Smorg was one of them. Most of the people I hung around with are long gone or still in jail. I have nothing to hide. Johnnyt
 
Johnnyt said:
Johnnyt was one of my poolroom and bar names. Three or four of my published books and eight of my short stories have been mentioned on AZ with my real name as author (John Terrell). I’m sure my inactive nursing license can be pulled up on the net. Only a hand full of members here know me. Some are still on here and some are not. Smorg was one of them. Most of the people I hung around with are long gone or still in jail. I have nothing to hide. Johnnyt
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Did you used to go to the cue club in tampa? did u have a 68 or 69 lincoln?
 
Anonymity is why some people use forums, and the internet for that matter. There are the spammers who are only there to waste people's time of course. Then you have the people who wish to stir the pot and not get fingers pointed at them.

I believe sharing your name on the internet is a choice, and shouldn't necessarily be required. I personally have no qualms with sharing my name while I'm on the internet once I've established myself at least a bit. But I would feel uncomfortable throwing exactly who I was on the first day on a new forum, among people who may or may not have any business knowing who I am.

On a related note, Blizzard actually did exactly this recently on the World of Warcraft forums. (I played for a number of years, and stopped because I wanted to play more pool). For those of you not familiar, their forums consist of a character name that you choose which character you wish to post under, allowing people to create a character and post under it without revealing the name of their "main" character, or the one they play all the time. Blizzard felt that this was a necessary step because too many people were creating "fake" or one time use names and posting inflamatory remarks. Subsequently, a LOT of people who posted regulary, and nothing inflamatory, simply quit using the forums entirely because they didn't wish everyone to know their real names. You were still posting under a "character name", but under that name was your real name. Granted, this is a much larger scale, but the concept is still the same, Blizzard is a forum with over 1 million people, so understandably having your name out on the forum can be unnerving.

Forums are all about sharing personal opinion, and experience. And whether or not we want that personal opinion to be judged directly against us, or simply against a name we use on the internet is entirely up to the poster. This of course, is just my opinion.

-Jon-
 
the77club said:
wouldn't the pool community and support be more easily recognizable and unified if we all used our actual names on forums, chats, live stream, etc? I know it sounds funny coming from "the77club" because that is my business name, but my website and phone number are attached. It just makes me wonder when "spacecowboy"" says they were at Turning Stone event and I think, "wow, I was there too" I wonder who it is?? I also think it would slow down any bashing and animosity if someone actually had to reveal themselves....I try and do my best to support pool, live streams, players, pool rooms, cue makers, etc...why not put my name on it? It just seems like it would help identify who is in this with me, instead of this anonymous support...just a thought....peace..
damian mancini.
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I agree. It would also slow down some of the "keyboard commandos" who are always looking to argue, condemn others, and act as baddasses, saying things they'd never say to anyone face to face for fear of having their face rearranged!
 
jamesroberts said:
Did you used to go to the cue club in tampa? did u have a 68 or 69 lincoln?
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I was at the Cue Club only a few time with John?(forget his last name. He ran a buy here pay here lot on Hillsborough. I had a 71 or 72 Lincoln. Johnnyt
 
some people on here are still active hustlers (me ? hmmm?) and just like you said , can be standing right next to you at a tournament . . . or right across the table from you, taking your money. There's more than one reason for anonymity. I could post an avatar photo , but how would you know it's me?
Hint: picture Mike Massey meaner , fatter , & hairier . . .
 
Blackjack said:
I've always used my real name with my screen name, even before the internet. I'm not hard to find at tournaments... I am usually eavesdropping on conversations around the flow chart - you'd be surprised at some of the things some people say.

If anyone wants to know what I look like - plenty of pictures to include my avatar pic - and if they want to see me play - videos are on youtube. Any questions - then my phone # is displayed on my website.

I don't hide very well these days.

:)
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Wow.. you're pretty short! Who's the tall guy to your right? :grin:
 
...then anyone could google your name and see everything you posted. Not a problem by itself, but the time of the post might be a problem with some employers. lol
 
I agree, hence the reason why I use my real name, that being said I certainly don't have a problem with something using another method, even tho I have wondered at times who a person is that seems to be " in the know or very knowledgeable" concerning our beloved sport.
 
As I posted in a similar thread last year:

Anonymous posting can facilitate discussion or exchange of information based on what is said rather than who says it. We all tend to view another person’s words and actions through filters. The filters are the preconceptions and prejudices formed by our prior knowledge of that person or other persons with similar characteristics – age, sex, race, nationality, wealth, income, marital status, family history, occupation, avocations, height, weight, and on and on. But with anonymous posting, one’s words have to be evaluated solely in terms of the quality of the thought and expression.

Over time, of course, an anonymous poster creates a posting history or profile that, in itself, creates preconceptions and prejudices that filter what that person subsequently posts.

Obviously, it can be useful to know who the poster is when trying to evaluate the accuracy, wisdom, or credibility of what he is saying. But for most topics, that’s not essential. Whether the poster is Joe Championplayer, Joe Supercuebuilder, or Joe Shmoe, let’s evaluate what is said rather than who says it.
 
AtLarge said:
Whether the poster is Joe Championplayer, Joe Supercuebuilder, or Joe Shmoe, let’s evaluate what is said rather than who says it.
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I agree with that, and it should also remind us that we never know who it is behind the screen name. During a discussion a few years ago, somebody questioned the knowledge and abilities of forum member "ghostball". I sat there at my laptop laughing my asss off with tears streaming down my face.

"ghostball" is Ray Martin.
 
Probably one of the better reasons I have heard for posting anonymously is that people at times say things they regret and things that can come back to haunt them in later life.

I would not want to be in someone’s shoes who heard from a job interviewer, “I looked up your name on Google. Five years ago, did you really say xxx on a pool forum?”

Me I am a 12 year old girl from Tacoma Washington. Don’t tell anyone or I will get a difficult time at school.

In reality I am retired and could care less if anyone looked me up. But then I am no longer looking for a job, wife, or anything else in life.

Everyone gets to be young and stupid -- hope it isn't you -- whoever you are.
 
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I couldn't agree more................

cuesmith said:
I agree. It would also slow down some of the "keyboard commandos" who are always looking to argue, condemn others, and act as baddasses, saying things they'd never say to anyone face to face for fear of having their face rearranged!
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I couldn't agree more,

Most of the players I meet while on the road teaching Perfect Aim come up to me and introduce themselves as their screen name on AZ. It's really kind of cool to meet these players in their home settings and play some pool with them.

It's too bad that more players don't get to experience this.

We have an awful lot of nice people in this pool world of ours. I'm just so fortuanate to be able to travel around and meet so many.

Every once in a while i run into the arguementative type and find out that usually they really believe what they argue about. Hard headed, but I guess that's OK. I guess we all have a little of this hard headedness to us.

Have a great day geno...........
 
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