Heh, when I'm online It pretty much depends on what I'm doing. Forums, I'm pretty moderate and non-argumentative like IRL. WoW, I'm pretty overly team oriented and something of a leader. Xbox live, the biggest douche bag to walk the face of the earth, watch out if you have an accent or do cheap stuff. (you know like everyone else on Xbox live)
How different are your online and offline personas?
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I'm not really that different, except I think a bit more about what I'm saying when i'm here because there is actual intelegent people here to critisize what I am saying.
I rant about things in front of strangers a great deal less in person, otherwise I'm pretty much the same online and offline.
I think I'm more open online.
I'll talk about my problems because I'm not worried about consequences.
Otherwise, yea I'm mostly the same. I like to think I'm better looking online.
Edit; Oh yes, and I have been known to RP as female characters. I'm actually more convincing at it than I am when I RP male characters. Perhaps it's some suppressed desire, but whether it is or isn't I intend to continue being a straight dude.
I'll talk about my problems because I'm not worried about consequences.
Otherwise, yea I'm mostly the same. I like to think I'm better looking online.
Edit; Oh yes, and I have been known to RP as female characters. I'm actually more convincing at it than I am when I RP male characters. Perhaps it's some suppressed desire, but whether it is or isn't I intend to continue being a straight dude.
Yeah, like the greater internet fuckwad theory, or whatever it was. (search for that on Penny Arcade if you don't know)Icecoldcynic said:
I'm pretty much the same, except I'm a lot more nervous online, and my thoughts play out better through the medium of typing.
I'm a terrible speaker IRL
Mostly I'm the same online as I am offline, with a slight difference in that I'm slightly more outgoing online (naturally) and I've revealed things online that I would never dare tell my real life friends. Whether or not this will come back to haunt me when I meet fellow UK Escapists at UK Escapism 2010, remains to be seen...
I'm pretty much the same - I suppose I'm quicker to argue with people, but I do that in real life too, so there's very little difference.
Oddly enough, I've also done this. Mainly just for the lulz, though. I don't usually do RP online, but I do sometimes use a female character when gaming and I recall a funny incident a few weeks back where, just as a quick experiment, I decided to play Halo Custom Edition (PC) using a blatantly female nickname. It was pretty obvious that it was a hoax (I called myself SxcChick), but nevertheless I had one guy instantly ask to cyber after joining a server. Needless to say, I left pretty quickly. Though more people seemed to think that I was simply part of a clan called SXC... Weird, huh?stonethered said:
I tend to be nicer online to people i just met while the people i hang out with describe me as a cold bastard, I pretty much say what's on my mind IRL and online i tend to be more rational.
Also i actually talk when im online, People were surprised to hear my voice back when i was in school, And i like it that way
Also i actually talk when im online, People were surprised to hear my voice back when i was in school, And i like it that way
I wouldn't say my nerdiness changed, it just has more oppurtunities to be let out.
And I'm, if anything, less harsh online than I am in real life. Mainly because sarcasm and things like that are easy to be misunderstood on the interhighway. And I'd say I was more honest on here too, its a lot easier to open up on the internet than to someone's face.
And I'm, if anything, less harsh online than I am in real life. Mainly because sarcasm and things like that are easy to be misunderstood on the interhighway. And I'd say I was more honest on here too, its a lot easier to open up on the internet than to someone's face.
