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Ghendar
Warlord
13069 Posts
    
Mud Lick, Kentucky
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| I'm not.
I think a lot of people would be surprised to find out that I'm not really like my Maxminis persona. Like a lot of people I think, I'm much more open and outgoing on an "anonymous" message board than I am in real life.
So what about you? Is what we all see through your posts really reflective of the real life you, or different? | |
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I dont mind butting heads every once in a while. It makes thing interesting. Thats why I'd be heartbroken if Ghendar ever left - Posted By Count Dooku on 04/03/2006 11:58 AM
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B
Underboss
1189 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 10:21 AM |
| | Umm...I think that I'm a little more outgoing in real life...I also make a lot of crude/hilarious comments that I wouldn't make here [:D] | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4463 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 10:33 AM |
| I'm just as opinionated, but probably talk less than I type....
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nyjastul69
Commander
2731 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 04/21/2006 10:44 AM |
| I'm a bit more verbose in person, it has to with how slow I type and how busy my phone is. That's why my posts are as short as they are. (been working on this one over 10 minutes now)
I'm also a bit more vulgar in person. | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 04/21/2006 10:59 AM |
| Well....My persona in the boards is I try to be likable to everybody and never try to upset anyone. I like to be liked.
Yet Im very opinionated..and alot of those opinions dont agree with the majority...So I usually keep it to myself.
Every once in a while I open up and complain abaout something that I dislike.
Im usually accused of being a complainer and that Im never happy.
So I shut up and try to be liked again.
Its a vicious cycle.
Yeah thats kinda like how I am in real life to :)
So what you see is what you get.
Oh yeah and when I talk in real life its full of misspelled words and typos to [:D] | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 11:24 AM |
| | With me it's pretty much WYSIWYG, 'cept that I swear a lot more in person. I don't mean to, it's just that I was raised by an accomplished vulgarian. | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 11:24 AM |
| | I would say yeah it is me. What you see is what you get, no reason to be something you aren't. Besides it makes for better trust in trades...[:D] | |
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Username
Warlord
5692 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 11:26 AM |
| Real life or the internet, it's the same attitude.
[:D] | |
Originally posted by Schooly_D
Username - he deals in minis
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reezel
Sergeant
555 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 11:38 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
Like a lot of people I think, I'm much more open and outgoing on an "anonymous" message board than I am in real life.
This is definetly the truth. I don't hear nearly as many outspoken exclamations from Ghendar during our weekly game.
I'm on the flip side of things. I think i tend to be willing to shout out my opinion about whatever the subject is while here I don't do that as much. I also like to keep the language on the clean side here, so you guys let me keep coming back. But trust me, I have some serious 4 letter word editing going on in my posts | |
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Zenako
Commander
3472 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 11:42 AM |
| | WYSIWYG with me I suspect, but self analysis is often hard to be spot on, since we always have our personal blinders on to fault or behaviors that others might perceive differently... | |
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griffrat
Commander
3507 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 12:07 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by reezel
I also like to keep the language on the clean side here, so you guys let me keep coming back. But trust me, I have some serious 4 letter word editing going on in my posts
Same here, I swear like an Airman (I wasn't a sailor...[)]) I have gotten better but sometimes there is an Air Force blue streak.... | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 12:10 PM |
| | I am a lot less apologetic in person, but I still talk to much and try to explain myself in a little to much detail both in person and on message boards. (I am afraid someone won't understand what i'm saying and miss the meaning entirely) see there I go explaining myself again.... its a sickness I swear. [)] | | | |
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Link
Warrior
314 Posts
Netherlands
| | 04/21/2006 2:01 PM |
| In real life, I don't lurk as much [)]
Seriously: I don't post much on maxminis (I've been around for a while now, but my post count doesn't really show...), but in real life I have a tendency to talk and talk... sometimes a bit too much, I'm afraid. | |
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yack
Commander
3320 Posts
Gatineau Canada
| | 04/21/2006 2:43 PM |
| I have been told that I never shut-up, explains the nickname since I was 6. I guess I should post more![:p]
I'm pretty open too world... | |
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forkedmoon
Underboss
1305 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 3:33 PM |
| | Can't have temper outbursts here, it takes too long to type them. Still I can be a portly know-it-all.[}:)] | |
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Diomedes
Commander
3185 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 3:45 PM |
| I prattle on a lot longer on these threads than in an actual conversation since there's no one to stop me ;p
Aside from that, I joke around a lot more outside the boards. It's not so much that I don't want to joke around on these boards as a lot of what I would call funny either involves a quick back-and-forth that really isn't the same when typed out, or involves a man being hit with a plank of wood.
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Fearfrost
Sergeant
518 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 6:28 PM |
| | In actual conversations I tend tward more humor and sarcasm but these have a very bad habit of coming across wrong when written down. | |
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Zaukrie
Underboss
2007 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 7:25 PM |
| | I'm about the same, but make a lot more humourous one liner type jokes in person ( a lot more - some of them are even funny). | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 8:12 PM |
| Really Ghendar? I didn't notice [:p]
Well, I don't cuss here, although I am polite with new people I meet.
I am bad at self-analyzing myself, I leave it to other people to do that [)] | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 04/21/2006 10:28 PM |
| I'm far quieter in person than I am here. Although part of that is because I am now relaxed and "at home" with most of the personalities here.
The more relaxed I am, the more I talk. When I'm drunk, you can't get me to shut up. [}:)] In person, that is.
Other than that? Pretty much the same. Well, after you add in a few expletives, it's pretty much the same. I can cuss a blue streak when I'm irritated. | |
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scruffydude7
Underboss
1196 Posts
Rock Hill, SC
| | 04/22/2006 12:33 AM |
| I'm a bit more goofy than I probably come off as on here. For some reason when I post on forums, I tend to be subconsciously formal. This is probably the result of the hardcore English teachers I always get stuck with.
I think my personality is reflected better on Vassal than on Maxminis.(or forums in general) I think the same could be said about many of the folks I have played on vassal. | |
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IanB
Commander
3112 Posts
| | 04/22/2006 12:58 AM |
| | I'm just as much of an annoying nitpicker, yes. | |
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kyrin
Commander
3171 Posts
| | 04/22/2006 1:07 AM |
| Yes, I'm every bit as shy and retiring and soft-spoken in Real Life as on maxminis. [:D]
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6842 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 04/22/2006 5:26 AM |
| First of all, I want to thank all those who said that they cuss more in real life than on maxminis. I want to thank them for holding back and/or editing here. It's nice to not see very much of that here.
To be honest, I don't really know how much different I am here than I am in person. I might act differently. I'm not sure. Generally, I don't try to put up facades anywhere. There are some things I generally avoid posting about here that I would be more inclined to talk about in person. That list would include religion. I have a little tiny quote in my signature. In person, I would be very willing to discuss that openly. However, the little quote in my signature is about as much as I will talk about that topic here (outside a very rare post like this one) out of respect for the purpose of this website community is to discuss D&D and closely related topics and not for people to have discussions about the topic I am writing obliquely about. In truth, I would answer questions in an email directed to me. But that probably won't happen much at all.
I am quite practiced in self-analysis and attempt to have complete honesty with myself when I do so. Otherwise, what's that point of self-analysis? To fool myself? What my self-analysis tells me is that I want to be a better person than I am, and that I have many areas I have to work on for that to happen.
I'll stop typing now... | |
"Look to God and live." Alma 37:47
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 04/22/2006 7:32 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by kyrin
Yes, I'm every bit as shy and retiring and soft-spoken in Real Life as on maxminis. [:D]
JIM
aka kyrin
I can see that. You're definitely shy, retiring, and soft-spoken. Definitely not forward or confrontational [:P]
(Sorry, I've been reading the Feminist thread and very few posters there are shy, retiring, or soft-spoken).
Me? You basically get what you get. I don't have time to powder and primp just so people think I'm something I'm not. I'm rather sarcastic in-person and I tend to pepper my posts with various smilies in a futile attempt to suggest my tone. Sadly, authorial intentions are a fallacy [:D]
As an aside, much like Corim Danex I don't overtly discuss religion on these boards (we're here to discuss minis) but in-person I frequently engage in philosophical/religious discussions/debates/analysis.
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 04/22/2006 7:35 AM |
| Avatar selection and constructed persona vs. the Real are two topics we've been playing with in my Pop Culture theory class. Incredibly interesting stuff. A thread like this is rather ironic since there's limited means to assess the veracity of each person's claim. Or, is the persona portrayed here the 'Real' person and the daily manifestation merely a facade?
Anywho, just some points to ponder [:D] | |
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Wolfgang
Warlord
6588 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 04/22/2006 9:09 AM |
| | in real life i never shut up on here i read alot and just watch funny eh? | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
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The Great
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Ghendar
Warlord
13069 Posts
Mud Lick, Kentucky
| | 04/22/2006 11:05 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
In real life I don't have an avatar, just like on maxminis.
[:)]
Dave
Yeah, why don't you have an avatar? | |
WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM
I dont mind butting heads every once in a while. It makes thing interesting. Thats why I'd be heartbroken if Ghendar ever left - Posted By Count Dooku on 04/03/2006 11:58 AM
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Dordledum
Commander
3463 Posts
Netherlands
| | 04/22/2006 12:06 PM |
| I like to make political incorrect remarks (which I don't mean most of the time, but are just funny), which would have got me banned years ago.
Seriously, people get way too easily offended over the internet, especially Americans (no offense). [:p]
D.
Edited for smiley purposes only. | |
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Link
Warrior
314 Posts
Netherlands
| | 04/22/2006 1:56 PM |
| Hey Dodledum, maybe you already saw this, but I just figured out that in real life (still on topic!) we live less than 5 miles from each other.
I can't believe I didn't notice that before! | |
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Link
Warrior
314 Posts
Netherlands
| | 04/22/2006 1:59 PM |
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Originally posted by Dordledum
Seriously, people get way too easily offended over the internet, especially Americans (no offense).
D.
Btw, could this be an example of you being politically incorrect?[)] | |
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zenthrus
Warlord
5132 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 04/22/2006 2:28 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Dordledum
Seriously, people get way too easily offended over the internet, especially Americans (no offense).
D.
Man, I am SO offended [:P]
More seriously, I completely agree people are extremely touchy (over the internet and in person). | |
Knight Warlord a.k.a. Commander (#32) in only 6 months. Where's my pie?
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lurkinglidda
Warrior
231 Posts
| | 04/22/2006 4:25 PM |
| I self-edit to a fault here on maxminis. My job is to be professional in the eyes of the public, but in real life I swear like a sailor and am known as the department trixter...was accused of a prank I didn't commit last week. No one believed my denials.
Also, I talk non-stop about my baby in real life. She really is the cutest thing you ever did see. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 04/22/2006 7:31 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Corim Danex
First of all, I want to thank all those who said that they cuss more in real life than on maxminis. I want to thank them for holding back and/or editing here. It's nice to not see very much of that here.
For me, that's an automatic on just about any board. After all, I have no idea who will be reading my posts so I try to have some decency about it.
If I ever doubt a boards filters, I will preview the post to make sure that everything gets the "****" treatment.
Although one board I'm on replaces swear words with other words (gnome, mountain dew, cheney, twizzlers, smurf...). On that board, I automatically type what the filter would insert! | |
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Krush
Commander
4050 Posts
| | 04/23/2006 2:08 AM |
| Alright I have been sucked into the abyss. I am about the same person, I stick my foot in my mouth when not needed. Blurt out nonsense, yeah that is me.
The rumours are however true, I suck in the worst possible way regarding skirmish. I swear it is the dice ask anybody! | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 04/23/2006 11:46 AM |
| | My maxminis voice is not the same as my real voice. I really talk with a Florida southerner accent. I also do not use proper grammar in real life as I'd be ridiculed by my redneck peers. Like my archer avatar I am a profficient marksman though, I just use a Colt instead of a bow. | |
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dj-chuckles
Underboss
2455 Posts
The State that invented Spam!
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10493 Posts
United States
| | 04/23/2006 7:39 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Ghendar
quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
In real life I don't have an avatar, just like on maxminis.
[:)]
Dave
Yeah, why don't you have an avatar?
As Neo has said "the problem is choice." Just too many options. I don't do well when confronted with too many options. So, I've defaulted to not picking one.
Maybe someday...
Dave | |
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lurch_E_bean
Underboss
1058 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 2:30 AM |
| Do I have a persona here, yet? Or do I need to go crank out a few thousand more posts? [:p]
Then again, I suppose that is pretty much like me in real life... I tend to keep to myself and be quiet. If real life were like maxminis, I'd probably still be struggling to get my custom avatar.
I always think it's weird when I meet people at various conventions or tournaments and my online reputation precedes me. | |
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