For myself, Ming is a great warrior, infamous and hated in his world.
Rob Rodgers is an accountant. For all game related messages, especially
public ones or from folks who aren't close allies, I prefer to be called
Ming.
Ming
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian P Enright [SMTP:bpenright@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 1998 11:48 PM
> To: g2-list@pbm.com
> Subject: Re: Azrain
>
> Hi,
>
>
> At 02:21 PM 4/13/98 -0400, Greg Lindahl wrote:
> >> Greg,
> >
> >My name in the game is Oleg. Please learn to use character names;
> that
> >enhances this role-playing game for everyone.
> >
>
> Well, I've really found this whole Azrian discussion quite tedious,
> but,
> even though this may anger some, I had to comment on something...
>
> I think you're laboring under a misconception here, Greg. Namely,
> this is
> not a roleplaying game. It's a wargame, and roleplaying is optional
> (and
> not particulary wanted by me, though I am but one player). So, if I
> deal
> with you in this game (and it hasn't happened yet, and possably never
> will), I'm going to refer to you as 'Greg', because that's who I'd be
> dealing with, not some fictional being known as 'Oleg'. Well, OK, I
> might
> make concede this a bit if I wanted to be polite, but that depends on
> the
> situation. And I'd much prefer players referring to me (if they have
> occassion to do so) to call me 'Brian', or by the name of my faction,
> and
> not by the name of any of my characters. After all, my characters are
> just
> a collection of database fields that serve my ends (to do well in this
> game, and have some fun) through the order interface, and I am not any
> of
> them.
>
> Yes, if someone feels the need to insult a faction, they should make
> clear
> it's the faction they're insulting, and not the player. But, even
> then, I
> see no need to use character names (using the faction name does well
> enough). Personally, on the few occassions I've gotten 'in character'
> messages in this type of game, I've found it somewhat irritating, but
> if
> I've never dealt with the other player before, I'll let it pass.
> Anyways,
> the point being, I don't roleplay. I don't want to roleplay. And,
> yes, it
> could be that I'm alone in this feeling in this game, but you did say
> 'everyone'.
>
> So, if you want to call yourself 'Oleg', whatever. But don't expect
> everyone else to do so.
>
> Brian Enright