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does anyone wish they were called by there smogon user name irl
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Holy fuck lads go outside and meet some real people please
sorry we're in a pandemic atm, we prefer the fake ppl online that yell at us
i can’t pronounce your name and your ct is an onomoatopiaeaia, so who’s really serperior?
fuckin loser
fuckin loser
Be real cool if people yelled my username when I walk around in a ghillie suit, but being seen would defeat the purpose of the ghillie suit
antemortem imagine saying that you are unable to do something simple and using that as evidence that you are superior to someone
This meme was always on the information screen in my school's therapy waiting room
It's a mixed bag for me. I've been using this name since my age was in the single digits so it's really an "alter ego" I've always had. The few Smogoners I've met in real life just called me "Hula" and I thought that was totally natural. On the other hand there are people I've only known online and I found it weird when they called me that and told them I really prefer they just use my real name.
I think it depends on the specific name more than anything. "BP" is just one of many two-letter nicknames like AJ, DW, JK, etc. Not really that weird. Calling you "Broken Phobias" would be pretty weird though.
It's a mixed bag for me. I've been using this name since my age was in the single digits so it's really an "alter ego" I've always had. The few Smogoners I've met in real life just called me "Hula" and I thought that was totally natural. On the other hand there are people I've only known online and I found it weird when they called me that and told them I really prefer they just use my real name.
I think it depends on the specific name more than anything. "BP" is just one of many two-letter nicknames like AJ, DW, JK, etc. Not really that weird. Calling you "Broken Phobias" would be pretty weird though.
This is kinda how I feel despite only adopting this name in like 2014. I spent so much time as Broken Phobias or BP I feel like it's just a part of me now.
rare non-goof smogoff post from me:
i don't know about wishing to be called it, but i was having a convesations recently about how this handle feels more like "my name" than my given name (it predates smogon)
it's a bit odd; i don't think i'd ever let myself name myself bc i don't know if it would feel genuine to me, but i know that lots of people go through ~identity changes~ and have to find their own names
maybe it's to do w the ways you connect/are connected with online; sometimes people have more earnest connections on the internet, or reveal things about themselves here they wouldn't in their offline circles. i suspect this is the opposite of how most people characterise online relationships!
i don't know about wishing to be called it, but i was having a convesations recently about how this handle feels more like "my name" than my given name (it predates smogon)
it's a bit odd; i don't think i'd ever let myself name myself bc i don't know if it would feel genuine to me, but i know that lots of people go through ~identity changes~ and have to find their own names
maybe it's to do w the ways you connect/are connected with online; sometimes people have more earnest connections on the internet, or reveal things about themselves here they wouldn't in their offline circles. i suspect this is the opposite of how most people characterise online relationships!
this is so interesting to me; from my experience hanging out with smogon friends we referred to each other by our real names
also yeah to completely contradict my post and add onto this: when i got to know people on irc i would enjoy transitioning to their given names over their handles, bc it felt more personal and like a trust boundary had moved. the internet was v idfferent then tho; i think lots of people are more cagey
probably about to doxx myself but whatever
I said it before in a thread from many years ago but my username is just my first initial and my last name. P. Hoopes turned into phoopes lol
So my username is really more of a part of me than most people I think. Especially because in real life (especially on sports teams that I was on) people would call me “P-Hoopes” all the time, which would sometimes evolve into the “foops” sound that I assume most of you pronounce my name as. Like it’s such a part of my identity that I sign my name as “P-Hoopes” for some unimportant, non-legal things sometimes. Like for example i graffitied my name at a local bar back in 2018
It’s the same bar that I work at now actually lol
but yeah that was kind of an over share/earnestpost but my username is important to me because it really is basically just my real name. So I don’t mind being called it in real life
I said it before in a thread from many years ago but my username is just my first initial and my last name. P. Hoopes turned into phoopes lol
So my username is really more of a part of me than most people I think. Especially because in real life (especially on sports teams that I was on) people would call me “P-Hoopes” all the time, which would sometimes evolve into the “foops” sound that I assume most of you pronounce my name as. Like it’s such a part of my identity that I sign my name as “P-Hoopes” for some unimportant, non-legal things sometimes. Like for example i graffitied my name at a local bar back in 2018
It’s the same bar that I work at now actually lol
but yeah that was kind of an over share/earnestpost but my username is important to me because it really is basically just my real name. So I don’t mind being called it in real life
parody of the "what does pu stand for" thread but instead it's "what does the p in phoopes stand for"
my guess is pastrami
now that's how you get hired at an irish bar
It stands for Pokemon.
