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Ever regret using your real name on something?

The_EdgeThe_Edge
edited 2011-07-20 08:13:31 in General
Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

I do. I used my real name for when I made a Sonic fan-game with a friend. The game got popular. So now the game is on all sorts of websites and my name is in the game description for each and everyone of those websites, foreign and otherwise.

Comments

  • OutsideTheBauksiOutsideTheBauksi
    sleep is for the we[e/a]k
    So? Unless you have a really unique name I doubt anyone's gonna remember it, and even if they do, what are they going to do with it.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    Steal it and use it to summon a demon.
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    And this fan game is...

    I always randomly rearrange my first, middle and last names online to throw people (advertisers, mostly) off.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    edited 2011-07-20 10:26:58
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    I do have a unique name though. That's the problem. I love my name and no one in the US has my name. I'm just embrassed that my name is attached to a piece of Sonic fandom.
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    Hello, Jamie Bailey, Bryce Stoc,  A.J. Freda or  Alexandre Martins.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    edited 2011-07-20 09:09:45
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Oh no. I'm not one of the "big names" like that! Hehehe!
  • inkblotinkblot
    edited 2011-07-20 09:31:19
    000
    Then you have nothing to worry about, because those are the only 4 real names I could find that were consistently attached to a Sonic fangame that was developed by 1-2 people. Your game is a bit more obscure than you think is.

    EDIT: Anton Huckleberry? If this is you, your name only comes up on 2 different websites, Forge Hub (which you are apparently a member of) and your own website. You could ask Forge Hub to purge your account.

    EDIT EDIT: I give up. I tried a search based off your avatar, not realizing it's from a Muse album. Unless you're this guy...

    Have you tried doing something that will supplant your status as "the guy who worked on a Sonic fangame"? Make a bunch of bullshit blog accounts with nothing but your name in them or something.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    edited 2011-07-20 10:30:01
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    It is, but it comes up when I goggle my name.


    EDIT: No I'm not Aton Huckleberry.

  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    But anyway, there are plenty of people who use their real name for fan-fiction as well. It makes them feel like a writer.
  • inkblotinkblot
    000
    Fanfiction!

    "(Your name)", a Harry Potter fanfic.

    "(Your name) (Your name) is a (Your name) with a (Your name) who has (Your name), but not (Your name)..."
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Exactly! For example, then like 10 years later, you never deleted the fanfic and you might be a professional writer and a goggle search of your name reveals you wrote Harry/Ron fanfic. That might be a tad embrassing.
  • inkblotinkblot
    edited 2011-07-20 09:52:05
    000
    Point taken. Even if the actual fanfic was the equivalent of an ashcan copy, people might only see that "(Your name) wrote a Harry Potter fanfic".

    What about a Flash game? You could make something extremely simple, even just a blank white screen, link to it on a few backwater TV Tropes pages, and kick the Sonic stuff to page 2. Though that would further link your name to game development.

    A blog? A last.fm page? A mySpace?
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    I think what I'll do is counter-attack the Sonic Stuff with my professional writing stuff. I just started my journalist career last year so it will happen sooner or later. Till then, I'll keep a low profile and not seek too much fame just yet.
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