[Discuss] Public Informatin

[James]

Darkling wrote:
> My apologies if this has already been discussed.
> 
> When I signed up for BM, the form asked for my real name.  I rarely 
> provide this type of information, but out of respect for Tom's wish to 
> know who's playing his game, I complied.
> 
> I really enjoy the game and would like to have another character.  
> Unfortunately, my name is unique enough that when it's combined with my 
> time zone information, it wouldn't be hard to track me down.  Everyone 
> I've run into in the game has been great, but it only takes one person 
> to make a problem so I try to err on the side of caution.
> 
> Now, I know I can just leave my information private and live with it, 
> but why is it necessary to show the full last name when a profile is 
> made public?  Wouldn't a first name and last initial be sufficient?

I run into this problem too, there are only a handful of Spadaccini's in 
the whole US.  I've never really had an issue with it though.  I believe 
(or at least I've seen) many people use an alias in their display name. 
  I believe a lot of the reason it is used is to help track down 
cheaters.  If people can see your name it helps determine if you only 
have one account (Tom can't possibly look at all of them himself).


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