[Discuss] Public Informatin

[Timothy Collett]

Darkling wrote:
> 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.

This is Tom's game, and his view is that we should all look upon it as 
playing a game with friends.  If you are not willing to let your name be 
known, then you are perfectly free to do so, provided you can be content 
with only two characters.

It's just one of those things you have to learn to live with.  One thing 
that might help is to know that this game has been running continuously 
for, what, seven years now? and no one, to my knowledge, has been 
stalked with information discovered through the game.  And there have 
been plenty of people with greater reason to be stalked than I suspect 
you have--a number of people have been publicly caught cheating, or in 
other bad situations, and aside from the occasional flame email (and 
possible problems between people who already knew each other OOC, but 
that's not really relevant here) I don't think there have been any 
serious OOC problems that came of it.

Personally, I'm not worried.  If someone really wants to find me, 
they're going to do it, whether or not I give out my real name on one 
particular browser-based RPG, no matter how awesome it may be ;-)

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan