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Post by Venn™ on Apr 13, 2012 8:12:34 GMT -5
A select few people in my real life know... outside of immediate family, I mean, because they all know what I do online. Maybe not the entire extent of it, but they know I'm on here. They don't know what my username is, though.
Obviously, Ana knows who I am online haha. Logan does too and so does Kara. I think those are the only ~real life~ people outside of close family who know (and Ana is close family, now, so lol...). It's not because I'd be embarrassed though. It just doesn't come up in conversation? The only thing online that I don't/won't give out to a lot of people is my blog. That's it.
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Post by Ela @ GK on Apr 13, 2012 8:27:00 GMT -5
Some people do. Some people don't.
Mostly, the people who have asked me flat out are the ones aware of it. My boyfriend, well, he knows just because the sign in names pop up on every website (we have our comp set to save login information, but it carries through to other websites if they use the same field designations). But yeah, people know, and I don't mind them knowing.
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Post by Star ★ on Apr 17, 2012 2:20:49 GMT -5
It used to be a secret. Having a dad who teaches safety on the internet, didn't like me talkin to people i dint know, so it was secret for many of my early years. Since i grew up though my mum knows i talk with people, coz i talk about Spell, Mo, Lox, Rebs and many more all the time xD Shes just happy i have friends xD My dad knows I'm a mod, he seems okay with it coz i explain it as I KEEP PEOPLE SAFE =3 My mum knowns my name. I think my dad could guess. My sister knows I'm online alot... her hubby knowns i play online games. Neither know my name. My dads happy i have an Alias and that I'm not using my real name. My only RL friend knows about the forum and knows i have friends around the world xD Coz when we need a film review or something that you guys have been talking about i usually just read what you guys have said about it xD She used to play petz so i didn't mind letting that cat out of the bag, but i don't think she knowns who i am, as in Star. If i mention something somebody said to like somebody else... i usually just say a forum for gaming. Or if I'm saying something somebody said i use their real name not their alias if i know it,, or just say A friend of mine told me this...
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Post by Suki on Apr 17, 2012 10:10:13 GMT -5
For many many years I never talked to any of my friends about petz or any of my online doings (neopets and other things considered childish) but my parents have always known about it all. Suki has been my name online and email (which my parents helped set up when I was like 10). At work now I have 2 close friends that know of petz and that I go on forums about it, but they dont really have a clue what it is They also wouldnt have a clue what my name online would be, even though they know my email. My husband knows everything, well as much as a man who doesnt play the game possibly could LOL.
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Post by cath on Apr 17, 2012 15:52:12 GMT -5
I've never spoken to any of my friends about online forums or petz - only my boyfriend knows I chat to people on forums/still play petz. it used to be out of embarrassment, but now I'm just thinking, well, what's it to them? they didn't grow up playing petz - I've shown a couple of my flatmates and they just had like an "oh.. yeah I guess that makes sense since you can't have a real dog *shrug* whatever makes you happy lol" sort of reaction. they don't know about the forums though because I think they'll think I'm a weirdo. :< I do basically keep it separate from rl; if you're a petz person on my fb, first rule is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT PETZ, second rule is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT PETZ hahaha. I have a completely separate email for petz too (if only to keep things organised). in actual fact I guess I have an online alias - Cath is my English name and I've grown up using my Chinese name (parents put the wrong name down when registering for school so I was just always called by my Chinese name, and I can't just tell people who've known me 10+ years to start calling me Cath lol, it wouldn't be right for them). I mean they know my English name is Cath but they just don't really use it. one of my rl friends sometimes calls me Cathy (urgh) but that's about it lol.
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Post by Dani @ Caradobe on Apr 17, 2012 17:00:35 GMT -5
I talk about Brezz and Guard all the time Just showed them to some of my SAI sisters yesterday
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Post by kezune on Apr 18, 2012 2:12:06 GMT -5
Actually, yes! Most of my friends know my alias since I use it for the games that we play together. "Kezune" is a heck of a lot shorter than "Katherine".
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Post by Marjet on Apr 18, 2012 8:22:58 GMT -5
Only my brother and my parents know that I'm on Petz forums and that I actually play Petz. No one else. Idk, no one ever asks about it so why would I explain? Maybe I'd get a bit emberassed, too. 'hai I'm Marjet and I spend my time playing an adorable virtual pets game. they're my friends.'
I just go by my personal name. I used to go by Nacht (mostly on roleplaying forums), but that one was already taken on some Petz forums so I decided to go by my origional name. I don't mind at all that you guys know my real name. c:
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Post by Poppy on May 6, 2012 13:29:16 GMT -5
My parents and two of my close friends know. It's not that I don't want to tell people as much as it is the fact that it just never comes up, haha.
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Post by littledoe on May 17, 2012 14:26:02 GMT -5
A lot of people know. I typically go by "Amouxx" online. I get called Amo... loool.
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Post by Rainy on May 28, 2012 14:26:39 GMT -5
I sent my math teacher an email with the name 'Rainy' as the signature.. Now he calls me Rainy in class.. so embarrassing. -__-
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Post by Duke Arundel on Feb 16, 2013 18:55:41 GMT -5
I...am extremely cautious who knows what about my online life.
I have secrets, and I'd prefer my family not know about where I hang out and why until I have a place to go to that's safe.
We'll just leave that at that.
My family and friends are fortunately too stupid to look me up via my domain name too. Not that I couldn't just explain it away as someone I "gave an email to" or "someone I host."
They know about World of Warcraft but know nothing about my characters and whatnot.
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Post by ♥Daveena♥ on Feb 16, 2013 19:32:32 GMT -5
I've told a few of my friends, and tried to get some of them on the forums that seemed interested. I definitely don't push the subject and I don't just bring it up out of the blue, but if they ask I show them lol - like if I'm checking my email and they glance at my phone or something-. I'm not embarrassed by it, I'm going to do what I'm going to do regardless of their opinions lol I've never gotten a bad reaction though
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Post by key0fthetwilight on Feb 16, 2013 21:13:43 GMT -5
I use the same username for like everything since I've had it for so long. So most of my family and friends know my username and would probably recognize me if they saw it somewhere. My family thinks its ridicules and hate trying to send me email because of the 0. But I don't really talk about "petz" with anyone irl. Though if I saw some crazy person running down the street yelling about it, I'd probably chase them down to find out who they were to see if I know them online, lol. It'd be crazy if some of us -had- met and didn't know it... if you're a petz person on my fb, first rule is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT PETZ, second rule is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT PETZ hahaha. LOL, if anyone ever decides to friend me on facebook (which you're all more than welcome to do if you want), I'd rather not have anyone spamming my wall about petz either. Not sure if I want to explain it all to everyone.
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Post by CoffieDog on Feb 16, 2013 22:29:48 GMT -5
Nah, it never comes up in conversations so i never really tell anyone. xP I go by CoffieDog most places around the net, but people usually call me by my nickname "CD" hence my username here lol. I'd love to go by the nickname CD in real life, but maybe that's a little silly xD
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