Do you call game friends by their irl names?

Gargath · August 2023

I'm not ashamed of my name, it's not a mystery, why should I hide it.
But also I don't have friends and don't look for one, so your problems aren't mine.

Elsonso · August 2023

SilverBride wrote: »

Well I've learned that no one else will get my real name in the future. Actually there are only 2 people I've met in ESO that know it anyway.

All this time, I thought SilverBride was your real name.

SilverBride · August 2023

Elsonso wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Well I've learned that no one else will get my real name in the future. Actually there are only 2 people I've met in ESO that know it anyway.

All this time, I thought SilverBride was your real name.

barney2525 · August 2023

what is this game friends you speak of?

DP99 · August 2023

SpacemanSpiff1 wrote: »

generally I go with a form of their @name. sometimes that includes a part of their real name.

i prefer not to use my real name. boundaries are important.

Yeah, my @name is a variation of my first name, and it's an internet and gaming screen name that I've used in different forms in games and on forums for years. Even the current one I'm using here is a shortened variation of it. That's more or less my online identity rather than any specific character I play.

dazee · August 2023

No its much more fun to call someone "Friend, Eternal Pal of the Joyful Path of Gaming"

Tornaad · August 2023

I really don't have any in game friends and I definitely don't have any that I know in real life.

KiltMaster · August 2023

in game, I call them their in game names. I'm not sure if other people are privy to their RL information or not.

IRL I will call them their RL names

Easy enough!

LunaFlora · August 2023

i call them whichever name they give

ikzaa · August 2023

SilverBride wrote: »

I finally got my game friend to stop calling me by my real name but the first thing he said was "Can I call you dear then?" I said "No." and he hasn't, but when I logged on the next day first thing he said to me was "Good morning, Sunshine."

I really don't understand the resistance to just calling me Silver but I'm pretty much done if it doesn't stop.

It's so obvious, I find it hard to believe that you don't know what's going on.

Everyone calls me by my nickname in the game, no one has asked my name, but I wouldn't have any problems if they called me by my real name, Izaak.

But you have to respect the will of others.

wilykcat · August 2023

I highly recommend not sharing your real name on the forums and in the game. It is against the code of conduct to share personal information.

I don't share my real name with anyone online for my own safety and protection. If anyone ask me for my personal information including my real name, I block and report them.

ZOS_Icy · August 2023

Greetings,

We are going to go ahead and close this thread as per the request of the OP.

Thank you for your understanding!