Reminder regarding characters knowing each other

[FunkGuru]

For instance, it wouldn't be very nice of me to make my name:

Alluess'uyyiovan Haaruunghi'io'ioan

How did you guess Shane's false-stage-secret-xfiles-middle-disguise name?

Freakin' metagamers.

[Xanderleo]

I'm totally naming my next character that.

But his nick name will be Jack.

[Scavar]

Name your John, but your real name is actually Jon. That should cause mounds of confusion.

[Xanderleo]

Well Jack is short for John, so that works. So maybe you could call me Jack, short for John, which is short for Alluess'uyyiovan Haaruunghi'io'ioan.

[Scavar]

Well Jack is short for John, so that works. So maybe you could call me Jack, short for John, which is short for Alluess'uyyiovan Haaruunghi'io'ioan.

Which in turn is really just a translation of Jon into Celestial.

[rustediron]

I don't see why you would care if someone called you the wrong name :S

[zkeleton]

I forget people's names in RL all the time. I wish everyone wore name tags then I could meta-game all the time.

[FunkGuru]

I'm the worst (should that be best?) at forgetting peoples names. What I have found is its easiest to call everybody a subtle blend of alternative names such as "my friend, mate, buddy, sweetheart and love". If you try this at home feel free to substitute your own regional variations.

So applying this idea to Shane she pretty much calls people who she can't well remember "Mister, Miss or My Friend" and I try not to look at tags too much. Although, Hlaine without his red robe on caught me out until my mouse (my mouse is a cheating metagaming whore) moved itself over his avatar and had a look at his tag.