A VERY BIG Thanks do the D III Sports Team!!!

dewcrew88 · January 03, 2008, 08:55:37 PM

Quote from: smedindy on January 03, 2008, 04:42:07 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 03, 2008, 02:29:42 PM
I became active on the message boards in 2000.

When I was deciding on a screen name, I noted that some of the posters whom I admired most were those who had used their real names. I appreciated their posts for the content and their contributions to the discussion, their enthusiasm for D-III, and their "I sure would like to go to a D-III game with that guy" demeanor.

David Collinge, Gregory Sager, Titan Q (Bob Quillman of the Illinois Wesleyan University Titans as deduced from his email address) and Warren Thompson were my inspiration.

Over the years, I think there has been a persistent fraction of posters who have used their real name or their professional identity (e.g., tu_sid for the Trinity TX SID). These include Matt (the "kid") Barnhart, Ron (Bedtime for Bonzo) Boerger, Ric (Brienza of Mount Union fame) who have used a nickname or moved to their real name as we have come to know them better. (There are numerous others, too.) Using your real name does give a straightforward forthright impression to what you post.

I don't know if we will ever know the impact that these web sites have had on D-III sports, but I wouldn't want to go back to when I did not know they existed!

Yet my user name is my online presence everywhere so I want to keep it consistent and I don't think I have credibility issues anywhere.

Same here. I use this name (or a similar form of it) on most of my message boards. Almost everybody on the East Region boards knows who I am anyway.

Ralph Turner · January 03, 2008, 09:07:59 PM

My comment on using my real name as my handle was oriented in the nature of the boards in 2000 and 2001. Sheriff Warren Thompson had just cleaned out the varmints on the MAC boards, as the story goes. I understand that he was a legend back when these boards were really wild!

Ron, I hope that I didn't call you out! Sorry if I did! $:-\$

I greatly respect the names that I mentioned. They have each contributed much to the growth of our division.

Ron Boerger · January 03, 2008, 10:24:22 PM

I was pretty happy posting under a handle until I started doing a regional column, at which point I thought it was best to use my name. It wasn't worth changing again after stepping down.

Knightstalker · January 03, 2008, 11:50:08 PM

I use a handle, post a lot and mostly just babble on about nothing.

Ryan Tipps · January 03, 2008, 11:50:38 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on January 03, 2008, 10:24:22 PM
I was pretty happy posting under a handle until I started doing a regional column, at which point I thought it was best to use my name. It wasn't worth changing again after stepping down.

Sounds like a familiar arc.

That's what I've done since doing an ATR this year. Can't really explain why. Maybe I just felt I wanted to make sure people who didn't know me would make the connection between my column and the boards.

Ryan Tipps (formerly WCLegacy)

retagent · January 04, 2008, 10:40:40 AM

I'm sorry if I've been somewhat responsible for the sharp turn this thread has taken, but I'm glad I'm getting the feedback that you have given so far. I'm learning a good deal about who some of you are. Thanks.

Warren Thompson · January 04, 2008, 11:53:13 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 03, 2008, 09:07:59 PM
Sheriff Warren Thompson had just cleaned out the varmints on the MAC boards, as the story goes. I understand that he was a legend back when these boards were really wild!

Mercy! Yesterday I was a mere "inspiration," today I'm a "legend." I'm positively giddy with all the encomiums, I tell ya ....

[Truth to tell, I sometimes miss the good old bad days when the 'varmints" ran wild, but I doubt Webmeister Pat does. ]

JT · January 04, 2008, 04:24:57 PM

JT is the first initial of my first name (given) and middle initial. I usually go by Tom or JT in most circles. Since I'm a Jr., the J "Jack" is only for legal stuff, since Jack is my Dad.

JT · January 04, 2008, 04:30:25 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 03, 2008, 09:07:59 PM
My comment on using my real name as my handle was oriented in the nature of the boards in 2000 and 2001. Sheriff Warren Thompson had just cleaned out the varmints on the MAC boards, as the story goes. I understand that he was a legend back when these boards were really wild!

Particularly during the scrapple wars

Warren Thompson · January 04, 2008, 05:29:43 PM

Quote from: JT on January 04, 2008, 04:30:25 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 03, 2008, 09:07:59 PM
My comment on using my real name as my handle was oriented in the nature of the boards in 2000 and 2001. Sheriff Warren Thompson had just cleaned out the varmints on the MAC boards, as the story goes. I understand that he was a legend back when these boards were really wild!

Particularly during the scrapple wars

JT, you've got a long memory ....

AUPepBand · January 04, 2008, 09:25:29 PM

Quote from: Knightstalker on January 03, 2008, 11:50:08 PM
I use a handle, post a lot and mostly just babble on about nothing.

Pep uses a handle but anyone wanting to know who Pep is can easily check Pep's profile to find Pep's e-mail address contains Pep's actual last name and first name initial and Pep's affiliation with Alfred University, Pep's Yahoo instant message contains Pep's first name, Pep's AIM screenname reveals his other occupation, and Pep randomly rambles on about his award-winning pep band, his bandwagon with more than 287,000 miles, Alfred University football history and, of course, the (legendary) AU Coach Alex Yunevich.

AUPepBand · January 06, 2008, 07:51:45 AM

Since we're in the off-season, perhaps D3 football fans have a little more time for some entertainment. But then there's "The Writers' Strike."

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/17cc3b30d6

Can one imagine if there were "A Posters' Strike" and D3football.com's addicted posters, sought other outlets for their expressions....bathroom stall walls beware!

Bob.Gregg · January 07, 2008, 05:03:00 PM

I post/blog three places primarily:

d3football.com
Pasportsboards.net
wrestlingreport.com

And I use my name, for no other reason than that's who I am, and, as the inquiry went, it's who I've been for a long, long time.

I 'member the varmints. Several of them critters used to live 'round these parts. That is, til the meister shot 'em up!...

PA_wesleyfan · January 07, 2008, 06:56:20 PM

So Bob, how did you get the mddle name ( . )

sorry I couldn't resist

K-Mack · January 07, 2008, 10:33:32 PM

I use K-Mack because it's significantly shorter than my real name, and waaaaay back in the day before cookies remembered everything (or before I knew they did), I wanted the quickest log-in process possible.

I have always liked how it's fairly apparent to anyone who knows the site to make the connection between me and my screen name, but I also like the idea that who you are on the boards is not necessarily who you are in your professional writing capacity (if it was, I'd say everything in an article and never post ... we writers have opinions too, you know!)

Since you asked.

This is a fine tangent, if you ask me, retagent. Although I think there's already a thread called What's Your Real Name or something to that effect.