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Jan Mehmedovic's avatar

puts into words what i have been practicing for years at this point, lol. in a certain sense having a """persona""" online (just me minus my face and name) has been freeing. good essay

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ARX-Han's avatar

Thank you Jan!

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Miles MacNaughton's avatar

Nice ideas, ARX. I think the most critical takeaway for me is section 3. I perceive it as "Living through an avatar", a more comfortable way to interact with the PvP zone.

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ARX-Han's avatar

Thanks - I suspect we might look back on the current era with surprise that we ever used our real facenames in the digital realm.

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