You: Ya but what does you playing video games have to do with your inability to spell the word "days" correctly... are you trying to say the games have melted your brain or something?
Me: Well one could indeed argue that, as well, I am here having a conversation with someone that doesn't exist to save them the effort of having it when they do. But, in short No video-game brain melt is not the reason that I have spelled "Days" "Daehs". I could continue to go on in some quite cryptic manner for the Luls (Laughs for you non internet nerd types), but I'm to lazy to type it, and you probably would grow weary of it before it got good...
You: Hey you trailed off there, so are you going to tell me or not? *starts to walk away*
Me: Okay fine... come back, man you aren't any fun are you! In many of the games I play, my gaming handle (the online moniker or name that you go by) is some variant of Daeh______. Particularly in games for which you have a static char over the course of the game (Like RPGS). Due to many incarnations being difficult to pronounce or type, most people settle on just calling me Daeh.
My default one typically being Daehdera, I'll give you a moment to see if you can figure it out.
You: Hmmm.... Well, *sigh* just tell me I'm sick of playing games here.
Me: But games is what this is all about! Man you really are no fun, I don't know if this is even the blog for you, but I guess if I run you off there will be no one here, okay I surrender you got me. Daehdera, is aredhead, backwards.
You: So wait you are a redhead?
Me: *Sigh* unfortunately no. You see while a gaming handle is supposed to represent you, it doesn't have to represent "You". The internet is a place where you can be who you "really" are, or would want to be, or just feel like right now. I personally picked a moniker that I use reoccurringly, so that people who might play a game and know me, know how to find me, or know that I am me.
You: Okay your title makes even less sense, you said its the name you always use, so how does it go by?
Me: I'm going to have to spell everything out here aren't I? Fair enough, it would be stupid to think I could write a blog that wasn't explaining things right? I mean what else are they for... You see I don't stick with a game forever, I think the longest any single game has lasted in my repertoire is like 8 years maybe (and that is forever in the gaming world). As such different "Daehs" have come and gone. Different gaming handles, characters, persona's in different universes have come to life burned bright, and faded. Here I am going to talk about games, all of which that someday sooner or later I will retire, retiring with it another bit of me.
You: Ohhhhhhh, so it's one of those crafty play's on words linking you, video-games, and the passage of time together. You are soo smart, I don't know why I didn't see that sooner.
Me: Why thank you!
For your viewing pleasure, here is the thought process of others on their gaming handle:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1097110
AND
An article on the importance of picking the right name:
http://voices.yahoo.com/how-select-online-gaming-handle-6557838.html
Daehdera Out!
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