User talk:Gsklee

Why not real names?

(P.S. If I may be so bold, why do you not want your name to be used? I've heard of religon's that place a very high value on a name, is that what it is? I'm not trying to be nosey, but I'm curious about other people in other countries)

I am not sure how to explain things like this... to put it simple it is just weird. In real life we tend to call unfamiliar people by something else like sir, classmate, or hey, even when we know their names, and we also feel comfortable to be addressed in this way. If someone whom I do not know very well, come up to me and call me by my name, that will make me shivering, thinking, "do I know you so well?" This is true for most people in East Asia. -- Gsklee 10 October 2005 11:03 (CEST)

It sounds like a good explaination to me and it jives with other things I've read about Asian cultures. I guess this a case of culture shock, but in the West, it's considered unpleasent or rude to call someone "hey you" or "you, over there" when the person knows the other persons name. Oh well, live and learn, eh? --Marc J. 10 October 2005 11:13 (CEST)

Comparing to Chinese, the Japanese people even have a more constricted way in addressing each other. If you are interested I can tell you more, but now I will just spare it. Another reason I hope that ingame names be used is that often there are some Westerners make up mistakes like messing my given names with family names, or mispronounce them (yes, I cannot hear them over the web, but I know they definitely got some wrong ideas on how to speak my names). Calling me by Western style IG names saves these problems once and for all. -- Gsklee 10 October 2005 12:01 (CEST)