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If by "1" we mean the lowest of the low, like Hitler, and by "10" we mean one of the best humans in history, you rate about a six.
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Yeah, as a player of the Civ series, I've always taken exception to your screen name. I think it is neither amusing nor appropriate to use the name of a real, living person as your screen name. Fictional characters and historical personages are one thing, but the real, actual Sid Meier is still alive and well, and would probably not be too happy with you. (Not that I am presuming to know what kind of sense of humor Mr. Meier has about such things. I've never met the man, but I can't think of many people who would be flattered.)
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yeah i thought you ment moi as in koi, you know the fish. did you know that koi's have such good hearing that they can hear you if you're talking while fishing.
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Yes, Sid, the first time I saw your name I thought you were the real Sid Meier. I'm surprised he hasn't found out about this and asked you to change your name to keep his reputation safe. How would you like it if another person used your real name on a message board and said something that would make people think badly of you (not that you've necessarily done this with your name)?
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well I've taken the name because I love Sid Meier's games think of it as fandom kind of thing I've never done anything I would think to have affected his reputation and everytime anyone thinks i'm the real Sid Meier I correct it, or someone else does before I get there.
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quote:Originally posted by Omega M.: I'm surprised he hasn't found out about this and asked you to change your name to keep his reputation safe.
That's a joke, right?
I mean, I understand not taking other peoples' names - but Sid Meier is a pretty 'big' name, I would be shocked if he had the time, or energy, to go around internet messageboards making sure people weren't using his name as their handle.
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quote:I've never done anything I would think to have affected his reputation
But it's not your place to guess what you think would affect his reputation in a way that he wouldn't like.
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quote:I've never done anything I would think to have affected his reputation
What about the time you posted on a some neo-Nazi message board, telling them at length how wrong they were? I'm sure that the real Sid Meier doesn't have any love for neo-Nazis, but nonetheless you might have drawn attention to him that he wasn't interested in drawing. I have no idea if you used your "Sid Meier" handle over there or not, but I know that for at least a while you had the same post here in the Hatrack forums under the name "Sid Meier", until people convinced you to delete it. If a google bot happened to have caught that page before you deleted it, and the racist group googles the text of your post, the contents of that post could very easily be associated with the name "Sid Meier".
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I agree with Tante, Sid, you're all right, jake, the real McCoy...uh, strike that last.
As far as your screen name, I don't think you need or have to change it, but you could consider it. I realize it's an homage to someone you respect, but it could be misinterpreted
Unless Meier is Maoist, he probably wouldn't like to be associated with your pro-Red China comments.
If you do decide to change, you could have a contest to pick a new name.
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Oh I could only imagine what most people would pick. And I don't go by the Sid Meier handle elsewhere.
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1 for the title: you forgot to capitalise the words "soooo", "what", "do", "people", "think" and "moi" in the title, and an ellipsis has three dots; preferably, you'd drop the French word to, and just stick with the 1st-person-object-pronoun, "me".
As an idea for a thread, 2. As a screenname, 3. As a friend, 9.5 on my part. You're a part of Hatrack that cannot be taken away.
Edit: What the bugger is wrong with the "a" button on my keyboard?!
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I've noticed that you start a lot of threads. Not saying it's good or bad, it's just something I've noticed.
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Woah I that's not the first time I noticed that, at COllege one of my friends said I have this habbit of ending a conversation just like that. *snaps fingers* apparently she said I'ld make a good politician.
So ya, intimidating though... How so?
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Sid, naif that I am, I never heard of Sid Meier. Is that a real famous person? Who knew? Oh, apparently everyone but me. What is he famous for?
So you're a fan? That's okiedoke. I'm a fan of Stephen Hawking, but I would never think of taking his name as my own. I am my own original person, with my own original persona.
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Sid Meier is the creator of the Civilization computer game series and dozens of other games. And since I love games as well and have played alot of them I can at least give a good opinion and hold my own in a discussion.
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