I know who I am. On the internet, I have created literally dozens of identities for various reasons.
For software engineering, I use my actual name, and the company name "Temple Of Transgression". The reason for the name of the company is quite simple: I develop software, backengines and databases that would normally take an entire development team to create and maintain. I use any means possible to create these monstrosities. My method of obtaining data are ethically questionable, but entirely legal pursuant to current federal laws and regulations under jurisdiction of the United States. My results often seem theoretically impossible, but somehow, manage to pass extensive scrutiny and benchmark testing. In layman's terms, I do the improbable, and I do it running a one-man show, with the occasional outside consultants, only three of which have ever proven to be trustworthy. I've also ghost written nearly 120 published tech articles.
When I write stories, I release them under a self depreciating anagram disguised as a pseudonym. The subject matter of the stories contain a lot of uncomfortable, explicit, psychologically traumatizing content mixed with factual information and disturbing social commentary. When reading this type of fictional material, I like to create the illusion of the writer being someone who should be involuntarily committed. However, since its fiction, it's meant to be morbidly entertaining. As such, a reader who attempts to psychoanalyze the literature will find that their half-baked assumptions speak more about the reader than the person who wrote it.
Musically, I release solo material under the name Shadowglass Project. Generally, the forbidden will change with each release, even different tracks from the same albums sounding like they were written by different individuals. With the exception of obvious covers, and one track on my next release, again, one-man show.
When I play MMORPGs, I use whatever name I damn well please, and usually take over a general market within a short period of time, essentially, controlling the economy of an entire server. I also have a habit of breaking game mechanics because most people aren't smart enough to understand THAC0, or even simple mathematical concepts like nonlinear and/or recursive functions. As much shit
as I talk in-game, I make sure that I can more than back it up, which usually results in idiot users AND devs accusing me of cheating because they lack the capacity to understand functional game mechanics.
On most sites, I use the name idbeholda, which is a cheat code in Doom. I've used this name online since '97. In unnamed communities, I've used as many as 15 different unique handles, each with their own personality and grammatical structure. In this regard, I enjoy getting a reaction out of people, and this is not exactly a well kept secret. In fact, it's common knowledge. Chances are, if I don't like you, you'll know it within a relatively short period of time, and subsequently, I will troll the fuck out of you until I either get bored, or I'm satisfied that you've learned your lesson.
In real life, I'm actually pretty friendly, easygoing, and quite sociable. If I don't like you, you'll know it, and I'll find a way to publicly humiliate you, if I'm robbed the wrong way, which is pretty hard to do. Yes, I am an attention who're, and if you're still reading this, you probably are too.
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