Hey, Aldraia, that was a nice surprise – please feel *invited* to share your thoughts!

As for your gripe: Well, remember that Cline is in his late forties – he might indeed never have visited a LAN party at times when people are primarily using nicknames. In his – and mine – youth, you went by your real name on the net (which was pretty much Usenet and email at the time) or would be shunned.

Thus, using nicknames in “real life” would be awkward for me as well – if we met, I’d give a good shot at pronouncing your real first name, apologize and ask you to help me pronounce it properly. And now imagine you addressing me with my IRC nickname – seriously? 😉

Best regards, Wulf