Anyone else this happens to re: web names?

[Cosmo]

Everyone has their 'web' name and their real name right? I've been going up to see drogheda play since I was a wee child, everyone got to know me, I was called with 'Dave' or 'Wheelo'.

However in the last 3 months or so, everyone up in united park seems to be calling me cosmo instead of Dave or Wheelo! Even my dads old friend who has known me since I was a baby called me cosmo last week!! I got a couple of mentions in the drogs programme this year too and i was refered to as cosmo!!

Is this the new craze, calling people by their web names?

I always preferred to leave the webworld, like eh, on the web if ye know what i mean!!

I dread bringing up my non football mates to a match or to a pub afterwards as they'll get a great laugh with me being refereed to cosmo !!

Just wondering is this happening to everyone else or what ?

[hamish]

Cosmo is a cool name, shout it out loud and proud.

[drinkfeckarse]

Just wondering is this happening to everyone else or what ?

No but I'd be worried if people started calling me by my web name...

[hamish]

No but I'd be worried if people started calling me by my web name...

I'd be even worse if your real name was embarassing - the first two well known West Ham players were called Syd Puddefoot and S.R. Ba$tard.

[brendy_éire]

Aye, but usually it's just when there's another Brendy around. Know what ye mean hi, it's weird.

[Macy]

Just wondering is this happening to everyone else or what ?

Happens to everyone in Longford (both home and away) - thanks to Marty and Pauro

Macy was my nickname before it was my web handle so not arsed myself.

You should've stuck with David_Drog....

[paul_oshea]

havent really thought about it, dont think it would bother me if ye know what i mean

[pineapple stu]

The amount of times I get called "pineapple" is unreal - pretty much every opposition fan, some of our younger home fans, some of our players (!) and even just randomly if I'm walking through Stillorgan!

Incidentally, Dave, you're in my phone book and e-mail address book as Cosmo!

[Troy.McClure]

I think that nearly everyone who I meet at the City matches call me Troy Im not too sure how many of them know my actual name

I dont really care too much what they call me though

[Peadar]

I dont really care too much what they call me though

You're just glad to have someone talk to you.

I actually never put 2 and 2 together as to who you were until you got in touch over the fanzine.

[Troy.McClure]

Sure I know you're not the brightest

I knew who you were though, I saw that photo of you in the Bohs shirt

[Babysis]

Not really a problem for me. Most people have known me as babysis before coming on here. Always a bit weird calling people by their sign on, as is the case with Lopez, Pat O bubaclart, Sylvo, etc.

[Cosmo]

'You should've stuck with David_Drog....'

Yeah well I used be Daviddrog on the drogs forum too but after a trip to milan a couple of years ago I changed it after getting slagged that it ain't a really 'cool' web name. Cosmo came from the milan trip (dont ask !!).

(Changed it here too when i started using this mb a bit more because i didnt want 2 identities in the webworld!!)

'Incidentally, Dave, you're in my phone book and e-mail address book as Cosmo!'

and i doubt you're not the only one

[Peadar]

I knew who you were though, I saw that photo of you in the Bohs shirt

Obviously my name didn't give it away!
Not the brightest crayon in the box yourself.

[tiktok]

I think that nearly everyone who I meet at the City matches call me Troy
Im not too sure how many of them know my actual name

I have to admit, I only found your real name out recently.

I dont really care too much what they call me though

Ok so **********

People are starting to use my real name, though I know there are some who will forever call me tiktok.
It's strange alright because like Cosmo, it's purely a football thing, no one outside of the EL would have a clue what it's all about.

My other-half finds it all rather sad

[De Town]

no-one knows my name (DE TOWN) at the town matches but I know who Martinho is and maybe Pauro

And macy, because he was walking over to Section O 1 match last season or the season before and they all started shouting "Macy, Macy, Macy" at him.

[Schumi]

It's something that happens me too (certain Longford fans take a bow ).

[De Town]

It's something that happens me too (certain Longford fans take a bow ).

Are you the lad with really black hair?? (a big mop of it)

[Gareth]

Well clearly I don't mind being called my webname. I found that if you run a website you tend to be called by the name you choose on the site so I decided it best to use my real name rather than be labeled by some silly embarrassing name I picked. When I was in DCU we had a network society and I was known as my username. Woeful.

I only know Drums Red and Fintan on this site and I met Tory McClure at the Shels Cork game recently so I wouldn't have any need to call any of your webnames Tiktok, was that the name of the lil robot in the second Wizard of Oz?

[Schumi]

Are you the lad with really black hair?? (a big mop of it)

I'd say that's pineapple. Don't think my hair would have been a mop even before I got it cut, though probably not too far off.