why hide?

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:12 pm

hey why do people make them selves hidden in the forums? starres at the mods

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:15 pm

I noticed that too!!

Heh maybe they don't want to be ambushed by us pack members?

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:21 pm

yeah i guees fig doesn't want an onslot of rubber duckies being throwen at him.

Set · Post by **Set** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:30 pm

Usually it's Figarou, if there's two people on I'll assume it's Fig and Anthony. Someone else is hidden too but I don't know who.

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:42 pm

vilkicas?

Set · Post by **Set** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:37 pm

No, moderators still show up on the list.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:42 pm

Reilune wrote:No, moderators still show up on the list.

Unless they hide themselves.

Renorei · Post by **Renorei** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:01 am

Meh? People can hide? I don't understand the purpose of hiding, this forum is not like AIM where people can jump you all of a sudden with a big pop-up box. Can somebody explain this?

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:09 am

Excelsia wrote:Meh? People can hide? I don't understand the purpose of hiding, this forum is not like AIM where people can jump you all of a sudden with a big pop-up box. Can somebody explain this?

I just as confused

Vilkacis · Post by **Vilkacis** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:19 am

I'm always hidden because I don't like my name showing up in a different color than everone else's. That's the only reason.

-- Vilkacis

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:20 am

There's a feature that allows you to not show up in the active user's list (either the one on the bottom of the index page or here.)

(Unless the person viewing it is an admin, then they can see everyone.)

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:24 am

Bloody cowards. Show yourselves! Or I'll bonk you with a duckie!

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:18 am

Lupin wrote:There's a feature that allows you to not show up in the active user's list (either the one on the bottom of the index page or here.)

(Unless the person viewing it is an admin, then they can see everyone.)

WHy use me as an example

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 2:30 am

Shadow Wulf wrote:WHy use me as an example

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That's the page that shows all of the users that are online. You were online and not hidden when you looked at the page, so you showed up on it.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:48 am

Reilune wrote:Usually it's Figarou, if there's two people on I'll assume it's Fig and Anthony. Someone else is hidden too but I don't know who.

This werewolf likes to hide in the shadows.

If you look into the darkness...you can barely see the reflection of light from my eyes!! Then...from out of nowhere, its an onslaught of duckies!!!

MUWA HA HA!!

Why hide? Ummmmm.....because. I have my reasons.

NarnianWolfen · Post by **NarnianWolfen** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:50 am

And sometimes they're only on to check on things and might not wanna answer PMs fired their way or anything. *shrug*

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:30 am

Maybe they hide because as high profile members, if they showed themselves, they'd get bombarded with an overload of personal messages. Fig is the undisputed champion of total posts, and Anthony Brownrigg is a celebrity, currently working on proving the theory that a good werewolf movie is possible. Both would attract so much PMs and replies that they might not be able to get anything else done online without having to ignore these messages, which is hard to do without worrying about someone's feelings.

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:32 pm

They can be PMed at any time so what's the point in that? It also does no good if I know who's on anyway.

Baphnedia · Post by **Baphnedia** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:34 am

Because, if they're online, the decision to PM them is much easier to make - in that you'll have the (hopefully) instant gratification of an instant reply.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 4:55 am

Baphnedia wrote:Because, if they're online, the decision to PM them is much easier to make - in that you'll have the (hopefully) instant gratification of an instant reply.

Bingo!!! And believe me, I had some of the strangest questions!!!

Someone even asked if I was a real p-shifting werewolf!!

HUH?? PUH-LEEZE!!! Next he/she will ask me to bite them. HA!! How about if I toss some duckies at you instead!!!

Searif · Post by **Searif** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:20 pm

[lie]I have no idea who would want to hide themselves from the world [/lie]