"Alter Ego" Contest... who were YOU?

[digitalpress]

The contest is officially over and our winners announced:

GOLD: "Stanley"
SILVER: "Hiroshi Yamauchi"
BRONZE: "El Suave"

Congrats to the winners, who we shall soon find the hidden identities of... but to EVERYONE who played, WELL PLAYED! That was great fun to watch:

It's time for the official unmasking. Who were you? How did you choose your character? How did you think it went and what would you do differently next time?

You KNOW me. My characters are sort of "forum secrets" that only newbies wouldn't recognize. Let's start the unveiling of everyone else now. :cheers:

[kainemaxwell]

This may come as a shock, especially to those who giessed who I was, but I, Kaine23, was Stanley. 8-)

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Y'know, sometimes people forget about the classic arcade characters. I went with everybodys' favorite gazette slinging bicyclist, the Amazing Paperboy. It seemed appropiate enough. He's a game character and a classic one at that. Besides, he was pretty funny... even after getting sideswiped by cars on the road.

There you have it; PC Kwaj was the Amazing Paperboy.

http://www.flatbatteries.clara.net/games/images/paperboy2.gif

[The Manimal]

I joined as 'Marion's Boobs' but shortly thereafter dropped that and became 'Princess Gwaelin'.



DOES THOU LOVE ME?


BUT THOU MUST! LOL


Admins, can you delete both these accounts? I can't reregister ever under these emails again, and who knows....I may need to use them at some later time! One of the addy's wasn't even MINE LOL

[scooterb23]

You chose greatness!! I was El Suave...

I chose El Suave because I was playing Outlaw Golf at the time...and he's my favorite character in that game. He has great lines (Look at my crotch, that is me you smell!, you have chosen greatness etc.), and in that game, when you start playing poorly, you can beat your caddy up, so I thought it would be fun to play a lousy Latin Lover with bad lines, raging hormones, and a wicked violent streak :)

I felt I played it fairly well for the most part (although when I suggested Outlaw Bowling, I was sure I'd blown my cover, those of you who have been around for a long time know how obsessive I am about Bowling video games).

When it went into the second, and third days, I began to lose my edge and lost focus on my goal (to nail every damn female or moogle on the board) and got caught up in the Hiroshi and Stanley soap opera, I could have played that better :) It also became a lot harder for me, as a very shy person, to be as bold and brazen as I was, even as an alter ego it was just a very difficult thing for me to do.

Overall, it was a blast, and I can't wait to find out who some of the others were...

Kaine23 = Stanley?? Noooooooo really?????? [/sarcasm]

Good job everyone :)

[Dan Iacovelli]

Who were you? My Alter Ego was(is) Ace Mcloud.
How did you choose your character?
Ace is actually my Alter ego that I came up during
the 80's when I first played Gunship (thought that most of you would get that hint) on my PC. when ever I got a high score I didn't put down my name but I would use Ace Mcloud. But that wasn't the end of Ace, He later showed up again in the high score of most of Jaguar games also.
He also eventionaly showed up in some past issues of the AVC's Atari zone newsletter where he wrote an article about gaming tips(I did reveal my self later on). He still shows up from time to time when I play video games.
(I have thought of using Laserman as alter ego which actually based on the game I made for the ti-99/4a (later on I made a keystone kappers hack based on the character for the 2600(which was posted on AA,some people might have figured that out right away)

How did you think it went and what would you do differently next time?
seeing how limted my post was I think I did pretty good (the only battle I had was with robotnik which was toward the end of the forum days)
what I would do differnetly is prob post more asking for people to battle me.
(I came to the aid of others in this one)

Dan Iacovelli
(AKA Ace Mcloud)

[AB Positive]

Well, I guess it's scooterb23 who gets the unfortunate pleasure of finding out I wasn't a woman. Really now, everyone picked every female past or present on the boards for my alter ego.

No, the Moogle was I, AdamG *bows*


Let the insults and beatings commence! Kupo!

-AG

[WiseSalesman]

I was "The Troll". I thought it would be cool to rekindle everyone's memories of -=Jet=-, TheAveng and Blake. I would have had a lot more fun with it, but we got slashdotted and i couldn't get on for an entire day (as you well know), and then I had school and work the next two days. Ah, well, such is life.

[Bratwurst]

I was NINNYTENDO

[Dire 51]

Since no one either could or wanted to guess who I was, I think I did a pretty good job of keeping my true identity hidden. So okay, no more suspense. Tell me, does this sound familiar?

STAY AWAY FROM MY URN, DAMN YOU!!! DAMN YOU ALL!!!

Yep, it is I who was Old Man Graves' Ghost. :) Why that particular character? I've always loved the 2600 game Haunted House, and when I was a kid I thought the ghost in the game was the coolest looking character I'd ever seen. So, when it came time for this, I recall running a list of alter-egos I would have chosen through my head, but all of them seemed too obvious. Then I remembered Old Man Graves' Ghost, and... here we are.

I was also his foil, I Stole The Urn, but I guess that's pretty obvious by now.

[Oobgarm]

MWAHAHAHA! Nintendo is the most dominant force in the Videogame industry today!!!

It is I who sported the moniker of Hiroshi Yamauchi. :P I picked him because I wanted to be different and not pick a videogame character. I enjoyed playing the part, but I did start to lose my wit after the first couple of days. I decided to try and do what no one would expect of him, and it looks like that wasn't the greatest idea. Still, though, lots of fun. I'm glad most of you thought I did a good job. :)

I also jumped in the forum a few times as Mr. Nutz. I think it's the funniest character name ever, and it gave me an excuse to show off that silly picture of the squirrel and his yabbos.

Wow, Scooter! I am in complete amazement. I thought it was Butta all along...especially after that bukkake statement. LOL

[Queen Of The Felines]

I'm Poo.

I just wanted to SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII NG!

Kristine

[scooterb23]

Wow, Scooter! I am in complete amazement. I thought it was Butta all along...especially after that bukkake statement.

That's exactly why I made that statement... :)

If I told you everything I was doing to try and hide my identity...you'd think I was nuts...


No, the Moogle was I, AdamG *bows*

This makes El Suave very sad... :( ;)

[Dire 51]

El Suave, you do not have my urn. LOL

[scooterb23]

I got your urn right here ;) ...and I'm still trying to get the thought of the taste of the pee-lined urn full of tequila out of my head :eek 2: :puke:

[Dire 51]

No, here it is - see? http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/221424/urn.gif LOL

And that was damned funny. Disgusting, but funny. LOL

[NE146]

I was 'Beat up Guile'.. I think I posted like 3 times. Then got too busy the rest of the weekend and never posted again :embarrassed: LOL

[Kid Fenris]

I was Rock, RAWK, and Johnny Turbo. Yes, all three of them.

If I'd known that Rock was popular, I'd probably have posted more as him. As it was, I decided that Rock was going nowhere, so I went with a completely stupid Alter Ego for my own amusement on the second day. Then, upon realizing that nobody else was going to do it, I started up Johnny Turbo.

[scooterb23]

Oh, and now it makes sense Oobgarm, you are in Cincy, so that's how Hiroshi magically knew exactly how much gas was in Dayton on Saturday in the Hummer thread...

And that's why I thought Hiroshi was Kid Fenris.

:)

I spent wayyyy too much time thinking things through in this contest.

[AB Positive]

and yet you still hit on the male effeminate moogle. I'm so sorry.

-AG

[Dire 51]

Kid Fenris - Rock was damned funny. :) BTW, you called me "Pops Ghostly" in one thread "The Action Max RAWKED, man!". Tell me, just who is Pops Ghostly? I've never heard of him.

[AB Positive]

Yeah, I was all about Rock. I thought it was brilliant.

the four-five days thing was unavoidable from the slashdot but did make things hard, somehow I went from being an 'actor' with a Napoleon complex to being "The littlest gay Moogle". I really don't know what happened there. A few of my RL friends got a laugh from it, thankfully.

-AG

[Dire 51]

Yeah, and how dare you cast a spell on my urn and make it run away from me! LOL

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

My wife would tell you that my alter ego isn't much of an act at all - she occasionally called me Mr. Gropey, which isn't a side of myself that I've let out of the bag here at ALL, not even in the pub. Truth be told, if the CGE webcam thread wasn't enough proof, I do have a bit of an eye for the ladies, i.e. if you're a lady, I'm looking at you.

All of which comes in handy when you're going to be the unabashed horndog that is
http://home.ipa.net/~egreen/clients/buster.gif
Buster's Revenge.

SMOOVE!

I'm now officially more embarrassed, and more amused, than AdamG. LOL :embarrassed: :P

[Captain Wrong]

Congrats to Kaine.


Now, I still wanna know who the damn Adventure Bat was.

[Kid Fenris]

Kid Fenris - Rock was damned funny. :) BTW, you called me "Pops Ghostly" in one thread "The Action Max RAWKED, man!". Tell me, just who is Pops Ghostly? I've never heard of him.

Pops Ghostly was the star of "The Rescue of Pops Ghostly," a game for the short lived Action Max videotape-based game system. I was trying to come up with the lamest and most obscure video game ghost ever.

http://www.rolandit.com/games/Games/viewgame.asp?GID=1130

[atomicthumbs]

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/images/avatars/42bf78e63f52f5a8b9a61.png = http://www.digitpress.com/forum/images/avatars/42bf78e63f5204b1d03d7.jpg

I guess I just wasn't that funny. Oh well...

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Actually, I thought the semen guy was plenty funny. LOL

[atomicthumbs]

Thanks!!!


http://www.romantictimes.com/f_reader/images/art/fabio_1.jpg + http://www.tasteyoulove.com/images/icbinb_spray.jpg = http://www.digitpress.com/forum/images/avatars/ab4b50643f462781c5dc1.jpg

I can't believe it's not Stanley.... Spray.

[Mayhem]

I was Q-Bert... and it was all QoF's idea so I can blame her for not scoring any votes here :P

Anyways, I figured it was a perfectly opportunity to be able to swear the hell out of the board seeing as the last couple of weeks have been pretty shitty (but not for the kitty!) arghhhhh!!! :evil: LOL

[AB Positive]

Pops Ghostly was the star of "The Rescue of Pops Ghostly," a game for the short lived Action Max videotape-based game system. I was trying to come up with the lamest and most obscure video game ghost ever.

http://www.rolandit.com/games/Games/viewgame.asp?GID=1130

Holy Crap! I had that system and loved that game. My mom would always play the police one though, since she was in the military. Wow, I completely forgot this thing existed, thanks man!

-AG

[Dire 51]

Pops Ghostly was the star of "The Rescue of Pops Ghostly," a game for the short lived Action Max videotape-based game system. I was trying to come up with the lamest and most obscure video game ghost ever.

http://www.rolandit.com/games/Games/viewgame.asp?GID=1130

O_O LOL LOL LOL

That is too damned funny. I think you've succeeded in nailing the lamest and most obscure video game ghost ever, all right. LOL

[ehall]

My mom would always play the police one though, since she was in the military. -AG

Umm, your mother wears combat boots.

I'm sooooo sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Tetsu]

I had a small role as the China Warrior, which I quickly got bored with. I wanted to pick the most unlikely game character, and also a very generic one, hence, the China Warrior.

[ManekiNeko]

Well played, Kaine!
I'd like to take off my mask, but unfortuantely, it's part of my costume. That's right, I was Sly Cooper.
Geez, guys, I thought I deserved at least ONE vote. C'mon, you've got to admit the reference to the Genesis song "Welcome to the Home by the Sea" was clever.

JR

[le geek]

I was Lazy Jones. It was fun on Friday, but I probably picked too obscure a C64 character. :embarrassed:

Cheers,
Ben

[IGotTheDot]

I was ......1-UP. I thought it would be funny to play a grumpy old character stuck in his ways. It kinda got out of hand because I just got crankier and crankier.

Stanley was Awesome!!! There always needs to be someone to bash and you took it well. I was feeling a bit bad, but then I started flaming myself and felt better about it.

Next time I will try to choose a character with more of a personality that I don't have to invent. I have some ideas. It's fun being mean for a few days.

Thanks all!!!

[ubersaurus]

I was Mr. Driller. I was going to go in as a completely different character, but my friend wouldn't stop bugging me to go as the drill man, coupling that with me being too lazy to make an avatar, I decided to go with it.

[scooterb23]

So, PDF was my arch nemesis... :evil:

Actually I had Buster's Revenge pegged as Butta, and Q-bert as Snider-man...shows you what I knew... :)

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Actually, I knew Q*Bert was Mayhem: he tipped his hand at one point talking about "haemorrhoids," which is a bit of uniquely British spelling there. Not sure if anyone else picked up on that. :D

Similarly, I thought I pretty much gave my game away with my entry in the rapping contest. But yeah, I was gunning for El Suave. I probably shoulda gone for Larry Laffer too (who was that?), but I figured "naaaaahhhh."

We gotta do this again sometime. Halloween, anyone? LOL

[scooterb23]

I wish I would have stuck around that last day a little longer, I had some ideas when the Buster vs. Suave poll came up hehehe...

[ubikuberalles]

jumpman and homsar
Jumpman was my favorite character on the Atari 8 bit. I played that game endlessly.
I did homsar because I wanted to have a little fun. :)

[YoshiM]

And now to announce: YoshiM.....who performed as.....Larry Laffer.

CUE MUSIC

The classic theme of the original "Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards" begins to play in all its Ad Lib glory.

I wanted to go for something NOT console, to be a bit different. For some strange reason Leisure Suit Larry popped in my head and figured that it might have been fun. And it was.

PDF was Buster?! Dang, never even had an inkling. In fact, my thoughts of who was who was all wrong.

Hey Dire, sorry about the urn. I've got some Handy-wipes and Brasso for ya!

It'd be cool to do this again. Halloween weekend would be pretty cool.

[Dire 51]

LOL LOL LOL

[kainemaxwell]

Thanks everyone! I had a blast playing too!

[kevates]

I was adventure bat.

I had a great time playing and fooling some of you.

[Lost Monkey]

I was Jag4Ever.. with a lot of help from ...Jag4Ever...

Jag4Ever was a usenet poster several years ago who posted quite a bit of Jaguar advocacy rhetoric which was pretty hard to swallow. Many of my initial posts were direct copy/pastes of his posts to usenet. Once I got some replies, I found myself channeling the spirit of Jag4Ever, and it was actually quite fun.

I was kind of surprised to see that PDF was Buster.. I had Buster tagged as NE146, but I realize now that NE1 is way too lackadaisical to have gotten so involved. (IE: Prize lot did not contain "ch1x w1f d1x") LOL

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Heh...good to see I threw so many completely off the trail. Did ANYONE outside of those with IP viewing priveleges think that I was Buster?

If not...then I guess that was SMOOVE! LOL

I wish Jag4ever had shown up earlier...that was hysterical!

[cheesystick]

I was Chip, Dale, Gadget, Monty, and Zipper. I dont think thats a real surprise to anybody though. I had a great time lurking the boards. Many did not understand my humor, or my motives, but behind the scenes I was laughing my little fury butt off.
I gotta give props to Mr. Nutz and Captian Novolin.
Oh, and surprisingly enough, I really enjoyed the great poo, even though i portrayed he charactor as a nemis. ha ha
-crispy

[Mayhem]

Actually, I knew Q*Bert was Mayhem: he tipped his hand at one point talking about "haemorrhoids," which is a bit of uniquely British spelling there. Not sure if anyone else picked up on that.

Yeah I slipped once... I was doing so well spelling American like up till that point :P

After all your "sex" posts in the Pub PDF, I had my wonder whether you could actually be Buster. Until a certain kitty told me you were, I wasn't really that sure. I mean, it's a whole different side to you ;)

[Sniderman]

Well, I wanted a character with a distinctive speech pattern. Not easy, considering most classic characters don't talk. (Except for Mayhem's occassional %$#% This time around!). So, I found a character from an obscure series of arcade games and, using the way he spelled his name as a launchpad, ran with it.

Th'ts ryte! I iz Kapt'n Krooz'r ov the starsh'p Kozmik Krooz'r! (I iz starr ov Wacko an' Kozmik Krooz'r! Famouz iz me!

Buuuuuuut, I just didn't have the time to reazlly play him up that much, nor was he a character I was happy with. After the game had started, I realized I had messed up because one of the Bluth characters would've been fun. Especially Commander Borf of Space Ace.

"Seize him! Earthlings must surrender to meeee...."

[Pantechnicon]

I was (omitted). Guilty as charged.


I would have probably participated more after Friday but for the a) the site's problems and b) PC toruble on my own end. By Monday I was back at work and - you know - they expected me to work. Although that didn't seem to stop Jumpman any :P

Anyhow, it was fun to read and fun to do. Another time perhaps?

[den68]

I posted 4 or 5 times as Switchbox. you know the tv/computer switch thing. it seemed funny at first but didn't work out too well. oh well.

[IGotTheDot]

I thought the switch box idea was great. "What happened? Can't see much from back here." LOL LOL LOL

[ubikuberalles]

I was Dirk's Bones. Guilty as charged.
...
By Monday I was back at work and - you know - they expected me to work. Although that didn't seem to stop Jumpman any :P

Hey at least I didn't jump on your "bones"! :P

[digitalpress]

I posted 4 or 5 times as Switchbox. you know the tv/computer switch thing. it seemed funny at first but didn't work out too well. oh well.

I thought the character was very funny, I was sorry to see it end suddenly and figured you were another victim of slashdot traffic issues.

[Dan Iacovelli]

I don't think everybody revealed them selves yet.
who was Robotnik ?
Dan Iacovelli