Also, the issue of real names has become a tricky one. Long ago, I offered to let the Japanese players use their nicknames if they joined us. It was a compromise I was willing to make because those players already were familiar with each other using those names at sugi's site, and I wanted to bring them here for the reason stated above (true global participation). They didn't come here at that time, because they were happy with sugi's site, so why join another one ... one that doesn't even speak Japanese? That site is now gone, but Masao is one of the players that the offer was originally made to. I will still encourage the Japanese players to use their real names, but at this time I am not withdrawing their option of nicknames. I know that this creates an unfair double standard, but that is the "sticky" situation I have put myself in, and I am not willing to refuse membership to the elite Japanese F-Zero GBA players over this. |
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