I certainly don't want to be thought of as the weird guy who supports aliases, but let me try to explain my thinking:

Looking at it if I were ever to do such a thing, my second character would have to be, act and say things differently than myself. And everyone would have to know it was me as another character. As Nigel tried to explain, Donny wanted to use this DiLeo guy as a one-fingered, sit at home, casual player with little knowledge. Had he actually done that, it could work as a device to insert different types of questions or answers that would be different from the main ID. For many years, and even today, I will take the other side of an argument just for argument’s sake. If I could create someone opposite of myself and do it correctly, I could conceivably argue or correct myself. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not a proponent of such tactics, I’m just saying there “could” be a scenario where an alter ego might work.

cassp (posting as Rocky Balboa)

[This message has been edited by cassp (edited 07-06-2009).]