So I finally got around to changing my username on the Kidrobot Discussion Board. Okay, so you didn’t even know I wanted to change my name huh? Well, here’s the story.
Back when I first joined the KR board in early 2006, I wanted to stick with a username I could easily remember. Well, since I used “ryanc44” for my Yahoo IM name/email (yes, now all you stalkers will be able to find me on IM now), I figured I’d use a modified version of that- hence rc44 was born.
Fast forward to about a year ago- as I started getting some recognition for my art and custom work through the board, I realized that my username is what people remembered me by, not necessarily by my real name. Then one day I just decided to Google “rc44” to see what popped up. Low and behold I had a few entries on the search results, but the majority were all about a racing sailboat. Huh? Yeah, that’s what I was saying to myself. Anyway, I didn’t give it much thought beyond that, and it faded away.
So fast forward to about two months ago. I started to notice that a few old people on the Kidrobot discussion board seemed to have new names. Now it didn’t appear that they had created brand new accounts all over again, but in turn their old accounts had been updated with new names. This got me thinking. Why not see if I could get my current “sailboat” username updated to something actually meaningful- like my website name? Now that’s an idea… So as of today, rc44 will only be known as a sailboat, and reactor88 is now the guy on the Kidrobot Discussion Board that makes all the Spade-Skull and Totem custom toys. Yeah, I figure it will confuse some people for a little bit, but that small setback will be worth it in the long run. Heaven forbid I decide to change the name of my website on day…