... this is not great for me...

[SpacemanSpiff]

... it is slightly surreal to see this...

Lin is a pretty common surname. E is not a super uncommon first initial.

i've been assigned elin-something for all my life...

well... this will be interesting. kinda don't want to see this blow up.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

OP, search up "Elin" in Google.

Look at how many people that show up in the search results first that are not you.


In the kindest way possible meant with no malice, you need to realize that you are not special, that nobody cares and nobody would have even known without you posting about it because you have a common name in a world filled with a buck-ton of people.

i'd probably have the same reaction if i saw that particular combination of letters in the wild anywhere else either. i have met, i believe, 3 people with my name before and i think 5 people with my birthday including one in the same year. you don't generally randomly stumble upon it when browsing steam though.

incidentally, we are all worlds unto ourselves, perhaps you should take the view that you are more special than you believe, joy is a choice.

i don't know, i thought it was humorous, but there appear to be a lot of people on here who were confused... or well, i won't speculate.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Originally posted by Izzy:

Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff:

lets put it this way... my work email is [e-mail]
my surname is lin... it's wierd to see my email floating around not attached to my use. my username is generally elin# something...

it's just weird, and it'd get weirder if this game got real popular.

So you think people will (somehow) associate the simple word/name "Elin" with... your personal email that literally no one knows? huh...

Just imagine, there are actual people with the name Elin. They must be thinking you're the weird one with their name as your email, and now that this post gets more popular, you're getting weirder!

people with the name Elin, probably will find it even more disconcerting. i've never seen it used as a name, but I can only imagine how odd it would be to see my full name on a billboard or something.

[Petrothian]

*make Dutch, Greek, Welsh, Norway, Sweden, Finland noises.

is a common name in Northern Europe.

Edit: Also in Northern England/Scottland too, but less common since is one of the fey/fairy names.

Honestly, you have to be pretty filled with yourself to care when your name isn't even that.

*roll eyes*

[Petrothian]

Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff:

Originally posted by Izzy:

So you think people will (somehow) associate the simple word/name "Elin" with... your personal email that literally no one knows? huh...

Just imagine, there are actual people with the name Elin. They must be thinking you're the weird one with their name as your email, and now that this post gets more popular, you're getting weirder!

people with the name Elin, probably will find it even more disconcerting. i've never seen it used as a name, but I can only imagine how odd it would be to see my full name on a billboard or something.

Okay, you are weird.

Tons of billboard have names on it.

/I am gonna back out of the room now and leave the weirdo to his own devices.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff:

Originally posted by Sairek Ceareste:

OP, search up "Elin" in Google.

Look at how many people that show up in the search results first that are not you.


In the kindest way possible meant with no malice, you need to realize that you are not special, that nobody cares and nobody would have even known without you posting about it because you have a common name in a world filled with a buck-ton of people.

i'd probably have the same reaction if i saw that particular combination of letters in the wild anywhere else either. i have met, i believe, 3 people with my name before and i think 5 people with my birthday including one in the same year. you don't generally randomly stumble upon it when browsing steam though.

incidentally, we are all worlds unto ourselves, perhaps you should take the view that you are more special than you believe, joy is a choice.

i don't know, i thought it was humorous, but there appear to be a lot of people on here who were confused... or well, i won't speculate.

I type my name into Steam and I get several different games that have my name in them full-stop. My name is even more common than yours -- I do not have that reaction, because a name doesn't mean it's you. It's a name - something people speak to identify you as a label, but it doesn't make you, you.

[Kigurumi (((魔神)))]

Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff:

Originally posted by Izzy:

So you think people will (somehow) associate the simple word/name "Elin" with... your personal email that literally no one knows? huh...

Just imagine, there are actual people with the name Elin. They must be thinking you're the weird one with their name as your email, and now that this post gets more popular, you're getting weirder!

people with the name Elin, probably will find it even more disconcerting. i've never seen it used as a name, but I can only imagine how odd it would be to see my full name on a billboard or something.

ever heard of calvin klein? because there are other calvins out there and they don't have an existential crisis every time they go outside. get this garbage off the board.

[Ultralich]

So this is what mental illness looks like... Disturbing.

[shizbang]

You're right, he should've named it, "Elon" haha

[The Sylvan Learning Center]

Main character syndrome OP.

RIP

[Dirty Old Man]

Jesus Christ, that's John Elin.

[꧁༺Xursed༻꧂]

"Oh, like the game."

[SIR RETARDUS]

Originally posted by shizbang:

You're right, he should've named it, "Elon" haha

ok that was funny LOL

[SpacemanSpiff]

Hrm, didn’t check this for a while. Steam forums are surprisingly toxic. My post was rather neutral I thought, and this threads been predominantly personal attacks to varying degrees. I have no idea of the demographics for this game… perhaps it skews young. I suppose I should watch where I step in the future.

[raviolles]

Originally posted by SpacemanSpiff:

Hrm, didn’t check this for a while. Steam forums are surprisingly toxic. My post was rather neutral I thought, and this threads been predominantly personal attacks to varying degrees. I have no idea of the demographics for this game… perhaps it skews young. I suppose I should watch where I step in the future.

lets take one step back and think
imagine this...
you are walking in a shopping street with your family
or someone close to you
the street is full with people, maybe its festive season
suddenly you found a shop with a name exactly as yours
and you immediately turn and shout to all the people around you
"Hey! this shop have the same name as me!"
what would people around you react?
someone close to you may react
"yea, i wonder if the owner have the same name"
someone mean in the crowd will probably say something horrible or ridicule you loudly
most of the people around you may either ignore or smile, either sincerely or condescendingly
just think about it

most response u see here is from people that smile at you

[Haperski]

( ° Ɐ°)o彡゜えーりん！えーりん！