Holy crap. Met a friend of a friend today and almost introduced myself as Zaladane. I hit the Za.. part until I caught myself
That's my standard introduction, anyone that looks at me funny gets a flintlock pistol to their face .
I don't think I've ever introduced myself by one of my internet handles by accident. I'd probably refer to anyone from EP by their username if I ever met any of you louts in person .
You quickly move on to real names, at least, that's been my experience. Using internet handles is weird. Jazz you are on the wrong side of Michigan.
I find it varies from person to person with me for whatever reason. At least when talking online off the forum, I always use forum names on the forum. I don't have enough actual meet-ups with forum people to draw a full conclusion, but when I have, we quickly went to real names. We also quickly got drunk but that's another story.