# You once knew me as Mr2001, but now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901 "2025-02-05T02:44:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/1 "2025-02-05T02:44:34Z")
Twenty-plus years ago, I used to post here a lot. I think I was a Charter Member for a while, until I lost the title. I don’t quite remember why I stopped posting, but I did (for the most part). Since those days, a lot has happened. Had a few jobs in Big Tech. Was a professional gamer for a while. Moved across the country and back. Loved and lost, and loved and lost, and so on. Then, a couple years ago, I had a… _self-discovery incident_. The kind that makes me kinda regret starting my username here with `Mr`. I gather that the way to get one’s username changed is to attract the mods’ attention, so I’ll be flagging this post, I guess? Hopefully `Ms2001` will stick! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/2 "2025-02-05T02:47:40Z")
So, how hold you liked to be addressed now, if you don’t mind me asking? Nevermind, I just saw the last line. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/3 "2025-02-05T02:53:10Z")
Please send an email with the request to [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com). Make sure that you send the email from the email account that is on your SDMB account. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/4 "2025-02-05T02:54:38Z")
Just a FYI, you can absolutely add profile information under discourse including preferred pronouns and more about you (that you care to share of course), and even apply for a nifty title that may also include them. And please forgive us if some of us screw up from time to time. I promise most if not all will only do it out of routine carelessness! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/5 "2025-02-05T03:01:57Z")
Welcome to the Dope, Ms2001! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/6 "2025-02-05T03:04:39Z")
What games did you play professionally? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/7 "2025-02-05T03:55:14Z")
Mostly Fortnite and Satisfactory. I wasn’t exactly a professional _gamer_ per se: I wasn’t playing in tournaments, I was a full time Twitch streamer and still am, just not full time. But the games were a business expense! And thanks to streaming, I have over 10,000 hours logged in Fortnite, mostly in the original PVE mode. During most of 2021, I had to find other games to play, because I was working at Epic Games and basically wasn’t allowed to do anything Fortnite-related in public. My main alternatives were SnowRunner, Genshin Impact, and Warframe. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/8 "2025-02-05T03:59:26Z")
Streaming also meant I had to make an announcement like this in video form. And field lots of questions. And subject my followers to my shambling baby-step attempts to dress myself, speak, etc. But it’s been a great way to practice that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/9 "2025-02-05T06:31:44Z")
Good to have you back, and congratulations on your insights and your journeys. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/10 "2025-02-05T06:37:40Z")
Congratulations on all of this ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/11 "2025-02-05T09:31:18Z")
Welcome back, and congratulations and good wishes on your continuing journey into self discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/12 "2025-02-05T09:39:39Z")
I remember you. Welcome back! I guess the SDMB is like the Hotel California: you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Great to have you with us again! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/13 "2025-02-05T15:08:04Z")
Welcome back. I wish you the best of luck on the road you’ve found yourself on. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/14 "2025-02-06T00:39:25Z")
Welcome back my friend to the Show that Never ends… come inside come inside ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/15 "2025-02-06T00:51:05Z")
Huh, I didn’t even realize Fortnite had a PvE mode. I thought it was all Battle Royale. But then, as I’ve told my students, I’ve never once lost a Fortnite match, so what do I know. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/16 "2025-02-06T16:48:01Z")
Welcome back and congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-once-knew-me-as-mr2001-but-now/1013901/17 "2025-02-06T19:31:15Z")
I do occasionally play Battle Royale… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4RPj6noCDX8/maxresdefault.jpg "Sardines Standing Elbow To Elbow (OG Victory Royale, 4 Elims)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RPj6noCDX8) Not many people realize that Save The World, the PVE mode, is the _full, premium_ version of the game, and Battle Royale is just the free demo. Informing the public about that is a key pillar of my edutainmental mission.