Board Thread:Reporting station/@comment-3474455-20160327125837/@comment-5939269-20160328192715

Lily8763cp wrote: Protanly wrote: Coollittlepeashooter wrote: Rude behavior? I have noticed this, but I don't want to jump to conclusions too fast. It's probably a joke, then again, such ways of joking are not nice. TCLP is too immature for a promotion, Protanly had a promotion and is even more immature I'd like to point out for the continuing confusion: RetroBowser has and always will be a persona in chat. per·so·na ˌpərˈsōnə/ noun noun: persona; plural noun: personae; plural noun: personas

the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others. "her public persona" a role or character adopted by an author or an actor. synonyms:image, face, public face, character, personality, identity, self; When I say RetroBowser is a persona, I am saying that being the "Wiki chat troll" has become a huge part of how people know and interact with me here on the wiki. You can look into how I behave on the forums, mainspaces, and talk pages and note the clear and distinct difference in how I go about presenting myself.

I do not see myself as immature, though I have and will always see "The troll" to be so. In reality I see myself as a respectful and literate person who values the proper use of language. I care about others and do not fancy seeing them in pain. I am professional. I am responsible. I hold down 2 different jobs at the age of 16, one a summer job, and one for the rest of the year. Both of which by the way, include working with children. I go to an advanced placement program outside of my own town for the Sciences.

RetroBowser on the other hand is none of those things. He is simply a troll that bums around chat making dumb jokes towards others. He is just the character in the stage play we call "PVZ Wiki Chat". I agree that what I have done under my persona has gone too far. I am currently trying to make amends for this cause. If anything, it has been a wake up call for me. I plan on trying to tone things down so that this kind of thing doesn't happen again.

At the end of the day, All I want is to be the kind of guy that can make people laugh, while also being able to be professional and respectable everywhere else on the wiki.

With my warmest regards,

~Protanly You're seriously making your old username seem to be a different person? I understand you mean you've changed but still. I know what you're trying to do, you just have to know A.When to stop and B.If your attempt of making someone laugh will make them feel the opposite, like this thread's reason for being made, trying to make someone laugh but instead seriously hurting their feelings. I haven't changed. I'm simply using the old name to distinguish who in fact I am talking about.

Let me put it this way. When a character on a TV show is another characters enemy, it does mean that the actors who play the characters are enemies in real life. RetroBowser (Tthe name of which for the sake of my sanity have been using to define my persona in this topic) is much the same way.

RetroBowser is not me. I am RetroBowser. He is simply a character that I have been playing in the chat for as long as I can remember. I have never denied that what I have said has gone too far. It is obvious that through the use of this thread that this has been the case.

The thing with RetroBowser is that I understand the fact that many people understand who he is. When I am carrying out the so called "trolling", there are times when it is unsure whether people are actually upset with me, or whether they are simply playing along. (Side note: Would be helpful to send a PM notifying me if any other people in fact do feel upset and not to do so in the main chat)

What I have said was too far. I will never deny that. I am not trying to avoid anything, as avoiding the issue at hand solves nothing. While I understand that I am at fault for what my character has done, there is no need in trying to compare his traits to who I am as a person.