good morning sister nom de plume claire. i have another nom de plume on this site but i rarely use it. it was used only a couple of times for testing when the site first came up. it has swine written all over it. :p
great write-up by the way. as at every lightly moderated online forum there are the lunatic fringe, the trolls, the vile, the vulgar, the narcissistic, spammers, and detractors. more so at gaming sites where juveniles, angry adult males who still live with momma, and crazy nymphs hang out. a contributing nom de plume has to be thick-skinned, surgical, able to rise above the noise floor, and keep cool throughout the mayhem and mess in and around the frat party. and you're showing the mantle and mindfulness of a creative contributor. kudos!