Mac @ Night: S02E03 - Tonight on the 14th Episode of Mac @ Night, I do something I don't normally do, I name names. This isn't some airing of dirty laundry, this is a fed head trying to understand the actions of two handlers who, well, make me ask the question Michael Scott once asked: "Why are you the way that you are?"

One of these people pretends to be someone else, I mean, isn't that what we all do? Create a fictional character and pretend to be that person? Yes, but this person pretends to be a different handler. Pretends to be new to the game, pretends to have stumbled onto the forums for the first time and creates account after account, pretending to be an entirely different handler each time.

The second one, well, you'll have to listen to hear that one.

This is a hobby designed to have fun, and while it's perfectly normal to hide certain aspects about your life (it's not a requirement to ever state your real name or anything personal about you) and some have the 'quirk' lets call it, to lie about things they own so that they can feel superior to us, whatever, you do you. It's also perfectly normal to want to try out a different character without people knowing who the handler is. That's fine. What is not normal behavior is pretending to be a whole other person - perhaps even engaging with yourself OOC - and trying to convince us all that you are this whole other person. That falls under the category of both trying too hard, a tad creepy and just straight up bizarre behavior. Why not just make the character and lay low OOC? No one should force you to interact if you don't want to. No one should make it a requirement, that to succeed in an efed, you must be on discord or be all chatty and sharing stuff. We've had plenty in the EWC who keep to themselves, never speak OOC and go on to win titles and reach the HOF.

We are all here to enjoy the game, maybe make some friends, tell some stories, but if you find yourself hating a particular efed, and yet you continuously join that efed over and over, and even immediately after a rage quit, you join again .. maybe the problem isn't the fed. Maybe the problem is you.

So again I ask those two people: Why are you the way that you are?

Tonight's drink: Screwdriver. In my Screwdriver tonight I have Simply Orange (no pulp) orange juice and Smirnoff Fluffed Marshmallow Flavored Vodka. Smirnoff began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov in the 1860's. I explain where the name "Screwdriver" comes from and I explain what makes it different from The Harvey Wallbanger.

I hope you enjoy tonight's episode. I've been in the efed / efedding world since 1995 and running my own efed (The Extreme Wrestling Corporation) on and off since 1997. I come into each podcast with over 26 years of experience in the hobby, but I humbly understand that I don't know it all and don't pretend to. This podcast is my opinion and I appreciate you taking the time to listen. I love efedding, I love the efed world, this hobby is important to me and I genuinely wish to see every efed have longevity and success.

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See you next time. Stay safe!
Cheers
- Mac 🥃