KP, I'm deeply disturbed by your nick, in a Jack Thompson sort of way. Okay, not really. But I do see a turn-off potential in the sort of exchange like: "What do you do?" "I do art for video games." "What's your online name?" "Killingpeople." Now, there's also the excellent example of Mr Mathis and the coprophagic…
If it is a strange name like 'poopinmymouth' for example, it could actually benefit, since people might remember it better Otherwise go with your real name, I guess. Edit: Actually I think a real name is easier to remember, since people are better trained at remembering normal names (doesn't apply to forein names though),…