XiaoXiaoMan on Internet “Fame”

ROBLOX has been getting old fast. That goes without saying. The public Beta was released in 2005, it started gaining some more attention in 2006, then more and more as the years went on. And now here it is, four years later. And here I am, two years later, still playing. What the developers do to modify the game doesn’t have nearly as much impact as the people who play it.

Most of these people are more popular than others. They are commonly referred to by the public as “famous.” Hmm. With the anonymity of the Internet, I’m surprised there’s such a thing as “famous” out here. I still remember winning that contest way back in the summer of ’08, and people started calling me “famous.” What a load of crap. There’s no fame on the Internet when you think about it.

Knowing the people who read this blog, I assume you play Roblox. Let’s say you use that one unique username on the game, and sooner or later people start calling you “famous.” It seems cool at first; you’re way up on top. Then you decide to start playing another online game like Team Fortress 2 or Left 4 Dead. Who’s going to recognize you other than the ones who also play ROBLOX like you do? If you said, “Hello, infidels!” or “Hello tiny not-famous people!” to a group of people on some game you’re not “famous” on, you’re likely to get one of the following responses:

• “Uhh… hi?”
• “Lol, k”
• “Uh, who are you?”
• “Shut up, moron.”
• “Cool story bro” and/or “Riveting tale chap”
• [Insert meaningless joke/sarcastic comment here]

When you’re “famous,” people only know you from that one game. No one knows you from anywhere else unless you’re some YouTube sensation of some kind. Sure, people who play Team Fortress 2 are likely to recognize JJ5x5 and Are92, but only because all those people currently play or used to play Roblox.

Internet fame is a myth. There is almost no way you can become famous everywhere on the World Wide Web. You would have to be as unique, creative, or sometimes even lucky as you possibly can, and even that may not get you far. Let’s face it: You’re not MadV, and you’re not Fred. Your chances of being famous on the internet are slim to none. Deal with it.

-XiaoXiaoMan

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