So Who Is Visor After All?

Many of my friends, both real and virtual, ask me who or what is a Visor. I mean why I have nickname as Visor. Hehe, I'm not going to reveal my real identity. I'm just going to tell you what exactly 'Visor' is, and why I kept such a nick.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary defines a 'visor' as 'a screen protecting the eyes from light'. It also means something that helps in hiding. And I want to be hidden in the blogosphere. Not that I fear anyone, but I don't like blabbering about myself. Earlier, my nickname was Xtremer, which I later stopped using, as it sounded a bit awkward, I mean anyone would think I'm one of those techno freaks or from the adult entertainment industry(that 'X' makes a lot of difference!).

Visor is also one of the characters in Quake 3 Arena, a game which I simply love. And he is my favourite player too. So I decided to use the name as my nick. I noticed one more thing. If you do a google search on 'Xtremer', you'll get almost every piece of information about me through the forums like BlogCatalog, and other prominent ones. But when I search for 'Visor', most of the results on the first two-three pages include the meaning, uses and sale of visors. So there's no chance of anyone knowing any personal information about me.

One last thing. Some of them asked me how to pronounce 'visor'(silly thing). Well, it's pronounced like 'wiser'. That's it. I hope you get an idea about what exactly