Missing: Robert Keating

Oh Dear. I presume you've contacted the authorities? What do the Full Sail people say? Do you know what internet nick names your son used? I sure hope things work out for the best for you.

There are about 96 Roberts on GDNet

That name looks vaguely familiar, does he post here? I couldv'e sworn I saw his name around here somewhere before...

I've heard that name on the forum, but can't think when.

This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy?

I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson.

I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me.

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Original post by AnonymousPosterChild This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy? I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson. I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me.

You know, I agree with you. At first I thought that perhaps "Robert Evanson" was the account that Robert Keating posted under (don't know why he'd change his last name, but who knows?) and his mother used his account to make the post. Kind of weird, but things like that have happened before. Then, of course, I realized that the account was registered just recently and this was the only post made with it, so I agree, it's kind of strange.

Also, This person's rating immediately went down (and I think that's about as tactless as accusing her of being a phony), so I rated them back up to around 1000. Now it's suddenly much higher.

And since when have you cared about tact, Mr. "There's always the single player campaign"? ;)

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Original post by AnonymousPosterChild Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson

It's usually the father's last name that is passed down, his mother maiden name can be anything different.

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Original post by cowsarenotevil Quote: Original post by AnonymousPosterChild This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy? I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson. I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me. You know, I agree with you. At first I thought that perhaps "Robert Evanson" was the account that Robert Keating posted under (don't know why he'd change his last name, but who knows?) and his mother used his account to make the post. Kind of weird, but things like that have happened before. Then, of course, I realized that the account was registered just recently and this was the only post made with it, so I agree, it's kind of strange. Also, This person's rating immediately went down (and I think that's about as tactless as accusing her of being a phony), so I rated them back up to around 1000. Now it's suddenly much higher. And since when have you cared about tact, Mr. "There's always the single player campaign"? ;)

Hey, lets be fair, this guy could still be alive. I'm pretty sure that guys friend was staying dead.

In defence of the original poster, if you go a google search for "full sail" ...gamedev is within the top3 sites returned (for me anyway) so this could be genuine.

I hope your son is fine and I encourage anyone who attends full sail to help. Some things are just too serious to assume to be fake, and a missing person is one of them.

ViLiO

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Original post by ViLiO I hope your son is fine and I encourage anyone who attends full sail to help. Some things are just too serious to assume to be fake, and a missing person is one of them.

I'm not assuming this to be a fake (and I don't think anyone is), but it would add credibility if the poster would answer the questions in the thread.

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Original post by cowsarenotevil I'm not assuming this to be a fake (and I don't think anyone is), but it would add credibility if the poster would answer the questions in the thread.

I completely agree and for the record I didn't think anyone had assumed it was a fake, I was kind of pointing out, that although signing up to gamedev and posting about this matter may seem a little strange, if you are desperately seeking information on a missing loved one, doing something like a search for full sail on google and finding a community that seems to have a fair few full sail students as active members, would not be out of the question.

Sorry if it came across I was pointing fingers but I assure you I didn't mean it that way.

All the best,
ViLiO

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Original post by AnonymousPosterChild This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy? I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson. I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me.

I checked the IP when I posted and there is another account created at the same time for Donna Evanson. I presume she created two accounts and ended up using the one named Robert Evanson due to the quirks of the forum software and perhaps a lack of internet savvy on her part. I shouldn't have to remind you, AnonymousPosterChild, that a lot of members don't use their true names here. That doesn't mean they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt.

At any rate, I'm going to treat this as legitimate until shown otherwise - so I'm not going to treat lightly any horseplay in this thread. I would like her to respond to our questions as well and hopefully she will - so keep the wise cracks to your self, please.

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Original post by ViLiO Sorry if it came across I was pointing fingers but I assure you I didn't mean it that way.

No, not in the least. The author of the thread certainly shouldn't need to prove their legitimacy.

I used to work there. I've forwarded this link on to people I still know working at Full Sail.

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Original post by AnonymousPosterChild I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson.

But if this were fake, wouldn't it have been obvious to him to use a believable name?

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Original post by LessBread Quote: Original post by AnonymousPosterChild This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy? I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson. I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me. I checked the IP when I posted and there is another account created at the same time for Donna Evanson. I presume she created two accounts and ended up using the one named Robert Evanson due to the quirks of the forum software and perhaps a lack of internet savvy on her part. I shouldn't have to remind you, AnonymousPosterChild, that a lot of members don't use their true names here. That doesn't mean they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. At any rate, I'm going to treat this as legitimate until shown otherwise - so I'm not going to treat lightly any horseplay in this thread. I would like her to respond to our questions as well and hopefully she will - so keep the wise cracks to your self, please.

I didnt make any wisecracks, except in the post about one of my OTHER wisecracks. Anyways, my question has been answered, so I recind my previous post.

If this is genuine, surely someone at Full Sail reading these forums should be able to help and make inquiries quite quickly.

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Original post by AnonymousPosterChild This may seem a bit tactless, but does anyone else find this whole thing a bit fishy? I mean, the user is registered under the name "Robert Evanson." Strange name for a woman. Not only that, but the last name, logically, should be "Keating", not Evanson. I dunno, the entire thing just seems odd to me.

It does have that odd feel doesn't it? But anyhow, Robert could be their last name also, as in Evanson Robert. They might be foureign, most foureign countries have the 'family' or last name first. (Mainly china but I think others do too)

Deepest regrets I cannot help you ma'am, but I hope you find him.

While I'd normally be against what I'm about to say, given the situation I feel it would be appropriate to delete all posts in this thread that are not in some way helping with the OP's search for her son. Assuming this is genuine (which we really only can), we don't want her to give up on this forum and miss something that may be helpful because she finds a bunch of posts casting doubts on the legitimacy of her missing son.