I'm puzzled why you've mentioned that your current setup is so secretive. For a guy that has quite a few public articles about him and you've given the server name, classes, origins, and names of your characters publicly. You've documented your hardware, recommendations, even macros at times. I guess I fail to see why it's such a secret since you've been so public about everything else?
I don't mind being known in the WoW Universe. But I keep my personal life separate from my gaming life.

In no particular order, there are a couple of reasons for this:

a) Not everybody "gets it" - they don't understand and I don't care to explain it to them.

b) I keep my business life and personal life separate. I keep my gaming life separate from my personal life. I have found through experience that it makes things easier.

c) I don't feel like I should have to justify my setup to anybody. You saw the reaction that the 47 boxer got? Most all of the comments were negative. People stereotype, they misunderstand, they don't want others to have nicer things - perhaps an element of jealousy? Hard to say but very few of the comments were positive.

d) I spent quite a bit of money and time on my setup, and I don't feel like flaunting it to everybody (even though it is pretty amazing and I put a lot of work into it). I am not going to lie about what I do or minimize and I realize that it is far beyond what most people are willing to spend on a game - but I don't feel the need to shove it in peoples faces.

e) Lastly, because it is so over the top and so far beyond what most people consider to be "normal" that quite honestly I am not sure I want the attention. Think the setup where Tank is at his operator console in The Matrix. It's like that - only worse. I mean... I customized EVERYTHING and while it looks quite organized and orderly... by most peoples "schema" of what a "normal" computer setup should be..... its so far out in left field that people have a hard time integrating it. People ask - "whats wrong with that guy" kind of questions. I have no problems helping people with their setups, describing what I did or how I overcame problems. You guys get it. Most people don't. And I am not really sure they ever will.



Which hopefully helps to explain my reticence towards posting my setup.