The issue is not camp names really, the issue is keeping your real name from the campers. If you want to claim that I am "set in my ways" because I believe it's a bad thing being dishonest with campers, feel free. I also know that camp names are SO rooted in tradition that folks here couldn't stop their camps from using them even if they wanted to. Heck, if I went to a camp that used camp names, I'd take one too, although I would make it a point to tell all my campers my real name on day one.

With that in mind, all I want to know is what I've wanted to know from the last posts; what harm could there be in introducing yourself using your real name and then telling campers your camp name if it is so important to you?