Whats a pseudonym?
An important part of the game of Assassins is that your targets aren’t supposed to know that you’re after them. Since it’s possible that you might try to kill them and fail, to avoid giving the game away at the first opportunity, the reports of your attempts on the assassins website are normally published under a pseudonym, which is an alternative fake name you choose for yourself. You only get one pseudonym to start with, so it’s a good idea not to make it too obvious whose it is. One way to avoid getting your pseudonym in the news too much is to ask to use your real name in reports where it doesn’t matter so much (because everyone else involved is dead, or because the attempt was on you and so the assassin obviously knew who you were anyway). You can ask the Umpire that attempts people make on you always be reported under your real name, if you don’t mind people knowing that you’re playing. You normally get an extra pseudonym for every two players you kill. If you have more than one
