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Topic: names
Posted By: Soulstealer
Subject: names
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:18
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i was just pondering of all things players names and i was intrigued by the names some people go by. there is a myriad of names ranging from game references and books tv shows and music to the strange the inexplicable the funny and the downright preposterous.each of them must have been chosen for some reason or the other. whether the player thought that was the name that best suited them or they wanted to pay homage to some part of their life or they wanted to show their appreciation for some group person ecetera or they just thought it was a funny name.well whatever the reason you chose your name i want to hear the story so feel free to tell it no matter how weird or strange.i dont judge and all are welcome
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Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:33
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Nice idea for a thread, I've often wondered at some of these names myself! I'll go first then (with both sides of my account), fairly obvious relations both.
SC |
Posted By: Dervious Jhyris
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:58
| Sounded cool, fit the character concept |
Posted By: Diablito
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 05:52
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When I was around 11 or 12 I was standing in our living room with a friend, randomly flipping pages through an old spanish dictionary i'd found in a drawer. Eventually we landed on "Diablito" spanish for little devil. Being rather short, my friend immidately exclaimed "That's you!" It rather stuck, and since then, online I have been El Diablito, the little devil. Why of course, I can't imagine, i'm such a nice, giving and charming chap, just one of those childhood accidents with no basis in reality. |
Posted By: Duke Felirae
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 06:04
Well since my character is a human and obviously a noble since he rules a town (and son to be towns) without restraint, I decided to make him a Duke - the highest ranking noblemen, just below royalty. The name of the duchy, viz. Felirae, comes from a game I play - in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn there is a character called Ludveck, who is the Duke of Felirae. So rather liking the way Duke Felirae sounds and seeing as it worked with the concept I had for my character, I used it. ------------- His Grace the Duke of Felirae |
Posted By: Shrapnel
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 16:14
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For those who don't know:
Shrapnel - n. Fragments from an exploded artillery shell, mine, or bomb.
Shrapnel is also the name of one of the Insecticons from the Transformers of the 80s. When I was a kid, Transformers were my favorite and Shrapnel was my very first Transformer. I also used it as a call sign in various BattleTech games when I was in the Air Force as a armament systems specialist (bomb loading and weapons maintenance). I adopted it as my online name.
It's a stretch, but it vaguely applies to my favorite AD&D character, a dwarven battle rager who use specially created sharp edged armor to shread their enemies to a pulp kind of like what shrapnel does.
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Posted By: Soulstealer
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 20:33
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whoa this is interesting i knew there must be some great stories out there but did'nt expect such a good reaction sure i only made this post like last night.well as you have all shared your stories i suppose i should tell you mine Soulstealer i kind of came upon the name when i was twelve.at this point i came upon a very beneficial trick [to me anyway]i found that while my mother was watching eastenders [most miserable soap opera ever] i could get her to sign anything.i then started to use my computer to make contracts.i managed to get her to sign over tv rights to me.i found that if you make something look genuine people will usual sign it a fact con artist have put to good use over the years.using this newfound knowledge i proceeded to get people to sign over their souls which is lot easier to do than you might think.i now have the contracts for the souls of several members of my family and a few friends.i am very persuasive
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Posted By: KillerPoodle
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 21:01
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KillerPoodle is a family in joke about attack dogs and about how strong full size poodles actually are despite their fluffy appearance. Amorphias is a derivative of a character from an Iain Banks SF novel (one of my favorite writers). |
Posted By: jimbo_hawkins
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 01:15
| This is a nick that I have used since playing Warcraft in the dorms during college. Didn't really know where it came from at the time, but after some research I found out that this is the name of a main character in Treasure Island - a book I have yet to read... |
Posted By: HonoredMule
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 16:34
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Honored_Mule came out of an (American) random nick generator and I hate underscores outside your standard conventions for constants in C-like programming languages. The referenced character is from Asimov's Foundation Series, with the Honored Mule being the enemy of the Second Foundation. I think he's some form of powerful CEO or something, but basically he is someone able to disrupt the mathematically predicted rebirth of civilization. More importantly, for over a decade this name has never been taken by anyone else, anywhere I've needed an account...not even in some near derivative form. Thus my online identity has been consistent, cohesive, and my login ids easy to remember. |
Posted By: Goonswarm
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 21:16
| i blame SC for calling out goonswarm in an eve thread |
Posted By: Graffix
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 22:26
| Graffix... I used to use their products all the time, when I was younger. :) |
Posted By: GM Stormcrow
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 23:42
I did? |
Goonswarm wrote:Posted By: Goonswarm
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 23:46
http://forum.illyriad.co.uk/calling-all-eve-players_topic52.html first post SC pal ;) |
Posted By: toastman
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2010 at 03:48
plain and simple, i like toast, for about two years straight i ate toast for breakfast and lunch almost every single day 
------------- fish swim in ocean he get eated, rabbit run on land he get eated, toastman walk on land, he make bread into toast |
Posted By: bow locks
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2010 at 08:52
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a method for keeping the bow of a ship in place. similar to the items used to keep oars in place (rollocks) |
Posted By: waylander69
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2010 at 10:44
| Fan of the David Gemmell books....... |
Posted By: Arbiter
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2010 at 10:39
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Arbiter is latin for 'judge', the first time I used it was when I ran out of names for my WoW Blood Elf Paladin.. Yes, I have played WoW. Somehow 'judge' just fit my hammerdin darn well. Not to mention 'Fury' was taken.. (Had a lv99 Paladin named Fury on the Diablo 2 HC ladders) I also had Rehtori the Hunter, Lurkki the Death Knight, Incendia the Fire Mage and Verdict the Rogue in WoW - Only Arbiter and Rehtori got past 70.. Arb was the only one at 80. -Arb- ------------- We're the White Company, if something gets in our way we shank it with a ten foot spear. |
Posted By: Tracy Scoggins
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2010 at 10:45
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Tracy Scoggins is the name of the actor of the Commander of Babylon 5 in the final season. I originally used it in EVE Online as the name for my alt and it kind of stuck. It has never been taken when I needed a username :) -Tracy- edit:: punctuation ------------- <MOD Strategos>Your grammar is a shining beacon of Illyriads excellence Tracy |
Posted By: Soulstealer
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2010 at 11:22
| Captain Elizabeth Lochley |
Posted By: Tracy Scoggins
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2010 at 11:24
Forsooth. ------------- <MOD Strategos>Your grammar is a shining beacon of Illyriads excellence Tracy |
Posted By: Soulstealer
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2010 at 17:01
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what does forsooth mean
and by the way everyone watch babylon 5:well of souls for some great scenes with capt Elizabeth Lochley.some of you already know what im talkin about
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Posted By: HonoredMule
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2010 at 19:45
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Do you mean River of Souls? forsooth: indeed, truthfully, really Colloquially used to express disbelief. |
Posted By: bartimeus
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2010 at 12:10
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I choose Bartimeus because of a book I read in my youngth. It is called "the bartimeus trilogie" and the author (Jonathan Stroud) is juste amazingly funny. Bartimeus is a medium level Djin who can change appearance at will, and has lived for a few thousand years so far. In this world, the magicians have taken over the government for quite some time. those have no magical power, but know how to summon and bind a demon (foliot, djin, afrit) to their will. But bartimeus has got much wits and tries his best to always misinterpret his orders. (for example, if you order him to make sure someone never hurts you, he will most likely think killing you himself is the best way to achieve this) His appropriate uses of small notes on the bottom of pages makes the book unusual and very pleasant. edit; I also called my rabbit "bartimeus"
------------- Bartimeus, your very best friend. |
Posted By: Soulstealer
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2010 at 16:05
| i loved those books cant seem to find them any more though |
Posted By: Shrapnel
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2010 at 16:16
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Bartimeus,
I'm sold. I'll be searching my library today.
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Posted By: Dogbert
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2010 at 03:18
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Dogbert - it is so plain it's dull. i always loved the character and the comics. i've even used to be an active reader of the blog (before my daughter came around) whenever i have to write a nick it's either Foamy, Squirrely Wrath, Zen Of Anger, or plain Dogbert. i never played online games, and at first i thought i would not last here a week. so i did not care for the name. now i'm definetly would have chosen something more interesting. my second acount, long gone, was in fact Foamy. i also had a third, Elfbert (which further proves how uncreative i can get), before i knew it was illegal and stopped using it.
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Posted By: thecow
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2010 at 02:50
| way back in the 90's in a james bond game for the ps, i was playin multiplayer and i had camped in a spot and waited for my friend to come so i could shoot him and win the game. i did so and which he responded you fat cow! well i then on took the name "the cow" and use it in every game i play in "halo, Call of duty, GoW, and well here |
Posted By: some random guy
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 03:59
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some random guy is a great name to confuse someone with. for instance, "some random guy is a b*st*rd" says bob. "what random guy?" fred respondes. "some random guy!" bob exclaims. this leads to an abbot and costello type situation that can go on for an indefinite period. this works to my advantage in this type of game, when people are having their abbot and costello conversations, I'm either letting my armies sneak away into the shadows, or I'm adding to the confusion by razing the opposition's cities into oblivion. "fred sits among the rubble of his ruined city. " oh! that some random guy!" he says, seconds before passing out." some random gal is the same thing.
------------- Soon, very soon, my name will become synonymous with chicken alfredo.... mmm.... chicken alfredo.... |
Posted By: Fateful Ending
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 09:12
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Dunno why i choose mine, Although i first started playing Tribal wars *goes bright red* yes i did play that. Emphasis on the did.
I named my town Fateful Begginning and my paladin Fateful Ending, As it was my first town, and my paladin was the last thing a lot of people saw... Until I got eaten.
and it just stuck, I Haven't found it else where so far, and if i have it actually turns out to have been me at some other point.
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Posted By: King EAM
Date Posted: 28 Nov 2010 at 16:23
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King- I thought most people in this game would have titles like, Lord, King, Emperor, Prince ect. when I was creating an account. EAM- My initials.
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Posted By: G0DsDestroyer
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 04:57
Edward Albert Manson
 ------------- http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=G0DsDestroyer" rel="nofollow - Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin |
Posted By: King EAM
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 20:25
 Nope  My first and middle name are fairly easy to guess.
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Posted By: Brids17
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 20:32
| Elephants Are Mean? O_o |
Posted By: iluvpie3
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 21:33
think mines pretty self-explanatory
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Posted By: G0DsDestroyer
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 22:14
Umm...you love pie maybe? ------------- http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=G0DsDestroyer" rel="nofollow - Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin |
Posted By: Tordenkaffen
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 23:00
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Tordenkaffen - translates in english to Thundercoffey. It was the name of a four man band I saw almost 10 years ago in a small liquor hole in Denmark - they were excellent, the woman pianist played keyboards with both fingers and toes which sorta caught my attention, only time Ive ever seen that done. Ive used the nick in virtually every online game Ive played over the last 10 years, partly because of the great band experience, partly because I LOVE coffey, and partly because it (between danes) sends a subtle hint to the norse god of thunder Thor, which in itself would just be ducky to call yourself. Sneaking Ham The endearing family nickname for my mothers fat little sausage shaped danish-swedish farm dog. Very mischievious hence "sneaking". |
Posted By: G0DsDestroyer
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 23:12
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G0DsDestroyer- name i made when making X-Box live account, now use it for all profile names.
GODsDestroyer- same thing, just with an O instead of a 0
Clones!
------------- http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=G0DsDestroyer" rel="nofollow - Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin |
Posted By: SirTwitchy
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2010 at 23:38
| ummmm my old game name I retired after in another war game my mates called me a Twitchy SOB, and well it stuck..... |
Posted By: iluvpie3
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 02:37
Geesh your dumb.Can't you tell I love 3 pies?Lol
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Posted By: Ector the Fury
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2010 at 04:49
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i got Ector from a rune knight in a psone game, Brigandine The Legend of Forsena ( it came out in the 90's but I still play it to this day.) I thought "Ector" was a little too short of a title so I was gonna add "The Valiant" but it couldnt fit so I chose "The Fury". It was the only four letter word that I could think of at the time. Sure does change the feel of the name doesnt it? |
Posted By: Mr. Ubiquitous Feral
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 04:54
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Ubiquitous: adj. existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread (Greek medical term denoting occuring everywhere in nature, like certain bacteria.)
Feral: adj. not domesticated or cultivated : wild. having escaped from domestication and become wild.
ps I smell pancakes. ------------- I am a Machine. |
Posted By: The_Dude
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 05:26
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Ummm...
I am The_Dude because I abide.
While I aspire to abide in all things at all times,...I am but a mere human...
My #2 account is El_Jeffe.
I have a lot of very good friends in Illy. I am always looking to make more friends.
I hope everyone enjoys Illy and has fun.
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Posted By: Brids17
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 06:15
| Well, My first password for msn was suppose to be birds1 however I spelled birds "brids" twice. Then, after having that password for so long I decided to make an account that had brids in it. I decided to go with the number 17 instead of 1 because my birthday is the 17th. And then Brids17 just kind of stuck and now just about any username I have is Brids17. |
Posted By: Hora
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 20:04
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Well, I chose the name Hora, as it has many meanings... It's a character in "Momo" by Michael Ende, it's the latin word for hour, ans somehow it means "mountain" in czech (and as I'm dwarf, that kind of fits  ).Detritus is a character in Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett and just sounded good as a nickname  Further I still have fun with Illy, especially when there are feral pancakes around  |
Posted By: bartimeus
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 21:36
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ha ha ha, "Detritus" means "garbage" in french... best nickname I've heard in a long time... ------------- Bartimeus, your very best friend. |
Posted By: Hora
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 22:13
It's actually the name of a troll, so perhaps you're right 
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Posted By: kicking5251
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2011 at 22:14
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I got this username off a footy tipping site thus the name kicking made it up on the spot then and now use it for all the online games I play
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Posted By: Kumomoto
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 20:05
| Kumomoto is a town in Japan after which my favorite oyster was named... |
Posted By: Mr. Ubiquitous Feral
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 20:37
What was the oyster's name? ------------- I am a Machine. |
Posted By: Lord Loss
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 20:41
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I came upon the name when Soulstealer persuaded me to join Illyriad and I at the time was playing Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox, not quite creative ... but there you go. ------------- Have a nice day :) |
Posted By: The_Dude
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 21:43
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Posted By: Strategos
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 22:03
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I wonder if Stormcrow would approve of an Illyriad oyster party... ------------- Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis |
Posted By: Gratch
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 23:05
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"Gratch is a short-tailed gar, meaning he has respectable intelligence and is able to communicate somewhat with humans. Gratch loves food and wrestling with a passion. In general, Gratch was a gentle, fun loving, innocent being. He was extremely protective of Richard, but he was always willing to make new friends. In battle, however, his more feral nature came to the forefront to the point where the shift in personality disturbed Richard." Gratch is from the sword of truth series of books :) |
Posted By: Lord Loss
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 14:34
What books? ------------- Have a nice day :) |
Posted By: Kumomoto
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 16:02
I can't tell if you are serious?
The oyster's name is "Kumomoto"... ???
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Posted By: Kumomoto
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 16:03
Probably! I'm sure SC is quite fond of mascerating live inverterbrates!!!
Isn't that what he regularly does to rude posters on global chat? ;)
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Posted By: Gratch
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 19:07
I said in my last post, "The sword of truth" series... |
Posted By: Lord Loss
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 20:51
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Sorry didn't see that ------------- Have a nice day :) |
Posted By: CranK
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 21:41
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The sword of Truth! omg thats how that series was called! When I was 12 I've been reading them. I'm from holland and wasn't that good in english at that time. Those books really helped me learning the language :D And now I finally remember the books name :O Going to buy the rest of the series right away on ebay :D
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Posted By: Mr Damage
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2011 at 05:35
| Mr Damage, whilst obviously being appropriate for a war type game, comes from the name of a song. The story behind the song is that the band member who wrote it,one night on stage he noticed a tattoo covered punk going completely off his head whilst headbanging to the music.This guy went so hard he actually smashed his head open without realising it and proceeded to leak blood everywhere(yes we are going back a long time ago). So after the concert the songwriter said to his band mates "Did anyone see Mr Damage out there tonight". If you're not Australian you won't know the band but all I can say is checkout "Marseilles" 1979 New years eve on youtube (watch towards the end for the lead to hit the ground),fantastic band,as good as ACDC, just didn't get the kudos. |
Posted By: deansieboy
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2011 at 09:29
| Deans is my last name. girlfriend (ow wife) was yelling at me for something and i wasn't responding and she said "hey, deansieboy". sort of stuck |
Posted By: Grego
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2011 at 14:14
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Dinko Grego was shipping some planks and textile, when was intercepted by english bucaneers. He managed to escape with bale of damask in a rowboat, but got robbed by villagers on the shore. Božo Rokin was one of four sailors from Kali, kidnapped by pirates in February 1812. Never saw his home again. |
Posted By: Attila the Hun
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2011 at 14:29
| Attila the Hun was a feared war mongerer back in the day, he also finally ruled a nice chunk of land which is more than I have ever realistically done. To be honest I came across this name while playing a old but fun game titled " Age of Empires: The Conquerors". |
Posted By: Sheogorath
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 02:26
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Sheogorath - comes from an "expansion pack" to the game oblivion (best game ever).He is the Madgod of the Shivering Isles. ------------- =Colonialism At Its Finest= |
Posted By: G0DsDestroyer
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 03:34
/me agrees and asks the Madgod to pass the cheese and brain pie ------------- http://live.xbox.com/en-US/MyXbox/Profile?gamertag=G0DsDestroyer" rel="nofollow - Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin |
Posted By: Sheogorath
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 22:29
/me passes g0ds some Brain pie(Haskill stole all the cheese )------------- =Colonialism At Its Finest= |
Posted By: Nokigon
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2011 at 14:16
| Whilst flicking through games, I have always been called Nokigon. I found out later it is a world in world of warcraft. |