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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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Soulstealer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Status: Offline Points: 11	Topic: names Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:18
	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

GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:33
	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. King Sigurd Hero from Norse Mythology. Slays Fafnir (in the form of a Dragon, bathes in his blood, and eats his heart). And no, I don't know why "King Sigurd of Illyriad" is an Elf either. I've always been a big fan of the Norse Myths & Legends, and Sigurd also has the gift of "talking to birds", which as a fantasy game designer and writer comes in handy by way of neutralising the occasional social toxicity Stormcrow A nod to LOTR - Gandalf's occasional epithet, as described on wikipedia as "a reference to his arrival being associated with times of trouble, often used by his detractors to mean he was a troublesome meddler in the affairs of others." Which is a fairly accurate description of my job here. Best, SC

Dervious Jhyris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Status: Offline Points: 19	Posted: 27 Jun 2010 at 23:58
	Sounded cool, fit the character concept Edited by Dervious Jhyris - 15 Nov 2010 at 01:20

Diablito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 27 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 183	Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 05:52
	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.

Duke Felirae Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Greenhorn Joined: 08 May 2010 Status: Offline Points: 76	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

Shrapnel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Status: Offline Points: 180	Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 16:14
	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.

Soulstealer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 10 Jun 2010 Status: Offline Points: 11	Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 20:33
	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

KillerPoodle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 1853	Posted: 28 Jun 2010 at 21:01
	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).

jimbo_hawkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Location: Jimboville Status: Offline Points: 26	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...

HonoredMule Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster General Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1650	Posted: 29 Jun 2010 at 16:34
	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.