What is the etymology of your moniker?

[Iansidious]

I thought this topic would be fun. So, speak my friends!

The purpose is for anyone to tell the story of how you came up with your screen name for the forums. Also, some of you have ones I have no idea how to pronounce so you can even tell us that! Enjoy y'all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif! Looks like I will have to go first.


Iansidious

I came up with this name just before I came to these forums. I wanted to sign up on the offical Star Wars web-site, in order to download things and get newsletters etc.
The whole time I could not find a nickname that has not been already taken( I tried to stick with a Star Wars themed name)! So, I came up with a system. Take a Star Wars character and the actor of the character and combined the two too make a nickname. I came up with a few misses, but not for long. I took the first name of Ian McDiarmid(sidious/palpatine) and stick it with sidious. I had it! Ian+sidious makes Iansidious! I liked it. So I used it and I ended up using it here. Thats my story. What is yours?

[brianeyci]

name + initials of high school http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Alneyan]

You mean, are we supposed to make any sense when making up a nickname?

So, I had in mind the Greek word "neanios" (young man, youngster) when making my nickname. But I altered the pronounciation and the spelling of my name so much the root is virtually impossible to regognise. Basically the declination was dropped, and the "Al" part was added in the end, maybe as a clever ploy to get near the top of the member list.

Oh, and the pronounciation is pretty straightforward: say it as you will, as I won't be able to hear you; even more annoying, I cannot actually hand out retribution should you fail in saying it properly. I tend not to pronounce the final "n" myself, but I cannot think of an English name where a "n" ending is not pronounced.

[Gandalf Parker]

Its my name http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
although I often have to pull out my military ID card in order to prove it.

[dogscoff]

I picked my name because I knew it would be- and remain- unique on the entire internet. (Quick google check- yeah, it's all me.) Plus it rolls off the tongue nicely, and the use of two regular enligh words means there is always room for re-interpretation and punnery.

[Iansidious]

You and David E. Gervais I already knew how you came up with your names. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Will]

First name. Wasn't feeling particularly creative, and I thought I was only going to use these forums for SEIV beta way back in the day (and even then, I recall holding off registering on here until the Last few weeks or so of the beta). I thought the core SE community would stay at the fan sites, and the publisher's wouldn't catch on. We're all falible http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fyron]

My name stems from the old SE Universe Ladder roleplay community back in the days of SE3. I used the same name from there on these forums to maintain ease of recognition. Everybody in those days on the SE Ladder used a full title as their nick name (such as Master Belisarius). It is not meant as some silly ego padder or anything... Imperator Fyron was the leader of the Kazharii Imperium (which was more of a democracy than an empire, but the names sound so much better http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif). It is pronounced (non-phonetically) "fie- run." If you pronounce it "fie- ron" where "ron" is as in "Ronald" (with a phonetic "o" sound), the mighty legions of the Imperium will strike you down. Or something... yeah...

You can learn more about the Kazharii Imperium from it's very own web site: http://kazharii.spaceempires.net/. Please note that due to the SE Ladder being dead and all, I never went and made the site cross-browser compatible. The border images look funky in non-IE browsers... Also, some text areas are not aligned properly (mostly not centered where they should be). Oh, and I am especially proud of the ISN logo, which was painstakingly hand-pixeled. As were my SE3 shipsets. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Alneyan]

Imperator Fyron said:
It is pronounced (non-phonetically) "fie- run." If you pronounce it "fie- ron" where "ron" is as in "Ronald" (with a phonetic "o" sound), the mighty legions of the Imperium will strike you down. Or something... yeah...





Am I fine then? I have been pronouncing your name as "fie-jun" (with the same "j" sound as in Spanish) for the past year or so. *Ducks for cover, and runs like the winds*

[Arkcon]

Hi there, {clicky} (http://invirtuo.cc/phpwiki/index.php/ArkCon), then use backlink to see some more intros.

Been away for a while, I was waiting for a thread to jump back in on.

[Spoo]

"oops" backwards.

[Aiken]

My nickname is taken in the honour of Aiken Dhream - the hero of the "Pliocene Exiles" series by Julian May. I have a lot of common strains with this product of imagination.

[TerranC]

My current nick stems from my Starcraft BattleNet playing days, where my moniker was TerranCadet. After I ditched Starcraft, I got to know Se4, then Se4 gold, then decided to post here on the shrapnel forums. Since I had to choose a nickname, I decided to reuse my B.Net name, but with the Adet in Cadet dropped, for reasons that have now escaped my mind.

[Captain Kwok]

Captain Kwok was the name of the protangonist in a silly space game I made back in high school computer class.

[Renegade 13]

Mine's quite simple. "Renegade" due to the fact that I like the word, and it fits me quite well, as I usually don't fit in with mainstream society. "13" is the most obvious part of all, its my favorite (and lucky http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif ) number. Not that I believe in lucky numbers... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Kamog]

My name is from my most favorite game of all time: Final Fantasy VI. (also called Final Fantasy 3.) This is an RPG I have played over and over, spending many evenings, weekends, and all-nighters playing.

Near the beginning of the game, the main character, Terra, is trying to get away from the Imperial guards sent by the evil empire. She escapes into the mines, but is cornered, and is about to be captured. Then the Moogles come to save the day! Moogles are white furry creatures living in caves and woods. The names of the Moogles are: Mog, Kupek, Kupop, Kumama, Kuku, Kutan, Kupan, Kushu, Kurin, Kuru, and Kamog. The Moogles defeat the guards and Terra is saved.

My avatar is a picture of a Moogle. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Raging Deadstar

It's a combination of two pieces of music.

Raging Speedhorn - British Metal band that was playing on TV when I signed up, this random bit stuck.

Deadstar - A song by British Rock Band Muse that's a favourite of mine.

It fits together well in many ways. Raging Deadstar seems like an oxymoron and ironic, as a deadstar just wouldn't be raging in any sense. Also it just fits well for SEIV.

Usually on RP communities I use the name "Maliki Deadstar" as it makes things easier. (Note: Maliki is not my name, I just like it) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[AMF]

Just my name: first + Last initial.

[David E. Gervais]

Here's an interesting way to play with this thread, do a google search for your name/nick/handle and see if anything interesting shows up.

Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

btw when I do a 'sensitive' search using quotation marks to narrow down the hits I still get 5 pages of stuff and it is all connected to me "David E. Gervais" I guess that makes me 'almost famous' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fyron]

Yeah, but how many of those pages are linking to the Avatar thread? 4.9 pages? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[spoon]

Spoo said:
"oops" backwards.



Spoon is Spoo to the Nth power.

Well, that and the battlecry of The Tick.

[Tanus]

Tanus was a character in the book River God, by Wilbur Smith. Just liked the name when I read it, and have used it ever since.

[Wizarc]

Wizard

Arcane

......

Wizarc

In my AD&D days I was a damn good gamemaster. Always loved Wizard characters and the Arcane.

www.wizarc.com (http://www.wizarc.com) (have not done anything with it yet)

[Atrocities]

Atrocities - Because it sounded threatening and such for use with MP games like Tribes, Diablo, Quake (1 and 2), etc.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, there was an episode of Pinky and The Brain where Pinky's weird exclamative words saved the day. They had been captured by an evil computer who claimed to know everything; The Brain asked it what Narf meant. The computer didn't know and asked what it meant. The Brain then informed the computer that Narf meant Poit. Then the computer asked what Poit meant. TB said it meant Chez. The computer asked what Chez meant. The Brain said Narf. And the computer went round and round until it blew up.

I saw that episode the day before I signed up, I think.

[Raging Deadstar]

spoon said:

Spoo said:
"oops" backwards.



Spoon is Spoo to the Nth power.

Well, that and the battlecry of The Tick.


That is one of the single greatest cartoons in existence http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Karibu]

Karibu is similar (by outfit) to cariboe which is a common animal in Finland. It also has some resemblance to my real life name. Furthermore, one of my working colleagues called me "Karibu" in my ex-working place, where it was my unofficial nick. Plus I like the name so I decided to use it in here also.

[AMF]

Eew. That is sort of creepy how much of me is out there in the aether. It gets worse when you use my actual name...Need to start limiting my web presence I think...


David E. Gervais said:
Here's an interesting way to play with this thread, do a google search for your name/nick/handle and see if anything interesting shows up.

[Timstone]

Well, a friend of mine called me that before she went to Australia. The name stuck.
My Last GF hated the name and that made it more fun to use it... hehe...
She said it sounded a little bit too dead, like tombstone. A bit strange I guess, because she herself was a fanatic gothic girl. Doesn't make any sense, does it?

[tesco samoa]

tesco samoa


hmmm...

well tesco was my nickname back in the 80's

and well in university (late 80's and early 90's )I lived in a house where we put on concerts and called the place samoa. Each band that played had to play one Angry samoans cover song. As it was the only band that every one in the house had listed in their top 10 bands...

So everyone there called me tesco samoa

And in bbs days i used tesco... so back in the early 90's i updated it to tesco samoa.

Now I use it everywhere.

Also back around 93 to 96 I used to get all the email from that company called Tesco ( not the transport company in North America that we all know over here ) but the box chain in U.K. ( I believe ) I used to answer them and sign them tescosamoa. I soon discovered English people have no sence of humour http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Ragnarok]

My nickname came from FF VIII. It was the first FF game I completed from the start and the name of the ship they use towards the end of the game was called the Ragnarok.

Ragnarok also has something to do with the war of the gods at the end of the world or something like that. It is a bunch of mumbo jumbo that is just fake stories and non-related to the source of my nick.

[Raging Deadstar]

Timstone said:
Well, a friend of mine called me that before she went to Australia. The name stuck.
My Last GF hated the name and that made it more fun to use it... hehe...
She said it sounded a little bit too dead, like tombstone. A bit strange I guess, because she herself was a fanatic gothic girl. Doesn't make any sense, does it?



Actually it does... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif You haven't lived until you call someone "Blaneyschnuckums" though http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Rags: Click Here (http://www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html) to read more about Ragnarok, Sorry, But i'm a huge fan of ancient mythology http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Timstone]

Tesco:
Hahaha... great story (the part of answering letters)! LOL!!!!
English people do have humor though. Just look at John Cleese (Monthy Python, Fawlty Tower), Tommy Cooper and the English parliament.

Edit:
RD:
Oh dear, here he goes again. Watch it now, soon he will begin babbeling about the Apocalypse, Atlantis and the Ark of Noah. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Timstone said:
Edit: RD:
Oh dear, here he goes again. Watch it now, soon he will begin babbeling about the Apocalypse, Atlantis and the Ark of Noah. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



No thanks, Biblical Mythology is rather uninteresting compared to Norse, Greek and Egyptian. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

And don't think it's all Fun and Flowers. If you want I can start telling you stuff like the more censored account of Horus Vrs Sutekh, What an Ankh actually represents, The Certain accounts of debauchery the Ancient Greeks took part in and festivels that showed us that the Vikings REALLY KNEW How to have a good time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Fyron]

Raging Deadstar said:
Biblical Mythology

/me waits for verbal assaults to ensue from the use of this term... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Imperator Fyron said:

Raging Deadstar said:
Biblical Mythology

/me waits for verbal assaults to ensue from the use of this term... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



Two words...my bad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Each to his own I suppose http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Ragnarok]

Raging Deadstar said:
Biblical Mythology



Interesting thing is is that it is not myth... But all of that is for discussions not to take place on these forums. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[kerensky]

My name coems from the massive back history files provided in Mechwarriors 2, which unfortunatley will not work on my computer. I believe he was a high ranking general in one of the Inner Sphere houses...

[Renegade 13]

Raging Deadstar said:
...is rather uninteresting compared to Norse...

...festivels that showed us that the Vikings REALLY KNEW How to have a good time. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif...



Ah, the Norwegian in me loves to hear you say that. I've been told that the root of my real life first name (Tyrel) is that of the Scandinavian god of battle (Tyr). You're into mythology, is that true??

Norwegians unite!! (What the hell, even though I'm only 1/4 Norwegian, that still counts doesn't it?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )

[Raging Deadstar]

Very big into Mythology, Egyptian being a personal favourite. I'm also into Ancient History that goes alongside mythology.

I'm currently working towards A-Levels in Archaeology, and then possibly a degree with a specialisation in Egyptology. That would be a perfect job for me, of course I'll most likely be in my late 20's before I Reach that far http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Iansidious]

I found ankh(angk)in the dictionary.

Egyptian cross with loop at top: a symbol consisting of a cross with a loop for the top extension and a short crossbar, used in ancient Egypt to signify life.


Anyway, great stories. Narf has the oddest by far! Just strange. But a good story nevertheless. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Iansidious said:
I found ankh(angk)in the dictionary.

Egyptian cross with loop at top: a symbol consisting of a cross with a loop for the top extension and a short crossbar, used in ancient Egypt to signify life.


Lets just say thats the more "politically correct" interpretation http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[DarkAnt]

Lets see, I use two, DarkAnt and Black Death
DarkAnt - my name is anthony and I was playing some RPG where black death was too big of a name. I was playing some evil dude so I picked DarkAnt.
Black Death - the plauge

[DarkHorse]

DarkHorse is for my poly sci major in college. The dark horse candidate is usually the long-shot underdog type, which suits me. It's a hard nick to get on most forums though, as the name is popular because of the comics.


narf poit chez BOOM said:
Well, there was an episode of Pinky and The Brain where Pinky's weird exclamative words saved the day. They had been captured by an evil computer who claimed to know everything; The Brain asked it what Narf meant. The computer didn't know and asked what it meant. The Brain then informed the computer that Narf meant Poit. Then the computer asked what Poit meant. TB said it meant Chez. The computer asked what Chez meant. The Brain said Narf. And the computer went round and round until it blew up.

I saw that episode the day before I signed up, I think.


Finally the truth comes out. For the longtest time I thought it was French for something, until I tried to get google to translate it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/stupid.gif

[Caduceus]

Wildcard - I was always considered an undetermined sum in schoLastics and athletics.

06 - One of my favorite shows The Prisoner.

[bearclaw]

When I was still an active member of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), I started a fighing unit of heavy fighters. The name of the unit was to be Bearclaw. Archers were to be called Teeth of the Bear. I took the name because where I live, our town mascot is the Kermode bear, a rare spieces of black bear that has white fur that only live in this part of the world. The fighting unit never got anywhere but I started using the name (with a small 'b') Online.

For those who don't know, the SCA is a mediveal recreation club.
http:\\www.sca.org
Chances are there is a chapter near you.

Oh, and incase you were wondering, the Kermodi bear is NOT an albino. It is an actual sub-species of black bear.

[gregebowman]

My "etymology" is simple. I just got lazy and used most of my e-mail address to have a handle on here. I usually don't go by having my middle initial in my name, but when my server was creating my account, they asked for my first name. I gave Greg, as I prefer that to Gregory, but then they asked for my middle initial and then my Last name. They created my e-mail account using the info I gave them. If I do use my middle initial, I prefer using my full first name, but I didn't know how they were going to create my e-mail account that way. Oh well. I can live with that.

I was tempted to use my old handle I used when I lived in Phoenix and got my first modem. I was known as Nanoc back then, but when I tried using that name on a couple of sites after I got my pc, I found out a lot of people were using that handle. So I'm just using gregebowman for most of the sites that require a user id.

[Arakiel]

I was actually *looking* for an avatar name...found Arakiel under a list of Fallen Angels so Arakiel I became...that was like 7 years ago... I usually have an Arakiel character in every game I play now. Heck he even has a Last name (Gazorkull)

<pauses for a schizophrenic episode>

right, im better now...

[Gandalf Parker]

I DungeonMastered games a couple of decades ago and people had a hard time coming up with names. I cringed at hearing people use Conan or Drizzit. (I know, strange for a guy named Gandalf)

Anyway I would tell people to write out their full name, and maybe the well known one they wanted to use, then scramble the syllables around. It usually generated a couple of very unique fantasy-world names which still felt personal and "themselves". And often had a feel of a race or class to them.

So I often used Ganthony the Wizard, Ardony the Ranger, Gardell the Paladin, Garker the Merchant or Thief, etc etc. They all felt very personally named because they were my name just pieced together different.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Arakiel said:
I was actually *looking* for an avatar name...found Arakiel under a list of Fallen Angels so Arakiel I became...that was like 7 years ago... I usually have an Arakiel character in every game I play now. Heck he even has a Last name (Gazorkull)

<pauses for a schizophrenic episode>

right, im better now...


Schizophrenia is not Multiple Personality Disorder. A person with Schizoprenia has disordered and illogical thoughts. A person with MPD effectivily displays multiple personalities in the same body.

While a person with Schizophrenia can beleive there are other personalities in their body, in MPD the personalities appear to actually exist and not just be random figments.

[Raging Deadstar]

narf poit chez BOOM said:

Arakiel said:
I was actually *looking* for an avatar name...found Arakiel under a list of Fallen Angels so Arakiel I became...that was like 7 years ago... I usually have an Arakiel character in every game I play now. Heck he even has a Last name (Gazorkull)

<pauses for a schizophrenic episode>

right, im better now...


Schizophrenia is not Multiple Personality Disorder. A person with Schizoprenia has disordered and illogical thoughts. A person with MPD effectivily displays multiple personalities in the same body.

While a person with Schizophrenia can beleive there are other personalities in their body, in MPD the personalities appear to actually exist and not just be random figments.



Thank you Narf, I read that and I was about to clear that one up myself...
Arakiel: Just be very careful what you say on issues like that, You never know who might accidently offend.

[dogscoff]

I've been told that the root of my real life first name (Tyrel) is that of the Scandinavian god of battle (Tyr). You're into mythology, is that true??




Yes, Tyr was a norse (viking) war God, who was the general of all the Aesir's (the Gods') armies. His most famous story is the one with Fenris the Wolf, a giant monster sired by Loki (the ambiguous trickster God) and a giantess. Fenris had a sibling called Jormungund, a giant snake that circled the world with his tail in his mouth. Anyway, Fenris was growing bigger and bigger and hungrier and hungrier, and the Gods were afraid of him, so they decided to tie him up.

They tied him up, but he broke the bonds, so they tied him up again with stronger chains, but he broke those too. In the end they had some magic chain made that wold be strong enough, but this time Fenris refused to be chained up. They said it was just a test of strength and that they would untie him if he couldn't break it, but he didn't trust them and still refused. In the end they only got him to agree to being chained up by saying that one of them would put their hand into his mouth as a symbol of faith. If he failed to break the chain and they refused to untie him he could bite off that hand. Tyr volunteered for the job and lost his hand, but Fenris stayed tied up until Ragnarok, the final battle, where all bonds are undone. Fenris was mutually killed by Odin in the final battle, IIRC. I'd have to check my sources about that, it could have been Thor.

Anyway, the story with Tyr and Fenris is probably where the Italians get the phrase "In bocca al lupo" (into the mouth of the wolf) meaning "Good luck".

Othaglot & Cane readers may feel a nagging recognition at the phrase "Bocca al lupo". Chapter 23. A stylised Jormungund appears as the symbol of my Viking shipset, and in the O&C story as a symbol of the Jormungund clan. Coincidence? I think not...

Read the O&C story here. It's just a few clicks away from the shipset, too. (http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/fiction)


EDIT: Now that I think about it, "In bocca al lupo" is probably more to do with the story of Romulus and Remus, the orphaned twins who were raised by wolves and subsequently went on to found the city of Rome. Oh well.

[Raging Deadstar]

If I recall correctly...

Thor kills Jormungand but dies of the snakes poison afterwards.

Odin is killed by Fenrir, but one of Odin's Sons kills Fenrir to avenge his fathers death.

I'm pretty sure thats it, But I haven't brushed up on my Norse as much as i should http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Timstone]

Raging Deadstar said:
...But I haven't brushed up on my Norse as much as i should http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif



Bad archaeologist! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[General Woundwort]

Well, as a parting shot...

General Woundwort is the half-mad tyrranical villain in Richard Adams' book Watership Down. Nothing at all do do with SEIV, I just like the book.

[dogscoff]

General Woundwort is the half-mad tyrranical villain in Richard Adams' book Watership Down.




You mean, of course, the half-mad tyrranical villain widdle bunny wabbit in Richard Adams' book Watership Down.

Heh, I would have thought that was funny until we invited a rabbit into our home...

[Arakiel]

Raging Deadstar said:

narf poit chez BOOM said:

Arakiel said:
I was actually *looking* for an avatar name...found Arakiel under a list of Fallen Angels so Arakiel I became...that was like 7 years ago... I usually have an Arakiel character in every game I play now. Heck he even has a Last name (Gazorkull)

<pauses for a schizophrenic episode>

right, im better now...


Schizophrenia is not Multiple Personality Disorder. A person with Schizoprenia has disordered and illogical thoughts. A person with MPD effectivily displays multiple personalities in the same body.

While a person with Schizophrenia can beleive there are other personalities in their body, in MPD the personalities appear to actually exist and not just be random figments.



Thank you Narf, I read that and I was about to clear that one up myself...
Arakiel: Just be very careful what you say on issues like that, You never know who might accidently offend.



You guys are kidding right? Your not ACTUALLY reading that much into every little thing typed on this goofy thread are you? If the people here are THAT sensetive to every little thing put down and have to super analyse every word typed then this may be the Last post I bother making here. Which is kinda sad cause it seemed like a nice forum about the game. Life is serious enough, I don't need BS like this on some goofy forum thread for a game.

[Chronon]

A "chronon" is a unit of time with nice science fiction ring to its name. Since I'm an historian and a fan of science fiction, I am fascinated by times past, present, and future. So it seemed a perfect fit.

[Raging Deadstar]

Arakiel said:
You guys are kidding right? Your not ACTUALLY reading that much into every little thing typed on this goofy thread are you? If the people here are THAT sensetive to every little thing put down and have to super analyse every word typed then this may be the Last post I bother making here. Which is kinda sad cause it seemed like a nice forum about the game. Life is serious enough, I don't need BS like this on some goofy forum thread for a game.



Put Bluntly, there are people on this forum who are Schizophrenic. I won't name them as It's their life and it shouldn't be talked about without consent. It's not us super-analysing anything, it's the fact you could be offending somebody here who has Schizophrenia.

To name one of these people: Me. I'm not offended by remarks like that but it is annoying when people inadvertently say something not true about the condition. I'm just saying be careful what you say on those kind of topics, If arguments erupt it spoils the community, and we rarely have them here.

Timstone: I noticed you edited your original message http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif I dread to think what my favourite Dutchman said that he had to edit... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[General Woundwort]

dogscoff said:


General Woundwort is the half-mad tyrranical villain in Richard Adams' book Watership Down.




You mean, of course, the half-mad tyrranical villain widdle bunny wabbit in Richard Adams' book Watership Down.

Heh, I would have thought that was funny until we invited a rabbit into our home...



One quote, pal... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif

"I warned you! I warned you, but did you listen to me? Ohhhhh nooooo! 'Oh, it's just a harmless little bunny', isn't it? Well, it's always the same, I always warn them but do they listen to me?..."

[Arakiel]

Raging Deadstar said:
Put Bluntly, there are people on this forum who are Schizophrenic. I won't name them as It's their life and it shouldn't be talked about without consent. It's not us super-analysing anything, it's the fact you could be offending somebody here who has Schizophrenia.

To name one of these people: Me. I'm not offended by remarks like that but it is annoying when people inadvertently say something not true about the condition. I'm just saying be careful what you say on those kind of topics, If arguments erupt it spoils the community, and we rarely have them here.




Whatever man, I'm really not interested in arguing over it. Let's just say that I don't prescribe to the "Don't say anything or you might offend someone" level of PC behavior and call it a day. I'd much rather talk about SE.

[AMF]

I applaud your grammatically correct use of "an" in front of "historian"

Honestly.

So few people use correct grammar anymore.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


Chronon said:
A "chronon" is a unit of time with nice science fiction ring to its name. Since I'm an historian and a fan of science fiction, I am fascinated by times past, present, and future. So it seemed a perfect fit.

[Aiken]

Raging Deadstar said:
Put Bluntly, there are people on this forum who are Schizophrenic. I won't name them as It's their life and it shouldn't be talked about without consent. It's not us super-analysing anything, it's the fact you could be offending somebody here who has Schizophrenia.




We have people with some disabilities, does it mean that I can't say anything about my health condition?

Somebody can have problems with weight, so no conversations about fat food?

etc etc etc

Man, that beats everything...

[Fyron]

alarikf said:
I applaud your grammatically correct use of "an" in front of "historian"

That is not correct... unless you don't ever pronounce the "h"? Would you say "an hat" or "an house?" I sure hope not...

[Raging Deadstar]

aiken said:
We have people with some disabilities, does it mean that I can't say anything about my health condition?

Somebody can have problems with weight, so no conversations about fat food?

etc etc etc

Man, that beats everything...



Actually it was the fact he completely mixed up two different conditions, as Narf pointed out below. This all started with the media wrongly using the word and you'd be suprised how many people make the same mistake, which can cause hell I can tell you, Ignorance breeds Ignorance. Try and tell someone you're schizophrenic and too many think you are some "crazy person" who has multiple personalities.

In Other words, discuss it all you like, but please if you want to use somewhat inappropriate references get them correct at least!

But lets not hijack the thread too much.

Fyron: "An Historian" I think is correct, it's one of those words I think, at least I do when speaking.

[AMF]

Well, I don't make the rules, I just nitpick.

But, having said that, I might be hoist by my own petard, as there is a conflict in this regard. I probably learned the British Version, the American Version is probably "A historian"

EDIT: And I certainly didn't use commans properly or sparingly in the above sentence!


Imperator Fyron said:

alarikf said:
I applaud your grammatically correct use of "an" in front of "historian"

That is not correct... unless you don't ever pronounce the "h"? Would you say "an hat" or "an house?" I sure hope not...

[Fyron]

That could well be it. Around here, the "h" is pronounced, so it makes no sense to use "an," as "an" is for use before vowel sounds. I would say "an herb," as I do not pronounce the "h" in "herb." Don't you just love the English language? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Raging Deadstar]

Ahh, I'm reading through my old Posts, and A few friends have kind of said I Over-reacted to this thread, maybe I have, It's one of those dam "pet-peeves" I have. But either way i guess I over-reacted.

So Arakiel, Sorry about that, And not everyone on the forum can be as much of a git on these things As I can.

[Loser]

kerensky said:
My name coems from the massive back history files provided in Mechwarriors 2, which unfortunatley will not work on my computer. I believe he was a high ranking general in one of the Inner Sphere houses...

Kerensky was the leader of the non-Bolshevik portion of the Russian Revolution, later exiled into the U.S. (better of than many of his compatriots, but he still lost).

In the Battletech Universe, which is much more defined in the old Mechwarrior RPG books and the novels (Read the Stackpole ones, they are the best.), Kerensky was the general who defeated the usurper who killed off the Last ruler of the great Star League. He was the head of the military at the time, and so most all who didn't follow the usurper went with him in the war.

After he defeated the usurper he determined that the Star League was dead and that the separate houses of the Inner Sphere would war against eachother with no end in sight. Since he was still in control of the majority of the military (Roman general style), he decided to leave, in an attempt to limit the ability of the others to make war.

We don't hear about him again until the Clans show up, who are descended from the self-exiled military and hold Kerensky and some of his descendants up as godlike heroes.

Also, the Black Widow, a mechwarrior of great renown, was named Natasha Kerensky.

My own name is from staying up too late playing Civ2. I began to name my people The Losers because it seemed funny at the time and it grew to be the handle I favor for games.

I especially like it because of the way people would react to it at LAN parties.

[Gandalph]

Being a Tolkien lover, when I first started a web presence back in the 80's, I attempted to use Gandalf and found it was in use. I changed the "f" to a "ph" and voila. I use the nick of "Gandalph Wizard" in daily life as well. Many of my clients get a kick out of this and continue the tradition as I am a "Wizard" to them.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Arakiel said:

Raging Deadstar said:

narf poit chez BOOM said:

Arakiel said:
I was actually *looking* for an avatar name...found Arakiel under a list of Fallen Angels so Arakiel I became...that was like 7 years ago... I usually have an Arakiel character in every game I play now. Heck he even has a Last name (Gazorkull)

<pauses for a schizophrenic episode>

right, im better now...


Schizophrenia is not Multiple Personality Disorder. A person with Schizoprenia has disordered and illogical thoughts. A person with MPD effectivily displays multiple personalities in the same body.

While a person with Schizophrenia can beleive there are other personalities in their body, in MPD the personalities appear to actually exist and not just be random figments.



Thank you Narf, I read that and I was about to clear that one up myself...
Arakiel: Just be very careful what you say on issues like that, You never know who might accidently offend.



You guys are kidding right? Your not ACTUALLY reading that much into every little thing typed on this goofy thread are you? If the people here are THAT sensetive to every little thing put down and have to super analyse every word typed then this may be the Last post I bother making here. Which is kinda sad cause it seemed like a nice forum about the game. Life is serious enough, I don't need BS like this on some goofy forum thread for a game.


It's not a matter of seriousness, it's a matter of nearly >everyone< >in the entire english-speaking world, at least<, making the exact same mistake >every single time<.

After a while it gets a little annoying.

[Raging Deadstar]

I know Narf, But hey, I think I over-reacted on that subject, or at least most people do, but it is one of the most annoying misconceptions I've ever had to put up with...

Anyway, It's mostly put forth by the media. The ammount of times i've seen it come up used incorrectly is outstanding, and lets face it, your average person isn't really that well informed on these matters. It's one of those "sweep under the carpet" jobs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I posted that before I read all the rest. I must have accidently clicked on page four instead of the thread name.

[Renegade 13]

Arakiel, I'd hate to have something as minor as this put send you away from the forums. For here we have some of the most tolerate, well-informed, and just plain decent people I have ever had the pleasure of talking to.

However, it is definitely true that there are some subjects that some people find offensive. Personally, I don't think I have many, but a lot of people with mental illnesses find it to be a touchy subject. Those who do not suffer from them don't understand it. I know that I didn't until recently, when I finally had to admit to myself that I had one. I dont' mind if people make jokes about it, seriously. But some people do mind, and we all have to respect that. I'm not saying don't make a joke, but simply know that if you do, some people may correct you, or tell you it was offensive. However, that will very rarely happen around here especially, and don't take it personally.

[Arakiel]

Renegade 13 said:
Arakiel, I'd hate to have something as minor as this put send you away from the forums. For here we have some of the most tolerate, well-informed, and just plain decent people I have ever had the pleasure of talking to.




nah, i decided that 1 or 2 peeps does not a quorum make and it really wasnt worth fighting about. i was gonna ditch this thread altogether but... like a moth to a flame...ZAP!

[Gandalf Parker]

alarikf said:
Well, I don't make the rules, I just nitpick.

But, having said that, I might be hoist by my own petard, as there is a conflict in this regard. I probably learned the British Version, the American Version is probably "A historian"




I have no problem understanding english..
its canadian, british, australian, and american which gives me problems

[Chronon]

I find it amusing that we've gotten off on a tangent about grammar here, but since the question came up it made me curious and I had to check the "manual." Although the use of "an historian" is commonplace among historians (we're an odd lot), technically you are correct Fyron. According to the Chicago Manual of Style, "an" is not used before a word that begins with a consonant sound (y, h, and w included). This is the style for American "English," of course, I don't if it's true for real English. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[dumbluck]

easy: the only way I ever win a game is by "dumb luck". Thus the name, dumbluck. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Krsqk]

My name comes from back in the days of SE3 (dons old man voice). I had some idea that the best name for my race would be one without vowels (although I didn't go so far as the "must have an apostrophe or two" cliche). It is unpronounceable—just look at my signature—but attempts at vocalization have ranged from "Kursk" (like the Russian sub) to imitations of a burst of static. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif


Imperator Fyron said:

alarikf said:
I applaud your grammatically correct use of "an" in front of "historian"

That is not correct... unless you don't ever pronounce the "h"? Would you say "an hat" or "an house?" I sure hope not...


Did you mean you surely hope not? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Sorry, just the educator in me coming out (despite my best efforts). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Seeing as it's a fictional name, you can pronounce it Bob if you want.

[TerranC]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Seeing as it's a fictional name, you can pronounce it Bob if you want.



I'm sorry, but Bob is taken. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Fyron]

Krsqk said:
Did you mean you surely hope not? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Sorry, just the educator in me coming out (despite my best efforts). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Surely I did not.

[dogscoff]

No, it's "Kursk". Definitely "Kursk". And he plays Dyson-hockey, didn't you know?

[Ragnarok]

Hmmm, I have always pronounced it "Krisk" for some reason. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif That is just the first thing in my mind when I read it.

[primitive]

Me being a Primitive was the departing words from my first great love (almost 10 years).
Strange, how women are attracted to the rugged stuff but a few years down the road they want you to wear a suit and go to the opera “shrug”. I’ll never understand them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/confused.gif

[dogscoff]

Strange, how women are attracted to the rugged stuff but a few years down the road they want you to wear a suit and go to the opera “shrug”. I’ll never understand them




Cue strange, frightening and deeply inappropriate mental images of Primitve at the opera: On stage, with a Valkyrie wig/helmet set, spear and giant fake busom singing along to Wagner...

'Kilw da wabbit, kilw da wabbit..."

[se5a]

Se5a - its a WW1 fighter (or more corectly a fighting scout as they were known back then) no idea why I decided on it, but I have been using it ever since I got the net.
its *usualy* not taken wherever I go and people dont usualy know what it is.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

/me kills Dogscoff extremly dead.

[Fyron]

dogscoff said:
Cue strange, frightening and deeply inappropriate mental images of Primitve at the opera: On stage, with a Valkyrie wig/helmet set, spear and giant fake busom singing along to Wagner...

'Kilw da wabbit, kilw da wabbit..."

Sheesh man... first Xintis is a crossdresser, now Primitive is? Something you want to tell us, buddy 'ole pal?

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

I think it's time to resurrect this thread, seeing as to the fact that there are many new members with sometimes odd names (yes I'm looking at you NullAshton) and it might be interesting to see how they came up with them.

***************

My name:

Few years back I came across a simple website creation site called FreeWebs. Back then, I was playing Empire Earth a lot, and especially liked the map editor. So, I decided to make a site with ideas and information regarding the map editor for EE (in that time I wasn't really human yet). Somewhere on the site, I put down my e-mail adress for contact (no-one to my knowledge has ever even seen the site except for me, but like I said back then I was not really human.). However, I thought that putting down my home e-mail adress was a bad idea, so after a day or so I went to Hotmail and had to decide on a name. I thought that, since EE is a strategy game, something with "strategy" would be nice, and eventually I came up with "Strategia In Ultima", which is resemblant of "Ultimate Strategy". The name stuck.

[Slaughtermeyer]

I got mine from the Monty Python skit about the joke that won World War 2. It's supposed to be an imaginary German word or possibly a German name.

[RCCCL]

I use RCCCL for everything online. E-mail addresses, B.net, forums, and what have you.

As for the origins, well it happens to be my initials,(Yes, my full name consists of 5 names!)I have a hyphenated middle and last name.

[Suicide Junkie]

Slaughtermeyer said:
I got mine from the Monty Python skit about the joke that won World War 2. It's supposed to be an imaginary German word or possibly a German name.
For general forum entertainment, we hereby present a link:
http://www.jumpstation.ca/recroom/comedy/python/joke.html

[kalthalior]

Hmmm, interesting question. Back in the dark ages of my role-playing days (the original D & D, not advanced D & D), my first character was a fighter named Ragnar.
He was dubbed Calthalion (means to shine strong/dauntless in Quenya) by an elven NPC run by the DM (he loved Tolkien, almost every human character got an elven moniker, like Gandalph was Mithrandir to the elves), so he became Ragnar Calthalion.
After doing some Tolkien research of my own, I changed it to Kalthalion, and years later tweeked it to Kalthalior in another fantsy RPG to denote the title "High/Supreme Commander". Been using the Kal part for some time now in other games/forums - if you see Kalad & Kalax it could be me.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Kaleidoscope? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[atari_eric]

Favorite childhood computer brand + first name.

[kalthalior]

DOH! You've found out my double-super-secret identity!

[dumbluck]

dumbluck said:
easy: the only way I ever win a game is by "dumb luck". Thus the name, dumbluck. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif



Just in case anybody had forgotten....

edit: Wait a minute. I'm a Major??? When did THAT happen???

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Woot!

Well, I'd say about 182 posts ago. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Atrocities]

Narf, the Woolard of the post padding mouse.

[El_Phil]

Ahh post padding.....

It's evil and should be stamped out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Like anybody cares about it except as an excuse to have silly little parties. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[El_Phil]

Will this post padding never end?

[El_Phil]

Clearly not.





http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Fyron]

Could we please leave this thread to its purpose and not spam it? Thanks.

[AgentZero]

From a conversation with my girlfriend about James Bond after consuming far too many mind-altering substances. We got to thinking that 006 was probably senior to 007, and began working our way down the list until we reached 000. Pronounced out loud in the Bond tradition you get 'Double-oh-oh' (sounds a lot like uh-oh). This struck us both as ridiculously funny and worth remembering so I scrawled it onto my arm before succumbing to the effects of overindulgence. The next morning I read it as Agent 0=Agent Zero, and figured it sounded pretty cool as a monkier.

Agent Zero is also the name of a character from the X-Men comics, a rather rubish band, and the founder of a shadowy organization in 'Hell is for Heroes'.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

...Maybe M is 000...

[DeKaye]

Well, my name was created with great intelligent thought, debate, and caused a few wars.....

Actually, I named my beautiful male Beta "Fuzzie". I found it rather amusing. When I joined this Forum, I figured that no one would use such a name. It is such an informidable and threatening name. :} Then I wanted a icon to go with it and found a picture of a Beta (AKA Samurai Fighting Fish) on the net (tried taking my own photos - who knew taking fish photos would be so difficult! ). I thought it would be cool to have a fish in space. So I cut, paste, edited and hours later came up with a wonderful picture. Too bad the picture had to be shrunk so small that I can't tell what the heck it is. Maybe someday I'll come up with a better icon - comparable to some of the wonderful ones you all have come up with.

Fuzzie

[TurinTurambar]

The etymology of my moniker... well, it's the main character in my favorite Tolkien Tragedy: The Tale of the Children of Hurin. Most people already know that. If not:

http://www.lotrlibrary.com/racesofarda/turin.asp

The name Turin means "he who desires mastery" and Turambar means roughly "master of fate." So the name seemed to fit well into the Grand Lord/take-over-the-universe thing.

My avatar is a Common Mode transcription of the name in tengwar letters. I pasted it into MS Paint and put some color behind it, then had DEG do his magical frame/lightsource thingy to it.

My Empire's name, Aa' Turam, is just a play on the roots of the Sindarin, as is the name of its citizens; the Tura'amni.

In Eru's Name, MayYourSunsShineForever
Turin Turambar
Grand Lord of the Tura'amni

[Cipher7071]

Interesting thread...
I've often wondered where some of these names came from, so it's only fair that I add my own brief tale.

As I see has been true in several other cases, my moniker is the result of searching for a name for internet use. I started joining a few sites while I was getting my computer science degree, and we were probablly talking about ciphers in one of the classes, so that part of the name just sort of fell out of me at the time. Not only did I find my chosen name to be taken, it was taken in plenty of variations. So, undaunted, I added the extension 7071, which is merely the first four digits in the sine of 45 degrees (or half the square root of 2), and a number that I remember. Thus, Cipher7071.


narf poit chez...narf poit chez...narf poit chez...
Rats. Now I have a headache. BOOM!

[Wolfman77]

Years ago I went by Wolverine, after my 4-wheeler. People kept thinking it was a X-men reference, so I changed it to wolfman. Not related in any way but the sound. 77 is the year I was born, I use it whenever the name is already registered.

[Hunpecked]

Wow. Some good stories in this thread.

Mine is more pedestrian. After years of henpecking by my mate Attillette the Hun, I decided "Hunpecked" was an appropriate choice. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Sounds neat to me.

[Niltrias]

Mine is the name of a character that can be found in one of my favorite computer games...a character that is incredibly hard to find, so its not very common. I have no idea about where the game creator may have dug the name up, tho.
Anyone else on these forums ever found niltrias? Don't ask me which game; if you found him, you would definitely remember.
Or you could google it, I suppose.
Niltrias

[JAFisher44]

I have no imagination, my moniker is my first and middle initials and my last name followed by two fours cause I like 4.


J = Joshua
A = Adam
Fisher
44 = cool number

[Emperor's Child]

Renegade 13 said:

Norwegians unite!! (What the hell, even though I'm only 1/4 Norwegian, that still counts doesn't it?? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif )



I've got your back.... I'm also 1/4 Norwegian! Not all that into European mythology...

Anyhow, my handle comes from my other hobby: Warhammer 40k, a miniature battles wargame set in the future. I wound up selecting as my army the Emperor's Children, and then after that began using that in their forums. I've used the name ever since.