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I honestly don't remember, I have been using it for over 20 years now. There is a band by that name, but I never listened to them. Maybe it is because it has an "X" in it, who knows what your are thinking when you only have one digit in your age.

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Aside from inertia being my best quality, LeTharg is general enough to fit into a variety of universes from fantasy to futuristic.

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Well Askan was my birth name, meaning "The First Son" in the ancient language of the People. The Nightbringer aspect is a title granted through deeds, meaning "To Bring Hope" (The People of Night believe utter darkness is the perfect State).

Askan Nightbringer
Voice of the People's Empire

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Nothings really special about my nickname (Magnum357). I'm kind of a gun freak and collect guns as a hobby. I choosed Magnum357 because it is probably my most favorite calibure for a hand gun (versital ammunition, cheap, and much more powerful then the 9mm's out thier http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif )

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Str8_Gain comes from "straight gain", an engineering term used in analog design. "Straight Gain" when applied to operational amplifiers means 100% gain with no distortion to the input waveform.

Guess you can tell I'm an EE, huh?

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Years ago, I found myself in a politically difficult situation at work. After a change of department managers, it became clear the new shirt was looking for an excuse to get rid of me.

I needed to keep the job, so I set out to not give him an excuse. I came in early, stayed late, took short lunch breaks, and generally made sure that anytime he walked into my repair lab, I had my head down and was working on something.

My co-workers teased me about "playing possum", and from there it just stuck...

By the way, that company eventually went tits-up, but I kept my job until the 5th round of layoffs http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

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wow, thanks to the link to this thread, it was before my time!

it was cool to read throug it, and see PBW adversaries that had dropped off of the board before i started reading it, or to see old posters who started the community that dont show up much anymore.

back in 1994 there was an up-and-coming internet provider (dialup, what else?) called CRL. they are either dead now, or just forgotten. back then a friend of mine from CA came out to visit me in TX (i was staying there for a few years) and set me up with a dialup account. my name, Luke, was taken. Puke, however was not, and it is the account name that he gave me. as the years rolled on, and after i moved back to CA and i started to gain a reputation for my drinking habits, the name stuck. hell, now its even the Last 4 digits of my phone number.

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Praetor was the title of officers in the old Roman Praetorian Guard. Sounds kinda cool, I think. When I play solo games or whatnot I often use the name "Aeryn" (from farscape), which i also think is kinda cool, but I'm always kinda embarassed to use it in Online games, what with being a GIRL's name and all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Praetor

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Mine is from Ulysses 31's series, my all-time favourite of my childhood. "Shyrka" was the main computer of the Odisseus ship. It was too the only permanent "female" character, except for the girl Thais.

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As with Many of the other handles out there, mine came from a favorite RPG Character. 1st edition Shadowrun, set in Seattle. RhineStone Cowboy was an Ex Ganger looking to make it big in the Shadows. His Street name came from the fact he liked to walk around in Rhinestone studded Cowboy boots and a black stetson with a Rhinestone Band.

My favorite Tag line of his came when the group was looking to be hired for a job:
"We Don't do Wetwork...Ummm..(Eyes Shift back and forth)...Cheap!

and thus his mercenary instincts were born....

Rhinestone