Whence Your Moniker? - Page 4

Marvin Kosh · #31 July 29th, 2002, 07:19 PM

Ah, mine is the wholly unfortunate cross between Marvin the Martian (Duck Dodgers in the 25th-and-a half century ring a bell?) and Ambassador Kosh, from B5.

I've stuck with it for a while now.... must be a couple of years or so

I guess I just like the notion of using it for everything, from my e-mail address to all my screen names, to my actual writing pseudonym. It's not quite as funky as Calvin Klein, but it'll do

Mephisto · #32 July 29th, 2002, 07:25 PM

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
I love the names on this forum. We got some real characters here, and the names really reflect them. Kind of like in the Ian M Banks Culture novels, where the super-AI ship Minds choose their own names, memorable examples being the "Fate Amenable to Change", the "Grey Area" and the warship "A Frank Exchange of Views".

A friend of mine plays the "Culture" in one of my PBEM games. As I oppose him I have just constructed the first "Bora Horza Gobuchul" class ship.

Mephisto · #33 July 29th, 2002, 07:29 PM

[K126] is a clan tag from "Team Fortress" and "Counter Strike". In real life it is the first character of a street were some friends and I used to meet to play RPGs. Second is the actual building number.
Mephisto is from the classic German book "Faust" written by Goethe. Mephisto is kind of a devil, however not really evil. He is the "wag" (my dictionary give these words for "Schalk": rogue, wag, fool). This stuck to me from my high school time.

Check this one out: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...3;t=002871;p=4

Ragnarok · #34 July 29th, 2002, 08:20 PM

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Trajan, I salute you...
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This line reminded me of a show I used to watch. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago. (Spelling is off probably) But that show was awesome. I can't remember the chicks name though. She was funny. Well back in the day she was. But now she's annoying. haha... Anyone else remember this show?

Atrocities · #35 July 29th, 2002, 09:06 PM

Tribes was the best MP game of all time. It kicked CS/TF all to hell. Still does.

Trajan · #36 July 29th, 2002, 10:32 PM

I enjoyed tribes multi-player. I think I missed out on the best parts because I never joined a team there.

My best experience in multi-player gaming was MechCommander, playing through the Starlance league.

I still count myself as a member of a former team from that league (Black Thorns). We communicate frequently, all patiently waiting for a new experience that mirrors that which we enjoyed while Starlance and Mechcommander were in full swing.

Cheers!
Trajan

Atrocities · #37 July 29th, 2002, 10:42 PM

I know the feeling. It is like being the Last man standing when the battle is finsihed. When PCP finally went under, I felt lost and alone in Tribes. I was lucky though, my skill and such was well known and I was asked to join many of the top clans. I opted to go with MS because one of the founders of that clan was an ex PCP member who I knew to be a major Tribes junkie.

I have a lot of respect for SL, as it was from what I have heard, a damned fine game on any scale. I wish you and your friends the best in finding a new game to be a team in.

DirectorTsaarx · #38 July 29th, 2002, 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
My name comes from FFVIII for PSOne. The ship was named that, and I've used the name Ragnarok ever since.

I think Ragnarok was also used as the name of a sword in FF VII (and possibly in FF IX and/or FF X).

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
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Originally posted by Growltigga:

Trajan, I salute you...

This line reminded me of a show I used to watch. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago. (Spelling is off probably) But that show was awesome. I can't remember the chicks name though. She was funny. Well back in the day she was. But now she's annoying. haha... Anyone else remember this show?

Yeah, I remember that show (Carmen Sandiego is the correct spelling, I think). A kid's game show on PBS, based on the computer game intended to teach both history and geography. And that group "Rockapella" or something like that singing the theme song (name was a takeoff on the term "a capella", which means singing without instrumental backup). I always felt bad when the "winner" had to identify 10 different African countries within 30 seconds for the grand prize; the lucky ones just had to identify European countries...

Ragnarok · #39 July 29th, 2002, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by DirectorTsaarx:
I think Ragnarok was also used as the name of a sword in FF VII (and possibly in FF IX and/or FF X).

Hmmm... I never played FF VII or FF IX... I have FF X but I don't remember Ragnarok being in it. I'll have to go check it out.

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Yeah, I remember that show (Carmen Sandiego is the correct spelling, I think). A kid's game show on PBS, based on the computer game intended to teach both history and geography. And that group "Rockapella" or something like that singing the theme song (name was a takeoff on the term "a capella", which means singing without instrumental backup). I always felt bad when the "winner" had to identify 10 different African countries within 30 seconds for the grand prize; the lucky ones just had to identify European countries...

Ahh yes, Rockapella, I couldn't think of the name of them for nothing. I would watch that show EVERY day.. haha.. But I agree, the unlucky winners had to pick the hard countries to figure out. I never did come close to figuring any of those out.

I've never been good at geography. I'm ok at history but geography no way.

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capnq · #40 July 29th, 2002, 11:57 PM

Google tells me that the actual title of the song is "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers".