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July 28th, 2002, 04:35 AM
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
I got my first 28.8 internet connection in 1988 and had to come up with an Online persona. JRR Tolkien's Gandalf immediately came to mind. It was already taken in all forms except Gandalph, and so it was born.
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Not all those who wander are lost;
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July 28th, 2002, 09:19 AM
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Lieutenant Colonel
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
It's the only way I ever win!
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July 28th, 2002, 05:19 PM
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First Lieutenant
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
Taz used to be my handle on the CB when I used to drive a lot. Added the -In-Space since this was a space game. 
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July 28th, 2002, 05:42 PM
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
I always related to the nature of the beast. It was the only spelling I could use when I signed up at Yahoo.
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July 28th, 2002, 06:46 PM
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
does anyone remember the old threadwith the information on everyone's nick ??
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He is still driving his mighty armada at 3 miles per month along the interstellar highway bypass and will be arriving shortly
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July 28th, 2002, 07:25 PM
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does anyone remember the old threadwith the information on everyone's nick ??
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I remember it, but haven't been able to coax the search engine into finding it.
Mine is from an offline nickname from a friend who shortened a mispronounced Version of my real Last name to "Q"; I added the "Cap'n" part myself, because at the time I was a starship captain in a play-by-(snail-)mail space exploration game.
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July 28th, 2002, 09:41 PM
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Mine comes from the series by Simon R. Green (main character was Owen Deathstalker). Absolutely amazing series. I came onto the shrap Boards and saw all these neat names and realized I had to put some thought into it (mainly I saw the name 'God Emperor' and said 'neato!'. Use this name for here and the Geoff Johns comic Boards. Unfortunately it is already taken for the MTG:Online game  )
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July 28th, 2002, 10:50 PM
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Corporal
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
Trajan = Dead Roman Emperor
I am a Roman History buff, and find that I enjoy reading about Trajan more than most any other Roman leader.
Any how...
Cheers!
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July 29th, 2002, 12:08 AM
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
As opposed to all those live ones...
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". 
Dogscoff is just something that had a nice sound to it and (more importantly) was pretty much guaranteed to be unique. I do regular google searches to make sure no one else is using the name. Is that sad? Probably...
BTW, Ragnarok, if you ever want to talk about Norse mythology, you'll find at least two interested parties on this forum. Have you used the Space Viking shipset?
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July 29th, 2002, 05:17 AM
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Re: Whence Your Moniker?
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BTW, Ragnarok, if you ever want to talk about Norse mythology, you'll find at least two interested parties on this forum. Have you used the Space Viking shipset?
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Oh yeah? Who's those parties? But no I haven't used the Space Viking shipset in a game yet. Why do you ask?
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I think...therefore I am confused.
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Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?
The dreaded derelict dwelling two ton devil bunny!
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