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Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:47:00 -
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I would like to hear where everyone came up with their names. There's a lot of interesting ones out there and I'm curious.
Personally, anyone who is familiar with D&D or the recent D&D games from Bioware might recognize "Asimir" (pronounced A-sim-ear) as being the name for a race of people who were born of one angelic parent. Basically a half angel, half human.
The Kurdugal part is completely made up. So cmon, share.
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
I will come back for you |
Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:49:00 -
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http://www.twbooks.co.uk/authors/peterfhamilton.html
One of the main characters in my all-time favourite space opera.
LEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
Jelwar Kurbani
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:50:00 -
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Two Privateer 2 NPC names combined...
Jelwar Kurbani, AP Founder
WE will be there...
The Truth At Any Cost!
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Ashton Black
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:53:00 -
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An old D&D Character from 1978.... Bugger me I'm old!!
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Erty
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:53:00 -
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Erty is the nick I use everywhere :)
When I was little (6 years or something) I used to just smash the keyboard when I wanted a name for a save or a character in a game and stuff like that.
And...well, once "Erty" came up. And I liked it, so I started to use it.
So from the beginning it's just an "asdf" nick, but now I've used it for so long and I really like it. I would never change nick.
This is my signature. |
Jessica Logan
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:53:00 -
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Jessica and Logan: The two main characters from the film "Logan's Run".
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Wratha
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:53:00 -
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Edited by: Wratha on 26/10/2003 23:01:29
http://www.brianlumley.com/necroscope/vampire3.html
Wratha the Risen, the prettiest of the whole bunch :)
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Earthan
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:54:00 -
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Sounds cool when you prounounce my name in Polish. But unfortuanetely it comed down to me after creating my char ,the name actually means something in English , and turned out a little cliche .Still its quite ok.:)
Stars, stars like dust, all around me.... |
Mjr Tom
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:54:00 -
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I give you 3 guesses. 
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Tharrn
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Posted - 2003.10.26 22:57:00 -
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LtJG Tharrn, El-Aurian counselor of the USS Seleya back some odd 8 years ago in a freeform, chat-based Star Trek RPG O_o
Made the name up back then =]
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Soren
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:00:00 -
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Soren is my real name. I like it. It's very orignal in Canada (don't know anyone else in the county with the same name)
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Tookash Kriaok
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:00:00 -
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The names is one of a demon i created in D&D Universe. It means "Pitch Darkness". It took me 5 mins to get it working and when i saw this i liked it. Until that day (2 years ago), i used it for various things like this game :).
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Temujin Destovai
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:05:00 -
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
And since his father Ghengis was named Temujin by birth, I took that, and Destovai is simply made up. Although one could argue that it has close resemblence to the Dostovei pistol, from Goldeneye 
The Chronicles of Xanadu |
Buddha
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:12:00 -
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Buddha is my real second or middle name...
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OPTIQUEST
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:31:00 -
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Ive used this name for at least 10 years now for gameing online and offline. It comes from my first computer. The monitor was a viewsonic optiquest, and im not sure if it sounded cool or not at the time or if i just picked it becasue it was in front of me.
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Torque Mada
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:32:00 -
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A right evil bugger that ran the Spanish Inquisition...."Fetch the comfy chair!"
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on" |
SeaGoat
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:52:00 -
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Seagoat is another name for a capricorn...which i am... I always thought it was cool how original astrology used the symbol of the unicorn for the symbol of the capricorn.... then it was changed to the half sea creature half goat....
the seagoat
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Scragg
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:56:00 -
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When you blow something up... you Scragg it. Comes from playtesting Air Warrior where I had an airfield named after me. The Captain Scragg Memorial Airfield.... B-Land forever!
Scragg, Tyrell Corporation
Vice-Director Military Operations |
Faramir
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:57:00 -
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Been using Faramir for 2,5 years now. Obviously enough from the Lord of The Rings....
Liked how Faramir was as a character.
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EveJunkie
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Posted - 2003.10.26 23:59:00 -
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Back in beta when we were n00b's and mining omber. I sat up for a whole weekend without sleep, made a nest out of pillows and duvets and did nothing all weekend but mine and run my corp. I looked like **** after 60 hours of non stop eve. lol
thats when I got the name EveJunkie
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Hardin
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:01:00 -
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From the Isacc Asimov Foundation Series:
A bit of a machiavellian politician type 
Characters:
Hardin, Salvor
(8FE-) First Mayor of Terminus City. Famous for several quotations, including:
* "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
* "It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."
* "Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true."
* "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!"
* "A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself."
* "An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways."
* "To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well."
* "Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed."
Set up the Priesthood to control the Four Kingdoms and eventually forced them to sign non-aggression treaties with the First Foundation.
Survived two Seldon Crises and was the only person to be in attendance at two appearances of Hari Seldon in the Time Vault.
There ya go
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agrizla
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:02:00 -
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The "rizla" part comes from a Robert Rankin book, however I discovered early in my online gaming that a guy called Rizla ran a large clan so to avoid confusion I modified my nick.
Therefore I'm either adslrizla (FPS games) or agrizla (strategy games) - both of which reflect my prior connections with adslguide.org.uk (I did the "how it works" section a couple of years ago - and I keep meaning to update it).
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Luna
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:05:00 -
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Luna comes from my daughter who turns 1 year old this week....
I used the name Luna in beta and was glad I get to use it in the live version...
My daughter is super cute.....
Luna's dad
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agrizla
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:09:00 -
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 Quote:
From the Isacc Asimov Foundation Series:
Damn your name has been bugging me for ages  Must be 20 years ago when I read the foundation series - that's my excuse anyway
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Archain
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:11:00 -
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My character's name is from an archer character I used to play in a few other MMORPG's. I had originally had a character named Archon...short, simple, and to the point. A server side loss in Asheron's Call caused my character to be unselectable so I made another character with almost the same name. It turned out to fit better than the old one, it's now the one I use for my main character in these types of games.
Space Invaders Movie Library - [SPVD]
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Thrak
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:11:00 -
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I thought it sounded like a tough name. Plus I never really meant to carry on with this character it just happened that way - Thrak was just an experiment with a fightin' char.
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Hardin
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:12:00 -
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I reread em recently as some new books were added to the series by some other authors David Brin, Gregory Benford and Ben Bova...
Hardin seemed particularly appropriate to my game style :)
I have used it now for about 2 years in several games including Planetarion and Battlefield 1942 (and now EVE) 
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Ganja
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:16:00 -
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You know where I got mine :)
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agrizla
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:17:00 -
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Quote:
I reread em recently as some new books were added to the series by some other authors David Brin, Gregory Benford and Ben Bova...
None of whom are even capable of licking Asimov's boots Ben Bova is OK I guess, but Brin is pedestrian in his novels to say the least.
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Asmodia
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:22:00 -
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Asmodia - comes from Asmodis (Lord of the hell)
only a female version and was my first Sorceress in Diablo 2.
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CEO of Spectre Syndicate - Curse Alliance
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drunkenmaster
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:32:00 -
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Mine comes from the Jackie Chan film, oddly enough, called Drunkenmaster.
I've been called Drunkenmaster online since my first online account (ICQ) back when member numbers were in the 3Million range (lower = leeter) circa 1997, I think.
The only other name I've gone under has been Drunk, as my full name & clan tag didn't fit on the scoreboard in UT
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Raj Whitehall
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:35:00 -
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my name? you do not recognise my name...pft..lol :)
my name comes from a series of books by: David Drake, called: The General. last I looked there were 5 in the set although I have only read the first 4 and there may be more by this time.
Raj Whitehall was the main character and heard voice in his head that told him things
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Bashar
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Posted - 2003.10.27 00:54:00 -
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Bashar is the pseudo military title of Miles Teg, a descendant of the Atreides house...this is from the Dune series if you aren't familiar with it.
regards,
Bashar Miles Teg
Shop Smart, Shop BasharMart! |
Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:00:00 -
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Some people may also know my old forum, and general gaming name; FunkmasterT. It's a rip off of the rapper Funkmaster Flex, plus the first letter of my first name.
That was my name on the pre-release forums and the name I use for just about any other game. It just didn't seem to fit for Eve though.
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
I will come back for you |
Pyrotesea
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:10:00 -
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alternate spelling of "pyrotess" from "Record of Lodoss War"
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What doesn't kill you makes you injured.
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PoXiE
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:15:00 -
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glue
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Vacuole
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:19:00 -
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Edited by: Vacuole on 27/10/2003 13:16:20
Vacuoles are membrane-bound sacks that play roles in intracellular digestion and release of cellular waste products.
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Macumba
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:23:00 -
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First heard it in Dawn Of The Dead.
"Something my grandaddy used to tell us. You know macumba? Voodoo. Grandaddy was a priest in Trinidad. Used to tell us, 'When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth.'"
Macumba is used to describe the practices of spirit worship brought from Africa to Brazil by slaves in the 1500s.
You can all wake up now.
"PVP = griefing" Papa Smurf |
Homo Erectus
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:35:00 -
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Homo Erectus:
Early form of evolutionary man.
I am in the corporation Evolution.
it fits nicely. |
ga'ia
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:39:00 -
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guess 
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voogru
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:42:00 -
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Figure out the proper meaning for my name, and I will hand you over 5,000,000 ISK.
The catch: Its a trick question, I have made up my name from random words and has no meaning.
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Your 425mm Prototype I Gauss Gun perfectly strikes Guardian Enforcer, wrecking for 827.3 damage. |
Gozer
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Posted - 2003.10.27 01:45:00 -
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go and watch ghostbusters again..
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Fearigus Alba
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Posted - 2003.10.27 02:02:00 -
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Edited by: Fearigus Alba on 27/10/2003 02:03:53
Was supposed to be Fergus Dooley, a name i used in AD&D, but due to the crappy tutorial when i began playing I had to delete 2 chars (wasnt patient enough to wait for them to be removed from the server :)) ). I just kept adding letters to the first name and Alba is Gaelic for Scotland (guess where I'm from) and the name of a pre-united scotland race.
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Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.27 02:36:00 -
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Quote:
Figure out the proper meaning for my name, and I will hand you over 5,000,000 ISK.
The catch: Its a trick question, I have made up my name from random words and has no meaning.
"Voodoo" and "Guru" smooshed together!
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
I will come back for you |
Idiot Face
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Posted - 2003.10.27 02:39:00 -
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I'm an Idiot and so is my face.
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"HARRY!! YOUR HANDS ARE FREEZING!!"
-Lloyd Christmas |
Kane Jacobs
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Posted - 2003.10.27 02:44:00 -
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Glenn Jacobs.... Aka KANE.... A certain dude from wwe, I mixed his real name and his gimmick name... Kane Jacobs. I like it.
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Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.27 02:52:00 -
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Ever since Final Fantasy II (US version), Kane will always be a cool name.
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
I will come back for you |
Luther
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:07:00 -
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Martin Luther King, a hero of mine. I have alts with socer player names from time to time. I would have liked character names from The Dragon Reborn book series but some b*gger gt them all 
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has recieved the Minmatar Medal of Honor (keyring) from the Minmatar President (the eve online store)
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Nareau
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:07:00 -
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Edited by: Nareau on 27/10/2003 03:09:47
Lets see my name.. hmmm
Nareau
That should explain it...
Nareau is the Spider-God and Creator in Kiribati Mythology. In the beginning he walked alone in the oppressive darkness or primeval earth Te Bo-ma-te-maki. From water and earth, he made Na Atibu and Nei Teuke, man and woman respectively. Together man and woman procreated the gods. |
WarElf
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:07:00 -
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I got WarElf From WC3 (go fig) And LOTR.
My real Game name for ANY GAME but this one is "BlueElite" I got it from the game Halo. But had it as an idea before Halo (I spent a year or so looking for a good name)
And hey, Blue IS my favorite color so... It fit well.
And I do not use BlueElite in EVE because my first ORIGINAl character was BlueElite, i made WarElf an alt, and decided to keep WarElf as a main character, then last week deleted BlueElite .
~WarElf
~WarElf Occassus Republica
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Ana Khouri
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:13:00 -
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Alastair Reynolds - "Relevation: Space" series.
free speech not allowed here |
Ilia Volyova
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:14:00 -
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Same here. And we are, of cource, not from the same account
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Devil Mann
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:15:00 -
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Edited by: Devil Mann on 27/10/2003 03:15:52
Was trying for just Devilman but back when i made the name there were 2 boxes for a name. (sure they changed it in a patch)
Stupidly i assumed that you would need a first name and second name hence devil mann.
Of course the mann makes me look german or something :P (scottish FYI)
Usually play any other game as simply devilman
The manga character who likes to rip peoples heads off etc.
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Damn roid respawns,CTDS,Stuck systems,lost items,stuck in warp,friends list,broken map(insert more here after patch)... |
Darketh Nightspawn
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:26:00 -
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Roleplaying NPC name, Drow Elf.....
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Draig Coch
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:43:00 -
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Im from Wales in the UK. The national flag is a Red Dragon.
Draig Coch = "Red Dragon" in Welsh.
"Work is the curse of the drinking classes" |
xpero
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:57:00 -
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hehe my name originates from my sci-fi story "Contenders of the Raving Sun". Xpero is a name for a leader of an alien race found deep in Tek'Ra Solar system of Tylon Galaxy. Maybe someday i will post my story on the web for everyone to read ...
(\_/)
(O.o)
(> <)
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Cleric Preston
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Posted - 2003.10.27 03:59:00 -
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Are you a sense offender?
My identity was blatantly stolen from the movie Equilibrium.
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Rebell
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Posted - 2003.10.27 04:01:00 -
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Edited by: Rebell on 27/10/2003 04:03:01
This is a bit embarrasing, but I'll share.
I really wanted to name myself Rebel, but my name was victim of a spelling accident because tagged another "L" in the end thus ending up with Rebell. I just felt that "a person who refuses authority" looks cooler written as Rebell instead of Rebel
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Draka
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Posted - 2003.10.27 04:07:00 -
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Edited by: Draka on 27/10/2003 04:10:00
S.M. Stirling wrote a series of books depicting an alternate history - a very dark one. The people that were the result were the "Draka". There is more information here:
[URL=http://www.gpfn.sk.ca/~geis/draka/novels.html] The Domination Of The Draka [/URL]
CEO
The Cinnaban Order
"Dedicated to a Free Minmatar Republic" |
Slinky Redfoot
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Posted - 2003.10.27 04:09:00 -
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Slinky Redfoot is a slang term for the devil, and it also pops up in a Steely Dan song entitled "Godwhacker"
We track your almighty ass
Thru seven heaven-worlds
Me, Slinky Redfoot
And our trusty angel-girls
Got Banana? |
Gantros Obscura
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Posted - 2003.10.27 04:17:00 -
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My name is from two sources, one being my name from Battle.net, the other being the last name of a villain from the anime series, Zoids, Vega Obscura.
"As with all things, Darkness falls for thee..."
http://www.taggarttransdimensional.com |
BeerBot
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Posted - 2003.10.27 04:47:00 -
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Hmmm Quakebots were all the rage a long time ago. I was good at quake 1 but didn't like talking to the ppl I played against. So lots of ppl accused me of being a bot. So I changed my name to BeerBot one drunken night. Have used it ever since |
Hasek
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Posted - 2003.10.27 05:06:00 -
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Marshall of the Armies Duke Morgan [or Micheal] Hasek-Davion, Armed Forces of the Federeted Commonwealth
huge battletech fan and proud supporter of House Stiner-Davion
but its been so long ince ive read the battletech books i can remember which name belongs to the loyal son...
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DJDoby
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Posted - 2003.10.27 05:10:00 -
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erm - i had a doberman dog - so DJDOBY :)
not quite as cool as other peoples name origins but heh
Senior Producer
ingame chat: eve-radio
IRC: irc.coldfront.net #eve-radio
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Ishta'ka
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Posted - 2003.10.27 05:21:00 -
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I made mine up but it has influences from Ishara (Robert Jordan books) and the island of Ithaka (greek, home of Oidipus), although I learned the last bit quite recently and after making her.
Cheers!
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No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness always got there first, and is waiting for it. - Terry Pratchett |
Zezman
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Posted - 2003.10.27 05:35:00 -
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It comes from the two parts of Zez and man.
Zezòman
See how that comes together?
...
In reality, it is the name of a character I used to roleplay in outdoor adventures with my unkle and sister. Long story short: We took on alter ego's and played games late at night hiding from cars that we pretended were aliens called Scarabs. My Unkle was called Guilch, and I forget the name my sister took on. I was Zezman, the rogue mage guy. Guilch was the warrior/leader, and I think my sister played a Cleric/Princess type.
(»)(»)
À\Oo/
À=\/=
This is Rat. It is a vermin. It has eaten all of Bunny's lettuce. |
Attica
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Posted - 2003.10.27 05:48:00 -
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Quote:
Edited by: Wratha on 26/10/2003 23:01:29
http://www.brianlumley.com/necroscope/vampire3.html
Wratha the Risen, the prettiest of the whole bunch :)
Indeed when I first got on the game I tried to get the name "shaitan" but alas it was taken. Have read the whole Necroscope series....good pick for a name. Mine came from a prison and a friends suggestion. My ALT has a name from the Necroscope series. Lets see if you can find him. Happy hunting.
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Fetty Chico
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Posted - 2003.10.27 06:00:00 -
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song called Fetty Chico and Da Mack
like Fetty Chico betta then Da Mack
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Tell my tale to those who ask.
Tell it truly - the ill deeds, along with the good - and let me be judged accordingly.
If this world was supposed to be friendly
CCP wouldnt have wasted time paying the devs to code so many weapons |
Tyrion Nydaerin
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Posted - 2003.10.27 06:05:00 -
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Edited by: Tyrion Nydaerin on 27/10/2003 06:07:23
Tyrion = a character from A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin (go read now)
Nydaerin = I made up...
In beta I was just Tyrion, but I decided to add the surname on launch. I dont know why I didnt just use my IRC nick RedFish... in hindsight that might have made more sense =]
-=Fountain Alliance High Council Member=- |
Shintoko Akahoshi
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Posted - 2003.10.27 06:44:00 -
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I originally wanted to be a smuggler and work the black market. A shintoko is a kind of container, so it fit. I also like the sound of the name. Akahoshi means "red star", which fit into the back history I wrote for her clade.
There's no meaning to life when you cling only to common sense |
Golan Trevize
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Posted - 2003.10.27 06:48:00 -
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Isaac Asimov "The foundation"
The Gallente ideals of Freedom, Liberty and Equality will be met by the Amarr realities of Lasers, Armor and Battleships. |
Severus Trajan
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Posted - 2003.10.27 06:57:00 -
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Roman Emperors Severus and Trajan, obviously. The Amarr background struck me as somewhat Roman-esque with Emperors being raised to virtual gods (although somewhat prematurely by Roman standards), the nation built by slaves, etc. And so I decided to take a name in a similar vein...
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Sarkos
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Posted - 2003.10.27 07:23:00 -
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For many years I played Star Wars table top role playing game. My character was Tal Sarkos. In Beta, we had a character called Neroo Tal, so I dropped the Tal part of my name to prevent confusion.
Either free the slaves or we will come and get them.
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PropanElgen
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Posted - 2003.10.27 07:41:00 -
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Propan = Propane
Elgen = Moose
I'm a propane-fueled moose
All the angels and the puny men of god looked away...
Frightened to death by the evil that was born on that day!
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Soul Reaver
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Posted - 2003.10.27 07:46:00 -
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Soul Reaver is an adaptation of the Reavers Jehanunn etc from
Stephen Donaldsons "Tales of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever"
Its what I do Reave Souls from their owners (Normally Pirates) Just think yourself lucky that at the moment he has a distinct leaning :) towards good!
Be you a Pirate or a Simple Alt creeper! Sooner or later you'll dance with Soul Reaver and His Amazing Underpants
Currently chasing Lianhaun |
Lianhaun
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Posted - 2003.10.27 09:11:00 -
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The leanhaun shee or lianhaun shee is a fairy mistress of dreadful power, for she seeks the love and dominion of mortal men--if they refuse her, she is their slave and if they consent they are hers.
Most men find that they cannot refuse her. Only one lianhaun shee exists and she is more a force than a woman.
Each fairy woman who loves becomes one with her; and for the mortal man who longs for her she is the one and only.
She does not play with emotions; all who love her, live for her and their desire for her frequently destroys them. The more suffering she inflicts the dearer she becomes to them. The more they desire her the more she eludes them.
An impatient mistress, she creates such desire in her lovers that they will overcome all obstacles to embrace her. She never yields to them in mortal lands, but insists on their meeting in Tir-na-n-Og, so that men must pass through death to enjoy her.
On teamspeak they can call me by my real name or simply Lian, althugh its fun to hear them struggle with it.
This is not a hijack
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WhiteSnake
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Posted - 2003.10.27 09:48:00 -
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Quote:
I made mine up but it has influences from Ishara (Robert Jordan books) and the island of Ithaka (greek, home of Oidipus), although I learned the last bit quite recently and after making her.
1st the greek island, called Ithaki and it is Odysseas homeland
2nd Oidipus is a character in an anchient tragedy (theatrical play) who killed his father becouse he was in love with his mother!!!
I dont want to offend you, but since I am comming from Greece I thought it would be nice to clear up some things..
My nick is comming from an old rock band....
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vyperpit
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:13:00 -
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My name came from Counter Strike.
I used to call my self at the time Viper but when I looked around to many people had that name so I wanted to keep my identity but be unique. So I changed the spelling to VYPER. Where the pit bit came from was my Clan days I used to be pretty good and we got up in the ranks in a few of the leagues we played in, in the end the guys used to call me the pit of despair. Don’t remember how it came about but it did. It used to happen if our team got taken out I would normally be left alone and I would manage to kill the enemies. From there I adopted the PIT side of what they called me and so I ended up with VYPERPIT.
This was kind of and in clan joke but soon I grew to like it so If you ever see a VYPERPIT in any game it will more then likely be me.
What can I say I rule and I wuv my name.
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Fair Fighting 
Quote stolen from Waagaa Ktlehr who borrowed it from ???
"If you end up in a fair fight, you planned it wrong." (Ehm yeah, or CCP ****ed with the scanner again..) |
Naglfar
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:42:00 -
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Naglfar is taken from Norse mythology and is the name of the ship that will fare the giants to war in the apocalypse (Ragnar÷k). The ship is constructed from the hand and tonenails of people who have gone to Hel (hell). Nagl = nail, far = wessel/ship
There¦s also a blackmetal band called Naglfar but that¦s not where I got the name from.
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Hideo Kojiama
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:45:00 -
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mine is from Hideo Kojima but i put a a extra a in.
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Gan Ning
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:46:00 -
[81]
Gan Ning was a chinese pirate who lived from AD 175 - 218.
In his youth, Gan Ning did not have any rules and used his skills for assassination and plunder. He originally led a group of youths and terrorized small towns. In his twenties however, Gan Ning started reading the classical literature from Zhou dynasty intellectuals and as such sought to become a military general.
Evenyually he did become one of Sun Quans most feared Generals in the Wu Dynasty. If you need to know more about the whole Three Kingdoms period visit http://www.threekingdoms.com.
Also as some may have noticed he and many other generals of that era are featured in Koei's multi million franchise Dynasty Warriors.
I have modelled myself on this character and decided that I would become a pirate as soon as I bought EVE. |
Discorporation
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:47:00 -
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Discorporation
Also, Discorporation is a shamanistic excercise to 'Discorporate' yourself, eg, separate body and mind and allow you to enter a sort of dream-state.
It sounds kinda cool too ;)
[Heterocephalus glaber]
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SW Bobegubu
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Posted - 2003.10.27 10:55:00 -
[83]
When I was younger I used to drink a fair bit of beer. I could drink all night without getting too drunk or bloated. Because of this some of my friends gave me the nickname of bottomless beer-gut butler (Butler is my real life surname).
After getting sick of trying to think of names to use for games, I brought out my old nickname and took the first 2 letters of each word which left me with bobegubu. I use this name for all games I play so if you see this name in another game, there's a good chance that's me :)
The SW in front is for my eve corp.
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Jaeger
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:07:00 -
[84]
Jaeger was the name use by the Hacker in Clifford Stoll's 'The Cuckoos Egg' (great read).
It also means Hunter in german, although I'm not german or a hunter, I'm a trader. :)
I thought it sounded cool until I realised a Ladies fashion shop is called that as well.
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Rath Amon
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:13:00 -
[85]
I wanted a pseudo-egyptian name to match that aspect of the Amarr race so the last name became Amon (at one time the supreme Egyptian deity). The first name just needed to be simple and monosyllabic.
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Jim Hawkins
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:14:00 -
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Jim Hawkins is a name shamefully stolen from the book Treasure Island. As master Hawkins is the hero of that book in that he thwarts the piratical endeavours of John Silver, I thought it appropriate in my efforts to become the scourge of space pirates. As it turns out it isn't, as I'm shot up fairly regularly - A.rse!
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Kilhu Emmek
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:19:00 -
[87]
I looked at a lot of Minmatar system and agent names, and then tried to emulate that "feel" with my name.
I'm surprised so many people borrow names from other sources.
Gradient is hiring.
Read our Code of Conduct before applying.
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Lianhaun
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:20:00 -
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@Jim
I find it rather amazing that every time you post, your in a different corporation then before.
This is not a hijack
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Psy Corp
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:24:00 -
[89]
well my name is from Psycho Corpral i just shortend it up to Psy Corp... and i use it everywhere now
I Have The Power Of The Mighty Lo.0lipop..
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Viconia DeVir
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:25:00 -
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My chars name come from the game Baldur's Gate.
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kolobos
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:30:00 -
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Edited by: kolobos on 28/10/2003 12:21:05
kolobos is ancient greek for 'to maim or to mutilate', but it seem that the only thing ive maimed so far is large rocks floating in space
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nails
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:31:00 -
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I would like to hear where everyone came up with their names. There's a lot of interesting ones out there and I'm curious.
Personally, anyone who is familiar with D&D or the recent D&D games from Bioware might recognize "Asimir" (pronounced A-sim-ear) as being the name for a race of people who were born of one angelic parent. Basically a half angel, half human.
Do you know Gullstaff sorcerer of light?
nails comes from nine inch nails. I started using it in the early 90s when Dwango first launched. I needed a new nickname so that's what I came up with.
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Astrid Tron
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:34:00 -
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Well - Astrid from Astrid Lindgren, the swedish author of many great books for children. Tron from that legendary sci-fi movie :)
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:47:00 -
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That's Aasimar
[Heterocephalus glaber]
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Jim Hawkins
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:47:00 -
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@Jim
I find it rather amazing that every time you post, your in a different corporation then before.
I'm confused. I've only ever been in one corp and that's PIE.
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Velsharoon
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:49:00 -
[96]
Edited by: Velsharoon on 27/10/2003 11:49:36
During character creation i was trying to remember an evil characters name from DND, and i plucked Velsharoon out of my head. Next week when i played DND i realised that the character was Manshoon so i have no idea were i got 'Velsharoon' from.
Ah well i like it now
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Hardin
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Posted - 2003.10.27 11:58:00 -
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Edited by: Hardin on 27/10/2003 12:05:28
Quote:
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@Jim
I find it rather amazing that every time you post, your in a different corporation then before.
I'm confused. I've only ever been in one corp and that's PIE.
Jim wtf! I told you about freelancing again!
Seriously tho Lianhaun - Jim is actually a rl buddy who I sit opposite (at work) all day...
...so if he has been joining other corps he has been a right sneaky sod! AFAIK he has been PIE since the day he was 'born'
Still waiting for him to thwart pirates tho!
I actually have a secret suspicion he is really Tank CEO playing a devious double game. To keep me off the scent he even podded himself once!
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Lianhaun
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:00:00 -
[98]
I thought you were the guy who sold 1 trit for 1 mil to TTi and then joined m0o and then i lost track of how many corporations.
Sorry for the mix up then
Hardin, who were you in PA? Did you go to meetings?
This is not a hijack
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:01:00 -
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Picked Omber Zombie for reatil due to 3 days straight mining omber in beta. Usually found with the nick of TheYak.
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"Remember people: Omber is the biggest evil ever created, DO NOT let it get to you!"
Waagaa Ktlehr, BDCI
I have a blog
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cold lazarus
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:08:00 -
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Looking around my room for an name all the ones i wanted were took came across a DVD cover for SG-1 episode Cold Lazarus
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j0sephine
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:18:00 -
[101]
"I thought you were the guy who sold 1 trit for 1 mil to TTi and then joined m0o and then i lost track of how many corporations."
... That'd be James Hawkings, and it was 100 mil; but easy to mix these two up, yeah ;s
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psychonaut
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:18:00 -
[102]
I thought half angels were the Nephilim not Asimir which oddly enough is the connection to my name - though with a field or two! :p
Oh and yes I am that Ugly :)
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Discorporation
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:27:00 -
[103]
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I thought half angels were the Nephilim not Asimir which oddly enough is the connection to my name - though with a field or two! :p
Oh and yes I am that Ugly :)
Nah, the half-Celestials in D&D are called the Aasimar, the Biblical half-angels were the Nephilim.
(btw, I own a copy of Psychonaut, ace lil book )
[Heterocephalus glaber]
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Darsk'hul
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Posted - 2003.10.27 12:46:00 -
[104]
I was fed up of my first nickname i've got since more than 10 years (LordBrain), so, in beta, i've choosen the nick "Dark Skull". But as it looks a bit too english for a gallente character, i've "blur" it in Darsk'hul (pretexting an Intaki father and a Minmattar mother ) |
Syrinxe
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Posted - 2003.10.27 13:16:00 -
[105]
Quote:
http://www.twbooks.co.uk/authors/peterfhamilton.html
One of the main characters in my all-time favourite space opera.
Hiya :)
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Rafe Zetter
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Posted - 2003.10.27 13:20:00 -
[106]
Rafe Zetter was the rake-faced slave runner in the Elite novella 'The Dark Wheel'. I would have gone for Alex Ryder, but it was too normal.
I was briefly called Irrikan in beta (Irrikan ThruSpace were of course the manufacturers of the Cobra Mk III drive motors), but people seemed to think I was an Irraki terrorist. |
Admiral IceBlock
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Posted - 2003.10.27 13:22:00 -
[107]
im a norwegian, what more can i say?
"We brake for nobody"
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threeD
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Posted - 2003.10.27 13:33:00 -
[108]
Edited by: threeD on 27/10/2003 13:35:47
Its funny, in some things I have the imagination of a 5 year old on acid, but when it comes to choosing names I have the imagination of a slapped arse.
So I started working my way through the bit part characters in Back to the Future - my first character back in beta was Needles (who also happens to be the base player in the Red Hot Chili's :) ), but I got bored, and created threeD - whos one of biffs hench men.. the one (brace yourself for the surprise) that wears the 3D glasses...
edit: also, (and of course this is important enough to warrent me editiing the post) you need a name with at least 3 characters, so I spelt the 3..
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Deloup Drakar
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:12:00 -
[109]
My other char "Loupdinour" is a slight misspelling of a D&D variation of a werewolf that requires a skin to change form. Tried to get it as my nickname sometime back in the mid 90s but the correct spelling was used where I tried to get it so I slightly misspelled it and it stuck ever since.
As for ths char, I'm an overall fan of wolves and werewolf part of the horror genre so I had to have loup in my name somewhere. To me it sorta sounded like a mix of wolf and dragon so I went with it lol.
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Aodha Khan
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:14:00 -
[110]
Aodha is my personal celtic surname before it was anglicised. Khan just sounded 'cool'.
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. |
Lorna Doone
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:36:00 -
[111]
From the novel 'Lorna Doone' by RD Blackmore
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Perosteck Balveda
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:36:00 -
[112]
My name is courtesy of an Iain M Banks book - there were so many to choose from but I thought these one was apt - anyone guess which book??
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LucidNonsense
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:42:00 -
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My name is courtesy of an Iain M Banks book - there were so many to choose from but I thought these one was apt - anyone guess which book??
Ahh.. I'll guess yours if you guess mine ;)
would it be from Consider Phlebas by any chance? :)
Lucidity
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Hippey
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:51:00 -
[114]
weed + pipe + shrooms + bongs + hate to shave + hate showers = how I got my name
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If you kill them, they will die!
Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When victory's really a massacre.
The final swing is not a drill
It's how many people I can kill! |
Rafe Zetter
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Posted - 2003.10.27 14:56:00 -
[115]
Quote:
Quote:
My name is courtesy of an Iain M Banks book - there were so many to choose from but I thought these one was apt - anyone guess which book??
Ahh.. I'll guess yours if you guess mine ;)
would it be from Consider Phlebas by any chance? :)
Lucidity
And I bet you both called your first ship 'Clear Air Turbulence'.
-R
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Hackett
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Posted - 2003.10.27 15:04:00 -
[116]
Hackett - As in Father Jack Hackett from Father Ted, who is my Idol and role model. In Another life I am Father Jack in a clan that plays Operation Flashpoint.
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Angus Thermopyle
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Posted - 2003.10.27 15:15:00 -
[117]
Angus Thermopyle is from the Stephen Donaldson Gap Series books, He's a really nasty man who for some reason warms to you. |
Raukorya
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Posted - 2003.10.27 15:30:00 -
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My name is a rough translation of "Demonfire" in LoTR elvish.... its not exact, I changed a letter or two so it sounds good.
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Jade Constantine
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Posted - 2003.10.27 15:59:00 -
[119]
Edited by: Jade Constantine on 27/10/2003 16:05:45
I'm glad someone is going around resurrecting all these interesting threads that I missed first time around.
Jade Constantine eh?
Well, I did actually had a fairly complete character background worked out before generation ... my rl friends and I in Jericho had decided the type of corporation we wanted and the type of goals we were going after, and so as CEO, Jade had to fill a couple of important roles as spokesperson for a mercenary psychological warefare and public relations corp.
"Jade" is I think, a working name, because in terms of character background she was a bond-slave-courtesan for the Amarri empire, Sarum family, and a very accomplished practioner of the oldest profession. Some of my old background stuff tells of her rising up the ranks of Amarr servitor class for spying and intel gathering and finally winning freedom and a stake in the great game of politics by playing off unnamed personages in the Amarri royal houses.
I admit I was influenced by the wonderful:
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey Which is the first book in a rather wonderful trilogy that mingles interesting sensual perspectives with high intrigue and lovingly described decadence.
I did my bit for carrying this off with the selection of social skills, high charisma, and Amarr ship technology, but I admit I may have got a bit too carried away with politics and the high profile PR game recently to play too much of the covert stuff.
"Constantine" well, its always been a favourite name of mine, both for the amazing Hellblazer comic and cameos from Lady Johanna Constantine and of course the relevence to earlier british history and Arthurian mythology.
Here is another excellent Johanna Constantine piccy here
The idea was to suggest that Jade had an extended family and connection to several old families in the heirachy of Eve.
Plus of course, it just sounds cool ;)
Anyhow, months and months down the line I am still quite happy with the name and the portrait. And its nice to see that Jericho Fraction achieved quite a lot of the goals we set ourselves as raw noobs ;)
Still, lots left to play for.
(Hope that was interesting to some)
Love and peace
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Theo Roose
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Posted - 2003.10.27 16:18:00 -
[120]
Theo Roose from Theodore Roosevelt.
When I had to enter the name for my first char in an MMORPG his name came into my mind, I think I read a newspaper article about him that day. And there is no Frank Roose
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Ch'ryl
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Posted - 2003.10.27 16:33:00 -
[121]
mine is really boring - it's my real name with a letter missing
I usually have a decent imagination but in this case apparently not
Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure? |
Techie Zero
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Posted - 2003.10.27 16:51:00 -
[122]
I made up the name on the Anandtech forums (a technical forum about PC technology etc) and at the time had been watching lots of anime. So I came up with an anime sounding first name--Techie.
The Zero comes from my influences LARP Vampire with a cool guy named FATHER ZERO---who in turn makes a reference to what is known as a PATIENT ZERO---who is the first person to have an infectious contagion. The Alpha of an Omega, Father Zero was our leader.
It was the same name I had in Beta---but Techie was more of M3G4's crafter and Station Manager when we had one of the player owned stations.
Now in retail Techie Zero really does not do as much crafting etc that his Beta version did, but I stuck with the name.
EVE-I.com~THE Info source |
Harrow Wilkes
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Posted - 2003.10.27 18:40:00 -
[123]
I originally came up with the name of Harrow Wilkes from my early D&D days (probably circa 1985ish). Since then I use this name in almost evert MMORPG I've ever played. My last incarnation of Harrow Wilkes was from Ultima Online where I was a founding member of the TTP (Trinsic Town Paladins). It just sounds like a cool name to me.
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Dirty Sanchez
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Posted - 2003.10.27 18:47:00 -
[124]
Bet you can't guess where mine came from
<Thrak> I AM ***
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Cormyat Astara
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Posted - 2003.10.27 18:52:00 -
[125]
AD&D Version 2. Created this character a long time ago playing Forgotten Realms. In FR there is a realm called Cormyr, and the character I was creating was ostensibly from of royal blood, so I just adapted the name of the realm.
Astara is a nod to the fact that EVE is not AD&D and is set in space. :P
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Troezar
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Posted - 2003.10.27 18:58:00 -
[126]
I just wrote down combinations of letters and played around with them till I got somethig that sounded right.
There are some excellent names in this game enough to keep any sci-fi writer/series in material for years!
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Naz Farooq
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Posted - 2003.10.27 19:52:00 -
[127]
Naz is my nick-name from many online games, been using it for 8 years or so. From my first ork warboss for a tabletop wargame that I started playing back in '90. It's convient in that it's easy to type and quick to say over Teamspeak.
Farooq is the root of my in-law's last name and is of Arabic origins.
I like using a first and a last name on the off chance that I want to create multiple characters, it's easier for folks to realize that I'm both Naz Farooq and Rafi Farooq, for example.
Sure, everyone supports saving Einstein's brain, but when you put it in the body of a Great White Shark, suddenly you've "gone too far". |
Dirus
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Posted - 2003.10.27 20:55:00 -
[128]
my nickname always used to be Dire, but often its taken and cant use it. so, to get around it, i just altered the name a bit and came up with Dirus (pronounced like virus, NOT darius, damnit!)
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Everyone deserves to die.
You go first.
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Mutara Nebula
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Posted - 2003.10.27 21:37:00 -
[129]
Mine is quite easy to recognize.
I always loved the scene when Khan was chasing Kirk and they entered the feared Mutara Nebula, where the final battle took place...
Btw I like changing nick when I play a new game, doing this I feel like forgetting what I have done previously, I feel that I don't have to continue to act as I did in my previous game experience.
My most loved characters have been:
Mundungu I (who knows Magic the Gatering will recognise this name easily), in Ultima Online, Drachenfels server.
Mapi Nyo (Mapi is my wife's nick irl ), in Everquest, Vallon Zek (pvp) server.
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LOL @ The game leaves ample room for continual progress and variety in all its solo playing aspects.
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Miso
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Posted - 2003.10.27 22:07:00 -
[130]
Japanese soup
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Dead
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Rinekar
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Posted - 2003.10.27 22:12:00 -
[131]
Edited by: Rinekar on 27/10/2003 22:16:52
Rinekar is a character from the fantasy book I am currently writting and he is the loyal body guard to a powerfull mage named Hrothgarn. I used this name back in Beta for a while and I decided to use it again for Live...
Koensayr Drive Yards [KOEN] Website
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Lycanth
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:11:00 -
[132]
mines just short for lycanthrope meaning werewolf.
i like wolves
dont even bother turning your mods on-it wont help. |
NeoMorph
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:12:00 -
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People assume that NeoMorph came from a merger of Neo and Morpheus from the Matrix....
The fact of the matter is I was NeoMorph before the Matrix ever got released... It was originally from a sci-fi book called EON where people changed their bodies and were called neomorphs... as I'd just started taking morphine at the time I thought it was an apt name and started to use it... This was back in 1989 - 10 years before the Matrix!
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<Stavros> the first motor bike i ever rode
<Stavros> was a honda gold wing
<Ak-Gara> hah
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Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:15:00 -
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Quote:
Nah, the half-Celestials in D&D are called the Aasimar, the Biblical half-angels were the Nephilim.
Yea, followed by their D&D counter parts the Tieflings, or half demons. I just wanted to keep the phonetics the same. You can see I changed the spelling a bit.
And, I actually remembered where "Kurdugal" part came from. I was trying to think of a kind of naval/admiralish type name. Of course the name Admiral Degaul came to mind from Starcraft: Broodwar. I think the "Kur" adds a bit of Minmatar/Eveishness.
Quote:
I'm glad someone is going around resurrecting all these interesting threads that I missed first time around.
I only made it like a day and a half ago.
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
I will come back for you |
Moph
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:27:00 -
[135]
Hehe, another thread like this.
Already feel like it is my duty to reply :) Haven't missed even one, I believe :)
Ia 'Ras
Name comes from my real name. It is just written diffrently so it looks unique but phonetically sounds exactly the same.
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Skeeve
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:45:00 -
[136]
from the "MYTH" book series.. of which Skeeve was on of the main characters... it was either this or Ahzz.. and he's a Pervect from the dimension Perv...
"Your Mother was a Hamster.. and your Father smelt of Elderberries!" - traditional French Insult |
Ermenegildo Zenya
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Posted - 2003.10.27 23:52:00 -
[137]
Edited by: Ermenegildo Zenya on 27/10/2003 23:55:05
My name Is taken from the most sophisticated Men's Outlook creator - Ermenegildo Zegna. The original form was misleading cos Zegna fonetical is Zenja - i wanted it to look more cool so I replaced "j" with "y".
And Here I am, Ermen's extra long Bio has given him deeper meaning. I am also called Ermen or [my favourite] R-men.
"Log-in trap" is baaad, mkay?
Chimera Core Commander
Human Resources Coordinator |
Asimir Kurdugal
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Posted - 2003.10.28 00:00:00 -
[138]
Quote:
Hehe, another thread like this.
There was another one of these threads? I never saw it.
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Moving again, comfort of the chase
Now and again, this my saving grace
Dead on the inside, I've got nothing to prove
Keep me alive and give me something to lose
I've been gone so long, but I will come back
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KIAPieman
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Posted - 2003.10.28 00:26:00 -
[139]
My name is is just one that i have always used when playing Half-life, Counter strike and Battlefield 1942. i just carried it on and added the corp name to the front liek all our corp members. Pieman is cos i love pie!
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Lord Spectrum
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Posted - 2003.10.28 05:43:00 -
[140]
I used to DJ in NYC and I always had an uncanny ability to mix just about any genre of music together. My best friend gave me the name and its stuck to me ever since.
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Tool
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Posted - 2003.10.28 05:45:00 -
[141]
I'm a bad ass mofo with a wrench. Be it fixing **** or beating on people with it.
"remember, you can get f'd up just like anyone else. So have a Quafe, smile, and stfu." |
Kunming
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Posted - 2003.10.28 08:27:00 -
[142]
Kunming is a lake city in south China (If the city takes its name from the lake or the lake takes its name from the city, that I don't know)
We had quite an interesting chat, the other day, about movie and game producers who get the names they need from China and Africa, since they r the places that have the most "names" and the most unknown ones...
For ex. in Dune 2 the name Ordos comes from a river in China...
Interesting topic though, congrats Asimir for the little change of flavor on the forums.
Intercepting since BETA |
Setesh
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Posted - 2003.10.28 08:47:00 -
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Some time back I chose the name OsirisFrost but I didn't want to use it agian since I figured I'd be using multiple characters so I took my love of Egyptian mythology and Stargate: SG-1 and Setesh was born. It didnt hurt that some ponce took my name from Earth and Beyond, Nazgul. My alt is named Baast btw. I swear I'm gonna hunt down the guy who took Anubis cause I so wanted to make an Amarr with the hood over his face.
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Scal Hart
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Posted - 2003.10.28 09:43:00 -
[144]
Edited by: Scal Hart on 28/10/2003 09:46:45
In the beta I was Scal and when I finally got the retail this fall I just added the Hart to it.
Scal is short for Scalio, which is a misreading of my real surname and I've been using Scal or Scalio on the internet ever since, so if you run into that name somewhere it just might be me ;)
Hart is just something added, tho it has some connection to a nickname my grandfather has given me. And I like to think that you can either understand it as Heart or Hard.
Overall I'm not very pleased with the name, but I'm so far into this char that it's too late to complain now.
There are more things in heaven and earth,
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Miri Tirzan
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Posted - 2003.10.28 09:53:00 -
[145]
modified from a mercenary's name in Lee and Millers Liaden stories.
svetlana - "whining gets you stuff. that is why humans got to the top of the food chain and all the other animals got nerfed."
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Vasudan
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Posted - 2003.10.28 10:26:00 -
[146]
The Vasudan's were an alien race from Freespace, Hatshepsut, as well as being an egyption Pharaoh, was also the name given to the Vasudan's primary Destroyer.
Usually join the two names together to make Vasudan-Hatshepsut. When restricted by name lengths I just use Vasudan.
Vas.
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Durandal
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:14:00 -
[147]
There are a number of places my name could have come from however I took it from what is, in my opinion, one of the greatest FPS's ever - Marathon. The second game in the Marathon series was called Marathon 2: Durandal, Durandal being the unstable AI from the first game that ends up helping you out and becoming a bit of a hero in the second game.
For those that have no idea what I am talking about think Halo only much better and a long time ago....M2:Dur blew even Doom and Doom II away IMHO
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!"
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HoberMallow
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:16:00 -
[148]
Edited by: HoberMallow on 28/10/2003 11:16:40
HoberMallow was another mayor character from Asimov's Foundation series, continuing along the same lines as Salvor Hardin (see Hardin's explanation on page 2).
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Daron Arnise
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:24:00 -
[149]
I moved the "D" in Aron D'Arnise
Aron is my usual nickname...and D'Arnise is the name of a noble family in Baldur's Gate 2
Daron Arnise
Magna Corp. |
Tinwhistle
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:25:00 -
[150]
I usually selected names from novels and such before...
But when I started out in EVE, I wanted my name to be something special, not just taken from someone else.
I wanted a name that would sound like the way I wanted my character to be. A bit of a jester, a bit of a thief, but with honour in that. Just when I was about to give up on finding a name, my look came to rest on the box that I collect all the tidbits in that don't have a real place to put them to. And somewhere in that junk there was my old tinwhistle. So the name was born...
Proudly flying the white skull on black!
Tinwhistle of the Caribbean League |
Natohk Amon
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:26:00 -
[151]
I was going for Thoth Amon, but that was already taken.
So I merged the names of my 2 favourite Conan magicians Natohk and Thoth Amon, thus it became Natohk Amon.
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Slinky Redfoot
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:49:00 -
[152]
Quote:
i just carried it on and added the corp name to the front liek all our corp members.
I don't understand why people add corp names and titles like "CEO" to their character names. . face it, Corps split up. . won't you look a little silly if they do?
Got Banana? |
Cliff Yablonski
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Posted - 2003.10.28 11:59:00 -
[153]
I am Cliff Yablonski and I hate you!
Do a google.
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Chai N'Dorr
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Posted - 2003.10.28 12:02:00 -
[154]
I always think long and hard about my name... Sometimes it takes a while, sometimes it does not.
Chai just popped into mind, no references to anything, thought it sounded fast and fast ships is what I am into in this game.
N'Dorr kinda followed in the same way, had a good ring to it and I think it fits the Minmatar theme.
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Supersonix
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Posted - 2003.10.28 12:38:00 -
[155]
Got mine from the word supersonic wich means faster then the speed of sound. But i spiced it up a little by replacing the c with an x.
I got evemailed today with the same question. Isn't that wierd? Hmm...
Support the Alternative market proposition. Clicky clicky. |
moocows
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Posted - 2003.10.28 13:26:00 -
[156]
i pulled this name right out from between my as* cheeks tbh
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Alynthir
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Posted - 2003.10.28 14:05:00 -
[157]
Edited by: Alynthir on 28/10/2003 14:26:40
Alynthir was an elven assassin I played in an old D&D campaign a while back. I played him for about four years. He had one of the most complete back stories of any character I ever played, which has helped as I've made him the center of a series of three books that my friends all tell me I should try to have published.
Born of noble blood and inducted into an elite group of rangers, Alynthir betrayed the code of the Order by killing a fellow student during training. The student had been suspected of the r@pe of another classmate. Alynthir taking the law into his own hands earned him banishment from the Order and stripped of his noble title.
Turning his back on his heritage, Alynthir eventually fell in with a group of mercenaries. Through them he was recruited by an elite society of killers and, from that point forward, was known only by the name 'Darklight'.
Alynthir's personal journey of self-discovery and subsequent redemption was what filled four years of D&D gaming and the three books I felt a need to write to end his story.
Deadly with a bow or a pair of short swords, Al was one mean bastard.
And now he flies a space battleship.
The Alynthir of EVE is an ex-Amarrian Naval Captian. He distinguised himself in numerous Minmatar border conflicts, eventually earning an Armageddon battleship command. However, in his first major battleship action, he was ordered by the fleet admiral to open fire on a Minmatar civilian transport filled with women and children.
He refused the order, lost his command and was demoted. Disgusted with the circumstances of his demotion, Alynthir retired from military service and took a job as the Chief Tactical Officer of Nexus Enterprises, a post he holds to this day.
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CLS Civil Affairs Bureau
"Permanent = Today's Plan."
Training: Noob Instructor Level 5  |
Ithilgore
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Posted - 2003.10.28 14:15:00 -
[158]
My name comes from Might and magic 8, where there is a dragon called Ithilgore.
Yes, i like dragons
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Carp Riddell
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Posted - 2003.10.28 15:16:00 -
[159]
Carp - A name I've been using online for ages. 2isk for the first person to spot the anagram, which is a comment on my Descent-playing abilities.
Riddell - My real middle name.
- Carp Riddell
- CEO, Innsmouth Shipping
- Proud Member of Curse Alliance
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Perera
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Posted - 2003.10.28 15:50:00 -
[160]
Edited by: Perera on 28/10/2003 15:52:56
Actually one of my middle names after my step-grandfather's surname. I've used it for years now in gaming and it's proven handy, in sounding different.
In truth, it's a common enough Spanish/Portugeuse family name, more often spelt Pereira.
Perera - Corp shrink!
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The Wretch
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Posted - 2003.10.28 16:50:00 -
[161]
Used to be a hard core Magic The Gathering card player for several years (winner of the 1996 CCG championship and have every card made up to Tempest - kind of sad really ). I don't know why, but one of my favorite cards was The Wretch. Never used it in any competition decks.
When Gooseman started developing Counter-Strike I used it as a handle and subsiquently have kept the name for all other online games (used The Wrench in TFC before CS was given birth).
The Wretch
Cyberdyne Systems CEO
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Venkman
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Posted - 2003.10.28 17:06:00 -
[162]
I simply use my real name
;)
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Dr. Peter Venkman and Gottfried the pet skunk
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2003.10.28 18:38:00 -
[163]
Quote:
Edited by: Vacuole on 27/10/2003 13:16:20
Vacuoles are membrane-bound sacks that play roles in intracellular digestion and release of cellular waste products.
i have always loved your sig. the arrow's a nice touch. subtlety is so overrated sometimes :D
I was "online" meaning local BBSes at 300 baud in the late 80s. I had read a book and some short stories that totally blew my mind by this chap called Gibson... so i quite cleverly began calling myself Chrome (never mind the "real" one's a she). Also things like technomancer and cybermage, but chrome was the most "orignal" and i was the only one i saw thru the early 90s.
Well THAT changed fast. I have no real consistent "online identity" now, just make up whatever seems appropriate for the setting. For BH, here, since naming is done after you make the character, i was playing with the various appearance options for Beta when i had just gotten in (had already applied to Oracle) and got this evil clown lookin' dude, but couldn't think up a non-generic name (Insane Clown Posse? oops... Harley Quinn? Darnit...). Was thinking he looked like he got kicked out of the evil-clown convention for being too rough-trade, and here I am :D
You are in a maze of twisty little asteroids, all alike. |
Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2003.10.28 18:43:00 -
[164]
Quote:
There are a number of places my name could have come from however I took it from what is, in my opinion, one of the greatest FPS's ever - Marathon. The second game in the Marathon series was called Marathon 2: Durandal, Durandal being the unstable AI from the first game that ends up helping you out and becoming a bit of a hero in the second game.
i loved those games. The game manual even had the origins of the usage of the word in its modern form. The first one, well you don't know that Durandal's losing it, but you sure find out. Atmospherically for creep-out-rising-panic factor it's right up there with the System Shocks IMHO.
You are in a maze of twisty little asteroids, all alike. |
moocows
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Posted - 2003.10.28 19:44:00 -
[165]
Quote:
Carp - A name I've been using online for ages. 2isk for the first person to spot the anagram, which is a comment on my Descent-playing abilities.
Riddell - My real middle name.
crap riddle :D 2isk pls in my account
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Bobby Wilson
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Posted - 2003.10.28 20:28:00 -
[166]
William Gibson wrote a number of books often credited as "founding" the cyberpunk genre. He coined a number of terms we commonly use for electronics, gaming and especially internet references.
He had an insult in his books, to be called a "Wilson", which is basically a total screw-up. He explains (just once) in a book called Count Zero that the name comes from a real person named Bodine Wilson who had been a very skilled, but very unlucky hacker who had experienced braindeath a number of times from hitting heavy-duty electronic security whilst at his chosen trade. I enjoyed the reference as it is both self-deprecating, and yet so incredibly obscure that I can be sure only 1 person in a 1000 know the original source.
Sadly "Wilson" was taken when I got to EVE, so I wrote down what I *thought* had been the proper name from the books. Recently double-checked and discovered my mistake
Originally by: Selim
Cool, congrats.
Oh, stupid idea by the way.
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Ian Wagner
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Posted - 2003.10.28 20:29:00 -
[167]
Ian Wagner is a name I've used fairly consistently in single player flight/space combat sims, starting waaaay back with Lucasarts(?) Battle of Britain game, played on my mighty 8086 based PC.
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Parity
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Posted - 2003.10.28 20:33:00 -
[168]
Parity bit authentication system a method to verify if a binari code is unchanged "or something like that .. been a few years since i was learning that"
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Xander Teg
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Posted - 2003.10.29 03:54:00 -
[169]
Xander was arbitrary
Teg i pulled from "Miles Teg" a character in Frank Herberts Dune series.
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"For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack."
-Rudyard Kipling
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Sedsiss
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Posted - 2003.10.29 04:59:00 -
[170]
Where to begin..
My first online persona was "ShadowFax", which is the God of Horses in the LoTR series. Some bastard took it a couple times though, so I decided to use a new nick. Kaclain Rider, which began as "Cackling Rider" but slowly evolved to Kaclain, don't know how. That was back in a mech game called Starsiege. When I joined in eve, I then took the name FireFox, which I continue to use, mostly because it sounded cool at the time. I later used Sedsiss, which was a variation of a name of a Cybrid warform in Starsiege that liked to eat humans.
Done:P
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TimeKeepr
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Posted - 2003.10.29 05:15:00 -
[171]
well, i made up my name about 3 years ago when i was playing starcraft, and i was bored of my old generic name. so i figured timekeepr would work because i always keep a close eye on the time, and id feel lost not being near a reading of the current time. ppl ask me what time it is too. as for dropping the last "e" in my name...it just looks better i think, and take less time to type. it could also be that "timekeeper" was taken, when i made the name 3 years ago.
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Lucre
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Posted - 2003.10.29 14:56:00 -
[172]
Lucre was a character I ran for a while some years back in a Star Wars RPG.
Name sounds kind of cool and piratical, but is actually short for Lucretia... <g>
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Rawne Karrde
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Posted - 2003.10.29 15:01:00 -
[173]
My name comes from two sources, I wanted to be a business man who precariously balanced himself on the lines of legality. I selected underhanded business practices as my specialty on character completion. So as you might tell i was aiming to play a Talon Karrde type char from Star Wars, who i believe first apeared in the timothy zahn trilogy begining with heir to the empire. Rawne comes from my co-worker who was reading a sci-fi novel at the time, it seemed to look good together so i went with it, have to say i'm quite pleased with my name and have gotten several compliments in local about it.
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Rickenbacker
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Posted - 2003.10.29 22:41:00 -
[174]
The Ace of Aces :).
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