The_White_Light
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Mar. 2003
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I was just curious how people came up with their names in There and what they use it for. Here's mine:
A few years ago I was trying to come up with a hotmail account that wasn't already taken so I wouldn't have to add any extra letters or numbers to it. I also wanted it to be recognizable to people as being me. Well my last name is White, and after thinking for a little bit, what had come to mind was "the white light at the end of the tunnel." Deciding that that was altogether too long, I shortened it to thewhitelight, which seemed fine. I've used it in just about every online application since then. Some people still seem to get where I derived it from (I get lots of 'head towards the light' comments.) So good enough for me.
In other things, I have come to use the phrase in some of my art, with both the original and holy connotations.
I don't think you can click on these links, but you can drag them to the address bar.
< http://thewhitelight.50megs.com/images/tunnel_light.jpg >
< http://thewhitelight.50megs.com/images/angel.jpg >
< http://thewhitelight.50megs.com/images/in_the_beginning.jpg >
< http://thewhitelight.50megs.com/images/lightbeam_small.jpg >
< http://thewhitelight.50megs.com/images/temptaion_bright.jpg >
How about you guys? There Catalog
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Squeaker
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192
Feb. 2003
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Squeaker is the name of one of my gerbils. I normally use the name Anikat but for some reason decided not to and Squeaker was the gerbil who was sitting on my foot at the time I was signing up for There (out of our 25 gerbils) "The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skills, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter - or at least, most minds are."
-Severus Snape
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Vikio
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June 2003
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25 Gerbils!?!?  WHOA! ooh my cat would be SO happy! 
Ahem, aaanyways. I'm Vikio simply because Victoria is my name and my last name starts with O and somehow I like the sound of Vikio...And I've been using it for all my on-line signup names anyway.
(mutters to self) 25 gerbils, holy sh*t Never Knows Best...
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JARRETT
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241
Feb. 2003
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If my youngest daughter would have been a boy, his name was picked out as Jarrett!!!
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Vanno
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475
July 2003
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Vanno is my DJ name. I've been dj'ing for quite a while and i use xXDJVannoXx for all my screennames. Don't know why I took off the 'dj' for There. 'Vanno' is short for 'farli vanno', which loosely translated in Italian means ' to make them move'. Kinda cool, huh? No, not really? Oh well. 'tongue  http://vanno.thereinperson.com
If I was to suffer, let it continue. One day a blessing will come.
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StarManta
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July 2003
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Well, my name is Ray, and so thats where Manta came from... (Manta ray)
As for Star... just a random thought I put into the name. I've used it for everything since then.
And if you Google StarManta, I have all but one of the results. Apparently there's also a Canadian musical called StarManta...  Live near Cincinatti? Wanna meet other Thereians?
IM me ingame or PM me here to receive updates about any RL gatherings planned.
Next gathering:
Sometime around Christmas?
Somewhere around Newport?
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Kirrath
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July 2003
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Well, Kirrath is actually the first half of my standard RPG/mud character: Kirrath Jehrain. I'm not entirely sure, but I think it evolved from Gareth Bryne of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" fame. I'm not even sure why he was the one chosen, as both my characters and my RL persona are more typical of Mat Cauthon. Oh well. ^_^ Fear what is known. - Daemon X
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SilverFox
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July 2003
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Mine is a rather long and boring story.
Short version is its the name I've been using since I've started my computer gaming 'career' lol.
I use it now because I'm used to it ... after 7 or so years using it, it grew on me. I also use it cause (it may seem kind of deceptive .. lol) but I think it makes me appear older, maybe a little wiser. I think it enables me to talk to people before they jump to any conclusions about my age before we have the chance to really even talk.
I met one person who actually asked my age after talking with her for a week or so and she was kind of floored when I told her how old I was. She was considerably older, but I loved that we were able to talk without having to worry about how 'society' deems an older woman and a younger guy should talk to each other.
... but I being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly, becuase you tread on my dreams.
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Allyson
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July 2003
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Allyson's my name. Pretty simple, eh?  "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
Bertrand Russell
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Vikio
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June 2003
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Aww don't worry SilverFox, at least you're older than me...I'm 18. ^_^ And I still manage to talk to people of all ages. the only difference I noticed before and after I tell someone in There my age is the sudden desire to know theirs too, and immediately following That, a desire to re-introduce myself. Kind of like "So then, nice to meet you, I'm Vikio" Because the usual introduction in There is just "hi". Somehow, "hi" doesn't seem an appropriate introduction between two people who know each other's age. Never Knows Best...
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Rose_E_Vette
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126
June 2003
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I seem to use car names a lot when I pick my character names. I have been a Dakota (Dodge,) a Libby (Jeep) and a Lady Viper (Dodge again.)
A good friend of mine is a car guy, and owns a 1955 Dodge that he affectionately refers to as "rosie." We had talked a great deal about this car, so when I had the opportunity to create a new TSO character, I created "Rose E" in "her honor."
Rose E evolved to Rose E'vette. (again taking from the short hand term for corvette) However, since the THERE naming process did not allow for apostraphe's I ended up using underscores. 
Of all my character names, I have grown to love this one the best, and like SilverFox will prolly remain as my online identity. although for the sake of typing I often shorten it to just Rose. Rose E'vette
Assistant Editor
Caldera Sun-Times
Here and THERE The online journal of Rose E'vette
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Cr3at1ve
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July 2003
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heh. To be honest, im creative, but not THAT creative.
I wanted to play an online game with friends, but didnt want to use my regular name, because they would know it was me.
Searching for a name before i could join up, my eye caught the shiny green led of my creative speakers.
heh, why not add some numbers.. that would be 'creative'
And here we are today... Cr3at1ve I type too damn much.
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YoursTruly
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Mar. 2003
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my name is YoursTruly aka YT from snowcrash
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lilith
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April 2003
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My mother in law named my avatar ... 
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Sugarme
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888
June 2003
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Well here it goes. I've been using Sugarme since I was about 16 and I just wanted a cute name so whats better than
Sugar--Me.
LOL You swept me off my feet that very first night, and I haven't been the same since.
http://www.outwar.com/page.php?x=514583
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queen_kbc
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June 2003
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I've been using this name for about 5 years, maybe 6. A group of my guy friends have a 4 wheeling club called "white trash 4 wheelers" and us girls wanted a new name for us so we weren't part of the WT 4 wheeling. So we were Princess Productions and my friend was the Princess so I became the Queen, and KBC is my intials, Kelly Brianna Clancy.  Queen
'Vanilla smile and a gorgeous strawberry kiss...' The Cure
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Hush
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107
April 2003
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I.. have no idea 
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switch_79
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268
July 2003
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79 is my birthyear, simple enough; the switch, well...
i'm bi, i'm moody, and it took me damn near forever to settle on a career... plus i'm always movin about, so...
 oh, but ORIGINALLY it was inspired by the Matrix, now that i recall. you know, switch was the chick all in white who gets killed off early. but the moniker's obviously applied itself in other ways. 
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MUX
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May 2003
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My name came from back in High School... The first called me Hamburger cause i was eating a hamburger during a game of Flag Foot ball then it changed to MUX being my last name is Muxlow and then every 1 changed it to The MUX cause it sounded cooler i geuss and it just stuck from there on... Also every 1 in my familly at 1 point has been called the MUX also somthing intresting.... My last name came from england Muxloe and i did a familly search and there was a guy that build a Muxloe Castle and they had a nick name for it of MUX Castle....
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Mattymad
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Aug. 2003
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I forgot as i made this name like agos ago, not when my online gaming started. Stuck with it from when i first got it. Well i know one part , the matty part, My name is Matthew, My friends call me matt, and my little sister (four) calls me Matty. And as i dont live with her (half-sister, same mother differnt father) It reminds me of her 
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Vikio
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June 2003
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MUX, yours is one of the more interesting stories by far...MUX Castle, wow. O_O Never Knows Best...
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sunnyrider
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May 2003
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While deciding what name to pick, I got a phone call from an old friend I hadn't heard from in years. His name is Sonny Rider. So later when I had to choose a name, just used his except changed the O in Sonny to a U.
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animalcrossing52
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Mar. 2003
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mine was named after the chief genecist in "Jurassic Park". since there has no spaces in names, it became Henry_Wu, and not Henry Wu. short and simple You are an Intrepid-class Scout, Starfleet's frontline sentry. You're a bit of an enigma. Your grace and intelligence may go unnoticed, but people rely on you for your insight and ability.
Avatar name in There: Henry_Wu
C program run. C program crash. C programmer quit.
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kiana
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319
June 2003
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I am fascinated with Polynesian culture and so I seem to always pick a Hawaiian name. Kiana is hawaiian and means Moon Goddess. 
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Figgy
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July 2003
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My last name is Newton and so in school my nick name was obvious, Fignewt or Figgy. I have tried to use Figgy on my emails but it was always taken. ..I was so happy to find I could use that name in There without having to use a ton of numbers with it..  .. So I'm assuming I'm the only Figgy in There 
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Fury
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169
July 2003
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I've been using the name DarkFury for quite some time. I came up with Fury because people always say I look mad or pissed off about something when I'm really not. I added Dark in front of it because it just sounded cool to me. When I signed up for There, I decided to just shorten it up to Fury. Whats funny about my online name is that I'll meet someone in RL who I initially met online and instead of calling me by my real name, Mike, they'll call me Fury instead. http://www.darkfury.net/fff.html
Fury
One half of the Evil Video Producer Team
Caldera Sun Times
http://www.calderasuntimes.com
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Leilany
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June 2003
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Hawaiian names have that easy, roll off your tongue quality that makes them so beautiful to me. Leilany means *heavenly flowers* and I thought that was just lovely 
Leilany
btw... I think Kiana is a beautiful name, too! All we need is love 
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Squeaker
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Feb. 2003
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| Quote (Vikio @ Aug. 05 2003, 9:40 pm) | 25 Gerbils!?!? WHOA! ooh my cat would be SO happy!
Ahem, aaanyways. I'm Vikio simply because Victoria is my name and my last name starts with O and somehow I like the sound of Vikio...And I've been using it for all my on-line signup names anyway.
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... We were up to 53 at one point . My fiance and I just feel that we have kids with a lot of body hair that don't talk back! "The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skills, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter - or at least, most minds are."
-Severus Snape
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KittenKat
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266
Mar. 2003
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Well my real name is Kathryn, and my hubby calls me "Kitten" more often than he calls me anything else. And I looove my 3 kitties!
My hubby's avatar name is tjjfv, which is the user name he uses for just about everything. His initials. KittenKat >^..^<
CEO of OY!
http://fergusonv.com/there
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maitai
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Feb. 2003
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Maitai is my dog's name...a 15 year old white shih tzu.
So now you know the truth... Maitai in real life is a dog.
Maitai  " Life is what happens when you are busy making plans"
John Lennon
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The_White_Light
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1111
Mar. 2003
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Hey, I've had three shi tzus. Right now, we have a small black puppy shi tzu. There Catalog
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CrystalShard
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380
Feb. 2003
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The story of how I picked CrystalShard may actually sound pretty boring: It always takes me ages whenever I have to think about a name for something, since i'm a perfectionist... when I had to pick a nickname for There, I got stuck as usual. :P
Whenever I meet someone on There, in 80% of the cases they say: "Your name... its from < The Dark Crystal >, isnt it?". If I had a ThereBuck for each and every time I heard this, i'd own 3 hoverboats by now.
When I (finally) picked the name, it was mostly influenced by the < structure of the internet >: Its a crystal formation. Any dot can reach any other dot via multiple paths. If you break the crystal, the shard will keep functioning as an independed entity and the structure will live on.
... then again, it may have been influenced by the big, slightly broken quartz crystal that is sitting on my desk.
Probebly both. :)
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BigMike
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49
Feb. 2003
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Mine is quite simple. My name is mike, And im BIG.
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Static84
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138
July 2003
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Well, lets see ... I have this mean tendency to take things apart while they're still plugged into the wall socket. I can't even count the number of times i've been electrocuted. Suprisingly, I still have a fully functional brain...
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Static84
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138
July 2003
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Oh yea, and some dillhole who used his avatar like once took the name Static, so i had to add my birthyear 
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Blaster
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107
June 2003
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I'm Blaster for 2 reasons. One, I picked the name when I was 12 at the dawn of my computer career and it sounded cool (still does). And two, it is my basic tactic in video games. I don't run like a sissy and cast spells, nor do I sneak around and pick you off. NO, I run RIGHT FRICKEN AT YOU with an axe/rocket launcher/proton torpedo whatever the game may be.
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Ariadne
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467
Feb. 2003
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"Ariadne" comes from Greek Mythology...I chose it back when I was in TSO and it's just kind of stuck now, that and Aria or Ari 
Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete. She fell in love with Theseus and helped with slaying of the Minotaur by providing Theseus with a reel of golden magical thread to find his way out of the monster's labyrinth. Theseus took Ariadne with him when he sailed for Athens but soon abandoned her, leaving her asleep on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus, the god of wine, wooed and later married her. The Minotaur..*extra info*..was half man and half bull, offspring of the wife of King Minos, Pasiphae. Poseidon, the god of the sea, caused Pasiphae to fall in love with a beautiful white bull to punish Minos for not sacrificing the bull to him. The Minotaur was kept in the Labyrinth, where 14 youths were annually sacrificed to him by Minos. "Cake or Death?" ~ Eddie Izzard
Come join my There yahoo group! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThereMeetingPlace
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Delilah
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16
July 2003
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My real name is Dell and it's not short for anything. When people ask me what Dell is short for, I sometimes say Delilah for fun, so I started using it online.
I also think it's a good on-line name because people know the Biblical character. That can be a good conversation starter (or reason for being mean, depending on my mood) with a would-be "Samson".
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Crisis
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54
April 2003
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Mine's pretty boring. I looked around for inspiration, saw a my "Incredilbe Crisis" game for the PS... and ended up using Crisis.
I can never think of anything. Pretty funny. Anytime I need to make up a name I usally look around the room. So I've had characters named Chroma (My generic monitor) or Cambridge (speakers).
Eh. Guess I'm not that imaginative. Oh wells.
-Crisis 
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PhriendlyWoman
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June 2003
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mine's pretty simple, I'm friendly, I'm a woman, and I love the band Phish.
Speaking of which, anyone go to this past weekend in Maine?
IT ROCKED!  "Some say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us, and the world will be as one." -John Lennon |
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Techzen
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280
Feb. 2003
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I used to go by LocoGringo("crazy white guy" in spanish) on allot of boards and chatrooms. I got it from a band whose motto was "F#c* You We're From Texas". I got tired of people thinking I was hispanic and/or was being sarcasticly racist. I desided it was time for a change.
I started looking for words with dual meaning for my new nickname. Some of my out of state buds call me Tex so I started playing with variations of texas and texan. Down here when we say texan, it sounds like techzen. One day I saw Techzen on a billboard and the rest is history.
Woot 200th post:) 
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myrmex
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101
Mar. 2003
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Hmmm... Let's see... It all started about 7 years ago when I was bored on the job as a highschool photographer, just getting into web and graphic design and was playing with my brand new laptop... At the time, all it had on it graphically was MSPaint. I started doodling and drew and ant, but not just any ant, an ant with attitude.
This became my DVant... For two reasons, he was a deviant ant, and my first initials are DV, so it stuck. The little bugger was my desktop for a long time and became one of the voices in my head. Later I got a REAL graphics app (Fireworks... Yep, I'm a loyal Macromedia junkie) and redid my DVant with a bit more character...
THe concept kept crawling around in my head and i started think that even with the mohawk and tattoos, he wasn't a REAL deviant ant, so I redid the image yet again and came up with this.
This was about the time I started doing freelance web design, and DVant became my logo as well as an alter-ego.
THe problem was, even the spelling I used was pretty damned common in chat rooms and games. And when I created my avatar in There, there was already a D_V_Ant, and I didn't want to confuse the issue. So I had to find something that was different, but I didn't want to stray from the whole ant theme. I stumbled upon Myrmex, which is part of the species names for many types of ants. "Reality is the story I read in my mind, written by my senses."
"I haven't lost my marbles, I just don't keep 'em in the bag!"
"The less a man makes declaritive statements, the less apt he is to appear foolish in retrospect."
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Tansy
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285
April 2003
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I spent 15 months on TSO before I came to There, and with the name Tansy Rose. The aim was to create a flower shop but shops weren't available. Still, I kept it
My name got simplified on There. I get called Tans and that's alright too. Tansy has a root in Greek of immortality. Quite appropriate because our avatars are quite immortal.
Have you thrown your avatar down a cliff recently?
Tansy
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Jude
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319
Aug. 2003
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I am mostly Jun in my games - Jun is a very popular female name in anime so that is why I use it a lot. I wanted something different so I chose Jude which is still very close.
Plus, my bestfriend bought a baby outfit (even though we have no kids yet) with the lyrics of Imagine on it, just so beautiful I couldn't stand it.
Jude 'When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which as been your delight..'
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Troz
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1270
July 2003
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I have always loved Pinky and the Brain and out of all of Pinky's expressions, "Troz" is my favorite...so there you go!
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Vikio
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June 2003
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Really? I always liked "Narf", and "Poit" myself, but to each his own I suppose...rofl
'diesoflaughter   Never Knows Best...
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BuddyBoy
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69
Jan. 2003
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I had my first name in the pre-beta (circa Oct./Nov time frame), but when I signed on to the beta I found that one of the There engineers had snapped it up already. The NERVE!!
So I chose BuddyBoy because I wanted something friendly and approachable (I just wanted to be loved! Is that so wrong???). I also call my son BuddyBoy.
And yes, I've seen the movie "The First Power," but my avie name was not chosen based on the movie... although it's pretty cool to hear the devil-guy say "See ya 'round, buddy boy."
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brykMantra
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July 2003
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It's an anagram of my real name. I started using it in the (now defunct) LuxuriaMusic.com chat lounge three years ago, and then on some other sign-ins, then on my weblog, and it's catching on with people. Plus, the first part of it is a non-standard spelling, plus it's an unusual compound -- so NOBODY ELSE HAS IT ... ! When I was active standup comedy, I (and everybody else) tried to use "Comic" as a screen name different places, but it was almost ALWAYS taken. BrykMantra never is ...
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PoohBoy
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pooh comes from the a.a. milne books for children, winnie the pooh. i tried to get pooh bear but it was taken. originally i wanted spud but that was also.so pooh it is. why i ever put boy after it i will never know. 
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Shadowalker
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17
Aug. 2003
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Look at my email, screen, nic, and everything else attached to me..
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Mishel
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32
July 2003
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Mine is pretty simple: It's my nickname.
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Sammeh
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July 2003
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err hmm err.. im boring, i have nothing exciting about my name, except i took part of my inspiration from my name Sam, Northern Englanders, and TIMMEH! from southpark.. rofl 
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Dovey
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10
Aug. 2003
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I figure I could let you know that I got my name from my RL husband.
He called me his Dove (I stood for Peace, love, and happyness), and he decided when I was starting to play Quake 3 that my name should be Dovey, kinda a mixture between Dove and wifey (which is what he also called me).
The name kinda stuck.
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Ducki
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30
May 2003
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Well, I was on a short vacation from my normal job as personal asisstant to Mr. Jonathan Depp in the bahamas. I was wandering and got seperated from my tour group. That's when I met the undiscovered "uhhuna-huna" tribe. And they made me their cheif. I hooked up with their gorgeous cheif son guy and had lots of babies. The tribal word for mom (duckliyamamish) was a bit much for the children, thus comes the nickname Ducki. It stuck when Mr. Depp personally came ot the tribe to rescue me and fight for my love, the name grew on him, and therefore I permantly became Ducki.
I wish.. wrote a poem for every planet
tracked their mileage from the sun in an envelope
licked it, stamped it
got eight thank yous in the mail, but nine planets means there's one left
only the earth would thank me later with a breath taking sunset
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glissy
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628
Aug. 2003
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My name actually came from the lyrics of one of my favorite songs in the world by one of my favorite artists who i will not list because i'm super protective of my music. hey, i'm a weirdo. i use it on most of the MMOs i play. (and don't flame me for calling There an MMO for lack of a better term :P)
it's also a musical term, the plural of glissando. def: a rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
it's pretty. :3 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
GO d--- s-:- a--- C++ u? P L+ e- W++ N+ o-- K- w++
o? M-- v? PS+++ PE- Y+ PGP-- t+ b? x-- R+ tv+ b++ DI+ D+
G e* h r++ x**
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Troz
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July 2003
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I really like "Glissy". Good choice!
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FatHamburger
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171
Feb. 2003
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I get enough questions about this as it is  lol
The name originally comes from a joke with the Warcraft 3 community, I used to play Warcraft 3 a lot before I came in here (or There) and went from 0 to slut in 2.8 seconds FatHamburger came about from a guy named noh0pe :P who quickly became the butt of everyone's jokes from the half arsed trash talking he would do when he usually lost the game. He was a Frenchman with bad english who was impersonating a Korean with bad english trash talking americans, with such gems as :
"Die in twin tower fathamburger" or
"fahamburger use real strat no twin tower" or
"eat my twin hamburger tower burger" or
"ham tower burger fat!" etc
you get the idea, twin towers I am guessing is both a dual reference to the WTC and the double tower rush strat, but Im probably giving him too much credit, and of course americans are fat and eat lots of hamburgers ha ha. This guy was reportedly headbutted by another Frenchman for being an ass at a tournament too. Anyhow the fathamburger motif became catchy and we all started using it and now warbucket.com uses fathamburger.com (that is not my domain! to try and pay off their costs. What a difference a loser can make!
People who really really know me though know I absolutely adore bad Engrish in all its many forms (www.engrish.com yeah yeah) and go out of my way to #### up my English even more so I like talk eat of your good cow with much happiness!
Here's a comic strip that proabably wont make much sense to non warcraft players but what the hell Die Fat Hamburger!
< http://www.warbucket.com/comic.php?id=146 >
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Siobhan
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If you know me, you know I'm half Irish and 100% proud of it,  I've been using my confirmation name of Siobhan as my screenname since joining the TSO beta test last September. It's my favorite Irish name, was supposed to be my daughter's name (but my mom talked me out of it, since it's so confusing to pronounce and spell) and I've met lots and lots of great people because of my hard to pronounce Gaelic name. Friends from TSO and There who know my real name still call me Siobhan or just plain "Sio" just because it's so much a part of me now I'd change my name legally, irl, if my mom wouldn't get insulted, since I just love the name Siobhan.
btw, for those who still don't know how to pronounce it, it's
"Shi-vohn" which sort of rhymes with chiffon.
Hope that explanation wasn't too boring, but I've enjoyed reading this thread. I often ask people in game how they came up with their avatar's name. I'm nosy like that,
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Siobhan
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| Quote (KittenKat @ Aug. 12 2003, 11:05 am) | Siobhan, ta d'anim go halainn.
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Wow, KittenKat, I wish I could speak Gaelic. Could you interpret for those of us who are Gaelic-challenged? Anytime you want try out your Gaelic on me, feel free. I'd love to learn some phrases to use the next time I go to Ireland.
Ah stor mo chroi.....that is the extent of my Gaelic, lol.
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Trace
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My Avi name is short for all my own name, Tracy.
I decided to confuse my old friends, as I'd always gone by SyrenKitty or SyrenRose in every other forum, email addy or game.
-Trace
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KittenKat
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| Quote (Siobhan @ Aug. 12 2003, 12:30 pm) | | Quote (KittenKat @ Aug. 12 2003, 11:05 am) | Siobhan, ta d'anim go halainn.
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Wow, KittenKat, I wish I could speak Gaelic. Could you interpret for those of us who are Gaelic-challenged? Anytime you want try out your Gaelic on me, feel free. I'd love to learn some phrases to use the next time I go to Ireland.
Ah stor mo chroi.....that is the extent of my Gaelic, lol. |
That means "your name is beautiful."
At least I think I got it right.. lol I took 2 years of Irish Gaelic in college to fulfill my language requirement... though I must admit I have not retained it as well as I would have liked.
Ta beag Gaeilge agam. (I speak a little Irish)
Hmm lets see, what other good phrases do I know?
Dia duit (hello)
Dias muire duit (hello back)
Cad e mar ata tu? (how are you)
Ca bhfuil tu i do chonai? (where do you live?)
Ta me i mo chonai i Bhiladelphia (I live in Philadelphia)
uisce beatha (whiskey- literally translated "water of life")
Is maith liom uisce beatha (I like whiskey)
Ba mhaith liom pionta beorach (I would like a pint of beer)
Is fuath liom leadog a imirt (I hate playing tennis)
D'ith mo mhadra mo scrudu (my dog ate my exam)
Go raibh maith agat (thank you)
And my all time favorite Irish word:
francach
Which can be translated to mean either rat or frenchman. The two words are completely indistinguishable in conversation. For example "Feicim francach," could mean "I see a rat" or "I see a frenchman."
Some other interesting irish words:
Ollmargadh (pronounced Ol-warr-goo), Supermarket
Beag (pronounced beyg), small
Irish is an extremely difficult language to learn, as there are many rules to follow which do not make intuitive sense alongside one another... this is because, not too long ago, Ireland made an effort to standardize the language by combining several very different dialects into one and taking some rules from one, others from another.
High school kids in Ireland are forced to study gaelic in school, but it is not regularly spoken. The only place anyone really speaks irish anymore in Ireland is in the Gaeltacht, an area where they are striving to preserve the language.
Pronunciation is also extremely hard to learn, as it different consonant/vowel combinations result in very different sounds, all of which are very counterintuitive from an english speaking point of view. For example, "uisce beatha" pronounced "ish-kuh baa-hah."
Ahem, and that completes my Irish lesson for today! rofl... KittenKat >^..^<
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glissy
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wow, that is so intensely cool you know some gaelic. talk about exotic languages. ;3 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
GO d--- s-:- a--- C++ u? P L+ e- W++ N+ o-- K- w++
o? M-- v? PS+++ PE- Y+ PGP-- t+ b? x-- R+ tv+ b++ DI+ D+
G e* h r++ x**
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Pugs
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Aug. 2003
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I have been getting a lot of people asking me where I have come up with my name. Well...Pugs are my favorite dogs! And I own one! I also thought that it was simple and straightforward for people to remember. No numbers or underscores. I guess I was trying for the KISS rule of thumb. Simple enough dontcha think?
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Rickie
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I wanted a name that people could insert into the "Mickey" song, without it actually being Mickey.
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Oh, Rickie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, HEY RICKIE! HEY RICKIE!
...Hope I don't get that song stuck into everybody else's heads, too.
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Jenee
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May 2003
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'sigh I have no imagination cause Jenee is my real name lol... and I'm going to stop telling people how to pernounce it cause it's just so fun to hear all the different ones people are coming up with..... here's the list so far:
Jen-A (most popular one so far)
Jenny
Jena
Jenny-A
Genie
~Jen
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Cytra
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Aug. 2003
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Trace! That makes us two
My real name is Tracy as well... so being the original little me I just swapped the syllables... Cytra! and its pronounced Sigh'tra, not Sit'ra... Y not I. LOL My first online chat name was Rose3, then Cytra stuck ever since Diablo.. I've also used Estra and Felimora over the years, but they are less "me".
Cytra 
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Tacoguy
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I love tacos !!!
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Siobhan
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June 2003
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Kittenkat.....
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I, for one, really appreciated your Gaelic lesson. I already copied and pasted your whole lesson into notepad, to study later I know, I'm such a nerd!!! And thank you also for the lovely compliment about my name. Next time I see you in There, I plan to say "Dia duit".
Siobhan
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Ara
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April 2003
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Coool KittenKat!!! :P
My nick Came from Lara <-- Ara LOL.
my middle name MUAHAHAHHA 
and like that MICKIE song mine can be put in too nicely!
lol MUAHAHAHA!
Ara
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Vikio
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Well, I already said where my name comes from...but who can guess where my signature came from? he-he. I bet Jude can! ^_~ Cookies and a pat on the back to whomever guesses.
P.S. ~ Ruslan's not allowed to guess cause he's my real friend. Besides, he might not know anyway...'hmm Never Knows Best...
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Penny_Lane
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I got "Penny Lane" of course from the Beatles song. I named myself Penny Lane to match Sgt Pepper in TSO, and it just stuck. Some people just call me plain Penny. I have even been called "Poony Loon" LOL
A boring name, but one I love. "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
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*ChynaSkye*
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well Chyna Skye is the name that i want to use for our first daughter when she is born (my b/f and i are disscussing marrage and this convo came up ) i thought of this name as i was growing up and have loved it since so the name is always on my mind. he likes the name but is unsure that the child will love it lol. so i thought that just in case we dont get to use the name that i hould put it to good use.
btw... what do you guys think of the name? i think it is a perfect girls name (Chyna-first name Skye-middle name) but my b/f thinks that kids would pick on her lol. you think i should get the name in mind or should i just keep it as my own nick only? 
oh yeah almost forgot... the starz heheh
i added those because i am the founder of the *GIRLZ* Gaming Society (www.girlzgamingsociety.com) and we add *starz* to our names on forums and in gameplay so that we stand out and so that people know we are members. plus it just looks cute ;-) 
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KittenKat
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Hee hee glad you enjoyed my gaelic diatribe. It is a fun language and of course not many people know it and are always surprised when you can speak a little bit. KittenKat >^..^<
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Elijah
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Aug. 2003
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| Quote (Ariadne @ Aug. 07 2003, 2:49 pm) | "Ariadne" comes from Greek Mythology...I chose it back when I was in TSO and it's just kind of stuck now, that and Aria or Ari
Ariadne was the daughter of Minos, the King of Crete. She fell in love with Theseus and helped with slaying of the Minotaur by providing Theseus with a reel of golden magical thread to find his way out of the monster's labyrinth. Theseus took Ariadne with him when he sailed for Athens but soon abandoned her, leaving her asleep on the island of Naxos. There, Dionysus, the god of wine, wooed and later married her. The Minotaur..*extra info*..was half man and half bull, offspring of the wife of King Minos, Pasiphae. Poseidon, the god of the sea, caused Pasiphae to fall in love with a beautiful white bull to punish Minos for not sacrificing the bull to him. The Minotaur was kept in the Labyrinth, where 14 youths were annually sacrificed to him by Minos. |
Wow, thats some story Ariadne. I'm quite impressed. I'm also a huge Eddie Izzard Fan. History is a joke played by the victors on the vanquished in front of an audience that dares not laugh.
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netrider6
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May 2003
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I just got accepted and I'm thinking of using Cervus as my avatarname. Can anyone guess what it means? May:
Still not in There. 
Fate is cruel.
Edit:8/18/03
I got accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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bwsk8
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July 2003
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Since so many peeps tell me i have a dumb name BW=Brian W. and Sk8=Skateboard so stop asking me 
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Elijah
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Thats not boring at all Edav, actually it's quite cool how you aquired your name.
Well, my avatar is named after my cousin who passed away at 4, so I figured I could carry-on his name and live his life vicariously thru my Av.
RIP lil' buddy   History is a joke played by the victors on the vanquished in front of an audience that dares not laugh.
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Porscha
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'hmm... honestly i would say i have no idea how i got my name. Porscha. most ppl ask if it has anything to do with the car. i am very proud to say no. and it also has nothing to do w/ greek mythology. when i moved into my aprtment i want 2 kittens. Porsch and Sofia. well i only got 1. Sofia. and that's about the time i got TSO, so i became Porscha. roflmao. i have RL friends who now call me Porscha. hehe ~Porscha~
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Ravn
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There's no mystery to it, when it comes to my avatar name... my real name is Ravn. It's Danish, and it means "raven". For those of you who have met me in there and are wondering how to pronounce it: it rhymes with "brown".
- Ravn - Ravn
Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto.
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Krysss
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May 2003
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My avatar name is my name, well not 'my name' but 'Krysss'
Seems to cause quite a bit of confusion as most people miss of the last s, and in There I seem to be forever getting IM's for Kysses. So most of my messages are not my messages, and those that are go to a mysteriously named Kryss.....
| Quote | | Well, my avatar is named after my cousin who passed away at 4, so I figured I could carry-on his name and live his life vicariously thru my Av. |
I have to say Elijah, that is a great use of a name! Krysss in There, not bothering to post here anymore as all threads seem to get completely off topic within the first page or two....
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Atambo
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May 2003
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Well my name is Alex+A and my lastname is Tambollini+tambo, which makes=Atambo!!
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Paintball_Refere
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Aug. 2003
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A simple explanation...
I play/referee (Altho my avatar name only has one E cause the other one didn't fit ) paintball in RL...so I decided to use this name.
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Pilot_51
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I got mine back around 1999 when I signed up for the MSN Zone. I liked Flight Simulator and wanted a name like pilot, but since it was already taken I needed to add some numbers or something, so after some thinking I came up with Area 51 and BAM! I had a name. I've been using it on everything since then, maybe slightly modified depending on what the service allows, and I've never signed up to find my name taken.
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Cherub
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Aug. 2003
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I've used Cherub in some way or form since I started going online years ago. It originally stemmed from my interest in the artist William Adolphe Bouguereau, especially his painting called The First Kiss, which portrayed two young angels, whom I saw as cherubs, kissing.
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Gabriel_Cage
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Aug. 2003
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After several unoriginal names in TSO, I decided to re-invent myself in April. 2 friends threw out names and we settled on Gabriel.... which was taken. Then Cage....which was taken. And Gabriel Cage was born.
Shortened to Gabe Cage in most TSO cities after recreating Sims over and over.
Most people call me Gabe. Or Gabers if ya know me well
I like this name so it's staying Tune in to Pulse Radio!
www.feelthepulse.net
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Fantine
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Aug. 22 2003, 2:10 pm |
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 If anyone has ever seen the musical opera, "Les Miserables", you'll have heard of the tragic Fantine. Fantine was actually a heroine of sorts, even tho she dies in the story. Cossette got all the "good press" and Fantine was the stronger of the two... Thus, Fantine, strong, brave and heroic ... and misunderstood! I also used this name in a very, very, very early version of AOL (later than 1.0 but less than 3.0)
The rain will make the flowers grow......... "I have no special gift; I am only passionately curious." (Albert Einstein)
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MegPie
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I have no idea my name is Jenny and I hate pie. "A friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting there next to you saying "That was Fu*king awsome!""
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Sneer
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June 2003
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| Quote (Fantine @ Aug. 22 2003, 2:10 pm) | If anyone has ever seen the musical opera, "Les Miserables", you'll have heard of the tragic Fantine. Fantine was actually a heroine of sorts, even tho she dies in the story. Cossette got all the "good press" and Fantine was the stronger of the two... Thus, Fantine, strong, brave and heroic ... and misunderstood! I also used this name in a very, very, very early version of AOL (later than 1.0 but less than 3.0)
The rain will make the flowers grow......... |
That's where Cosette came from, Fantine.
Only problem was that it was created for my daughter- and it was later decided that the content was too mature for a 11yr old. The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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Fantine
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Sorry to hear that.. no wonder I couldn't get Cosette as my first choice!
Castle On A Cloud "I have no special gift; I am only passionately curious." (Albert Einstein)
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Troz
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| Quote (MegPie @ Aug. 22 2003, 3:04 pm) | | I have no idea my name is Jenny and I hate pie. |
I love it! 
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Rorey
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Aug. 2003
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I have a "R" name fetish. I was Reagan and Reeze in TSO for so damn long. Who knows why I have the "R" thing. Maybe because my real name starts with R? ? Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
and sweet you roll
Lost for you I'm so lost for you
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Foxfayte
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July 2003
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Foxfayte was originally a character on EverQuest- a dark elf ShadowKnight if you must know :P
I had used the name Fayte many times before, IRC chat rooms and the such. Foxfayte just sounded good together when I made my EQ character and for some reason, I kept it when I signed up for There.
If I had the chance, I think I would pick a new nickname. *shrug*.
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BOINCer
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OK, I chose a dumb name and can't change it in There. So, I'll make the best of it.
BOINC stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. It is a new model for Distrubuted Computing replacing SETI@Home. It is currently in BETA.
I've never used a name other than my own online and didn't take the time to think of a good one when asked during sign up.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
BOINCer BOINCer, but you may call me Bo
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tempest
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Mar. 2003
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Hmmmm
Mine has several angles which all kinda fit
Firstly there is this play by some dead English chap - that covers the intellectual side
Secondly a Tempest is a rather large storm - that covers the dark and moody side of me.
Thirdly there is the Tempest Computer Comms Security, which very sort of covers what I do.
And finally there is the Tempest WWII fighter, which I though was cool.
I've used it online in one form or another over the last 10 or years.
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d_smooth
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July 2003
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well back in the day (like im 73 or sum thing lol) i would walk around the halls of my school and sing songs to females alot. My friend one day saw me singing to a girl that was being coy and shy and immediately ran up to me and her and screamed "DONT U KNO WHO THIS IS??? THIS IS D SMOOTH BABY!!"
she took it serious and so did the rest of the FREAKIN LUNCH ROOM!!!! and ive been stuck wit it for cryin out loud. hearin things like "HEY D SMOOVE WASSUP MAN, WHERES THE CONCERT!!!" and things like that. i asked him what the D stood for and if u can guess what it is you get 200 D smoove points (redeemable for some great art sketches) I want something good to die for to make it beautiful to live.
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ghtech33
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July 2003
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| Quote (d_smooth @ Aug. 26 2003, 10:39 pm) | well back in the day (like im 73 or sum thing lol) i would walk around the halls of my school and sing songs to females alot. My friend one day saw me singing to a girl that was being coy and shy and immediately ran up to me and her and screamed "DONT U KNO WHO THIS IS??? THIS IS D SMOOTH BABY!!"
she took it serious and so did the rest of the FREAKIN LUNCH ROOM!!!! and ive been stuck wit it for cryin out loud. hearin things like "HEY D SMOOVE WASSUP MAN, WHERES THE CONCERT!!!" and things like that. i asked him what the D stood for and if u can guess what it is you get 200 D smoove points (redeemable for some great art sketches) |
Resisting urge to type D=Dork....so hard to resist....argh....not going to type dork....not gonna do it.... Just Kidding Dude....Dude....Could it be Dude?
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ghtech33
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GH=First and last name initials. I am a computer TECHnician, Audio TECHnician, HVAC TECHnician.....you get the picture. The 33 for TU username is my current age.
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dreamygirl
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June 2003
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i don't noe why i chose this name but i like it , in there i miss spelled it seem funny.:laugh:
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d_smooth
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July 2003
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Dork? hmmmm seems plausable <---kant speel for those who didnt kno. but no not Dork or Dude
its actually quite simple.
---D I want something good to die for to make it beautiful to live.
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Vikio
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June 2003
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Dr.? I dunno, please tell me what it stands for. Never Knows Best...
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netrider6
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May 2003
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I agree with Dr May:
Still not in There.
Fate is cruel.
Edit:8/18/03
I got accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Grim
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Aug. 2003
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everyone one thinks i picked this name because of the grim reaper well they are wrong i took it from a T.V. show that i liked alot. the name was .HACK//SIGN it was about this kid who got stuck in a vitural reality game. one of my favorite charaters was named Grim. i liked it so much i named my avatar it
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Lady_Renee
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Sep. 2003
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Renee is my middle name in real life and I've always used Lady_Renee for my yahoo name so that's where I got it.
I actually wish I could change my There name to the name I am know by in The Sims Online which is Ms Vixen.
Everyone in There who knows me from TSO ends up calling me Vixen or Vix for short anyway.
*sigh* I want to change my There name 
blinkies by www.janasrealm.com/ and blinkieobsession.freeservers.com
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Smooches
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Sep. 2003
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My Nickname is my RL nickname, I got it back in 95 from an Exboyfriend that i used to kiss constanly... I love kissing on 6 packs and necks and um... so yeah he called me Smooches and its stuck ever since
Oh unless i'm playing Diablo or Warcraft, I dont like to have such a girly name so I chose Blue-Angel, cuz my favorite color is blue and i'm SUCH an angel "bats eyelashes". Smooches In There
http://www.smoochesinthere.com
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Troz
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| Quote (Grim @ Sep. 07 2003, 7:57 pm) | | everyone one thinks i picked this name because of the grim reaper well they are wrong i took it from a T.V. show that i liked alot. the name was .HACK//SIGN it was about this kid who got stuck in a vitural reality game. one of my favorite charaters was named Grim. i liked it so much i named my avatar it |
OMG! I LOVE .hack//Sign!!! Totally my favorite show.
'hmm...I wonder how many more icons I can put in this post...
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Troz
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July 2003
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Wow, I must be REALLY bored from a lack of There in my diet to have posted something so STOOPIT!
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Lady_Renee
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Sep. 2003
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Your post wasn't stupid at all Troz.
I found it amusing which is a very good thing since I'm suffering from extreme There withdrawal
I might need someone to talk me through this
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Charisma
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Sep. 2003
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I have had this name since TSO beta, and I often have people think it came from the same named skill.. no I did not name myself after a skill, I actually had forgotten there was a skill with that name! lol
Actually a few people have guessed where I got my name, but very few. If you are a Buffy or Angel fan then you will know where I got the name! I couldn't remeber how to spell Cordellia, but ever since I found out the actress' name is Charisma, I thought it was an awesome name. I just love unusual names! My eldest son's middle name is Darius, (it would have been his first name, but I chickened out!, my youngest son's first name is Darien.. I love it! and if my hubby hadn't vetoed it, my daughters name would have been Charisma, so since I couldn't give it to her, I gave it to myself! lol Too bad I can't always live up to it!!
So you see, that is how I chose my name, to be different, and to show my love for all things buffy/angel!!
I live in my own little world, but it's ok.... They know me There!
I hear voices.... and they don't like YOU!
I'm not a b@#$%, I'm just giftedly outspoken!
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KPShadowcat
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April 2003
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When I was younger I used to hang out with my brother and his friends and they all adopted names of different X-men characters. So in order to hang out with them I had to pick up a name (they had some silly club and you had to speak a password and stuff... lol it was all rather stupid, but anyway I digress).
So I was GIVEN the name of Shadowcat for two reasons. First she was the little kid of the X-men and I was the little kid of the group, and second they always liked to use me as to get things for them when they didnt want to get up "Dont worry you can just phase through the wall and get it". (For all of you that dont know... Phasing is in short is the ability to pass through solid matter). Yeah, I know. They were mean lol.
So yeah, thats where the Shadowcat comes from. KP come from her real name initials, Kitty Pryde.
And shes been my favorite character ever since... "Living in a block-head world, and I am a spherical girl"
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Perihelion
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Sep. 2003
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After receiving my acceptance e-mail, I sat staring at the There login screen, trying to come up with a name that was unique, original and, preferably, intelligent- and/or enigmatic-sounding.
The word "perihelion" popped into my mind. I knew the word, but couldn't quite remember exactly what it meant. A quick trip to dictionary.com provided me with the definition:
"The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body."
I liked it, and the rest is history. 
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Stone
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April 2003
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When i started using internet (1996), i needed a nickname, for e-mail accounts, to log in at some sites, chatrooms 'yada 'yada... well i just looked around my music CD collection and started to read the name of the musicians.. Stone Gossard from Pearl Jam why? i dunno... and now that im in There i decided to change it to St0ne (zero instead of regular "o") since i couldn´t use Stone as my nickname InWorld. Is funny that even my family and friends in RL calls me Stone sometimes. And hey, im dont have heart made of stone.
GTX There: http://www.gtxthere.tk/
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Green_Latrine
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Sep. 2003
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I looked at the green walls in my room, then saw the bathroom across the hall
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LynnX
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13
May 2003
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LynnX by name..... my WildKat nature
LynnX by software choice...mostly...my Geek Grrl nature
LynnX my real name plus X...my mysterious nature
Thats me...all three...or maybe more? Wildcat, GeekGrrl, or just Me. Im all Three
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Virtual_Vikki
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113
Aug. 2003
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Back in 1994 I ws working on a made for video series that fell through in the fundng stages. One of the characters in this series about a person living full time in a VR world was a minor reoccuring character of a anthrophmorphic fox woman that would show up at the door of the kitchen in each episode and ask to borrow a cup of sugar.
The gag was to continue for the first 4 epsidoes with her showing up, interrupting a conversation, and then leaving with a cup of sugar. In the 5th episode one character breaks down out of furstration and askes her what she is doing with all that sugar. VV reveals that she has a atomic mutated Uncle Milty's Ant Farm and the sugar is to pay tribute to the queen. In the next episode at the beginning she would have shown up and asked for an axe instead of the sugar and then at the end of the epsidoe she was to bring it back rather messy but not saying anything.
In the final epsidoe of the series she was to show up with a foil wrapped plate with something that looked like a turkey.. Given it to the main chatacter and said 'thaks for the use of the axe... When asked about that it is she says it is an giant ant roast.
As I said the funding fell through but not before I ended up with a copy of Animaiton Master by Hash Inc and ahd created a 3-D model of this fox woman. Well I tured to fan art and started gaining in popularity. After a while I pressed a CD colleciton of my art to CDR and sold out the 30 copies I had made in only 2 days. Later versions sold 100 copies each.
At conventions and gatherings people generaly started to relate to my creation more than they did me! Now I know how Mark Hammil felt.. well without the residuals that is... They no longer rembered my real name, but rather this character I had created.
When I went to IRC chat I took the character name with me.
Ofeten I was elevated to 'The' status.. as in "you are THE Virtual Vikki" which I always thought to be a flattering but strange statement as there never seemed to be more than one of me around.
At one such convention event I picked up my name tag and on it was printed in rather large letters "Virtual Vikki." When I complained to the person behind the desk he said that no one knew me as anything else.
I tried playing another character in TSO but I never got very far with that.
So when I signed onto There I just kept the name I have been using for the past nine years.
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Ibizza
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Sep. 2003
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well my name came from car.. i think. I love car named Seat and it has a model Ibiza, so there cames Ibizza. There is also an island called that way.. maybe i am little exotic like that island for all americans - im from country Estonia. I think most of you dont even know that. But still we could be friends in There Just a free spirit in her own dreamland....
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No_Doubt_Chik
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Well my name is pretty self explanatory but I usually use vwchik everywhere else but when I got "There" it was taken (to my surprise) so I did the next best thing. I love VW's and I love No Doubt.
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BOINCer
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Aug. 2003
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| Quote (Ibizza @ Sep. 10 2003, 5:13 am) | | well my name came from car.. i think. I love car named Seat and it has a model Ibiza, so there cames Ibizza. There is also an island called that way.. maybe i am little exotic like that island for all americans - im from country Estonia. I think most of you dont even know that. But still we could be friends in There |
Hey Ibizza! Welcome to the best forum on the WWW!
I have definitely heard of Estonia. You are very close to Russia and Latvia, and only a swim away from Helsinki. Well, maybe a long boat ride!
Please stop in here often! BOINCer, but you may call me Bo
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Mari
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July 2003
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Well my Avie name is Mari, lol not much to expalin there, my RL name is Marianne and most my friends call me Mari....how origional huh? lol
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GameMaster
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July 2003
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| Quote (Vikio @ Aug. 06 2003, 1:03 am) | | Aww don't worry SilverFox, at least you're older than me...I'm 18. ^_^ And I still manage to talk to people of all ages. the only difference I noticed before and after I tell someone in There my age is the sudden desire to know theirs too, and immediately following That, a desire to re-introduce myself. Kind of like "So then, nice to meet you, I'm Vikio" Because the usual introduction in There is just "hi". Somehow, "hi" doesn't seem an appropriate introduction between two people who know each other's age. |
Whoa Really? w00t!!!!! (See Real Appearances thread)
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GameMaster
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July 2003
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| Quote (Sugarme @ Aug. 06 2003, 10:08 am) | Well here it goes. I've been using Sugarme since I was about 16 and I just wanted a cute name so whats better than
Sugar--Me.
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you asked for it and you got it!!
Sugarme getting sugar-ed!!
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GameMaster
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278
July 2003
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| Quote (maitai @ Aug. 06 2003, 10:39 pm) | Maitai is my dog's name...a 15 year old white shih tzu.
So now you know the truth... Maitai in real life is a dog.
Maitai |
nah...I know better than to believe dat.
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GameMaster
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278
July 2003
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| Quote (Tansy @ Aug. 07 2003, 6:08 pm) | I spent 15 months on TSO before I came to There, and with the name Tansy Rose. The aim was to create a flower shop but shops weren't available. Still, I kept it
My name got simplified on There. I get called Tans and that's alright too. Tansy has a root in Greek of immortality. Quite appropriate because our avatars are quite immortal.
Have you thrown your avatar down a cliff recently?
Tansy |
I prefer to jump!!
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Parker
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50
Sep. 2003
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Parker is my real name so i just went with it..not too many Parkers out there so I thought what the hell..and, i wasn't feeling very creative the day i signed up
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GameMaster
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278
July 2003
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| Quote (Rickie @ Aug. 12 2003, 7:18 pm) | I wanted a name that people could insert into the "Mickey" song, without it actually being Mickey.
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Oh, Rickie, you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, HEY RICKIE! HEY RICKIE!
...Hope I don't get that song stuck into everybody else's heads, too. |
Too late...
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GameMaster
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July 2003
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Well for starters, GameMaster is my avie. Not nbajammer. nbajammer is my board name.
That said, GameMaster stands for what it reads... Game Master. Yes, I play video games. I love video games, and if I could get a real job playing video games, I'd take it in a heartbeat!
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rhondaroni
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193
Oct. 2003
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my real name is rhonda renee, my friends call me roni, hence: rhondaroni the san francisco treat, ding! ding! I do live in SF of course  
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Issues
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169
Sep. 2003
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Do I really need to explain my name.....
Nothing better than being able to respond to people with:
"Well what were you expecting from someone with the name Issues? I mean seriously?" Issues are everywhere, and everyone has issues.
There is no escape!
People like you are the reason people like me need medication.
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Kay_Capital
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33
Sep. 2003
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I was feeling rather un-creative way back when I was starting TSO and had a hockey puck on my desk next to the computer. Was a souvenier from a Washington Capitals game and the sponsor was Kay Jewelers. Thus Kay_Capital was born ... every kiss begins with K
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Marcy_D
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May 2003
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