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Wyarian Pryde posted 06-19-99 02:27 PM ET
Only one question:
How did you get your nickname?
I got "Wyarian" one day after throwing different letters of the alphabet together, and I got "Pryde" 'cause it sounds kewl.
Allod posted 06-19-99 02:58 PM ET
This is the first time ever I tell someone about my nickname.
Allod is Russian for margrave and I have it from the PC-game "Allody" (Rage of mages), of which I luckily possess the Russian original version.
You're the first one to tickle it out of me. And I don't even know how...
walruskkkch posted 06-19-99 03:33 PM ET
Mine's from the confused nickname given the golfer Craig Stadler by Chris Berman on ESPN. He mixed together the Beatles song lyric reference and the lyric reference from Mrs. Robinson by Simon and garfunkel. It should be "I am the walrus, goo-goo-gajoob" and "Koo-Koo-Kachoo, Mrs Robinson..." Oh, Stadler got the nickname because he looks a little like a walrus. Strangely enough here in Boston the term "Walrus" also refers to long time employees of the city or state government. Since I work for the city and Stadler is one of my favorite golfers I thought the name was appropriate and I used the abbreviation "kkkch" to save time and because it looks good.
As always, I Remain,
Your faithful and obedient servant
JohnIII posted 06-19-99 03:35 PM ET
Hey Allod, I was still right with "Allodium", wasn't I?
John III
Ambro2000 posted 06-19-99 03:45 PM ET
Hasn't this been done before?
Well anyway Ambro is short of Ambrosius which is one of my middle names(yes my parents didn't like me. What's your excuse?). 2000 I added because of this redicoulus paranoia about that year.
Yep that's it!
Ambro2000
Resource Consumer posted 06-19-99 05:50 PM ET
I'm sure mine's obvious
1) because I'm a capitalist bastard
2) because I always play as Morgan
3) I consume substances - oops - no resources. Sorry
Trappist posted 06-19-99 07:01 PM ET
Mine was given to me in irony. I am not a christian, I am highly un-celibate when I get the chance, and I talk too much.
Given to me by a guy called Surjit. Though I always called him "Ferret".
Stasis Archon posted 06-19-99 07:40 PM ET
I'm also a Starcraft player. There's a neat trick you can do in Starcraft. You can cast Stasis Field on an Archon while it's morphing to get an Archon that looks like it's in the stasis, but actually isn't. It's that simple. Why am I telling you this?
Q Cubed posted 06-19-99 07:44 PM ET
Q, from Star Trek.
Q, from James Bond.
Q, because it's in my name.
Q�Q�Q = Q³ = Q Cubed
Dreadnought posted 06-19-99 07:48 PM ET
Dreadnaught:\dred-not\ n:battleship.
I just now found out I have it spelt wrong....
Dreadnought posted 06-19-99 07:51 PM ET
No wait! It's not spelt wrong. Boy do I feel stupid. Ah hell, ya live and ya learn.
Philip McCauley posted 06-19-99 09:24 PM ET
My father's surname is McCauley, and so I received that surname upon my birth, because in the society I live in, the surname of the child is typically that of the male parent.
Philip is a name that my mother and father thought was nifty. Hence, my name, Philip McCauley. I'm sometimes called 'Phil', because it's easier to say.
Spider posted 06-19-99 09:31 PM ET
Spider is one of my...personae....
Spider
Also, it sounds...interesting....
Kaljar posted 06-19-99 09:32 PM ET
It's actually a variation on a Diablo character I made, and is now deleted.
MiKaeLe posted 06-20-99 12:17 AM ET

You have the honour to meet the God Father.
And yes, you may take your seats now.
Alphaman posted 06-20-99 02:43 AM ET
The A in SMAC.
Thats it.
Allod posted 06-20-99 05:05 AM ET
JohnIII: Once again: That's one meaning of it I didn't know before, you told me first of it. Of course you're right concerning ONE meaning of the word.
Hugo Rune posted 06-20-99 05:53 AM ET
Hugo Rune is a character from a series of novels by british humourist Robert Rankin.
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 05:58 AM ET
Did he write Raiders of the Lost Car Park?
John III
Hugo Rune posted 06-20-99 06:07 AM ET
Right. Hugo Rune is a Character who features heavily in "The Ultimate Book of Truths", "Raiders of the Lost Car Park" and "The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived", most commonly reffered to as the "Cornelius triology" from the name of the principal character. Hugo Rune is the person in the title of the last book- "the Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived" (What can I say? I'm modest! )
Here's a description of him from one of the books:
He had known many previous incarnations. And then some.
He had walked the Earth as Nostrodamus, Uther Pendragon, Count Cagliostro and Rodrigo Borgia. Although probably not in that order.
He spoke seventeen languages, played darts with the Dalai Lama and shared his sleeping-bag with Rasputin, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia and George Formby.
He was worshipped as a god by an East Acton cargo cult and once scaled Everest in a smoking-jacket and plus-fours to win a bet with Oscar Wilde.
He travelled to Venus with George Adamski, reinvented the ocarina and was burned in effigy by The Chiswick Townswomen's Guild.
He was an expert swordsman, a gourmet chef, a world traveller, poet, painter, stigmatist, guru to gurus and hater of Bud Abbott.
He could open a tin of sardines with his teeth, strike a Swan Vestas on his chin, rope steers, drive a locomotive and hum all of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan without becoming confused or breaking down in tears.
He won a first at Oxford, squandered three fortunes, made love to a thousand women, imbibed strange drugs, sold his sold for Rock 'n' Roll, almost pipped Einstein for the Nobel Prize, was barred from every Chinese noodle parlour in West London and died penniless, at a Hastings boarding-house in his ninetieth year.
His name was Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune. And he was never bored.
From "The Book of Ultimate Truths" by Robert Rankin
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 06:12 AM ET
I should probably read them then.
BTW, are the covers drawn by Josh Kirby?
John III
Hugo Rune posted 06-20-99 07:49 AM ET
Nope, by Ian Murray.
Josh Kirby did the discworld covers.
The Ian Murray Covers are pretty good, though.
4Horses posted 06-20-99 08:02 AM ET
Well since I work with animals and I have an interest in death...I chose to honor the beasts of the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse.
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 08:06 AM ET
Well I saw the cover of one of his books and it looked remarkably similar to the work he did on DiscWorld, but maybe it was just me.
John III
Bishop posted 06-20-99 03:53 PM ET
Bishop, from the android in Aliens (played by Lance Henriksen). Actually my nickname in real life is "Jonis", a name wich I�m not so fond of it was given to me in the 8th grade by my music-teacher and it�s been following me around ever since. My sister has the same nickname (Strange, huh ?). I�m also known under the name "Jonesy",(from Ripleys cat) but it�s only my good friend Erik who calls me that. another alias I use infrequently is "Mula" (from a comedy show on swedish radio.)
Bishop
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 03:58 PM ET
I thought so. Not Bishop II then?
John III
Hugo Rune posted 06-20-99 03:59 PM ET
How About you, JohnIII? What's the origin of your nick?
Eccles posted 06-20-99 04:08 PM ET
hey everybody.
Eccles The Goon Show Character, and not the cake.
JohnIII posted 06-20-99 04:12 PM ET
Granddad: Jon
Dad: John
Me: Sean (in Irish- John)
Simple eh?
John III
Valtyr posted 06-20-99 08:35 PM ET
Valtyr is Old Norse. It's actually written Valt�r, but I decided to simplify it. It means something like "army-god" and was used as another name for the top god in Norse mythology, Odin/Oden (Woden?).
I first used the name in Civ2 playing a conquering game with the Vikings and I though it fitted . (That was my only game as the Vikings, however, as I could never get over the fact that Trondheim was their capital , but that's another story.)
TheMadStork posted 06-21-99 12:49 AM ET
...stolen from the novel "Infinite Jest", by David Foster Wallace. Read it to find out why it may be appropos.
I go now.
Aredhran posted 06-21-99 07:39 AM ET
My favorite AD&D character
OhWell posted 06-21-99 08:15 AM ET
1) I like the song.
2) That�s usually what I say when something goes wrong.
Oh well....
ZRand007 posted 06-21-99 08:59 AM ET
Me- well my name is Zach Rand, hence ZRand, and my friends call me 007.
-007
The Man With the Golden Gun
(Love is required whenever he's hired)
Eris posted 06-21-99 12:30 PM ET
It was the hot dogs and the Eschaton, I SWEAR.
onepaul posted 06-21-99 12:36 PM ET
void main()
{
for (int letter = 1; letter < 8; letter++)
cout << random_character();
}
And with the first try, letters O-N-E-P-A-U-L just came out. Hence, onepaul ...then the program caused a page fault and Windows crashed.
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Author	Topic: Simple Nickname Survay
Wyarian Pryde	posted 06-19-99 02:27 PM ET Only one question: How did you get your nickname? I got "Wyarian" one day after throwing different letters of the alphabet together, and I got "Pryde" 'cause it sounds kewl.
Allod	posted 06-19-99 02:58 PM ET This is the first time ever I tell someone about my nickname. Allod is Russian for margrave and I have it from the PC-game "Allody" (Rage of mages), of which I luckily possess the Russian original version. You're the first one to tickle it out of me. And I don't even know how...
walruskkkch	posted 06-19-99 03:33 PM ET Mine's from the confused nickname given the golfer Craig Stadler by Chris Berman on ESPN. He mixed together the Beatles song lyric reference and the lyric reference from Mrs. Robinson by Simon and garfunkel. It should be "I am the walrus, goo-goo-gajoob" and "Koo-Koo-Kachoo, Mrs Robinson..." Oh, Stadler got the nickname because he looks a little like a walrus. Strangely enough here in Boston the term "Walrus" also refers to long time employees of the city or state government. Since I work for the city and Stadler is one of my favorite golfers I thought the name was appropriate and I used the abbreviation "kkkch" to save time and because it looks good. As always, I Remain, Your faithful and obedient servant
JohnIII	posted 06-19-99 03:35 PM ET Hey Allod, I was still right with "Allodium", wasn't I? John III
Ambro2000	posted 06-19-99 03:45 PM ET Hasn't this been done before? Well anyway Ambro is short of Ambrosius which is one of my middle names(yes my parents didn't like me. What's your excuse?). 2000 I added because of this redicoulus paranoia about that year. Yep that's it! Ambro2000
Resource Consumer	posted 06-19-99 05:50 PM ET I'm sure mine's obvious 1) because I'm a capitalist bastard 2) because I always play as Morgan 3) I consume substances - oops - no resources. Sorry
Trappist	posted 06-19-99 07:01 PM ET Mine was given to me in irony. I am not a christian, I am highly un-celibate when I get the chance, and I talk too much. Given to me by a guy called Surjit. Though I always called him "Ferret".
Stasis Archon	posted 06-19-99 07:40 PM ET I'm also a Starcraft player. There's a neat trick you can do in Starcraft. You can cast Stasis Field on an Archon while it's morphing to get an Archon that looks like it's in the stasis, but actually isn't. It's that simple. Why am I telling you this?
Q Cubed	posted 06-19-99 07:44 PM ET Q, from Star Trek. Q, from James Bond. Q, because it's in my name. Q�Q�Q = Q³ = Q Cubed
Dreadnought	posted 06-19-99 07:48 PM ET Dreadnaught:\dred-not\ n:battleship. I just now found out I have it spelt wrong....
Dreadnought	posted 06-19-99 07:51 PM ET No wait! It's not spelt wrong. Boy do I feel stupid. Ah hell, ya live and ya learn.
Philip McCauley	posted 06-19-99 09:24 PM ET My father's surname is McCauley, and so I received that surname upon my birth, because in the society I live in, the surname of the child is typically that of the male parent. Philip is a name that my mother and father thought was nifty. Hence, my name, Philip McCauley. I'm sometimes called 'Phil', because it's easier to say.
Spider	posted 06-19-99 09:31 PM ET Spider is one of my...personae.... Spider Also, it sounds...interesting....
Kaljar	posted 06-19-99 09:32 PM ET It's actually a variation on a Diablo character I made, and is now deleted.
MiKaeLe	posted 06-20-99 12:17 AM ET You have the honour to meet the God Father. And yes, you may take your seats now.
Alphaman	posted 06-20-99 02:43 AM ET The A in SMAC. Thats it.
Allod	posted 06-20-99 05:05 AM ET JohnIII: Once again: That's one meaning of it I didn't know before, you told me first of it. Of course you're right concerning ONE meaning of the word.
Hugo Rune	posted 06-20-99 05:53 AM ET Hugo Rune is a character from a series of novels by british humourist Robert Rankin.
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 05:58 AM ET Did he write Raiders of the Lost Car Park? John III
Hugo Rune	posted 06-20-99 06:07 AM ET Right. Hugo Rune is a Character who features heavily in "The Ultimate Book of Truths", "Raiders of the Lost Car Park" and "The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived", most commonly reffered to as the "Cornelius triology" from the name of the principal character. Hugo Rune is the person in the title of the last book- "the Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived" (What can I say? I'm modest! ) Here's a description of him from one of the books: He had known many previous incarnations. And then some. He had walked the Earth as Nostrodamus, Uther Pendragon, Count Cagliostro and Rodrigo Borgia. Although probably not in that order. He spoke seventeen languages, played darts with the Dalai Lama and shared his sleeping-bag with Rasputin, Albert Einstein, Lawrence of Arabia and George Formby. He was worshipped as a god by an East Acton cargo cult and once scaled Everest in a smoking-jacket and plus-fours to win a bet with Oscar Wilde. He travelled to Venus with George Adamski, reinvented the ocarina and was burned in effigy by The Chiswick Townswomen's Guild. He was an expert swordsman, a gourmet chef, a world traveller, poet, painter, stigmatist, guru to gurus and hater of Bud Abbott. He could open a tin of sardines with his teeth, strike a Swan Vestas on his chin, rope steers, drive a locomotive and hum all of the works of Gilbert and Sullivan without becoming confused or breaking down in tears. He won a first at Oxford, squandered three fortunes, made love to a thousand women, imbibed strange drugs, sold his sold for Rock 'n' Roll, almost pipped Einstein for the Nobel Prize, was barred from every Chinese noodle parlour in West London and died penniless, at a Hastings boarding-house in his ninetieth year. His name was Hugo Artemis Solon Saturnicus Reginald Arthur Rune. And he was never bored. From "The Book of Ultimate Truths" by Robert Rankin
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 06:12 AM ET I should probably read them then. BTW, are the covers drawn by Josh Kirby? John III
Hugo Rune	posted 06-20-99 07:49 AM ET Nope, by Ian Murray. Josh Kirby did the discworld covers. The Ian Murray Covers are pretty good, though.
4Horses	posted 06-20-99 08:02 AM ET Well since I work with animals and I have an interest in death...I chose to honor the beasts of the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse.
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 08:06 AM ET Well I saw the cover of one of his books and it looked remarkably similar to the work he did on DiscWorld, but maybe it was just me. John III
Bishop	posted 06-20-99 03:53 PM ET Bishop, from the android in Aliens (played by Lance Henriksen). Actually my nickname in real life is "Jonis", a name wich I�m not so fond of it was given to me in the 8th grade by my music-teacher and it�s been following me around ever since. My sister has the same nickname (Strange, huh ?). I�m also known under the name "Jonesy",(from Ripleys cat) but it�s only my good friend Erik who calls me that. another alias I use infrequently is "Mula" (from a comedy show on swedish radio.) Bishop
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 03:58 PM ET I thought so. Not Bishop II then? John III
Hugo Rune	posted 06-20-99 03:59 PM ET How About you, JohnIII? What's the origin of your nick?
Eccles	posted 06-20-99 04:08 PM ET hey everybody. Eccles The Goon Show Character, and not the cake.
JohnIII	posted 06-20-99 04:12 PM ET Granddad: Jon Dad: John Me: Sean (in Irish- John) Simple eh? John III
Valtyr	posted 06-20-99 08:35 PM ET Valtyr is Old Norse. It's actually written Valt�r, but I decided to simplify it. It means something like "army-god" and was used as another name for the top god in Norse mythology, Odin/Oden (Woden?). I first used the name in Civ2 playing a conquering game with the Vikings and I though it fitted . (That was my only game as the Vikings, however, as I could never get over the fact that Trondheim was their capital , but that's another story.)
TheMadStork	posted 06-21-99 12:49 AM ET ...stolen from the novel "Infinite Jest", by David Foster Wallace. Read it to find out why it may be appropos. I go now.
Aredhran	posted 06-21-99 07:39 AM ET My favorite AD&D character
OhWell	posted 06-21-99 08:15 AM ET 1) I like the song. 2) That�s usually what I say when something goes wrong. Oh well....
ZRand007	posted 06-21-99 08:59 AM ET Me- well my name is Zach Rand, hence ZRand, and my friends call me 007. -007 The Man With the Golden Gun (Love is required whenever he's hired)
Eris	posted 06-21-99 12:30 PM ET It was the hot dogs and the Eschaton, I SWEAR.
onepaul	posted 06-21-99 12:36 PM ET void main() { for (int letter = 1; letter < 8; letter++) cout << random_character(); } And with the first try, letters O-N-E-P-A-U-L just came out. Hence, onepaul ...then the program caused a page fault and Windows crashed.