rum Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 It is easy. --rum- is my nickname in Warbirds world ------------------ rum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Initials. - Tommi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 I'm an audio visual technician in Toronto, and we use gobs of the black tape known as 'gaffertape'. As an added bonus, by shortening the name to 'Gaff', it references the Edward James Olmos character from Blade Runner, my all-time favorite flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sitting Duck Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 I choose this name after playing my first game of CM...I was so throughly destroyed by the AI in the Fire & Manuever training scenario that this name seemed appropriate. ------------------ Steve of BTS - "With a company our size, every sale does in fact count (unlike every vote in certain assbackwards states )." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barticus Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Easy enough. Bunch of friends + beer + me + beer + my first name of 'Bart' + beer + late night + beer + Kirk Douglas' Spartacus on the late night tube = Barticus Was funnier that night, for some unknown reason. Bart ------------------ "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediJobu Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Very interesting thread... OK. Jedi - easy, I' a huge Star Wars fan Jobu - well, there's a movie called Major League about a baseball team. came out in late 80's. Anyone who saw it might remember the Cuban guy that like to do vodoo stuff. His last name was Cerrano. My Last name is Serrano. His little vodoo doll's name was Jobu. My friends started calling me that one day and it stuck. Hence ... JediJobu plus I'm not that creative to come up with something better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschugaschwili Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Mine is quite easy: Dschugaschwili is the "real" name of Stalin (spelled the way German speakers would translate the name from the cyrillic character set). Not that I was a big fan of Stalin, I just thought "sounds cool" when I first read it in one of my history books, and I've used it for computer games ever since. It's quite funny to hear people try to speak this name when they first read it. Dschugaschwili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jKMkIII Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 j - Jari K - Kujansuu And because my father is Jouko and brother is Jarno so I am third design... MkIII ------------------ jK.MkIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanar Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Made up the name for a character in a D&D game about twenty years ago. When computer games started asking for names for your character, I brought it back out of retirement. Been using it ever since when I need a quick user name. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chupacabra Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Weird Peurto Rican legendary monster that eats goats. Also a song by one of my favorite bands. ------------------ Soy super bien soy super super bien soy bien bien super bien bien bien super super Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Oberst Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 The Sig comes from playing way too much of that "other" tactical level game. Once at work during lunch I cranked up a battle and a buddy walked in just as a Jerry squad took a big hit. Amid all the sound effects, he heard quite loudly and clearly "Herr Oberst!" and it stuck. Being of German descent doesn't hurt at all either. ------------------ To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasToast Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Texas Toast is a common side dish around here with your average chicken fried steak or BBQ, and it described pretty well how I felt trying to get my Shermans through the Valley of Trouble. Regional flair, alliteration, plus I couldn't really think of anything GOOD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 My nick is "Meat Axe," which is what one of my old girlfriends in college called me once when the macho posturing got too much to bear. But I never ever use it. Just call me Terence, which is my name. I'm named after my uncle who died in WW2 near a small town called Eschweiler. He was in the 101st Infantry Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Space Thing Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Thats an easy one. I'm from Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackal Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Jackal was given to me while serving in the US Army with the CAV. I was with a LRRS team and found my calling at sneakin' and peakin'. I trully loved my job to the point of going to whatever means necessary to sneak up on the "enemy". Four years of eating mud gave me this name. A Jackal is a fendish (spelling?) animal with no respect for any other creature. Their nasty, low-down, and are down-right mean bastards that will stoop to any level to get what it wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangorn Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 My friends believe I were here when the world was young... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakko Ichiu Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 The rise of the various himitsu kessha (secret societies) and Japan's desires for an Asian empire in the 19th and 20th Centuries can be traced back to a number of concepts that developed in its ancient past. The premiere concept exploited by the ultranationalists was a decree made by Emperor Jimmu in 660 AD, the policy of hakko ichiu (All eight corners of the world under one roof). While Emperor Jimmu's policy really only extended to Japan, China and Korea, the world he knew at the time, it was the belief that all of the world should be brought under the imperial rule of the divine Emperors, a sort of religious manifest destiny. While various leaders tried it over the centuries, it was a goal that was to color Japanese thinking through the Second World War. The tenets of the modern form of hakko ichiu were to develop after 1868 and would take the following form: 1) Japan is the center of the world, with its ruler, the Tenno (Emperor), a divine being, who derives his divinity through ancestral descent from the great Amaterasu-Omikami, the Goddess of the Sun herself. 2) The Kami (Japan's gods and godesses) have Japan under their special protection. Thus the people and soil of Dai Nippon and all its institutions are superior to all others. 3) All of these attributes are fundamental to the Kodoshugisha (Imperial Way) and give Japan a divine mission to bring all nations under one roof, so that all humanity can share the advantage of being ruled by the Tenno. 'Nuff info for ya'? And yes, someday I will control the entire world, oh yes, just you wait and see. ------------------ Ethan ----------- "We forbid any course that says we restrict free speech." -- Dr. Kathleen Dixon, Director of Women's Studies, Bowling Green State University Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkmek Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Fascinating topic - what took it so long? H.A.W.K. Homeing All-the-Way Killer A medium range Air Defense missile (now retired to National Guard and other countries military units) and MEK = mechanic I was a 23R in the Army - HAWK Missile Systems Mechanic. Not very imaginative, but easy to remember and always available. I also use my old D&D name Aquilon and Elric from the Michael Moorcock series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Marlow - The agent sent after Mr. Kurtz in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Seems appropriate given where I do most of my posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Combined Arms tactics--getting all the elements (infantry, armor, artillery, etc. working together) seem to be what the game is all about. So it indicates an aspiration...not an achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Name says it all. I am just a FREAK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Hannibal (yes, the one with the elephants) was one of the best strategists and armyleaders of the antique. Scipio defeated him. And I like how it sounds. ------------------ Keine Gefangenen! Visit my Combat Mission Sound Mods site! Scipiobase Join the Blitzkrieg Wargaming Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgdpzr Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Gaffertape, Cool linkage with Blade Runner, that film also ranks way up on my all time favorite movie list. HMMM, come to think of it, there are many good potential handles there: Roy Batty, Nexus 6 (I think that was model number), Taffy Lewis, and on and on... A veritable goldmine of worthy monikers. My handle dates way back to the Compuserve days when I was playing and talking about Steel Panthers a bunch. I wanted to use JPzr, but it was already taken so I just went with jgdpzr. Like others, when I signed on here I didn't really think about it much, just went with something with which I was familiar. And yes, as I have stated in other threads, the JpPzr IV is my favorite WWII afv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 Irish Pale Ale..... my other addiction. ------------------ "Been here a week now......waiting for a mission.......getting softer.........every minute I stay in this room I get weaker ......and every minute Charlie squats in the bush he gets stronger......each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog0606 Posted February 14, 2001 Share Posted February 14, 2001 MadDog0606 -- The MadDog part was my handle when playing DukeNukem while using the company LAN during Lunch hour (which sometimes lasted 3 hours). The 0606 part is my birthday and used to seperate me from all the other maddogs out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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