Zantie on 11/5/2000 at 23:06
I come from an old Outer Limits episode.
Margorach on 11/5/2000 at 23:26
Means "Death Jester"...couldnt think of anything better so...
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"Lets drink to the dead lying under the water /
and the cost of the blood on the driven snow"
Grundbegriff on 12/5/2000 at 00:36
I'm an art historian, and Heinrich Wölfflin's Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe (Principles of Art History) is one of the early, influential books in that discipline.
Regardless of its meaning, I thought the earthy, unwieldy, medieval/Saxon feel of 'Grundbegriff' would do in fantasy circles. Sounds like some sort of fierce, rusty weapon from long ago, or perhaps a hybrid lion with its flight-feathers clipped.
Come to think of it, those descriptions also fit the art theory book....
Cheers,
G.
Garboshnik on 12/5/2000 at 01:37
Anyone played that old d&d game Hillsfar? Garboshnik was the first of my characters on there (it wasn't intended to refer to the quality of the game at the time..) He narrowly beat his twin Gorbishnik and Zeebledondee the chaotic evil mage for my standard internet name. I still have no idea why I picked that.
Ringwraith on 12/5/2000 at 02:49
I bet nobody knows where mine came from!
aardvark on 12/5/2000 at 02:53
Aardvark was the name of an underground cassette tape that a friend and I created in Minnesota, circa 1988. Filled with strange noises, spoken words and disturbing music, it didn't reach the masses. It does, however, remain in my mind as a fond memory of something done not for money, but for the love of doing it.
Aardvark is also the beginning of the dictionary, representing the beginning place where all things are possible. I like that metaphor.
[update: 06.07.01: What a dork. ;)]
[ June 07, 2001: Message edited by: aardvark ]
Gothik on 12/5/2000 at 03:29
Mine's simple. I'm a Goth and I wanted something to reflect that. My name originally started out as something longer but another BB I'm registered on took offense to the latter part of it so I shortened it to Gothik. It would have been just Gothic originally, but I usually find that spelling of it is taken.
Biff on 12/5/2000 at 05:08
I worked on a travelling carnival for many years before getting into the job that I do now. I was a games agent. We used to call people in by calling " Hey Chucky" or " Hey Biff" sometimes. It was sort of a name for suckers that we were going to take for money
( I've reformed honestly. Now I am just a virtual second story man)
As a sort of psuedo insult in those days we would call each other "Biff" when I left the carnival I just kept doing it, out of habit, to other buddies. They thought it meant something else, and started calling ME "Biff" as a nickname!
Now I am stuck being called a sucker by guys who have no idea what the term means. they just think it's my name.
So that's why Biff. That and Squashed Cat was taken.
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"Good, bad. I'm the guy with the gun." Up with Zuvambies!
Smurph on 12/5/2000 at 05:24
The story behind my handle is pretty rivetting. My first name is Shawn; my last name is Murphy ... ;^")* ...... ooohh can't you just smell the excitement in the air .. heheh
;^")*
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Smurph It Down!(tm)
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Wynne on 12/5/2000 at 05:53
It's my name.
Yes, I know, that's amazing. Every day is a thrill ride with me... spontaneous, unpredictable me, choosing the craziest possible username and stuff like that. You never know, tomorrow I might... write... with a pencil... or something... or even go to the bathroom. Really gets the adrenaline flowing.
Smurph, I sympathize.
[This message has been edited by Wynne (edited May 12, 2000).]
