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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: ludwigusdescartium on July 26, 2013, 07:37:24 pm

Title: Names
Post by: ludwigusdescartium on July 26, 2013, 07:37:24 pm: One has recently been given to musing on the rather bewildering sobriquets adopted by some of you. Why, one wonders, would anyone be named "SpidaManz111"? Is one to understand that you are a product of some monstrous experimentation? And that there are at least 110 other similar chimera at loose?

And now one is being assailed by one "Phantomboy86" (note the lack of ambition here: not even a "Phantom", but a "Phantomboy". If one wishes to indulge in such foolery, at least indulge full-blooded. And true to form, there is not one of him, but at least 85 others).

In one's day one had your "Reginald", your "Humphrey", your "Jakob", your "LeatherWhipGoddess". Good solid names. One occasionally came across some nonsense such as "Jekkar", but one could clearly see that one was dealing with a diseased mind and steer well clear. Now it's "SuperLaser345" or "MightyDemon666" wherever one looks.

One despairs.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: tman on July 26, 2013, 08:01:29 pm: ::|
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Volki on July 27, 2013, 08:13:46 am: Phantomboy86 comes up with some weird s*** when you Google it.

People need to learn to drop their kiddie usernames.
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Post by: BoevenF on July 27, 2013, 08:52:26 am: Nomina sunt omina
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Post by: Rigwyn on July 27, 2013, 09:37:37 am: s/s/c/ ;D
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Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 10:04:07 am: I swear I sometimes feel like I'm witnessing some kind of wild reasoning I can't truly comprehend when I read some posts in here.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Rigwyn on July 27, 2013, 10:23:57 am: Sometimes only part of the message is what counts. Not everything fits into a round hole, you know.

:detective: :whistling: :innocent: :o :-X ;D
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 10:34:04 am: Quote from: Rigwyn on July 27, 2013, 10:23:57 am
Sometimes only part of the message is what counts. Not everything fits into a round hole, you know.

You mean like this?
(http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/542224260/2PC-Free-Ship-Baby-Toys-Children-Wooden-Toy-Kids13holes-Intellectual-Box-Shape-Recognition-Toy-Preschool.jpg)
Title: Re: Names
Post by: ludwigusdescartium on July 27, 2013, 11:48:28 am: "MishkaL1138"?. Hmm...
Title: Re: Names
Post by: LigH on July 27, 2013, 11:56:12 am: I am pretty happy with the development of my nickname. Its founding is dated in a pre-internet era, when people used telephones and modems for direct connections to a BBS. When the internet became usual even in the GDR (former pseudo-socialistic eastern Germany), I was quite proud that this domain was still available, and so short. Unfortunately, I still have no real use for it...
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Post by: Illysia on July 27, 2013, 12:43:30 pm: Would it make you happier if they fought off the other 110 and 85 versions for your amusement? Mind you there would still be the issue of what to do with the one.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: ludwigusdescartium on July 27, 2013, 02:37:18 pm: That might prove an amusing distraction, my darling Illysia, but the underlying malaise would remain. In no time at all, a "GhostWarrior43" or a "SniperSchizzle180" would appear, and the whole cycle would repeat. One believes conscription and public floggings to be part of the solution, but, as mentioned earlier, one despairs.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 04:37:55 pm: Got anything to say about my nickname in which I put a lot of thought and has deep symbolism to it? Proceed forth with the matter, my good fellow.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 08:57:26 pm: Quote from: LigH on July 27, 2013, 11:56:12 am
I am pretty happy with the development of my nickname. Its founding is dated in a pre-internet era, when people used telephones and modems for direct connections to a BBS. When the internet became usual even in the GDR (former pseudo-socialistic eastern Germany), I was quite proud that this domain was still available, and so short. Unfortunately, I still have no real use for it...

TL;DR: my nickname is old as balls, and I am even older.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: LigH on July 27, 2013, 09:09:02 pm: Generation Smartphone: Nothing longer than a tweet is acceptable ... :thumbdown:
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Volki on July 28, 2013, 06:20:59 am: Quote from: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 08:57:26 pm
my nickname is old as balls, and I am even older.

So you were born without balls?
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Rigwyn on July 28, 2013, 08:34:15 am: Now now, Volki. You're not reading between the lines. Try and get a firm grasp on what he's saying. Once you really get your hands around the implied topic, it will all make sense.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Illysia on July 28, 2013, 08:50:41 am: Or you can keep your hands away and just take it as is. :P
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Aramara Meibi on July 28, 2013, 05:42:24 pm: ...
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gross.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 28, 2013, 10:33:10 pm: Quote from: Volki on July 28, 2013, 06:20:59 am
Quote from: MishkaL1138 on July 27, 2013, 08:57:26 pm
my nickname is old as balls, and I am even older.

So you were born without balls?

(http://i.qkme.me/3vbp24.jpg)
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Rigwyn on July 28, 2013, 11:23:57 pm: No balls. Eyeballs ?

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GU9R4JHlLEY/TZIV29hjOzI/AAAAAAAAAC4/HpltvSmljLs/s400/Black_Eyes.jpg)
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Aramara Meibi on July 29, 2013, 01:02:24 am: let's just assume they were speaking broadly and meant a time before the existence of all spheroids of any sort.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: NattyFido on July 29, 2013, 06:16:12 am: Quote from: Aramara Meibi on July 29, 2013, 01:02:24 am
let's just assume they were speaking broadly and meant a time before the existence of all spheroids of any sort.
Before planets or even stars?! Wow, that is old!
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on July 29, 2013, 05:32:19 pm: Quote from: Aramara Meibi on July 29, 2013, 01:02:24 am
let's just assume they were speaking broadly and meant a time before the existence of all spheroids of any sort.

Welcome.
(http://edgecast.lvlup-files.buscafs.com/uploads/news/photos/news_photo_25411_1358353913.jpg)
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Volki on July 29, 2013, 07:55:24 pm: I've been awake for 40 hours. Good afternoon.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: Aramara Meibi on July 30, 2013, 04:54:42 am: Quote from: Volki on July 29, 2013, 07:55:24 pm
I've been awake for 40 hours. Good afternoon.

mishka posts a pic of minecraft and you turn into elvi?
Title: Re: Names
Post by: novacadian on August 02, 2013, 08:03:46 am: Quote from: Aramara Meibi on July 30, 2013, 04:54:42 am
mishka posts a pic of minecraft and you turn into elvi?

My understanding was that Mish was indicating the time before there were any round shapes in their life. More important than when or where the ball(s) dropped is the deep and hidden meaning behind MishkaL1138. Do tell Mish! The suspense is killing me.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: MishkaL1138 on August 02, 2013, 03:26:58 pm: Quote from: novacadian on August 02, 2013, 08:03:46 am
Quote from: Aramara Meibi on July 30, 2013, 04:54:42 am
mishka posts a pic of minecraft and you turn into elvi?

My understanding was that Mish was indicating the time before there were any round shapes in their life. More important than when or where the ball(s) dropped is the deep and hidden meaning behind MishkaL1138. Do tell Mish! The suspense is killing me.

I shall bring the secret to my grave.
Title: Re: Names
Post by: SpidaManz111 on August 05, 2013, 01:05:02 am: Peer pressure, evidently.