Monsoon28
Underboss
2313 Posts
    
Toronto
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Originally posted by TYGRHobbes
So you basically get the tiger from Calvin & Hobbes. Sometimes I get from people guessing, Tigger and Hobbes, which are both tigers so I guess they are partially right. I'll give you one guess on what my favorite animal is [:)]
Badger?
[:P]
I'm pretty sure I've listed my origins before but to state them again, Monsoon was my Ubër character from the Marvel RPG; 28 is the day I was born. Been using it since the mid-90's before that I tended to use 'Stonewall' or 'Deth' but after awhile I started sticking with only one of them, so why Monsoon instead of Deth? (which I'd been using since 87/88') No real reason, I guess I just needed a change at the time. | |
"I was sittin' here eatin' my muffin, drinkin' my coffee, replayin' the incident in my head, when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity." - Jules Winnfield
Sales/Trades Bad (1): Ironfist Boulderbender
Trades/Sales completed (8.): Danthl, Dafrca, Garyaxe, qillan_dvra, realmaster, Vandal_Savage, cavedweller, unearthed arcana.
Champion of Gem Dragons, VINDICATED Squire of Duergar Commander, Knight of the Astral Stalker.
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Dordledum
Commander
3394 Posts
Netherlands
| | 06/04/2006 7:57 AM |
| Dordledum refers to two things in the first campaign I ever played.
First it is the name of a Dwarven City (Greyhawk somewhere) from where my first PC originated.
Second it is the name of a Dwarven Greataxe (my DM incorporated the concept in Ad&D) with some nifty abilities:
* Only usable by Neutral Good.
* +3 in general
* +4 vs Drow, Derro, and Troglodytes
* +5 vs Kuo-Toa, and Aboleth
Add 5 slots into weapon mastery greataxe (Dwarven Fighter level 11)and you have an awesome combo.
My character slew a deep dragon singlehandedly with this axe in a full-round attack action in one round. The DM was disappointed.
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Member of the Bearded Devils
Champion of the Huge Spider (WotDQ 46/60), A New Umber Hulk (DoDe 57/60), and the Orog Fighter! | |
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bigbadjon
Sergeant
546 Posts
| | 06/04/2006 10:43 AM |
| | Well, I'm big and bad. My name is Jon. So there you have it. My theme song is the Johnny Cash song "Big Bad John". I bear no affiliation to the movie of the same name, that was based on fictional character and any likeness was purely accidental. | |
Evil triumphs when good men fail their morale saves. | |
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PaSquall
Underboss
1399 Posts
| | 06/04/2006 11:02 AM |
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Originally posted by galneweinhaw
I come from a physics background (along with my pal entangled_boson... any others out there???? [:D] ) and my named is a combo of some great names in physics... see my sig for details =)
Ha ! Got it ! [)] | |
Vindicated Champion of the PSEUDODRAGON
(Unhappy) vindicated champion of the DRYAD
Against the giants called shot : huge cloud giant female
Demonweb called shot : ghost | |
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avrivah
Sneak
164 Posts
| | 06/04/2006 11:14 AM |
| | Avrivah, was originally derived from the word Efrafa, which was used in the novel Watership Down for a totalitarian warren of rabbits. I modified the name for an NPC Rakshasa many years ago. I liked it so much, I kept the character and used the name for my email, aim handle, and maximini name. | |
OldReferences-http://www.maxminis.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4648
NewReferences-http://www.maxminis.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12380
Completed Trades 55
Champion of The Lady of Pain
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Dragon Snack
Warrior
285 Posts
| | 06/04/2006 11:21 AM |
| When I went to register over at WotC I needed a username over 3 letter long (my fraternity knick was "Uno" and I've carried it with me - even my mother used to call me Uno and I've had 2 business' that used it, I still DJ as DJ UNO).
I had been lurking for a while and I had noticed that a lot of the user names were a bit pompous - so I wanted to go in a different direction. "Dragon Snack" kind of popped into my head while I was trying to think up some way to use "Kobold", so I ran with it...
Since it's *usually* still available, I have carried it across a couple of message boards. | |
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One_Wing
Sergeant
494 Posts
London
| | 06/04/2006 11:30 AM |
| | Final fantasy's best piece of music. | |
Thousands of Zulu's, behind You!
Proud member of PK's team low tier beasting; CG for ever!
Champion of the Dragon Disciple | |
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lono
Sneak
61 Posts
| | 06/04/2006 11:36 AM |
| lono is the name of one of the major characters in Vertigo's 100 Bullets comic, a Hawaiian shirt wearing, cigar smoking, A-1 bad mother.
lono is also the name of the Hawaiian god of war, at least according to Brian Azzerello, the writer of 100 Bullets.
since Hawaiian shirts are one of my principle modes of dress and DDM is sort of a war simulation I thought it fit.[:D] | |
Champion of Pierce, warforged archer/commando, and all other quality unique minis because how else will Drizzt become tier 1? | |
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Aries
Warrior
284 Posts
| | 06/06/2006 11:18 AM |
| | My oldest son's first name. | |
Positive trades: Tactician, Talistran, Chad the DragonLordofAiur x2,
Favorite_1, Blackblood, mykbuckley, cooter926, Thorgrin, James the True
Ebay ID Awclearwater | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
12367 Posts
The G Spot
| | 11/02/2006 4:30 AM |
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WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM
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Low Key
Underboss
1231 Posts
| | 11/06/2006 1:24 AM |
| The book, America Gods.
I was reading it at a cafe when I registered here. | |
Champion of the Sarrukh | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7617 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 11/06/2006 6:11 PM |
| Mine comes from Knights of the Dinner Table.
One of the main characters was called Teflon Billy. Before I started reading it, my friend started calling me Teflon Jeff, with the same moniker (Cuz nothin' sticks to teflon!). I took it to be fate. Or him reading the comic before me, and me getting away with everything. either way, I use it for everything now.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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vanrulzz
Commander
2523 Posts
¯\(°_o)/¯
| | 11/08/2006 1:17 PM |
| | well i rulzz so thats my scrren name | | | |
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Anaxagoras
Warrior
308 Posts
| | 11/08/2006 6:37 PM |
| | Obscure philosopher and the name of my General in 40k | |
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Harneloot
Sergeant
575 Posts
| | 11/13/2006 5:53 PM |
| From the book:
Beelzelbub's Tales To His Grandson
By G.I. Gurdjieff | |
"What is to give light must endure burning" -Viktor Frankl
Champion of the Large Myconid
Deacon of the ANY aligned Raistlin. | |
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Star
Sergeant
978 Posts
New Britain, CT
| | 11/17/2006 7:03 AM |
| | My real name is Star (Mom did a lot of.... recreational pharmaceuticals). I've never really needed a nickname and usually use some variant of Star as a screenname. 'Star' is usually taken but it wasn't this time. | |
Champion of Gromph Baenre | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
12367 Posts
The G Spot
| | 11/17/2006 7:30 AM |
| Posted By Star on 11/17/2006 7:03 AM
My real name is Star (Mom did a lot of.... recreational pharmaceuticals). I've never really needed a nickname and usually use some variant of Star as a screenname. 'Star' is usually taken but it wasn't this time.
Better than Star backwards.  | |
WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
11587 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 07/16/2007 2:06 PM |
| | It's from a D&D character I was playing at the time (and hope to revisit again some time in the future). | |
Over 270 successful online DDM trades. | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
4305 Posts
The Red Light District
| | 07/18/2007 8:10 PM |
| | Mine is the name of a Death Metal band I played drums for from '91-'99 | |
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni" at will to old ladies.
-Roger the Shrubber | |
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Pedro
Commander
3926 Posts
Czech Republic
| | 07/19/2007 1:41 AM |
| I use several names...
Pedro: My name is Petr (Peter in english); my friend once called me Pedro, which is a spanish version of my name and it stickied . This one is most used.
IcewindPedro - YouTube nick, inspiration was the PC game Icewind Dale.
RevanRedeemed - that's my favourite character from Star Wars KOTOR. | |
2007 & 2008 Czech Republic Champion
2008 Czech Republic's Player of the Year
2.0 Champion of Necromancers! (preferably not Evil:-))
Next Icon Called Shot: Baldur's Gate pack - Khalid, Jaheira, Minsc (and BOO!), Imoen, Xan, Sarevok...
Against the Giants Called Shot: Phoenix (/no luck)
Demonweb Called Shot: Yagnoloth (I like demons!)
Feywild Called Shot:
Starter 2009 Called Shot: | |
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E Thug of the
Round Table
Wolfgang
Warlord
5567 Posts
Milton, Ontario Canada
| | 07/19/2007 9:03 AM |
| | mine is my middle name | |
Proud member since March 26 2005
Champion of the SIVAK DRACONIAN
Completed trades: (85)
Bad traders(2) DJchuckles, sardal
Trade References
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7617 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 07/19/2007 11:01 AM |
| Teflon Billy was a spellcaster from KODT, who used his wits to get out of everything. They called him that "Cuz Nothing Sticks To Teflon!"
My name is Jeff, and I have the same sort of Knack.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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Wraithborne
Commander
4305 Posts
The Red Light District
| | 07/30/2007 7:38 PM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 07/19/2007 11:01 AM
Teflon Billy was a spellcaster from KODT, who used his wits to get out of everything. They called him that "Cuz Nothing Sticks To Teflon!"
My name is Jeff, and I have the same sort of Knack.
I so need to get back to subscribing to KoDT | |
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say "Ni" at will to old ladies.
-Roger the Shrubber | |
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Fun Guy from Yuggoth
Cthulhufnord
Warlord
10987 Posts
Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 07/30/2007 8:47 PM |
| Well Cthonic High Priest of Holy Eris isn't quite as catchy. | |
Pathetic Earthlings. Hurling your bodies out into the void - without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe - anything at all - you would have hidden from it in terror. | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7617 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 07/30/2007 9:10 PM |
| Yeah, I slacked off since last year. I need to get fully caught up.
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
12367 Posts
The G Spot
| | 08/29/2008 9:51 AM |
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WotC - making me wish more and more every day for a return to the TSR days. :(
I fought the snark and the snark won. I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!
Some of my favorite Maxminis quotes
I actually love to be swallowed. - Posted By gss_000 on 09/04/2007 2:32 PM
Could somebody explain Snatch to me? I understand the basics, but not how to enter/use it. - Posted by orcmonk220
G's the man. - Posted By greyhaze on 11/11/2008 8:58 AM
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Duke of Spoils
greyhaze
Warlord
6757 Posts
| | 08/29/2008 10:07 AM |
| Necrofile!
I tend to be pretty neutral, I'll always argue the other side, even if I don't agree with it, hence the "grey"... the haze is the euphoric outlook I have on life, I'm not really aware of existence and nothing ever feels crystal clear... Back in the day "haze" was my handle, but when it came time to register an email account it had been taken, I tact on the "grey" for the reasons above. | |
Greyhaze's DDM Spoilers
Champion of a Medium Dog & then a Darkenbeast , Raistlin Majere, Nightmare WDQ25/60, Warduke WD60/60,
Anti-Champion of Guns, "Knight of Bugbears", and Joke Champion of Venger.
Called Shots: Frost Giant in Dangerous Delves. | |
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Nyarlathotep333
Warrior
283 Posts
Alaska
| | 08/29/2008 10:55 AM |
| Well, since the thread has been resurrected...
I actually tried starting as 'Hastur' way back when I signed up for my first Yahoo account - that was taken, as was 'Cthulhu' and 'Nyarlathotep' so I added the '333' to the end and got Nyarlathotep333. The 333 is just cause, I like the number 3 and, well, it's three 3s | |
Demonweb Called Shot: Myconid
Feywild Called Shot: Wolf
Champion of the Zombie Black Dragon
- N333
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
- Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!
- Conan the Barbarian, on what is best in life
My Website - Be sure to check out my painted minis gallery!
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vanrulzz
Commander
2523 Posts
¯\(°_o)/¯
| | 08/30/2008 8:06 AM |
| | Once again, I rulzz | | | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
11587 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 08/30/2008 11:26 PM |
| | My character's name was actually Thanemless True-Arrow, but everyone kept spelling the name wrong so the wrong one stuck. Tell a lie enough times, and it becomes the truth. | |
Over 270 successful online DDM trades. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 09/01/2008 7:48 PM |
| Bert the troll was my generic username on BBS's when playing LORD.
I used it as a kinda throwaway nick for many years before it got stuck at maxminis for longer.
It's from the Lord of the Rings of course. | |
"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer." Bert the Troll - The Hobbit
Semi-Secret sig business: "In the age of the internet attaching a famous name to your personal opinion to give more weight to it is a very valid strategy." - Benjamin Franklin
Champion of Epic Lolth, Orcus, & Demogorgon and bring us Asmodeus! | |
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Shottglazz
Underboss
1108 Posts
Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
| | 09/02/2008 6:33 AM |
| | Nickname I've used for years on various emails, logins, etc...comes from me having a shot glass tattoo on my arm (long story), and shotglass being taken on most boards...but double T double Z usually isn't so it stuck... | |
Shottglazz
"Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand;
I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me."
Completed trades ( 51 ): Pikel, Darrell x2, JeffDHarvey, BiggPappa001, Ghendar, Valinrook X2, Wolfgang x4, Wraithborne x6, Mr Ruffles, Anothermullen, CKissee x3, Browns_Scoundrel, Kyrin, GuJiaXian x2, Tyngfumv, Basic_Aim, Mickey Mouse, Berus316, Crisisman, Zoons, Rockfrd, Sterling40 x2, Brucemc, 2007 Magical Mystery Trade, Redskullz x2, Stephengroy, Lyus_Sleyden, Foolforthought, 2008 Magical Mystery Trade, Kilsek x4, Generic Fighter, Auric, Relientkitten
Pending trades ( 3 ): relientKitten x2, Redskullz
WotC trades ( 1 ): Red_Deceiver
Bad trades ( 2 ): LeftEyeofGruumsh, Yotebeth | |
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Faragdar the Wise
Commander
3518 Posts
Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | 09/02/2008 10:14 AM |
| I'm sure I've explained in other threads before, but I don't see that I've replied to this one, so here goes.
Quite simply, Faragdar the Wise is my screen name at the WotC forums. I simply used the same name here. At Hordelings, I'm simply "Faragdar", since spaces weren't allowed in my screen name there.
On the origin of the WotC screen name - originally, I was briguy9000. I decided that was too boring, and since pretentious, self-aggrandizing screen names seemed to be all the rage, there at the time, I adopted the name I gave to my first D&D 3.0 character. Faragdar (the Wise) was a multiclass half-orc barbarian/wizard (transmuter) with a penchant for buffing spells. Despite being a very fierce melee combatant, he felt that his true calling was the pursuit of knowledge. The idea for the character actually came from the image that I use as my avatar - I think it was one of the "unlikely heroes" images that was posted on the official D&D web site ages ago. Faragdar was never without a book to read, and he delighted in showering his knowledge upon others - not to prove the greatness of his own knowledge and understanding, but simply because he felt knowledge should be shared. That basically fit the way I liked to make use of the WotC forums, so it seemed a perfect screen name.
Incidentally, I also had a 2nd screen name for a while on WotC named "Faragdar the Bonehead" which I created in order to reply to a thread where I made a comment that I later realized was embarassingly inept. I think WotC screen name rules caused it to be later deleted, since it seemed to mock an existing screen name (and, of course, that's exactly what it was for - publicly mocking myself). | |
"Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish." - Albert Einstein
Champion of Myopic Half-Orcs
Winner, WBC X | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
11587 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 09/02/2008 11:44 PM |
| | I think I've seen the Faragdar explanation before somewhere in pre-history (maybe not even on Maxminis), but it's nice reading about it again. Must have been a fun character to play. Something a bit like Beast from X-Men. | |
Over 270 successful online DDM trades. | |
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Master of the
Awesome Sauce
Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7617 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 09/15/2008 8:58 AM |
| Posted By Teflon Jeff on 11/06/2006 6:11 PM
Mine comes from Knights of the Dinner Table.
One of the main characters was called Teflon Billy. Before I started reading it, my friend started calling me Teflon Jeff, with the same moniker (Cuz nothin' sticks to teflon!). I took it to be fate. Or him reading the comic before me, and me getting away with everything. either way, I use it for everything now.
Bam!
And I so need to catch up...
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Official Delegate, Wizards of the Coast
Icons Called Shot: Gargantuan Prismatic Dragon
"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen." | |
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