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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7863017" data-attributes="member: 19675">California Pizza Kitchen used to- and may still- have a policy that waitstaff name badges were supposed to use the server’s first name and- instead of their actual surname- their birthplace.&nbsp; At least, that’s what my server, Danny Alcatraz, told me.Then he admitted that “Alcatraz” sounded better than “San Francisco “.i asked him if I could use the name in a cyberpunk story I was writing, and he said yes.Well, I liked the character I came up with, but not the story he was in.&nbsp; Or the next try.&nbsp; Or the next.A year or two late, when I first decided to try out using a couple of message boards on the internet, I decided to use...an abbreviated form of my email.&nbsp; But after those boards radically altered their ToS, I left them.When I found ENWorld shortly thereafter, I was typing in that same username and paused...thought...and repurposed my cyberpunk character‘s name.&nbsp; I use it almost everywhere I am recreating online.&nbsp; The exception: I use a different name for online games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7863017, member: 19675"] California Pizza Kitchen used to- and may still- have a policy that waitstaff name badges were supposed to use the server’s first name and- instead of their actual surname- their birthplace. At least, that’s what my server, Danny Alcatraz, told me. Then he admitted that “Alcatraz” sounded better than “San Francisco “. i asked him if I could use the name in a cyberpunk story I was writing, and he said yes. Well, I liked the character I came up with, but not the story he was in. Or the next try. Or the next. A year or two late, when I first decided to try out using a couple of message boards on the internet, I decided to use...an abbreviated form of my email. But after those boards radically altered their ToS, I left them. When I found ENWorld shortly thereafter, I was typing in that same username and paused...thought...and repurposed my cyberpunk character‘s name. I use it almost everywhere I am recreating online. The exception: I use a different name for online games. [/QUOTE]

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