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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 899318" data-attributes="member: 99">Ah yes, Krull.&nbsp; I remember it fondly from my youth.&nbsp; Had it come out just a few years later, I'm sure that I would watched it endlessly on videotape (and done the same with Hawk the Slayer too).&nbsp; I have seen the movie a couple of times over the years but I never caught that the cyclops guy was named Rel.That is not the place from whence my username is derived.Rel was the name of my first Rolemaster character that I made when I was shown that system by Speaks With Stone.&nbsp; As I sat down to create my character I was trying to come up with a good name for my heavily-armed-heavily-armored knight type character and I thought up &quot;Relin&quot;.&nbsp; I mused a bit further about a society wherein noble deeds and an honorable reputation would earn you extra sylables to your name.&nbsp; I extended the character's name to &quot;Relinsingursonlyer&quot;.Upon starting to actually play the game, it was quickly decided that having a seven-sylable name sounds cool in concept but was in fact a huge pain in the butt in practice.&nbsp; Thus, his name got shortened back to &quot;Rel&quot;.Years later I went to join my first internet chat room and needed a username.&nbsp; I used &quot;Relinsingursonlyer&quot;, which nobody could spell and I could never type the damn thing in right when I wanted to log on.&nbsp; When I came to join ENWorld, I shortened it back to Rel and it has been that way ever since.So there you have it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 899318, member: 99"] Ah yes, Krull. I remember it fondly from my youth. Had it come out just a few years later, I'm sure that I would watched it endlessly on videotape (and done the same with Hawk the Slayer too). I have seen the movie a couple of times over the years but I never caught that the cyclops guy was named Rel. That is not the place from whence my username is derived. Rel was the name of my first Rolemaster character that I made when I was shown that system by Speaks With Stone. As I sat down to create my character I was trying to come up with a good name for my heavily-armed-heavily-armored knight type character and I thought up "Relin". I mused a bit further about a society wherein noble deeds and an honorable reputation would earn you extra sylables to your name. I extended the character's name to "Relinsingursonlyer". Upon starting to actually play the game, it was quickly decided that having a seven-sylable name sounds cool in concept but was in fact a huge pain in the butt in practice. Thus, his name got shortened back to "Rel". Years later I went to join my first internet chat room and needed a username. I used "Relinsingursonlyer", which nobody could spell and I could never type the damn thing in right when I wanted to log on. When I came to join ENWorld, I shortened it back to Rel and it has been that way ever since. So there you have it. [/QUOTE]

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