What does your ENWorld name mean?

[avin]

Avin is an anagram of Ivan.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

My ENWorld name means I don't wanna hide behind a Pseudonym or Avatar.

Yeah, if I sign up on something where I'm going to be expressing my opinions I usually use my real name. It tends to make for more polite conversation, I think.

 

[Roland55]

Rolled up in early 1984, Lanefan went on to become my iconic character over the next many years of play. He's in fact still out there in a currently-active world, just waiting for the main played party to catch up to his level before inflicting himself on the masses once more.

Further, in the language I was trying to dream up at the time Lanefan (as "la nefan") literally means "man of [the] moon"; as I have since become Wiccan, it just plain fits.

La-"man of the moon"-nefan

I'd bet this is very common.

It's where mine comes from. Not my first character, by a long shot, but perhaps my favorite. "Roland" was an extremely non-traditional Paladin, created just as Paladins first became a playable class. Played him on and off and on again through many editions. The connection with my avatar picture is more complex to explain ... perhaps another day.

"Roland" is also the name of my closest child-hood friend. He died quite young and, yes, I adopted his name for my Paladin to keep my memories of the original Roland ever-green. By and large, it has helped over the years.

Rollo -- still smiling after all these long years, buddy ...

 

[Roland55]

I always thought you were named after that herb that you use in the old game Bloodstone (? I think), but a search suggests that is actually spelled with only one "f".

And the only reason I know that is ages ago on AlexMUD, someone had a bunch of characters named Nift, Gonshi, Mergit, etc.

I've heard he's a real bad-a$$, too.

Nifft the Lean. Quite a roguish fellow.

 

[Roland55]

The top speed I ever achieved in my mighty Tornado F3 ws Mach 1.9. The pants bit was a joke from a friend about wearing my lucky supersonic undies, I said 'Yes I am wearing my Mach1.9 pants'
and it stuck

Always wanted to take a spin in a Tornado.

But, no, not to be.

 

[WanderingMonster]

I heard all the noise, so I thought I'd come see what was happening.

 

[jonesy]

I heard all the noise, so I thought I'd come see what was happening.

"A monster wanders into the clearing. It stands there looking at the gathering. It looks curious."

"I say: hey monster? Do you like beer and barbeque?"

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Nifft the Lean. Quite a roguish fellow.

Ahem...

The XP I gave you was for YOUR story about your buddy, Roland.

Somehow, though, because I'm doing this from an iTouch and have fat fingers, electronic gremlins moved it to the post subsequent.

 

[Roland55]

Ahem...

The XP I gave you was for YOUR story about your buddy, Roland.

Somehow, though, because I'm doing this from an iTouch and have fat fingers, electronic gremlins moved it to the post subsequent.

Understood and appreciated.

As an ancient fellow, I marvel at your ability to post from that tiny little iTouch at all.

 

[Lord Captian Tobacco]

A little bit of a tale…
I have earned an appellation.
I was a Captain in the US Army.
I was the Captain of a Ship (and social group) in the SCA.
As you can see in my photo (yes, that’s really me) I smoke a pipe. And I do so when I game, act, philosophize, and go out in public.

For many, this is the easiest way to create a memorable impression and others can avoid the embarrassment of not being able to remember my name. Or how to pronounce it…
The Cat Herding is something I'm pursuing.


About the font: normally I use NTR but if it shows poorly here, I will find something else.