What does your ENWorld name mean?

[minitrue]

Mine is taken from George Orwell's 1984, the Newspeak name for the Ministry of of Truth. Since the late 90's I've used it as my email address. I was reading the book at the time, and I was a journalism major.

My Morrus-name is "milwil"

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

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.

Totally off topic, but using a font without serifs will make reading your posts much easier on the eyes.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

. . .
I was a Captain in the US Army.
I was the Captain of a Ship (and social group) in the SCA.
. . .

Would it be bad form to point out that your name is . . . um . . . mis-spelled? Captian vs. captain? Or is there a story behind that too like rogue rouge, cannon canon?

 

[Dedekind]

Lazy college kids led to my handle...

Everyone got email in college (It was my first ever email account. And my first access to the internet...)

It was the same for all. first letter of first name, then full last name. People often had fun with them if they made a word (Poor, poor Heather O'Brien for example). For me it was Smossman.

Ours were all 'stu' + 'first 4 letters of last name' + 'first letter of first name'.

I still have friends whose email/username is stuxxxxy.

 

[Dedekind]

Dedekind was a mathematician famous for a technique called 'Dedekind cuts.' I had to apply it in my modern algebra class and it struck me as a cool handle. I've been using it ever since.

 

[Pbartender]

It's doesn't have anything to do with mixing drinks (yet), and it doesn't have anything to do with lead.

I work at a particle accelerator laboratory at first operating and now repairing and maintaining machines that make and store, amongst other sub-atomic particles, antimatter... and specifically antiprotons.

In a way I am quite literally a pbartender in the same way that someone who looks after sheep is a shepherd.

One of these days, perhaps when I retire, I have a notion to open up a little pub just outside the lab and call it the "Pbar & Grill".

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Understood and appreciated.

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

[shakefist]Whippersnapper![/shakefist]


(The above post took 3hrs to type on my iTouch.)

 

[coyote6]

On whatever BBS or ISP system I first signed up for, I tried to use "coyote", but it was taken. The PCs in my all-time favorite campaign (which I was a player in at the time) were an ad hoc special ops team with the call sign "Coyote", and I always liked Wile E. & the trickster. My character in the game somehow ended up in charge, and hence got the call sign Coyote 6; thus, coyote6.

Some places additional numbers have gotten tacked on, because just 6 was taken, so I'm also coyote627 (I signed up for AIM in late '97...) or coyote670.

 

[Roland55]

[shakefist]Whippersnapper![/shakefist]


(The above post took 3hrs to type on my iTouch.)

And ... you're still more adept than I.

 

[Kobold Boots]

First campaign I ever GM'd contained some players that I had not gamed with before. One of which had a character based on every stereotype of the old cimmerian barbarian schtick. Great fun.

Two of his running jokes:

1. He was large because all of his people were large. When pressed, he'd advise that they did everything large, fight, sleep and eat. Small surprise when the horses in the party would disappear and the barbarian would be making breakfast the next morning.

2. Kobolds were waterproof, this was proven in his culture where the kobold population had been systematically wiped out due to their hides being useful for boots and clothing that would handle the harsh weather. When he traveled and found kobolds, he'd get excited and collect bagfuls for tanning purposes.

Hence "kobold boots".