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Topic: Handles, handles, handles... Current Date/Time:
April 17, 2000 18:49:52
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Carolus Rex
Prince
From: Sweden
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 1999 07:58
   
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Ancient gods, initials, abbreviations, movie characters, cartoons, historical persons, wifes who don't like computer games. The list goes on and on and on. Where did you get your handle from, what does it symbolise? Mine is latin for King Charles, in my case representing a Swedish king who lived 1682-1718. Carolus
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Mercator
Warlord
From: Hoofddorp, NL
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 1999 09:58
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Gerardus Mercator was a famous 16/17th century (not sure) Flemish cartographer. Since I am so good at making Civ2 maps (won the Map Contest of 1998 :-) ), and especially because making maps is the thing I do most, concerning Civ2. And also because I'm Flemish too, I decided that this name was quite appropriate.
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LordGrey
Chieftain
From: Born in Syracuse, NY, now in Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 1999 13:19
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Hey there Carolus. Didn't we have this discussion before? For everyone else, not like you see my handle much as I do more lurking than posting, but here it is: Lord Grey was a British politician/noble who is most known for the line, "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we will not see them lit in our lifetimes" as the Great War began. I picked the name because I like that quote and also because I like the handle Grey, and I figured it needed a rank on a Civ2 board.
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Carolus Rex
Prince
From: Sweden
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 1999 14:00
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Forgot to tell you why I chose Carolus Rex. I admire that king, not so much for what he did as for his character.Carolus
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kwang
GameLeague
From: Galveston, TX
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 20, 1999 18:51
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First name: Kent. Last name: Wang. You put two and two together... That gives you 3. :)
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Derek
King
From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 21, 1999 04:35
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It's my first name. *yawn* Creative I know! ;-)
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KhanMan
Warlord
From: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 21, 1999 16:42
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Mine's kind of funny: back about 3 years ago, when I was first going online, I was playing a lot of civ2. I liked to play as the mongols, and one of my oldest nicknames was Con Man Ed. I changed it to KhanMan when I started posting on the universal/herk fanfic forums, and, now, a couple of years later, it came full circle as my civ forums handle...KhanMan
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Zagbo
Warlord
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 21, 1999 22:18
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Mine is from an AD&D (remember that ???) character I had many many years ago. A fairly successful, somewhat obnoxious, half elf who had a panache for getting into trouble and losing other peoples money.
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Ming
ACS CivII & Off-Topic Forum Moderator
From: Chicago CST
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 22, 1999 11:29
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Ming is from the old black and white movie serials. He is the arch nemisis of our hero Flash Gordon. His nick name in the movies is Ming the Merciless. It matches up to my style of Civ.
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Theben
Moderator
From: Chicago
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 22, 1999 12:19
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Mine is also an old favorite AD&D character of mine. I suppose this officially labels me as a geek. ^-^ Oh well. Anyways, I always saw this character & another one as two sides of my personality. Theben was a loyal, trustworthy, reluctant leader, fighter wanna-be-paladin type(lawful). The other was a not a care in the world elf cleric/thief(extremely chaotic).
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Theben
Moderator
From: Chicago
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 22, 1999 12:20
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It seems like I'm following Ming around today...
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Sieve Too
Prince
From: New Hampshire, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 22, 1999 13:34
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No, it's not what you think.For those of you who are NOT college hockey fans (and I just can't imagine how empty your lives are), when your team scores a goal, everyone taunts the opposing goalie by yelling, "Sieve sieve sieve sieve!" over and over. Well, one day we were playing rubberband hockey (don't ask) at work and I scored a particulary righteous goal so I started in with the "sieve sieve" routine. A buddy of mine, who unbeknownst to me was also a college hockey fan, popped his head up and said, "So you like to yell sieve too? And I thought I was the only hockey nut around here!" I never gave that day much thought until I stumbled across this site.
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rah
King
From: Ferretown CST
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 22, 1999 15:38
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I use this one because I like the reference to the Egyptian God RA. But since, I'm not a god, I added an H. I also always laugh at the rah rah type people. And lastly, and most original, these are my initials. When I first came to this site, I wasn't sure if I'd ever be back so I used something I might remember. (God knows how many posts later) Being an IT Director means I have to remember many differenct logon IDs and passwords. I'm too brain dead when I get home to think up and remember new ones.
AND FINALLY... MING was already taken. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
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Chuckles
Prince
From: Burnaby, BC, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 23, 1999 16:03
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I picked my name becuase I'm always doing it.Right now I am laughing at Sieve Toos hockey story. You'd never have to explain such a silly thing in Canada.
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St Leo
King
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 23, 1999 21:53
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Okay, I was looking around the SimCity 2000 Special Edition CD when I stumbled on a very interesting city. I think it was called something along the lines of St. Chrisopolis. In it all the landmarks were named in honour of "St." Chris. I was inspired to build my own similarly themed city and then started using it as my handle on the 'Net.:-)
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Fistleaf
Prince
From: Singapore
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 24, 1999 03:17
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I used to use "Fistandantilus" from AD&D Dragonlance as my handle. However, it's a bit too long to type, so I shorten it to "Fist". For uniqueness, I add my surname "Leaf" behind "Fist".
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double_falcon
Chieftain
From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Registered: Mar 99
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posted March 24, 1999 16:59
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A recent archeological dig in Egypt uncovered the name of Double Falcon and several other Egyptian kings. They ruled long before any historian had previously believed Egypt had rulers. It seems that kings back then, instead of adopting the names of gods, took the names of animals believing they would then acquire that animal's attributes (they're not sure yet since this is a recent discovery). King Double Falcon was, apparently, the son of King Falcon. Since I love that archaic stuff, and I needed a new handle, I adopted it. My wife says it sounds like the name of a spy. This is Civ II, so that'll work.
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Fraser
Prince
From: Victoria, BC, Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 25, 1999 20:05
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Fraser's my first name. I also have a few other handles, though:The Red Penguin: A cross between 'The Red Baron' and 'Penguin'. Cullden45: An important battle in Scotland's history. WebDesigner: From User Friendly. Ummm . . . I think they're the only ones I actually use.
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Notnvs
King
From: San Francisco Bay Area
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 27, 1999 01:22
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My given name is 'Anton'.
Backward, 'Anton' is 'Notna'
'Notna' pseudolatinized is 'Notnus'
The Romans didn't have 'u's, so:"Notnvs" I want to get some feedback from you people-is my handle clever, or stupid?
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Caesar Addictus
Warlord
From: Monheim, Germany
Registered: Mar 99
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posted March 27, 1999 12:23
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I originally chose my handle in the Caesar III forum. Most people there use Latinised names. And well, it described my position on the game quite well. Unfortunately by the time I chose the handle, I actually started to get a bit tired of the game and returned to my all time favorite. The handle seems to apply to civ as well, at least in some limitted way (I don't always play as Caesar.Rah: You're not a god? But I thought you always played as diety.
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Sten Sture
King
From: San Fran-CISCO
Registered: Mar 99
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posted March 28, 1999 23:21
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I owe my handle to an older post from Carolus Rex, discussing the Swedish monarchy. Sten Sture the Younger was a populist regent that never became King, who came to power in the early 16th century during the wars with Denmark for autonomy. He, more idealist than good military leader, was with his peasant army crushed by the Danes at Bogesund, in 1520. However, his death and defeat gave rise to a new leader within the ranks, his consort's brother, Gustavus Vasa. Plus in English it sounds more like Sten-ster, which seemed appropriate for California. (It only took me 3 months to correct the century typo error!)  [This message has been edited by Sten Sture (edited June 16, 1999).] |
My Wife Hates CIV
Emperor
From: Juaa nt vyrr!
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 29, 1999 09:39
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Do I need to explain?
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Ming
ACS CivII & Off-Topic Forum Moderator
From: Chicago CST
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 29, 1999 09:46
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NO!... The first time my wife was looking over my shoulder and saw your handle, she just started laughing... and then started to give me grief that other wives felt the same way. You still have my favorite handle.
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Saganaga Canoer
Prince
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted March 31, 1999 14:46
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I chose my name based on my interests. I love the outdoors, especially wilderness canoe-camping. In the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, there is a lake right at the end of the Gunflint Trail that straddles the U.S.-Canada border called Saganaga. I chose that lake for my name (out of hundreds I've been to) because it's a cool-sounding name.On other forums I attend I've shortened my name to simply "Saganaga". In case you're wondering, my preferred pronounciation for "Saganaga" is Sa-guh-NA-guh (where the "a" in "Sa" and "NA" is like it is in the word "had"). Other pronounciations I've heard from other BWCA canoers are:
Sa-GAH-nuh-guh
SAG-nuh-guh
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patweber
Chieftain
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Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 01, 1999 11:20
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well, my name is pat weber, simple.
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Zaratustra
Settler
From: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 02, 1999 05:19
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I`ve chosen this handle because Zaratustra is a hero of the main book by one of the most adored (by myself) philosophers - Friedrich Nietzsche (Also sprach Zarathustra)
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rah
King
From: Ferretown CST
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 04, 1999 13:19
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Notnvs: After looking at the list as it grows, I can honestly say that I think none are stupid. On whether your's is clever, I think obscure would be a better definition. I kept trying to focus on the Not in yours and tried to figure out what the nvs stood for and ended up thinking Not?.Caesar Addictus: I always liked and laughed at, especially since I always play the Romans. (only since it's the default which saves time when you're looking at a lot of different starts to try one of the challanges)...and cute diety line. All of the old D&D names doesn't surprise me, people had a large investment in most of those names in terms of identity. It was nice to get confirmation on Sieve Too's origin. I thought something like that but said, just a coincidence. I like Carolus Rex also but I think I would like anything with a Rex or Lord attached to it. But my all time favorite is still MWHC. My wife also found it hilarious. I've really liked reading these. Any more out there?
RAH
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Stewart Spink
King
From: Worsley, Manchester, England
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 05, 1999 07:36
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Erm, it is my name
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Ming
ACS CivII & Off-Topic Forum Moderator
From: Chicago CST
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 05, 1999 10:04
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I agree with Rah (no surprise there)...
It's great to see where peoples handles come from. There are indeed many people on this site where I would love to know where they come from.And yes Stewart, I think we all knew about yours... but would your handle be if you couldn't use your name?
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LordGrey
Chieftain
From: Born in Syracuse, NY, now in Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 12, 1999 12:00
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I am doing this to save this topic from falling off the screen. There are a lot more handles that would be interesting to hear about... Any more takers?I am glad to see a few ex-AD&D/rpg name characters. I used to use one of mine as my online handle, but somehow Grey and LordGrey replaced it.
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AlexandertheGreat
Settler
From: Los Angeles, USA
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 13, 1999 02:02
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Ok, ok this newbie will post.I consider myself a historical war buff, but extreemly amature about historical accuracy. However, I ALWAYS kicked everyone's asses in RISK, AXIS & ALLIES, and COMMANDER in college and before. It happened with such regularity that nobody would play me anymore. One day, my college roomie told me that nobody would play me not because I always won, but because I was so ruthless! Like "Alexander the Great" he said. Well, also, there was once a rumor that he (Alexander the Great) was blonde curly haired fair skinned "boy". Well, so am I. However, now I am 33 so I guess I should be dead? other handles: The_real_da_Vinci for forum chats about the origins of our universe...but that is somewhere else (yahoo). Cool names all. I too, like My wife hates CIV. She got a real chuckle too.
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pandj
Chieftain
From: Dresden,TN USA
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 13, 1999 02:20
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pandj....hmmm... well my internet account is also the one that my mom uses when she is online (not often) and her name is Pat. My name is Jeremy, put them togethr and you get p(pat)andj(jeremy)...pandj. Sometimes I use the alias of Koren, which is a character based upon myself (loosely) that I'm currently using in a series of short stories, that I hope will someday become a novel. |
Aco
Chieftain
From: Europe
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 21, 1999 05:19
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My handle is Aco, and I use it since 1982...
Orginally I used it at the arcademachines where you could enter your name in the highscore lists, and most of the time 3 characters were allowed.The meaning of it is very simple; in the old days me and a friend programmed demo's for the C64, and one theme was a Texaco 3D proggie. It had a wiremodel of the Texaco logo and some scrolling texts. My friend was the 'Tex' and I the 'Aco' persons... ie Tex&Aco.
And since I play games on the PC I've kept this name... that's it.
Bye
Aco |
reismark
Moderator
From: NYC, NY, USA
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 22, 1999 22:35
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Open CivII, open a certain Alien Invasion scenario that comes with CiC, and look for the name of the leader of the alien tribe....
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Reismark I
Director, H.A.C.
http://hac.apolyton.net
hac@apolyton.net - reismark@yahoo.com |
ChrisWard
Settler
From: Sayville Ny
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 23, 1999 09:46
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My handle comes from my name.. which comes from a Lake near Perth,ON that we used to visit every summer.. Christie Lake..My mother told me this one day.. I asked her why she used that name.. And she answered Place of Conception!! AAGH!! Mom that is somthing I didnt need to know.....
Chris
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YongueGuy
Warlord
From: Ocala,FL, USA
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 23, 1999 14:04
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I chose YongueGuy because My last name is Yongue, I'm only 16 years young, and I'm a guy. Pretty basic. |
Carolus Rex
Prince
From: Sweden
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 23, 1999 15:16
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ChrisWard,Heh, heh, heh...Great story! Anyone else? Carolus |
techumseh
Prince
From: Edmonton, Canada
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 24, 1999 00:53
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OK. Techumseh was a Shawnee chief who organized an indian confederation to resist American expansion in the Indiana, Ohio and Michigan territories in the early 1800's. He led them north to fight on the side of the British during the War of 1812. When the British abandoned Detroit after the battle of Lake Erie, Techumseh was forced to follow them north. He was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, covering the British retreat. He is considered a Canadian military hero. |
Cockney Dave
Warlord
From: London, England
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 24, 1999 08:00
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My names Dave, and I come from London. I'm not a cockney though, I just use this name coz all people from London are either assumed to be upper class or cockneys. I am neither and do not like jellied eels. |
Biggles
Prince
From: australia
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 24, 1999 21:36
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Biggles was a fictious hero from the great days of the British Empire.
He used to fly a state of the art biplane rescuing damsels in distress from darsdardly Arabs and other sundry natives in the British Empire.
Of course he single handedly defeated the Hun in the 14-18 war.
In his spare time he would sort out Opium dealers around the World.
He was very chivalrous, saluting another pilot as he spiralled down, slowly burning to death.
His exploits were originally in the Boys Own Paper, but later appeared in hard back books.
These are now valuable collectors items and he has a cult following.
I was a pilot in the RAF-- Yes I am a wrinkly.
People started calling me Biggles, so I used it. |
Txurce
Chieftain
From: Santa Minica CA USA
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 27, 1999 16:20
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I'm of Basque descent, and "Txurce" is my first name in Basque. I also go to the trouble of customizing the Spanish to Basque before every game. There's no way to automate any of this, is there?I also change "Archbishop" to "General," since I prefer to view my Fundamentalist regimes as militarist rather than religious. |
Sten Sture
King
From: San Fran-CISCO
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 27, 1999 18:43
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I appologize for my ignorance, but how should an english speaker pronounce "Txurce"?
And I'm pretty sure you can edit a .txt file and make the Basque effect permanent, somewhere on here I read a post that went through that technique, I believe it was related to changing/adding city names. Would the capital be Bilbao?Keep up the posts these are interesting! |
Gordianus
Settler
From: Washington, D.C. USA
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 27, 1999 21:09
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My name comes from a character in a series of mystery books set in Ancient Rome by Steven Saylor. Like the character, I am a curious kind of person.Also, the author probably uses the appellation, "Gordianus" from the famous Gordian knot. That was a famous knot in the city of Gordium that was supposed to be so tied that no one could figure out how to untie it. Alexander the Great, when he came in the city on his way east, was shown the knot. Instead of figuring out how to cut the knot, he simply drew his sword and cut the knot. Hence, cutting the (or a) Gordian knot means solving an insoluble riddle or difficulty. In short, I solve mysteries. ------------------
"Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords." Plutarch, Life of Pompey, X. 2
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Uncle Sparky
Prince
From: Edmonton. Canada
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 27, 1999 23:28
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Uncle = I am one.
Sparky = I have been known to be.Actually, I have a terrible memory for names and work in a business where knowing names is essential. I compensate by calling people "Sparky". Late one night a few years back. a group of omnibibulous "Sparkies" christened me Uncle Sparky. It stuck.  |
HolyWarrior
Prince
From: USA
Registered: Apr 99
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posted April 28, 1999 00:20
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It all began with the Might & Magic VI forums. Paladins are my favorite class.
When I joined the Firaxis--Alpha Centauri forum, the name was still appropriate, as I generally play the Believers.After playing SMAC a few times, I've actually seen an improvement in my Civ2 play. |
Txurce
Chieftain
From: Santa Minica CA USA
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 28, 1999 00:50
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Sten Sture:"Txurce" is pronounced just the way it looks. Just kidding. It's sounds like "Choor-seh." For sentimental reasons, my capital will be Guernica, site of the historic Basque oak that the German Condor Legion bombed during the Spanish Civil War. As soon as I round up enough city names, I'm changing one of the text files (a flag will take longer). Thanks! |
benedetti
Prince
From: Belize City, Belize
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 28, 1999 00:58
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Txurce, go to the Spanish Civ2 Site and download a scenario called "Spanish Pride". Chances are that you will like it a lot. BTW, what's the translation of Txurce into proper Spanish? San-Txurce? (j/k) (I mean, Kepa is Pedro and Andoni is Antonio. Txurce is...?)------------------
E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta
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benedetti
Prince
From: Belize City, Belize
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 28, 1999 01:06
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And while we are at it, Beto Benedetti is the name of the hero (anti-hero) of Horacio Altuna's comic books. Formerly I was CDB, or Corpo di Baco (more or less, Goddamit! in Italian).------------------
E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta
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Txurce
Chieftain
From: Santa Minica CA USA
Registered: Mar 99
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posted April 28, 1999 01:14
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Benedetti:I'll look for the Spanish Civ 2 site, and then try to convert it over to my Mac format. Thanks. Txurce is "Jorge" in Spanish. I can't believe a non-Basque knows any other Basque translations! Is Altuna the creator of "Dylan'd Dog"? And does "Corpo di Baco" means"Body of ---"? |
benedetti
Prince
From: Belize City, Belize
Registered: b.02-15-99
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posted April 28, 1999 01:38
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Txurce,
Not so unbelievable - I do not speak Euskara but I know quite a few things about the Basque country. For example I know that Guernica is now spelt "Gernika" in Basque :-) I think however that your capital should be Gasteitz (Vitoria) :-)I think we may be talking about the same Altuna :-) Are you really Anglo? 'Cause if so you would be the first one I know who has heard about Altuna. Do you know Manara? Altuna is as good as Manara with the pen but (thanks God) not as... uhm... 'obsexed". And yes, Corpo di Baco means literally that benedetti ------------------
E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta
[This message has been edited by benedetti (edited April 28, 1999).] |
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