Handles, handles, handles... - Page 2

AlexandertheGreat · April 13, 1999, 02:02

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.

pandj · April 13, 1999, 02:20

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 · April 21, 1999, 05:19

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 · April 22, 1999, 22:35

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 · April 23, 1999, 09:46

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

(good thing it wasnt in the parking lot of a Piggly Wiggly!)

YongueGuy · April 23, 1999, 14:04

I chose YongueGuy because My last name is Yongue, I'm only 16 years young, and I'm a guy. Pretty basic.

Carolus Rex · April 23, 1999, 15:16

ChrisWard,

Heh, heh, heh...Great story!

Anyone else?

Carolus

techumseh · April 24, 1999, 00:53

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 · April 24, 1999, 08:00

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 · April 24, 1999, 21:36

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 · April 27, 1999, 16:20

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 · April 27, 1999, 18:43

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 · April 27, 1999, 21:09

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.

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"Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords."

Plutarch, Life of Pompey, X. 2

Uncle Sparky · April 27, 1999, 23:28

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 · April 28, 1999, 00:20

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 · April 28, 1999, 00:50

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!

April 28, 1999, 00:58

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...?)

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E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta

April 28, 1999, 01:06

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).

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E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta

Txurce · April 28, 1999, 01:14

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 ---"?

April 28, 1999, 01:38

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

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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).]

Txurce · April 28, 1999, 02:06

Benedetti:

Given that the Basques are so traditionally anarchic as to never have had an official capital, I think I'll stick with the historic site of their periodic assemblies, by the sacred oak tree of GERNIKA. (I defer to your usage of the Basque spelling.)

I was born in Cuba, but have spent most of my life in the U.S. I've never read Altuna, but I did see a movie called CEMETERY MAN (DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE, directed by Michele Soavi, starring Rupert Everett), based on the "Dylan Dog" comic-book characters, with the actual plot inspired from a novel by Tiziano Sclavi.

April 28, 1999, 02:22

Oh well, but I think that after the long night of fascism was over, Gasteitz was made the official capital of Euskadi.

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E questo e il fiore dal partigiano,
o bella ciao, bella ciao
e questo e il fiore dal partigiano
morto per la liberta

Ming · April 28, 1999, 09:21

Thanks benedetti...
I never knew what CDB stood for! Thanks for the laugh... I needed it this morning!

I love this thread.

[This message has been edited by Ming (edited April 28, 1999).]

St Leo · April 28, 1999, 13:22

The Spanish CivII Site:-)

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St. Leo
http://www.sidgames.com/imperialism/

Notnvs · May 5, 1999, 18:25

Of late I've been calling myself 'Shaft' (in real life). Hmm...

Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to ALL the groovy chicks?

Shaft!

DAMN straight!

Nananana nananana nananana nananana

They say this cat Shaft is a BAD mutha'

Shut yo' mouth!

Uh huh!

Nananana nananana nananana nananana

Mark von Wagner · May 5, 1999, 23:40

My username? I always play as the Germans, so I added just 'von' to my name. 'Wagner' is a perfectly respectable German name, after all.

catullus · May 6, 1999, 07:10

Catullus (Catulle) was a great roman poet. He is also the male leader of the Dead Poet civ (renamed Carthaginians), with cities like Coleridge, Shakespeare, Ovid, Vergil, Whitman...

C.

DaveV · May 6, 1999, 07:34

My name is totally obvious and unoriginal, but I love some of the other stories here. If I had it to do over again, I think I would go for Doug Pirhana, from one of my favorite Monty Python skits. He was the "enforcer" of the gangster Pirhana Brothers, using sarcasm and literary irony.

Tokek Belerang · May 6, 1999, 08:19

Tokek means gecko, belerang means sulphur.

Both words are from Bahasa Indonesia, the Indonesian national language. As some may know geckos are the only voiced lizards, and in the twilight they call their own name, repeatedly. Indonesians interpret the sound as 'tokek' (pr. TOH-kay). I'm not Indonesian, by the way, but Dutch, with some Indonesian blood. I love the sound of the tokek calling its name in the twilight, loud and defiant. While in North Bali I had one tattooed on my shoulder by a local artist.

'Belerang', or sulphur, is 'zwavel' in Dutch, and that has the starting three letters of the last names of me and my girlfriend, respectively.

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Numquam turbae misceri

DaveV · May 6, 1999, 13:15

Quinlong,

Is that Spiney Norman standing behind you?