Your user name?

[DorostheConqueror]

Here's a question: why are you called, what you're called? Your UESP user name- what's the story behind it? Is it your real name? A name you thought sounded cool? Or a name you were forced to pick as the result of a lost bet with one of the mods?

Mine's an epic story in and of itself; a tale of daring adventure, flashing steel, sweaty Spartan men in loin cloths, and the most tragic anticlimax since Alexander the Great died of a cold. Cliffs Notes version: it's taken from Rome: Total War, and the single best general from the single best game I ever played; I used his name as a handle on a couple forums and it just sort of stuck. The full version I'll post if anyone's interested, but I'm not going to fill the OP with page after page of Spartan asskicking.

-edit- Oh snap! "Asskicking" got by the censors? Ummm, did I break the forum? I thought it was gonna show up as *kicking or something.

[Dark Spark]

Mine came out of a moment while waxing poetic (or was it some poetic waxing?) about the impulse one must keep under rein when wielding a four-foot ribbon of sharpened steel by one end. Power. Responsibility. One pushes outwards, the other binds 'round to contain it. Opposing forces that must be kept in balance, lest one or the other destroys your integrity. That "dark spark in your chest" that compels you to either great or terrible things— the will to act, yes, but to act rightly or wrongly?

That, and it rhymes. That's always a plus.

[Rohugh]

Boringly it is just a combination of my two given names. Sorry I can't even think up a long convoluting story of how it came about.

[DorostheConqueror]

Mine came out of a moment while waxing poetic (or was it some poetic waxing?) about the impulse one must keep under rein when wielding a four-foot ribbon of sharpened steel by one end. Power. Responsibility. One pushes outwards, the other binds 'round to contain it. Opposing forces that must be kept in balance, lest one or the other destroys your integrity. That "dark spark in your chest" that compels you to either great or terrible things— the will to act, yes, but to act rightly or wrongly?

That, and it rhymes. That's always a plus.

A tape measure? I can never wield those things even when they're two feet long; how you manage four is beyond me!

[Dark Spark]

Swords. Remember that cute little word from the Hobbies thread? And keep your flower-bearing peacenik attitude in check, child: I wouldn't have said swords, the plural of sword, if I didn't already have at least one.

Overall Length: 48 inches
Blade Length: 37 inches
Weight: 3.5 pounds
Base Damage: 500,000 points (before Sneak Attack bonus)

Granted, an Oakeshott Type XVIII is less of a 'ribbon' and more a flattened, elongated spike thingy. More profile taper, less distal taper, and a spine for thrusting.

[weka]

A tape measure? I can never wield those things even when they're two feet long; how you manage four is beyond me!

Oh I so love you Doros!!!

This is the first and only forum that I've joined so far and it seemed like it was etiquette, and poss prudent as well, not to use real names. Though I live in the UK, I'm from NZ, so wanted a name that reminded me of home. It's short and easy and I like the sound of it, it’s as simple as that.

If you want to see what an actual cheeky little weka is like, you could watch the "weka fishing" YouTube link Arotos pointed me to a while back. (Pls bear in mind if you do watch it, the weka is not hooked, it's just holding on, though the “bait” is dead.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_vA1Rg6UqI

I actually pref'd using kea, since they are even cheekier and real rascals, but I don't like the sound of the name so much. But Kea's really are just brilliant entertainment to watch! The other choice was Pukeko, but I hate to imagine how most people would have pronounced that! Plus too long.

[Ayoub]

Well, its just my name, which was a prophet's name...

[Logius]

Mixing of two words: "logic" and "us". Derived from a conversation I had with a buddy back in college.

[r]

Article. I.

Section. 1.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section. 2.

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such Enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Section. 3.

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Section. 4.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

Section. 5.

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section. 6.

The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Section. 7.

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed The House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section. 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

[Bruffmeister]

Well the first part of it BRUFF is part of my nickname. Ane the last part MEISTER was when I was watchingAmerican pie he said it means master in Grman or somthing then I just combined the both.

[Masser]

Mine is from one of nirn's moons.

[satan_n_stuff]

Mine is from one of nirn's moons.

Yeah, we got that.
Mine's just evil.

[Quiglesigles]

Mine is my first name

[sheogorath_fan]

im sheogorath disguised as a pitiful human thats why i added the fan part

[TidusBlade]

Was addicted to FFX when I decided to make it Tidus, but it was taken, so I added the name of the type of weapon he uses, a blade

[lowbart]

The people I hang around with at school have a tradition of mangling everyone's name. So my name became Lowbart. I didn't make it up myself.

[ace62394]

Mine came from my WarRock days. I had to make a new account because my other one became corrupted or whatever (I think it got hacked) so since I was pretty good at flying the jets (I only crashed once) I tryed just "ace" but that was, obviously, taken. So I added my birthday:

6 means June
23 is the date
94 as in 1994

[Ayoub]

Mine came from my WarRock days. I had to make a new account because my other one became corrupted or whatever (I think it got hacked) so since I was pretty good at flying the jets (I only crashed once) I tryed just "ace" but that was, obviously, taken. So I added my birthday:

6 means June
23 is the date
94 as in 1994

Hah. I'm a month older (may 26)

[lowbart]

Wow, May 1994? And you're tall enough to reach the keyboard?

[Ayoub]

Oh, you made a funny.

[DorostheConqueror]

Though I live in the UK, I'm from NZ, so wanted a name that reminded me of home.

Ooooh. That's pretty cool; what's it like down in Middle Earth? I've got some cousins living there, and my grandparents have galavanted off there on their countless retiree tours of the former British Empire, but I've never been myself, and aside from Kiwis, the All-Blacks, and a Gallipoli, I'm totally in the dark. In fact, up until you posted that weka video, I was completely unaware that there were rednecks in NZ!

Looks like a fun country. Is the weather as nice as it is England?

Swords. Remember that cute little word from the Hobbies thread? And keep your flower-bearing peacenik attitude in check

In Loving Memory of Arotos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-NRriHlLUk

[Bruffmeister]

Mine came from my WarRock days. I had to make a new account because my other one became corrupted or whatever (I think it got hacked) so since I was pretty good at flying the jets (I only crashed once) I tryed just "ace" but that was, obviously, taken. So I added my birthday:

6 means June
23 is the date
94 as in 1994

Hah. I'm a month older (may 26)

Im exactly a year older than you .

[weka]

...what's it like down in Middle Earth? I've got some cousins living there, and my grandparents have galavanted off there on their countless retiree tours of the former British Empire, but I've never been myself...

It's a really beautiful and amazing country! You will have to convince your Grandparents that since they're getting on abit now, it would be v. beneficial to them to take their Grandchild with them!

...until you posted that weka video, I was completely unaware that there were rednecks in NZ!

Well they wouldn't be called that there, and I've only ever really had a pretty vague understanding of the term, but yep you're prob right, there's prob quite alot of them there!

...Is the weather as nice as it is England?

Ha! Far better!! But it's a long thin country, so it covers alot of weather zones. Down the bottom of the South Island it's prob comparable to at least Scotland, if not further North (I've only been down there in Summer time). At the top of the North Island, it's not far off the same latitude as Sydney.

And most importantly, you're never far from a beach anywhere!!

[r]

To be fair, it's not hard to have weather as nice as England. I'm pretty sure it's rained every day for the last week here. Even my mate in sunny Brighton has been whinging about the weather.

On a related note, I've been informed that there's a road-trip to Cornwall in a Volkswagen Campervan happening in the summer and I've been nominated to be the driver. I'm not entirely sure I'm happy about that, because it's a good 200 miles from Suffolk and a Campervan's hardly a Bugatti Veyron, is it? Although it is rear-engined and it's a monocoque, so it has supercar ideals...

[weka]

....Although it is rear-engined and it's a monocoque, so it has supercar ideals...

That is hilarious!! I'll never look at a v-dub campervan in the same way again!!

It also doesn't help that summer was pretty much entirely cancelled last yr!