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[Stickman]

I used to make and sell devil sticks. I am, if I do say so myself, a devil stick god. I only ever met one person who could do a trick i couldn't (playing two sticks simultaneously... one with each hand) , and I could do about a dozen other tricks he couldn't.
My name is Dave. As everybody knows at least a dozen Dave's, the name "Dave" needs a modifier. I became known as "Devil Stick Dave" or "Stickman Dave".
When i got heavily into "Stars!" (best multiplayer strategy game ever... name another game that can be played on a 386 and is still going strong!) in the mid 90's, I took to calling the races i designed and played "the Stickmen". Somewhere in there I started using "Stickman" as my online name, and i've never looked back.

This post has been edited by Stickman: 10/07/06 1:28am

[TheGhost]

When I first started using it in 1995, MC Hammer had nothing to do with it. I was playing against my nephew who called himself "Sniper" in Marathon 2: Durandal - the original Halo built for Macs only.

I liked to drop the hammer on sniper and the name was born. My nephew grew up outside Boston, so the spelling indicates the proper pronunciation. You have to say it like the Cheers television series character, Cliff Clavin would with that heavy Boston accent. "Hey ah, it's ah, like ah, hamma time!"

I ended up embracing the MC Hammer reference because "you can't touch this" was a wonderful, tongue-in-cheek statement about online virtual gaming.

Boston accents ftw!!!

Anyways, my name originated when I was in my first clan for the original CoD. We were a snipers only clan, and back then I was the best player in the clan. Everyone claimed that I could never be seen, so one of my clan members said, "Damn Steve, you are like a bloody ghost!!" and the rest is history.

Some of you have seen me playing CoD2 lately with the name Sky Dog.. . The reason behind that name is that its the nickname of one of my favorite guitarists of all time, Duane Allman.

[steel]

My in-game name is SGT_Steel.

The way I came up with it is that the first time I stepped into an on-line shooter, it scared the crap outta me. I mean, there were players everywhere and I simply spawned & died. I thought, man, I need a name that gives me strength, so I instantly thought of "steel" - voila, SGT_Steel was born.

[MyWifesMule]

"I used to make and sell devil sticks."

I've been around awhile but what the hell is a devil stick?

[HammaTime]

"I used to make and sell devil sticks."

I've been around awhile but what the hell is a devil stick?

I do all my thinking with mine.

[MyWifesMule]

"I do all my thinking with mine."

Yeah, I'll bet it gets you into trouble alot too.

[Stickman]

"I used to make and sell devil sticks."

I've been around awhile but what the hell is a devil stick?

watch this.

No, it's not me. I make this guy look like a putz.

I really should make a video one of these days.

[T/A6Pak]

Just so you all know...when I got into MOBRegs I was using the name 440Cuda. I played more then the Cudad and confused alot of people when posting... and on vent. (Boy, cudadad has a girly voice)...lol after everyone started telling me we needed different names.... this post began---> #91011 and this is the beginning of my gaming name. Since that times I have also used (once or twice) GI Jane. Usually when I am playing with GIJoe...LOL

[Spectre]

My name came from SOCOM. i just used cuz i dont really care what my name is. Many people like Ghost call me ter. But spec or spectre is what i liked to be called

[Rainier_Wolfcastle]

No exciting story here. I usually play under the name Chief Wiggum. See where I am going with this? I know its not original but cartoon characters have great names. When COD came, I had to get a German sounding name. As it turns out McBain is really good with guns and has a german sounding name.

I thought I was the only one left who remembers the "old" 930 club.

[flatliner]

WOlf you local too???



nice.



I am an absolutly HUGE simpsons fan....

almost unhealthy



DC VA or MD???





HEY pezzy! the new Madden features a less than jake song i think



This post has been edited by flatliner: 10/16/06 9:53am

[Rainier_Wolfcastle]

Flatliner,

Not that I am bragging but I was born in DC. Now I live in Va but spent most of my life in MD.

No matter how much you like the Simpsons, it can't be unhealthy. Its not like its crack but I do get the shakes when I can't watch it on Sunday. I think Fox needs to take a 30 minute break from the world series just for the Simpsons. No offense to baseball fans but the Simpsons is so much better and alot more entertaining.

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

Mine is because



A) It rhymes



Because it kinda ambigious as to what it really means. A Master of Disaster...is that a good thing, or a bad thing? Do you want someone who has "mastered disasters" on you team or against you? Am I living up to my name when I do something good like kill 3 guys with a rocket, or something dumb, like back the KV1 heavy into my own mine field (which btw way kills only you and not the tank, meaning you then have to go over and finish it off with a rocket!). I figure it's a bit of both!



The only other online game I played (Starcraft and Warcraft) I used to use Cuban Assassin, but I decided that was kinda confusing because I'm not Cuban. He was a fat wrestler with an enormous head of hair and puffy beard from Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestler. If you ever saw him, you'd laugh. NoClassBobBass got his nick from another wrestler from that circuit, No Class Bobby Bass. Ahhhh, a great wrestling name if ever there was one.



If I had it to do over again, I'd do something shorter than Master of Disaster, but never figured I'd be playing COD this long. Luckiy, it does shorten up to "MOD" pretty easily.

[Spider-Baby]

Good to see some others still remember the old 9:30 Club! Grew up in MD and live in VA. As for my name - it is a song by White Zombie. I always thought the name was pretty cool and really dig the first line of the song (which is my sig.). I started using it when I played Quake 2. I played the SuperHeroes mod of that game a lot (anyone remember that mod?), sometimes under the name Jester. I also sometimes go by CrAZy cAt LaDY (Eleanor Abernathy from The Simpsons). So many cool stories behind some of these names. I like what you wrote about your name M@ster of Dis@ster (that its not apparent whether it is a good thing or bad thing). It was funny.

[UNDEAD 1]

I find it funny that we have such a large population of dc area players here.i grew up in maryland as well. dont you have to be canadian? j/k.