Hi all,
I chose my nickname in 1997 when I was a seriously good Quake2 player ( and I mean badass).
You might not remember 1997, as you would have been wearing nappy's (diapers) and chewing a dummy (comforter).
ANYWAY,
Everyone online had really macho 'big guy' names like TERMINATOR :assaultrifle: , KILLFREAK :chainsaw: OR THROATSLASHER :sniper: (Note: These names MUST be spoken in a deep, resonant, manly 'film trailer guy' voice to do justice to the originators).
Anyway I thought 'yeah, whatever' I'll have the most inoffensive girly toy name I can come up with and have some fun.
In quake2 you could write your own 'sneer' captions that showed up when you killed someone, and I did. So when I killed people, up would come:
BIG TOUGH 'KILLFREAKS' HEAD BLOWN CLEAN OFF (with a weasily girls tiny little popgun).
or
HARDMAN 'THROATSLASHER' MADE TO DANCE, by a nancy boy with a popgun.
You get the picture. Used it ever since.
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