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MainFramed

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May 29, 2002
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came here on a mission- to learn more about computers, and get help w/ computer problems.
 

iam4u2nv

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Mar 13, 2000
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Sorry, I don't want to make this sound rude but it was people who use usernames like yours that help me pick mine. I saw far too many people with exaggerated names (referring to great intellect, great body, great skills, etc) yet their posts left a lot to be desired (ie they were dumb, ugly posters without any skills). I found over time that the more grandious the name, often the worse the posts were. Their nicknames were usually an attempt to cover up their mediocre lives. This isn't always the case, and iam4u2nv might be an exception. So I went the opposite route. I chose a humbling name and let my posts speak for themselves.



Nope you are rigth. I am dull, very large (6'1" and 290) and I am actually not in the upper income bracket though I do ok for myself. I first started out on chat rooms and I never got anyone to talk to me. I found that going in and being boastful and rude actually got me more people to chat with. The internet offered me a place to something I was not in real life. Now I am a network admin with 2 kids and I should get a new name that actually fits me but I am too lazy to rebuild or look. :)
I do envy you however, your philosophy is very good and you seem very intelligent. Well said on your post. Take care.
 

Vic

Elite Member
Jun 12, 2001
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[PSY-W]Vicious
PSY-W = Psychological Warfare, the original independent (non-DMM) Tribes1 Shifter clan (before the mod was hacked to sh!t).
Vic comes from Vicious, the nickname the founder of the clan gave me because of my extremely agressive playing style. I later shortened the nick to Vic (because my real name is Rick, I'm a poet didn't know it), but when I came to AT that nick had been taken (by someone who has never posted once!), so I just threw the PSYW in front of it because I knew that would never be taken.
PSY-W is gone now, but I think 3 years is a long time for any clan to last. We were very exclusive, with never more than 25 members, and about half of them lived locally, so we had a lot of LANs as well. Ah well... *wipes away tear* now you know.
 

Tripleshot

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Jan 29, 2000
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<----------------- Proud Father of Triplets, two boys and a girl. Truck driver CB handle, registered and well known on the open roads across America.

If you can touch it,see it, taste it, a truck driver probably brought it to you.:)
 

globalstud

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Sep 10, 2002
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I went traveling with a group of friends to Asia, Europe, Australia, and South America. (4 summers 4 years)

I hooked up with a woman in almost every country we hit so my friends named me this.
 

SaltBoy

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Aug 13, 2001
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<-- Short for "Razor Saltboy," which the actual name of a member of the Navajo Nation that I met awhile back.
 

iam4u2nv

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Mar 13, 2000
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ok so you I envy! You make my life look so wimpy and hum drum.. want to trade? :)

I hooked up with a woman in almost every country we hit so my friends named me this
 

lilFajita

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Aug 2, 2002
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I'm little.

Fajita rhymes with my (real) first name.

I didn't want my friends on this forum to figure out who I was, so my profile is vague. This will not last long.
 

iam4u2nv

Senior member
Mar 13, 2000
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Boo.. it just shows there is nothing new under the sun. I did not know this has been done before. Oh well. I am still amazed at how people come up with their handles. I feel like the least original of the bunch.
 

spp

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Jul 9, 2001
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spp..... it's actually from a phrase in chinese... and i don't think i can explain it in 10 mnutes...
 

ROTC1983

Diamond Member
Oct 2, 2002
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ROTC1983 - Mine is pretty simple. I loved JROTC in high school and now I am in ROTC. 1983 is just my birth year.