Handles, handles, handles...

[double_falcon]

A recent archeological dig in Egypt uncovered the name of Double Falcon and several other Egyptian kings. They ruled long before any historian had previously believed Egypt had rulers. It seems that kings back then, instead of adopting the names of gods, took the names of animals believing they would then acquire that animal's attributes (they're not sure yet since this is a recent discovery). King Double Falcon was, apparently, the son of King Falcon.

Since I love that archaic stuff, and I needed a new handle, I adopted it.

My wife says it sounds like the name of a spy. This is Civ II, so that'll work.

[Fraser]

Fraser's my first name. I also have a few other handles, though:

The Red Penguin: A cross between 'The Red Baron' and 'Penguin'.

Cullden45: An important battle in Scotland's history.

WebDesigner: From User Friendly.

Ummm . . . I think they're the only ones I actually use.

[Notnvs]

My given name is 'Anton'.
Backward, 'Anton' is 'Notna'
'Notna' pseudolatinized is 'Notnus'
The Romans didn't have 'u's, so:

"Notnvs"

I want to get some feedback from you people-is my handle clever, or stupid?

[Caesar Addictus]

I originally chose my handle in the Caesar III forum. Most people there use Latinised names. And well, it described my position on the game quite well. Unfortunately by the time I chose the handle, I actually started to get a bit tired of the game and returned to my all time favorite. The handle seems to apply to civ as well, at least in some limitted way (I don't always play as Caesar.

Rah: You're not a god? But I thought you always played as diety.

[Sten Sture]

I owe my handle to an older post from Carolus Rex, discussing the Swedish monarchy. Sten Sture the Younger was a populist regent that never became King, who came to power in the early 16th century during the wars with Denmark for autonomy. He, more idealist than good military leader, was with his peasant army crushed by the Danes at Bogesund, in 1520. However, his death and defeat gave rise to a new leader within the ranks, his consort's brother, Gustavus Vasa. Plus in English it sounds more like Sten-ster, which seemed appropriate for California. (It only took me 3 months to correct the century typo error!)

[This message has been edited by Sten Sture (edited June 16, 1999).]

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Do I need to explain?

[Ming]

NO!... The first time my wife was looking over my shoulder and saw your handle, she just started laughing... and then started to give me grief that other wives felt the same way. You still have my favorite handle.

[Saganaga Canoer]

I chose my name based on my interests. I love the outdoors, especially wilderness canoe-camping. In the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota, there is a lake right at the end of the Gunflint Trail that straddles the U.S.-Canada border called Saganaga. I chose that lake for my name (out of hundreds I've been to) because it's a cool-sounding name.

On other forums I attend I've shortened my name to simply "Saganaga".

In case you're wondering, my preferred pronounciation for "Saganaga" is

Sa-guh-NA-guh (where the "a" in "Sa" and "NA" is like it is in the word "had").

Other pronounciations I've heard from other BWCA canoers are:
Sa-GAH-nuh-guh
SAG-nuh-guh

[patweber]

well, my name is pat weber, simple.

[Zaratustra]

I`ve chosen this handle because Zaratustra is a hero of the main book by one of the most adored (by myself) philosophers - Friedrich Nietzsche (Also sprach Zarathustra)

[rah]

Notnvs: After looking at the list as it grows, I can honestly say that I think none are stupid. On whether your's is clever, I think obscure would be a better definition. I kept trying to focus on the Not in yours and tried to figure out what the nvs stood for and ended up thinking Not?.

Caesar Addictus: I always liked and laughed at, especially since I always play the Romans. (only since it's the default which saves time when you're looking at a lot of different starts to try one of the challanges)...and cute diety line.

All of the old D&D names doesn't surprise me, people had a large investment in most of those names in terms of identity.

It was nice to get confirmation on Sieve Too's origin. I thought something like that but said, just a coincidence.

I like Carolus Rex also but I think I would like anything with a Rex or Lord attached to it.

But my all time favorite is still MWHC. My wife also found it hilarious.

I've really liked reading these. Any more out there?
RAH

[Stewart Spink]

Erm, it is my name

[Ming]

I agree with Rah (no surprise there)...
It's great to see where peoples handles come from. There are indeed many people on this site where I would love to know where they come from.

And yes Stewart, I think we all knew about yours... but would your handle be if you couldn't use your name?

[LordGrey]

I am doing this to save this topic from falling off the screen. There are a lot more handles that would be interesting to hear about... Any more takers?

I am glad to see a few ex-AD&D/rpg name characters. I used to use one of mine as my online handle, but somehow Grey and LordGrey replaced it.

[AlexandertheGreat]

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.