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Old 03-02-2009, 12:57 PM   #21
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What do you mean Jaz? I really don't have a signature.
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Old 03-02-2009, 01:00 PM   #22
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Nick: A little oriental sounding and made me think your real name was Sarah when I was new here. I'm sure your name has a story behind it. You get an 8.

User title: Catchy. I'm sure your avatar is the one delivering that line. You get a 7.

Avatar: Are those fangs? She looks kind of creepy and cute at the same time. That's a 7 as well.

Signature: I never understood any of it. It's confusing: 3
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Old 03-02-2009, 03:25 PM   #23
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Jelena:

N: 7, sounds like Helena (Helen in spanish) nice name.
A: 7, don't know who she is, but looks mysterious
S: 9, Simple but very poetic.
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Old 03-02-2009, 04:07 PM   #24
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Avatar: 8. I don't know what it's from, but I can't help but laugh when I look at it.
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Avatar: I didn't figure out what it actually was until I gave it a close look. I give it seven helmets.
Come on guys, that's the Boards of Canada - Twoism album cover. Everybody knows that!
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Old 03-02-2009, 08:39 PM   #25
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Nick: Kuze sounds female to me. Maybe it has to do with the avvie. Anyways, I like men who are not afraid to show their feminine part. 8.

User title: Mysterious. What happened on that evening? Were you born, or was it another magical moment in your life? Or is it a quote? 7.

Avatar: She's an interesting little girl. 7.

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Old 03-02-2009, 09:55 PM   #26
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Nick: Well, I guess if a system admin had to choose three letters from your family name, those would be very appropriate. (t____s__a) 8

Avvie: Adorable as ever! 9
User Title: Does that describe you or Annabel??! 8

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Old 03-03-2009, 03:58 AM   #27
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Nick: It always makes me think of you saying "Yo!" whenever you see a trunk (British or American English is up to you)... I like it! 8

User Title: I'm not quite sure what to make of it. What's "C & D"? 4

Avatar: Nice. Naruto is fun. 7

Signature: Nice and witty, and informative too! 9



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What do you mean Jaz? I really don't have a signature.
Yes, but you got my hopes up with your post about how to check the Userp page for a possible signature...

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Nick: A little oriental sounding and made me think your real name was Sarah when I was new here. I'm sure your name has a story behind it. You get an 8.

User title: Catchy. I'm sure your avatar is the one delivering that line. You get a 7.


Avatar: Are those fangs? She looks kind of creepy and cute at the same time. That's a 7 as well.

Signature: I never understood any of it. It's confusing: 3
There is indeed a story behind it. There once was a great game...which got a mediocre but still fun sequel, of which I happened to play the English demo of. The demo consisted of the first chapter which had you picking up the new courtmage from the city gates, and escort her to the castle. You could of course explore all the districts and see what you could do, which is what I ended up doing in the end. Long story short, I absolutely loved the oriental accent of the courtmage, and I ended up buying the game. Sadly, the version I got was the German version, and as it happens so often, the voice actor did not bother reproducing the lovely accent and spoke high German. Nevertheless, I still fondly remember that lovely accent of the English demo. The court mage in question was called Jazhara of Kesh, and that is where my name is from (I just like the number 7. I have yet to find a forum where someone has already chosen "Jazhara" as a username. That's the advantage of using a name from a mediocre, not so widely known game. There's a "Jazhara" at DeviantArt, but she signed up after I had already signed up there.). The game was "Return to Krondor", the sequel to "Betrayal at Krondor", a great old RPG by SIERRA *waves her Gorath fan flag - 2 metre tall, bearded elves rule!* by the way.

As for the user title, it's definitely my avatar saying it. I think I wrote the whole setting out in the deceased avatar thread, or "THE THREAD*.

And those are definitely fangs. It's Shariveillin, my Tiefling character from one of my favourite NWN 1 mods. She doesn't show much of her Tiefling heritage though - her father is supposed to be Valen from HotU who has a tail and horns. Originally I imagined her to have horns too, but when drawing her for the first time I had drawn the hair so well, I couldn't bring myself to draw in horns. And her avatar in-game didn't have them either, so it stuck. Her daughter did inherit the tail from her grandfather, though:


As for the signatures, it's all quotes. The first one is from the comic "Commissioned", specifically from the commentary on one of the strips where O (the author) makes fun of horror films, as they never managed to scare him. One of the comments was that people in those movies were always too stupid to run away. Only he said it in a much funny way.

The next one is from a short story from the "Chicks and Chainmal" book series edited by Esther Friesner. Read them, they're very funny. ^_^

Then the next one speaks for itself. I'll have to show you the link to the Mail-Order Assassin chronicles soon, I guess...

And the last one is from one of the Web Episodes of "Doctor Who", namely "Scream of the Shalka". The doctor tricks the Shalka and gets away by having the TARDIS open up to a black hold. That's when he says that. It loses a bit of it's humour if you don't know how it was originally delivered. I think I might change it soon, it was always the weakest part of my signature.




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Old 03-03-2009, 06:37 AM   #28
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Well actually, I put everything for a reason. The avatar is of Katran from "Riven", but many people have remarked that I look a lot like her. This makes me feel all happy inside, that I could be from one of my beloved computer games.

And Fantasysci5 was a joke. I was with a friend trying to set up an email account long ago. I love fantasy and sci fi, (the fi because I love to write fiction about fantasy and science fiction) and instead of putting "fi", I thought it sounded funny that "5" culd work and almsot sound the same. *shrug*

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Nic: 9-It has always made me think that you like listening to jazz or something.

User title: 8-I like it. It reminds me of the taverns in old folk tales, and I love that kind of setting.

Avatar: 10-I love it. She looks so happy and dancing, and when I see that avatar, I know it was you that posted.

Sig: 10-There are so many funny syings in it, I love it.
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Old 03-03-2009, 08:25 AM   #29
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A: 7, don't know who she is, but looks mysterious
It's Greta Garbo
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Old 03-03-2009, 02:13 PM   #30
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From the "Where'd you get your username from?" thread:

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Short answer: the combination of the names "Trunks" and "Ukyo".

Long answer: Yep, I also didn't want to stick the clichéd birth year to my real name back when I signed up for Hotmail... Since my two favourite anime characters at the time were Trunks (from Dragon Ball Z) and Ukyo Kuonji (from Ranma 1/2), I figured no one else would ever use such a combination of names, so I tried "trunkyo" and it worked! In fact, my very first attempt at cosplaying was of "Trunkyo", the what-if love child of the two characters!!!
C & D = Chaos & Destruction (because I used to be an Agent of Chaos & Destruction, LLC there's a story behind this too! )
Thus, NO C & D 4 U = "No Chaos & Destruction for you"


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Nick: 8 - Used to be LenaJ, but was probably too worried about crazed stalkers like me figuring out her surname (Jonsson? Jensson?? Johansson??? )
Avvie: 8 - Greta looks pensive, like she "vants" to be left alone.
User Title: 7 - Very cute, but does it really describe you?
Sig: 9 - Short and very sweet... Is that from Jonas Gardell?
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Old 03-03-2009, 03:13 PM   #31
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User title: Mysterious. What happened on that evening? Were you born, or was it another magical moment in your life? Or is it a quote? 7.
Actually, your two last guesses were spot on. It is a quote from a poem Carroll wrote for Alice Liddell (that's her on my avatar):

A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July--

Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear--
[...]

And yes, since last summer it also has a very special meaning for me... but I wouldn't want to bore you with the details. It was magical, though, almost somewhat unsettling when the events during that evening mimiced this very poem. And still do, I guess.

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Nick: Very Japanese, sounds like a mix of 'Tokyo' and 'Run' - 6
Avatar: Anime, huh. I have a personal dislike for Naruto, though, so - 5
User title: Cryptic. I like that - 7
Sig: Eliminates the need for "Now Playing" thread and the likes, but still - 8
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Old 03-03-2009, 07:08 PM   #32
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Thanks Jaz, Trunkyo, Kuze, Fantasie, for your explanations. I really like reading those. Keep 'em coming I say! I'm very curious to your real names now, but I guess I will probably never know them
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Katie. I don't mind anyone knowing that.

And I changed some of my stuff so it seems more personal! (i.e. My love for anything Britian! )
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Katie. I don't mind anyone knowing that.
*puts all of this info into my secret AG database (What? Doesn't everyone do this?! )*

Mine's Henry, but some of you already know that. And Fantsie-pants (), I remember you were curious about my name because I mentioned it was funnier than James Bonds!

Anyway...

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Avvie: 8 - Catherine/Katran. I never understood why they dubbed this actress' voice in Riven, though.
User Title: 8 - Ooh, an ambitious stalker are we? Like me when I was your age!
Sig: 9.2 - I love all of those games too! Well, except The Lost Crown because I haven't stolen played it yet. And the Pi-rates bit was borrowed from another thread wasn't it?
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I'm way geekier.
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Old 03-04-2009, 08:09 AM   #36
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Nick: 8 - Used to be LenaJ, but was probably too worried about crazed stalkers like me figuring out her surname (Jonsson? Jensson?? Johansson??? )
Avvie: 8 - Greta looks pensive, like she "vants" to be left alone.
User Title: 7 - Very cute, but does it really describe you?
Sig: 9 - Short and very sweet... Is that from Jonas Gardell?
Hey, Trunkyo, I'm impressed!
First: You remember why I changed my nick. And no, my last name isn't any of those.
Second: Yes, my sig is from Jonas Gardell. Are you familiar with his work or did you google it?
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Trunkyo-How is your name funny...? lol I mentioned earlier why it was a 5, but yes, I'm a pretty geeky girl, I even game (obviously)! You're going to stalk me? That'll be awesome. lol You NEED to play "The Lost Crown", and I'm glad you like my other favorite games. I stole the Pirate quote from another thread, but it was me who put it in the "Thread Must Die" thread, so I'm not sure that counts. lol But really, I stole it from Facebook.

Hammerite-Geekier? Then who would be the geekiest guy here...?

Jelena-How did you change your nick, without restarting an account?
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Jelena-How did you change your nick, without restarting an account?
I wrote one of the mods and described my concerns and he/she helped me out.
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First: You remember why I changed my nick. And no, my last name isn't any of those.
Second: Yes, my sig is from Jonas Gardell. Are you familiar with his work or did you google it?


I still remember that too, Mommy. I just assumed that everyone who was around at the time still knew it (assuming they read the reason at one point).



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I still remember that too, Mommy. I just assumed that everyone who was around at the time still knew it (assuming they read the reason at one point).
You youngsters have such a good memory. I had almost forgotten about it myself.
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