TESTies, how did you think up your current handles?

Blind Owl

Hallucinogenic Owl
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Nov 27, 2015
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BlindOwl
Funny, I chose mine for the love of 1960s Star Trek characters portrayed with the lens of the 21st Century and making fun of William Shatner's acting.
Making fun of Shatner's acting?!?!? Burn the witch!! Heretic! You and your evil anti Canada talk.
Haha
I'm a military aviation geek(for almost half a century). When I was 12, I had read and memorized the pilot's manual for the B-17 bomber, the P-51 Mustang and any other aircraft I could get my hands on. Then I moved up to the jet era and Vietnam/cold war stuff. I read a book back in the late '80s called "Sweetwater Gunslinger 201". It was about an F-14 squadron called the Gunslingers(they're real, even though this is a novel) Sweetwater was the pilot's call sign, while Gunslinger 201 was the Tomcat assigned to him. "Gunslinger" stuck with me, always thought it was cool, so I knew it would be somewhere in my handle. So I'm putting together my SC account, and I'm stuck on this silly name for about 45 minutes and my mind starts to wander. I start thinking about this astronomy article I had read recently and connecting the themes to the word "Gunslinger". It came down to "Black Hole" and "Dark Matter" so I flipped a coin and Captain Dark Matter Gunslinger was born, a drunk space janitor who can fly any ship in the universe(as long as it has an autopilot)
Makes perfect sense to me.
 

ZombieXII

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Aug 28, 2016
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ZombieXII
In high school I used to wear a black shirt that had "ZOMBIE" across the front in bold white letters. Eventually it became a nickname and then my handle everywhere. The XII was added years latter when I was learning German, I still cannot speak German however. My favorite German word is Zwölf, the number 12, and I just like how 12 looks in roman numerals so I added it to the end since just "Zombie" doesn't always fly or is usually taken.
 

Duckforceone

Captain
Feb 25, 2016
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Duckforceone
Well in the early bbs days i went by a few different names... Mainly Bloodangel.

Then i roleplayed a samurai ninja duck. A master of Quack Fu, and Quack Fu wisdom. With Dual QuackTanas and Quarickuns.
Specialized in using his Quack Fu Wisdom to score women.

Started his adventure by going into a bar with my group. And scoring all the hot barmaids by lucky rolls. That is when his legend started.
He ended the night by killing multiple super demons and basically being so badass, i had him immortalized.
Even won a gift card to an rpg store, by standing on stage and talking about his adventures.

So time came to find a new nickname, and i loved ducks.
Then i saw the movie Air Force One, and it clicked.

DuckForceOne
 

CrudeSasquatch

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Jan 1, 2016
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CrudeSasquatch
onceI was part of a secret guilds of people that watched over the American / Saskatchewan border to make sure them Yankees didn't tried to invade. I sat upon an oil derrick with binoculars telling the boarder patrol where the intruders were. Code name Crude Sask Watch.
Eventually I became know for getting bored and telling rude jokes over the radio while simultaneously not showering and growing a great deal of excess hair.
CrudeSasquatch was born
 

Graptor

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Jul 21, 2016
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Graptor
I've had the nickname "Grap" all my life (part of a lengthy last name). Did tons of backpacking into the Colorado back country back in the ear;u 90's. One of my buddies was constantly amazed at how much food we had to pack in because of my appetite (I do eat quite a bit, still do). He coined the nickname "VelociGraptor" during those years. It has stuck for the last 25 years or so. Thus "Graptor" and the crashing dinosaur in the avatar.
 

Blind Owl

Hallucinogenic Owl
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Nov 27, 2015
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BlindOwl
onceI was part of a secret guilds of people that watched over the American / Saskatchewan border to make sure them Yankees didn't tried to invade. I sat upon an oil derrick with binoculars telling the boarder patrol where the intruders were. Code name Crude Sask Watch.
Eventually I became know for getting bored and telling rude jokes over the radio while simultaneously not showering and growing a great deal of excess hair.
CrudeSasquatch was born
once I had a job as a park guide taking Americans on trips to marvel at the beauty and majesty that is Canada's National Park's.
I hit on a lot of American tourists while simultaneously not showering or shaving for months at a time.
CrudeSasquatch was born.
This one time I was sitting at my desk wondering why I hadn't changed my internet name in over a month.
CrudeSasquatch was born.
How many of you are there living in your brain? I mean, I knew about the 7 of you....
 

Blind Owl

Hallucinogenic Owl
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BlindOwl
^^

so membership in TEST stands at 12,000, going on infinity?
Sounds about right. It's also just as confusing to us as it is to us.
All of those stories are true, if


Well there's only a few...
I only know about the 12 or so.
I know about at least 13!
But I only know about the 7...
Hehehehe you mean all 50!
Mwuahahahaha!
Remember in highschool when you used to pretend you were insane?
You don't have to pretend anymore brother. You can be yourselves now. All of you. Us. Them.
 
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