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May-26-2005 05:26
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Some of us have interesting reasons to pick a detective name. What is yours?

jstkdn which some people don't realize right away stands for JuST KiDding! It is something I tend to say a lot in real life after a lot of sentences. A good friend of mine in the US had jstkdn as a license plate of her car, so I wasn't that inventive myself.

My previous other agent was PM, which stands for Project/Program Manager, my profession in real life.

My only detective that I currently play with is freelancermountaineer. Only because Freelancer was taken. Sidney Bristow in the Alias series uses two call signs freelancer and mountaineer.

Jul-23-2007 10:52

When I created my detective, I had an idea for her background before I picked the name. The name itself was always supposed to be her alias.

I picked the name Talia, just because I like the way it sounds, I thought it was appropriate. Then I picked Rune as a last name, as it's derived from a Nordic female name. The name means secret or secret lore.

Jul-24-2007 03:21

Mnemophage = memory eater. I picked it entirely because it sounds cool.

I realized after the fact that it didn't sound very detective-ish, but it still makes for a fairly awesome nickname.

Jul-24-2007 10:46

I picked my detective name because I hate smiles.LOl! I really picked it because I hate people in general. Nothing Personal.

Jul-24-2007 14:27

Just because I wanted something related to my name.

Jul-24-2007 14:33

Ruby Black... Well my fave colour is Black, and the name Ruby just seems like an interesting name. ya get me?

Jul-24-2007 21:23

Well one of my favorite bands is called Roxette &Joyride. So i just thought up the name Roxette, and since i want my last name to be Jones, i added an R

Jul-25-2007 12:18

whooooops!
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Duh-uh

Jul-26-2007 01:39

Mine is simple
I have a cute 2 week old papillon puppy name Maya.
SO CUTE! :)

Jul-27-2007 04:58

Roxette was the name of the group (Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle). Joyride was one of their hits. They're from Sweden. *waves a flag* ;)

Jul-30-2007 03:03

Earl Stuart, nicknamed "Smokey" by railroad coworkers, moved to Valdez Alaska in the 1950's. In 1964 a massive earthquake hit Anchorage Alaska. The Tsunamis that it caused rocked the coast line with waves that were recorded as high as 280 feet, no chance of survival. Him, his wife and 3 kids all died in the Tsunami.

Earl Stuart saved my grandpas life when a railroad spike flew out of the tracks and impaled his chest. My grandpa would have died if he hadn't known what to do, and thanks to him, my grandpa lived to be 79 years old.

It's sad to think you do such a great deed in life and then die such a tragic death. He may have been killed in the Tsunami but until the day I die I won't forget the story my grandpa told me about him and the big scar near his heart.

Another game I used to play, I wont mention out of respect for this game, had a sign up like --> (username) of (crib) which i used Smokey of Valdez in memory of.

Since I've used the name Smokey Valdez for most games I play.

Know it was kind of a long post so I apologize but I figured the information was needed. Just saying I used it on another game before wouldn't have told the reason why I chose it =D