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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

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.

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Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Sep-4-2005 22:55

WAAAAAAAAAAY back before the internet, when I was in college, we had a college-wide network with a chat set-up. One of the names I used there was "Moonshadow," as I was in a Cat Stevens phase at the time. One time I typed moonsh by itself and hit enter too early, so I went with that shorter version as less to type. Then I had to change it at some point when the internet came around and I had to re-register for some site or other, so now I am moonshh all over the place online. It's rarely taken by someone else, so I get to use it almost all the time.

Dr. Falco Maltese
Dr. Falco Maltese
Well-Connected

Sep-5-2005 00:00

Dr. Falco Maltese...probably obvious? It's a nod to the noir classic "The Maltese Falcon," and besides it just seemed kind of cool. I think I made him a doctor because of the archetype I chose, but now I can't imagine him without the Dr. in front...Falco is also a singer, Austrian, I think, with such songs as "Der Komissar" and "Rock Me Amadeus." I thought the connection with Der Komissar was appropriate, too. Turns out another player who actually /is/ Maltese was very disappointed that I am not, and that it has nothing to do with Falco's name. Sorry!

Laisgan'r Cysgodi
Laisgan'r Cysgodi

Jan-1-2006 05:53

My name may look kind of strange, but I have a liking for Welsh for some reason. I was putting some different phrases together and came up with this one: Lais gan 'r cysgodi. In English it means "voice in the shadows." I just pushed the first three words together and got my name. Laisgan'r Cysgodi.

Marmalade3
Marmalade3

Jan-1-2006 09:45

I named myself after a pretty cool toy monkey that I own. This isnt as sad as it sounds as he has a spacesuit lol. Unfortunately I kind of killed Marmalade and marmalade2 so I'm marmalade3. Not that inperssive but hey. I like lemonyshepard's name but I don't think thats how you spell shepherd ;-) or maybe thats the american spelling. I also have a detective named from the pirate monkey pirate name generator. Crazy or what?

Dark Raven
Dark Raven
Trusted Informer

Jan-1-2006 12:10

I could tell you....but then i'd have to eliminate everybody who knows...

AZN Cinderella
AZN Cinderella

Jan-1-2006 12:37

My nickname from my friends is Cinderella and I'm asian, Chinese to be exact, so I just put that together.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-2-2006 08:15

Ni hao! :)

Marmalade3
Marmalade3

Jan-2-2006 12:56

Have you read the book 'Chinese Cinderella'? If not you should, it's great

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-2-2006 14:34

What can I say? I just figured the name went well with the face on the picture. This guy with the cap happens to look the most handsome compared with the other choices.

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-2-2006 14:36

In another RPG-game (Dead Awakenings) my nick is Johnny Rotten.

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