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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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Roxy Rosenthal
Roxy Rosenthal

Mar-29-2006 19:04

Having played briefly under another name, I knew a little of what to expect. So I did things a bit backward. I chose the kind of detective I wanted, then the pic I wanted, and lastly chose a name.

I knew that I wanted a "very charming" archetype because it would give me an edge early on in the puzzling. I couldn't come up with a very charming male concept for the time period, so I chose to make my detective a female. I came up with 3 possible very charming female stereotypes to chose from:
1) The adorable old lady.
2) The femme fatale.
3) The party girl (mildly flapperish).

I passed on the first because I was never a Miss Marple type fan. (I'm a big Poirot fan though)
I also passed on the second as I felt it was too obvious.
So I chose the third, and now I needed a name.

I wanted a name that hinted at being sexy. "Foxy" first thing that came to mind, but Foxy wasn't subtle enough, nor was it be a valid nickname for any girl's proper name. Recalling that Rachel Welch was nicknamed "Roxy" - and "Roxy" seemed to fit the bill. It had a hint of sexiness to it, and it also could be a nickname for someone named Roxanne.

After looking at the default pics - I chose one that fit the time period and the character best. It had some features (dark hair, pronounced nose) that hinted at possibly being Jewish. So for a surname, I chose a Jewish connection. I wanted to stay away from the obvious stuff "gold-, silver-, -burg, -stein" and settled on Rosen. Mostly because I liked the alliteration with R's in Roxy Rosen. However, that name didn't quite roll of the tongue as much as I would like, so I modified it a bit to Roxy Rosenthal.

I was unclear as to how strong or weak the anti-semitic mood was at the time, but when I learned that the intermarriage rate for Jewish Americans was quite high even back then, I figured that it was a non-issue.

So there you go - Ya I know, it's far more than you wanted to know
*grin*

Soifeas
Soifeas

Mar-30-2006 11:34

I've used this name for about 10 years at various sites. One day I was on a site and needed a nickname, I was drawing a complete blank. I looked down at my freebie mousepad (bigtime freebie hunter :P) I had gotten from Kmart or WalMart (can't remember which) and it said "Shopping Online Is Fast, Easy And Safe" soooo I took the first letter of each word and have been stuck with Soifeas every since. The fact that I've never seen anyone else use it is a big bonus cause its always available on any site :)

Charlie Cain
Charlie Cain
Thespian

Mar-30-2006 12:37

I just clicked when I decided to try this game.

Mark Stone
Mark Stone

Mar-30-2006 17:07

I Picked Mark Stone, becuase it sounds like a great name and it also kinda fits the old guy in the picture even though im quit young i wanted my dective to look old be a "drunk" but enjoyable and fun dective so i went with Stone, Mark Stone.

Charlie Cain
Charlie Cain
Thespian

Mar-30-2006 17:21

Mark I got this one thats sopposed to be detective.... hes just alittle drunk is all. HA HA

blakelover
blakelover

Mar-30-2006 18:54

Well,i luv my boyfriend Blake.

blakelover
blakelover

Mar-30-2006 18:55

well, ilove my boyfriend,his name is Blake. So, that is why i chose blakelover.

JayBrown
JayBrown

Mar-31-2006 03:30

Mine is my real name simple really :)

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Mar-31-2006 05:35

Well, Serges is a name I have been using for online handles, RPG characters, and as a pen name for about 12 years now. It's just my "other" name, so to speak.

Originally it came from a character in a book named Sergei Rovjenko. I used it in my first pen-and-paper RPG, and my fellow gamers would just call me "Serge" for short. My second RPG characted then got named "Serge". I transferred it as a multi-player game handle, but one game wouldn't take a name shorter than 6 characters, so I added the S to make Serges. And I really liked it, and it's stuck in my mind ever since.

By the way, one of my pet peeves is when people abbreviate it to "Serge" now... :)

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Mar-31-2006 05:36

*waits for the barrage of people to reply just to call me "Serge"...* :)

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