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mrwaffles
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Whats the origins of why you are called what you are called?
Name: MrWaffles aka Waffles
I was 13 and it was 2001 and RuneScape was just released. I was creating my account and it asked me what I wanted to call my character. My family had a big breakfast every Sunday. My dad and I were the early risers so he came up to me and asked what I wanted to eat. I quickly said "Waffles!". This was what I always said and he replied "You and waffles...Okay Mr. Waffles I can do that."
Every since then I've been MrWaffles. My favorite memories were randomly running into other breakfast themed names and having a good laugh. Occasionally I'd run into MrPancakes or MrFlapjacks and we'd pretend we were archenemies.
Side note: I own 4 waffle makers and if you want to know why you'll regret me going off on a bunch of useless facts about waffles. I still eat waffles weekly, and my dad has a vintage 1960s waffle maker that made endless waffles as a kid and it is the only thing I asked to be put into his will
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The name I used to use for a lot of older MMOs was Magellan. I always thought Magellan was a dope name and it was made popular by the Dr. Scholls commercial. But unfortunately the name was already taken for these forums...
However, such a thing was not meant to last. After entering a verbal altercation with my little sister over hogging the computer I was forced off by my parents to go do something that didn’t involve a mouse and keyboard. While she had won the fight, my sister was still upset over my unwillingness to allow her to get on the computer. Keep in mind we were 13 and 11 respectively. She decided to log into my World of Warcraft account and delete my level 23 mage.
When I found out about this, logging on to find my mismatched, cloth wearing wielder of the Arcane was gone, I was distraught to say the least. Sadly, at the time I didn’t know I could contact Blizzard to have my character restored to me. So the only option I saw was to start over and begin a new adventure.
This time around I decided to take another approach and created a Paladin. While making this character I was talking to my cousin, daughter of my favorite aunt and uncle who got me interested in the game, and we were discussing character names. She encouraged me to create something unique rather than a play of letters with a popular name. After some idea swapping I decided I wanted something that sounded fitting for a Paladin, wielder of the Light. Thus, the name Kesarakk was born and has been a name I’ve not only used in all of my games but also a name for short stories for both WoW and Ashes of Creation... maybe one day Kesarakk will return to my short stories as a faithful priest/paladin of the Verra Pantheon.
I decided I'd rather have a Y instead.
My name in WoW, Renwaldo, came from a medieval episode of Ren & Stimpy.
But it made me too insecure because people who have no life started using my name after I used it in an MMO.
I won't say the name, and this is an alt account, because I don't need a past that doesn't benefit me.
Waiting for Ashes to come out.
Halbarz is the son of Rata, a fierce blackarrow (hunter type)
My other char: Lyvins, it started in a game store. I bought Lineage 2 and didn't have a pc at home. So had to play in the store at 3 EUR per hour to get a pc booked. I was dreaming of having my own pc in the living room :P so livins was taken .... so changed the I for a Y
I heard a bird ♫
No king rules forever and enemies are all around you.
"The sword of Damokles is frequently used in allusion to this tale, symbolizing the imminent and ever-present peril faced by those in positions of power."
It shows that chance can kill without difference between kings and peasants.
I guess that’s not as exciting as some other stories but it’s true.
I can't even recall what class he was. Ahh, found it. Fury. Very primal and attack minded druid.
If I had more time, I would write a shorter post.
My in-game name (Doxologist) derives from an encounter from the original Destiny game. Well you have to stop a Deathsinger's Litergy. Doxology is another word for Litergy and I think it sounds cool. And I like singing in the shower. So call me Doxologist
Oh man Oryx, that boss was dope
Character names take shape for me based heavily on the look of my character after creation and the class they take on.
Katpew (hunter)
Katcleave (warrior)
Katclaw (druid)
Katsecreation (paladin)
Katotem (shaman)
Also using Jin as nickname. When i was playing M&B Warband PW mod with my clan, we were using tags. Rank_Name_of_Clanname. When i got highest rank for archer, my tag was too long Sharpshooter_Jindran_of_Bohemia so i had to shorten it.
One day when creating a new character in WoW I realized my gamertag screamed of teen angst and decided it was time for a much more normal one.
While I was sitting there trying to come up with a clever and unique name I decided to just pick words at random and make anagrams out of them. So I saw "Horde" in the WoW character creation screen and altered it to "Dreoh" and now 10 years later it's still perfect.