Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT - What's in a Name?

Death_at_Midnight opened this issue on May 07, 2007 · 53 posts


Death_at_Midnight posted Mon, 07 May 2007 at 5:30 PM

There are so many interesting user names here. I'm curious if there's any background story to them, or something interesting about them. 

For instance, with mine, Death at Midnight, I used to be in an early Internet game called a MUD (multiple user domain) and used to get killed rather often. I wasn't very good at it. So I made a new character, Death, and role played the Grim Reaper, taking the persona from the Discworld. This I did quite well and haven't been able to shake off the persona whenever I go online somewhere. 

Then another player in the game became a professional writer. Her first successful novela was "At the Stroke of Midnight", where she based Death upon the role-playing persona I used. Thus, my name since then is taken from the game (Castle Perilous it was called) and her novela: Death at Midnight.

So, if anyone ever wondered, I'm not into gothic or heavy metal, or anything like that. I haven't changed the name because there's still many online who only know me by my handle.

So, what's in your name?