An AbyssDragon by any other name would smell so sweet

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Jan 15 2004, 10:34 am
When I was fourteen, I downloaded an online game from Sierra called The Realm. Upon logging in, I needed to create a username. I was playing Chrono Trigger heavily at the time, so I tried "Magus". It was taken... so I had to make up something. Utilizing my vast inner creativity, I decided "Abyss=Dark" and "Dragons=Cool". Putting them together "AbyssDragon" was the coolest, darkest name on the InterWeb [sic]. Gother than thou, you know.

But I'm not fourteen anymore, and some other company bought The Realm from Sierra. It's not worth playing any more, and hasn't been for years now. It has outlived it's usefulness. And, similarly, so has AbyssDragon. Seven years later, it's time for change. Despite the unmatrixycoolness of using my real name, I'm going to. More or less. My new [heh] key/username/handle/etc. is "nick.cash". Email me at [email protected]. Anywhere you previously referred to me as "AbyssDragon" you can probably now refer to me as "nick.cash". I've created new usernames everywhere I still go.

Now for the part you might care about: All of my BYOND libraries, games, and what have you will be moved shortly to my molotov key, as molotov.nu is my publishing venue (my brand name, if you will). molotov.Parser will be, for example, the new locale of my the parser formerly known as AbyssDragon.Parser [this is a Prince joke formerly known as funny]. This stuff will go into effect whenever I get around to it.

-AbyssDragon
Jan 15 2004, 10:37 am
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&e=3&u=/ ap/future_windows

I want to join the "National Fenestration Rating Council".
Jan 15 2004, 12:07 pm
I always figured your real name was AbyssDragon... how many other people aren't here under assumed names???
Jan 15 2004, 2:37 pm
"Its" is possessive, "it's" is a contraction.
Jan 15 2004, 2:53 pm
In response to Hedgemistress
Hedgemistress wrote:
I always figured your real name was AbyssDragon... how many other people aren't here under assumed names???

I am. From the second I came out of my mother's womb I was "HavenMaster".
Jan 15 2004, 2:53 pm
In response to Hedgemistress
Hedgemistress wrote:
I always figured your real name was AbyssDragon... how many other people aren't here under assumed names???

Funny .. my real name is AbyssDragon!
Jan 15 2004, 3:48 pm
In response to nick.cash
I predict that Microsoft will now sue that company for trademark violation of the name "windows".

I want to join the National Defenestration Rating Council: "Your technique is good, but you need a better power tool."

You may make whatever you wish of that last paragraph. I hold no responsibility for the possibility of your brain melting. Use of a dictionary is advised.
Jan 15 2004, 7:07 pm
In response to Crispy
de¡Pfen¡Pes¡Ptra¡Ption ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-fn-strshn)
n.
An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

i dont get it, the part about the better power tool.. QUICK lets defenestrate crispy! (That sounds so wrong)
Jan 15 2004, 7:21 pm
In response to Garthor
Well aware. 'twas a typo.
Jan 15 2004, 10:41 pm
In response to Jerico2day
You need the power tool to remove any glass that's in the window. Otherwise you could get nasty glass cuts when defenestrating the vict- volunteer.
Jan 16 2004, 5:33 am
"Nick Cash" is a great name. Have you ever considered a career as a private investigator?
Jan 16 2004, 9:42 am
In response to Gughunter
Nick Cash, Private Eye.

If I had a window on my door, I'd have that stenciled on there right away.
Jan 16 2004, 10:18 am
In response to nick.cash
It'd also be an acceptable name for a grifter.
Jan 17 2004, 11:58 am
Dot hack fan are we?

Thats just like "Karasu.Kami" XD.
Jan 17 2004, 4:41 pm
In response to Karasu Kami
Actually, it's a pretty standard way to show the divide between first and last names in a format (like email or screen names) that doesn't necessarily allow spaces or capitalization or underscores.

nibyss.cagon (I'm easing into it!) is, among other things, trying to "standardize" his internet preference across the board... if he tried using NickCash, he'd be stuck as nickcash in some places, which is readable if you already know you're looking at "Nick Cash", but otherwise, is kind of clunky in the middle section.
Jan 18 2004, 9:31 am
In response to Karasu Kami
Never seen it.

Every time I hear the name, I think of slashdot.


Although... An anime about Linux fans whining about Windows, SCO, and the DMCA would probably be more entertaining....
Jan 18 2004, 9:37 am
In response to nick.cash
Not really, they'd be whinning, thats annoying.
Jan 20 2004, 3:10 pm
Dreamor was going to be such a cool game.....You should really think about reeviving it. It had everything I wanted, and more.


SO what are your new games going to be?