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Offline BigPlay

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What's in a name
« on: January 20, 2009, 04:35:25 PM »
After playing this game for a couple of years now I always woundered what the meaning behind some of the players names were. Some are obvious like Whiskey. There are a ton of players with some refrence to the drink in their names. Some are not so obvious.

My name came from a construction site many years ago where my friend who worked along side of his father in law gave me this name . This guy was an oldtimer and had a nic name for everyone he met. One day he started calling me BigPlay and to this day when I see him he still calls me that. He has never used my real name since. The only reason I can think of why he started calling me that  was the job we were on was a tough job that needed a ton of on the spot decisions made and I was the one that had to make these decisions. I can remember everytime there was a question about anything he would come to me and say,
 " ok..... what are we going to do now?" I think he was always waiting for a answer like "how the heck do I know". Even my wife  calls me BigPlay on occation.
Anyway just wanted to know what was behind some of your names.
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Offline Spikes

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2009, 04:41:25 PM »
My old callsign (Spikes) came from one of my favorite players who used to play with the Bills, Takeo Spikes. MstWntd, well. That just came out of the air. I figured MostWanted, but it was too long so I took out the vowels.
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Offline Banshee7

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2009, 04:58:46 PM »
I started as the Ghost series  :lol (ghost51 > GHOST208 > GOST208 [after leaving the game a for a month and couldn't get old name--didnt think of using 0s or calling HTC]) which came out of the blue.  Now I'm Banshee7 which was influenced byt a P-51B named "Beantown Banshee," but it also came out of the blue :)
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Offline Treize69

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2009, 05:04:44 PM »
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Offline weazely

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2009, 05:06:24 PM »
well "Weazely iz SO HOT" did not fit so i settled with Weazely...

but really i dont know.
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Offline 1pLUs44

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2009, 05:06:35 PM »
My first screen name was my first name and last initial BuddyR, my second one was Plus44, which was the name of my favorite band at the time. When it got locked in May of '07 because I lost the password, I made 1Plus44, and it went to 1pLUs44 for some reason, and that's how it is now.
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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2009, 05:23:05 PM »
Quote from: Banshee7 on January 20, 2009, 04:58:46 PM
I started as the Ghost series  :lol (ghost51 > GHOST208 > GOST208 [after leaving the game a for a month and couldn't get old name--didnt think of using 0s or calling HTC]) which came out of the blue.  Now I'm Banshee7 which was influenced byt a P-51B named "Beantown Banshee," but it also came out of the blue :)
:rofl
You were GOST208?
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Offline Golfer

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2009, 05:51:21 PM »
I played third base and batted third in the lineup.  Naturally I settled on Golfer.
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Offline Stoliman

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2009, 05:52:56 PM »
Quote from: BigPlay on January 20, 2009, 04:35:25 PM
...There are a ton of players with some refrence to the drink in their names. Some are not so obvious...

What in heavens name do you mean?
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Offline Banshee7

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2009, 07:50:25 PM »
Quote from: Spikes on January 20, 2009, 05:23:05 PM
:rofl
You were GOST208?

yup? problem???  :t
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Offline Motherland

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2009, 08:07:09 PM »

Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann, Ace of Aces.
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Offline DYNAMITE

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2009, 09:22:05 PM »
I'm Dynamite because my planes tend to explode a lot  :lol
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Offline Latrobe

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2009, 09:44:32 PM »
Mine is pretty obvious to MOST people.  ;)
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Offline EskimoJoe

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2009, 09:46:03 PM »
Quote from: DYNAMITE on January 20, 2009, 09:22:05 PM
I'm Dynamite because my planes tend to explode a lot  :lol
:rofl

I live in Alaska, so, mm, yeah.
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Offline DJ111

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Re: What's in a name
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2009, 09:51:48 PM »
DJ are my fathers initials, 111 is his unit number for the police department.

I took it over after we switched to AH from AW...
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