@bengoshi Aww thanks! High praise indeed from yourself!! I've been really busy lately with a great many different projects and the lead up to Christmas but I should be free soon, I'd love to come back!
Heh, I actually pride myself on making up original names for my imagined characters. I can even make up dragon names. Xzarloxara is one such name. I gave it to a green dragon priest who started out worshiping Tiamat but when he was defeated by a gold dragon (named Niahlah) he lost his faith and was abandoned by Tiamat. After much consideration he decided to convert to Bahamut and now he is a neighbor and friend of Niahlah and her mate Clayzor Mysticscale (another gold dragon). Eventually I am going to write in a daughter for Clazor and Niahlah who will be named Otseriatsaraquri but I haven't gotten around to that yet... Anyway, that is where I got my forum name from.
Wait... What? My name isn't Xzarloxara?!
How about the first friend I made on the forums? Where did you get your name @Shandyr?
For over two years I have been able to dodge the various "What does your name mean" threads. But now that I've been asked directly, I will reveal the most secret of secrets. The story of my username...
Well, I liked the sound of the name, so that's it.
I chose it so very long ago for my Baldurs Gate main character when I was still monolingual, that is I didn't know English yet that much. I've been wondering a lot about how you would pronounce my name in English.
If someone knows phonetic spelling, please share with me your ideas
I would pronounce it like Shan-Deer. So like Shhh (as in you are in the library so be quiet) - an (as in the word "an") and Deer (like the animal).
Mine is the Celtic sun god, I picked it up after reading Asterix & Obelix cartoons. At the time I was a musician and didn't think my real name had much of a ring to it, so I came up with Belanos Crusoe to use as a stage name. I gave up on the musical career but that handle has stuck with me, at least the first part. I've used it on numerous forums over the years. Occasionally I'll come across a forum where someone has beat me to the name, so I have to come up with something else. It doesn't happen very often though.
I got my name from a certain Japanese visual novel franchise. The rough translation of 神殺し (pronounced as kami-koroshi) would be "God Slayer". As one might guess it is a title for somone who has killed a god or goddess.
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I've been really busy lately with a great many different projects and the lead up to Christmas but I should be free soon, I'd love to come back!
@lolien Damn it, busted. :P Cute was taken.
Glad to hear from you. I hope those projects will come good
To stay on topic, I summon @Aedan , our italian review translator, to explain his name.
I have already explained the meaning in the first page of this thread
"Odds Bodkins". A 16th century English saying. It means "Gods Body"
It was considered cursing at that time.
Wait... What? My name isn't Xzarloxara?!
How about the first friend I made on the forums? Where did you get your name @Shandyr?
ples(please)ples(please)4(for)cql(a sequel)
I loved playing the end of the Baldur's Gate II expansion (Throne of Bhaal) twenty years ago....tremedously. I have read http://forum.baldursgate.com/search?Search=the+black+hound . Let me know of other threads you know I'd like.
I don't claim to be the ruler of BG fans but I don't think a BG3 would be anything other than excellent.
It started on msn messegner and went downhill from there.
@Kamigoroshi