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May as well start a thread finding out where everyone came up with their nicknames and if they were politically motivated or not and how and why.
Parmenion
I first came across this name while reading the books Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince by David Gemmell.
I was very impressed with the battle tactics Gemmell wrote that Parmenion engaged in in the books and decided I'd check online to see if he wrote any other books with Parmenion and then I found that Parmenion was in fact a real life General of Alexander the Great and one of his best. In fact the only battle that Alexander apparently ever lost was one in which Parmenion did not participate (while he was alive).
When I first started playing war games I decided to use the name because of its ramifications. I am the kind of guy who likes to be the best of the best. I wanted to give back Parmenion, an unsung hero of history, some semblance of greatness by being the best at whatever I done in any game. I have achieved that to some extent.
There was a time I intended to change my name when playing tribal wars so that I would not be easily recognisable. As it happened there is a very large Greek and Macedonian contingent who play this game who somewhat idolise this name and so I decided it was best to hang onto it because it opened doors into the minds of more impressionable who could become psychophanatical worshippers.
I'd like to hear other people and their stories in relation to the origins of their nicknames, why they chose them and if there was any political motivation for doing so. Feel free to type a paragraph or a one liner - Atreaus, please keep yer post to under 10,000 words - thnx a thousand
Parmenion
I first came across this name while reading the books Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince by David Gemmell.
I was very impressed with the battle tactics Gemmell wrote that Parmenion engaged in in the books and decided I'd check online to see if he wrote any other books with Parmenion and then I found that Parmenion was in fact a real life General of Alexander the Great and one of his best. In fact the only battle that Alexander apparently ever lost was one in which Parmenion did not participate (while he was alive).
When I first started playing war games I decided to use the name because of its ramifications. I am the kind of guy who likes to be the best of the best. I wanted to give back Parmenion, an unsung hero of history, some semblance of greatness by being the best at whatever I done in any game. I have achieved that to some extent.
There was a time I intended to change my name when playing tribal wars so that I would not be easily recognisable. As it happened there is a very large Greek and Macedonian contingent who play this game who somewhat idolise this name and so I decided it was best to hang onto it because it opened doors into the minds of more impressionable who could become psychophanatical worshippers.
I'd like to hear other people and their stories in relation to the origins of their nicknames, why they chose them and if there was any political motivation for doing so. Feel free to type a paragraph or a one liner - Atreaus, please keep yer post to under 10,000 words - thnx a thousand