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[Old Dwarf]

OK this is a time honored hackneyed post
you see on forums to generate traffic & up the
post count.But as Mighty Sarku expect his Munions
to earn their keep here it is. :rolleyes:

Why did you choose your User Name & Avatar?
Plus the Bonus Question-Do you use the same
User Name & Avatar on other Forums?

In the tradition of these things I shall give my answer.

User Name- (Well I liked Super Stud but my wife wouldn't
stop laughing :shy: )Anyway I was just getting into the Net
in 2000 & Games Workshop (yes the Evil Empire-in its late
Republic days)was opening up a Forum.

I was a big WarHammer Quest fan so I joined & needed
a User Name.Beings it was a Game Forum I wanted
something GW'ish & as I usually played a Dwarf in WQ
I decided to use that name,except just Dwarf is rather lame
so I needed to jazz it up.I had painted my WQ Dwarf
up with a white beard,which led my game group
to refer to my character as Old Dwarf,so there you have it.

Avatar-in keeping with the Dwarf theme I have several Dwarf Avatars.I liked the Battle Lore Game Dwarf,with the dead eye
for this form as its a semi Zombie look.For Halloween I
switched to the Jack O Lantern one which I may keep as
its in theme with these Forums.

Bonus-Yes I'm Old Dwarf on all the Game Forums
I belong to.When GW's LoTR Game came it generated
a lot of Fan Forums so it just seemed natural to keep
the Dwarf going.Its handy as most Game Forum members
are also members of other game forums so it lets
them know I am who I am.

As to Avatars-As mentioned I have several,for LoTR Sites
I use the movie Dwarf pic.Some Sites limit Avatars but
if they have a choice of a Dwarf I use it(the new FFG Forums
has a nice Battle Lore Dwarf which I use).

Well that was wordy! so whats your story?

OD