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[Wasteland Jack]

I have always been interested why people choose the online monikers they do. I think everyone takes on a separate identity when they go online to escape into their fantasy selves.

I am Wasteland Jack. Wanderer of the wastes. I peddle my wares non-discriminatorily to fiends and heroes alike.

Ok I confess, I didn't make W.J. up by myself. Actually, W.J. is based on a character from Fallout 3. He was a chem junkie/dealer in the wastes that the player would happen upon during a random encounter. I happened upon Wasteland jack whilst being chased by a super-pissed Super Mutant Behemoth. My character was down to his last health bar with no stimpaks left, and the heart beat sound blaring from the speakers (only Fallout fans will appreciate what I was going through). I went running into the wastes with the mutant on my tail when out of nowhere I automatically go into a dialogue screen with some NPC named Wasteland Jack. He offered me some chems as a decent price, enough to get my health back up a little bit and when I closed the dialog with him, Mr. Behemoth was strolling back from whence he had come. W.J. saved my character's life.

That is when I took on the persona of Wasteland Jack....Savior of the Wastes.

As for the avatar, W.J. is lost in his wastelands, wandering to find his way in the post-apocalyptic world, as am I, lost in my own world. Albeit, not lost in a bad way, but in a spiritual/self-understanding way. Because only when you are truly lost, can you find what you are looking for.

The actual pic comes from one of my favorite games of child hood: