Handles & Monikers

For whatever reason, I think names are pretty important and I think there should always be at least a little story behind them. So, over the years I've had a ton that I thought were good at one point or another. Here's the list in no particular order.

  • zugzwang is a chess term meaning "compulsion to move" which describes a situation in which any legal move would result in an unfavourable position
  • haribon is the common name for the Philippines Eagle which comes from haring ibon meaning "King of Birds"
  • eurekaMachine stems a little bit from the Eureka7 series, machine was just for uniqueness
  • Hokuro Doukan is an unintentional typo on the Japanese words Dokuro and Houkan which mean skull and jester, respectively
  • fushigidane is the Japanese name for the very first pokemon, and my personal favourite, Bulbasaur
  • jester is the call sign of Casey Nolan - your wingman in MechWarrior 4 and your enemy in MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
  • ikigai is a Japanese term roughly translating to "the reason you get up in the morning" - no jokes
  • dumbLuck is a twist on my friends XBox live name dumbCrack
  • Fahrenheit this is in reference to the Queen song "Don't Stop Me Now" in which Freddie calls himself "Mister Fahrenheit"