(09-13-2011, 06:37 PM)Osku link Wrote:My player name is a nickname/variation of my real first name. In finnish "Osku" is also common name for pet dogs, because in here it's Odie the dog in Garfield comics.
Well, we share a similar story. People having the same real name as me usually end up being nicknamed Misha. And of course all kinds of pets bear the name of Misha.
At my workplace we adopted a cat, and our boss named it Misha (note that people at my work don't call me by my nickname). One day a friend of mine came to visit me at my work and asked "is Misha here?". "Of course" they said, we just fed him. My friend noticed something strange is happening, but figured it was some kind of weird joke. And so they brought him to a room where the cat was and said "here's Misha! Ain't he cute?". And so my friend finally realized that a huge misunderstanding has been going on. Soon after I was told about what happened and had a good laugh.
And only recently I have found out that mascot of Moscow Olympic games was called Misha. See for yourself:
This picture illustrates how I'm feeling about my nickname, look just how silly he looks.
Not to mention that I'm frequently mistook for a Russian in multiplayer games. "ÐÑÐ¸Ð²ÐµÑ ÐиÑа!"
Moral of the story is to never let the game choose the name for you. OFP simply copied the name of my computer, I didn't bother, just wanted to check how it works online and here I am stuck forever with a silly nickname. Yes, I want to change it but somehow I feel a lot of my identity, after all this time, will go away with it.
I never gave a damn 'bout the meter man, 'til I was the man who had to read the meters, man
http://www.ex-misha.org
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