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    A bit of research on our avatar firstnames :

    Aleksios : « Defender »
    Makedonios : « Tall one »
    Iakovos : « Supplanter »
    Armatos : ??
    Nathanail : « God-given »
    Koulianos : ??
    Vissarionas : ??
    Vartholomaios : « Son of Talmai »
    Kosmas : « Beauty, order »
    Hypatios : « Supreme »
    Zigavinos : ??
    Nevoulos : ??
    Anastasios : « Resurrection »
    Ioannis : « God is gracious »
    Pavlos : « Small »
    Tarasios : « of Tarentum »
    Khristophoros : « Christ-bearer »
    Philippos : « Lover of horses »
    Savvas : « Old man »
    Michail : « God-like »
    Efstratios : « Good army »
    Markianos : « Warlike »
    Apionnas : ??
    Methodios : « Method »
    Lisas : « Free »

    Nicholas : « Victory of the People »

    Anna : « Resurrected »
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    Ddddddouble Kill!
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    At least I am 'supreme'

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tristan de Castelreng View Post
    Savvas : « Old man »
    30 is not "old"

    ...

    No!

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    IT IS NOT!

    ...

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    Looks at his own age...

    Yes, it is old, Savvas. We're at least halfway through our lives. On our way to the great beyond, that black void of nothingness.... to be ultimately forgotten.

    The only immortality is memory, and even that fades in time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy View Post

    Could you think of a better name for Pizzaguy's character???
    I couldn't believe it when I stumbled upon it...
    King Baldwin the Tyrant, King of Jerusalem, Warden of the Holy Sepulchre, Slayer of Sultans in the Crusades Hotseat (new write-up here and previous write-up here)
    Methodios Tagaris, Caesar and Rebelin LotR
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    As for you, I dub thee "Method Man", after the contemporary musician and 21st century philosopher of "da hood".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Askthepizzaguy View Post
    As for you, I dub thee "Method Man", after the contemporary musician and 21st century philosopher of "da hood".
    I had the same idea crossing my mind when I found it...
    King Baldwin the Tyrant, King of Jerusalem, Warden of the Holy Sepulchre, Slayer of Sultans in the Crusades Hotseat (new write-up here and previous write-up here)
    Methodios Tagaris, Caesar and Rebelin LotR
    Mexica Sunrise : An Aztec AAR



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