A matter of extreme importance to the NetRemote community

[Mastiff]

If you haven't yet seen it, our brave leader, the WickedEwok, has been kidnapped or worse by some shady character nicknamed Ben S! I must protest this the strongest! I would like a vote on this! Even if this is a dictatorship we should at least be allowed a phony election before the dictator does what he wants!

[Ben S]

Uh oh! It looks like I'm losing 2 to 1 right now!

What about ...

Ben "WickedEwok" S?

or

WickedEwok (Ben S)

[Ben S]

Or ...

Wicked Ben S.

I just get a lot of emails saying "Hello" with people not sure what my name is, and in looking at Ron B's Girder Forum, etc. it made sense to me that the developers of the products go by their own bland name.

[Mastiff]

"WickedEwok - The Artist Also Known as Ben S" is the only variant I can accept... Remember Ron didn't build himself a name under any other nick first, he started off as Ron B., as far as I know. Me, I've been Mastiff for almost 15 years! First on BBS systems, then on the Net.

[Dave T]

Ben S makes sense to me (or perhaps just "Sweetie"), but I still want to know where "WickedEwok" came from. The concept of a "Wicket Ewok" is scary! I picture a small evil hairy teddy bear....

[rocinante2003]

[quote="Dave T"I picture a small evil hairy teddy bear....[/quote]

A small evil teddy bear Feverishly working on direct ir capabilities. Heck, once that part is done, i will call him anything he desires lol.

[wingnut]

<whats_in_a_name>
<name>Ben S</name>
<handle>Wicked Ewok</handle>
<common_name>Ben Sweet</common_name>
<tagline>Developer of the ultra cool and extremely useful NetRemote</tagline>
</whats_in_a_name>

[wingnut]

My suggestion....

update phpBB_users
set user_name = "WickedEwok"
where user_name = "Ben S"

[Mastiff]

I'm pleasantly surprised that only five persons so far has called me a moron! :D And Ben, you see the writing on the wall here?

[Ben S]

I see the writing on the wall.

The question is - Do I bow to pressure and change back, or do I announce my dictatorship and say "you didn't vote for me, but I'm here to stay"?

[Mastiff]

You bow and change, of course!

[Ben S]

I'm actually leaning towards announcing my dictatorship. :)

Maybe I'll write a cron-job to change my name back and forth, day by day. That would be a compromise. Confusing as heck, but a compromise none the less.

[Mastiff]

If it involves leather, whips and chains, you can count on me! :oops:

[Ben S]

I'm not sure what that means - but ... uh ... no.