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DaOld Man:
My Avatar is Benny B. Benny B was a cartoon maintenance man that I created when I got my first job as an industrial electrician. I modeled him after a mechanic I worked with who had a pointy nose and wore a little beeny type cap with a bib. (This was late 70's)
Benny B later became a sprite that I made for my commodore 64. I had a menu of games for the 64. Benny B' s sprite would move across the menu screen. The menu was aptly named "Benny B's Arcade".
I also based my first mame cabinet build on Benny B. It also was named "Benny B's Arcade."
About DaOld Man behind Benny B? Just another soul trying to make it through this maze called life.

EightBySix:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 13, 2009, 06:59:54 am ---Benny B later became a sprite that I made for my commodore 64.
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Hands up who used to colour in graph paper to calculate the DATA statements for c64 sprites?

My avatar relates to the size of my shed workshop, that I work in. As for the hat, well who wouldn't want a pacman hat?

Silas (son of Silas):

--- Quote from: EightBySix on November 13, 2009, 08:15:10 am ---My avatar relates to the size of my shed workshop, that I work in.
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8x6... You just have to be based in the UK with those dimensions. I have to build in the house, and my house is only 21 bricks wide. Our American cousins don't know how good they've got it when it comes to space!

Ginsu Victim:
My avatar is Roland Deschain, Stephen King's "Gunslinger" from the Dark Tower series (also featured in Marvel's Dark Tower series). The image is taken from the short story "Little Sisters of Eluria".

As for my name, it comes from a game of Quake I was playing with a friend modem-to-modem. I had a rocket launcher, he had an axe. He also had a faster computer than me, so that when he comes into the room, I start firing rockets which slows my system down enough for him to simply walk up and hack me to death with his axe.

I changed my name in-game to Ginsu Victim as a symbol of my shame, and it has stuck ever since. Ginsu Victim has the supposed "real name" of Jim Vincent, but my real name depends on who you ask.

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 13, 2009, 09:23:07 am ---As for my name, it comes from a game of Quake I was playing with a friend modem-to-modem. I had a rocket launcher, he had an axe. He also had a faster computer than me, so that when he comes into the room, I start firing rockets which slows my system down enough for him to simply walk up and hack me to death with his axe.

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Dial up or null modem?  I remember lugging my pc, monitor, etc around so we could use a null modem to play.  Good times.

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