@missy @rambo @lyxzen My nicknames have been many, but the one that stuck with me the longest has been Wizard.
I have alternately been known by several versions of this nickname. Wiz, Wizzy, Wizardo, wizzo
All of these were taken when I chose my name here. So I picked something close, not knowing how similar the "o" and the "zero" were to each other. So my name here is actually wizardzero. There were some weird pics that came up when I googled that one.
As for how I came by that name, we have to go back in time to my college days.
I lived within 10 miles of my college, so I commuted. The first semester, between classes, I just drove my car to different towns in my area and back to school, or did my work/study job. A few months into the spring semester, I decided to start hanging out in the freshman dorm. There was this cute little redhead there that I was just infatuated by.
I hung out in the tv lounge and started meeting people there. They seemed kind of bored, and I had tons of games home, so I started bringing them in so we could play them. Cribbage and Carom were the most popular.
I won these games the vast majority of the time. My nicknames were Wizard and Gamesmaster.
Only one of those stuck around after that year. Coincidentally, most of those people that I got to know that year were in a fraternity, which I ended up joining the next year. So I owe many years of happiness to a little red haired girl that I never went on more than one date with.