[raz]

I went over this on Rangerboard recently, but I'll explain again...

Back in 99 when I started playing online first person shooters on my own without an rl friend, I got into Team Fortress Classic, a mod for Half-life. One day, I was playing on a random server, and came to find out that it was owned by a group of people in a clan called Joe Satriani that competed in leagues online seriously. I took to it, and tried out. They let me in, and I found out everyone's name was after a Joe Satriani song, a badass guitar player. The leader was [JS]Ice9 after the song Ice 9. I took [JS]TheSnake after that song.

After a bit, I listened to more of his songs and became a fan of the song Raspberry Jam Delta-V instead. I talked to the leader and changed my name to [JS]RaspberryJamDelta-V. He nicknamed me Raz because of the long name. A girl in the clan called me Jam. Another guy called me Rasp all the time. I just kept the name raz after the clan fell apart, and have kept it for the last 14 years online. Most of the time, it's taken and I have to use raz1337 or on Twitter razzle1337 since people have called me razzle in the past.

Working with that clan taught me a lot about teamwork, friendship, sportsmanship, fun, and just dealing with people in general. I like looking back on those memories a lot.