Jack Crapper wrote...
Mine sounds stupid, but it is to keep myself grounded no matter where life takes me, to remind me of my origins.
My older brother and I were orphaned at a young age. We were mistreated at the orphanage we ended up at, so we decided to run away, also fearing we'd never be kept together even if we were adopted. We lived a pitiful life of petty theft (mostly for food) and found it hard to keep ourselves safe on the street.
Things changed when we came across a plumbing store. During that time, toilets were high in demand, especially with the newly released bidet models. We actually started to make a sustainable life by stealing toilets and selling them on the black market. In other words, we found our way off the streets by "Jacking Crappers"
From there, we were able to find respectable jobs when we were of age into the world of plumbing.
Actually, that never happened, but it's what I like to tell people. I have had this nick ever since I started playing online MP games (starting with Starsiege Tribes 1, the best game I ever played, which all evolved around a single bug). I guess I was supposed to be a descendant of the great Thomas C Crapper or something. I just picked it on a whim. The real explanation is anticlimactic. Sorry.
Well, even to this day, my best friend whom I've known for 31 years refers to me as "Jack" or "Crapper," and I still call him "Baxter"
T1 you say? Demo servers or full? I played both as Matrix Shocke and Mr PigglyWiggly. I feel like I saw a name like yours on there, about 12 or so years ago?