Amber? No… Ember

Ever wonder where people come up with their toon names? I mean it is rather like naming a child… careful thought and consideration should go into this name that will follow you around as long as you are playing said toon… This is why, no mater what game I am playing, I have always been very careful in my name selection.

So… we go back to 1993 when my sister and I started playing online games… I spent a few days really thinking about my name… what name I wanted to give myself… after great thought and consideration… Nightembers made her gaming debut…

Night, cause I was always online at night.

Embers are the glowing, hot coals that remain after a fire. Embers can glow very hot, nearly as hot and sometimes as hot as the fire which created them. They radiate a substantial amount of heat long after the fire has been extinguished, and if not taken care of properly can rekindle a fire that is thought to be completely extinguished and can pose a fire hazard to anyone not careful.

Ehh seemed to fit…

(Thank you Wikipedia for the quote)

Bubu took a bit longer… I had wanted to roll a priest toon for quite some time, but could not settle on a name that seemed to suit me… then one night I had a dream… nothing as brilliant as MLK’s dream… but a dream none the less… In my dream I was running a dungeon with my buddies, and said, to no one in particular, “Aww, he got a boo boo.” It was then that I got that weird “I’m falling” feeling and woke from a somewhat dead sleep… that comment still fresh in my head… I got up… logged in… and Gottabubu was born.