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[edit] Origins of IRL nick

I'm pretty sure I read that he was born in the UK and moved to Texas at a young age, but to the local kids he still seemed to have an accent for much of his childhood, hence the nickname. Sorry about the lack of sources, but perhaps this could be looked into? It certainly seems odd that someone should be referred to as "Lord British" because they say "Hello" instead of "Hey". I've never been called Alien Overlord, despite saying "Greeting" since a very early age.

Here we go: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,483/ - see also your wikipedia article on Richard Garriott. Funny that one article should have the info correct and another should have it completely absurd. Ah well, such is the wiki.

[edit] Korean MMPORPG

Did not Lord British also appear in the Korean MMORPG entitled "Lineage: The Blood Pledge"? I know at least that it was intended that he would do so, but it appears to me that few have ever seen him in-game. We know at least that the production of Tabula Rasa has been performed under the banner of NCSoft (the Developer/Publisher of the Lineage games) since they offered a merger with Destination Games (a newly-founded company which was run by Richard Garriot and his brother; Robert Garriot) which was accepted.

--User:Fraek 21:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What do you mean "his friend Shamino" ?

Originally Shamino was one of Richard Garriott's aliases: in particular it was his alias for SCA. He came up with the name because SCA requires everyone to pick a name, and he noticed the name Shimano on his bike, which he misread as Shamino. (Reference: The Utlimate Book of Ultima)

Someone please clarify who his "friend Shamino" is, or remove the reference.

This section of the article is referring to the character Shamino (also a pseudonym of Garriott's), and not some real-life individual. Mvidales

Currently the article reads "The name Cantabrigian British is taken from his birthplace's name, Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The name was given to him by his friend Shamino, and later Cantabrigian British decided to leave his old name in favor of the new one." This seems confusing. "Cantabrigian British decided to leave his old name" means to me that Cantabrigian British is the old name. So what is the new name? Douglips 16:42, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

"Cantabrigian British" is the new name. The old name is unknown and is the given name of the character during his time on Earth. After Cantabrigian British came to Earth via the moongate, he befriended the character Shamino. Shamino influenced the now Cantabrigian British in changing his name to "Cantabrigian British". Mvidales 05:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Lord British Postulate

Do we absolutely need this as a complete section? The term doesn't seem to be wide-spread at all, I get 6 Google hits and that's including Wikipedia mirrors... --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

...and basically, "Some Blogger Said This" is a bit weak as a source, don't you think? Perhaps this should be reconsidered. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 09:10, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I've certainly never heard of it. Maybe someone is using Wikipedia to start something? Whenever the number of Wikipedia mirrors outnumbers the number of real-world sources, it should be removed. C-Blade 02:27, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
I went ahead and edited it to show a proper source, but I'm not sure it needs its own section either. It's really little more than an MMO-specific version of "if it has stats, we can kill it". Technogeek (talk) 23:31, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Beleted. Not notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.102.196.38 (talk) 14:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Sources?

A couple of the sources just lead to deleted pages... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.145.113 (talk) 23:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)