Who the heck is Moo?

Most of you will know me as Martin, but there are quite a few who know of me as Moo. Weird nick name, right? Care to know the origin story?

Read on!

What it boils down to is that Moo is my online gaming name. My first ever character in World of Warcraft was a Tauren (think minotaur) Druid called Mooragor.

When you are playing these online games with friends, we quite often we have voice chat going, to help coordinate and for some friendly chat and banter. And you need to call a person something, and the easiest common denominator is the character name. 

 That's how people who know me as Martin, and also play online games with me, also know me as Moo.

A group of friends at IBM whom I played online games with would get together socially too, for BBQs and birthdays and things. There were 3 of us there called Martin, so Martin wasn't a terribly useful name to be using. My online name quite naturally spilled over into real life, and my friends, and their children, would call me Moo.  

There was a real sense of joy when I came back from one of those BBQs, covered in bits of grass from mucking about with the kids who were all calling me Moo, and I realized that I had a new name and I loved it.

 

Whats even better is that because I often play online games with my brother, my niece, Alexis, has picked up this name for me too. I'm Uncle Moo!  (or Unc' Moo)

I never had a nick name when growing up. I was called names as I was regularly bullied. I really dont care to repeat any of those names and I'd love to be able to wipe some of those memories from my mind, but I suppose it all contributed to who I am today.

Moo (aka Martin).