User:Thoric

Thoric
(From the Germanic name Theodoric meaning "Great Leader", from which the name Derek — my name — is derived).

Originally a name from a (now lost) short story I wrote in high school, I used the name as a handle to play MUDs in college, and kept it when I started my own MUD -- Realms of Despair (a SMAUG MUD). Hence Thoric is the god that created the game.

When I originally was conceiving the name, it was a cross of Thorin and Yorick. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I realized it works rather well as a derivative of Theodoric.

Pages I've contributed to (ones which I have started are bold):


 * People:  Albert Einstein   Anne Rice
 * Drugs:  Coca   Cocoa   Deliriant   Dissociative drug   Drug abuse   Hard drug   LSD   Nicotine   Opioid   Procaine   Psychedelic drug   Psychedelics, Dissociatives and Deliriants   Psychoactive drug   Recreational drug use   Soft drug   Substance abuse   Theobromine
 * Games:  CRPG   MUD   MUD trees   Realms of Despair   SMAUG   Ultima Underworld
 * Psychedelic:  Psychedelic art   Psychedelic era   Psychedelic experience   Psychedelic literature   Psychedelia
 * Misc:  CoCo   God   One

Derek Snider, born on October 31st, 1972, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a computer programmer, game designer, drug researcher, and armchair political activist.

"Why do programmers always mix up Halloween and Christmas? Because Oct 31 equals Dec 25."

"It's always a long day, 86,400 won't fit into a short."