A young guy who showed up for spring training in the AA minor leagues, if he had the last name "Ruth" -- if he tried to take the nickname "Babe" he wouldn't get any respect, just an inordinate amount of chin music.

I seem to recall in earlier days in the SCA, the occasional stranger in armor would show up, wanting to be hight "Aragorn of Somesuch" -- guaranteeing only that he would get his clock repeatedly and emphatically cleaned by established fighters being uncharacteristically UN-charitable to said newbie.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn of a similar ethic in Pokerland.

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