I have to finally bow and do this as I have been nominated by a number of people already for this challenge.

Rules

Here are the rules of the challenge in case you are 'lucky' enough to be asked:

1 - Tell us in a post how you chose the current Steemit username you have. The story behind it.
2 - Tell us your real name!
3 - If you could change your current username, which name would you choose and why? If you have a possible usernames list, mention it!
4 - Use the tag #steemitnamechallenge so that anyone who cares at all can track all the posts and check them out
5 - Nominate 5 unfortunate victims for this challenge

Maverick

As a child, I was absolutely crazy in playing Megaman X. The Blue Bomber has a special place in my childhood memories and when the character of the Maverick Hunter, Zero, came it completely blew me away.

Just look at that red armor (also comes in black armor form!) that cool demeanor and of course the Z saber that looks like a light saber from Star Wars.

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Then you had his move set in Megaman X4 and the rest of his games where you pull it off with a combination of different buttons. Then it all so sounded so bad ass with Japanese sounding names to his Z Saber tactics like Raijingeki as a lightning thrust, Ryuenjin as a rising flame strike and Hyouretsuzan as an ice element downward strike.

Credits to KRT of Youtube

I was forever hooked and loved this character.

I began using the name Maverick while playing video games in particular Counter-Strike

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You know that perfectly addictive game where your objective is to either to plant a bomb and blow up the area if you are a terrorist and if you are a counter-terrorist you get to either kill off all the terrorist or disable the bomb is they planted it.

Tons of hours, trash talks and money has been exchanged due to this game and almost did not graduate!

Contrary to popular belief I did not name my character from this character although he is cool.

I was a bit of a troublemaker when I was a kid and this was one word my Matriarch often used to describe my lack of wanting to do what she wants. It was either Maverick or Hardheaded and the second word doesn't exactly roll off the tough.

So Maverick it is!

Invictus

You know back in high school that you are bombarded with classic works of arts from paintings, sculptures, architecture but none had a hold on me like literature.

While others thought it was boring and a waste of time, I greedily read and absorbed everything. One, in particular, stayed with me and became a permanent fixture in my life.

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This piece of literature by William E. Henley moved me so much and when I learned that Nelson Mandela drew strength from this when he was imprisoned I knew that it was really something special.

It is no secret that I was at my lowest point when I joined Steemit. I was suffering from my worst depression yet.

In a way, I was wrapping my myself in a persona of a person who I wanted to be. A person who is a free spirit and will write things that I like. A person who at his darkest time is bloodied and fallen so low but wants to remain unbowed to the circumstances.

I used it to armor myself amidst all the disappointments and failures and grow stronger each day and become a hope for other people that had the same experience.

Would I change my username to say like SugarDolphin or DarthSteem? I don't think so because I feel my handle fits me quite nicely here.

It is the person I am in Steem.

Oh yeah my name is Judd and it has Hebrew origins meaning "Praised"

Now who to volunteer for tribute then?

Hive account@eonwarped - It sounds so futuristic and from space!
Hive account@beeyou - so both Hive account@abh12345 and I are putting peer pressure haha
Hive account@raj808 - I have always wondered the origin of the name as it sounds Indian but we all know you aren't one
Hive account@dedicatedguy - a very deep person and would be great to know the reason behind the handle
Hive account@themanwithnoname - because it would be fun haha