How Squaretex became a reality...

Well, it's a rather trite story, and I hope you won't doze on me, but here goes...

Back when I was in college one day, I went into an IRC chatline to yak it up with fellow fans of the video game RPGs produced by Squaresoft. Being a "newbie" to the chat scene, I settled on a simple nick(name): BrownBoy. Nothing fancy, I thought...but then it caused some confusion.
You see, people can come up with some rather EXTRAVAGANT nicks, such as FinalFantasyChamp (yes, they are more creative than that...this is just an example :). Nobody wants to type that out EVERY SINGLE TIME. So, they abbreviate. "How ya doin', FF Champ?" Well, not only do chatters abbreviate NAMES, but also common phrases: LOL=Laughing Out Loud.
Well, if you abbreviate BrownBoy, one possibility is BrB...which is ALSO short for "Be Right Back!!!" Every time someone typed that, I (embarrasingly) thought they were trying to get my attention!!! Oh, the woes of newbieism...
"This won't do," I thought. "Time to create a better nick." Well, I couldn't use the name of any of the characters in my favorite games since they're already taken. Time for something original...
Let's see...I'm very fond of SQUAREsoft games...and I'm living in TEXas...AHA!!!
From that day forward, Squaretex was loosed into the world...

...And now he has come to a home of his own.
"Awww...how touching!!!"
Hey...HEY!!! WAKE UP THE STORY'S FINISHED!!! ;)

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