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How did you come up with your questionably unique username?
Mine's described in the linked video.
Credit to ReesesCup on the idea in TFL's group chat.
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Well, my username is the same as my gamertag, so~ I changed my gamertag to what it is now a few years ago. I've been using the "Crypto" part since I've ever created a xbox profile, around 8 years ago. Crypto stems from the german version of Pokémon Collosseum whereas some Pokémon got "darkened" by evil powers. Those were called "Crypto Pokémon" in german, [url=http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shadow_Pok%C3%A9mon]"Shadow Pokémon"[/url] in english. Crypto usually means something dark, something secret, or "crypted". It also refers to coding, where I am a bit experienced in. "[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph]Seraphim[/url]", also called Seraph (which is even my nickname in real-life), is a type of celestial or heavenly being in Christianity and Judaism. Taken from Wikipedia: [quote]Tradition places seraphs in the highest rank in the Christian angelic hierarchy and in the fifth rank of ten in the Jewish angelic hierarchy. A seminal passage in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-8) used the term to describe six-winged beings that fly around the Throne of God crying "holy, holy, holy". This throne scene, with its triple invocation of holiness (a formula that came to be known as the Trisagion), profoundly influenced subsequent theology, literature and art. Its influence is frequently seen in works depicting angels, heaven and apotheosis. Seraphs are mentioned as celestial beings in an influential Hellenistic work, the Book of Enoch, and the Book of Revelation. [/quote] Although I am not religious, I am a bit into "holy" and "unholy", or celestial stuff since I played Bayonetta a few years ago (and I still am playing it sometimes). I can probably view all that stuff a bit different than "usual" people, but that's why I really think it's cool. That's basically it. :) -Seraphim Crypto