Il Duce here
 

Hey everyone Il Duce here. Yeah, I know that Il Duce is what Mussolini called himself, don't hold that against me. So just ask away with what you wanna know, I guess.

This is surreal.

What's surreal?

Either I'm gonna be terribly amused or terribly pissed off.

Yeah... could somebody calculate the chances of a bot being named similarly (or exactly) like a deceased forum member? I can't do it. Unless it's a troll.

Surreal, indeed!

I'm gonna go with Unless its a troll for 500 dollars Alex.

Woah! Y'all serious on this? If so I need to change my username and sorry about the unfortunate coincidence.

Well, it's not exactly a rare phrase combination.

Welcome, new person. Please tell us of your favourite artists.

EDIT: Yes, a prominent member once had the name you've selected. He passed away last year, so this is a bit weird for us, haha.

Hello Rebel Machine.

Some of my favorite artists are ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Marshall Tucker Band.

Oh and y'all can change the username to Generalissimo. Don't want to ruffle anyone feathers.

Illuminati **** right here.

?????

Surely you've figured out by now that it's strange for members to see your user name.

I put in the request for your name change to Yac, just so you're aware. :)

Oh yeah I have. Generalissimo, is what I have request my name to be, if that name is cool with everyone here. As I've been saying I didn't know the story about this name on here and am sorry.

Why Yac?

It's an initiation ritual. Every person who requests a name change gets assigned the Yac handle for a month.

I see as how my username has made me an unwanted person on here.

Sorry, my post wasn't clear. You will receive the name change you asked for. Yac is the super moderator who has the power to change names. :)

^ Please don´t think that - you´re as welcome as anyone else. :wave:

It´s just unfortunate that your first choice of username reminds most people here of a popular poster who died a few months ago. Not your fault at all. If you want to learn a bit of Music Banter history, you can start here with a thread dedicated to your namesake:-

http://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/66...d-part-ii.html

Oh. sorry. This whole name thing has me frazzled a bit. So is Generalissimo ok, or is it too close to Il Duce?

I don't think anyone will be confused by the new choice. :)

It may take a day or two for Yac to sign on and change it for you.

Any month now.

Oh, ok then. Now is Generalissimo not going to offend anyone on here, being that it is a title that was held by Joseph Stalin, Kim Jong-Il, and Currently Kim Jong-Un (and none of them were/are considered good people)?

Nah, I doubt it. We're pretty thick skinned. We were just surprised by the coincidence.

So now I'll be gong from a Mussolini username to a Stalin username :laughing:

Yeah, he was also a member here. Not too many of us are sad he died though.

what the...?

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/pho...27-320-240.gif

Coincidences happen. Nothing to see here.

I'm wondering why your IP address matches that of Rebel Machine. I'm going to assume you're either a different person sharing the same internet connection or you're just trolling us.

That was rather uncalled for.

don't buy this troll's bullsh*t, he's at it. he's come here to try and provoke us with cheap and dirty tactics. It's not an innocent coincidence, I'd stake my life on it.

Slow your roll, John Nash.

No. If you want to offend most of the people here, just get your name changed to any Republican president...

If he has the same IP address than another member then he's a troll. That's way too much of a coincidence.

The other account has a ban on it. Maybe somebody wants a fresh start. Maybe the address comes from a school or an internet cafe. He's volunteered for a name change without a fuss. I don't think the name was intended to start anything, as he's clearly conceded to changing it. All I know is that until he actually does something suspicious, everyone is overreacting.

I'm more than happy to admit when I'm wrong, but this is paranoid and unnecessary until he behaves in a way that would indicate otherwise.

Let me be real here I was Rebel Machine and take all responsibilities for my actions which were in the wrong. I never knew that Howard the Duck also used the Il Duce name or was dead. I just decided to comeback on here and actually give this forum a chance. If y'all banned me again I'd would understand. On the name - I just wanted a name way different from Rebel Machine, so what crap I did under that name could be put in the past. That should explain it.

I think he was just making a joke about Stalin.