The purpose of this post is to clarify the definition of my name so that guests will cease interrupting my race to ask me about it.
Lately, a lot of people have been asking me what my name translates to be in Japanese. I feel that the response could potentially be viewed as offensive within the BFM servers. I want to simply race and not have it brought up, but my name seems to be too disrupting for that to happen. I will explain.
Akuma is a character who was first introducted in Street Fighter II (a game I have never played) as a hidden boss. He is considered one of the best characters throughout the Street Fighter series.
In Romanian, this word means "now". I was perfectly aware of this definition of the word, since my girlfriend uses this word every day of her life.
In Japanese, this word means "devil", but this is not the intended definition I was going for. I am named after the character.
The character "Akuma" is called "Gouki" in the Japanese versions of the Street Fighter series. Gouken is his older brother, who I believe has made an appearance in Street Fighter 4. Gotetsu is his master. Do you see a pattern?
I had no intention to introduce the word "devil" to the BFM servers. I had no idea that this name translated to be that word until someone pointed it out in a server. If it is the wish of BFM, since my name translated to be "devil" in a foreign language, I would be willing to change my name to Gouki.
I do not necessarily want to make this drastic name change, but I would be willing to do so if asked. However, no administration has requested this so far. I respect the religious views of all guests and members and just want to settle this. Would everybody please stop asking me the definition of my name please? =]
A high definition illustruation of Akuma:
My signature and display picture are also Akuma. In my display picture he is moving quickly across the screen. This is a teleportation move, and he is invincible while performing that technique. In my signature, he is posing for his greatest move after he has just defeated his opponent. The technique is called "Shun Goku Satsu".
