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"Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:52:29 GMT, DocScorpio wrote:
>
>> "TheSmokingGnu" <anonymityisavirtue@1111011010011.com> wrote in message
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>>> rlsuth wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> A tad OT, but why is he referred to as "Taco Commander"?
>>>
>>> TheSmokingGnu
>>
>> A term which evolved from "Taco Supreme," originally coined by a 
>> long-gone
>> poster with the then handle of "Commander Krud."  It referenced the Taco
>> Supreme, a menu item which I think was available at Taco Bell.  A play on
>> the term "Supreme Commander."  IIRC, Krud first used it on AOL's Take2 
>> board
>> in 1996, shortly after the release of BC3K.  So long ago......
>
> I always assumed it also drew from "TacOps"?

I don't think that Commander Krud actually played BC3K. Derek was bragging 
about multiplayer way back in the days of the BC3K Release 1.0 disaster and 
declared that he would be "Supreme Commander" and code special godly things 
into his game that would be special for himself and the game and the whole 
fan base would refer to him as Supreme Commander.

I have Commander Krud's explanation of the origin of Taco Supreme Commander 
(then shortened to Taco Commander) from the old AOL logs and believe that it 
was placed in the online archives. probably in this directory

http://www.werewolves.org/~follies/archives/1History/1Pre1997/