I obtained my username back when I was in high school...Freshman or Sophomore year if I am not mistaken. So this was about 6 years ago. Back then, playing Halo was where it was at. The first Halo in case you were wondering. Friday/Saturday nights, my brother, 13 of our friends and I would go over to a friend's house with 4 xbox's/TVs. We would hook them all up to each other and play 8 vs 8 through system link. We would play for hours, order Pizza from Little Ceasers and just have lots of fun. So how does this relate to my username? Well I wanted to find a good name for myself when I played Halo. We all had our own names and I wanted a unique one.
For those of you who do not know about the Halo universe, the main character (Master Chief), is what they call a Spartan II. No he is not from Sparta, it is just a code name for what he is.
With that in mind, I looked in the encyclopedia about Spartans. And I found that in Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king of Ancient Sparta, the husband of Helen, and a central figure in the Trojan War. A Spartan King....perfect. And from then on, it has stuck with me ever since.
'But Matt, you said that you use Menelaus for Halo. Why is your Xbox live account name Mr Redz?' When I bought my xbox 360 from my friend, his xbox live account came with it with a full year on it. He was a big paintballer and Redz is a paintball company. I was too lazy to change it so now I am just saying that Redz is the last name to my alter ego, which I have named Mr Menelaus Redz.