: Is this based on actual people or is it one of those
: stereotyping things. ie Kain represents lamers and
: Loki represents honourable players.
Kain and Loki were real Mythers back in the TFL days. Kain was the first rank-wank lemur comet, and Loki was one of, if not the, first comet on B.net, back in the ancient days of the public betas when rank actually indicated skill. If it was just figurative I would have kept Loki's name as Able; Kain using the name Kain was just too perfect a coincidence to pass up.