Long story short: when I first needed an alias of more than 3 letters (high score entries in arcade games), we had 4 pet rabbits.
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At some point my brother used the name of one of our rabbits as his in-game alias, Shadow. Being the younger brother, obviously the only course of action was to do something original copy him, so I used Loppy. It was never intended to be a long-term thing (and he didn’t keep using Shadow), but after I used it a few times it kind of stuck. Certainly once it was on Steam it really solidified into my “official” alias.
![](https://mhloppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Loppy-1024x768.jpg)
Ever since then, I’ve been using the name and people have been calling me by it. When it came time to make a League of Legends account, “Loppy” was unfortunately taken, so I came up the ingenious idea of adding my initials to the start: MHLoppy. Creative, I know.
![](https://mhloppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Loppy-2-1024x701.jpg)
In any case, that’s basically it. No grand reason or eureka moment. Just a name chosen almost arbitrarily which never got a better replacement. Somehow it managed to evolve into what it is today, and these days I actually get called “Loppy” more than “Mark” even by many of my close friends.
Here’s a couple more pictures of the same rabbits for your viewing pleasure. Maybe in the future I’ll dig through our family photo archives and pull out a few more.
![](https://mhloppy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Cozy-1024x768.jpg)
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Alas, pets don’t live forever – all these photos are from years gone by and the rabbits shown in them are no more. On the flip side, Nibbles (grey) and Ghetti (white):
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