User:Tom mai78101

tom_mai78101 (tommai78101, tom.mai78101, tom mai78101) is a nickname created by an unknown teenager. The name itself is a portmanteau of the creator's name, the teenager's name, and the date it was referencing to.

History

Paul Branson, (born October 1, 1978, male), was the founder of the basis of the nickname. In 1996, he was accused of murdering his family, charged first-degree murder in Mississippi. While he was in prison, his roommate told him of different, varied stories that origins from a single word, namely "motami" ("Word Friend" in French). Paul wrote the stories down on a piece of cloth torn from his shirt with food stains.

On April 4, 2005, his roommate was taken away and transferred to Oklahoma State Reformatory. Paul found a piece of paper under his roommate's bed, stating that he had promised to someone whom he trusted to spread the stories around.

Paul was released from the Mississippi State Penitentiary on June 16, 2005. While playing Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos with a laptop found in the prison, he discovers a way to give his messages out to others at home.

He hacked into his neighbor's Battle.net account, and took his role in the /emote feature used in Battle.net. There, he made many messages containing the source of idealistic imaginations.

An unknown teenager, who resides in Hsichih City, Taipei County, Taiwan, who also plays Warcraft 3, saw the /emote messages in the Public Chat room, regarding the messages posted by a bot. The teenager sent an email to the recipient claiming that it wishes "for the knowledge based on your errors", then continues to play custom maps. Branson himself noticed the mail after logging out Battle.net, and realized the sender was what he was hoping for a successor.

He replied to the email ending with the signature, "Word Friend". He also included all the stories his roommate told him within the email, and wishes the teenager good luck.

Origins

-Tom

1. From the teenager's English name, Thompson.
2. Referencing Tom in Tom and Jerry series.
3. Also the teenager's little brother shorter name, Tommy.

-Mai

1. Stands for wheat, which is an ingredient of a food usually eaten by Paul Branson during his years in prison.
2. When drawn from the top to the bottom in order, it becomes a horizontal hourglass and a cross. Only appears in the email sent from Paul himself.

-Tom_Mai

1. Blank space indicates two different things.
2. An anagram of motami, transliterated as "Word Friend".
3. Sounded closely to "vine" in Chinese, representing "Similar to a rope that leads to wilderness.", mentioned on the email sent from Paul himself.

-78101

1. 1978, October 1st.
2. Possibly the locker number on his shirt.
3. Transliterated in Chinese, it means "Let's go (to) 101." 101 could be referencing Taipei 101.
4. 781-OI, possibly referring to car license plate number. Paul only mentions a car license plate in the email.