My X-Team Superhero Identity Revealed

Tonight we at X-Team had a very special meeting: the induction ceremony for new superheroes! X-Team employees are given superhero identities, and I was next in line for induction along with Wojtek Zając and Ben King. Our meeting was extra special because five of us have been together in Los Angeles this month working for a client on-site, and so we were able to meet in person while we logged in to our chat room to join up with everyone else around the world. So my superhero identity is:

(Weston) is a highly intelligent and technologically resourceful elemental of Nordic descent who can manipulate, control weather and transcommunicate (via electronic voice) through his thundercloud static field. With his static field, he also is able to create lightning bolts and move within them, allowing him to travel at impressive speed.

The name is extra meaningful as it was the superhero name that I went by as a kid, so things have come full circle! Along with my name and description, I was also given a badge depicting my superhero self (right), and incidentally my mask actually looks quite similar to Condorman’s, my favorite old superhero movie. Thanks so much to my coworkers at X-Team for the effort that went into this and for making me feel so part of the team. It’s truly an honor to be working with you, such a talented international team!

Here’s the slightly-abridged transcript of our chat for the induction with the unveiling of my superhero:

tine: …and we have one more superhero to induct today.
tine: this is someone who was a superhero coming in, but sealed his superhero status within the first week of working with us.
tine: someone who’s taking us all by STORM and made a BIG, BIG impression.
tine: for this superhero, we travel back to the U.S, and to the Westcoast..and we welcome…

weston: yay!
benking gave weston a high five!
david gave weston a high five!
tine gave weston a high five!
adi gave weston a high five!
marconi gave weston a high five!
hz gave weston a high five!
dargaud gave weston a high five!
wojtek gave weston a high five!
vio gave weston a high five!
tine: @weston, you shall now be known as…
tine: DRUMROLL PLEASE
marconi: druuuuuuummmmmuuummmmummm
tine: daruuuuuumdrummmmmmmdrummmm
wojtek: come on Tine we’re drumrolling here 😛
tine: druuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumdarrrummm
tine: drrrrrrrrrrr
tine: uuuuuuuuum
tine: ruum
wojtek: Tine!!! 😀
Benking faints with anxiety
tine: Thunderboy
wojtek: yay 🙂
marconi: la la la la la la Thunder!
tine: Thunderboy is a highly intelligent and technologically resourceful elemental of Nordic decent who can manipulate, control weather and transcommunicate (via electronic voice) through his thundercloud static field. With his static field, he also is able to create lightning bolts and move within them, allowing him to travel at impressive speeds.
weston: That’s the superhero name I had as a kid 🙂

vio gave weston a high five!
marconi gave weston a high five!
benking: woe nice one weston
josh gave weston a high five!
josh: nice!!
adi gave weston a high five!
hz gave weston a high five!
tine gave weston a high five!
adi: congrats @weston
tine: Welcome to the league, @weston!
weston: Awesome, I like it!
weston: Thanks all!
marconi can’t wait to see the new superheroes with their new avatars 🙂
tine: @wojtek, @benking, @weston – you are all amazing, and well-deserving of your new superhero statuses. Wield your new powers with care, but put them to good use!
dave: Welcome!!! The league has gone to a whole new level with these new heroes!