Author Topic: What made you decide your username? (Read 22848 times)

BlueBär · « **Reply #50 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 06:34:28 »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Bluebear
I really liked this guy as a child and "Blue" was often a part of my nicknames, also I like umlauts.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #51 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 07:10:01 »

Hmmm, I'll have to think about this one also...

Acetrak · « **Reply #52 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 07:30:16 »

I can't wait till jcrouse and jdcarpe reveals the mystery behind their name, gonna be mind blowing

vivalarevolución · « **Reply #53 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:38:06 »

In 2009, I tried to secede from the United States and called our country the People's Republic of Deer Lake Mesa (prdlm). We were unsuccessful.

I'm considering switching to something else, because prdlm2009 doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Something related to Calvin and Hobbes. Spiffman or something like that. Hopefull I won't violate any copyright laws.

fohat.digs · « **Reply #54 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:42:35 »

A favorite psychedelic rock song from the early 1970s: "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" from the album "Camembert Electrique" by Gong.

A bizarre and anachronistic choice, but I was going for something truly off the wall. I don't think that anyone has ever guessed it, but it was obscure even in its own time.

PS - I recognized the backwards anonymous Moose construction after staring at it for a few seconds.

whiskerBox · « **Reply #55 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:59:40 »

The box full of cat whiskers my GF has accumulated ROFL

tipo33 · « **Reply #56 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 09:04:48 »

Quote from: whiskerBox on Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:59:40

The box full of cat whiskers my GF has accumulated ROFL

umm... What did she do witht the cats?

fohat.digs · « **Reply #57 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 09:38:10 »

Quote from: whiskerBox on Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:59:40

The box full of cat whiskers my GF has accumulated ROFL

This one has got to take the cake!

SmallFry · « **Reply #58 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 09:43:26 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Tue, 07 May 2013, 09:38:10

Quote from: whiskerBox on Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:59:40
The box full of cat whiskers my GF has accumulated ROFL

This one has got to take the cake!

A cake of whiskers? Ew.

frenchie4111 · « **Reply #59 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 09:45:28 »

When I was much much younger my friend and I watched this show called Disney 4111 all the time, and for some reason we joked about "Frenchie4111". When it came time for him to choose a Runescape username he made it "Frenchie4111" as a joke. I eventually paid him 10 bucks and a pocket knife for the Runescape account, and I have been naming all my accounts Frenchie4111 ever since.

The_Beast · « **Reply #60 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:15:27 »

Quote from: WhiteFireDragon on Tue, 07 May 2013, 01:45:46

Quote from: The_Beast on Mon, 06 May 2013, 20:08:37
At the time I was really into Iron Maiden so for my first computer forum I signed up as The_Number_Of_The_Beast. However things changed and names were shorted if you were over xx characters so I shortened to The_Beast and thank god, that **** was annoying to type.

I use to listen to a lot of Iron Maiden back in the high school days too. But now, I've moved on to more symphonic metal genre.

I've moved on as well. I don't listen to metal nearly as much. I found Leppelin and mellowed out to RHCP, Weezer, Audioslave and then onto folk music. Now I listen to a lot folk on NPR/WPR and sometimes I'll listen to classical as well to calm down after a long day

badcop · « **Reply #61 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:23:04 »

name i use on car fourms because i didnt want to use my regular email/aim name. it was the first thing that popped into my head.

i get pulled over multiple times a week because i drive a stupid flashy loud car.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #62 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:27:21 »

mine is a topic that is usually not discussed but i've used it on fourms, emails accounts for a long time now.....

clickclack · « **Reply #63 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:49:18 »

Quote from: lazerpointer on Mon, 06 May 2013, 21:25:19

It's funny that tjcaustin is actually pronounced "TJC-Austin" -- I'm sure everyone thought of it like "TJ-Caustin" or was it just me?...

Nope.

Quote from: eyesmiles on Mon, 06 May 2013, 22:05:35

Tiffany is my favorite member of SNSD. She has the cutest eye-smiles…

Well I'll be...
See, I thought it had to do with your avatar. Because everytime I see it I indulge in a massive grin. It just looks so obnoxiously delicious! It's one of my favorite name/avatar combos around here.

Quote from: whiskerBox on Tue, 07 May 2013, 08:59:40

The box full of cat whiskers my GF has accumulated ROFL

Now here this whole time I thought it was an rather extreme euphemism or double entendre. lulz
Never would have guess it was basically literal. Oddly the literal explanation is also disturbing.
=P

Dubsgalore · « **Reply #64 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:55:45 »

i used to get a lot of double kills in Halo 3...back in the day

so yeah...'Dubs' Galore

metalliqaz · « **Reply #65 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 10:56:16 »

Way, way back, when I was maybe 14, I couldn't type. These were the days that I only used the family computer and passwords weren't necessary because I didn't have internet access. When we got dial-up internet I began using 'qaz' for every password because it is easy to find on a keyboard. I really could not type at all. I also used it as a Quake handle: -QaZ-

Around this time I was also really into Metallica. (Black album!!) When it came time to set up an email account, I just smooshed 'em together. I've used it for all sorts of throw-away internet names ever since. I've started to move away from it in recent years. I prefer to just go by my name now. In games I go by 'bachelor'

Pronounced Metalli-Kaz

Tarzan · « **Reply #66 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 11:41:53 »

I went to sign up for AIM back in 2000(?), and all of my first choices for IM handles were taken. The bot prompted me to enter a couple of terms, I entered Tarzan and Telecommunications. Telecomtrzn was the result. Still have that handle, no longer use AIM.

I basically ring the changes on the IM handle for new user IDs, so Greystoke was a logical offshoot.

mashby · « **Reply #67 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 12:27:16 »

Back before the Internet was around, I played soccer and there were two Michaels on the team. Needless to say, it got confusing when someone would shout "Michael", so the other Michael suggested we smash our first letter and last names together. His name with Michael Williams, so he became "Milliams" and my name is Michael Ashby, so I become "mashby". I have no idea why we just didn't use our last names.

Anyway, I thought this was super cool and used it for other things as well. Of course, once the Internet came around, I realized that it really wasn't all that clever and is now quite common in fact. Regardless, I still use "mashby" for just about everything online -- including WoW.

whiteduck · « **Reply #68 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 13:02:35 »

Mine is from Jr High days when I wanted to be a hacker. Just a random alias.

BTW my hacking career consisted of beating level 5 on trytohack LOL.

-wd

hashbaz · « **Reply #69 on:** Tue, 07 May 2013, 13:21:29 »

whiskerBox always wins these username threads.

In my mind the High Klaxon's name will always be pronounced "T.J. Caustin".

The short version of my username's story is that it's from the book of Isaiah. Wikipedia has the details. The entire phrase is maher-shalal-hash-baz which means something like "swift to the plunder".

The more involved version is that a roommate of mine in college used to joke that he would have four sons someday and name them Maher, Shalal, Hash, and Baz. This stuck in my mind for some reason. When it came time to make an account for Starcraft 2, I thought "hashbaz" had both a nice zergy sound to it and an appropriate meaning for the swarm. I didn't end up liking it very much though and was considering changing it until I started posting a lot here under the same name. After that it stuck.

The_Ed · « **Reply #70 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 00:36:28 »

My name is Ed. There is almost always an Ed in my usernames.

The_Ed
UndeletEd
UnredactEd
EdBlackOps
...

ITzNybble · « **Reply #71 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 00:37:44 »

I made mine by my Gmail address....If only I could change my name to ITzNybble....suits me more

davkol · « **Reply #72 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 03:08:25 »

Acronym for my real-life name. I used it for my second e-mail address—all other acronyms were either already taken, sounded stupid, or included diacritic. It has stuck with me since then, although I have a 1337 nickname (used almost exclusively in games) based on one song by Iron Savior.

grizzlyclambert · « **Reply #73 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 03:42:13 »

I have been grizzlyclambert ever since I got online in 1999. I've had a few other nicks (Antediluvian when I was really into Vampire: the Masquerade), but I've stuck with grizzly for a long time. It was my first gmail address back during the beta days.

Grizzly: I've always been a hairy person, and every girlfriend I've ever had inevitably called me a "teddy bear". And there was a guy in my middle school whose name was Charlie Lambert. I always thought that the way he signed his assignments was hilarious "C. Lambert" and took that variation of his name for my own.

Melvang · « **Reply #74 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 08:01:25 »

It has been my primary toons name in World of Warcraft for 6+ years now. Undead Rogue with over 130 days of playing time

Acetrak · « **Reply #75 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 08:34:14 »

When I was in highschool I saw a graffiti that said "strk" and I thought it was was cool arrangement of letters and it became one of my online tags that stuck.

Overtime I didn't like that the name didn't have any vowels and people would call me sterk, stark, strik etc and it wasn't consistent. So I decided to add some vowels to make it a somewhat unique name.

S -> Ace
trk -> trak

ApocalypseMaow · « **Reply #76 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 08:44:40 »

Used to stare at the Apocalypse Now movie box a lot as a kid. I would see it everywhere I went, but never bother to watch it till I was much older.
Amazing movie and I just happen to be obsessed with cats. Oh and I saw this name on a news cast in The Simpsons, made me think it was even cooler...

foxer · « **Reply #77 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 09:05:41 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Tue, 07 May 2013, 05:55:59

Quote from: foxer on Tue, 07 May 2013, 05:22:14
I'm a huge MarineKing fanboy. I stole it. Usual forum alias is Wadeo (Wade-Oh). Real name is Wade and just people called me Wadeo.

I was wondering if you were an SC2 fan ^_^. MKP is so gosu

Haha. Hugeeeee fan. I'm a Protoss player but always loved MKP. He's the bestestest.

Glod · « **Reply #78 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:12:40 »

I am glod and therefore glod is me

iri · « **Reply #79 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 17:56:01 »

i was always "iridium" everywhere, but everyone i know ended up calling me "iri".

emptythecache · « **Reply #80 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 18:26:17 »

it was supposed to a vaguely computer savvy joke, something something online anonymity (too many of my old usernames had my first name, Lucas, in them and it made me uncomfortable), also maybe a porn joke.

iri · « **Reply #81 on:** Wed, 08 May 2013, 19:33:01 »

Quote from: ComradeSniper on Mon, 06 May 2013, 20:29:11

I really like Russian guns

you WHAT

Lastpilot · « **Reply #82 on:** Thu, 09 May 2013, 10:33:52 »

I am a serious Armored Core and Ace Combat fan.

TreeSc2 · « **Reply #83 on:** Thu, 09 May 2013, 15:45:18 »

Something... is as big as a tree?

ComradeSniper · « **Reply #84 on:** Thu, 09 May 2013, 21:20:37 »

Quote from: iri on Wed, 08 May 2013, 19:33:01

Quote from: ComradeSniper on Mon, 06 May 2013, 20:29:11
I really like Russian guns
you WHAT

Yup, I sure love my AK.

Badwrench · « **Reply #85 on:** Sat, 11 May 2013, 15:57:55 »

Got mine when I was in Jr. High. Me and my friends all rode dirtbikes, but I was the only one willing to work on our old crappy bikes. As a result, I broke a lot of bolts. One of my buddies said "Good job Badwrench" and the name has stuck since. I use it for everything, and all my friends still call me this.

HoffmanMyster · « **Reply #86 on:** Sat, 11 May 2013, 19:55:36 »

One of my good friends had the same first name as me. I don't remember all the details, but he decided that he would be The KundeNator and I would be The HoffmanMyster (based on our last names). This was ~10 years ago. I have used it for everything since then and have no problems registering this username so it stuck.

Also, apparently I'm the only one who knew it was TJC Austin. But, I did think it was referring to Austin the city, so there's that.

Yslen · « **Reply #87 on:** Sat, 11 May 2013, 19:58:43 »

Character from the book I'm writing. The advantage of a totally fictional name is its not in use anywhere.

Blue_Moon · « **Reply #88 on:** Sat, 11 May 2013, 22:47:25 »

I use a different username/password for security every time I register, so I've lost attachment to them. I was registering for Geekhack, looked around for inspiration, and saw the Lua icon down on my taskbar. It's blue, Lua means Moon, BAM! There it was.

Trent · « **Reply #89 on:** Sun, 12 May 2013, 00:04:10 »

Trent is the main character in Freelancer, an old Microsoft game from the early 2000s. I first used the name in Freelancer multiplayer and other gaming circles.

I've kept using it since

Macsmasher · « **Reply #90 on:** Wed, 15 May 2013, 20:47:40 »

Quote from: ComradeSniper on Thu, 09 May 2013, 21:20:37

Quote from: iri on Wed, 08 May 2013, 19:33:01
Quote from: ComradeSniper on Mon, 06 May 2013, 20:29:11
I really like Russian guns
you WHAT

Yup, I sure love my AK.

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And I love my Sig P938 compact 9mm in my Milt Sparks inside the waistband holster. Single action auto, cocked and locked. Never leave the house without it.

Macsmasher = I despise Apple's proprietary business practices as well as the pompous attitude of many of the Mac fanboys.

Input Nirvana · « **Reply #91 on:** Thu, 16 May 2013, 00:39:13 »

I found GH in '09 while searching for info on buying a Kinesis Advantage that was split into 2 halves. Turns out there was no such thing. I lurked a little and realized I needed info to cut my Kinesis Advantage into 2 halves...so I needed to register to ask some questions. Why? Because I was searching for Input Nirvana.

Play the game: "Where in the world is Input Nirvana?"

Did you click the fake link? hahahahahaha

TheProfosist · « **Reply #92 on:** Thu, 16 May 2013, 05:02:49 »

Ive had mine since I had my first account on the net as far back as I can remeber. I do believe I smashed together some words that I thought were cool at the time. Can you figure out which ones those were?

iAmAhab · « **Reply #93 on:** Thu, 16 May 2013, 05:08:35 »

I am Ahab and I want you to know.

CommunistWitchDr · « **Reply #94 on:** Thu, 16 May 2013, 05:39:15 »

Friend called me a "communist witch doctor" as a joking insult. I liked the ring of it.

Sai · « **Reply #95 on:** Fri, 17 May 2013, 03:27:39 »

"Sai" is just Honorific for my race, Shan.

Moosecraft · « **Reply #96 on:** Fri, 17 May 2013, 05:39:24 »

I got it as a randomly selected name on xbox live

Dgsbllx · « **Reply #97 on:** Fri, 17 May 2013, 05:46:45 »

When I first made an account on Runescape I was trying to think of a username and a bottle of that was sitting next to me. Somehow bodged it from that

fohat.digs · « **Reply #98 on:** Fri, 17 May 2013, 07:30:15 »

Quote from: Dgsbllx on Fri, 17 May 2013, 05:46:45

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When I first made an account on Runescape I was trying to think of a username and a bottle of that was sitting next to me. Somehow bodged it from that :confused:

I might not have guessed that one right away.

Macsmasher · « **Reply #99 on:** Fri, 17 May 2013, 12:24:50 »

I should've given a little more background to Macsmasher. In 1996, I bought the game Quake. (The first night playing it, I called my best buddy and told him he had to drop everything and come over to see this. We've both been gamers ever since.)

I needed a player name when we started having LAN parties. At the time, the Mac fanboys looked down their noses at the Win guys. (Like the Prius drivers that enjoy the smell of their own farts in that South Park episode.) Photoshop was their flagship app. If I remember correctly, PC Magazine had an article comparing the fastest Mac against a dual CPU NT4 system with Photoshop benchmarks and the Win machine smashed the Mac six ways from Sunday in every benchmark. I thought it was so funny, I came up with the name Macsmasher and have been using it ever since.

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