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Title: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:21:19
Or its origin.

Mine stands for:  doing every midget in korea



Jk. Or am i.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:22:33
Eeeeeeewwwwwww

I have a phobia of little people and clowns.

STFU. I don't judge you.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:23:19
THATS MY FETISH
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:25:02
I just threw up.


All I had in me was coffee.


Didn't taste nearly as good going the other way.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:53:07
Mine is obvious.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: heedpantsnow on Sat, 13 September 2014, 11:58:32
Does everyone already know mine?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Flyersfan1 on Sat, 13 September 2014, 12:02:17
In retrospect, i wish I had picked something that sounds a little less 16 year old kidish, but I'm just a big hockey fan in general and I always had a hard time coming up with usernames for forums so I just went with something relatively simple.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: esoomenona on Sat, 13 September 2014, 12:04:16
Mine is obvious.

(http://i.imgur.com/Cl5aroS.png)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: oscillik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 12:19:45
mine is derived from the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) in the old analogue synthesizers. it's a music related thing, since I'm an amateur musician and all.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Puddsy on Sat, 13 September 2014, 12:25:47
iunno
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: epzy on Sat, 13 September 2014, 12:39:59
My nick is just something random I came up with when I was ~14. :P
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: nahka on Sat, 13 September 2014, 13:28:03
Mine just means leather in Finnish.
It's just one part of my name that I used to use online all the time but people just called me nahka so I gave in.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 13 September 2014, 13:38:53
Mine is a nickname I got in college, nubbins, plus the shorthand for my first name and some more.  When I messed something up or did something, it was sometimes referred to as nubbinsing or nubbinating.  I just took that and turned it into nubbinator.

Or its origin.

Mine stands for:  doing every midget in korea



Jk. Or am i.

I thought it was drake, exhalted magical immortal king.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: billnye on Sat, 13 September 2014, 13:39:58
I really like science and my favorite number is 29 :)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Vibex on Sat, 13 September 2014, 13:48:45
Mine was a random name generated by the game Adventure Quest years and years ago. Stuck with me ever since.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: paicrai on Sat, 13 September 2014, 13:49:39
partially ambitious igloos combusting regally and intentionally
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:04:20
I have no idea. I can't remember when I first used it, as it wasn't Runescape back in 2005, but it's my steam name which I've had for about 7 years... It might be from EVE actually. Maybe a randomly generated surname from there, and I went with the Russian sounding theme on all my subsequent accounts.

If you go on most other forums/games and find a guy called katushkin/katushkin89/IamKatushkin then it's probably me. I have no idea what it means though. But if I google it I get a Russian company that I have no idea what it does...
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: eth0s on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:14:01
I think this explains it all. 

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2q4_M3J-N3o/maxresdefault.jpg)

If that didn't do it, maybe this Venn diagram will help you understand:

(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/46/e5/eb/46e5ebcc7822c1839e9bcce8b7ea9ec6.jpg)

No?  How about this one?

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PR3FjFnLvGY/TVQMEfvE1tI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/85RolZ7Auq8/s1600/Stages+of+Spkr+Devel+8.png)

heh.  None of those really explains anything.  Or do they?  Cogitate.  When you can grasp the pebble from my hand, you will have your answer.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: RED-404 on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:28:00
RED well umm ppl call me red...   404, what happens to every windows server I work on, and well, I tend to just disappear for months at a time.
I'm also 8Bit****, and OneDeltaTenTango and IRL I get called Red, Viking, Gimli, **** and <Insert profanity here>...
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:28:23
My nick is just something random I came up with when I was ~14. :P

So its a year old
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:40:39
I think this explains it all. 

Show Image
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2q4_M3J-N3o/maxresdefault.jpg)


If that didn't do it, maybe this Venn diagram will help you understand:

Show Image
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/46/e5/eb/46e5ebcc7822c1839e9bcce8b7ea9ec6.jpg)


No?  How about this one?

Show Image
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PR3FjFnLvGY/TVQMEfvE1tI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/85RolZ7Auq8/s1600/Stages+of+Spkr+Devel+8.png)


heh.  None of those really explains anything.  Or do they?  Cogitate.  When you can grasp the pebble from my hand, you will have your answer.

Holy **** monkey! I got lost...then I was found...but now I'm lost again...

I guess you coulda used "thirtynineB2forty" and had the same results?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: epzy on Sat, 13 September 2014, 14:41:43
My nick is just something random I came up with when I was ~14. :P

So its a year old

I wish, demilk, I wish.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: osi on Sat, 13 September 2014, 15:11:39
osi (oh-see or o c) - started as osiris (the god not the shoes!!) then turned into osi. Used for about 15 years now

Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 15:12:43
osi (oh-see or o c) - started as osiris (the god not the shoes!!) then turned into osi. Used for about 15 years now



i remember i had these during my skating days

(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/osiris-shoes-d3-2001-black-red.jpg)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: dustinhxc on Sat, 13 September 2014, 15:16:15
A name I made like 15 years ago, when I went to a local metal hardcore show every week.

Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: osi on Sat, 13 September 2014, 15:29:25
osi (oh-see or o c) - started as osiris (the god not the shoes!!) then turned into osi. Used for about 15 years now



i remember i had these during my skating days

Show Image
(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/osiris-shoes-d3-2001-black-red.jpg)


I could never rock any of the shoes--was not cool enough for that :c
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 13 September 2014, 15:32:00
don't even remember anymore, been using it for almost a decade

i think mostly because i got tired of trying to remember different user names for different sites, and noisyturtle is always available (except on Twitter. **** you noisyturtle of Twitter!)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: bazh on Sat, 13 September 2014, 16:24:41
mine is just a little twist in my real name, just replaced c by z
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: asdfjkl36 on Sat, 13 September 2014, 16:29:22
Mine is obvious.

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I just cant think of names. I like the number 36.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Sat, 13 September 2014, 16:29:43
don't even remember anymore, been using it for almost a decade

i think mostly because i got tired of trying to remember different user names for different sites, and noisyturtle is always available (except on Twitter. **** you noisyturtle of Twitter!)

or maybe you're slow and loud?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: inanis on Sat, 13 September 2014, 17:17:33
Inanis is the Latin translation of "empty". It can translate into quite a few other English words and phrases as well, as most Latin words do, but they are all of a similar vein.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: nuclearsandwich on Sat, 13 September 2014, 17:36:13
nuclearsandwich.com was the first domain I ever bought. It was cool in 5th grade and it's cool now.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Fire Brand on Sat, 13 September 2014, 17:45:58
Mine, well I am the Red Blaze of course!

Just from a game I loved as a child the hero of the story as it turns out :)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: eth0s on Sat, 13 September 2014, 18:20:48
I think this explains it all. 

Show Image
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2q4_M3J-N3o/maxresdefault.jpg)


If that didn't do it, maybe this Venn diagram will help you understand:

Show Image
(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/46/e5/eb/46e5ebcc7822c1839e9bcce8b7ea9ec6.jpg)


No?  How about this one?

Show Image
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PR3FjFnLvGY/TVQMEfvE1tI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/85RolZ7Auq8/s1600/Stages+of+Spkr+Devel+8.png)


heh.  None of those really explains anything.  Or do they?  Cogitate.  When you can grasp the pebble from my hand, you will have your answer.

Holy **** monkey! I got lost...then I was found...but now I'm lost again...

I guess you coulda used "thirtynineB2forty" and had the same results?

Yes!  and No!  Both aren't true, and yet neither is false.

You have taken your first step into a larger world.
 
Take the path of the Buddha, it ends with enlightenment.  It also begins with enlightenment.  When you understand what that means, you will know.

If I had a lotus blossom, I would hold it up for you.  Maybe I have.

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/138/a/6/BUDDHA_LOTUS_FLOWER_by_VISHNU108.gif)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 13 September 2014, 18:25:07
I'm bald. I put something like "head burned by sun" into a Elvish name generator on the web, and got Findecanor.

Edit:
I think that it means more literally "sun shouts at hair" in Sindarin.
Findėcano is the name of a Elvish king in the Silmarillion.

Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Hypersphere on Sat, 13 September 2014, 18:28:30
4-dimensional sphere or a sphere in need of sedation.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 13 September 2014, 18:28:41
nuclearsandwich.com was the first domain I ever bought. It was cool in 5th grade and it's cool now.

It is.
When my gf first heard it she said "Oh my god!"
Now she loves it.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: HoffmanMyster on Sat, 13 September 2014, 18:35:42
My name should be pretty easy.

I was given this name by a good friend 10 years ago. It comes from my last name and meister. It's really complicated.

It also means hoff, man of mystery. Apparently.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 13 September 2014, 21:25:22
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=11158.0
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43273.0
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: FrostyToast on Sat, 13 September 2014, 21:34:01
No idea.
What the hell is a toast?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 13 September 2014, 21:39:08
When I was in 8th grade I was introduced to a band called Against Me! by a friend and got hooked. They have a song called "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay", and at some point I needed a screen name and shortened that to mutinyonthebay. Some kind of pirate/skull&bones was always my avatar. Used it forever until someone else had taken it on some forum or in some game or something. Replaced mutiny with riot. Now I usually pick between the two.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 13 September 2014, 21:43:14
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=11158.0
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43273.0

IT TOOK HIM A WHILE LADIES AND GENTS, BUT HE FOUND THEM! :D
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: ApocalypseMaow on Sat, 13 September 2014, 21:44:13
osi (oh-see or o c) - started as osiris (the god not the shoes!!) then turned into osi. Used for about 15 years now



i remember i had these during my skating days

Show Image
(http://skately.com/img/library/shoes/large/osiris-shoes-d3-2001-black-red.jpg)

I used to rag kids so hard that wore those lol.

Coppola, Cats and The Simpsons... can't go wrong.

Before this I went by my joke punk name Scab.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: inanis on Sat, 13 September 2014, 22:23:40
When I was in 8th grade I was introduced to a band called Against Me! by a friend and got hooked. They have a song called "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay", and at some point I needed a screen name and shortened that to mutinyonthebay. Some kind of pirate/skull&bones was always my avatar. Used it forever until someone else had taken it on some forum or in some game or something. Replaced mutiny with riot. Now I usually pick between the two.

Against Me! Is one of my personal favorites. Hurray for good music! Searching for a Former Clarity is probably my favorite album.   
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 13 September 2014, 22:34:42
When I was in 8th grade I was introduced to a band called Against Me! by a friend and got hooked. They have a song called "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay", and at some point I needed a screen name and shortened that to mutinyonthebay. Some kind of pirate/skull&bones was always my avatar. Used it forever until someone else had taken it on some forum or in some game or something. Replaced mutiny with riot. Now I usually pick between the two.

Against Me! Is one of my personal favorites. Hurray for good music! Searching for a Former Clarity is probably my favorite album.

It helped as well that I was growing up in Gainesville, so I got to see them live a half dozen times.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: katushkin on Sat, 13 September 2014, 22:42:06
When I was in 8th grade I was introduced to a band called Against Me! by a friend and got hooked. They have a song called "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay", and at some point I needed a screen name and shortened that to mutinyonthebay. Some kind of pirate/skull&bones was always my avatar. Used it forever until someone else had taken it on some forum or in some game or something. Replaced mutiny with riot. Now I usually pick between the two.

Against Me! Is one of my personal favorites. Hurray for good music! Searching for a Former Clarity is probably my favorite album.

It helped as well that I was growing up in Gainesville, so I got to see them live a half dozen times.

Gainesville Rock City?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: riotonthebay on Sat, 13 September 2014, 23:03:46
When I was in 8th grade I was introduced to a band called Against Me! by a friend and got hooked. They have a song called "Mutiny on the Electronic Bay", and at some point I needed a screen name and shortened that to mutinyonthebay. Some kind of pirate/skull&bones was always my avatar. Used it forever until someone else had taken it on some forum or in some game or something. Replaced mutiny with riot. Now I usually pick between the two.

Against Me! Is one of my personal favorites. Hurray for good music! Searching for a Former Clarity is probably my favorite album.

It helped as well that I was growing up in Gainesville, so I got to see them live a half dozen times.

Gainesville Rock City?

They're fun too
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: berserkfan on Sun, 14 September 2014, 00:43:01
mine is just a little twist in my real name, just replaced c by z

Are you some descendant of the guy who created all that organ and keyboard music?

Mine's obvious and avatar matches. And Berserk's no ordinary manga; it's got larger than life characters who really mean something. From a religious point of view I do subscribe to what the character Gutz's all about.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Belfong on Sun, 14 September 2014, 01:44:19
My bel is from David Edding's The Belgariad series. Fong is my first name.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: StylinGreymon on Sun, 14 September 2014, 01:57:18
Mine's from an episode of Digimon Adventures.
The horrific English dub, of course.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: iri on Sun, 14 September 2014, 04:32:26
I have no idea. I can't remember when I first used it, as it wasn't Runescape back in 2005, but it's my steam name which I've had for about 7 years... It might be from EVE actually. Maybe a randomly generated surname from there, and I went with the Russian sounding theme on all my subsequent accounts.
it's a perfectly valid russian last name derived from the word for "coil". by the way, i thought it was just your last name.

If you go on most other forums/games and find a guy called katushkin/katushkin89/IamKatushkin then it's probably me. I have no idea what it means though. But if I google it I get a Russian company that I have no idea what it does...
hm, i see a social network for bike riders (http://www.katushkin.ru/).
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: JackMills on Sun, 14 September 2014, 08:55:28
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Mills

I was looking for a name that seemed it could be mine. It is more or less an english translation of my flemish name. The little trivia is an added bonus. I change it to jamesmills if jack is taken or jacquesdumoulin if both english versions are taken.
When I was younger I used alter_ego as my nick, because it is  your alter ego. If it was taken I added pi, because I like the number.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Signature on Sun, 14 September 2014, 10:28:23
Or its origin.

Mine stands for:  doing every midget in korea



Jk. Or am i.
Oh I thought your name was a guideline for eating oreos. You have to drop them in "demilk". Well I guess you learn something new every day  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Synjin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 10:42:57
My name was my original name in Runescape with a maxed out account  :eek:

I hope you guys know what RS is :P
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: paicrai on Sun, 14 September 2014, 11:01:53
My name was my original name in Runescape with a maxed out account  :eek:

I hope you guys know what RS is :P
wish i didnt
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Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Synjin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 11:04:18
I'd say over 80% of the people here know about rs T_T
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: nahka on Sun, 14 September 2014, 11:33:55
Still log in on OSRS occasionally.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: katushkin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 14:53:22
I just resubbed haha
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:43:59
I'd say over 80% of the people here know about rs T_T

It's a bunch of old people keeping their childhood alive....I'd say $5/ month is worth that..  (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/whaaat3-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862525)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Synjin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:52:18
osrs?
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: katushkin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:54:49
osrs?

Mmm... I don't know why.

Also, get over to the Dota 2 thread you :)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: do_Og@n on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:55:22
I got mine from the lady at Taco Bell that could never spell my last name properly. Once day she spelled it as 'Doogan' and for some reason it stuck with me.

I later found out that it has many horrible Urban meanings and was also a character in Mario....but I still decided to keep it.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Doogan
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:56:43
I got mine from the lady at Taco Bell that could never spell my last name properly. Once day she spelled it as 'Doogan' and for some reason it stuck with me.

I later found out that it has many horrible Urban meanings and was also a character in Mario....but I still decided to keep it.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Doogan

why was a lady @ tacobell spelling your name ??
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: do_Og@n on Sun, 14 September 2014, 15:58:15
I got mine from the lady at Taco Bell that could never spell my last name properly. Once day she spelled it as 'Doogan' and for some reason it stuck with me.

I later found out that it has many horrible Urban meanings and was also a character in Mario....but I still decided to keep it.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Doogan

why was a lady @ tacobell spelling your name ??

She had to take my name down for when they call out my order....and yes....I used to eat at Taco Bell. :(
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 14 September 2014, 16:00:18
I got mine from the lady at Taco Bell that could never spell my last name properly. Once day she spelled it as 'Doogan' and for some reason it stuck with me.

I later found out that it has many horrible Urban meanings and was also a character in Mario....but I still decided to keep it.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Doogan

why was a lady @ tacobell spelling your name ??

She had to take my name down for when they call out my order....and yes....I used to eat at Taco Bell. :(

LOL.. i didn't know they did that @ tacobell.. i've only seen it at starbx

I STILL eat at tacobell @ 2 in the morning, because around my area it's between them and white castle..

2am is when my inhibitions unfold and my aversion to eating junk food disappears...

I am also prone to drinking and then playing video games @ such hour..
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Synjin on Sun, 14 September 2014, 17:24:02
I got mine from the lady at Taco Bell that could never spell my last name properly. Once day she spelled it as 'Doogan' and for some reason it stuck with me.

I later found out that it has many horrible Urban meanings and was also a character in Mario....but I still decided to keep it.

http://www.mariowiki.com/Doogan

why was a lady @ tacobell spelling your name ??

She had to take my name down for when they call out my order....and yes....I used to eat at Taco Bell. :(

LOL.. i didn't know they did that @ tacobell.. i've only seen it at starbx

I STILL eat at tacobell @ 2 in the morning, because around my area it's between them and white castle..

2am is when my inhibitions unfold and my aversion to eating junk food disappears...

I am also prone to drinking and then playing video games @ such hour..
Sounds almost like how the demons and the undead rise at 3am
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: RabRhee on Sun, 14 September 2014, 18:57:24
My name here is Rhee meaning milk, and Rab meaning 'to remove from'.  Ok, not really. Rab is just scots for Rob. and Rhee came from some fantasy book, Terry Brooks I think. I swap it now and then.

I'd say over 80% of the people here know about rs T_T

It's a bunch of old people keeping their childhood alive....I'd say $5/ month is worth that.. 
Show Image
(http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/whaaat3-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862525)


I don't sub to the place, but I do pop in about every 6 months to annoy the old school. One day I may confess to the torture I inflicted on almost all runescape players.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: bazh on Mon, 15 September 2014, 01:35:38
mine is just a little twist in my real name, just replaced c by z

Are you some descendant of the guy who created all that organ and keyboard music?

Mine's obvious and avatar matches. And Berserk's no ordinary manga; it's got larger than life characters who really mean something. From a religious point of view I do subscribe to what the character Gutz's all about.

you're right, I'm his reincarnate, unfortunately I'm now getting bore with musical instrument and moving to mechanical keyboard.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Sent on Mon, 15 September 2014, 01:38:47
Mine's pretty simple.  Tag I used for anything FPS back in the day was Sentinel.  My friends just ended up calling me Sent for short so I've stuck with that.  Easy to remember.  Basically impossible to mispronounce.  Short and sweet.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: orangeju1ce on Mon, 15 September 2014, 15:37:04
Oj
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: demik on Mon, 15 September 2014, 18:37:18
Oj

orenthal james simpson!
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: user 18 on Mon, 15 September 2014, 18:53:57
I wanted to register a throwaway account with the name user...which was of course taken. The first suggestion was user18.

It didn't end up being a throwaway account, and now it's a pretty consistent part of my online identity. I've had to get creative a couple of times though, as a lot of times it's already been taken by - you guessed it - someone else's throwaway account :P
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Coreda on Mon, 15 September 2014, 19:17:41
Thought of it one day, and liked the Japanese sounding pronunciation, so I decided to claim it on Geekhack. Although I had lurked on and off for a few years for the longest time I didn't even use the account, until I began posting regularly on another forum with the same handle.

'Co-re-da' as I later discovered roughly translates to 'this is it'. I now use the handle on three different popular forums.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Thu, 18 September 2014, 08:28:56
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=11158.0
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=43273.0

IT TOOK HIM A WHILE LADIES AND GENTS, BUT HE FOUND THEM! :D

Hehe I posted in the other thread but why not here too :D. My username here is CPTBadAss. CPT is the US Army's abbreviation for Captain. But CaptainBadAss was too long for a game or some forums so I shortened it. The origin is:

When I started to play StarCraft 2 kinda seriously, I wanted to have a fun name just to laugh at. All my friends had these serious nerd names and the pros all have names like Flash, Bomber, and Sniper.

One day I was pondering a change to my user name and was playing Crash Bandicoot: Return of Vortex. I was like...man, this game is so badass. And my name just struck me then.

So sup kids, I'm Captain BadAss :D
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 18 September 2014, 08:47:19
I think mine is fairly self-explanatory...

When I first registered here at GH over 5 years ago, I was a young high school student with a hobby of tinkering with old computers.

Those computers (I think my lab peaked at 7 in total) were located in my basement.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: yasuo on Thu, 18 September 2014, 08:57:56
yasuo name of japan but not mean weabo ;D
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: mreverything on Thu, 18 September 2014, 09:06:06
I've used the name maxeverything before. My partner started using the name mrseverything. So I decided to try mreverything. I think it makes me seem like a full-of-himself jerk. It was a mistake.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: The Mad Professor on Thu, 18 September 2014, 13:03:27
I think between the name and the avatar, it's pretty ****ing obvious what my name means.

- Oh really? I thought it was because you lost a bet...

Shut up! It's your name, too!
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 18 September 2014, 13:10:21
I think between the name and the avatar, it's pretty ****ing obvious what my name means.

- Oh really? I thought it was because you lost a bet...

Shut up! It's your name, too!

Ur really a professor who's gone mad ?

Lets see this PHD and dooms day device.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/payup-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862514)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: The Mad Professor on Thu, 18 September 2014, 13:20:32
I think between the name and the avatar, it's pretty ****ing obvious what my name means.

- Oh really? I thought it was because you lost a bet...

Shut up! It's your name, too!

Ur really a professor who's gone mad ?

Lets see this PHD and dooms day device.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/payup-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862514) (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/payup-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862514)

One need not have a PhD to become a professor. One needs merely to have a good working knowledge of a subject and be employed by an institute of higher learning in an instructional capacity.

As to the alleged doomsday device, if I were to theoretically possess such a device, I most certainly would not show it to anyone until I am ready to activate it. I've seen one too many self proclaimed geniuses show off their weapons to the self-styled "hero" only to have the weapon destroyed. No, I will not be making that mistake!

- Theoretically speaking, of course...

Yes, theoretically speaking.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: hashbaz on Thu, 18 September 2014, 13:22:13
I think I posted in both of the other username threads that rowdy linked, but sure why not.

Hashbaz comes from the book of Isaiah.  It's part of a longer phrase that means something like "quick to the plunder" in Hebrew.  When I registered my Starcraft 2 account I wanted a unique name that sounded zergy, and I was aware of this phrase and its meaning seemed zerg-appropriate and it also sounds a lot like a zerg cerebrate or something, so I went with it.

At the time I didn't intend for it to become my regular online handle, but it has.  *shrug*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher-shalal-hash-baz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher-shalal-hash-baz)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: tp4tissue on Thu, 18 September 2014, 13:51:50
I think between the name and the avatar, it's pretty ****ing obvious what my name means.

- Oh really? I thought it was because you lost a bet...

Shut up! It's your name, too!

Ur really a professor who's gone mad ?

Lets see this PHD and dooms day device.. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/payup-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862514) (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/payup-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862514)

One need not have a PhD to become a professor. One needs merely to have a good working knowledge of a subject and be employed by an institute of higher learning in an instructional capacity.

As to the alleged doomsday device, if I were to theoretically possess such a device, I most certainly would not show it to anyone until I am ready to activate it. I've seen one too many self proclaimed geniuses show off their weapons to the self-styled "hero" only to have the weapon destroyed. No, I will not be making that mistake!

- Theoretically speaking, of course...

Yes, theoretically speaking.

No phd.. 1 too many movies.. (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Chemisery on Fri, 26 September 2014, 01:50:35
It's straightforward name meshing of chemistry and misery

I actually like chemistry but during was the college days we had this very demanding chemistry teacher that always make the lessons and exams very tough and there was once, after one of the exam my clique was discussing about the exam where one of classmate said "It's not chemistry but chemisery!" and the rest is history.

But the prob is that the spelling is quite close to chemistry, sometimes I would spell chemistry as chemisery.    :))
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: sunshine on Fri, 26 September 2014, 02:52:12
it seem obvious.Just in the real life,try my best to bring sunshine and happy to other.haha
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: azhdar on Fri, 26 September 2014, 02:53:44
Comes from a fantasy book , using it for almost a decade , almost never used so I stuck with it .
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: slip84 on Fri, 26 September 2014, 07:15:07
I've been using mine for years and years with small variations here and there. My brother and I played Unreal Tournament a lot on LAN before high-speed internet was common. We usually played together as slip and trip with the same or similar player models. In UT2k3/2k4, we played as Romulus and Remus, which happened by happy accident.

The 84 isn't my year of birth, however. It's 42 x 2, with 42 being the meaning of life and so forth. I didn't want to use it, so I just multiplied it.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: infiniti on Fri, 26 September 2014, 23:12:44
0.9999... = 1

:))
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: mogo on Fri, 26 September 2014, 23:21:46
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/093/c/8/Mogo_Doesn__t_Socialize_by_BuenoExcellante.jpg)

Mogo is the best hero.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Air tree on Sat, 27 September 2014, 04:57:13
No f***ing  clue what mine means. I think I made it up out of thin air one day and then continued using it.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Candyflip on Sat, 27 September 2014, 05:50:52
Where do I request a new username?  :confused:
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: iri on Sat, 27 September 2014, 06:26:49
Where do I request a new username?  :confused:
why do you even need a new username? you current one is awesome
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: yasuo on Sat, 27 September 2014, 06:28:43
mean of iri is jeaolusy :))
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Candyflip on Sat, 27 September 2014, 06:46:16
why do you even need a new username? you current one is awesome

This one was given to me, maybe I should stick with it even though I don't like it cos it represents a bad part of my life. I thought of going with my real name for a while now.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: Fragil1ty on Sat, 27 September 2014, 11:04:56
Fragil1ty is a name that I have been using for gaming for years, it's just a gaming name for me and I've stuck with it.

Because I try and be quite good in the games that I take seriously, it has a spin on it because obviously 'fragile' means to break easily, easily broken whatever, but when in reality, I'm the opposite of that while gaming and what not, so I think it's a pretty cool name and what not.

I got the 1 instead of the I as I remember Fatal1ty doing it a few years ago and thought it looked pretty cool back then so I just stuck with it.
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: hwood34 on Sat, 27 September 2014, 11:49:00
Harwood wolfson. I'm very creative
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: C5Allroad on Sat, 27 September 2014, 15:45:51
I wish I had a meaning to my username...
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: pichu23 on Sat, 27 September 2014, 17:53:38
pichu23 : fav pokemon & my birth date :D
Title: Re: what does your username mean?
Post by: ADFX_Pixy on Sun, 28 September 2014, 16:43:33
I was a huge fan of the Ace Combat series when I played on my PS2, especially Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War. My name "Pixy" came from one of the major characters/pilots from the game: Larry "Solo Wing Pixy" Foulke. The "ADFX" part came from the experimental craft he flew at the end of the game when you fought against him as the final boss. Even to this day, no game ever grabbed me more than Ace Combat Zero. The Last of Us and Uncharted 2 are very close, but not enough to for me to say they're my favorite game of all time.