Why your user name?

Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:01 pm

im always interested in why people call themselves certain user names.mine came from a famous techno club from morley in leeds england that ran from the early 90s to 2004ish.great times and great memories when i went there.famous djs like jeff mills,joey beltram and sven vath to name a few.i like to know why for instance the moderator calls himself hungry donner.possibly likes doner kebabs when they have had a few drinks?who knows.
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Trent Theriot
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:52 am

because the panadrone of folgrim is mirglof. really makes perfect sense when you look at it that way.
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Nancy RIP
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:39 pm

My username's was just something I thought up staring at the sign-up screen. No real meaning to it. I guess it stems from my liking of Rangers in books and video games. Plus I was having a crappy day when I signed up, hence the Lone part.
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Breautiful
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:19 am

Something about being the half-human half-crow hybrid leader of the Crowatian Empire.

It was either that or I somehow ended up with Crow in my XBL username (I think it was Screeching Crow or something but that might have been the second iteration) and eventually moved to Lord Crow. Then I moved to Squidpunk because Ika Musume is amazing. Then to Squarecrow because crows are cool and I thought it was clever. Except I can't change my username and I'm too lazy to start a new account.

How did I get Crow in my XBL username? No clue. Name generator maybe?
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Nina Mccormick
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:25 am

I was playing Warcraft 3 a lot at the time and I lacked inspiration to come up with something myself. :shrug:
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Manny(BAKE)
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:44 pm

Just because. I wanted to put in Arcona (which I thought of randomly) but it was taken (?) so I tapped in Cor.
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Michael Korkia
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:21 pm

I used to use Zro in my early internet days, but that was stupid, so i changed it to ToJKa, that comes from my initials, and looks nice :wink:
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Matthew Aaron Evans
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:02 am

I was playing Heroes of Might and Magic III with some friends of mine a few years back, and we were going to set up settings for Hotseat.
I was going to write my name, but since I didn't want to bother, I hastily wrote something randomly. I ended up liking the name so much that I started using it for everything, including my gamesas Forums user.
It had absolutely nothing to do with my own name or anything else, it was pure coincidence.
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Justin Hankins
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:21 pm

My user (and avatar) is a character from my favorite movie.
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Manny(BAKE)
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:31 am

was a name I used at one time in Fallout 3
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Jessica Lloyd
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:08 am

All the gamertags I put in for Xbox LIVE were taken, so I got frustrated and put in something so left field there was no way it could be taken. It's a name I have decided to stick with.
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naomi
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:18 am

He's my favorite Jarl (and NPC) in Skyrim .
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ILy- Forver
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:43 am

My usual videogame character's name. It's one I originally chose for my Oblivion character after not being able to think of a lore-correct name for my Breton, so I decided to choose something stupid instead, and it kind of stuck. And it's more interesting than "Christine".
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Lori Joe
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:16 pm

One of my early Morrowind characters.

Outlander, you must swim around the entire island to have truly done everything.
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Taylor Thompson
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:22 pm

Mine, because I never belonged here; I don't fit any standard of our world. :)
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louise hamilton
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:00 am

My user name is closey related or tied in to my name. I been using it since 2000. If someone else uses that name is a impostor. The 71 well I will be 71 until 2042. I let you figure out what 71 means.
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Ilona Neumann
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:00 am

It was going to be Divine Avenger; the arena title in Oblivion. But I couldn't remember it so I made up something similar and it turned out to be this.

I guess it holds meaning too, considering its more or less the same as Divine Avenger...
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Fluffer
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:06 am

It represents my love for the Dunmer in The Elder Scrolls Universe and yet how I am not of them. Hence the Albino. It represents a split in philosophical and thus moral thinking in regards to Dunmer culture, in character. It embodies all my Dunmer characters. They are not like the other Dunmer in Morrowind or elsewhere on Nirn. They think like me(with variations in extremist emotional tendencies) and by nature think different.

I am the exception. I am the exceptional Dunmer.

Disclaimer: I am not the exceptional Dunmer. It is just the thought of my in game characters. It is a lot less prevalent than that but that is the idea behind it.

I guess in real life I am referred to as the White Hawaiian by many of my friends and especially my old football buddies. So I identify with it on some real levels. It kind of reflects on that though with a fantasy nerd twist thay would cause my old buddies to howl with laughter if they knew. Too bad I kind of drifted away from many of them and them me. Life happens though. Sometimes it happens hard. The Dunmer Way of thinking reflects that now though as well lol.
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carly mcdonough
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:12 pm

Me and a cousin were brainstorming usernames, he just randomly came up with this, and I loved it. No idea why but now it's my universal name everywhere online.
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Bethany Watkin
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 1:44 am

Several years ago I tried to register on some website and all names were taken. I started playing with my first name, trying to think of something new, and came up with Rosveen. Turns out it's never already taken, so I can use it everywhere I go.
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^~LIL B0NE5~^
 
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Post » Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:38 am

I'm Andy.


I'm not young anymore..



If there are still any lingering doubts, see your physician.
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Lakyn Ellery
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:57 pm

Sonic was my first game, but I was into PC gaming too.

I had both a Microsoft PC Pad and Joystick, both called Sidewinder's. http://ouroubouros.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SIDEWINDER_GAME_PAD_PRO.jpg. http://koakesagelies.com/wp-content/themes/classifiedstheme/thumbs/93-020120714082156.jpg.

I like the way it rolls off the tongue. SonicSidewinder.

It's like a..a...SonicSidewinder Missile!
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Dragonz Dancer
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:36 pm

I was born in 1966. Prior to that, I led a perfectly Zen existence, but since then, the capitalisation isn't really justified.
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Chelsea Head
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:08 pm

Back in the late 90's early 2000, a server i was moderating on, i was known as the pitbull moderator, and the other other mods needed someone to deal with the more difficult people, so i needed a nick that would help attract the wonderfully polite users, so i could basically chew them up and spit them out, and keep the place clean for the other users, and the other mods with thin skins, plus i had a very long reach in those days and a few helpful friends, my whole nick is TrixyBlueEyes. But the server later changed its naming protocol and shortened all the nicks and i ended up with Trixyblue.
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Penny Courture
 
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Post » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:09 pm

meh, I dunno
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JUan Martinez
 
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