Usernames

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:38 pm

Personal favourite was from ages ago and I can't even remember who he was or anything but he was called YOUR MOTHER, I must admit I did laugh at "our newest member: YOUR MOTHER"

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 2:51 pm

Sounds like something my brother would do.
He named himself "Your mamma" in quake and H-L multiplayer.

"You fragged Your mamma!"

Aqua-chan · Post by **Aqua-chan** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 3:46 pm

Hmm.. Aqua-chan has quite a few different forms, but I finally became satisfied with the simplest form. Here is the history of "AC" -

It all started out as "aquaarcanine", Arcanine being a fire pokemon, which I was really attached to at the time.

Then, growing out of the pokemon stages, the name fell to "AquaA".

I didn't like it a whole lot, then I read on a Japanese language page that the suffex, "-chan", means either "Young person" or "girl". So, that's how I got "Aqua-chan".

Now, I like my given nickname the best, AC. It's short, simple, convenient, and cute. That's how the game was played.

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 3:51 pm

@Rob & Sleepo : LOL great stuff, that gives me whole new prespective on user names

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 3:54 pm

well, when i needed an e-mail address, my mind went blank and i settled for a mish-mash of my first name and middle name. there are lots of other games i use regularly use in games or online, but the only one i don't mind using irrespective of my mood and my latest whim is Robnark, so i used that.

smass · Post by **smass** » Wed Sep 18, 2002 7:02 pm

Boring - smass comes from the first initial of my first name and the first four initials of my last name. When I joined prodigy a million years ago I needed a user name - I was going to use my first initial and full last name - but then I was worried that people would be able to look me up in the phone book and harass me - so I just used the first four digits - also in high school people often shortened my last name and called me "mass".

Like I said - boring.

Just like HLD said - I aways use this login so I don't get confused.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 3:20 am

Originally posted by Mr Flibble
Mr Flibble's sole appearance was as the penguin handpuppet that Rimmer used to try and kill the rest of the crew with in RD5: Quarantine. I have all the videos (waiting for them to come out on DVD), a hat, a coffee mug, 3 t-shirts and I know most of the scripts from memory. I think that counts as fanatical.

Yup, that's the one I remember. "Mr Flibble is very cross..." I have most videos, but not t-shirts. I do think you are a bit mad.

@AC: "-chan" is also used by someone who are very close, ie family members and old friends, regardless the age. It's sometimes used deliberately by B-rank media type people, to show off as if they are old friends of the famous actor/ess, model, sports player etc.

Sad, isn't it...

Phantom Lord · Post by **Phantom Lord** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 5:00 am

Some years ago I was cruising a Total Annihilition forum when I instantly got incredibly bored with my username there. I was listening to Metallica's song "Phantom Lord" at that moment and so I found a new username. Later I took the same name when I registered for the GB forums. It also combines very well with the sheep avatar.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 10:05 am

I just wanted to show off my creativity and amazing imagination.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 12:42 pm

Alas, woe is me, I named myself after one of my BG2 characters

(an overpowered Avenger/fighter). I had been reading the Heaney translation at the time, and, well I drew a blank.............

Rob-hin · Post by **Rob-hin** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 12:58 pm

Originally posted by Beowulf
Alas, woe is me, I named myself after one of my BG2 characters (an overpowered Avenger/fighter). I had been reading the Heaney translation at the time, and, well I drew a blank.............

Who on their turn based it on Norman mythology.

Beowulf killed some kind of evil creature IIRC.

Bloodstalker · Post by **Bloodstalker** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 1:03 pm

Mine just popped into my head.....I still don't know why

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 1:24 pm

@ Rob-Hin: Anglo-Saxon, or some other dead Germanic tongue, I believe. I was reading the book around the time I started my new character, which then "inspired"

rolleyes: ) my username.

P.S. OMG! My 42nd post!!!! I've finally achieved the Answer!!!!

P.P.S. The postscript is a Douglas Adams (RIP) reference, for those who don't know.

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 1:35 pm

Originally posted by Beowulf

P.S. OMG! My 42nd post!!!! I've finally achieved the Answer!!!!

LOL

Wow. Im surprised its taken you this long to get to even the 42nd post. Youve been another classic lurker of SYM, havent you?

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 1:47 pm

Originally posted by Tybaltus
LOL

Wow. Im surprised its taken you this long to get to even the 42nd post. Youve been another classic lurker of SYM, havent you?

It's true. And, um, *hangs head in shame*, before I even registered, I read all 82 (at the time) pages of archived SYM. *sob*

/-\lastor · Post by **/-\lastor** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 1:51 pm

Actually mine is based on the ps2 game "Devil may Cry" (quite a good game, nice gameplay but a bit short) which I loved, Alastor was one of the swords the main character could acquire. Later I found out the name is often used for some occult demon.

My first i-net nick was HarleQuin, based on the warhammer 40k race. It was about 4 years ago when I needed a quick nick for CounterStrike, but I got bored with it. I'm still searching for some other nice nick, can't seem to think of anything.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 5:18 pm

Lee= Me
Dogg= hellifiknow

A buddy calls me Leedogg and I use it for everything online.

The Z · Post by **The Z** » Thu Sep 19, 2002 8:13 pm

Last name sounds like Z =Canadian Z = Zed = The Zed

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Fri Sep 20, 2002 2:59 am

Originally posted by Beowulf
It's true. And, um, *hangs head in shame*, before I even registered, I read all 82 (at the time) pages of archived SYM. *sob*

I'm surprised it didn't put you off from registering after that...