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Title: Usernames
Post by: pyrosheep on September 29, 2012, 04:41:17 PM
Just curious to how people ended up with their names.
I remember seeing someone named SpySalamander a few years ago and decided to start using pyrosheep because Pyro was my favorite class at the time and sheep are pretty cool.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: ·UηİŦ·· on September 29, 2012, 04:48:52 PM
It was my steamid once.

246978

totally original

Then I decided it was Unit. Ofc there's all these prefixes from the last 4 years (Like ArchUnit atm), but I guess in 2008 I wanted to define myself as:

Quote
u·nit/ˈyo͞onit/
Noun:   

    An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete, esp. for purposes of calculation: "the family unit".

    Each of the individuals or collocations into which a complex whole may be divided: "large areas of land made up of smaller units".
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: saivon on September 29, 2012, 08:37:29 PM
Well my really old steam id was medaingolfda1st something I used ages ago when I first stepped into the online world with my xbox

And a few name changes until I did my real name then I just did it backwards.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: jimonions on September 29, 2012, 08:39:01 PM
There was a fireman on discovery channel with the name Jim Onions.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: whagman on September 29, 2012, 09:15:11 PM
Well my really old steam id was medaingolfda1st something I used ages ago when I first stepped into the online world with my xbox

And a few name changes until I did my real name then I just did it backwards.

Holy shit your real name is saivon? thats so fucking cool.

My name came from elementary school when me and my friends played a game called stick arena, and one of my friends was named whaguan. then like we were playing and someone typed hey whagman teams, then i took that name.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Supertoaster on September 29, 2012, 09:23:25 PM
My original name was Ulrich. Shit happened. I thought of Supertoaster in a few seconds. False identity but everyone knew.

Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: ๖Ϝцzsioᴎ on September 29, 2012, 09:30:24 PM
Fusion + z behind the s = Most unoriginal name ever
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Lavenchie on September 29, 2012, 09:37:39 PM
Back a shit while ago I started to play maple story for the first time, I liked final fantasy tactics. I tried to spell Lucavi (the demons the stones turned you into) but I ended up slamming my face on my keyboard and got Lavenchie.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Zevante on September 29, 2012, 09:38:53 PM
Though I came up with the name before knowing this, Zev means wolf in Hebrew and ante means before in Spanish.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Foofoojack on September 29, 2012, 11:30:26 PM
foofoo: idk

jack: my cat
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Osme on September 30, 2012, 12:02:05 AM
Degtyarev is a Russian name, character from one of my favorite video games, and a gun. Figured what the fuck, why not, and it stuck.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Deathie on September 30, 2012, 01:07:06 AM
It's a play on words.

Dr. Death
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: TehHank on September 30, 2012, 01:12:50 AM
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111013014960/madnesscombat/images/4/4e/Hank.PNG)
Hank J Wimbleton from the madness combat series. HankJWimbleton > TehHankJWimbleton > TehHank
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Ἆxule on September 30, 2012, 01:33:50 AM
I got hooked to WoW at somewhat of a young age, and so one of my favorite things to do was name my characters. I remember I was in a movie theater and for some odd reason, I came up with the name "Dreader", so I had used that as a username for a few things for awhile. That name, however, wasn't super original and I was never truly happy with it. Eventually, I was driving somewhere in Oklahoma and there was a sign came up that said something along the lines "If you're car has [Insert list of axles], you pay this much at the next toll booth". For whatever reason, I had put a u in axle and it's just stuck.

As for the accented A in my name, it doesn't have much reason. I used to think it was super cool to have all of these fancy characters for your name, so I scrolled through Character Map for the longest time trying to find all of these cool, decorated characters to put as my name. I realized later though that it's not all that cool, so I changed it back to the original. However, I really really liked the way the accent looked on the A and figured it was the perfect touch: not too much, but just enough to make it unique. I like to think of it as my signature really.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: [Valor]iPounce on September 30, 2012, 02:09:53 AM
Just saw iPounce on one of the youtube videos.

[Valor] is a philippine l4d clan
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Shawn on September 30, 2012, 02:12:19 AM
I have no idea it just came to me.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: The Ghost Of Anony Mouse on September 30, 2012, 04:56:45 AM
played on a russian server in my oold non-steam hldeathmatch and decided to give myself a name

first i typed in "HEADSHOTER"wtf

and then i typed in "anony mouse"
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: ○ Μαρία ○ on September 30, 2012, 07:11:21 AM
KH=Kingdom Hearts
Marie=my middle name
12= my age at the time I made the user name.

Also: http://forum.randomgs.com/index.php/topic,11163.0.html (http://forum.randomgs.com/index.php/topic,11163.0.html)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Travelsonic on September 30, 2012, 07:20:14 AM
Some guy at the computer camp I worked at 4 years ago helped come up with, encouraging me to use, the steam name I have now.   :trollface:

As for my forum name, been using that name for the better part of 12 years... from the end of my days trolling on, getting kicked off of AOL.  God, I kinda miss the days where I couldn't sneak online because the modem would wake up my 'rents.   :D
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Deacon on September 30, 2012, 08:52:22 AM
Just saw iVounce on one of the youtube videos.

[Palor] is a philippine l4d clan
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Captain Communism on September 30, 2012, 09:14:47 AM
Because I'm obviously Socialist.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: yoshi on September 30, 2012, 11:56:21 AM
Because I'm obviously Socialist.

get a load of this guy
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Astropilot on September 30, 2012, 02:29:57 PM
It used to be JetPackExplorer because of some old game on that lego website
Then it was AstroPilot because of my favorite unit the AstroFighter
Now it's NuclearWinter because the title of some video was interesting
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Frank on October 01, 2012, 05:57:20 AM
Degtyarev is a Russian name, character from one of my favorite video games, and a gun. Figured what the fuck, why not, and it stuck.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuukrainian?

It first was Franchu95, Franchu being a love-y nickname used by my relatives.

Then I came back as Frank, seeing as I was the only one and having grown (aside from Mr FrankLIN). Frankie because Frankie is a qt piece of bunny pie name.

Sometimes Frankie50 because of the .50 BMG caliber.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Viole on October 04, 2012, 06:19:57 PM
Well usernames... is just my name in a certain arrangement. As for forum names and stuff, I used to L4D and I liked that achievement.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Xrain on October 04, 2012, 07:47:28 PM
Originally I used a ton of different names, I settled on Dr. Zoidberg for a while since I was pretty good at making the "sand-crabbing" sound he does on futurama.

Then I switched to Dark Rain for unknown reason used that for a bit, someone mentioned to me that that was the name of a serial killer (Pretty sure it isn't now but w/e).

So I put an X on the front of rain, and voila!

Mind you this was all back in the days of dial-up, and I would go with friends to a LAN-party room and play video games there. So I've been using this name for a pretty long time.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: memo3300 on October 05, 2012, 11:04:31 AM
people tell me memo

and the 3300 sounded good when i made my name, plus i like the number 3.