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Josh
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Location: Pompey, Great Britain =D
Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:24
How did everyone come up with their nicknames?

Benjamin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:28
I sat here thinking "Hmmmm what shall I use for a nickname". It came to me naturally really.

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Jeku
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:29
Jeku is my first name, Jake, in Japanese. I chose it because nobody else I could find on the net used it (I even got the domain name) and I used to be fascinated by the Japanese language.

David T
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:41 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 20:19
Take a wild guess.

Hawkeye
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:47


Take a wild guess.


I am but mad north north-west; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw - Hamlet, Hamlet
x1bwork
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:47 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 20:11
besides dbp as a hobby,I code in perl. x1b is hex for "esc", perl being my "esc"ape. have been using this "handle" for as long as i can remember. have it tagged on alot of my work. http://www2.packetstormsecurity.org/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?searchvalue=x1b&type=archives&%5Bsearch%5D.x=46&%5Bsearch%5D.y=6

I suppose soon I will be x1b&&dbp

Philip
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:49
I chose my nickname using applied stochastic mathematics, white chocolate and some magic beans which I bought off a mysterious old peasant woman.

Cheer if you like bears! Cheer if you like jam sandwiches!
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The Nerd
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:51
Well... How did I come up with my nickname... Can't remember! Maybe it was just a natural word that passed my head

-The Nerd

Chris Franklin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:51
my model design skills

TKF15H
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Location: Rio de Janeiro
Posted: 7th Mar 2006 19:56
Mine is the product of the amalgamation of:
Random letters, fighter jet, fish, and a bit of pie thrown in.

DC emulator code size: 9MB. Compiled: 4MB.
Overall Status: 20% done. CPU: 80% (no floats), RAM: 10%, GFX: 0%
dark coder
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:02
i happen to code using darkbasic so i came up with dark coder , although someone nicked Darkcoder so i have to use this crummy sn :/.

Halowed are the ori.
Manticore Night
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:06
I like Manticores and I used to be called Manticore Knight, but someone else had it on some game so I changed it. Before I was one of the 10000 evil elfs on the internet.

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Killswitch
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Location: School damnit!! Let me go!! PLEASE!!!
Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:09 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 20:10
I like the band Killswitch Engage, and I just thought it sounded pretty damn cool.

In real life my nickname is 'Jives'! A bit offtopic, but hey.

~Heed my word hobags: Jism~
Saikoro
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:11
Well one day I made an anime called Trigun and decided to use the name of the main character as my own. The 815 is about how much money I sold the idea for.

And the meek shall inherit the Earth...
Eddie Gordo
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:14
My grandfathers name and the spanish word for fat...

It DID NOT come from Tekken...That guys name is Eddy and is not the same as Eddie which is a nick for my grandfathers name...and why did i pick fat...because i was fat when i came up with this name years ago...then i had a growth spurt and im 6'5 and about average weight...so now im just tall...maybe my name should be Eddie Tall...but it just stuck with me...everyone uses my real name when they find it out though...so you might as well start calling me Alex

~Cyrano De Bergerac~
BatVink
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:17
Well, based on my surname...



Fallout
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:28
Mine is not from the game as people tend to think. It's from my music production alias, which came up after spending ages trying to think of something suitable for dark dnb. I went down the weapons route - nuclear - nuclear fallout - and then went for Fallout.

Freddy 007
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:38
I was playing Beetle Adventure Racing on the N64 with a friend, and when I got a new "highscore" I just mashed all the buttons I could at the same time. klu was born. I thought the name was ok, so I just kept it. It's also my Xbox live Gamertag . I'm not sure where the '007' is from though... It might be some British agent or something? Anyway, I can't remember why I added it to my already excellent nickname...

Megaton Cat
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 20:42
My friend was really into Megaton Bombs.

I inherited his name after he mysteriously vanished while tracking monkeys through the Amazon forest.

Flindiana Jones
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 21:06
I love Indiana Jones...and Indiana starts much the same as my name ends...so I melded them together! Though I also am known by "Strider" and "Longshanks" mainly because I'm 6' 4" which is mostly legs.

Represent
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 21:55
I got "xTransworldx" from Transworld Skate magazine and Transworld Surf magazine. And now "Modest Mouse" from da band.

NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 21:58
New Unkown
New X
Neo X
NeX
I get called ferret alot at school for some reason which I will never know, and I got coined Fairly Fast Ferret after I completed Ballistic (great walls in 3D) in one go.


At least farting ferrets are better than stinky stoats.
CattleRustler
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:01 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 22:11
Gosh, just look at my picture, what would you name yourself?



Actually it comes from "Big Ol' Badass Bob The Cattle Rustler" a Jerky Boys character started from their 3rd cd. The image above was hand drawn by my wifes friend from a tiny line-art image printed on the cd (black outline against silver cd). She drew it from looking at it. Then I scanned it, sized it up, cleaned it up, and colorized it - what a masterpiece

edit: RUCCUS actually 3d modelled fat ass bob there, among some of the other forum regulars - was quite funny

edit 2: heres me and Jessticular and gay mnemonix... (by Ruccus)


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x1bwork
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:07
....so... you're NOT a beer belly, hick ?!

OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:33
I just try to find names that are, well, different...

Zotoaster
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:36
I got Alastair, and Zotos, and turned it into Zotoaster...

Megaton Cat
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:57
What Stinky Throat means is his just trys to find names that describe his current level of hygiene.

Benjamin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 22:59
Quote: " I just try to find names that are, well, different..."

Ah yes, different, rather like you eh?

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:09 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 23:11
that is harsh
Quote: "edit 2: heres me and Jessticular and gay mnemonix...(by Ruccus)"

rofl

Manticore Night
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:14
I think you look like your enjoying it Cattle.

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:15 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 23:20
yea shame he didn't post this one



mnem looks kinda drunk Lol!

Deadwords
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:25
My name is Alex, and my old nickname was Skom, so, i mixed that up.

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BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:25
The Bear was a random name you got when you picked Default on Halo, and I thought bears were cool and would totally eat people if given the chance so I stuck with it. CDP is Crazy Donut Productions, which is what my friends and I call it when we sit on our rear ends, drink Pepper Dr., eat chips and salsa and code.


I'm going to eat you!
TDP Enterprises
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:33
my company name are my initials, T-D-P, and my nickname is Steve Sanchez, but thats a lon g story that might not be appropriate....

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re faze
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:49
my name is the name of an unbeatable (not figuratively , literally unbeatable) boss from phantasy star IV (one of my favorite games)
avitar is a pic of it

http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/genesis/ps4/walkthroughs/part13.shtml
second frame down.

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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:53 Edited at: 7th Mar 2006 23:56
Quote: "Ah yes, different, rather like you eh? "

Different by name, superior by nature

Quote: "What Stinky Throat means is his just trys to find names that describe his current level of hygiene."

Only after the use of garlic

Lost in Thought
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Posted: 7th Mar 2006 23:57
My nickname was given to me.

Saikoro
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 00:00
My *new* nick is japanese for dice I believe. I've been using the alias Saikoro Ichigo for about a year now, which I think means strawberry dice. Makes about as much sense as a brokeback alien and cowboy hanging out with a chinese bomb.

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Milkman
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 00:10
Well I tried to come up with some witty name like everyone else on the forums, but ended up with "xMik" (Mike is my first name). People kept calling me "xmilk" in their posts, so I eventually adopted that name along with my awesome avitar of a glass of milk. It's a lot more original than "xMik" anyway.

formerly xMik
Bloodeath 6 6 6
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 00:25
im original "Bloodeath" has always been mine

it originated from bloodpoint
i guess...im wierd like that

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 00:30
When I was a kid (around 13 years old) a few of my friends and I were downtown at a pizza place and started rapping Beastie Boys stuff. I did all of the Ad-Rock lines, and ever since then all of my friends have called me Matt Rock.

My avatar is the Radiohead bear, in the off chance that someone wanted to know, and has absolutely nothing to do with my SN... I just love Radiohead


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Les Horribres
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 00:38
Wispers... yo... megaton...
looks left and right....
what happened to the bombs???

Me?

I use to make hundreds of alias' One day I made up the alias of DeJhon Mérránvó. The main reason I haven't changed it yet is because it is very unique... and I own it on over 30 different webpages. I took out the accents because most webpages wouldn't let me use them anyways... Man... I have been using this name for 6 years... I need a new one.

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Support Merra XJ9, cause the name is cooler.
SageTech
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 01:50
Mine is somewhat explanatory, a n00b who thought it sounded profesional, to put it simply. one of these days ill get around to changing it to space myself from my leet mmorpg days (but i will always remain, king, and master of the n00b aliance. Watch for my minnions and evil n00b clones, you never know which person it could be, hahahahahahahahaahahahahaha lol i r haxor MMORPG CREATOR LOL OMG OMG TEH CODEZ R HERE TEH CODES R MINNE TEH BOOK IS STUPID SAGETECH SHALL RULE THE WORLD THAT IS IN MY SUPER COOL MMORPG THAT ILL SHOW YOU IN THE FUTURE BUT FIRST IL CHARGE FOR IT AND ILL MAKE MILLIONNS!!!!!!!!
but im not a noob anymore

If you're so smart, why are you reading my post?
General Sephiro
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 02:01 Edited at: 8th Mar 2006 02:02
Originally Asteroth -that one is a long story-, then turned to sephiroth *FF7 sephiroth yes...* whilst playing Delta force for about a year, then shortened it down to sephi. Then when I started using msn more often i made a user account sephiros8 which changed the nick name to Sephiro, then to knight which i still use on msn, but for unreal tournament 2004 it's always been General Sephiro.

Long story short, FF7 fan

Joe Cooning
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 02:22
Joe is from my middle name, Joseph, and Cooning came from the racoon character I came up with who knows how long ago (I think 6th grade)

Oddmind
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 02:31
I was in 2000 until a year ago "Krazy Jimmy". But when I came here I was mixed up with THE Jimmy. Thus I changed to my music production name (as fallout did) "Oddmind".

*Sniff* all for you big man, all for t3h Jimmeh.

formerly KrazyJimmy
Wiggett
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 10:59 Edited at: 8th Mar 2006 11:00
wiggett = surname

of course my brother has that one, so i added Über to it due to the playing of wolfenstein and ET a lot with that group so people could tell the difference.

edit: oh I just realized I don't use the uber bit on these forums. disregard that wolf stuff

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adr
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 17:12 Edited at: 8th Mar 2006 17:13
Contrived and Uninteresting Story alert

Back when I was younger, I remember spelling out my name aloud to my Dad (for some reason). I was probably 10 or 11 years old, and so by that time, I really should've mastered the alphabet.

Given that my name is Adrian, I said something along the lines of: "Ay, Dee, Ruh, Aye, Ay, En ... " at which point my Dad burst out laughing. You see, I'd used the childish phonetic for 'R', as opposed to the adult phonetic ('Ruh' instead of 'Arr').
For some reason, he thought this was very funny. The nickname 'Ay Dee Ruh' stuck - and is still used by my entire immediate family at every opportunity.

So ... because I lack imagination when it comes to these things, I used that as my internety name-thing. As for internet gaming (sych as BF2) I thought I could do with something a bit more fearful. I didn't want to take myself too seriously, so I came up with the rule of saying something destructive, followed by an animal: "DeathBadger" for example. It carried on; "DestructionBudgie", "FearMole" ... until I came across "TerrorGoat". I liked it.

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himynameisali
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 17:26
Ali = Short for Alistair
M = Initial for my surname Morrison

I use to be called 'Nukesoft' but then changed it because 'Nukesoft' was no longer, for numerous reasons :

1. Already taken and registered,
2. And it was quite a famous one ¬_¬ ......

But anywho! I changed my name to 'Mutt' recently for a little while because everyone of my friends call me Mutt because I have a "scraggy" (messy) hairstyle, hehe and to this very day, they STILL call me Mutt! And I love it!

........Then changed it back to Ali M......

Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 8th Mar 2006 19:00
I've talked about my name a little bit... but i'll tell everything about it now.

Back when I used BBSes (the grandfather of the internet) I used to use "Ace" because I loved to play the cartoon videogame "Space Ace". When the only arcade that had it got rid of it a few months later I decided to change my BBS handle. After a few weeks of thinking about it and looking up various names in the dictionary I was reading an old B.C. Comic and looked at one of the characters. I had long hair (still do) and sometimes acted like a neanderthal... so the character that best fit me was: Grog



After several years of using only Grog I decided I needed to have a cool sounding lastname for RPGs. I thought of a few names that didn't sound right... then I thought "What's the first adventure game I loved?"... "Zork!". It didn't take long after that to realize the best last name to use is: Grueslayer

In Zork a Grue is:
Quote: "The grue is a sinister, lurking presence in the dark places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale."


Grueslayer is:
Quote: "One of the repeated references in Zork's backstory was to the ancient king Entharion the Wise and the legendary blade Grueslayer, which he used to directly fight grues in combat; this feat would not be repeated until the interactive fiction/RPG hybrid Beyond Zork, which allows a player who has advanced sufficiently in level and acquired certain items to boldly walk into the dark and kill grues that attack."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster)

I've been using "Grog Grueslayer" ever since in every game I play and on the internet. I've used it so long... I AM Grog Grueslayer.


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