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Omega gamer 89
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I chose mine a while before I joined TGC. I just though it sounded cool and I was, like, 15. plus I couldn't find anyone else who had used the same name.
So does anyone have an interesting story behind their username? or did everyone just pick theirs because it sounded cool.

...but I am the ferret king!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! tremble before my ferret minions!

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Tom J
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 17:54
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My old name - gamingcolosseum - is just the name my website goes under... and I probably thought it was cool when I chose it However I went off the name about 2 years after joining... and changed it to my own name, because it was simpler and I prefered it more.

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The Nerd
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 17:56
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Well... I can't even remember why I chose mine

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 17:57
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I picked mine because Seppuku is an act I practice regularly as part of my meditation exercises. Just kidding:

Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide (AKA Harakiri), which was a way for disgraced Samurai to 'apologise' to their master - it was seen as an honourable thing to do. An alternative route when disgraced is to become a Ronin, a masterless samurai...which quite conveniently was the title of my first failed project.

The process of the ritual involves you cutting accross your belly and creating a deadly wound, which at the point of the most pain, if you've been loyal through your servitude, you can have a request for a friend to cut off your head.

Why pick it? It's rather gruesome, the stranger thing is, 'Seppuku' is my DJ names as well for our student radio and I'm keeping it whilst I do some DJ training and if I get to DJ at any clubs/parties. Well 'Seppuku Arts' had a nice ring to it, (it was originally Seppuku Geijutsu) and I had a huge interest in all things Japanese at the time, it just seemed like the most appropriate name. I did for a while go under the name 'Musashi' for a while, who was a legendary samurai that wrote 'The book of 5 rings'.

My worst nicknme I've had on this forum was 'Teh Buddha', which was partly a mockery. (The fact I was putting on weight about the time I decided Buddhism made sense and well people like using the word 'teh')

"Experience never provides its judgments with true or strict universality; but only (through induction) with assumed and comparative universality." - Immanuel Kant
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Aertic
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 18:08
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... lt tatters... well... I use to have an ambition over force's like the marines and swat ect(thats where I picked up lt, for leftenant(liutenant.)).... and tatters... well ite becuase my hair is always scruffy...

Bat vink says "Teh"
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Please do not post non-specific requests, and read the stickies at [B]teh[/B] top of the board... "
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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 18:17
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Van-A was taken.

Nah, short for Vanbeck, been my nickname since high school.


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Silvester
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 18:19
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I just felt like it, And didn't have the imagination to pick a normal one back then.(Unfortunantly)

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BatVink
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 18:50
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Your bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shieeeeeld of steeeeel...I am...

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Silvester
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 19:20
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Batma- Uh, Vink.

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henry ham
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 19:44
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mine is the nickname my dad gave me as a kid ,dont ask why i have no idea

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Punk13
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Simple im a punk and my favrite number is 13

punk+13=Punk13

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Zotoaster
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My surname is Zotos and I like toast.

Don't you just hate that Zotoaster guy?
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RalphY
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See avatar. Not sure why their is a capital 'y' on the end - think I wanted it to be Ralphy and capitalising the 'y' must have looked cool at the time.

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SunnyKatt
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 20:06
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You see a username box, your subconscious says "enter the team name..."

Favorite Quote: Dramatized code? Code Drama!

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Xenocythe
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I used to play Unreal Tournament 99 alot, back in the day.

I had many usernames. When I joined, I was GreenFox. I was Kronos everywhere else though. Sometimes MercuryKronos. Then I decided to ditch all those names and use Xenocythe, which I saw some guy have this nickname on Unreal Tournament 99.

Xeno Xeno Xeno...

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Anonymous User
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 20:19
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I spotted that there was text saying "+ 2 anonymous users" on the bottom of the forum list page. So I chose this name to express my desire for anonymity.

???
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Deathead
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I chose mine because if you read it out.. Death Head. I missed out the Heads H because I liked how it seams together. But yeah I'm a Death head apparently.


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Pus In Boots
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 20:40 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2008 20:41
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As you've probably noticed by now, mine is a play on the fairytale puss in boots. I just realised t one day and the name sorta stuck with me. So when most people see a cat that wears boots, I see a cat swimming in a boot full of pus. In retrospect, I could've gone for a less provocative name, but that would be out of my nature. And it sounds SO adorable.

I troll because I care.
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draknir_
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Draknir is a dark elf assassin living somewhere in the wild forests of Tamriel.

i.e. I'm a huge geek for CRPGs.
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monotonic
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I was trying to create a hotmail account one day to use for informal things, and every single funny or cool name I tried was taken. So, I decided to go for one of the most boring names I could, monotone -> monotonous -> monotonic.

My liver is evil, I must kill it!
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Venge
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 21:15
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Because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

I have CDO. It's like OCD, but the letters are in alphabetical order, like they should be.
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Grandma
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 21:21
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My grandma died a few days before I joined, so that's what was on my mind ATM. Also, it's a pretty cool nick overall. Endless innuendos. And the connotations are very similar to how I am, if you reverse them, that is. But the thing that really settled it though, was the fact that "grandma" is "amdnarg" backwards. Which means absolutely nothing.

This message was brought to you by Grandma industries.

Making yesterdays games, today!
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Agent Dink
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Ever see that Disney cartoon series 'Doug'? Well... I have a space between my front 2 teeth, and my brother thought it would be fun to nickname me after the buck toothed creepy guy named Mr.Dink... Hated it for the longest time, but eventually it just stuck and I got used to it. Now I just use variations of Dink, Agent Dink, Dinkage, etc etc. I can't really see myself ever using something serious like Xenocythe or Venge or something, hehe. It just isn't me, and I think that the evil nickname Dink is the reason why...

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BiggAdd
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 22:57
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Back in the day, when I first joined up, I couldn't afford all the letters in the alphabet... its not like it is now.

I spent countless hours in the very early morn, breaking into houses, stealing treasures and ham. Spending dark and dusty hours in the coal mines, until I could scrounge enough money to buy the letters that make up "BigAdd"

However on one of my travels, I came across a capital "Q" just lying in the snow.
In a flash, I grabbed it, tucked it into my miners overalls and set course to the local shop.

I timidly approached the shopkeeper. He was a large man, red cheeked and plump, carried a tattered ball of string under his left arm. Nobody knew why.

The floorboards creaked as I edged close to the counter, the round faced man growing ever larger with each step.
I ruffled through my overalls and slid the letter into view.

A small grin crossed his large face. With a grunt, He waddled over to the far end of the shop, the boards moaning under his feet.

A jar of 1930's imitation pebbles, made from oak. How did he know?

I asked for "n" amount of imitation pebbles. With that, the large man intricately studied and tweaked a large pair of brass scales, slowly tipping in pebble after pebble.

Tied in a large paper bag, the pebbles were in my grasp. As I moved for the door, the shopkeeper issued a loud hiss. I had forgotten my change!
With a clang, he opened the till and took out a "g".

Its with that spare g, I created the name "BiggAdd".

The End.

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Omega gamer 89
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 22:59
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Lol, great story.

...but I am the ferret king!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! tremble before my ferret minions!

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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 23:01 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2008 23:01
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Jenkins stuck with me because of Halo 1. There was a Jenkins in that game and he was kind of a screw up. His actions were just similar to things I do lol. My actual name is Hayden. People never actually called me Jenkins. It was never a nickname of mine but my buddies said I'm like him lol. That name always just floated beside me.

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Silvester
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 23:05
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For some reason the name jenkins reminds me of the following sentance:

Quote: "LEEEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY JEEEEEENNNNKKKIIINNNSSSS!!!!!!!"



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Omega gamer 89
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^ Roflol.

...but I am the ferret king!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! tremble before my ferret minions!

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Alucard94
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 23:15
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At the time I was a big fan of the anime/manga series helsing and well, the coolest character was this vampire slaying vampire who basically never died and whatever, point is, he was cool as crap, and yes you guessed it, his name was Alucard.
And if you are smart enough Alucard is Dracula on backwards and it was in some religion the son of the devil.
So I thought it was cool like 4 years ago and since then I've just used it, I don't really care enough to change it. Although on most websites where I register currently I've always put my name as "SebastianK94" or "Seb94" as that's basically my real name and whatever.


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Deathead
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Wasn't Alucard from the Castlevania series?


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Alucard94
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Quote: "Wasn't Alucard from the Castlevania series?
"

That was one of my inspirations as well.


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Jeff Miller
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I've been getting forgetful over the past few years so I used the name my mother gave me because it's easy for me to remember. And even if I forget, it's printed on various things in my wallet.
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Insanity Complex
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Well. My name...many people have inferiority complexes, i.e. they think they are inferior...or superiority complexes, i.e. they think they are superior...me...I'm content with being insane. And it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Side note: New sig and avatar ftw! The old ones were getting kinda dated anyway.

[Edit] Is it just me or haven't we had this thread before?


May God have mercy on my enemies, because I sure as hell won't.
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Matt Rock
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You know what's funny about the name Leeroy Jenkins, is there was a guy who played Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear back in the day with that name, years and years before World of Warcraft. And he did the same junk. Every assault on the terrorists was a Rambo for him. He always brought the biggest, loudest weapon he could find and would wake up the terrorists so everyone else would get shot. He always played on a Ruined City server, can't remember what it was called. Maybe the same guy... or maybe the WoW Leeroy is fake and based on a RS legend. Whatever the case, that video on youtube is fake. Why would you do some crazy 5-hour dungeon with FRAPS running the whole time? Can we say "staged?"

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Scraggle
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I lived in Cyprus for a while and found a stray cat on the beach. My wife and I used to go and visit him each day and take him some food. Eventually (3 weeks later) we took him home and named him Scraggle because he was a scraggley mess!

I stole his name!

(and his image for my avatar)



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MikeS
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Originally was Yellow because I was skeptical of online forums and didn't want to release my name. Eventually changed to MikeS because my name is Mike, and I feel it is more professional.



A book? I hate book. Book is stupid.
(Formerly Yellow)
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RedneckRambo
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Quote: "Why would you do some crazy 5-hour dungeon with FRAPS running the whole time? Can we say "staged?""

The video is fake yes but people record their instance runs all the time. The guild I played with for some time recorded some of the runs.

InsaneFPS

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Agent Dink
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Quote: "Why would you do some crazy 5-hour dungeon with FRAPS running the whole time? Can we say "staged?" "


People DO do that...

MISoft Studios - Silver-Dawn

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Silvester
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Quote: "People DO do that..."


And then afterwards they find out they created a 300GB Video File...

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Some Guy
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Because I could.

Uhhh... what?
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tha_rami
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tha_ is a 'clan' I used to participate in, mainly focussing on simple software and network security, although we were a normal 'clan' as well, playing over the internet. I never actually met a member of THA and it's possible the others have forgotten long ago, but it stuck with me and I don't mind.

Rami is my name.


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Inspire
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Quote: "LEEEEEEEEERRRROOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY JEEEEEENNNNKKKIIINNNSSSS!!!!!!!"


I was playing Halo 3 tonight with the IWHBYD skull on and I swear I heard a marine yell that.

My team is called Inspire! Media (for the time being, anyway), and I just chopped the "! Media" off of that.
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Dazzag
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Dazza (or Daz) has been my nickname for years, and the G at the end is the first character of my last name. Thats it. Came close to being Dazzarg because my middle name starts with R. Now wish I had used my other alias at the time Nerrad, or my current one Crivens. But changing now would be weird. Loads of people on here who changed their name years ago and I don't know who they are because I missed the posts saying so. Infact that would be a good idea to post original names and what they are now.

Cheers

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Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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Dazzag
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Quote: "Your bullets cannot harm me, my wings are like a shieeeeeld of steeeeel...I am..."
Erm, you are, Batfink... Amusing reason why spelt incorrectly?

Quote: "I lived in Cyprus for a while"

Where abouts? I'm currently in Limassol.

Cheers

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Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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AlanC
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Posted: 24th Jul 2008 09:39 Edited at: 24th Jul 2008 09:40
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AlanC is my name, but I don't go by Alan anymore.

I was inspired to use this when I saw FredP.

Hi
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Scraggle
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Quote: "Where abouts? I'm currently in Limassol."


Me too. Just off Ayias Fylaxios (near Sweet Nest mmm....). I still go back quite often, I have friends there.



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Dazzag
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Quote: "Me too. Just off Ayias Fylaxios"
Cool. I am in Mesa Geitonia. Just up the street from the Bodyline building by KFC and M&S. Well, I am until next month, when I move back to the UK to live with me bird

Cheers

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Current fave quote : "She was like a candle in the wind.... unreliable...."
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MSon
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My Surname is Mihalyfi, thats Hungarian, but in english its Michaelson, Funny enouth, my first name is also Michael, As is my dads, my grandads, my great grandads, and my cousans, so MSon was the shortest abbreviation of my name i could think of as no one can ever spell my surname, and it was better than "Mihi" which was what people use to call me at school.

Everyone Be Cool, You, Be Cool.
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Silvester
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While we are on the Subject of names here, Could a Moderator change mine into "Silvester"? It's the name I should have picked from the beginning.

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5867Dude
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Well I was 'Cool Kid'
This was the first forum I had joined and it was a simple name.
However when I joined the Sims 2 site it gave me a name suggestion which was
'5867Mtt'
(I originally put matt as my wanted name seeing as it is my name!)

Then all of a sudden '5867' stuck in my head and decided on 5867Dude! Its my username on basically everything and of course it is never taken cause it is so 'random'

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