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Dgamer
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 18:13 Edited at: 16th Feb 2004 18:16
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How did you think of your username? How did you come up with it?

I came up with my username when I first came to yahoo.com, I browsed through their games. (I'm was mainly addicted to chess, even now) So I signed up. Before, the only thing I used a computer for is for gaming. So I came up with dgamer. (As in the gamer)

As time passed, I lost my password and the answer to my "secret" question that I'm supposed to use to retrieve my password. So I made dgamer1000.

As time passed, I lost my password again, and switched to dgamer2000.

repeat until you get to dgamer5000

Now I try to keep everything the same, except on AIM(im still on 4000)



How about you guys? how did u come up with ur username?

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QuothTheRaven
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QuothTheRaven. Obvious.

Aim: DelvarWorld

DelVar = calculator programming for delete variable
delete variable world
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Mattman
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my uncle gave me the nickname Mattman when I was little
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Lord Ozzum
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Boss from RE2.

Email: Something I made up in my head.

MSN: From the Metallica song Merciful Fate.

Take a look to the sky just before you die

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MikeS
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I first entered all fake information for when I signed up(Don't worry, it's all correct now ) so I just put a stupid username in, thinking I'd only have to visit the forum once and ask my newbie questions.

My first thread
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=2954&b=7

My second thread
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=2953&b=7

My Thrird Thread
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=3130&b=10

My Fourth Thread
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=3122&b=10

My Fifth Thread(Kinda funny looking back on your threads )
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=7827&b=9

Anyways, this was my first forum, so I didn't wanna give out any personal info. so I just picked a random stupid name "yellow".

It just kinda sticks because it's too late to change it,lol.



A book? I hate book. Book is stupid.
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Damokles
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 19:10 Edited at: 16th Feb 2004 19:11
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It was my former philosophy :
I thought there was a sword over my head, and it could fall on me at any time. So I have to enjoy every moment I live, because maybe tomorrow is my last day.



But I changed my philosophy and I'm searching a good username right now.

"Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop." - Lewis Carroll
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Wik
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Ok, The whole idea of Wik was made up by my friend. when pokemon was the hip thing everyone played the game and I wouldl name all of my pokemon really weird names. my freind also did this and he caught a psyduck (avatar) and named it wik. I liked it, did the same thing on my game...and it came to mind when I re-named myself. ( I was "person" before, I hardly ever posted)

Same w/aim


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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 19:24
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Well 3 years ago my friend was obbsesed with nuclear bombs...he and 2 of us started a game dev team...he called it megaton software...I told him he was an idiot but said "sure why not.

Thus Megaton wuz born...I would switch the stupid name but people would forget who I am.


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HZence
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There was an X-Box emulator hoax and I fell for it. I E-Mailed him and told him that there were three guys trying to hack him:

1. TopGAMERZ2000
2. JohnyBoy
3. H-Zence

And that's where it came from.


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Pincho Paxton
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I've been called Pincho Paxton since I was at school. I once asked my friend why he called me Pincho Paxton, and he said it was because I had a fight with someone called Pincho Paxton. Not sure why I got his name.

Pincho.

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ReD_eYe
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mine was gifted to me by the gods above...


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Scraggle
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My cat - My avatar.

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David T
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 19:57 Edited at: 16th Feb 2004 19:59
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Quote: "I first entered all fake information for when I signed up(Don't worry, it's all correct now ) so I just put a stupid username in, thinking I'd only have to visit the forum once and ask my newbie questions."


Story of my life

My first post was waaay back when GuyS ran the XMB forums.

My name? Speaks for itself

My old name, david89, was just my name then the last two numbers of the top line (yeah, I know 0 is there too) - I only expected to visit once but it stuck

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Oraculaca
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I sell dodgy pies

Not-Mr-Thumpy wrinkled his nose, it was suddenly hard to concentrate
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David T
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Cut_Me_Own_Throat_Dibbler: When I saw you replied I was wondering what your reply would be...

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Oraculaca
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Killswitch
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 20:39
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Well I got my name from two places:

1. Killswitch Engage (a death metal band for those who don't know them)
2. Deus Ex.

Number two seems a little strange but I bought the PS2 version and got up to a point where a 'killswitch' is mentioned regularly. So I thought it sounded cool and used it!

For those of you that can remeber it i used to be called Tiax, that one came from a game character I invented. The game was never finished. (surprisingly). I actually changed my name because I was a bit of an annoying newb...

@ Scraggle

My friend has a cat named 'Cat'

~I see one problem with your reasoning: The fact is that is a chicken~
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Gery
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 20:50
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my name is very good for mee
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Dazzag
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Not that hard with me....

Slight clue is my old MUD name used to be Nerrad, but tends to be used a lot, so I switched. Personally preffered Nerrad though, sounds more fantasy like.

Cheers

I am 99% probably lying in bed right now... so don't blame me for crappy typing
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Preston C
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 21:42
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Where my current name came from is my real name. But as most of the people here know, I used to be called NWC_Omega (still am in IRC). I used the name Omega in many games I played where I could input my own name. Then, I played my first online game ever (Mech Warrior 4: Vengeance). I soon joined up with the Neo Wolf Clan and they gave me the tag {NWC}. Thats where my name came from, clan influences on Mech Warrior 4

Cheers,
Preston


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Jeku
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Jeku is Japanese for my real name, Jake. I was super surprised to see jeku.com wasn't taken so I snatched it up.


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Andy Igoe
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I am so un-imaginative my parents chose mine for me.


God created the world in 7 days, but we're still waiting for the patch.
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ReD_eYe
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mummy's boy



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Benjamin
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Well I thought of my name when I was first trying to think of a username to have on aol ^_^. I used to keep rats..so for some odd reason i named myself xxxpetratxxx . Of course, recently I took the 'x's out of my name

Always have, never will =)
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John H
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I just thought mine up when I joined Apollo Its stuck with me since on lots of forums and in games.


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Shadow
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From the Shadow Temple in Zelda: OoT

I was originally Shadow Spirit, but decided to go for the shorter, simpler 'Shadow', which I generally go by elsewhere also.
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David T
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Jeku: I recognise your site layout Layout Resevoir?

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newbi 2 basic
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Gamespy signing up... I used to go by Newbi2basic...
but that was a stupid name for a gamer....

so i used Counterfeitcriminal on games such as TFC, Half life...

and i registered on some forums etc etc and counterfeitcriminal was too long.. so i made

CounterFeitCriminal....

CFC

and so i was born!
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Ian T
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Mouse came to mind when I joined DarkBASIC way back when. I'm not sure why. I eventually lost my password (was one of the top posting members too-- mostly total crap) and became Dark[BASIC, get it]Mouse (I got to the top posting members again, through a slightly smaller percentile of total crap). I've been Mouse and/or DarkMouse on IRC, AIM, MSN, and forum boards ever sense.

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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John H
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CFC...your N2B?! Whoa!!!


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Chris K
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That's CFC

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Mattman
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big diff
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IanM
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Posted: 16th Feb 2004 23:47 Edited at: 16th Feb 2004 23:48
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@Mouse,

Quote: "a slightly smaller percentile of total crap"


In whos opinion?


Hey, can anyone guess where I got my username from? Can ya?

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newbi 2 basic
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WTF! people need to learn to read!

CMC 101 is not me

you see

i am only CFC

but CMC has a 101 after his name

I am sure the Mods can prove i aint CMC with my IP

bah!

but yes I am newbi2basic
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newbi 2 basic
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Besides if i was CMC 101 i dont think i would be allowed to be an OP on IRC chatroom for darkbasic
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Teh Go0rfmeister
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when i was a sims fan, i wanted to join the website as Sim Reaper, as a pun of the Grim REaper, and the name sims, but it nagged me that the name "sim" was copyrighted, so i changed it to dimreaper, which is where u'll find i'm called in most places.

"Froogle" came from when i join [href]www.TDZK.com[/href]I thought "ooh what sounds gut? I know, Froogle sticks in my head a lot, i'll use that" and then realised 3 mins later that i had only seen it a while ago on google, (http://froogle.google.com) but if they try to sue me, i'll sue them for using sublminal messging. . so when you see me around places which i cud get sued for being called Froogle i use DimReaper (might sound absurd i'd get sued but remember [href]www.mikerowesoft.com[/href]?)

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Benjamin
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Heh, well actually I know why your name is CFC . Coz you wanted it to be kfc but it was already taken so cfc was the next best thing

Always have, never will =)
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John H
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Yes it must stand for something like

Bond...James Bond only

Chicken....Fried Chicken


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CattleRustler
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Mine is from the Jerky Boys character Big Ol' Fat Ass Bob, The Cattle Rustler on the Jerky Boys 3rd CD. - real imaginitive
(that cd is funny as hell tho)

-RUST-
"What the... Mooooooooooo!"
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spooky
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I used to be 'sonic' here, but there was already a 'sonic' on RGT that I did not know about. There is also a 'sonicboom' here. 'sonic' is my work nickname because of my short spiky hair.

To stop confusion I renamed to 'spooky' because it is short, begins with 's' and had potential for a nice avatar! I notice 'sonic' name has now been snapped up.

Boo!
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Trowbee
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Spin-off of my surname..

Trowbridge turned into Trowbee by a friend sometime in college.
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TKF15H
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Mine kinda happend after mixing jet plains (F15) with fish...
Long story.

Why do programmers always mix up Christmas and Halloween?
Because DEC 25 = OCT 31
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nuclear glory
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Radiation. I stood in-front of the microwave too long.

It's a clone of the website name (link below), but you probably knew that already.

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Powerful Collision DLL for DBPro and DBC: http://www.nuclearglory.com
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dark coder
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well darkcoder being pretty obvious, dark ie, darkbasic, coder as in programmer

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Ian T
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Quote: "In whos opinion? "


Er

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

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UnderLord
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I went though so many usernames now the last one i used was called T.W.O (TheWiseOne) why i had that name i dunno i just thought when i was like 13 it'd be a cool username and went though so many more.

Now im UnderLord or UnderLord7985 or UnderLord101 i think i accedently changed my username on AIM to UnderLord101 without noticeing.

Now this name has just stuck why i dunno but i like it.

The search continues.
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Represent
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I came up with my username (which i use for everything) by think ong Transworld Surf, Transworld BMX, and Transworld Skate magazines. I read them all the time.
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Dave J
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I found mine in the dictionary... and before anyone asks:

Quote: "\Ex"e*at\, n. [L., let him go forth.] 1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house."



"Computers are useless they can only give you answers."
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and I thought my screen name was stupid...


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Kharnor
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I made mine up. No, seriously. It doesn't mean anything, or have any weird and wonderful story behind it.

The first time i used it was in the Warcraft 3 level editor, i created a hero (one of those fishy-looking creatures) called "Khar'nor" and i liked the name, so now i use it for everything.

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