How did you choose your online gaming name?

CoolHand · September 25, 2005, 10:07:30 PM

...no , not your knickers, your knicks!

I know I have a somehat lame nick.... I've used it since I was about... a teenager.

Does your nicknames have any particular meaning?

Pardon me if I'm getting all personal with you

Hippy · September 25, 2005, 10:13:24 PM

In the begging me and Doris played under one name (KilFrenzy), mainly because i was too lazy to change it and because we were sharing a steam account and computer.

After a while we became regulars and thus needed to differentiate (is that a word?) between the two of us. I quickly thought up "Hippy" mid game and it stuck.

DuVeL · September 25, 2005, 10:21:56 PM

My first name was da_Shadow in my Atari days and so...When I got in my first clan it was F.U.B.A.R. (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition).
Lots of people used it and I wanted another name and at that time I was trying the name Grolsch but that didn't sound cool.
Then I got some replies that I'm a duivel (devil in English) with a gun and by coincedence I was drinking a bottle of Duvel at the time. First it was: Duvel but then someone pointed me out that DuVeL would be looking better.

CoolHand · September 25, 2005, 10:22:30 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Hippy@Sep 25 2005, 11:13 PM
In the begging me and Doris played under one name (KilFrenzy), mainly because i was too lazy to change it and because we were sharing a steam account and computer.

After a while we became regulars and thus needed to differentiate (is that a word?) between the two of us. I quickly thought up "Hippy" mid game and it stuck.
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Ah. I might have to change my signature, then.

CoolHand · September 25, 2005, 10:24:08 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Sep 25 2005, 11:21 PM
My first name was da_Shadow in my Atari days and so...When I got in my first clan it was F.U.B.A.R. (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition).
Lots of people used it and I wanted another name and at that time I was trying the name Grolsch but that didn't sound cool.
Then I got some replies that I'm a duivel (devil in English) with a gun and by coincedence I was drinking a bottle of Duvel at the time. First it was: Duvel but then someone pointed me out that DuVeL would be looking better.
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Lots of guys are using my nick, too... but I guess not many has dMw in it. Not me either, but I plan to apply.

Doris · September 25, 2005, 10:29:15 PM

well my name was given to me by Blueball ... because my old name (kilfrenzy) conflicted in game with Frenzy... "Frenzy kill kilfrenzy " :blink:

big-paddy · September 25, 2005, 11:10:57 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Sep 25 2005, 10:21 PM
but then someone pointed me out that DuVeL would be looking better.
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They were wrong - hehe

Apoc · September 25, 2005, 11:17:01 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Sep 25 2005, 10:21 PM
When I got in my first clan it was F.U.B.A.R. (F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition).
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My first clan was called that!

Decided on Apoc as in short for Apocalypse way back when I was 14 or so, thought it was sooooo cool, now not sure but I really can't be bothered changing it.

big-paddy · September 25, 2005, 11:34:28 PM

I'm Paddy and I'm BIG. That seems fairly easy to me. I get confused when I am more than one person. Its much better when people call me Paddy, I know who they are talking to.

Blunt · September 25, 2005, 11:56:38 PM

having spent most of my gaming time waiting to spawn...I was called "I See Dead People"

That's what I was since CS 1.3...I was a Jolt12 Reg...until...

Oldie came pimping on the Jolt forums

Before that...when I first tried to name an email account, every name I tried was rejected....so I started typing in random words....Philly Blunt* was taken...so I reversed the words and hey presto...I'm BluntPhilly...then in Delta Force I was Blunt Instrument.

On Meathook I was getting complaints that I See Dead People was too long (JohnnyAppleseed...Flibbermeister and so on, are apparently easier to say)....
so I changed to Blunt...

*Philly Blunt is a type of cigar (emptied out and stuffed with weed :whistle: )

DuVeL · September 26, 2005, 09:14:48 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by big-paddy@Sep 26 2005, 12:10 AM
They were wrong - hehe
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Can't wait to get you infront of my gun... :devil:

Penfold · September 26, 2005, 09:39:55 AM

PENDRAGON for me was two-fold.

Firstly A good friend of mine died in a Bike accident and the last time I saw him was at the Pendragon Festival in Wales. so it's a kinda tribute

Secondly I did my degree in Classics and specialised in Roman Britain which went all the way up to Uther (Pendragon) and Arthur etc.... A nice period in British History.

Other names I have had were Strabo and JustLaunch (when playing on MSN zone!).

PEN

Jamoe · September 26, 2005, 10:21:10 AM

I started out as SilentAmber or SA. Totaly origional and never seen else where (probably cause it sounded like a girl name). Anyway, i was with a clan called DT for over 3 years and when the clan died out I killed the name SA. Silent ebcause i generally didnt speak much and Amber becuase I had just watched Jurastic Park.

Jamoe is a nickname in RL, my Uncle started calling me that (he tends to give ppl nicknames) and it stuck.

suicidal_monkey · September 26, 2005, 12:53:41 PM

First regular nickname would have been Moriarty, after sherlock holmes' arch nemesis (also what my dad sometimes called me when I was little...) Then, when I got into quake2 online (mainly catch-the-chicken mod) I picked "suicidal_monkey" as I tended to always be the person with the most deaths on the server and I've now sort of shortened it to s_monkey, just "monkey", or generally any other monkey-based label. Monkey_Of_Doom works well in the UT series

delanvital · September 26, 2005, 01:20:58 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Apoc@Sep 26 2005, 12:17 AM
Decided on Apoc as in short for Apocalypse way back when I was 14 or so, thought it was sooooo cool, now not sure but I really can't be bothered changing it.
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Same deal here. I have had that name for 12 years now so it also just kinda sticks. Me and mono did good ol' tracker music back then and I came up with that name, mostly because I was in need of one.

I figured elanvital(ize) (sort of giving life) with a d in front would give the word the opposite meaning, which suited our rather melancoly music. Now it is more of a nuisance when playing "hey you.. delantaivlal.. huh? what the hell is that for a name? Anyway fire away!" .. and not the least, with "L'oreal el'vital" on the market I feel kinda dumb. Hoepfully people haven't seen the connection yet... oops...

If don't already do, when in game, feel free to call me del or delan...