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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: [Cameron] on Fri 06/02/2004 08:51:33

Title: Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: [Cameron] on Fri 06/02/2004 08:51:33
Just sum stoopid questions.
Why do you have the name you have?
Why do you have the avatar you have?
I have my name because me and some friends were making a film and in case it was crap we didnt want our names in it thus Alec Whitechurch was created. Funnily he also has a fake name Alex Whitechapel who has the fake name Devlin O'sheamus.
My avatar is there just to be cool.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Captain Mostly on Fri 06/02/2004 11:06:17
Yeah, that IS funny. Because like, your fake character, ALSO has a fake character, who like ALSO has a fake character, and so it's like the guy at the top is just someone pretending to be someone pretending to be someone pretending to be someone else!
I see what you've done there! Pretty damn clever! HAR DE HAR HAR
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Babar on Fri 06/02/2004 11:26:43
Exactly! Why can't you come up with an original fake name? Look at me, in acting I have adopted the name of Daniel Radcliffe. You don't see me copying it from anyone do you  ;D?
Let see... I have my name because my parents gave it to me, and I have not yet found sufficient reason to change it. Oh, you mean my forum name? Well, thats just a nickname I had from the time I was immensely fatter than I am now. It sounded alot like my original name, except with a much rounder and fatter feeling. My avator I have because besides looking very much like a Babloyi, it also shows my outlook on life, that is to say the outlook of a slightly deformed baby that appears to be in the late stages of mental retardation
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Nacho on Fri 06/02/2004 11:53:37
I think that the nickname and the avatar issue has been explained like 1,000,000 times before...  :-\
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Minimi on Fri 06/02/2004 12:55:42
farlander : Just press ctrl+c, ctrl+v  ;D

Ok my nickname is because first I watched austin powers and liked the name Mini Me... and then I was abit playing with that name and Minimi sounded cute, so I took that as my nickname.

My avatar is the logo of my company solidus software.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Fri 06/02/2004 13:35:18
Custard comes from the mega good cartoon, DANGERMOUSE

(Custard Mite of Glutt)

then Privateer Puddin' comes from Talk like a pirate day :D
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Gemmalah on Fri 06/02/2004 15:06:41
Well, my avitar used to be a dragon sitting on a sign saying here be dragons, it's from discworld books where a dragon santuary has that sign outside. but the avitar broke and i havn't got round to fixing it, now its just a cute red X.

My name well long story cut short.... my baby bro is called josh and he is real cute so i made up names for him. Joshykins, joshey woshey, joshster, baby josh, untill i came up with Joshielah, so everyone in my family and all my friends had a lah added to their name. much to their annoyance.

The way it is spelt is due to AOL, Gemmala was already taken so I added a h on the end, no email or forum has anyone else with this name, guess it's cos its real stupid.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Nacho on Fri 06/02/2004 15:40:37
Quote from: Minimi on Fri 06/02/2004 12:55:42
Ok my nickname is because first I watched austin powers and liked the name Mini Me... and then I was abit playing with that name and Minimi sounded cute, so I took that as my nickname.

That explains a lot...
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Minimi on Fri 06/02/2004 15:51:45
Quote from: Farlander on Fri 06/02/2004 15:40:37
Quote from: Minimi on Fri 06/02/2004 12:55:42
Ok my nickname is because first I watched austin powers and liked the name Mini Me... and then I was abit playing with that name and Minimi sounded cute, so I took that as my nickname.

That explains a lot...
euhm... how do you mean? well... to add a little more detail to the reason, is that Mini is pretty fun in comparisation to my length of 206cm... so i find that fun ;)

Oohw farlander... im curious about your nickname!
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Robert Eric on Fri 06/02/2004 16:30:12
THIS IS MY NICKNAME BECAUSE I LIKE PORN.

Really, please go take a look back and find the other fifty "how did you get your nick" threads.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Nacho on Fri 06/02/2004 16:35:08
I meant, more or less, that a person who has a nickname based in the silliest film in history and an avatar based in the most brilliant general in history (Is him Iulius Caesar, isn´t it?) necessarily implies duality in his personality. (Do not interpret this as I am saying that you have some kind of squizophrenia .sp?, of course...)

I don´t know how to express this... let´s say that sometimes I really like your posts, for example in CL, and sometimes... I don´t... :(

But this is something totally expectable from a person with duality in his personality.  :)

P.S. Farlander was a X-Wing pilot on the Manual of the X-wing game.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: JimmyShelter on Fri 06/02/2004 16:39:49
My real life nickname Jimmy is not always available as username.

The best Rolling Stones song is Gimme Shelter.

Draw your own conclusions.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Nine Toes on Fri 06/02/2004 17:05:13
Well, my sn used to be Bodyart (I've used that nick for years), and I figured it was time for a change... So I adopted the nickname Dr. Jekyll?~MR. HYDE! to reflect the duality of my personality (one minute I'm happy and humble, the next minute I'm depressed or angry).  I may just very well choose another nick until I feel comfortable with it.

My avatar is just a pic I found on a site that specializes in theatrical contact lenses.  I thought, "that kinda looks like me when I'm having one of my mood swings...".
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Dave Gilbert on Fri 06/02/2004 19:04:21
Well, ah.. during world war II my grandfather Martin Goldberg was in the navy, and my grandmother Minna Goldberg was trying to find a job.  She couldn't get one.  She was convinced it was because she was jewish.  She wrote my grandfather to say that she was changing their name to "Gilbert."  She got a job right away.

Two generations later, a squealy kid named David is born into the family.  25 years later, young David ventures onto an internet forum for independant adventure games.  He tries a few nicks, but eventually gives up and uses his real name instead.

And there ya go.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: on Fri 06/02/2004 19:14:55
I'm just visiting
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Adamski on Fri 06/02/2004 20:35:37
Dark Stalkey was the name of my grandfather
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Eggie on Fri 06/02/2004 21:17:10
I'm a bird with the head of an egg that is made entirely out of cheese.

So THERE!
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Pumaman on Fri 06/02/2004 21:32:58
According to my novelty placemat, a Pumaman is a homosapien blessed with the strength and stamina of a wild animal.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: TheYak on Fri 06/02/2004 22:51:17
And, inexplicably, the power to fly and phase through walls, allowing rapid travel by crossing dimensional threshholds.  

Topic's been done before but what the hell?
Yakspit's my real name, I have mean parents.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: LordHart on Fri 06/02/2004 23:28:17
I always used The Ultimo for e-fedding, and have been using it as a nick for ages. Then someone asked if I was portuguese, because it means Last...

Then I changed it to Os Último Quão Queijo ^_^, which roughly translates into The Last Like Cheese... and then the little japanese emoticon thingy is there because it makes me look happy, when really, my life is horridly bad...  :-\

Um, not sure if my image server is working, but my avatar is from Unreal Tournament, which I though was cool...
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Meowster on Fri 06/02/2004 23:28:54
my reel name is mary becuz my parents were strict catolics and so my name is mary kiara clarke wich is a cool name. i got da internet nickn,ae cuz i like indanna jones and psychernauts. so i put dem together and i go  t indiana psychernaut. wots da craic how did u get ur name?
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: WanderLady on Sat 07/02/2004 00:28:25
I want to tell, but I don't want to tell.

Mine is like Ron Gilbert and the Secret of Monkey Island.
I think it's cool, but if I told you, you'd probably think it's stupid.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Domino on Sat 07/02/2004 00:33:15
Being from Buffalo New York (well, at least a suburb of Buffalo) and being such an avid console and computer gamer, i thought this would be the perfect name to use.  Personally i think it sounds stupid, but can't think of another name to choose to replace it.

BG
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: [Cameron] on Sat 07/02/2004 00:50:16
BeeGee
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Domino on Sat 07/02/2004 00:52:33
Quote from: The artist formerly known as AlecW on Sat 07/02/2004 00:50:16
BeeGee

I do like the BeeGee's, but when i think of something totally cool, then i will change it. But, then knowing me, i will probably change it back.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: AGA on Sat 07/02/2004 04:08:09
Read this to find out the Secret of AGA's Nick(TM) (http://www.agagames.com/index.php)

Oh, and Minimi, did you realise that a Minimi is a type of machine gun?
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Squinky on Sat 07/02/2004 05:51:17
Squinky was the name of the man who single-handedly saved me from a burning building, and then later, single handedly inseminated my wife...
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: on Sat 07/02/2004 05:57:55
Polarslam is a famous Finnish Rapper
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Bob The Hun on Sat 07/02/2004 06:11:57
Because I liked a Disneyland ride.
Simple as that.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Rincewind on Sat 07/02/2004 11:21:12
Ever played the games Discworld 1 & 2?
Well, that's me in there. I only managed to escape a year ago.
Bloody cheek of some people... Keeping a man inprisoned in an illogical computer game like that.

Now where did that amazon lady go?
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Femme Stab Mode >:D on Sat 07/02/2004 12:01:04
Well, I used to be Femme Fatale for fatal woman, but since I'm in stalk mode, stalkin' Al Ninio and all, so I'm femme stalk mode.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Bluke4x4 on Sat 07/02/2004 18:07:06
I chose this name because back when I was an immature weasel (last year, actually,) because my first (horribly failed before production actually started) first-person shooter called "Apocalypse" or something. It had many characters, like Mr. Crashtestdummy, Completely O. Blivious, and the arch evil nemesis, Dr. Woobenshneider. The main character's name was Bluke Zamboni (named from a TV show character and a popular ice cleaner) and I thought that would suit as my nickname plus a "4x4" for good measaure. And if you're wondering, it's pronounced Blook for bye for, not Blook for exx for. Thank you.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Robert Eric on Sat 07/02/2004 19:43:30
Robert and Eric are my first and middle names.  I figured it would be better to just use my name than a nickname.  I don't have a nickname to use if I did want to use one.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Squinky on Sat 07/02/2004 22:14:42
I hereby nickname you: Nanna Ovaries....
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Minimi on Sat 07/02/2004 22:49:14
Quote from: AGA on Sat 07/02/2004 04:08:09
Read this to find out the Secret of AGA's Nick(TM) (http://www.agagames.com/index.php)

Oh, and Minimi, did you realise that a Minimi is a type of machine gun?

Yeah, but didn't knew that when I took it as my nickname wich should be over 4 years ago. Maybe I just need something else... like Farlander said, that I might have some struggling with duality, but then on the other hand, maybe I shouldn't...
awww... what the heck, I'm cool anyway  8)
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Robert Eric on Sat 07/02/2004 23:21:31
How do I look?
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Domino on Sun 08/02/2004 00:37:33
I would stick with Robert Eric. It just sounds so much better. Plus people might think you are a woman with the word Ovaries in your username.

Shawn  :)
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Squinky on Sun 08/02/2004 01:39:37
How do you look what? I don't get it so much...
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Domino on Sun 08/02/2004 01:46:25
Quote from: Squinky on Sun 08/02/2004 01:39:37
How do you look what? I don't get it so much...

RE changed his name to Nanna Ovaries for a short time, but changed it back.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: shbaz on Sun 08/02/2004 07:21:27
Wanderlady, I've always been really curious why you chose that nickname. Everyone thinks you're a girl unless they've seen you say otherwise. Here's a bit of proof.. once someone for some STUPID reason wanted me to whore myself on my webcam, and "she" claimed to be you, results were hilarious.

http://www.geocities.com/trouble1201/hotstuff.html (http://www.geocities.com/trouble1201/hotstuff.html)

Initially, when I turned my webcam on, it was on my face, but then I moved it so that she had a good view of my "sexy" shoes. I felt violated afterwords, then greatly amused, so I uploaded the transcript to my webspace to show my friends.
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Phemar on Sun 08/02/2004 08:40:34
Zor, Well the history of my name goes Far Back...

I was playing Duke Nukem for gameboy once, and the aliens were called Zorgonites. I adopted this as my nickname until I shortened it to Zorgo. From there it evolved to Zoraphus whereas from that it was created into: "ZOR"

That was when I started Zor Productions.

(http://www.zorproductions.eds.saix.net/z.jpg)
The sign of the Z
Title: Re:Why do you have the name you have?
Post by: Nine Toes on Sun 08/02/2004 18:04:21
Quote from: Jackhammer on Sun 08/02/2004 07:21:27
once someone for some STUPID reason wanted me to whore myself on my webcam, and "she" claimed to be you,

A similar thing happened to me once... some girl, I don't know where she got my msn address from, but she just showed up on MSN one night and started asking me to show her my genitals and my ass over my webcam.  That kinda pissed me off...

She said her name was Lucia, though... not Wanderlady.  Anyways, one day she just disappeared and I never saw her again.

I'd still like to find out who that was... (so I can wring her frickin neck!)  She said she was an AGSer, but nobody on here uses her MSN address.