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Mirko
Warming Up

Posts: 16
Registered: 09-11

Me personally, I've never really had one, so I go by my middle name. I guess I just don't have a nickname or taken the time to think of a very cool name.

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09-19-11 14:27 #

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Nomad
Forum Staple

Posts: 2273
Registered: 04-04

My handle "Nomad" was inspired almost exclusively from This Song:

I've been fortunate enough to snag the nickname at many of the communities I frequent before anyone else could, however it's become pretty common the more populated sites. I started also using "TheDigitalNomad" which has it's own backstory I'm too lazy to type out, but long story short I've defined it as a synonym to the phrase "web surfer." When THAT is taken, I'll usually use something like "digital-nomad" or "dignomad"

09-19-11 14:33 #

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dew
Feral Kid

Posts: 2226
Registered: 05-08

it's a long tale of street gangs and deceit and dinosaurs. here's the short version: http://i.imgur.com/0Ranh.gif

09-19-11 14:49 #

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Mr. T
Senior Member

Posts: 1446
Registered: 12-03

Because back in the olden days of the interenet, there weren't 100 Mr. Ts per internet mile.

09-19-11 15:18 #

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Jodwin
Forum Spammer

Posts: 3036
Registered: 02-05

I came up with it when I was around 5-8 years old. That is all.

I miss the days when googling for "Jodwin" only gave results related to me. :P

09-19-11 15:40 #

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GreyGhost
a ghost... only grey

Posts: 6871
Registered: 01-08

<pedantry>Don't have an Xbox, so probably don't have a Gamertag either.</pedantry>

@Mirko - Here's an older thread or two on the topic you might enjoy reading.

09-19-11 15:53 #

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DoomUK
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Posts: 3668
Registered: 04-04

It seemed fractionally less retarded than "Doom1982" when I was trying to think of a username on the spur of the moment, so I went with it.

09-19-11 15:57 #

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Jodwin
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Posts: 3036
Registered: 02-05

GreyGhost said:
<pedantry>Don't have an Xbox, so probably don't have a Gamertag either.</pedantry>

You don't need one, it's enough to have an XBox Live account for Games for Windows-games. ;)

09-19-11 16:09 #

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Phobus
Forum Staple

Posts: 2138
Registered: 10-06

Last time, I said:
Back on AvP2 I went by Head Hunter (bit of a given there, really...)

Of course, I branched out into the wider world of the internet and such an unoriginal name was taken. So I thought Doom, though moons and... spelt it wrong. Hence Phobus.

I am now allegedly a member, which would imply I've been posting more than I thought. I'll get round to putting my avatar on here at some point, I'm sure.

And I also said:
This avatar was modified from the redone version of my original avatar. Wills did the remake, I added the border - but as the avatar was originally 64x64, I needed to trim it to get it on here. Hence removing the moon and most of the face.

However, since then I've become regulated. As a bit of additional interest I find Phobus tends to be taken these days, as does Phobos. I used to get round this by using Phoban, Phober, Phobot or Phobic but I decided standardising would be a good idea. So on YouTube I have one or two videos up as ZDPhobus... and XBox Live I'm on as CressyJ (I don't use gold so there's no point in adding me). I will one day get round to coming up with some sort of standard if I ever have to though.

09-19-11 18:50 #

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Danarchy
YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!

Posts: 15904
Registered: 01-01

Back in 9th grade, I had my name written on my notebook in caps. Being bored in the middle of health class, my friend scrawled a circle through the A, and thus the legend of Danarchy was born.

Recently, some faggot stole my name and became famous as an urban explorer, so I'm a bit annoyed. I considered changing my handle, but I've been using it for well over a decade, so I don't think so.

Jodwin said:
I miss the days when googling for "Jodwin" only gave results related to me. :P

I know that feel, bro. I know that feel.

09-19-11 19:25 #

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HWGuy
Member

Posts: 283
Registered: 08-02

I am Heavy Weapons Guy, and THIS is a dead horse being beaten. :p

This is the only place where I use this handle. When I signed up I used the HWGuy in TFC a lot and it didn't hurt to have the HWGuy as a default avatar. Since then I favor being the Soldier.

I think I've been going as Chow Yun Thin for about seven years now. I got the name from a mission in the first GTA where you're told to kill a bunch of triads. To assist you in this task, an NPC with this name follows you around and so I took the name.

09-19-11 19:46 #

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Danarchy
YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!

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HWGuy said:
I think I've been going as Chow Yun Thin for about seven years now. I got the name from a mission in the first GTA where you're told to kill a bunch of triads. To assist you in this task, an NPC with this name follows you around and so I took the name.

Which is clearly a bit of wordplay on Chow Yun Fat.

09-19-11 19:48 #

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j4rio
Senior Member

Posts: 1812
Registered: 07-10

1337 jario

... duh

09-19-11 19:55 #

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Coopersville
Get Psyched!

Posts: 2905
Registered: 10-01

It's a mispronunciation of "Cooperstown" which was a nickname someone tried to give me in elementary school. The mistake stuck instead.

09-19-11 20:06 #

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HWGuy
Member

Posts: 283
Registered: 08-02

Danarchy said:

Which is clearly a bit of wordplay on Chow Yun Fat.

I thought it was clever and memorable, or at least more original than using AlTeRnAtInG cApS or adding Solid Snake or a bunch of numbers or Xs to a name. The numbers and Solid Snake I get, but I don't understand what's up with the Xs.

09-19-11 20:25 #

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I'myourtarget
Junior Member

Posts: 173
Registered: 04-11

I got mine (I'myourtarget) from an old Timesplitters Future Perfect video on Youtube over 5 years ago. I don't think that video's around anymore, actually...

Oh, it's not a Gamertag like on XBox live or anything, I don't have an XBox, but I just mean my username on most other games.

09-19-11 22:04 #

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valkiriforce
Forum Regular

Posts: 929
Registered: 02-10

I thought I came up with valkiriforce with the intentional wrong spelling of "Valkyrie" to add some flavor to it's use as a username. Come to find out I remembered hearing that somewhere...

09-19-11 22:39 #

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st.alfonzo
Broadcaster

Posts: 663
Registered: 01-10

Dominus vobiscum, et cum spiritu tuo.

09-19-11 22:45 #

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yukib1t
Will DDR for food

Posts: 2284
Registered: 06-02

I was tired of using my band name (partition36) for my handle, and needed a change elsewhere. So a contraction of Yuki because it's a nice girl name that I like that means snow (which I also like), and b1t/bit to show I'm a computer geek.

09-20-11 01:16 #

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DeumReaper
Member

Posts: 533
Registered: 12-05

It's supposed to be Doom, but I changed it to Deum to make it original.
Reaper is from the Doom movie (Karl Urban's codename).

09-20-11 01:57 #

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SeanWJF
Junior Member

Posts: 197
Registered: 05-11

My gamertag is sean wjf

it is my name followed by my initials.
my name is Se�n William Joseph 'O Flaherty.

09-20-11 02:11 #

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exp(x)

Posts: 2457
Registered: 04-04

Apparently I like math or something.

09-20-11 02:15 #

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kmxexii
Forum Regular

Posts: 809
Registered: 06-10

It's the name of an improvisational piece by French band Magma, aka "La Musique des Spheres". Its enigmatic name fascinated me for awhile til I discovered a probably explanation related to chord names.

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09-20-11 03:12 #

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lupinx-Kassman
Senior Member

Posts: 1344
Registered: 10-06

I was lupinx when I joined in 2003.
I was lupinx_resurrected shortly after.
Hiatus.
I am lupinx-Kassman now.

09-20-11 03:36 #

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DoOmEr4LiFe
DoOm TiL dEaTh

Posts: 807
Registered: 09-00

I intend on playing Doom until the very end. It is that simple.

09-20-11 04:46 #

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Planky
Senior Member

Posts: 1145
Registered: 12-02

My Lord and Saviour assigned it to me in ye old days of the interwebs.

09-20-11 05:19 #

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Du Mhan Yhu
Member

Posts: 536
Registered: 12-10

For years I've always used some variation of skaman. It's due to one of my favorite bands (Operation Ivy) the skaman was also my first tattoo.

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums...an86/Skaman.jpg

09-20-11 05:27 #