Mirko Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted September 19, 2011 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" 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted September 19, 2011 it's a long tale of street gangs and deceit and dinosaurs. here's the short version: http://i.imgur.com/0Ranh.gif 0 Share this post Link to post
Mr. T Posted September 19, 2011 Because back in the olden days of the interenet, there weren't 100 Mr. Ts per internet mile. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted September 19, 2011 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 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted September 19, 2011 <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. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Jodwin Posted September 19, 2011 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. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Phobus Posted September 19, 2011 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.[/B] And I also said: [B]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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chow Yun Thin Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
Coopersville Posted September 19, 2011 It's a mispronunciation of "Cooperstown" which was a nickname someone tried to give me in elementary school. The mistake stuck instead. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chow Yun Thin Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
I'myourtarget Posted September 19, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
valkiriforce Posted September 19, 2011 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... 0 Share this post Link to post
Alfonzo Posted September 19, 2011 Dominus vobiscum, et cum spiritu tuo. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted September 20, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
DeumReaper Posted September 20, 2011 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). 0 Share this post Link to post
Nasesrtyhcfhk Posted September 20, 2011 My gamertag is sean wjf it is my name followed by my initials. my name is Seán William Joseph 'O Flaherty. 0 Share this post Link to post
kmxexii Posted September 20, 2011 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. 0 Share this post Link to post
lupinx-Kassman Posted September 20, 2011 I was lupinx when I joined in 2003. I was lupinx_resurrected shortly after. Hiatus. I am lupinx-Kassman now. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoOmEr4LiFe Posted September 20, 2011 I intend on playing Doom until the very end. It is that simple. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted September 20, 2011 My Lord and Saviour assigned it to me in ye old days of the interwebs. 0 Share this post Link to post
Du Mhan Yhu Posted September 20, 2011 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/dd486/skaman86/Skaman.jpg 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted September 20, 2011 So we're calling them "gamertags" now? 0 Share this post Link to post
Mirko Posted September 20, 2011 EarthQuake said:So we're calling them "gamertags" now? Well I'm not sure what the proper term is, gamer name, gaming nickname? 0 Share this post Link to post