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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: GrayDuck on October 03, 2004, 04:36:20 PM

Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: GrayDuck on October 03, 2004, 04:36:20 PM: So, most everyone here always uses the same name. Why did you choose it, is there any significance behind it?

GrayDuck for me started as a joke, but evolved into a name I truly love. When I moved from Minnesota to California I was discussing the subtle differences between the two locations, and something that defines a true Minnesotan is the game Duck Duck GRAY Duck (as opposed to the rest of the world’s WRONG game of Duck Duck Goose)…. Stupid gooses :angry: ! Anyways, hearing that made all of them laugh and they started calling me GrayDuck.

So now, GrayDuck gives me a sense of ‘home’ as well as pride in some weird way. Gaming was new to me when I moved here, but now I kind of feel like GrayDuck symbolizes that part of my life as well as home. I dunno what else to say… it just makes me happy.

PS... sry if this has been done before, I searched and couldn't find anything similar.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: X-S-Z on October 03, 2004, 04:45:12 PM: You'll get nothing out of me! :ph34r:
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Nuketheplace on October 03, 2004, 04:51:23 PM: I got my name when I was 9. I had just started playing on battle.net and realized that I needed a good name. At the time I liked playing Terran a lot and because I was so young I thought nukes were the best thing in the game. Being young I decided on the name Nuketheplace. When I actually think about it its a strange and stupid name, but its the only one I've ever had, and I can't think of anything better.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Mr.Bill on October 03, 2004, 04:52:35 PM: MrBill from Snl, As when I started gaming, I was newb, and died all the time. I thought this name felt right, and the feeling hasnt left yet. :)
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Bijiy on October 03, 2004, 05:34:38 PM: Quote
You'll get nothing out of me! :ph34r:
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Title: What Is In A Name?
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You'll get nothing out of me! :ph34r:
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Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Tooky on October 03, 2004, 05:41:13 PM: Well, I switch every so often, I first started NS as Ectomorph blah but that got old after 2-3 years then I switched to something that sounds funny when anybody says it. I would of went for tiki but I chose tooky :D.
My real life nick is Twitchy for more-so obvious reasons. Dubbed my MrBill, he could expand on this.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Magmatron on October 03, 2004, 05:52:15 PM: Been using Ness since 95'. Comes from a Super Nintendo game titled "Earthbound".
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 03, 2004, 06:04:42 PM: I got my name from sniping in UT and being damn good at it
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Anarki3x6 on October 03, 2004, 06:36:14 PM: i got mine from the anarki bot in quake 3 and stuck on a 3x6 for ... no reason at all...

btw wasnt there a thread like this before ?
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Dubbilex on October 03, 2004, 07:08:00 PM: Dubbilex is the world's greatest superhero.

The story began when I got this internet thing. I went through many names (RAMMS+EIN or Melkor being the most memorable - what a creative l'il bugger I was. And to think - I don't even like Rammstein...). But yet, this was my "non-gamer" name. That is, the one I used in public and stuff (i.e email, etc)

So one day I was all like, "wtf? Rammstein? Just call me Dubbilex from now on." Now, this was perhaps a year or two before Natural Selection was released, so I've been Dubb for a while now.

I like the name for all the little funny things I can call myself. Such as; dubbileXSZ, Dubbnubb, or the D-Meister.

I know, guys. I know. I'm the coolest cat you know. B)

(http://jerome.galica.free.fr/dc%20comics/Superman/superboy/Dubbilex.gif)
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Satiagraha on October 03, 2004, 07:13:09 PM: Quote
Stupid gooses :angry: !
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Plural of goose is geese, GJ English. :p

Anywho, Satiagraha is a slight derivation from Satyagraha, which is an indian phrase used by Mahatma Gandhi. It litterally means "Soul Force", which is refering to the persistance of the sould and not the fist through non-violent resistance. I first learned of this phrase in some history class a long long time ago (something like 7th grade v_v ). Now I am not one of large physical size, but I have a way with getting people to stop things without violence. I tried on the phrase and it seemed to fit me fairly well. Except for the y. I really didn't like how the y looked when you typed out my name, so I changed it to an i and it's been like that for about 6 years.
And in those 6 years, I have heard it pronouced so wrongly that I didn't even recognize it. It's pronounced S-ah-tee-ah-grah-ha with the major emphases placed on the bolded sylibols.

P.S. Yes there has been a previous thread about this, although it has long since passed out of the Forum. I'd say it's about time we made another one ^_^

Edit: Found the old thread. All bow to the thread necromancy (http://www.lunixmonster.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=313&p=3850)! >:D
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Malevolent on October 03, 2004, 07:41:49 PM: Yeah, there was a thread for this awhile ago Anarki.

My name was supposed to be serious and stuff when I played stuff more competively (my friend says he thought of it, but I don't know about that). Ya know, strike fear into mein enemies! But not so much now. I keep it because I have it regsitered everywhere, it's somewhat unique and it's funny listening to people try to pronounce it.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Zero7 on October 03, 2004, 07:47:58 PM: My name came because I got bored of my old nickname (Psychopath, then Froggo, and finally to Zero7)

How I came up with my name? I was thinking of a new name and neat letter/number combos for 'em. Came up with Zero7. It wasn't until 1 1/2 years later that I found out I shared my name with a British group.

Edit: This was a repost... BAD GRAYDUCK! BAD!
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: GrayDuck on October 03, 2004, 08:59:17 PM: Quote
Edit: This was a repost... BAD GRAYDUCK! BAD!

I sowwy. :(

As mentioned in my initial post, I searched, albeit not well enough... *sigh*
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Slink on October 03, 2004, 09:35:18 PM: Slink. fairly simple. Lots of people see SlinkY.

THIS IS WRONG! I AM NOT AN OVER-MARKETED SPRING MASQUERADING AS A CHILD'S TOY!!!

sorry, it's kind of an issue for me...

anyway. when i first started online gaming, i used Inferno. cuz i like fire, and such. however, that was surprisingly common. i like being individual. so a few years ago, (wow, i think it's working on 2-3 now) i switched to Slink.

There is actually some meaning in this. Slink is a verb in the english language, and it basically means to sneak around. And when i'm playing, i'm usually sneaking around the back of my opponent, instead of rushing the front. So i think it fits.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Anarki3x6 on October 03, 2004, 10:08:03 PM: everyone loves a slinky a slinky a slinkyyyyyyyyy

/me d0nces around playing with a slinky >:D

well i guess this threads alright since many new people never told us about their names :)
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: SgtFury on October 04, 2004, 03:19:22 AM: Well mine came from playing Castle wolfenstien. I was trying to think of a name that sounded like it fitted in war times and I think my comics influenced me slightly.

All I need now is some howling commandos :D

And not people howling while going commando :blink:
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Dirty Harry Potter on October 04, 2004, 06:44:21 AM: Some years ago, back when i had shorter hair, but still quite long, some kids thought i was Harry Potter(as seen on the danish bookcover). Now they did this at a distance, because i didn't hear or see them comment at all. but my friends told me. Later on when i was comtemplating on a nick together with my brother, a Dirty Harry movie was going to be shown that night.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 04, 2004, 10:20:44 AM: I think I'll make up a new story each time one of these threads appears.

MY NAME SI DOOBIE DAN CUZ DOOBIE RHYMES WITH BOOBIE AND I LUV BOOBIES IRLWTFOMGFTW!!!!11111onehundredandeleven
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: confused! on October 04, 2004, 10:40:12 AM: To be honest with you, I think I probably should have kept with NSplayer my first day. But, well, it seemed like a good description of what I was on my first day, and why I was humping the arms lab. After that: I got lazy.

Previous to this i was known as PANTS! simply cause the word is awesome, and if you put the exclaimation you have to yell it on voice comm.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Geminosity on October 04, 2004, 11:08:24 AM: I'm a Gemini. Infact... I'm the perfect stereotype of the Gemini starsign; eccentric, chatty, loves playing with people's minds, often get into multiple things without finishing any of them, etc.

Anyways my old nick though totally original (yup, i was the only one with that name in all of recorded net history) got kinda old because it didn't really represent me anymore; this new idea of having a name based on my personality was a lot more permanent so it could last and I was tired of name hopping ^^;
Jemini was taken about a thousand times as was any other version that sounded half cool until I sorta had a thought out of the blue 'Geminosity'.

Turned out nobody had it and I'm still the Geminosity to this day =D

edit: I guess there could be other reasons behind the name... some people know me under the name 'Jemma' but whether that's got anything to do with RL or not is just another part of the lil mystery ^~
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Kodiac on October 04, 2004, 07:51:08 PM: meh.....i'm jsut Kodiac, been that way for oh.....i dunno how long. But yes, i do know that the bear has a k at the end. And i did mean to spell it this way. But bears are just sweet! There wasw a story about one in alsaka taht got shot something like 6 times and ate a few people.... It should be obviuos by now why i am who i am.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Bijiy on October 04, 2004, 09:13:15 PM: Quote
I think I'll make up a new story each time one of these threads appears.

MY NAME SI DOOBIE DAN CUZ DOOBIE RHYMES WITH BOOBIE AND I LUV BOOBIES IRLWTFOMGFTW!!!!11111onehundredandeleven
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And here I thought you were just a really big stoner. :p
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: bacon_flaps on October 04, 2004, 09:49:25 PM: omg graygewse =P

Crap, I forget how I got my name, but I think I just randomly changed it during a beta 1.3b DoD game, and people were like "oll kewl name dewd" so I kept it. Now I have tons of nicknames and people doing variations of " /me cooks/eats/devours/munches on bacon/borkun/bacorn "

I know you all love me >_>
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: EmperorPenguin on October 04, 2004, 09:59:37 PM: Well, my name is what it is pretty much because I think penguins are the greatest birds/animals/things on the planet. I used coolpenguin for old e-mail addys, and eventually when I got into games I wanted to think of something original, so I pulled Gonzo out of the air, and made it CPGonzo (CP for coolpenguin) and played CS with that.

Eventually I got tired of having a name pulled out of nowhere, so I chose EmperorPenguin because the Emperor Penguin is the biggest and most noble of all penguins.

I've played other non-HL shooters as SuperCheese, and RTS games as CommanderKor.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Uranium - 235 on October 05, 2004, 02:05:24 AM: Short short short version - I'm a chemistry geek, Uranium-235 in Tribes 2 was taken so I cleverly put spaces around the hypen. I realized then how cool it looked, and by habit I now put spaces around all my hyphens...

I also e-stalk Jemma ;)
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Athena on October 05, 2004, 02:36:49 AM: Athena. Goddess of wisdom and war. 'nuff said. Minerva's just another version of Athena.

Occasionally I use the name Hellcat... I don't remember where this originated. ^^
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Bijiy on October 05, 2004, 02:53:25 AM: ...and Lady Luck, and Mikoto...
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: bacon_flaps on October 05, 2004, 06:21:10 AM: Quote
Occasionally I use the name Hellcat... I don't remember where this originated. ^^
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Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Grimm on October 05, 2004, 01:26:49 PM: Just because I'm rather bored at the moment, I'll not only explain my current name, but also some of the other names I've used.

When I got the internet for the first time, I had to get AIM since all of my friends were on it. At the time, I was into the card game Magic: the Gathering (I still am now, but not as much since I don't quite have anyone to play wtih). I focused heavily on black decks, destroying my opponent's creatures and taking their life points and whatnot. One of my favorite cards has always been Necravolver (http://65.75.137.180/grimm/misc/necravolver.jpg) because it's a fun black card and looks really cool. I decided to modify the name a little and drop the 'e' near the end to avoid running into anyone else online that might use the name. Unfortunately, I got annoyed over time as people called me "Necra", which sounded kind of lame to me, and people couldn't pronounce it to save their lives ("Nevacrawler" and "Neovolver" are two examples that come to mind). That little annoyance would eventually lead me to change the name.

For the longest time, I was addicted to TFC. Some friends had told me to go out and buy Half Life to play TFC with them. They even started a little clan of sorts; Nothing really official, but just a group of us to goof around and have fun. One name that had been in our group before me, but was never, ever active at all, was Grim. One day, my friend (who was technically the 'leader' of our group) cleared out all the inactive people, including Grim. I continued playing under Necravolvr for TFC, but when I got into Natural Selection, I decided I needed a new name. I tend to have a darker look on things, and I've always enjoyed morbid humor and irony. Grim seemed a little plain to me, and I have a little thing about how words seem to fit, a sort of ratio of length to height. Adding an extra 'm' to it added a bit of originality (although not much, as I've found out over time) and seemed to balance it out. It's easy to say, hard to mispronounce, and can't really get any shorter.

I still use Necravolvr for various things; I have a yahoo account under that name, my auth name on Gamesurge is Necravolvr, and some other items/accounts have it as well.

When the Half Life mod 'The Specialist' was released, I got into that right away because I had tried and enjoyed similar, but rather inactive mods like Opera. For some random reason, I liked the idea of creating another new name for this mod as well. Certain names that use unique letters that aren't used often, such as 'z' and 'k', letters with distinct sounds, appeal to me more for some reason. So the name Zodiac came to mind, which I used mostly on TS. I tried alternating to Zodiak, but it looked too odd, and the name Zodiac was uncommon enough to not become a problem running into other people that used it.

Along with the idea of unique sounding letters, I've always liked the name Ezekiel. It's sharp and smooth and just plain cool to me. Following a trend a friend of mine started to use "Savant" in names, his being "Savant Frost" after a sci-fi movie he mentioned about an evil supercomputer. I followed along, and my new AIM name became "Savant Ezekiel". Eventually, it became harder to explain the name to friends, and I wanted something that would fit my main online name better. Seeing as I spend a lot of time joking around and trying to get people to laugh, I created The Grimm Jester, which is my current AIM name, which is especially fun because it's kind of contradictory.

Sometimes you might catch me using a different name in game, either a variation of my current name (Grave, Reaper, etc), or one of my older names like Zodiac.

One name that I have under my control for AIM is Theo Diresong, which I've never bothered to mention to anyone because I forgot about it completely until recently. One day, bored in class, a friend and I began messing around with various anagrams, words that can be mixed up to create other words or phrases. Eventually, being the godless heathens we are, we decided to try the phrase "There is no god" which eventually transformed into Theo Diresong. I don't use the account, but it's there.

Cosmo has been slightly catching on recently due to Anarki discovering that my real last name is Kramer.

Finally, we come to the variation of my moniker that spawned from members of the LM community, although more specifically it was started by AgentOrange. Grimmus is simply adding the 'us' to the end of Grimm, but it's also similar to Grimace, which is basically a frown. Entertainingly enough, it's also the name of the big purple mascot we never see anymore from McDonalds, leading to many fun jokes and photoshops.

And that would be the history of every name I can think of that I've used.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Mr.Bill on October 05, 2004, 01:41:24 PM: well, I think Grimm wins for putting the most thought into his nick. :)

crazy crazy kodiac :)
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Malevolent on October 05, 2004, 07:33:01 PM: Yeah, that was the best post yet!
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Doobie Dan on October 06, 2004, 10:11:25 AM: Quote
I now put spaces around all my hyphens...

I also e-stalk Jemma ;)
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Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Athena on October 06, 2004, 01:29:22 PM: Lady Luck was when I was playing FFX2 :p

and Mikoto is actually an old nick I used on ... Aniverse IRC I think? Since my usual IRC handle (Ayane) was already taken :|
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: tankefugl (in a tent) on October 07, 2004, 07:53:41 AM: It's a word play from the norwegian version of "thought bird". I thought it was rather clever, so I kept it.

But the reason why I am in a tent can't be disclosed ...

I have been smurfing under various Motorpsycho and GYBE names, though.
Title: What Is In A Name?
Post by: Black Mage on October 07, 2004, 09:24:14 AM: was playing cs smurfing as the 8bit theater charachter, some random guy (who has been long lost) changed his name to white mage. a silly clan of mages and other ff charachters formed. i am the only one who kept his name (jefe was RM, shootbang was fighter)