Hello! I am rather new, and purusing thru the forums, I saw all the displayed names, and was wondering who the people were, and curiously, why they chose there name.
I chose Todoni cause it really means "To D'ni" as in go to the people of D'ni. D'ni is a part of the videogame Uru, by Myst....and I like playing that game. Yes, I am old for a gamer (pushing 50!), but I like playing Zelda and such, when I am not reading books, of course. SciFi mostly with, Orson, and Turtledove, and Pohl. Think I own all of the books of all three of those authors.
Posted by Cyronist (Member # 9691) on :
Well, I usually use Zdorab as my online name, and I'm pretty sure most know why... But I guess I just chose this name more hastily than I usual when it comes to picking names for me. Occasionally, I'll play a roleplaying name when I'm online based on the class/race of my character.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It's simply my name.
Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
When I was a kid I wanted to be a F-14 Tomcat pilot, so when the movie Top Gun came out when I was in 4th grade I thought it was the most awsome movie ever (for no more reason it had my favorite jet in it) and I wanted a Call Sign like all the fighter Pilots had.
I came up with Catseye. In 5th grade I don't think I ever put anything but Catseye on my school assignments, after 5th grade I only used it for names in Video Games till I made an email address, since Catseye was already taken I added my birth year at the end and that's been my internet idenity since.
Posted by Nick (Member # 4311) on :
What Rivka said. Posted by Feer (Member # 9846) on :
My friend and I made up a language, Writen and spoken. It's a simple language, and when you put my name in it (Reed) and flip it around it turns to Feer, Doesn't seem right, but thats how it came out.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
1. name is sam 2. sam is always taken 3. so something goes in front of or after sam
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
My name is Stephen. Steev is the closest I can get to being clever and imaginative with an online name that doesn't grate my nerves after about 6 months and cause me to delete the account or have it changed.
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: It's simply my name.
Ditto.
Oh wait...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I knew it!
Posted by Dread Pendragon (Member # 7239) on :
C.S. Lewis' funky sci fi triology referencing Pendragon
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
What Rivka and Nick.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
I love, live in, and enjoy the Great Basin Desert. I am old, tend toward grey-green, and am "not-a-slave-to fashion". Everyone else seemed to have foreign or exotic sounding names. So, I picked my favorite (and sometimes the only) desert fauna, and used the scientific nomenclature. It may sound "science-fictioney" But it's jest sage-brush.
Posted by BandoCommando (Member # 7746) on :
I chose my name, not because it IS my name, but because it's what I am.
Posted by Chord (Member # 10122) on :
I came up with the name Chord for an online game ~6 years ago. I don't really know why I thought of it (perhaps the math term was the subconscious reason), and I've used it ever since.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I happened to be on a Captain America kick at the time. *shrugs*
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
I live on Maui and I'm so HAWT! Posted by gsim1337 (Member # 10168) on :
G is the beggining of my first name, Sim is the begining of my last name, and I consider myself to be 1337.
Posted by Dav (Member # 8217) on :
My real name is David. Many people also call me Dave. However both "David" and "Dave" were already taken when I registered for hatrack. So I came up with "Dav", and it worked. Since then I've used it for a few other places too.
Posted by Zanejin (Member # 6318) on :
My Chinese given name begins with a "Z", and I thought "Z" was a great first letter for a unique name. At the time that I conceived my online name, I was quite into Japanese culture, so I added "jin" to the end of the randomly-formulated "Zane", and pop: Zanejin.
Posted by baduffer (Member # 10469) on :
I love golf. I am a duffer, a bad one at that; so it is a poor double pun, b a duffer or bad duffer.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
It's an acronym. I tried to think of the words that would describe me best. I came up with: volatile, onanism, nocturnal and knifey. Voila!
(or it's my last name)
Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :
I was originally A Rat Named Dog (and still am from time to time). That name came from a friend of mine who had a pet rat and referred to it as his "dog". I thought that was the most adorable thing ever, so when I wanted to make up a name for Hatrack, that's what I went with.
Papa Janitor's kid Mooselet (who was like 3 or 4 at the time) renamed me "Puppy", based on the fact that my name was originally "Dog". I now use Puppy more often, because in general, I find that "earned names" are superior to "invented names".
That's why my Xbox Live gamertag is "Rangutang". I used to call my wife "Monkey" as a pet name, and one day she answered my, "Hey, Monkey!" with "Hey, Rangutang!" It was hilarious to me because it was so off-the-cuff, and it actually did describe me pretty well — I'm bigger than her, and have red hair. So I went with that as my most common online name, because it felt way more real and legitimate a nickname than "AwesomeGuyStriker47" or whatever "cool", made-up, self-aggrandizing name folks usually go for Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
C3PO the Dragon Slayer is a satirical fanfiction I wrote.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
Eärendil is the main character of my favorite Silmarillion story by Tolkien.
18 means "life" in gematriya (sp) and also was my age when I came up with the name, and Earendil with no number was already taken.
I forgot to use the Alt-0028 combo to get the ä dots when I registered.
Posted by Perplexity'sDaughter (Member # 9668) on :
I use Perplexity'sDaughter on a couple of other forums, and it's just easier to keep using the same one, otherwise I'd forget.
I don't really have a cute anecdote for my name. I just came up with something that sounded neat.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puppy: . . . it actually did describe me pretty well . . .
It really does.
That's adorable.
Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
Damn. I should have come up with something more creative.
Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :
I am the 17th Brother Jack on the interweb.
Actually it was my old baseball number. Brojack is short for Brother Jack.
Insanely original, I know.
Posted by CRash (Member # 7754) on :
First initial, last name. That's why I capitalize the second letter and look like one of those ANNoYiNg peOpLe wHO CaPiTaLiZe sTRanGe leTTeRS. Posted by Oobie Binoobie (Member # 8059) on :
"OobieBinoobie" comes from back when I was playing Jedi Academy. Lots of people were "Darth Fred" or what have you, so I figured I'd better have an appropriate name. From a satire of Star Wars.
Since I couldn't remember anything about Hardware Wars except the closing credits line "filmed on location: in space" I had to fall back on Oedekirk's "Thumb Wars", which I still think is freakin' hilarious.
Of course, the character there is "Ubidub Benubi", but I couldn't exactly remember so I spelled it wrong. This was before I bought the DVD. So it's the *second* silliest name in the galaxy!
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Posted by Mathematician (Member # 9586) on :
I'm, well, a math grad student and "Mathematician To Be" or "Future Mathematician" seemed, rhetorically, like a bad move.
As it is, I can use arguments from authority to win my debates
I have another name that I've never used - Symplectic Geometer, based on my Master's work, but I decided against ever using it for fear of being asked to explain what symplectic geometry is .
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
I took a shower and got soap in my eye. Posted by -Xan- (Member # 10091) on :
My name is just awesome. awesome squared, or awesome sauce. oh and its not pronounced ex-an its pronounced zan. also aleXANder, it's what my dad called me.
Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
A maven is someone who is an expert in their field, a guru if you will.
Well that ain't me... *hitches trousers, and spits*
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Linky That thread contains my "real reason" as well as some others. Enjoy.
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
This is my real name. I started useing it at VBS so that they would know it was me saying something and not my diffrent character names.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Vacation Bible School?
Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :
virtual battle School Posted by TheHumanTarget (Member # 7129) on :
I am a lightning rod for all the strange and obscure situations that you routinely hear about but never believe...that, and I find myself being shot more often than I'd like.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Mine is named after my little dog (a corgi terrier cross) who died of cancer not long before I came on Hatrack. I still miss him. (We didn't name him, his mother's name was Peanut, so the people who owned her named all the pups after nuts...)
EDIT: How fitting that my 600th post should be about Cashew. Didn't notice till the post came up.
Posted by DaisyMae (Member # 9722) on :
Since I was in elementary school I started drawing daisies by my name every time I had to write it down (I think maybe because my actual name is so short I wanted to spice it up or something). I did this throughout high school and even after in letters to friends or family. I don't draw daisies by my name anymore, but it was the first thing I thought of when trying to come up with an online name. I added the "Mae" just because I like the way it sounds.
Posted by striplingrz (Member # 9770) on :
Well most LDS on here recognize the first word in my online name - its from a Book of Mormon story knows as Helaman and the Stripling Warriors. The rz is what I added to indicate my love for all things Arkansas Razorbacks. *shrug* It has served me well.
Posted by aretee (Member # 1743) on :
my name is Greek for Virtue. It doesn't translate well. Most people think it's Artie and then they assume I'm a man. Oh well. It's one of my favorite greek names...and my favorite, Sophia, was already taken.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
When I was in 9th grade, I was writing a paper that I really didn't want to write and just hit a bunch of keys randomly. kojabu was thing that came out and I've used it ever since for stuff like websites and forums.
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
I fell asleep on the keyboard and there it was! (Not really.)
Posted by Dog Walker (Member # 8301) on :
I had just read the short Story Dog Walker, and had also just finished walking both my dogs a hour or so before i found this website. Thus i became Dog Walker. Though i dont like the name much anymore, I am far to lazy to change it.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mathematician: I have another name that I've never used - Symplectic Geometer, based on my Master's work, but I decided against ever using it for fear of being asked to explain what symplectic geometry is .
I suppose you could just point people to this page
Iain is the translation of my name (John) into Gaelic. I have used it online for maybe five or six years now.
Is mise Iain as Clann Mcduffie.
Posted by Siannan (Member # 10481) on :
Most of the time I am either ender2188 or ender rises but I knew there were going to be 20 million ender's on this site so I took my World of Wracraft name and used it instead.
Posted by krynn (Member # 524) on :
this is the videogame name i gave myself when i first started playing online games. Quake 1
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
My grandfather gave me the nickname when I was an infant, because all my initial's are Z's. He gave each one of his 13 grandchildren nick names. It was sorta sweet. My son (his great-grandson) was the last to be born before he died. His name is Azriel, so he always called him A to Z.
Posted by Timoty (Member # 10389) on :
TCW is my initials (and the actual account name I use for just about everything.)
I like that these forums have a different display name vs account name. Name's Timothy, but I prefer to drop the H.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
Why do you prefer to drop the h?
Posted by Zhil (Member # 10504) on :
When I played DizzyMUD and AnimeMUD, I went by Zhilia Zoana.
The people I RPed with thought I was roleplaying a girl because of the "ia" ending. Haha oops. Stupid gendered sounding fantasy names.
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Intro to an Aquabats song. No matter how many times I listen to it, I'll never know if it was misheard or not, because it's part of a dialog that's not included in the published lyrics Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :
I had a bad break up with this totally lame guy when I was eighteen and wrote a poem about a girl who was cookie jar, and this name evolved from that.
After a couple of years I just thought of myself as "porce;" and for the past several years I decided it was a really stupid name.
I was tempted several times to re-register as Sara Ellis. I always was a little jealous that Tom Davidson is simply Tom Davidson. How cool is that?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You know, porce, "porcelain girl" is one of my favorite Hatrack nicks.
Posted by CalvinandThomasHobbes (Member # 9158) on :
mine is a philosopher and a hi-larious cartoon character.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stephan: What Rivka and Nick.
And also ditto.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I initially signed up under my own name (well, first name, anyway), but eventually realized that I was feeling so paranoid about the lack of anonymity (I know, I know--it's not like the internet's so small that I'm on a first name basis with it. I'm aware that it's kind of silly) that I decided to go with something else. I considered Baldur, since I've always liked that god quite a bit, but decided not to go with it, since the Baldur's Gate games were current at the time and I thought that people would think that I was making reference to them. I considered Ander, the name of a D&D character I'd played for about a decade, but thought that it sounded too close to Ender to be used on a forum of Card's. Eventually I decided to go with a name that actually meant something. "Noemon" is an Attic Greek name that means "thoughtful". Since a thoughtful approach was what I took to Hatrack at that point, I thought that it seemed appropriate. Later on I wished that I'd picked a name that translated as "smart ass".
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Well, being completely new to the whole forum thing, I decided to name myself after one of my favorite OSC characters. Luet is one of the main characters in The Homecoming series, for those who don't know. 13 is my favorite number and the date of my birth.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I started using the moniker for online games as far back as Quake 1, but Diablo 1 and since then BlackBlade has always been my user name for anything online including games, forums, newsletters, etc.
Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
In the Silmarillion there is a character named Ecthelion, who is one of 2 elves to ever slay a Balrog (consequently it is also the name of Denethor's father and so sometimes i get asked why id name myself after the father ofthe crazy guy.) I didnt really like the way Ecthelion (Ech-thel-yun) and played with it, i liked the "a" sound the most Ec-thal-yon. It has become a forum name/videogame name since.
I have another screename but i dont know why i picked it, i just eneded letters and numbers.
Posted by Madb (Member # 10532) on :
I'm poudering my hand in preperation to smack you in the face.
:: poufff ::
Be gone, scoundrel!
- MaSTERdb
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
im a big office fan and i thought large tuna was cooler than jim halpert Posted by Nek (Member # 10545) on :
Well, I was originally reading the Hellfire storyline in Classic X-Men, and thought Black King sounded cool, so I chose that.
"But that's not your name."
Well, no, but when I needed another one I thought of a similarly dark and macabre theme - necromancy! So I chose "Nekromans".
"Still not your name."
Well, no, but people called me Nekro, and I didn't like that for some reason. So I changed it to Nek, my other nickname at that time.
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I just came up with something that sounded neat.
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