How did you pick your username?
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I wanted something self-descriptive yet memorable, so I went with what seems to most to be a contradiction in terms.
I was tired of my previous gaming name, so I turned on the tv, switched to a random channel, and decided the first word someone said would be my new name. The Last Samurai was on, and Tom Cruise said "Samurai". I've always loved the samurai ways(and Japanese culture in general), so I started using it.
My original Online Alias...thing...was Wired Wolf, which I got from Dan Abnett's book "Traitor General" from the Gaunt's ghost's series.
Instead of a badass daemon knight though, people always thought I was strung out so I changed it to Shock Monkey, because of my affinity with Lightning and lame animal motifs but then shortened down to Shock.
Then I saw powethirst, and the rest is history.
Instead of a badass daemon knight though, people always thought I was strung out so I changed it to Shock Monkey, because of my affinity with Lightning and lame animal motifs but then shortened down to Shock.
Then I saw powethirst, and the rest is history.
I don't know, I didn't give it to much thought.
Sometimes I just feel like changing it to...Moscownaut or something.
Sometimes I just feel like changing it to...Moscownaut or something.
I like the sound of the astronomical term "quasar", but it's usually taken, kind of like here. So I replaced the s with an x, that's normally free.
Origined from IRC where I used it for the first time, then I started to like it and adopt the name for forum use too.
Origined from IRC where I used it for the first time, then I started to like it and adopt the name for forum use too.
Nah, I think it's fine that way.marter said:
Simple, really. I combined 'Optimus Prime' with 'Hagrid'.
It created 'OptimusHagrid', which was really, really funny, and because I am proud of insignificant shit like that I made it my username.
Then the lack of a space embarassed me so I used my one chance to change my username to add one.
:|
It created 'OptimusHagrid', which was really, really funny, and because I am proud of insignificant shit like that I made it my username.
Then the lack of a space embarassed me so I used my one chance to change my username to add one.
:|
I'm not sure exactly... I picked it a long time ago when I was looking for AIM screen names. It doesn't mean anything at all but I like it. Because it has absolutely no meaning I've been able to get it absolutely everywhere. Pretty much anywhere you see DaysUntold it's me 
Well, right now the score is 1-1.sinclose said:Having written a lot of stories, I need to come up with a lot of character names. My username may seem pretty bizarre, but it's unique enough that it's never used before
Yeah, you should. Reminds me I was supposed to do the same with mine ages ago. Thanks!marter said:
Glad I reminded you!
I have a cat called Arwen (Just... don't comment) and, being the 10-year old prospective Runescape player that I was, I stuck an extra sound on the front and set off into Tutorial Island.
Yep. It doesn't use up your 'only' name change if you only change the capitalisation.marter said:
It's the same as my Gamertag, which was chosen because people describe me as mysterious and distant. At least that's what people who don't know me describe me as. People who do know me describe me as someone who says way too many "your mom" jokes
It's just the word frequency but with a bit of pazzaz. I don't use it everywhere, I use the name Bardock in other places. He's my favourite character from the Dragonball mythos. I also use Enhancile for my gamtertag, which is a word first used by Warren Ellis I believe, it's a word used to denote someone who is human but has robot parts or upgrades.
well at Download festival 2006 i bought a pink bandanna as a joke, but ended up wearing it for the entire weekend, so some people started calling me the Pink Pirate... since then its just kinda stuck and here we are.
