So what's the story behind your username/avatar?

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CrashBang

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My username is a nickname I was given when I was in a band back in college. I play the drums.

My avatar is Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan. He's awesome.
 

the doom cannon

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My username is my main character for the game Guild Wars, and will be for Guild Wars 2. The avatar is artwork from Guild Wars 2.

I usually go by ninjamanxxxxxxx where the x's denote any ending, since ninjaman is a really really common name. There is a reason I like using it tho. IRL my friends would always be surprised to realize that I was present all the time and really observant. I guess I have a really weak presence or something, because I could literally sit with a few other people just listening, as I would have nothing to add to the conversation, and they would completely forget I was there or didn't notice I came. It was rather funny, and they started referring to me as a ninja, so that's why i use ninjaman
 

The_Lost_King

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Well one day I decided to do a Lord of the Rings user name. My first though was Aragorn but just putting in Aragorn would be 1 impossible because someone would have claimed it already and 2 very unoriginal. Then I thought about how Aragorn is the lost king of Gondor so The Lost King.
 

Ruedyn

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My user name is my last name first initial, and my avatar is because I'm sometimes disgusted by what I say in hindsight.
 

Vault101

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Sep 26, 2010
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Vault101..Fallout 3

this is The dog from obscure comic strip footrot flats wearin a ranger outfit from Fallout:NV
 

Trivun

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Username is my actual real first name. Avatar? Well, Hanako is pretty much my favourite character in Katawa Shoujo, so yeah...
 

hoboman29

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My username came from me deciding to play territory war online and I needed a name so I went completely random and chose Mr.metahobo then when I had to make another user name I kept the hobo part which made the name. In other places the name varies but it always has hobo in it. (for those who care hoboman is what I call myself without prefixes or suffixes)

My avatar is Q from Street Fighter 3 cause hes awesome and has explosive hugs.
 

Xain-Russell

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I needed a new pen name, it used to be Gamefreak3991, but that was holey unoriginal and stupid, so I dropped it. Xain is actually an anagram of my RL name and the letter X, because Xs make everything cooler, and Russell is just my RL middle name.

My avatar, at the moment, is just a picture of my MLP OC, "Vivid Dreams"
 

Odinsson

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Big fan of Norse mythology, so was originally going to go with Thor. That was taken, so I used an alternate title.

As for the avatar, I respect mighty beards and love Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, so Graviton was an easy choice
 

alexwbyrd

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Snippy the Shoe said:
Both are from the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic.

The name is based on Pilot's monologue where he believes that Snippy is a shoe, and the avatar is the lifealope.

I also use it as one of my many wallpapers:
I'm not gonna lie that is one badass wallpaper you got there

(Yeah I kinda messed up on the first post)
 

Commissar Sae

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I find the Commissariat to be an interesting and frightening idea all at once, and SAE are my actual initials.

My avatar is Emperor Norton of the United States. First and last emperor of the United States and the protectorate of Mexico. Look him up, he is awesome.

 

alexwbyrd

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My username is my username because it is my semi-full name in real life. I like it and I see no point in using any other name.

Also the picture is me...in real life...very original I know :p
 

alexwbyrd

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hoboman29 said:
My username came from me deciding to play territory war online and I needed a name so I went completely random and chose Mr.metahobo then when I had to make another user name I kept the hobo part which made the name. In other places the name varies but it always has hobo in it. (for those who care hoboman is what I call myself without prefixes or suffixes)

My avatar is Q from Street Fighter 3 cause hes awesome and has explosive hugs.
There is nothing in this post I don't like lol!
 

Doopliss64

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I'm not going to say what it's from, but if anyone knows the source of my username they win a swimming pool full of chocolate.

Bonus points if they can say where my other username (that I use for several other sites) comes from: Boolossus64.
 

Nannernade

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I came up with my name during a photoshop class a few years back in high school, I was the only student in the advanced class so I was stuck in the regular class. My teacher pretty much took off the leash and let me go to town for my assignments. I was going to make my username into a photo but the school's firewall won that game by blocking grenades from google images. :x

My avatar is my Xbox Live avatar, I made it when Dawnguard came out for Skyrim because I was really looking forward to playing it. :)
 

Starik20X6

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Name: A combination of one of my nicknames and this:


Avatar: The Ranger class microfig from the Lego dungeon crawler board game series Heroica. Well, a 3D render of him anyway.
 

Unsilenced

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People tend to think I'm "Unsilenced" because I'm going to post a bunch of ridiculously inflammatory political opinions or am evading a ban (presumably so that I can post rediculously inflammatory political opinons)

It's actually a name I made for CoD4. Literally a made up word for "without a silencer"

Eeyup.



My avatar is a cat with a monocle.

Why would I make it anything else?
 

Powereaver

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My Username is a Superhero i created as a 13 year old and used to write books about.. and its kinda stuck with me since in numerous shapes and forms.