What is the story behind you Username?

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dragonslayer32

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My friend was thinking about a cool xbox live name he could use. I came up with this but it was already taken...
 

Syntax Error

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I had flashbacks of my C++ basics course.

Captcha:
said ymeopu

Exactly something that would result in a Syntax Error.
 

Kiltguy

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I am a guy, and I like to wear a kilt... Oh, shiny thing!

Alas, I couldn't think of a proper, witty, cool sounding username, so I went with it.

Some of the stories in this thread are quite funny, thanks for making me smile.
 

BodomBeachChild

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This name in ancient. I came up with it in '01 when I started listening to Children of Bodom. I use it for everything... PSN, Counter-Strike, etc. I don't wanna abandon the name since I've used it for so many things, but I am getting tired of it.
 

Simili

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My nickname from primary/early secondary school. it came up mainly as a massive corruption of my actual name. The old school thing of playing with a word 'till you get another word, then spelling it wrong.
Often gets pronounced wrong too if people have only ever seen it written down. For some reason people pronounce it sai-mi-lai. Its supposed to be si-mi-lee just like a simile.
 

Anti Nudist Cupcake

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The governing party of a certain country is the ANC.
While bored and reading a text book about them, I jokingly wrote anti nudist cupcakes for the answer on what the name stood for.

That very same week, I decided to join the escapist and couldn't think of a different user name.

Frankly, I regret using this name.

And that's the story of an internet username.
 

DeathChairOfHell

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Mine came from the beginning when I was gonna come up with a username for PSN. Deathchair I named myself, original since it didn't exist. Then I found The Escapist. "DeathChair is occupied".... hmmmm I then evolved the Deadly Chair and what better place than hell did a Deathchair come from? DeathChairOfHell, It will haunt you!
 

IndustrialJunky

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Well, mine comes from the fact that I was really into Industrial Metal at that pint in time, so I was called a junky by my friends so I've used it on every site that I visit, if you ever see an industrialjunky it is most likely me.
 

Jakub324

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I got it from a character in a Russian game set in Poland because apparently we look alike.
 

jordz0005

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I first made this username when i was registering for flyff, i then used it again to make a YouTube account, and i guess it's stuck with me ever since.
 

Branes

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In 2001, right after 911, I got "laid off", yeah right, from my job as a networking consultant for a small company and replaced by an H1B from India half my age at half the salary. i decided to start my own consulting business. Needing a name, I used the initials from my name and my late wife's professional name and combined them to form an anagram... RES NAB...BRANES.
I've been using it ever since in various forms. However, it is beginning to get compromised online so I will be replacing it soon.
 

cobra_ky

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'ky' was too short. i needed something else to stick to it. the Cobra Kai dojo from Karate Kid was the first thing to spring to mind.

i have regretted it ever since. [everyone calls me 'cobra' now... yechh.]