User Name...what's it mean??

[Jim]

Some interesting handles around here.
What's the meaning/significance of your user name? :wave:

[pointreyes]

Just this past week a person was shocked that my username is not related to computers. I happen to love this location called Point Reyes. It is a park north of SF in CA. I actually moved to the west coast due to Point Reyes. It is a beautiful place that takes you away from the cities of CA. It can be rugged or pristine.

[RotorHead]

Pretty simple.....I work on Helicopters. :rock:

MH-53M (http://members.cox.net/ebecquet/helicopters_mh53_0007-vi.jpg) Now thats BleedinEdge!

[sodface]

My mom's british (mum!) - she used to call us kids sodfaces when we were being little sh!ts. One of the very first things I did online was play links ls golf on kali and also case's ladder - It was the first thing I ever had to choose a handle for. I thought Sodface went pretty well with the golf thing and also had a double meaning for me from my childhood. Then I used it for ICQ, and from then on for pretty much everything else.

[Underwater Mike]

Uh, it's the name on my birth certificate! :wave:

[Hawk]

Everyone tells me that I have eyes like a hawk, so there you go. . . ;)

[Flamer]

I started using the name samcolt when I started playing the game World War 2 Online so I can sound all butch and stuff :) needless to say i use the name for any online game or hardware related site.

[NeoShowtime]

randomly picked mine when I needed to name my robot in Armored Core (old PSX game). And it stuck so far.

[Ralf Hutter]

Ralf Hutter - my hero. See "Kraftwerk" (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=910&cf=910)

[Brian]

My actual name is Brain but I thought I would be clever and call myself Brian.

:rotflmao: :wack:

[TeeDeck]

I work for a Golf Course Designer. I'm not really good at playing (usually need a couple of swing to get off the tee), therefore, stuck on the TeeDeck :wave:

[baby-rotorhead]

my name is simple. my dad is ROTORHEAD and im baby rotorhead:rotflmao: :scratch:

[KingTermite]

http://kingtermite.net/info.shtml

[SupermanCK]

Superman is me
CK is also me...

therefore,
SupermanCK

[Spiret]

Well, Spiret it is my short for Rondespiret, a great mountain at the South Pole, which happens to be my favorite mountain...

[Jim]

Lots of new names here.....

[malinois1]

Well I own a few Malinois dogs that I do Schutzhund with :mischeif: Ihave been using this nick for about 3 years so I guess I finally have a permanent nick.

[Pointhore]

I like to play a few online games (IL2,MOH,COD,etc.) All the games are based on a point system. I DON'T like to loose! :mischeif: I think you can figure out what the rest means. :lol:

[Paragon]

When I turned about 25 I went through this transformation from an exceptionally lazy kid who didn't give a Rat's A$$ :yikes: about anything or than sports (and especially not school) to a perfectionist who wanted desperately to excel at anything he tried; hence the name :rock:

[zillaoc]

been using the name zillla for many years but it seems to be takin on many sites and gaming servers so i added the oc >just for overclock...

[Keri]

Ok, Time to fess up! "Keri" is not my LEGAL name.....I won't tell it in open forum since I hate my legal name even though it's somewhat common, normal & some people like it. I don't!

15 years ago I started a career in broadcasting. Working from the smallest Radio Station I could find that would hire me right out of college. I went by the name "Rob Snow" and known as the Hollywood Hitman! :o

As I moved up to a larger Radio Station and then the biggest stations in the area I became Keri James. Mostly because people said I looked like Kerry Von Eric (Wrestler of old) and a very close friend that I lost when I was 19 named james. That plus it was short and easy to say. ;)

That stuck with me in Radio for about 10 years and everyone called me Keri, Even off air. I liked the name and the recognition and when I had kids.....They were neamed Carrie & James!

I have been "Keri" ever since and even my Sam's Club card says Keri. I can cash checks made out to Keri and my email addys have Keri in them.

I don't intend to ever stop using it, I may even change it legally one day. The only reason I never have is because it would have hurt my moms feelings. She has moved to a better place since 3 years ago and now I may consider it.

Keri

[Paragon]

Ok it's time to have a contest: "Guess Keri's Real Name":D I'll guess Sylvester:hide:

[Snafu]

I'll try Abraham :hide: :D .

Everyone knows the term Snafu and Murphy's Laws. I've always liked both. Could be the pessimistic side of me but it's not to reflect pessimism. Sh_t usually happens when messing about and I like the challenge and the occassional banging my head on the wall too ( :coocoo: ). So I like it when it's situation normal all f----- up. Life would be too much of a drag if everything went the way you wanted it to everytime.

[Jim]

Ok it's time to have a contest: "Guess Keri's Real Name":D I'll guess Sylvester:hide:
Going along with the "...ester" thought, I'll go Winchester. :p

[Keri]

ICE COLD in here! :look:

[Keri]

Ok it's time to have a contest: "Guess Keri's Real Name":D I'll guess Sylvester:hide:

Hey wait.....Whats the prize? Maybe I could guess it if the prize is worth trying for!! :lol: :lol: :na:

[pointreyes]

Ok it's time to have a contest: "Guess Keri's Real Name":D I'll guess Sylvester:hide:

:rolleyes: Prescott. :D

[Dread]

Luther ?
Ozzy ? :D

Btw.. explanation of my handle is in the Introduce Yourself thread :coocoo: :yup:

[FB]

my is pretty easy to decipher, except the "-|-+" people never get that is a plane....

on ABX i am "FB -|-+" which is the same name, only shortend and people always mistake it for FBI

[[OCNZ]evilangel]

[OCNZ] is the overclocking community i belong to in new zealand. evil because i am an EVIL person with the engineers kit on battlefeild 1942 ANGEL because my wife thinks i'm an angel (which im not always) hence [OCNZ]evilangel

[Rukee]

Rukee
-cause when I started I didn`t even know how to turn on the computer or what a window was
-and because I can`t spell for crap

[Paladin]

Belive it or not, Paladin was a name given to me by all my friends. They all seemed to notice certain things I did, like holding doors for people or the fact that I have trouble lying/using swear words in normal coversation, or then theirs those times that I''d stand up for someone that was about to be beaten by several angry Peers (To no fault of his own, they just didn't like his shirt or something). Oh yeah, And I'd always win, cause I had the size/skill/strength advantage... good ol' Genetics :)

[Fossil]

Fossil ---- cause The Old Man is old

[PorkchopExpress]

PorkchopExpress is the name of the semi-truck owned by Jack Burton in Big Trouble Little China.

The movie rules.

[SubZero]

Thanks for clearing that up bud... A day doesn't pass wondering what your handle means!!! :irk:

Now, after all these years have passed I know!! :D

Cool!!! :cool:

>>edit: LOL, just saw the initial post was from 2003.. hehehe... oh well....


Just this past week a person was shocked that my username is not related to computers. I happen to love this location called Point Reyes. It is a park north of SF in CA. I actually moved to the west coast due to Point Reyes. It is a beautiful place that takes you away from the cities of CA. It can be rugged or pristine.

[SubZero]

Oh... regarding my own handle... hmm... at the time I was feeling pretty low. I thought SubZero nicely reflected my (then) present state of mind...

I guess a lot of people felt that way cause I saw a lot of people calling themselves subzero hehehe... :beat:

[Paragon]

Oh... regarding my own handle... hmm... at the time I was feeling pretty low. I thought SubZero nicely reflected my (then) present state of mind...

I guess a lot of people felt that way cause I saw a lot of people calling themselves subzero hehehe... :beat:

He's one COLD Dude :wave:

[egarrard]

User Name...what's it mean??
That I'm lazy. It's my first initial and last name... :rotflmao:

[glorfy]

When I was at Polytechnic, I was a member of a science fiction/fantasy society. I suppose its quite mundane now that we've had the films, but Tolkien was one of my favourite fantasy writers (especially the silmarillion - very dark) - of course Glorfindel was an Elf Lord who slew a Balrog (Am I sad or what) - but I thought that was a bit TOO pretentious, so when I played LPMud, I became 'Glorfy'. Incidently, I had to set up a new Email account the other day. Someone already had Glorfy (of course) - so I became 'Glorfy-Be' - I think you can guess where that came from - but I kinda like it and I think it may stick!

EDIT

I forgot to say, bo one seemed to realise at the time, but I like to use irony. Glorfindel is a tall golden haired elf lord.... Im' just not! LOL.

[Shayd]

I started using the handle Shayd many moons ago now. It was my handle when I was playing NetMech in Clan Pendragon. I would always try to shadow someone and peck away at them, hence the name being a play on words of shade/shadow. Must be 10 years now I have used it. Always annoys me when someone is using 'MY' name :lol:
Oh well, that is when I use Shaydi :p

[boshuter]

boshuter is just the only thing I could find that wasn't being used when I first had to come up with a user name boshuter = bow shooter. Target archery is my main hobby outside of computers :)

[Snafu]

...when I was playing NetMech...
Is that similar/same to MechWarrior? Love MW3. Force feedback joystick, 5.1 surround. Love blasting away as much as building the darn things.

:welcome: guys.

[Jimboss]

well, my username is pretty simple to work out, i am known as jim or jimbo to most (no prizes for guessing what my real name is), and one thing lead to another, and some of my friends starting calling me jimboss, so i have adopted it as my name for forums and the like.

jimbo

[XII]

Well, my nick is quite simple.
About the age of 13, my dad bought a PC, 8086, :rock: and only a little bit of software. The rest had to do with C64. :na: :na: :na:
A few guys, also having a PC, organised copy sessions, and naming ourselves I to XXI. This was in the time, modums ran at max 3400B. :thumbs: We al used BBSes, to Dwnl software, as it was very expensive and hard to get, esp. here in Holland.
I ended up with XII. There are only 3 members stil active: IV, IX, and me, XII.
:beer:

[Killer Munkey]

To be honest i don't remeber when or how i came up with the name Killer Munkey. I know it started up before Dialbo II came out cause i set it as my email address some time before that. I wanted killermonkey origionally because it sounded mean and scary. Nothing scarier than a rabid monkey that throws it own crap at you but that was taken. The first variation i wanted, Killermunkey, was open so i took that.

ever since i've used it in multiplier games and forums. half the time most people just shorten it to KM which is fine with me

everybody else has a interesting background concerning their names too. :beer: thanks for all the stories :rock:

[1Avatar]

I used to play Starcraft back in the day and always had a hidden army or built in such a way that most people wrote me off in the game, then all of a sudden, the map would "move" as I pretty much blitzed the other team or saved my team mates that thought we were done for. So a lot of people started calling me Avatar, always there, but never noticed it until it counted - kinda stuck actually because I ended up using the name as part of my consulting company :)

[Shigane]

Shigane is the heart of the katana sword's blade. Everyone knows what it's edge can do. :mischeif:

[WickedCommotion]

Let's see... Used this Screen Name for a very long time. Use it on every messenger and email address. I used to go by Wicked Peanut in my days of school.. I ran several BBs' mostly Wildcat stuff. Remember using 300, 500 baud modems then the 1200.. We came along way. Eventually grewup or atleast I think I did. Depends who you ask and opened a computer store/repair place named Commotion's.... So Wicked Commotion was born. Been building computers for a long time and deal with Amd and Intel.. But having major problems with a certain Prescott 478... My own. Too Hot. By hey I'll take care of it one way or another... Can you say Vapochill....lol BE is a great place and great people. By far the best forums I've ever visited since using any connection. Period. :bow:

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2x256 KHX3500
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Audigy 2 ZS
Nec 3500AG 16x Dvd Burner
Lite On 52x32x52x16
450Watt Psu
1 Liquid Cathrode
1 Sound Act. Cathrode
Antec Super Lan Boy

:smash:

[hey]

When my close friends used to call me via cell phone, they always prefaced the conversation with 'hey, ....' The name stuck.

[Mrs.Hey]

:lol: Since I am the wife of above (hey), I became Mrs. Hey! LOL!!! Gee...go figure!!!!

[Wireless-G]

802.11g is my method of connecting to my router AND my name is Greg, so Wireless-G is a combo of both.

Sadly I stole this from another friend named Greg who came up with it.

Oh well.

[83racecrew]

Well, my other hobby also involves going as fast as possible, only in circles (errr....ovals :lol: ) 83 is the car number, and I am on the crew. :thumbs:

[Milkman]

I am a Milkman, so I adopted it as a username, same on some other forums although
my Heatware is under real name:)

-Milkman

[Propellorhead]

I've had a thing for BMW's since my folks first got one when i was 7. As some of you may know, the roundel on a BMW's bonnet is actually a spinning propellor (in the colours of the Bavarian Flag) Which came from originally being an aircraft engine manufacturer(sorry I'm a geek). Thus the name.

[AceGoober]

My name goes back a long way with me.

I am a computer 'enthusiast' in the most straightforward of terminology. I run a private computer business on the side from my primary 8 to 5 job. My main skills involve tuning hardware to run at the fastest it was made to run at stock speeds. I match hardware with what people use then tweak it for the best performace without overclocking. About 15 or more years ago, people started calling me Ace for my abilities with computers. The name stuck ever since.

I like to make people laugh. It doesn't matter if it is a good or bad joke/guesture/comment. As long as it brings a smile to someone, then that is what really matters. Several years ago, many of my friends (online and off) started calling me a Goober when I made some off the wall comment or joke. And that stuck as well.

When I started playing online games (1200 baud modem days :rock: ), I needed a name to fit me. I ran with a few such as BoneHead, Sceptic (more on that one later), FishBag, Lard (to name a few) but wanted something that fit me. And that is when I fit 2 and 2 together to get AceGoober.

I have been known by this for a long, long time and I believe it fits me well. It relates to my abilities with computers and the fact that I believe everyone needs laughter in their life. It doesn't matter what type of day a person has had. Even a badly repeated joke has a little bit of humorous value to it. One of the squads I am with even dedicated a forum to me (2nd frame, 3rd down):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/AceGoober/svdforum.bmp

I usually post there 4 or more times a week with anything that is not deemed offensive to anyone. Only a couple of occasions have I let one slip by :look: and have been called on it.

And now you know why I am called AceGoober. :D

[Gbud]

Well lets see... When I was playing Duke Nukem 3d on T.E.N., I inhaled an incredible amount of thick rich smoke. I was going by another name at the time.... But when Quake came round, Gbud came out to play. And although I have not smoked in years, the name remains.

[ALX_eater]

The name of my next beast....I'm not anti-alienware but I'll be damned if I spend over 5 and a half for a machine I can build myself. Maybe I should call it the 4 grand can...."we have the tech to build it but we don't want to spend alot of money"

[Hawk]

Maybe I should call it the 4 grand can....




:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rock:

[ALX_eater]

LOL I think I can acquire an empty pony keg and put everything inside

[ThugsRook]

THUGS = online KALI Descent2 gaming clan. (circa 1996-2001)

ROOK = took me awhile to learn how to fly dynamicly, i tended to move around like a rook insted of a queen.

my name should actually appear as <THUGS>Rook.

:beer:

[insaneman37]

Well, my friends back in high school thought I was insane (which I am) and 37 is a number I just decided to use when coming up with the name a long time ago. And I've used it everywhere since then.

[893KinkyShot]

893 is my clan's name... when read in japanese, it's Yakuza; which is the Japanese mafia. The name came from kinda an inside joke between Propellorhead an I. We saw these really scary looking guys driving in a really organized crime looking car... coincidentally, the licensce plate number was 893.
KinkyShot was just a name i came up with while on my vacation in LA. it's any drink that would make a girl do something crazy for you. Sadly... I haven't poured many.

[ThugsRook]

893 is my clan's name... when read in japanese, it's Yakuza; which is the Japanese mafia. The name came from kinda an inside joke between Propellorhead an I. We saw these really scary looking guys driving in a really organized crime looking car... coincidentally, the licensce plate number was 893.
KinkyShot was just a name i came up with while on my vacation in LA. it's any drink that would make a girl do something crazy for you. Sadly... I haven't poured many.
i was very curious myself about your nick.

...at least their licence plate wasnt 444 :lol:

[OCZJohn]

OCZ John....pretty self-explanatory :lol:

[MizzouXC]

Mizzou = University of Missouri XC = Cross Country
I had a better nickname in college only it's not really appropriate anywhere :-)

[harleybro]

Well mine was given to m by a friend I have known online for a few years. I went out and bought a softail and it was suggested I make a handle badazzharleybro. I had been using that for awhile but recently decided to change it to harleybro. Here's a pic of my ride.
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/8364/picture0510jh.jpg
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/4581/picture0522lf.jpg
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/644/picture0558xv.jpg
Sorry about the size

[Worren]

Nice of you to be interested. My real name is Warren so to protect my identity I go as Worren. Pretty sharp eh?

[Subsider]

im a general contractor but i sub contract alot of siding work from builders so sub-sider

[flexkill]

i just thought it sounded cool!!! :D :o :beer:

[TurboSteve]

This is the first forum I have joined, so I came up with it on the moment. It comes from the fact that I spent the rest of my free time with my head stuck under the hood of my 89 mustang witch I am in the middle of building a 750hp turbo charged intercooled engine for :thumbs: (thats a picture of a similar engine as avatar). It has noting to do with my overclocking skills witch are zero :shhh: .

[Wild Child]

Well hmmm.....Mine I guess would pretain to how I look and what profession I was in for a long time(bodyguard for 10 or so years) and my very bad temper and ways of dealing with people....lol....which would be to break your jaw then ask questions later. Hmmm could have to do with the way I look also....BIG, BALD, 280 lbs....tattoos all over.

Bout sums it up I suppose....lol

[Snafu]

We won't hold it against you :lol:

So what do you do now?

[Wild Child]

Own a computer business in Northern New Jersey.

WC


We won't hold it against you :lol:

So what do you do now?

[timpanogos]

Mount Timpanogos - 2nd highest peak on the Wasatch Front (11,750')

http://www.utahpictures.com/Timpanogos.html

I love the outdoors, and have climbed/hiked most all of the ridges/peaks along the Wastach Front (Utah is a wonderful place for this type of stuff). Timp is one of my favorites. If any of you saw any of the Nordic events of the Winter 2002 olympics, Soldier hollow is at the base of Timpanogos and in the valley in which I live .. as I look out my window ... I look upon this incredible mountain ... Timpanogos

I've used this handle for many years, as it's a unique indian name, that typically does not clash with any existing names --- image that!

Name is Chad

[Snafu]

WC - that sure is a change of pace but you are in the right place here at BE :thumb:

timpangos - apropo name. I seen those pics of you hanging off the cliff. Crazy :lol:

[cwa4me]

well i made this name when i came in here. i could not think of nothing so i used cwa for the union i'm in :coocoo: and and i am really glad for the union so i made it cwa4me. i just came up with in the time it took me to fill out the member reg.lol :thumbs: :beer:

[Action169]

CWA4ME
YOUR AVATAR REMINDS ME OF THE MOVIE OFFICE SPACE?:rotflmao: "I told those No Talent A$$ clowns I liked Michael Bolton" :rotflmao:

MY 2 BEST FRIENDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD
*besides great minds think alike! :wave:

[k4M4kz1]

Just cuz I am............ :beat: :beat: :scratch:

[joeMan]

This guy I used to work with started calling me joeman. It stuck.

[BGP Spook]

When I was younger I had the odd bad habit/talent* of sneaking up on people and staring at them. This earned me the nick name of "spook".

I started getting into games and descided to use the nick name spook. Edventually one of my friends thought he saw 'me' online when it wasn't. So I added "BGP"--my initials--for a personal touch.

*I say talent as a jest. I was, however, very good at "spooking" people. Either form sneaking up on them unintentionally or form staring at them--the latter being a bad habit. I have since done away with staring--expect when it is funny and would be taken so--and have reduced the frequency I accidentally sneak up on people.
My Lord I am weird!

[Action169]

Class Numbers mean somethin to some folks?
I dunno when yer some of a few, then I guess numbers mean more than you know.
Laws of Attrition rule! Eliteism is just another handle for EGO.itus. :shhh:

BTW I'm not related to Carl Weathers! Tito ain't my Bro..
& Janet hasn't returned an of my Xmas cards. :na:
Riot at "Pimp of the Year" Awards Linked to Trophy Store Error
Aug 27 2003 by Allen Voivod
An error made by the clerk at Mount 'Em High Trophy Shop in South Atlanta sparked a riot at the 312th Annual "Pimp of the Year" Awards. Miraculously, there were no fatalities, though dozens were injured.

"The best we can figure is, little Matty Ginrod over at Mount 'Em High mixed up the pimps' trophy order with some other order," police lieutenant Robert Cloran said. "It's almost as bad as when he mixed up the Navy SEAL diplomas with the pottery class certificates."

The trouble began almost immediately, as Megan Radburn won the night's first award, for "Phattest Ride." When she failed to appear, the crowd began to get restless. The second award, "Rollin' Hoes for Distance," went to Randy Tennenbaum. Pimps started throwing down left, right and center, then scattered when the SWAT team moved in.

At Fulton General Hospital, the scene descended further into chaos. Arming themselves with crutches, IV poles and sharpened plastic drool trays, a number of pimps tried to settle old scores or blame rival pimps for the awards mishap. The melee spilled out of the emergency room and down the street to the conveniently located Mount 'Em High Trophy Shop, which was then looted in a very orderly fashion.

On the other end of the mix-up, a dozen children aged 18-36 months received their graduation certificates from the "Toddler Tumblers" class at the local YMCA. The plucky kids, including MC Pimpfandango, Dynamite White, Grandmaster Bitchsmacker, and Bling-Bling the Chinese Pimp posed for photos that will be posted on the "Welcome" board at the front desk.

[Drufuss]

For me Drufuss has no real meaning. When i had to use a nickname this was the first one that popped into my mind.

If you google for it, you may find a DJ somewhere using the same name, but i don´t know him and he doesn´t know me. Maybe when he´s reach and famous sometimes i´ll sue him (or he´ll sue me).

Greetings

Dru

[nutcase]

Mine was easy.. I am just plain Crazy :lol: :bonk:

[psilontech]

Well you see, my first forum was the official Master of Orion 3 forum. This was a little after I first discovered Master of Orion II, and had been "pwning" the comp with the Psilons on Impossible difficulty level for about 2 weeks. I decided "Hey, its a MoO forum, the Psilons get friggen awesome tech advantages, so I'll name myself Psilon_Tech! Well, after MoO3 disappointed, I wandered the forum waste-lands and I eventually dropped the _, leaving me with my current username, Psilontech! :rock: (Too Bad the moo forum died, I was one of the last 'elders' left...)

[MrD]

MrD is the name i use as a d j / rec producer and my name is Mark D`alcorn only myself and my dad left so the buck stops with me and i don`t want kids so that`s it.

[ccokeman]

It's what i do. I repair Coke machines. :na:

[madmaxx]

i always liked mel gibsons madmax movies/character and one of my friends starting calling me that after i bought my 5.0L mustang (for obvious reasons), and it just stuck and sOOpEr NoOb well thats because when it comes to computers it perfectly describes me :bonk:

[Thunderrat]

i chose thunderrat as its so easy to remember, sounds fairly crazy and thunder + rats = an intresting yet unusual combination

[GrrDonDon]

My name is a name that might be orkish - i found out that name whwn i read a fantasy book about orcs, and also i was playing Newerwinter Nights, thts how my name was found!

[Snafu]

Let me guess - you play WoW too? :lol:

I love Warcraft. It is such a hoot to play especially the Orc side of the game.

:beer:

[Random08]

hmm... it took me a long time to read all those backstories! I am a lazy person, and when i had to come up with a nickname that was the "perfect fit" i decided instead to be lazy :thumb: so i just used Random, thinking that i would stumble upon somthing more apropo later. 4.5 years and i still havent found anything...but i wasnt looking to hard(to much work) so i guess it just stuck :)

on a side note i dont cap "i" because of the lazy thing :yup: and hopefully that wont drive anyone up any walls, especially if they are really tall or spikey at the top

i was later told that Random is very apt because of my ADD, and just generally the way i think and act

08 or um.. 8 :scratch: is my favorite number

do you have a favorite number? well you should! :thumbs:

i also cant use proper grammer or spell very well....


we might as well get that out in the open right now :shhh:


that is it suppose :beer:

[Forgotten_Ronin]

http://victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/47ronin.html

"Forgotten Ronin" It fits my style of play which usually involves some slow and sneaky tactics to steal your weapons and then destroy you with them.

[Ugly n Grey]

I am Ugly n Grey

[killxswitch]

my name comes from the band Killswitch Engage (http://www.killswitchengage.com/). I was at a LAN a few years ago with my brothers-in-law (they weren't then, but i since roped in their sister :D ), we were playing Medal of Honor, and i chose it b/c before then i was using cap'n jazz (another band), but it just didn't inspire the "shoot you in the face" mentality.

nothing much to it. oh, and the x in the middle stands for straightedge. or it did. i have a beer every now and again, so i can't claim it anymore.

[Hyperlite]

I'm an avid wakeboarder, and Hyperlite is my board/binding company of choice. :thumb:

[-n7-]

n7:

N stands for the first letter of my first name, Nathan.
7 has always been my fave number; there are 7 letters in my last name; & my birthday is July 7 (7/7).

There you go.

[galaxyconvoy]

My username is simply a character from Transformers: Galaxy Force, aka Transformers: Cybertron in America (but he's named Optimus Prime instead). I often use character names as a username. I find using part of my name to be boring.

[bughouse]

"Bughouse" was the Victorian term for a mental institution, and later came to mean the condition that might land one in such a facility. I started using the handle years ago during a prolonged period of youthful angst. I still use it, though I'm feeling much better now, thanks.

[HeRkMaN]

Mine is pretty easy. I work on C-130 "Hercules" aircraft, and we affectionately call them "Herks". I also got the nickname because on a game called Desert Combat (a mod for Battlefield 1942) I could fly the heck out of an AC-130 (a gunship version) in the game in a nice, tight left bank to kill more efficiently....so now you know :na: :thumb:

[Just Learnin']

:wave: My way of saying I am a Noob, Newb, Newbie! Hoped it would encourage sympathy when I came to BE begging for help :help: , pity when I make my usual errors. :bonk:

I had never joined any other forum so it was a learnin' curve and a half just to figure out how to post, make links, etc. as well! :yup: The Avatar just seems to fit the name for now, he looks like his brain hurts too! :beat: :beat: I also forget so much it always feels like I am Just Learnin' ! :o :beer:

[LutaWicasa]

In my language luta = red and wicasa = man.
It's bassackwards, should be wicasa luta...but, it flows better this way :)

[Sir Golitech]

Mine is from the movie Heavy Metal. There was a sacrificial god named Golitech in one of the stories. Ironicaly the same name also spells Logitech.

[Magicky]

My handle has been the same for over 12 years, Magicky was my cat, a true free spirit who would sleep all day and party all night. He kept the lady kitties happy and was my friend. Black as the inside of a coal bin at midnight, he'd disappear in a wink, and saunter back in like he'd taught David Copperfield his tricks. The Magic Man, a source of great solace, a brave soul who made his way through the feline world like John Wayne on steroids :wpleased: It's a tough row living up to that kind of heat.

That's why I'm Magicky

[Skunk]

Great thread. I like stuff like this. As for my name, when I was in high school I was quite the little dope-smoker. Skunk, for those who dont know is the good stuff. I have since quit smoking (weed at least, gotta get off cigarettes soon), but I like it cuz its a siple name. Also I like that it has a double, or even a triple meaning.

[Space-Junky]

My first hobby when I got off booze/drugs, got a telescope/books and study stars and constellations.
I have an obsessive personality... so there goes the name :deviltail

[allthatwhichis]

:beer:

Greetings and salutations,

My username is a spritual statement...

:coocoo: :D :rock: :rotflmao: :thumbs: :bow:

[mursaat]

Not much story with this name, as its young (less than 1 year). Mursaat are the evil ones in Guild Wars (online MMORPG). Choose it because it sounded good, but has nothing to do with myself :coocoo: . Now with the interesting (well, hmm maybe not :lol: ) part:

Before mursaat I was Momo. I choose it the first time I went to a ciber-cafe, playing Quake 2 (back in '95? can't remember). The people there said "You must choose a name". I though "already have a name xD". But they went "no, an original, cool name". So it was in the time I was reading the Michael Ende book. It sounded good, fast and easy to remember. So I stuck to Momo. Even now everybody calls me Momo (family, friends, even at work).

But I found a lot of times explaining why me (male) was named after a girl's name. Also people was always asking "did you liked the book?" "is this for the car's wheels?". So I got tired and changed it. Also recently I joined a car's forum dedicated to VAG cars, and I thought it was going to be severely linked with this: www.momo.com , and that was not the case.

What do you think? mursaat or Momo? :bonk:

[nsbdave]

its the town I live in new smyrna beach

[hightest]

when i was younger i used to drink oldstock beer 6.2% allcohol// we called the beer hightest
since i allways drank oldstock they started calling me hightest

when i was picking my forum name i was having a beer [lite beer cant handle the strong stuff anymore] and hightest popped into my head i thought it sounded kinda neat so i choose it

[DaveT]

hmm well mine is my first name and the first letter of my last name (complicated aint it?)

[FB]

my is pretty easy to decipher, except the "-|-+" people never get that is a plane....

on ABX i am "FB -|-+" which is the same name, only shortend and people always mistake it for FBI

same nic, only shorter now

[Syxpack]

My nick goes back to a name that was given to me in school, I think it was six-pak.

One of the guys in the decision making loved beer and always was looking for a reason to put a beer related nick on a newcomer. My last name gave them an out, it's a stretch, but an out to do something with regard to beer.

I use Syxpack whenever I can on the internet, the spelling is typically not used on internet sites.

On sites that seem to have it before I get there, I use TrueSyxpack.

[old_geekster50]

Old_geekster50 is saying that I am "old" and a "geek". I have been into computers since 1984; old, huh?:rock: The "50" is because I am a 50's Rock 'N Roll musician:cool: -- play guitar and sing.

[NINaudio]

mine is a combination of two of my favorite things. NIN for Nine Inch Nails and the audio because I'm very into car audio and home audio. I've been using this nick for the last 10+ years...

[valen1]

Nothing really , it's a modified form of the screen name that I used to use when my high school comp-sci teacher let us come in after school and fire up UT on the network. Of course I stole that name from Babylon 5 but whatever.

[Aka Zero]

From the anime manga series Candidate for Goddess ( or, pilot candidate, originally Megami Kouhosei in japan.)

Main character is Rei Enna, They call him Zero because rei is also 0 in japanese.
Really like the show, and later the manga. Have had it since my first forum going. Also my email has be candidatezeroenna since then too. From the same series. I am did not choose it just becasue it sounded cool like alot of people.

The Aka was Also Known As, being it my online self. But on a free server of Ragnarok online they didn't allow all caps in your name so AKA, became Aka, and so it started being read "Ah-ka" And Aka is red in japanese, so it accidentlly became Red-Zero, Like the japanese red sun. A multi use name.:yup:

Also liked zero becasue as a number it is the unknown force. mutiply anything times zero, and only zero is left.

But call me AKA, Aka, or Zero, whatever you want. :thumb:

[NiCu]

This thread isn't dead yet! Clear! Bzzzzzzt! We've got a pulse!

NiCu.. And I See You.. What little schooling I did was for computer stuff, with a focus on networks. Since I knew how to work the networks better then most, I could usually see what you were doing. Hence, "and i see you". It's also a song by Phish.

I strayed from this nick for a bunch of years and started using another on and off for a decade or so, but when I got back into tech as a hobby and not just a job, I brought this moniker out of retirement.

[DocSavage]

About twenty years ago I ran across an interesting book named Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_savage) in a used book store. I bought it, read it, and I was hooked. I spent the next 15 years or so trying to hunt up the rest of the books in the series. I managed to collect about 2/3rds of them before I gave in to reality and realized I would probably not be able to finish the collection. I am still big fan though and wish they would make a TV series based on the books. I did finally manage to read all of the books though thanks to a cd with the entire collection of books in PDF format that I found on eBay.

[pobolycwm]

pobolycwm is welsh for people of the valley

been using it as a nick back from me bbs days on the old 086

[Timber Jockey]

not sure if I did this or not :hide: so......

My user name means I use to haul Logs. :deviltail

[BeeHay]

growing up everyone called me by my initials which are b.j.

the neighbor kid supposedly had a hard time saying b.j. so he called me beehay..

it stuck :D

[Machinist]

Well, my screen name is no brain teaser. Im a machinist, I figure if the shoe fits, wear it.:thumb:

[eatont9999]

Last name followed by first initial all followed by four 9s. My Uncle setup my first e-mail address with AOL and this was my user name. I also use LunchBreak_clnt for online games. I wanted something random and unique. I added _clnt because when I play on a server, I am a client. _host is when I host my own server.

[navinjohnson]

I'm a jerk

[kipperfillets]

Mine sounds like my name...

[Just Learnin']

I'm a jerk


Wasn't that Navin Jones? :scratch:

[Sir Golitech]

It's ok JL.., navinjohnson is refering to what I believe is the 1979 movie "The Jerk" with Steve Martin playing a character named Navin Johnson....

The Jerk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/)

I'm sure you know this already, what with you being a man of great stature :p
You do like to pull a fast, one now and then. Are you trying to be funny again JL?

[shimmishim]

i wasn't born yet in 1979...

[Just Learnin']

It's ok JL.., navinjohnson is refering to what I believe is the 1979 movie "The Jerk" with Steve Martin playing a character named Navin Johnson....

The Jerk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/)

I'm sure you know this already, what with you being a man of great stature :p
You do like to pull a fast, one now and then. Are you trying to be funny again JL?

I remember what my "Special Purpose" is for SG, just fuzzy on Martin's characters last name in that movie. Thought it was Jones....:hide:

[Sir Golitech]

I remember what my "Special Purpose" is for SG
You got a "special purpose" ? :irk:
I was only givin' a "purpose" :cry:
Once again buddy, your one step ahead of me. :bow:

:rotflmao:

[bball4ever39]

My name doesn't mean squat anymore.. Its just a named I've used for a long time...

I use I'm Dead on games because my friend used to make me play counter strike condition zero before I really played any video games so I always got worked...

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

I took world religions and managed to convince a girl on the school bus that I was of Hebrew descent. She believed me and word got around. Every since the 6th grade it's been my nickname.

Last half is the clan I played with in the late 90's.

[Dave3d]

Just wondering how people came up with either:

A. Forum name
B. Game name

My forum name is also my game name, and here is how I cam up with it.

I used D A V in the old old old arcade games for game name (yes, I know, very original).

When I got my first computer, my first upgrade was a 3dfx video card. I was so proud I actually installed a pc component myself, I had to take part of the name of that component.

So, my name became Dav3d, until I saw somone else using the name in quake 3, and switched it to Dave3d in 2001 or so.

[boshuter]

Mine is just from one of my hobbies, target archery "boshuter"= bow shooter :)

BTW... there was a thread about this a long time ago (user name, what does it mean), I always thought it was a sticky.

[Subsider]

BTW... there was a thread about this a long time ago (user name, what does it mean), I always thought it was a sticky.
I think there was/is lol
Subsider - im a Siding Installer and i sub contract about 70&#37; of my work from new home builders ...
Hey Bo , What bow do you shoot ? shoot in any turny's/compition ? shooting my Bow is also one of my favorite pastimes .

[Dave3d]

boshuter: BTW... there was a thread about this a long time ago (user name, what does it mean), I always thought it was a sticky.

[QUOTE] Subsider: I think there was/is lol [QUOTE]


:look: :bonk: :beat:

Well, if there IS, then I missed it.
If there WAS, I missed it again. :lol:

:hide:

[boshuter]

Hey Bo , What bow do you shoot ? shoot in any turny's/compition ? shooting my Bow is also one of my favorite pastimes .

I used to shoot 3D tournaments at least every weekend, sometimes twice on some weekends. The last couple of years I haven't shot as much, usually 3-4 a season to get tuned up for bowhunting season. I tried some indoor NFAA style competition for a couple of years, but really wasn't that good at it and didn't have time to devote to getting good enough to be satisfied. I shoot a Mathews Competition Pro in the mens open class, when I'm shooting to tune up for hunting I shoot my Mathews MQ1 hunting bow in men's release class.

Here is my open class bow...

[NINaudio]

Nice bo. I've always enjoyed bows. I haven't shot one in ages though. Been meaning to get to a practice range around here.

My name came from a love of two things

the NIN for nine inch nails, and the audio because I love my audio equipment. :rock:

[RyderOCZ]

Come on guys.... its right here: http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1319 sticky and all.

I think my name doesn't need a lot of explanation :lol:

[Snafu]

You beat me to it Eric. I'll merge the threads.

And yes it is a sticky - I think I need to add "senile" to each of your names :lol:

[Snafu]

Snafu is pretty obvious for what it means. Everything is messed up but that's normal :lol:

Sometimes I use the handle Snafube when some imposter stole my name. Aside from meaning BleedinEdge the BE can also mean Beyond Existance. So I sometimes use Situation Normal All Farked Up Beyond Existance.

[TVaddict]

well simple coz i watch tv much and we can say everytime i watch tv.

[OnYX]

YX is not a DRD, it's much better than that :look: :D

[sford]

sford is short for Sherrinsford; which was Sherlock Holmes' original name (in Doyle's first draft manuscripts).

[swagerr]

The User name is a one type of name. When we login any website it will be must insert the username. It is not a computer name. Because it define that you are member of this website so, it is more use full in the website of the username.

[Sir Golitech]

The User name is a one type of name. When we login any website it will be must insert the username. It is not a computer name. Because it define that you are member of this website so, it is more use full in the website of the username.

:scratch::coocoo:

[lakeside2189]

The User name is a one type of name. When we login any website it will be must insert the username. It is not a computer name. Because it define that you are member of this website so, it is more use full in the website of the username.

I am not trying to insult you but I read this 3 times...It reminds me of something from Saturday Night Live... I laughed and then I got a headache...:dizzy::dizzy::scratch:

[Tweak]

I started with Noobtweaker- as in noob with tweaking. After a while, some referred to me as the tweaker of noobs, saying stuff like "this noob has been tweaked,ty..."

Then, as people got to know me very well, they insisted that the noob-part was due to be removed, and they just referred to me as Tweak.

So, I started with a handle that I thought reflected my position, and has been refined by my friends at the various forums, to Tweak. Funny thing is, there has been no more suggestions to change it since I finally went with it.

Though, I'm still a noob with a whole bunch of computer stuff. You'll find out eventually. :shhh:

Regards,

tweak :cool:

[moosie]

About five years ago my online mate gave me the moosegal.com website ... then he hung me with the name moosie so when I am not moosegal, I am moosie. :)

[RacingKen]

My name comes from my enjoying racing online with VHR it's an addon to Rfactor that is updated with all the new cars, drivers, and paint scheme's for Nascar racing each year. I bought Rfactor for $40.00 and all the yearly changes are free So anyway racing and my name Ken.