Why are you called.... ?

Mon Jan 05, 2004 6:44 am by Vektrix

Was reading the thread on changing usernames just now, and got round to thinking - how do you choose your username?

I use Vektrix absolutely everywhere, it's my handle on IRC and a few other places. It was originally used on AOL. I used to be a captain on Star Trek On-Line, but that was five years ago now. I developed the name because a real life friend was doing STOL using the name Robotnik, and I just thought of Vektrix as a name.

Not very inspiring - but I like Vektrix as a nick....

Any more inspirational stories out there, please feel free.

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:00 am by [steel]

steel comes from a uk tv programme of many years ago called sapphire and steel

Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:14 am by freighter fighter

i got mine from the FL demo, i remember reading a thread on tlr about how freighters sucked at fighting, and so i tried it. hence my name

Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:19 am by kimk

freighters don't suck at dogfighting at all.. as long as you have cover ^^
but seriously.. i lived on my humpback for a considerable amount of time.. but then again you can't really dispute the undisputed power and agility of the eagle!!! muahaha.. (no best ship thread, not this one)

as for me..
it was back when i was making my first ever e-mail address... i wanted to put my real name down and a bunch of numbers like all other freaks.. but it was taken.. all the kim's... so i put a 'k' at the end.. sheer genius.. til now.. not a single thign i've signed up for rejects my name.

Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:28 am by Wizard

When I had to choose my nickname in Starlancer, I picked Wizard. it was the callsign of one of the wingmen in the tv-series "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" (or something). When playing FPS' or RPG's on the net I'm called HilariousGangsta (FPS) or Navillia (RPG).

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:49 am by gromit

gromit's been my nickname in real life for a while now....my friends seem to think that I'm like the dog from the nick park animations. I complained at first, but I quite like it nowadays. If you're still no wiser, the pic in my sig is the real gromit...

Show us the gromit in real life then (I mean you!)

Edited by - Wizard on 1/5/2004 8:58:48 AM

Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:01 am by zlo

My nick was given to me by my friends - they thought it suited me

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 8:27 am by RILMS

I combined 4 of my Ultima Online names with my orignal username and made RILMS.

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:01 am by Top-Gun

TopGun was the Callsign I used in Wing Commander, but that Callsign stems from the movie Top Gun. There was already a TopGun on the site when I joined so I had to add the -

"A TopGun through and through"

Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:30 am by Doom_Lancer

Yeah I write an amateur comic book about a gigantic black knight with a flaming sword......when I began this character I was at a loss for a name for quite awile....some of you may remember the old server client for Doom 2.

the name hit me like a lightening bolt ......Sir Doom.......

and since I consider the character in the comic book to be sort of an alter-ego I adopted the name.....and logically there are no knights of any kind in FL....so I am Doom_Lancer instead of Sir Doom.

when I play other stuff the name changes a bit....as long as doom is in there though......like for C&C generals ....its General Doom

most FPS it's Sgt. Doom.......

Good?....Bad?......I'm the guy with the gun.

Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:02 am by bom

bom, short for bommelom\bomsh. Witch translates into poo. Give to me by my old lan friends describing my quake skill..

In Freelancer I use Chmeee\Speaker-to-Animals, a character from Ringworld.

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 10:09 am by Top-Gun

And if you were to post on a Marvel Fan Site (if you were into Marvel, that is) you could call yourself Dr Doom

"A TopGun through and through"

Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:19 pm by Locutov

Almost Everyone else has been given a Nickname by friends (Not that I mind)

My Nickname Locutus comes from Star Trek as all the fans would know,
however I am not an Adept Trekkie. I choose the nickname because it stands close to my true nature, Evil. and Two Faced, I might not be who I appear to be
on first sight.

I have other personalities with a nickname, Namely Gael of Ness,

Some that talk to me on a more daily Basis know what the things means, I am not schizofrenic, merely someone that chooses another name to connect his feelings with the real world, as for two faced I am somewhat excentric at first sight, I am not a backstabber though, I am however as close to pure evil as one can get though I appear to be quite friendly.

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:43 pm by bevilr

BEvilR is derived from Billy Evil Robertson, an alter ego that I came up with a while back, My friends seemed to like it so I stuck with it. But the Screen name BillyEvilRobertson was too long and I only used it at the begining, I needed something shorter so I used Initials. B Evil R

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Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:45 pm by Tawakalna

didn't we do this a few months ago, and a few months before that? or am I having deja vu?

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