Origin of Your Online Nick?

[Tom]

Fuck, I didn't realise you were Shotteh Tom. I used to play against / with you all the time when I was in [MCNP].

S H O T T E H !

 

[Danya]

my bards name from daoc. it was randomly generated by the name generator, and i kept it for the forums because i mainly used the daoc forum.

Strangely enough, so is mine. Though I used to go as Butcher back in TFC (and still do in DoD:S).

 

[Insane]

Had a few nicknames, was called "The C" by a few friends because there was two Colin's in the group and instead of confusing it, i was called "C"

Then we got involved in citizen band radio in the local area, and i was called "Bulldog" because of my gruff voice at the time.

got into Quake in a big way then Quakeworld came out, and I went to register but someone already had Bulldog so my mates at the time joked about how mad i was in the game, so put down "insane" instead

stuck with it since, partually due to earning it every so often in games. These days I use "Col" more often, maybe because too many people use InSaNe and seem to lay claim to it.

 

[Sharma]

Ages ago before the days that I knew about DAoC, I used to have the nick TiberiuS because it sounded cool and capitals either end of the nick looked cool.

Sharma was the name of my first serious DAoC character, one I actually enjoyed playing. Since then it sorta stuck and has been my online nick since. (One of my RL mates has me under "Jason (Sharma)" in his mobile phone book and I wasn't even aware he knew it.

Since Sharma was an ice wizard, it spawned my current hotmail address which I use to this day.

 

[MYstIC G]

I got the name of FozzySon, from MysticG after he christened me on IRC.

Still to this day, he believes he "owns" me.

I do own you, I have a certificate and everything.

 

[Sar]

Saruya - tis an acronym for Shove A Rail Up Your Arse.

Picked it after playing Q2 for a week (even back then I was a railwhore) with my first ever clan (XTC) in 1998. One of the clan (Sass) shortened it to Sar, which I preferred and have used ever since - for 9 years! Eep...

 

[djpringle]

Well, way back in the dim and distant past, I was after a login name for an email addy or something. Unfortunately my name is common as muck and rather than have davejohnson5766877987 or whatever, I needed something else. Luckily I had a tube of pringles sat next to the keyboard and lo and behold djpringle was born.

 

[Paradroid]

C64 game.

 

[Tom]

*takes over Paradroid's circuitry*

 

[Mobius]

My name is the name of the planet in Sonic, and also a Necromancer in Legacy of Kain...some old PSX game. I wish I could change it but its my username for so many things and my email, it'd be to much hassle.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Tristram was on our shortlist for the youngest but we decided he'd get pummel'ed for it so didnt...

Yeah, being named after a pillaged village in Diablo II can get you an arsewhooping by Ze Nerds

 

[Hansmoleman]

I used to like simpsons a lot, and now on games i try to use Lasrailla, or Lasrai, just a randomly generated name.

 

[xane]

I was originally called Camazotz, which is an Aztec/Maya Bat God. I got it from a Dungeons & Dragons manual when Tezcatlipoca (another Aztec God) was either too long or already taken. Camazotz is also the name of a planet in a children's fantasy novel.

Camazotz proved to be somewhat unique, I was loathe to change it, but I used xane everywhere else, the decision was unpopular, many Barryworlders got upset, there were death threats, protests, riots, embassies got burned, even the Pope issued a fatwah.

xane is a corruption of my first name Ian.

 

[yaruar]

I always use yaruar.

It came about years ago in the BI years (before informationsuperhighweb) whilst hanging round with druids and witches getting stoned on the tops of hills in the middle of the nights (i am a filthy hippie at heart) and one of my druid friends cast runes to find out my true name. The runes spelt out Yaruar which apparantly meant He of Many Questions, He of Many Answers. Years later when i got online i used to use my real name as there were so few of us buggers out there on the emergent interweb. Once people started appearing more and more i realised that i needed a unique moniker and remembered Yaruar. I started using it a while ago for online interraction and use it as a primary name for all characters in games because it is unique.

 

[Ashala]

my most common nick is probably : brohn-n-itho

why ?, because its diffrent

 

[babs]

I will give you 17 English pence if you change babs name to Trems Chunky Bitch.

K thx.

TCB...... I like it!

 

[GDW]

GDW is short for my old name Grandadwrinkle which I thought up in 1997 as a way to chat up young girls on IRC. It didnt work too well though

 

[Doh_boy]

Mine comes from my RL nickname which is doh (short for Doherty). I'm male so I figure that'd work. There was also an advert on TV at the time which featured a rather podgy character.

In games I've used Amergin, which is a character from Irish Mythology, Beldin, a character from a series of books by Feist and DuBois which was the surname of a girl I liked (which sounds really sad now :|) and I thought it sounded cool.

 

[Mazling]

I took this nick to disassociate myself from my past... you see, a long long time ago I too started a thread about what a round of sandwiches was...

Yet another non-answer from you - typical!

My 6 letter surname has caused so much trouble over the years... 'maz' - my old nickname turned out to be pretty popular online (popular as in there were other people who used it) and in an (unsuccessful) attempt to requite the amorous advances of a rich and aging danishman I taken his suggestion of the name 'mazling', which probably earned me the online nick 'mazelene'. It turns out however that there are other mazlings online, as well as 'urgh' which I was considering changing my nick to.

 

[Everz]

came from playing daoc on the shortest race :x

 

[.Wilier.]

A few years back I bought what, at the time, was one of the sexiest Italian thouroghbread racing steeds on the planet......made by an Italian fella called Wilier Triestina

Shortly afterwards I started playing CS online (pity me ).

I now use Wilier for all my online activities.....although it causes a bit of trouble in TS since Ive always said it Will-ier whereas the Southern monkeys from ZhG call me Wye-lier, where in RL (as-in in Italy) its probably something like Weel-ee-er......or something.

 

[SawTooTH]

Erm Sawtooth cos I had toothache, but not original and have seen others using it.

Q2 name was Lola (after the Barrie Manilow song)
Q1 name was Crassus
Duke3D name was Spottydog

 

[Yaka]

Yaka

had it since i was 6 or 7 years and theacer spilled coffee over the class register. the only 4 letters in this order were visable from my name. i was lucky i guess one of the other kids was called out as bint.

 

[nath]

Saruya - tis an acronym for Shove A Rail Up Your Arse.

Picked it after playing Q2 for a week (even back then I was a railwhore) with my first ever clan (XTC) in 1998. One of the clan (Sass) shortened it to Sar, which I preferred and have used ever since - for 9 years! Eep...

I'm sure back in the wireplay days it was rocket, not rail...

 

[Gray]

It started off as super_gray which i chose when i started college and stuff, it then proceeded in game to Counterstrike where i kept it going.

Then shortened it to S_Gray before finally deciding to lose the "S" altogether and just going with Gray.

Before long i eventually quit the Counterstrike scene and have now moved onto Warcraft under a different alias! Gray is still very much a part of it though

 

[Sar]

I'm sure back in the wireplay days it was rocket, not rail...

It was originally rail, but afterwards I thought rocket sounded more likely to be shoved up someone's arse

 

[Darthshearer]

Oh Gray What a great story, I remeber that name so much Mainly bacause you enjoyed killing me in CS

Darthshearer = Alan Shearer is the daddy Therefore Darthshearer (non Star Wars fans dont ask)

 

[Wij]

Guess...

 

[MYstIC G]

Yet another non-answer from you - typical!

Anything else and you'd be disappointed! (Mine is boring anyway)

 

[Will]

Guess...

Wij the Magician?

Women in Journalism?

Who is Jesus?