Where did your users names come from? - Page 3

Axxy · 14 October 2004, 19:42

Sounds like fighting talk!

spiff · 14 October 2004, 21:05

Spiff to my friends and a nod to the genious Bill Watterson...

Not spliff!

jrom · 14 October 2004, 22:28

Jrom comes from "Jerome" (which is the more international version of my real name)... my nick on IRC in 96 when I started studying (and in lamer intro's on the amiga before that :-P). I got into a fight on IRC with a dude who called himself "Jerommeke" that our nicks were to similar. So a friend of mine suggested to drop the e's and I ended up with Jrom (which later became a very well known rom dumping site... which also caused some confusion on IRC at the time but that is another story :-D).

Freakyweakywoo · 14 October 2004, 23:11

JROM, I thought you were dead man. Havent seen you in IRC for far too long, pop in sometime.

Lots more username to get through.

hal · 15 October 2004, 00:17

well... the source i need not name...
why that name... i don't remember :P

Unknown_K · 15 October 2004, 01:27

Mines short for Unknown_Killer. I needed an irc name back in the mid 90's and was watching the news here when they mention the name and I used it, good thing those feminine hygene commercials were not on tv at the time.

I had to shorten it to Unknown_K because of irc name length, and have been using it for almost 10 years now on every forum I am on.

blackcornflake · 15 October 2004, 01:39

See, and I always assumed it was a computer thing, as in 'Unknown amount of Kilobytes'.

Heh.

Unknown_K · 15 October 2004, 01:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackcornflake

See, and I always assumed it was a computer thing, as in 'Unknown amount of Kilobytes'.

Heh.

I hope its not too much of a letdown.

blackcornflake · 15 October 2004, 02:00

Nah man, the real meaning is way cooler.

15 October 2004, 07:55

When I was in year eleven @ launceston secondary college. My friends (and enemies) dubbed me 'Anarchy Rob', to differentiate between the many, many Robert's in our social circle. There was also 'fat rob', 'tall rob', 'penguin rob', etc.

PPL have been calling me by that name ever since. If I was introduced to you in person by a mutual friend, you would know me by that name so therfore that's my name.

I have been spelling it Anaki Rob for a couple of years now.

scaf · 15 October 2004, 10:23

Mine's a short for "Scaferlati Caporal", which was my tobacco when i was a smoker. The cheapest, actually...
I needed a nick for LANs, and it was there, near my keyboard.

Mr Creosote · 15 October 2004, 15:40

I got mine because of my body mass and smell

hal · 15 October 2004, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Creosote

I got mine because of my body mass and smell

noone smells like creosote... it's gotta be the most disgusting substance i've ever come in contact with... :P

Dastardly · 15 October 2004, 16:25

@Hal

Have you heard this one?

"HAL was so-named to indicate that he was one step ahead of IBM. Alphabetically "H" "A" "L" precede "I" "B" "M" by one letter."

hal · 15 October 2004, 17:38

yeah they remind me regularly on the irc channel :P

jrom · 15 October 2004, 18:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freakyweakywoo

JROM, I thought you were dead man. Havent seen you in IRC for far too long, pop in sometime.

Hehe... no... still alive and kicking... I was busy finishing up my studies... which I did and now busy 36h/w with java programming... ghehe... I'll drop around sometime...

15 October 2004, 19:44

When I was young I watched Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Zack was the fifth turtle for a bit. Of course I wanted to be a turtle too...
If I ever got a highscore on an arcade machine I would always put 'zak' (used to only let you have 3 letters). Later the six letter highscore charts, so i stuck 'fab' on the end, for fabulous (which i was, i just got a highscore!).
Then when signing up for forums, email etc, zakfab is a natural choice for me now.

DrBong · 18 October 2004, 17:44

I first used my handle in a few Amiga demos that I knocked up with a few mates around 1990 in my early days at uni. Suffice to say we did a fair bit of drinking and smoked a bit of the old weed whilst knocking up these demos

I used one or two different nicks after that on BBS's, but returned to using DrBong in 1996 on IRC. I can hopefully lay claim to the Dr part if I ever manage to finish the friggin' PhD thesis I'm currently working on!!

Medvind · 23 October 2004, 01:00

Bladesinger is one of the names that you call a dual wielding Elf in the roleplaying world. The blades sort of sings in the air. Very gracious and dangerous. One of my favourite characters in roleplaying. Dual wielding Elfs

Nexjen · 23 October 2004, 01:36

Its a very very old DJ name and when I stopped it I dropped the DJ. Thus "Nexjen"

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14 October 2004, 19:42	#41
Axxy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Age: 61 Posts: 168	Sounds like fighting talk!

14 October 2004, 21:05	#42
spiff Oh noes! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Neverland Posts: 766	Spiff to my friends and a nod to the genious Bill Watterson... Not spliff!

14 October 2004, 22:28	#43
jrom Wannabe asm coder ;) Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 459	Jrom comes from "Jerome" (which is the more international version of my real name)... my nick on IRC in 96 when I started studying (and in lamer intro's on the amiga before that :-P). I got into a fight on IRC with a dude who called himself "Jerommeke" that our nicks were to similar. So a friend of mine suggested to drop the e's and I ended up with Jrom (which later became a very well known rom dumping site... which also caused some confusion on IRC at the time but that is another story :-D).

14 October 2004, 23:11	#44
Freakyweakywoo (c) killergorilla 2007 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: United States Posts: 276	JROM, I thought you were dead man. Havent seen you in IRC for far too long, pop in sometime. Lots more username to get through.

15 October 2004, 00:17	#45
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	well... the source i need not name... why that name... i don't remember :P

15 October 2004, 01:27	#46
Unknown_K Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio/USA Age: 55 Posts: 1,380	Mines short for Unknown_Killer. I needed an irc name back in the mid 90's and was watching the news here when they mention the name and I used it, good thing those feminine hygene commercials were not on tv at the time. I had to shorten it to Unknown_K because of irc name length, and have been using it for almost 10 years now on every forum I am on.

15 October 2004, 01:39	#47
blackcornflake Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cereal box Posts: 794	See, and I always assumed it was a computer thing, as in 'Unknown amount of Kilobytes'. Heh.

15 October 2004, 02:00	#49
blackcornflake Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cereal box Posts: 794	Nah man, the real meaning is way cooler.

15 October 2004, 07:55	#50
anakirob Posts: n/a	When I was in year eleven @ launceston secondary college. My friends (and enemies) dubbed me 'Anarchy Rob', to differentiate between the many, many Robert's in our social circle. There was also 'fat rob', 'tall rob', 'penguin rob', etc. PPL have been calling me by that name ever since. If I was introduced to you in person by a mutual friend, you would know me by that name so therfore that's my name. I have been spelling it Anaki Rob for a couple of years now.

15 October 2004, 10:23	#51
scaf Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: france Age: 48 Posts: 116	Mine's a short for "Scaferlati Caporal", which was my tobacco when i was a smoker. The cheapest, actually... I needed a nick for LANs, and it was there, near my keyboard.

15 October 2004, 15:40	#52
Mr Creosote Evil Mastermind Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Home Posts: 740	I got mine because of my body mass and smell

15 October 2004, 16:25	#54
Dastardly Into the Wonderful Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Age: 49 Posts: 2,335	@Hal Have you heard this one? "HAL was so-named to indicate that he was one step ahead of IBM. Alphabetically "H" "A" "L" precede "I" "B" "M" by one letter."

15 October 2004, 17:38	#55
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	yeah they remind me regularly on the irc channel :P

15 October 2004, 19:44	#57
Traquer Posts: n/a	When I was young I watched Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Zack was the fifth turtle for a bit. Of course I wanted to be a turtle too... If I ever got a highscore on an arcade machine I would always put 'zak' (used to only let you have 3 letters). Later the six letter highscore charts, so i stuck 'fab' on the end, for fabulous (which i was, i just got a highscore!). Then when signing up for forums, email etc, zakfab is a natural choice for me now.

18 October 2004, 17:44	#58
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	I first used my handle in a few Amiga demos that I knocked up with a few mates around 1990 in my early days at uni. Suffice to say we did a fair bit of drinking and smoked a bit of the old weed whilst knocking up these demos I used one or two different nicks after that on BBS's, but returned to using DrBong in 1996 on IRC. I can hopefully lay claim to the Dr part if I ever manage to finish the friggin' PhD thesis I'm currently working on!!

23 October 2004, 01:00	#59
Medvind Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Age: 45 Posts: 145	Bladesinger is one of the names that you call a dual wielding Elf in the roleplaying world. The blades sort of sings in the air. Very gracious and dangerous. One of my favourite characters in roleplaying. Dual wielding Elfs

23 October 2004, 01:36	#60
Nexjen Abre Los Ojos Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glasgow Age: 39 Posts: 132	Its a very very old DJ name and when I stopped it I dropped the DJ. Thus "Nexjen"

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