What is the History of your name?

[MkXIV]

Just wondering how some you here came up with you screen names? Some of you have pretty creative ones. I came up with mine since most of my strageties are duds [:D][:D]

[Roger Neilson II]

Its the one I was born with.....sometimes I wonder if there is some compelling reason to do with security, CIA, men in dark suits that I have not quite grasped as to why most people don't use their names?

Wait, what's that car doing parked outside for the last 24 hours with a couple of shadowy figures in it?

Roger[:D]

[ChickenOfTheSea]

Mine came from a childhood friend. He would make up songs that poked fun at each of us. One he did about me was something along these lines:

"He thought he was the Tiger of the Pacific,

but he was the Chicken of the Sea."

I thought the second line described my ability as a player more than the first.

[AW1Steve]

You might find this thread illuminating on the subject. [:)] http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1575874&mpage=1&key=whats%2Clog%2Din%2Call%2Cabout

[Ketza]

My MMORPG name is Aztek. I spelled it backwards for this site. I have used the name Aztek in computer games for 12 years but for some reason it was taken on these forums.

[LargeSlowTarget]

Being a part-time cynic, I always admired gallows humor, esp. among fighting men. Somewhere I read about the crews of the slow, undergunned LSTs calling them 'Large Slow Targets'. I also developed a soft spot for the ship type LST, the ingenious concept and technology and their often overlooked importance and accomplishments. Now, many years ago I tried playing some First-Person-Shooters - and it quickly turned out that those fast-paced quick-reaction games were not my cup of tea. Being clumsy with the controls and lacking whatever skills are necessary in FPS to survive, I got killed so often it wasn't even funny. So with a trace of gallows humor of my own I started using the nick 'LargeSlowTarget'. Shortly thereafter I discovered the Matrix Games Pacific War Forum, and since this nick fitted nicely with the topic of the game...     [/align]

[Gem35]

Mine is taken from my Everquest days, my beloved level 70 wizard and then my age when I joined the forums.[8D]

[Nomad]

My last name spelled backwards - I have gone by nomad for at least 20 years.

[Brady]

Its my first name....

[ChickenOfTheSea]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

My last name spelled backwards - I have gone by nomad for at least 20 years.

Nomad,

Is your first name Matt?

[GaryChildress]

ORIGINAL: Roger Neilson II

Its the one I was born with.....sometimes I wonder if there is some compelling reason to do with security, CIA, men in dark suits that I have not quite grasped as to why most people don't use their names?

Wait, what's that car doing parked outside for the last 24 hours with a couple of shadowy figures in it?

Roger[:D]

I figure with the CIA transmitter planted in my head, there isn't much I can do to hide my name anyway. [:D]

[morganbj]

All the good ones were used up.
 
..and ImWithStupid sounded, well, stupid.
 
My wife suggested I use it anyway, but leave out the "With."
 
So I went with what I went with.
 
That's the story, and I'm sticking to it.

[tocaff]

I took the first 2 letters of my 1st & middle names and the middle 2 letters of my last name.  Why?  I don't now.............

[sadja]

Mine is the first AD&D character. You never forget that one. he was a ranger cleric and did pretty well.

[ny59giants]

My favorite American football team with the year I was born in the middle.

[pasternakski]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was trying to come up with an e-mail password. I just happened to think "pasternak," as I had recently discovered that I was related to him through various - and sometimes nefarious - connections (including children out of wedlock, illegal migration across national borders, and polygamous marriage), but, to my amazement, it was already taken.

So, in a flash of brilliance, I just tacked on the "ski" as a handy-dandy Slavic suffix, and the rest is history.

I've just gotten used to it over the years, and I like how it drives people - like all of you - nuts trying to spell it.

Some try harder than others...

[Nikademus]

you could have just used "COM"

(crotchedy Old Man)

[:'(]

[thegreatwent]

My name came from a Cyberpunk game. My character was a nomad who had taken a few too many spills off of his motorcycle. The night I first played this character I was introduced to a new player, during the game her character rolled a fumble while firing a rifle. The result was my character was hit in the head. It was love at first sight and she is now my wife of 13 years[:)]. Plus I can say that the first time we met she shot me[:D].

Since that day I've taught her to shoot pistols and rifles IRL, she is now a better pistol shot than me. With my Ruger MKIII she can put together quarter sized shot groups at 25 yards, scary[X(].

[anarchyintheuk]

Name of the song that was on when i first logged into mud called Ronin. Just wished that the song that was on had a shorter title.

[eloso]

I was a big Rainbow Six/Rogue Spear player years ago. Tom Clancy wrote a novel to promote the game for the company he formed. In that book was a character nicknamed, "Oso", who carried the M60 machinegun. This was the character that I identified with due to the similarities in my service assigned to the same weapon. It is also the spanish word for "bear". I live near Chicago and our football mascott is a Bear. [8D]