Usernames

Gamers can also use this forum to chat about any game related subject, news, rumours etc.

Moderator: maddog986

User avatar
PunkReaper
Posts: 1003
Joined: Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:27 pm
Location: England

RE: usernames

Post by PunkReaper »

Dont Ask!
User avatar
BvB
Posts: 176
Joined: Sun Oct 07, 2001 8:00 am
Location: Pennsylvania

RE: usernames

Post by BvB »

I have used Baron von Beergut since snail mail wargames back 35 years ago in my army days. When I started meeting people on prodigy to do pbem wargames around 1994 and when www.theblitz.org started in 1999 I used it and found I got opponents more often just out of them getting a chucke from the name.
Enlisted during Nixon, retired during Clinton then went postal - joined the USPS, then retired from that during Obama.
User avatar
andym
Posts: 1117
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:07 pm
Location: Kings Lynn UK
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by andym »

i used to use "Thrud The Barbarian",what a guy![:D][:D][:D][:D]
Press to Test...............Release to Detonate!
User avatar
Brigz
Posts: 842
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2002 10:00 am

RE: usernames

Post by Brigz »

ORIGINAL: andym

i used to use "Thrud The Barbarian",what a guy![:D][:D][:D][:D]
andym,
I swear, eveytime I see your user name I think of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz saying, "Auntie Em, Auntie Em".[:D]
“You're only young once but you can be immature for as long as you want”
User avatar
ilovestrategy
Posts: 3614
Joined: Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:41 pm
Location: San Diego
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by ilovestrategy »

Well, I think you can guess the reason behond mine!
On "The Witcher" and " Elder IV Scrolls Oblivion" forums I use the named "fantasyjunkie" for the same reason.
After 16 years, Civ II still has me in it's clutches LOL!!!
Now CIV IV has me in it's evil clutches!
Image
Marauders
Posts: 4428
Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:37 pm
Location: Minnesota

RE: usernames

Post by Marauders »

My football league team was the Marauders, and I post a lot in the Maximum Football area. 
 
I use Marauders or Marauder on most PC football game boards.
 
Someone already had the singular Marauder here, but it looks to be not used. 
User avatar
andym
Posts: 1117
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:07 pm
Location: Kings Lynn UK
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by andym »

ORIGINAL: Dave Briggs

ORIGINAL: andym

i used to use "Thrud The Barbarian",what a guy![:D][:D][:D][:D]
andym,
I swear, eveytime I see your user name I think of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz saying, "Auntie Em, Auntie Em".[:D]


you should see me in a skirt and red shoes![:D][:D][:D][:D]
Press to Test...............Release to Detonate!
User avatar
Capt. Harlock
Posts: 5379
Joined: Sat Sep 15, 2001 8:00 am
Location: Los Angeles
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by Capt. Harlock »

I've noticed all the inventive usernames. But, I understand, many who are here on these boards have other usernames on other boards. Any particular reason for that?


2nd question: Why did you choose your particular name? Might be interesting to find out why.

Well, why not? For one thing, different boards ask you to reveal differing amounts of personal information. I have a profile on Fanfiction.net which does NOT specify a preference for any particular Japanese animation, unlike my profile here. The reason being that I want to be able to post without appearance of bias on the various animation series.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

--Victor Hugo
Motomouse
Posts: 200
Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:51 pm

RE: usernames

Post by Motomouse »

bigmouth
Ceterum censeo pantherae ludi impensus vendere
User avatar
Sarge
Posts: 2197
Joined: Sat Mar 01, 2003 7:46 am
Location: ask doggie

RE: usernames

Post by Sarge »

ORIGINAL: Zap
Why did you choose your particular name? Might be interesting to find out why.

I’ll give you one guess Zap [:)]
User avatar
KG Erwin
Posts: 8366
Joined: Tue Jul 25, 2000 8:00 am
Location: Cross Lanes WV USA

RE: usernames

Post by KG Erwin »

Mine is pretty straightforward. KG Erwin = Kampfgruppe Erwin, with Erwin being my middle name (and, of course, Rommel's first name). On music boards I'm bassplayer617. 617 is my birthday (June 17).
Image
martxyz
Posts: 193
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:54 am
Location: Broughton, Northants, UK

RE: usernames

Post by martxyz »

My name is Martin. I use Mart because when I sign up for a board, Martin is usually already taken. For some odd reason, I use mart on some boards, maybe as Mart was taken. When I first started going on forums, and got panicked by not being able to use my real name during the process of signing up, I used the name of my favourite pet, "Bassett", but I hated using a pseudonym so much that I soon managed to persuade most administrators to just let me revert to Mart or mart.

At the risk of being controversial, I have just never seen the point of using pseudonyms. They can often give you the wrong impression of someone, before you even have a chance to get to know their views. On the other hand, the combination of someone's username, their avatar, and their signature can often warn you that you are about to have an exchange with a psychopath.

Martin is the name my parents gave me. I haven't always liked my name, but it's the only one I've got. I did have nicknames at school. Although they were always fond, they were often also racist, and I never "took them with me" when I left anywhere.


User avatar
andym
Posts: 1117
Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:07 pm
Location: Kings Lynn UK
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by andym »

ORIGINAL: Mart

My name is Martin. I use Mart because when I sign up for a board, Martin is usually already taken. For some odd reason, I use mart on some boards, maybe as Mart was taken. When I first started going on forums, and got panicked by not being able to use my real name during the process of signing up, I used the name of my favourite pet, "Bassett", but I hated using a pseudonym so much that I soon managed to persuade most administrators to just let me revert to Mart or mart.

At the risk of being controversial, I have just never seen the point of using pseudonyms. They can often give you the wrong impression of someone, before you even have a chance to get to know their views. On the other hand, the combination of someone's username, their avatar, and their signature can often warn you that you are about to have an exchange with a psychopath.

Martin is the name my parents gave me. I haven't always liked my name, but it's the only one I've got. I did have nicknames at school. Although they were always fond, they were often also racist, and I never "took them with me" when I left anywhere.



And there was me thinking you were the long lost heir to the WAL MART empire!Im so dissapointed.
Press to Test...............Release to Detonate!
User avatar
Gem35
Posts: 3420
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2004 7:51 pm
Location: Dallas, Texas

RE: usernames

Post by Gem35 »

Gem is a nickname for my days of playing Everquest, my beloved Wizard who I played for many years and many many raids.
35 was my age at the time I created this account.
Suffice to say Gem will always be a very sentimental nickname for me.[:)]
It doesn't make any sense, Admiral. Were we better than the Japanese or just luckier?

[center]Image[/center]
[center]Banner By Feurer Krieg[/center]
User avatar
parusski
Posts: 4789
Joined: Mon May 08, 2000 8:00 am
Location: Jackson Tn
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by parusski »

my username is from a college class. My foreign language was Russian. Parusski in Russian means Russian I thought that was unique I have been able to use parusski on every email account and user name for other boards so I have been lucky.
"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman
User avatar
Zap
Posts: 3628
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:13 am
Location: LAS VEGAS TAKE A CHANCE

RE: usernames

Post by Zap »

Bump. See some new faces.
oldspec4
Posts: 748
Joined: Mon Nov 01, 2004 2:34 pm

RE: usernames

Post by oldspec4 »

I was a Specialist 4 (Spec4) in the army during the Viet Nam thing....and now I'm old.
User avatar
Arctic Blast
Posts: 1157
Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:58 am
Contact:

RE: usernames

Post by Arctic Blast »

I really don't know. I mean, the Arctic part comes from those delightful Central Alberta winters...aside from that, it just sort of sounded good, I guess.
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily.
User avatar
Deathtreader
Posts: 1058
Joined: Tue Apr 22, 2003 3:49 am
Location: Vancouver, Canada.

RE: usernames

Post by Deathtreader »


Deathtreader was the name given by Kublai to the largest seige machine of it's day.....
So we're at war with the Russkies eh?? I suppose we really ought to invade or something. (Lonnnng pause while studying the map)
Hmmmm... big place ain't it??
- Sir Harry Flashman (1854)
User avatar
JudgeDredd
Posts: 8362
Joined: Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:28 pm
Location: Scotland

RE: usernames

Post by JudgeDredd »

Childhood comic book hero
Alba gu' brath
Post Reply

Return to “General Discussion”