How You Came Up With Your Forum Name

[Ghost818]

I think it would be interesting to know how everyone came up with their forum name. After all it is what leaves the first impression.

I'll go first, IRL people know me by Ghostly hence Ghost, and 818 is my area code.

[mnju_03]

I needed a 2nd handle, I came up with mnju_03, Minnesota Jewish User Est. 2003....

[Euchred]

Well mine was my XBL gamertag long before this game came around.

I guess I picked it cause at the time I was really into Euchre, not my fault if people don't know what that is.

It's also a term some of us canadians use to refer to being wasted.

[iteachem]

Well, I am a middle school science teacher so.... iteachem

[Santa]

Needed an alias that would portray my relatively young age. I also thought the idea of someone seeing "Santa" robbing all their money particularly funny.

But mnju STILL doesn't believe that I'm a 13 year old.

@iteachem

You could be MY science teacher for all i know... Creepy...

[mnju_03]

Needed an alias that would portray my relatively young age. I also thought the idea of someone seeing "Santa" robbing all their money particularly funny.

But mnju STILL doesn't believe that I'm a 13 year old.

@iteachem

You could be MY science teacher for all i know... Creepy...


I still respect you and treat you as such though! :)

[Nudie]

Been my online handle since my "Diablo" days when my ingame character would be nude (without any armor)

[iteachem]

Needed an alias that would portray my relatively young age. I also thought the idea of someone seeing "Santa" robbing all their money particularly funny.

But mnju STILL doesn't believe that I'm a 13 year old.

@iteachem

You could be MY science teacher for all i know... Creepy...

Colorado? Denver... I actually have 6th grade right now...

[Santa]

Colorado? Denver... I actually have 6th grade right now...

Phew. If you were a teacher at my school...wow. I wonder what that would be like... :)

[iteachem]

Grades for Gold :D.... how many itunes gift cards can you afford :rolleyes:

[mnju_03]

Grades for Gold :D.... how many itunes gift cards can you afford :rolleyes:

I would have aced that class...

[Nicholost]

Nicholas is the name... and I lose a lot. I'm also last a lot, so Nicholast is a popular profile choice as well. I use Nicholist for CraigsList. Nickle was my first forum user name. I intended to spell it as Nickel, but have a habit of reversing characters as I type (thank goodness for FF active spell checker). Nickle was no exception. Unfortunately, it stuck and I used it for years.

My game name does not match my forum name and that is deliberate. I openly advertise that I no-bank and wouldn't care to have a lurker track me down. Nor would I like to say something stupid (likely), piss someone off (more likely), and have them find me in-game to seek revenge (possible... no, likely).

[mnju_03]

I also mess up spelling or typing quite a lot... When I speak it's even worse! lol

[Ghost818]

My new Avatar is the reason I am Ghostly along with these:
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/Ghostly09.jpg
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/GhostlyTagging.jpg
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/Ghostlytagger.jpg

Just some of the artwork that I've saved.

[mnju_03]

My new Avatar is the reason I am Ghostly along with these:
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/Ghostly09.jpg
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/GhostlyTagging.jpg
http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/ghostly818/Ghostlytagger.jpg

Just some of the artwork that I've saved.

Pretty cool!

[Pekersss]

Nice art, Ghost. Cool to know there's another artist on here.

"Pekers" is the generic pet store name given to my dog that was used for the first five months of her life because she wasn't expected to survive so I didn't want to name her (yet). If I put "Isabella" people would probably assume that was my name, hence Pekers.

[Ghost818]

My avatar is the first official tagging I did that wasn't in a blackbook(taggers portfolio)

[mnju_03]

My avatar is the first official tagging I did that wasn't in a blackbook(taggers portfolio)

Wow that's cool.

[Alice]

I used to play touhou shooting games a lot, and Alice Margatroid is my favorite character.

[Yahkin]

Yahkin is the most common mispronunciation of my real first name. I've used it in every game since you were allowed to change your name in games. This old guy pre-dates the Atari 2600, and I use to actually play a pong console on a black and white tube TV growing up. lol

[mnju_03]

Yahkin is the most common mispronunciation of my real first name. I've used it in every game since you were allowed to change your name in games. This old guy pre-dates the Atari 2600, and I use to actually play a pong console on a black and white tube TV growing up. lol

I will call you...AARP :P

[iteachem]

Yahkin is the most common mispronunciation of my real first name. I've used it in every game since you were allowed to change your name in games. This old guy pre-dates the Atari 2600, and I use to actually play a pong console on a black and white tube TV growing up. lol

Same... I remember laying on the couch thinking pong was awesome...

[mnju_03]

I've owned them but only 2nd hand.. I used to collect and resell them for profit... A hobby. :P

[G Wiz]

No one search the name G wiz under uk cars...Im not trying to hide anything.



Hey--you, stop, I see you buddy! Do not click on google! Do not click on google search! You better not be typing g wiz uk cars!

[mnju_03]

No one search the name G wiz under uk cars...Im not trying to hide anything.



Hey--you, stop, I see you buddy! Do not click on google! Do not click on google search! You better not be typing g wiz uk cars!

Fine fine I'll look...

[iteachem]

http://www.carpages.co.uk/motoring-news/@motoring-news-images/gwiz_15_04_05.JPG

Whats the attack/defense on this

[mnju_03]

http://www.carpages.co.uk/motoring-news/@motoring-news-images/gwiz_15_04_05.JPG

Whats the attack/defense on this

Probably something like negative bajillion.

[CounterSniper]

I started the forums with Modern War and was particularly fond of engaging in Counter Sniper operations while in the Army so it seemed a good fit. Not as good a fit for Crime City but not as bad as some I've seen.

[G Wiz]

-1 attack +/- 30 defense depending on if your over 230 pounds and driving it...like I used to

[beaux]

Mine was a nickname going back to my high school days a long long time ago.

[Swifty]

If I had it to do over again, I would choose Bloschitzov.

I have always had an inordinate fondness for that name.

[Gaming Will]

Gaming will... I like to play games and Will is my name! Not too much in the imagination leftover. Anybody wanna give me a new name? I really need a clever one!

[Ghost818]

Wet Willy.

[iteachem]

Wet Willy.

too funny +1

[Pekersss]

If I had to do another name, it'd be meatcake (George Carlin reference). It was a toss-up to begin with.

[iteachem]

Gaming will... I like to play games and Will is my name! Not too much in the imagination leftover. Anybody wanna give me a new name? I really need a clever one!

soft shooter

[Gaming Will]

Wet Willy.

Ok maybe not that imaginative there Ghost, but clever. BTW NICE artwork.

[Gaming Will]

soft shooter

Kind of like that one, after all it fits my avatar pic.

[Ghost818]

Ok maybe not that imaginative there Ghost, but clever. BTW NICE artwork.
Twas a joke me lad, and thanks.

[CounterSniper]

Gaming will... I like to play games and Will is my name! Not too much in the imagination leftover. Anybody wanna give me a new name? I really need a clever one!

Iron Will

Iron Will'ed

Iron Will'd

Crime Will Pay

Have Games, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

[iteachem]

Free Willy... sorry couldn't resist

[Gaming Will]

Iron Will

Iron Will'ed

Iron Will'd

Crime Will Pay

Have Games, Will Travel


NICE. So can I change my forum name? I wanna be Iron Will'ed, cause I cannot wait to join those rat catchers.

[Gaming Will]

Free Willy... sorry couldn't resist

I kind of asked for that I guess. :)

[CounterSniper]

NICE. So can I change my forum name? I wanna be Iron Will'ed, cause I cannot wait to join those rat catchers.

As CC Mark says, Anything is Possible.

Put in a ticket to Cust Srv , be nice and see what happens, you never know.

Won't hurt to try. I know they will correct typos but random name changes are most likely frowned upon.

Worth a shot.

[Swifty]

There has to be some way of persuading Funzio that changing Swifty to Bloschitzov makes sense but I have not thought of it yet.

[Gaming Will]

There has to be some way of persuading Funzio that changing Swifty to Bloschitzov makes sense but I have not thought of it yet.

Have you entered a ticket as Counter sniper suggested? I want to do it, but don't want to cloud the help desk if they won't do it, they have been exceptional to me.

[CounterSniper]

Have you entered a ticket as Counter sniper suggested? I want to do it, but don't want to cloud the help desk if they won't do it, they have been exceptional to me.

That is thoughtful. Just wait till your next ticket and add it at the bottom as an inquiry explaining that you didn't do a separate ticket for the reasons you stated. I expect they will appreciate that and it will work in your favor.

[Jill]

There has to be some way of persuading Funzio that changing Swifty to Bloschitzov makes sense but I have not thought of it yet.

I can pronounce Swifty, certain couldn't Blo****zov.

My name is Jillian, friends call me Jill

[Ghost818]

Never hurts just to ask, if they say no then its just a no lol.

[CounterSniper]

There has to be some way of persuading Funzio that changing Swifty to Bloschitzov makes sense but I have not thought of it yet.

Tell em it's your {Insert Relative} maiden name and she would be able to rest peacefully if only you could use that name.

[i need muney]

I really need muney. But the phrase itself is from How High with Method Man and Redman. Thought it would fit nicely in a money eager game like this.

[Ghost818]

I really need muney. But the phrase itself is from How High with Method Man and Redman
I like your taste in music.

[Rocky35]

I like rocks. I like to throw them at people, cars, animals, pretty much anything that moves. As a kid, I wanted to grow up and become one of those strongmen, rock-hurlers type. But I'm limited to 5'10 and a buck 70, so my dream was destroyed. I'm still strong enough to throw small rocks, pebble sizes, just not the huge cool ones on TV.

Before someone go PETA on me about hurling it at animals, I'm kidding, get a life. Everything else is true.

[Fricco]

F = fisrt name, Ricco = part of long last name, always used to get chopped up so peoples used to call me Ricco then it be came F Ricco and i just like Fricco... there you have it.

[fuzzy]

fuzzy navel was my first drink and stuck with me all through high school.

Now my kids think it is because I like Fuzzy Bears.

[mnju_03]

I really need muney. But the phrase itself is from How High with Method Man and Redman. Thought it would fit nicely in a money eager game like this.

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw/read your handle... I love that movie so much... hahahaha fufu!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sye3SPskPE

[vitus79]

i choose the name of my dog for game and forums, he was called Vitus, just in memorial of him, still hurts. and 79 is my year of birth. so thats how i end up in vitus79

[Swearengen]

I picked Swearengen from Al Swearengen, my favorite character from Deadwood (Classic Western series) played by Ian McShane...

[i need muney]

@Ghost, I meant the movie, not their album :D I got over rap like years ago. The only things left are great memories and Ugly Duckling.

@ Mnju Bufu? xD another one that cracks me up:

Tuan: Hey, I'm down with you! You east-coast? I Far-east Coast!
Jeffery: I'm from Wisconsin.

[yshen]

yshen is a the stupid name I made up when I signed up a porn website, it's totally a random word unrelated to myself, and since then I used it a lot on kinds of forums and websites to hide myself.

[Ghost818]

@Ghost, I meant the movie, not their album :D I got over rap like years ago. The only things left are great memories and Ugly Duckling.

@ Mnju Bufu? xD another one that cracks me up:

Tuan: Hey, I'm down with you! You east-coast? I Far-east Coast!
Jeffery: I'm from Wisconsin.

Lol, I overlooked the "how high" part, my bad bro.

[Ramshutu]

Copied from the MW forum..

Ramshutu was the game name of my main character in Everquest, many many years ago.

My original character was Ramshu, for some reason that I can't remember. This character was on a friends account though, so i when I created my proper eq account I had to chose a new name and I couldnt think of anything better than Ramshu two...

[erik]

Well, I had put my location as Mexico and named myself A$%**K.

Apparently, Bandito mean Alex in Spanish. Who knew?

[Santa]

Copied from the MW forum..

Ramshutu was the game name of my main character in Everquest, many many years ago.

My original character was Ramshu, for some reason that I can't remember. This character was on a friends account though, so i when I created my proper eq account I had to chose a new name and I couldnt think of anything better than Ramshu two...

When I first joined the forum I thought your username was supposed to be "RamShutUp" and was referring to Ram.

[frenda]

funny thread. mine's just my name. sorry, nothing special or exciting.

Ghost, great artwork!!! i have a friend who started off as a graffiti artist and is now pretty huge. always loved the true masters of graffiti. too bad it's still so out of bounds.

[Ramshutu]

When I first joined the forum I thought your username was supposed to be "RamShutUp" and was referring to Ram.

I cringe everytime I see Ram post, for that reason. That and Traz, which is my nickname at work, that or Trazzle or Trazmeister.

[Robin Hood]

I love the Disney version with the fox and thought the name was an appropriate play on words for CC.

[Shoes]

Nickname "shoes"....I was christened this by an old FX broker when he and I used to work together in a headhunting firm in the City of London back in the '90s. Everyone had to have a nickname in his world so he chose this as I had shiny shoes and it stuck ever since.

[FatDaz]

I spent along time pondering my name, this is the end result
Daz - my name
Fat - I'm fat

Juggled it around abit and hey presto

[pluxfan2]

I got the name g thanks to my nephew who quickly typed it in before I could change it. I would have called my hood Penarol in honour of the Uruguayan football club.

[Joeycool]

My user name is a nick name I was given in my rugby playing days.

[L Fizzle]

L Fizzle is short for Lauren F. My old Apple Connect ID when I worked at Apple was L Fizzle. (There's a ton of internal docs that are signed by "l fizzle" which I find funny.)

All my old Apple buddies call me L Fizzle....Fizz...Feezy. My best friend's name is also Lauren so it helps with confusion. :)

[Santa]

L Fizzle is short for Lauren F. My old Apple Connect ID when I worked at Apple was L Fizzle. (There's a ton of internal docs that are signed by "l fizzle" which I find funny.)

All my old Apple buddies call me L Fizzle....Fizz...Feezy. My best friend's name is also Lauren so it helps with confusion. :)

You're back! Yay!

Note: have you seen all the crazy rat catching threads yet? I bet that's a good laugh at the office. :)

[L Fizzle]

I never left. :) (except when I'm sleeping or attempting to have a life outside of work)

I just can't see everything.

Don't get me started on the rat threads.... :)

[Santa]

I never left. :) (except when I'm sleeping or attempting to have a life outside of work)

I just can't see everything.

Don't get me started on the rat threads.... :)

I'm a mascot of the Rat Catchers. :)

It can't be THAT hard to have an outside work life, can it? I'm still in school so I have no idea...xD

[L Fizzle]

As long as everyone in all the forums behaves...it's not too hard. :)

I'm an early bird, while the rest of this office stays later.

[iteachem]

I never left. :) (except when I'm sleeping or attempting to have a life outside of work)

I just can't see everything.

Don't get me started on the rat threads.... :)

But...if the thing is this kind of teaming seems to be something that is lacking in the whole game. How about a feature that allows gangs to develop ie the godfather down. I have been quite fascinated watching this take place and seems to indicate that the social/interactive pieces of the game could be enhanced. Image little mobs developing to battle other mobs.. Yakuze, Russian Mafia, Rat Catchers, etc.. This could be an official way to generate some serious interest in the game beyond the camping etc.

Based on some of the players they are having more fun with this than ever... so why not develop it

[mnju_03]

But...if the thing is this kind of teaming seems to be something that is lacking in the whole game. How about a feature that allows gangs to develop ie the godfather down. I have been quite fascinated watching this take place and seems to indicate that the social/interactive pieces of the game could be enhanced. Image little mobs developing to battle other mobs.. Yakuze, Russian Mafia, Rat Catchers, etc.. This could be an official way to generate some serious interest in the game beyond the camping etc.

Based on some of the players they are having more fun with this than ever... so why not develop it

Teach is on to something, good or bad, this is something that people are really digging into.

[iteachem]

A badge could be added to the rival list to indicate affiliations... etc. I am thinking about the whole civilization/ago of empires games and each mob could have skill set addition exclusive to that mob

[iteachem]

one mob could have an increase attack, or finances, or ... you name it..

[mnju_03]

one mob could have an increase attack, or finances, or ... you name it..

My guys will have dreidels.

Maybe a big J patch. Or a star! lol

[iteachem]

Final thought... right now this game seems to be pretty much a solo individual kinda of game. The Rat Catcher battles are exposing a need to take this to a different level

[iteachem]

My guys will have dreidels.

Maybe a big J patch. Or a star! lol

I was thinking your mafia could have the exclusive melee weapon the Izmel

[mnju_03]

I was thinking your mafia could have the exclusive melee weapon the Izmel

You're now my best friend.

[frenda]

I was thinking your mafia could have the exclusive melee weapon the Izmel

... and uzis... ;) and according to my angry birds calendar, it's Passover on Friday, so Happy Passover or whatever you call it, mnju!

[iteachem]

You're now my best friend.

Laughing thinking of those googling the izmel and responding in pain

[frenda]

Yeah, and you could call the gang "Maccabi". ;)

[Ghost818]

Yeah, and you could call the gang "Maccabi". ;)
Jokes aside guys, lets try to stay on topic, this thread is pretty fun (at least IMO I enjoyed reading them), don't want to ruin it. Strictly, lets find out how your names came to be :D