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Off-Topic => Around the world => Topic started by: WNG on 21 July 2018, 00:31:52
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Simple question, right? Maybe it's just me, but I like to know where does all those cool usernames come from.
In my case, it's just my initials. Not tough to guess ^^
What about you?
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I played dota1 and about 2011 some admin on dota bot was causing me problems without special reason and I was banned for asking him why is he doing that and of course after arguing with him. So he was abusing his powers and I had to report that, and I knew 1 guy who was high server admin and used 4 letters of first part of his nick "efko" and then added 3 more letters to have similar nick so I thought that may be some kind of advantage/protection to not be completely banned, later I got used to it and I made it short like now. So for me it was some kind of symbol of power, expected to not be banned there because on some forums admins don't like to see bad words towards them. 2nd part which won't be posted here was from how I was marking dvd-s, had movies, games and music on them so some friends never returned me disks, but then I bought marker and was marking each disk with 3 letters, so no mistake.
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I think I lost it after the second "dota" word, but maybe its better this way
I used my nickname for like 15 years in many different places, it does not have to mean anything, I think I was impressed with what is called Pleistocene park at the time. Haven't heard from them for quite some time though. I guess google should still know what it is. Its the exact case when he will be better at telling the story.
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Back in 2003 I joined my first online community, the Larian Forums (http://larian.com/forums/), to talk about what was at that time my favorite game, Divine Divinity. The Divinity universe has a race of imps, who tend to insert nonsensical phrases like "Flixerflax!" into their broken English.
So inspired, I signed up with Flixerflax as my name on the Divinity forums. I've shortened it to just Flix everywhere else I've registered.
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"Cygi" is a diminutive from my last name.
Simple. :)
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I chose this nick years ago after reading "Silmarillion", it means "fire star" in one of the languages there.
Back then I listened to lots of death/black metal, but never became a real satanist. Hence the 66.
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good uestion,
well i used the nickname "saur" as far a remenber, when i started to play some multiplayer games, i liked the sound and simple the name is, so i kept it.
the reason now i named it "sauruz" , it because ,resemble the ferocious/terrible beast of the past , and on old foruns the other username as already taken (lol)
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Edited post from another thread:
"We were going to go to the US in November 2007 to visit my relatives there and because my home state was celebrating it's 100th birthday. So I made a list of a few RPGs to try and buy while I was there: Morrowind, Oblivion, and a couple of others I can't remember now. We were in the local Best Buys and I was picking these up for purchase and saw a Gold edition of TQ/IT on the shelf nearby. I didn't know much about it except that it was an RPG like the others, but reading the blurb on the back it sounded like I'd enjoy it since I like Greek mythology, etc. So that got added to the purchases.
Once back home I installed the games and tried them out. Didn't really like Morrowind or Oblivion, but kept at them for a bit. It wasn't until some time in 2008 that I got around to installing TQIT. I'd also purchased the strategy guide for it (I'm a sucker for those) so that helped me understand how it worked, but like Typhon I kept hitting a brick wall. I was getting more and more frustrated, but I wanted to continue to play the game. So I tried to go to Iron Lore's website to see if I could find any information/advice that would help me, only to find the company had closed down. So I googled and that came up with titanquest.net and that was it. There was so much info there and many helpful members of the forum willing to help me with their advice. I learnt a lot there and became a better player. I beat Typhon and danced around the room with joy. I went on to beat Hades. I was hooked. Needless to say I became a member at TQ.net and over the years was able to pass on my own knowledge of the game to others.
Because it was the very first forum I ever joined I wanted a username that reflected the mythology in the game itself. Now I have a sort of love/hate relationship with the film "Jason and the Argonauts" (which is another story), but thinking of that film brought to mind the character Medea who helps Jason steel the Golden Fleece. So Medea Fleecestealer I became."
https://titanquestfans.net/index.php?topic=308.msg2712#msg2712
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Nice stories ^^
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So Medea Fleecestealer I became.
Ok, I must apologize - to this day I tought that you are "Medea FleaCaster".
Shame on my eyes. :P
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Now why would I want to cast fleas Cygi. :o I have enough problems stealing fleeces.
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When my kids were at home, we used to play Star wars Galactic Battle ground, (co-op strategy). I was given/took the Wookies. I'm not good at complicated plans, I simply built fortresses and manufactured Wookie beserkers, which were released in red tidal waves to destroy the (mainly AI) worlds. Mass destruction!. "Mums wookies", became Mookies, and the name stuck. Mook is very applicable to my level of general gaming comprehension too.
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Such a nice thread! :)
So why the alias CrocMagnum? Well! They're 2 reasons ^^:
1] Years ago I really liked vampire stuff. You can imagine I would never miss a good vampire movie or a good vamp’ novel (note: good ones are rare). So at that time I wanted a name reflecting my passion for vampiric works. And you know one major vampire trait is their pointy teeth, so I went for:
1- Croc means Fang (in French),
2- Magnum means Big (in Latin),
So basically CrocMagnum means Big Tooth.
But the explanation ain't over,
2] You see in those times I played a lovely videogame entitled Wild Arms, my very first RPG. I’m not much into rpg’s to be honest but this one found it’s way into my heart. The story was classic but efficient, the characters were memorable, the gameplay addictive, and most of all the soundtrack was a killer.
So in Wild Arms 1 there was this cool swordsman named Jack, always carrying some sort of blue mouse over his shoulder. In the French version of Wild Arms one of his secret sword technique was called CrocMagnum ! Tadaaa.
(in the English version this technique is named Magnum Fang)
On a sidenote you know the sad part? Despite all my (pointless ^^) efforts to make a very cool name, in all the French boards I linger, most people still think I'm using the alias CrocMagnum because no joke they think I'm a fan of the tv series Magnum P.I. *sigh*
So here is Jack von Burace my very first avatar on the Internet ^^:
(https://titanquestfans.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rpgfan.com%2Fpics%2Fwildarms-altercodef%2Fart-005_sm.jpg&hash=15f49959ff688cee06e1abc1c9ec0210cb8a12f9)
Finally here's the epic Opening of Wild Arms 1 (turn on the volume pliiiz):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJVn3pD2kY
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And I assumed your name came from the hulking Egyptian croc-men !
After you saying that croc=fang, I then thought that is where we get our word crocodile . Wrong again, crocodilus comes from the greek krokē ‘pebble’ + drilos ‘worm' =worm of the stones, which I guess down the track gave croc=fang.
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And I assumed your name came from the hulking Egyptian croc-men !
After you saying that croc=fang, I then thought that is where we get our word crocodile . Wrong again, crocodilus comes from the greek krokē ‘pebble’ + drilos ‘worm' =worm of the stones, which I guess down the track gave croc=fang.
I thought it is crocodile + pistol
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And I assumed your name came from the hulking Egyptian croc-men !
After you saying that croc=fang, I then thought that is where we get our word crocodile . Wrong again, crocodilus comes from the greek krokē ‘pebble’ + drilos ‘worm' =worm of the stones, which I guess down the track gave croc=fang.
I thought it is crocodile + pistol
I also thought it had somethint to do with pistols.
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So Medea Fleecestealer I became.
Ok, I must apologize - to this day I tought that you are "Medea FleaCaster".
Shame on my eyes. :P
Up until this thread I legitimately thought it was "Medea Fleecestalker." I've been looking at the name for years and never realized.
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Well... Mine is named after the big meaty arms himself, Typhon. On TQ.net though it was Xul which is the official Blizzard name of the Necromancer in Diablo 2 as far as I know.
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Well... Mine is named after the big meaty arms himself, Typhon. On TQ.net though it was Xul which is the official Blizzard name of the Necromancer in Diablo 2 as far as I know.
The picture alone was a dead giveaway x)
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this is the 1st time i saw this thread
nice topic btw
this is my same nickname on TQ gog forum and TQ subreddit as well as Pain's kirmiziperfect.. my username connects to my real name but only those from my country will understand
there is one other username i use but i mostly use it as character names.. it is cassandra and yes it is based from Apollo's priestess Cassandra from Greek myth.. i have been using it even before i played TQ.. the one thing that's constant is if i use that name on an RPG, that means i am making that character really seriously.. lots of time spent on theorycrafting, making sure it finishes the game, and making sure it ends up a good build.. i have made my own cassandra in TQIT as a caster prophet and i think in TQIT, it is the character I've played the most
the irony is, I know more about the game now than i ever did in TQIT, but for some reason, i don't have a cassandra character in AE/R.. that just means i have never made a character in AE/R that i meant to be a really serious character.. on the good side, the characters i make now are merely for fun and i think all these crazy thinking on character planning has made me a better player :)
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The first forum I ever signed up for was motorcycle related and I wanted to show my brand allegiance. I thought Kawasaki Man was good, but it taken. After trying many different combinations, I finally found 1 that wasn't used. I combined KAW and MAN into KMAAWN. Years after it was pointed out to me that people would likely read it as "come on" :o
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.... i don't have a cassandra character in AE/R.. that just means i have never made a character in AE/R that i meant to be a really serious character..
Old Defiler allows u to change char details (without DLL need) incl. name as long the old defiler is separate install
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Worked for a small web development company back in 2000. One day, this other guy and me were tasked with testing the email functionality of some form and it's database side.
So we just started having fun with email addresses to pass the time, kind of like a rap battle of email addresses.
Bumbleguppy is the one that made me laugh the most so I kept it.
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Back in 2003 I joined my first online community, the Larian Forums (http://larian.com/forums/), to talk about what was at that time my favorite game, Divine Divinity. The Divinity universe has a race of imps, who tend to insert nonsensical phrases like "Flixerflax!" into their broken English.
Oh Divine Divinity. What a sweet souvenir.
About my username, it is not related to TQ. Actually, I like astrophysics and especially the exoplanet current research. Tau ceti is a nearby star (12 light years) that has 2 (over 5) exoplanets in the habitable zone. It's far from the best candidate for life though, but Tau Ceti sounds better than Gliese 581g ;D . Anyway when you learn that in the next 20-30 yrs, we will be able (technically speaking) to check if life exists on some of these exoplanets, that makes me crazy.
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Whenever I hear "ceti" I always reminisce about this great scene from Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan:
https://youtu.be/6Biw4xZn28M?t=50
"THIS IS CETI ALPHA 5!!"
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Mine is from the old Warcraft 3 days. Took the first syllable from Malfurion and added guardian, but dropped the "u" :)
spectre, my TQ.net name, was just chosen randomly in addition to my avatar picture (see left). Ironically the avatar picture is from a site providing modding resources for Warcraft 3 :D
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Late to the party here but just saw this, I need to scroll down the forums more lol
Kool to see everyone's stories over here ;)
As for me I used to be known as 'Nefer' over on the old TQ.Net forums, which was just a reference to my interest and love of Egypt. My current name came about while travelling throughout the middleeast actually; during my downtime I had a journal and decided to write out a detailed synopsis for a sword and sorcery novel idea that I had - even drew a map for the world.
The title of the novel was Legend of Prosoro, with the protagonist of course taking the same name. Since then I haven't written the book but really liked the name so it's become my online alias.
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i have a feeling i would want to read that novel ^-^
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the very first thing i think of in the morning whenever I open up my fridge and see milk and butter... is my favorite breakfast... scrambled eggs. hahaha ...
you know what i mean.
also... i have a long name and sunny is the shortest route to call me if your not a tongue twister.
the digits are my very own serial... used to be a marine till I got an arrow on my knee? now where did I heard that? im sure it was an rpg.