How did you get your username?

B · Post by B » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:02 am

I'd liek to get away from the names I've been using in a certain community. Sure, I'll still use those names there, but everywhere else, I'm B.

"B" is short and simple. And it sounds like "Bee." Awesome.

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:48 am

Duo wrote:Joined a Megaman message board 6 or 7 years ago, used the name of a relatively minor character from one the games, and it stuck like glue. My days at MFG solidified the hell out of it as my internet identity, so "Duo" or "Duopierce" will be my internet moniker(s) indefinitely.

I always thought it was a Gundam Wing reference. Oh well.

JAPPO · Post by **JAPPO** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:49 pm

I thought of it while bathing.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:39 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:
Duo wrote:Joined a Megaman message board 6 or 7 years ago, used the name of a relatively minor character from one the games, and it stuck like glue. My days at MFG solidified the hell out of it as my internet identity, so "Duo" or "Duopierce" will be my internet moniker(s) indefinitely.
I always thought that was a Gundam Wing reference. Oh well.

It's an unexpected plus...given that I love Gundam Wing and all, I really don't mind the association. Deathscythe Hell for the epic win.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:43 pm

I got mine from being a fan of Case Closed/Detective Conan at the time.

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:02 pm

Mine is from an Iron Butterfly song. I'm not a fan of the band but I thought it was a cool name.

"In the garden of eden."

He was so hammered when he sang it that he slurred it together and it sounds like "Innagadadavida."

I use it everywhere.

DB_Fan · Post by **DB_Fan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:00 am

desirecampbell wrote:
DB_Fan wrote:My username was created by my lack of imagination.
*cough*

You see, when I registered, back in 2005, I wasn’t expecting to stay much time after my question was answered, so I just picked a random name. If I knew that, 4 years ago, I would have probably chosen some name of an obscure Dragon Ball character, as they pretty much reflect my presence here, since I am not regular poster, and rather a reader.

I probably would have chosen Konkichi, Nekomajin, a combination of both or something like that.

Shiyonasan wrote: Sometimes, I wish I would've chosen a different username, but then again, most of us have usernames we regret later, right?

Yep.

disturbed001 · Post by **disturbed001** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:44 pm

I came up with my username because Disturbed is my favorite band and "Disturbed One" is their fanclub, and usually disturbed1 is taken, so I ended up just adding 2 zeros.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:16 pm

DB_Fan wrote:
desirecampbell wrote:
DB_Fan wrote:My username was created by my lack of imagination.
*cough*
You see, when I registered, back in 2005, I wasn’t expecting to stay much time after my question was answered, so I just picked a random name. If I knew that, 4 years ago, I would have probably chosen some name of an obscure Dragon Ball character, as they pretty much reflect my presence here, since I am not regular poster, and rather a reader.

I think the "cough" was in reference to "desirecampbell" being a username also lacking imagination.

DB_Fan · Post by **DB_Fan** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:12 pm

Kendamu wrote:
DB_Fan wrote:
desirecampbell wrote: *cough*
You see, when I registered, back in 2005, I wasn’t expecting to stay much time after my question was answered, so I just picked a random name. If I knew that, 4 years ago, I would have probably chosen some name of an obscure Dragon Ball character, as they pretty much reflect my presence here, since I am not regular poster, and rather a reader.
I think the "cough" was in reference to "desirecampbell" being a username also lacking imagination.

I know, but I felt I had to explain this, since I didn't in my inicial comment.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:10 pm

Long story (is there even one?) short, I always thought the names: Pickles, and Snail were perplexingly hysterical to me. Don't ask me why.

jda95 · Post by **jda95** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:15 pm

Snail wrote:Long story (is there even one?) short, I always thought the names: Pickles, and Snail were perplexingly hysterical to me. Don't ask me why.

Well why didn't you choose Pickles?

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:21 pm

I ..don't know.

It's good for my Feng Shui?

jda95 · Post by **jda95** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:23 pm

Snail wrote:I ..don't know.

It's good for my Feng Shui?

Pickles..... I think I'll eat a pickle right now. What a silly name.

I've eaten snails......

Sn4tcH · Post by **Sn4tcH** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:08 am

Let's see, my first screen name was Vegeta_mhp. Then when I met my girlfriend at the time, she didn't know what dragonball was, which led me to change my name to what she called me, "Veggieboy"16.

A few years later I joined an online gaming clan called the Gung Ho Guns, at which point in time my screen name to GHG_Knives or just Knives. One night the clan decided to do something special for a match, and everyone had "1337" versions of movies that they love. One of my favorite movies at the time was Snatch, so I chose Sn4tcH, 6 years later, it sticks.

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:23 am

Actually, how I got my usual online name might be worth mentioning here.

In the old days, about a decade ago or more, I used to gang out in Yahoo! chat when I wanted to meet other fans of things. Back when, rare IDs were popular and surprisingly collectible in Yahoo!. There would be people trying to create rare IDs, like Son_Goku for example. Others would be hacking existing IDs. Others would trade them.

I ended up trading one or two or mine for an account with several Dragon Ball IDs, including _Super_Goku_ (rare because you could no longer create IDs beginning and/or ending with underscores), _Lord_Slug_ and Super_Saiyan_Gohan if I remember right. The simple screen name "Bussani" was the primary ID of the account. It didn't mean anything to me, but it was short, sweet and unique, so I ended up using it for everything.

sailorspazz · Post by **sailorspazz** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:38 am

The evolution of my username began in 1996, when I first got Internet access at my house. I needed a screen name for chatrooms, so I randomly came up with Aquafresh13 (from the toothpaste I used and my age at the time). This was around the same time I started getting into anime, and so I soon ended up changing it to SailorAqua (guess which show was my gateway drug?

). As I explored the Internet more, I found that name wasn't really unique, so I changed again to SailorSpazz^_- After a couple of years, I found that name to be needlessly complicated, so I simplified it to its current form. I've had the same handle for nearly 12 years now, so I can't imagine I'll ever be able to change it, even though Sailormoon isn't my favorite show anymore (though I still consider it one of my top 10, at least).

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:05 am

Well... I got in trouble with eBay and a lot of people kept e-mailing me and IMing me, it got annoying. I had to make a new screen name and at the time I had the Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario Advance) strategy guide out. I flipped through the book and one page had all the items in the game. I just picked two at random. It was totally random, my name could have ended up being Hammer Flower or Fire Shell...

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:51 am

Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Well... I got in trouble with eBay and a lot of people kept e-mailing me and IMing me, it got annoying. I had to make a new screen name and at the time I had the Super Mario Bros 3 (Super Mario Advance) strategy guide out. I flipped through the book and one page had all the items in the game. I just picked two at random. It was totally random, my name could have ended up being Hammer Flower or Fire Shell...

Interesting. Makes me think of... what was the name of that organization... The Witness Protection Agency!!

Super 17 · Post by **Super 17** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:31 am

I have a question, how is it that some usernames here like "b", "$"or a number can be used? When I look in their profile and see that they averaged like .067 posts per day and I click it, it says no entries found for the username.

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