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Title: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Preytor_4 on November 20, 2010, 04:44:53 PM
All you do is tell why you chose yor name.


I chose my name because at the time i joined i loved playing War of the Monsters and my favorite character was Praytor and my favorite costume of his was his 4th.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 20, 2010, 04:45:37 PM
I like hydrocarbons. Hydro is short for Hydrocarbon.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Preytor_4 on November 20, 2010, 04:47:01 PM
I always pondered that. I would think 'his avatar has tons of fire, but his username is Hydro which has to do with water'
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Little lost bot on November 20, 2010, 04:49:06 PM
I used this one cause I had no other idea for a user name and well back then it fit.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Badnik96 on November 20, 2010, 04:51:59 PM
already a thread for this
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Little lost bot on November 20, 2010, 04:54:04 PM
Haven't seen it.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: SKBT on November 20, 2010, 04:54:45 PM
already a thread for this

Thats a strange reason for choosing you user name :P
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: GoldenFox93 on November 20, 2010, 04:54:51 PM
Well, when I joined, I had no idea what to choose. I was a bit of an F-Zero GX fan at the time, and seeing as I hadn't unlocked many of the cars, my favourite was the Golden Fox. That, combined with the last two numbers of my birthyear, resulted in the creation of my crap nickname!  :approve:
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Preytor_4 on November 20, 2010, 04:55:24 PM
I found it, but it was started in 2008 and why you gotta be rainin on my parade
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: G.K. on November 20, 2010, 04:59:40 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kelly_%28footballer_born_1974%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kelly_%28footballer_born_1974%29)
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Badnik96 on November 20, 2010, 05:02:38 PM
already a thread for this

Thats a strange reason for choosing you user name :P

:P

My real reason was that I wanted something original for a username, and I had read quite a bit of Sonic The Hedgehog comics before that, and just added 96 at the end because it sounded cool.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: GoldenFox93 on November 20, 2010, 05:04:06 PM
already a thread for this

Thats a strange reason for choosing you user name :P

:P

My real reason was that I wanted something original for a username, and I had read quite a bit of Sonic The Hedgehog comics before that, and just added 96 at the end because it sounded cool.
And for a while, I was the only other person who knew what the word meant!  :D
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: FOTEPX on November 20, 2010, 05:05:20 PM
I chose FOTEPX because FOTEP stands for something. Believe it or not, it stands for Flight Of The Eagle Productions. The X is there because my original Youtube account (FOTEP) got hacked, so I added an X on the end to get around that. I still go by FOTEP on Roblox and other sites I have been on since 2006/7.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:06:37 PM
Mine is a very old name..born when I was 11/12, and back when i truly was a midget. I'm still short now, so I guess it still applies.

EDIT: Damn you badnik, beat me to it D:
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: S.T.C. on November 20, 2010, 05:08:06 PM

already a thread for this

Thats a strange reason for choosing you user name :P
:P

My real reason was that I wanted something original for a username, and I had read quite a bit of Sonic The Hedgehog comics before that, and just added 96 at the end because it sounded cool.
So THAT's why your name always sounded familiar.


AAAAAAANYWAAAAAAYYYSS...


The first forum I joined was a chao forum...
(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/23304image006.jpg)
Nuff' said.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:10:08 PM
Because scorpions are my favourite creatures  :mrgreen:

TBH i've used this name for ages, I should really use a different one, scorpion sounds rather egotistical in a way.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:11:36 PM
So, it implies you have pincers, a stinging tail, 8 legs (2 specialised) and are related to spiders. I don't get how that sounds egotistical. :P
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: madman3 on November 20, 2010, 05:13:29 PM
Because I used the username before and I can't forget it. It sucks but whatever.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: powerrave on November 20, 2010, 05:14:02 PM
i got this name about 7 years ago when i wanted to make new account on Runescape (used to play it a lot back then) after my kinda... unlucky account. and when thinking of a new username for a fresh start, some good track was playing on my CD player. i checked what song it was. it was Powerrave from Korsakoff. then i thought that 'Powerrave' would actually be very fitting as a username. seems i thought right back then since i now still wear the name with pride.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Badnik96 on November 20, 2010, 05:14:59 PM
So, it implies you have pincers, a stinging tail, 8 legs (2 specialised) and are related to spiders. I don't get how that sounds egotistical. :P

Wait, so Scorpion is related to Urjak? :gawe:
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: J24 on November 20, 2010, 05:16:02 PM
You guize will find out why i picked mine on my birthday
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:16:49 PM
January/June/July 24th, I'm guessing. :P

So, it implies you have pincers, a stinging tail, 8 legs (2 specialised) and are related to spiders. I don't get how that sounds egotistical. :P

Wait, so Scorpion is related to Urjak? :gawe:

Next we need somebody called ultra tick or something to make an arachnid trio.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: J24 on November 20, 2010, 05:19:52 PM
January/June/July 24th, I'm guessing. :P

Well actually the J is only coincidence that it stands for June
But the 24... SPOT ON
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: The Ounce on November 20, 2010, 05:21:18 PM
https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1073.msg16118.html#msg16118 (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1073.msg16118.html#msg16118)

Anyway, I chose mine because "ounce" is another word for snow leopard, and I didn't want a generic username.  I added the "the" just for the heck of it; besides I didn't see any other snow leopards when I joined.

So I am the snow leopard of GTM.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:23:01 PM
January/June/July 24th, I'm guessing. :P

So, it implies you have pincers, a stinging tail, 8 legs (2 specialised) and are related to spiders. I don't get how that sounds egotistical. :P

Wait, so Scorpion is related to Urjak? :gawe:

Next we need somebody called ultra tick or something to make an arachnid trio.
You called?
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 20, 2010, 05:24:04 PM
...LOL
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:26:29 PM
O.o
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: G.K. on November 20, 2010, 05:27:05 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: J24 on November 20, 2010, 05:27:47 PM
Either

Double accounting FTW

Or

Welcome to the forums!
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:29:20 PM
Yayz!!
The arachnids will destroy you all  :evilsmile:
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: J24 on November 20, 2010, 05:31:20 PM
Aaaaaaaaaargh im being destroyed by arachnids!!!!!
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:34:34 PM
I kind of lol'd, then lol'd again, then had a wtf moment. :p
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:37:51 PM
*imagines commanding an army of scorpions*
 :bigsmile:
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:38:45 PM
I chose my username because a few years ago a radioactive tick bit me and suddenly gained a fetish for animal blood.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: G.K. on November 20, 2010, 05:39:23 PM
XD
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 20, 2010, 05:39:34 PM
D;
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: martymidget on November 20, 2010, 05:39:47 PM
XD
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:40:39 PM
I chose my username because a few years ago a radioactive tick bit me and suddenly gained a fetish for animal blood.
Wait, was it you or the tick that gained the fetish?
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: GoldenFox93 on November 20, 2010, 05:40:55 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: GroudonRobotWars on November 20, 2010, 05:41:12 PM
I choose my username because Groudon was my favourite pokemon and I liked Robot Wars, while my Youtube username is Groudonrct3.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:41:53 PM
@Scorp, I did... I even got a scar to prove it... *shudders*.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 20, 2010, 05:42:13 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:44:20 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
A hand covered in blood? That's a tick's paradise!
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:46:32 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Vertigo on November 20, 2010, 05:46:46 PM
Why did I choose my username?

Explosion.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:48:29 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
You never know. The scorpion might have liked me and then we might have rented a house together and then had tick/scorpion kids....
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:49:52 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
You never know. The scorpion might have liked me and then we might have rented a house together and then had tick/scorpion kids....

Ticks and scorpions can't have kids.
Don't get any ideas there matey ;P
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:51:00 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
You never know. The scorpion might have liked me and then we might have rented a house together and then had tick/scorpion kids....

Ticks and scorpions can't have kids.
Don't get any ideas there matey ;P

But I really wanted to cross-breed... 
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Scorpion on November 20, 2010, 05:52:08 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
You never know. The scorpion might have liked me and then we might have rented a house together and then had tick/scorpion kids....

Ticks and scorpions can't have kids.
Don't get any ideas there matey ;P

But I really wanted to cross-breed...
Well there's always adoption
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Ultra Tick on November 20, 2010, 05:52:42 PM
D;
And this coming from the guy who cuts his hands open for fun?
Yes, actually.
Been there, done that  :evilsmile:

And be thankfull it was a tick that bit you ultra tick, if it was a deathstalker scorpion you'd have been screwed ;)
You never know. The scorpion might have liked me and then we might have rented a house together and then had tick/scorpion kids....

Ticks and scorpions can't have kids.
Don't get any ideas there matey ;P

But I really wanted to cross-breed...
Well there's always adoption
It's just not the same....
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: NFX on November 20, 2010, 05:53:02 PM
My username started out on an old forum I used to be a part of as NFXtreme, which was my initials, and the Xtreme to make it sound "cool". Then I ventured out of n00bland, and shortened it to just NFX. And I carried it over here.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: CaptainUseless on November 20, 2010, 05:54:43 PM
My username is my brother's nickname which I adopted.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: powerrave on November 20, 2010, 05:56:45 PM
i now also wonder... how long do some of you carry around the same username everywhere now? i know i do for 7 years now as i posted before... kinda.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 20, 2010, 05:59:34 PM
I've always been Hydro.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: NFX on November 20, 2010, 06:01:11 PM
I've been NFX, or a variant, pretty much everywhere.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: SteveM4 on November 20, 2010, 06:02:45 PM
I have been

Kingmushroom (mario kart)
Kingmush (locomotion & RCT rorums)
Kingmush360 (XBox live)
King Mushroom (Here)
Kingmush3602 (you tube)
The King of mushes (My old school account password)
LordShroom (Nintendo forums, because kingmush was taken -_-)
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Badnik96 on November 20, 2010, 06:05:31 PM
I am Badnik96 everywhere I have joined, except that my MKwii username is Stickninja, named ater some character me and some friends made up back in fourth grade.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Preytor_4 on November 20, 2010, 06:05:53 PM
My username changes everywhere i go.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: J24 on November 20, 2010, 06:36:55 PM
J24 everywhere unless i need a longer one in which case it's J24h or J2424h
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Noodle on November 20, 2010, 09:55:24 PM
I've had my current username for what I think is more than two and half years now (where'd the time go?).

Way back in the day I went by the name SL!P.  I can't exactly remember what that name was supposed to mean or why I originally chose it.  Anyway that was my name since I first made my appearance on the internets. 

Some time back (YouTube says three years ago) I heard about the Gorillaz.  They were the first band whose music I really liked, so it was a big deal for me.  Noodle was my favorite member of the ficticious band, kinda 'cus she was just crazy doing stuff like kicking demonic gorillas in the face and building a giant Shaun Ryder head in her room.  So, I took up the name Noodle (even though we didn't share the same gender) and I've had it ever since.

Oh the antics I've been through with that name. (http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq315/sliphantom/revisions.png?t=1290311119)
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: NFX on November 20, 2010, 10:00:51 PM
Oh the antics I've been through with that name. (http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq315/sliphantom/revisions.png?t=1290311119)
I lol'd. For srs. I didn't understand half of it, but it was still funny. A bit like a Chuckle Brothers sketch.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: kill343gs on November 20, 2010, 10:03:10 PM
I swear I've seen this thread before.

Always went by kill343guilyspark on the internet. Of course, that didn't fit when I signed up for the original RA2 forum. Shortened it to kill343gs and stuck with it.  Went by that in Halo PC too, until I joined my clan and it didn't fit in the name slot with the clan tag so I shortened it to K343. From there I earned the nickname KePo, which is what I go by everywhere now except here basically.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Sage on November 20, 2010, 10:06:23 PM
Probably from Yu-gi-oh, I was watching it one day and that main dude with the spiky hair pulls out this guy:

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Sage (http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Sage)

I thought he was the coolest, so I named my Super Smash Bros name tag that. Then I used it here.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Noodle on November 20, 2010, 10:10:03 PM
Oh the antics I've been through with that name. (http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq315/sliphantom/revisions.png?t=1290311119)
I lol'd. For srs. I didn't understand half of it, but it was still funny. A bit like a Chuckle Brothers sketch.

I got a whole story about that.  I ought to type it up some time, it's pretty funny.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: SKBT on November 20, 2010, 10:16:29 PM
SKBT comes from my old user name here which is the name of my bot. I use my name for real name or just my first name for most real robotics forums. 
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Doomkiller on November 20, 2010, 10:36:51 PM
Doomkiller? A name my friends made up for me for I was the only one at my school to finish Doom 2. Without cheating. It kinda just stuck.

I mostly use Doomkiller, or XxDoomkiller, but some other variants include DoomSizor, ukemonster, DawnOfDoom, just plain old Doom and the newly used one, TwoXEdge

I usually call myself Racer X on racing games though
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Meganerdbomb on November 20, 2010, 11:08:20 PM
Meganerdbomb is just like the coolest ing name ever. So I use it, cuz I'm the coolest ing person ever. Well, not really, I use it, because it's unique, so I've never had to worry about duplicate names. Oh, and a friend of mine used it to describe some really nerdy kid in school like a looong time ago; that's where I got it.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Squirrel_Monkey on November 21, 2010, 02:34:09 AM
I honestly have no idea about my name, I chose it to be different on RWW.

Anyway, mammals FTW!
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Pwnator on November 21, 2010, 02:40:10 AM
I chose 'Pwnator' because I pwn. And back then, I had no idea what the word for 'possessor of pwnage' was. So I looked it up, and I donned the name. YEAH
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Gazea2 on November 21, 2010, 03:22:26 AM
^LOL

I chose my name because my name is Gareth. My friends call me "Gaz" or "Gazea" and it kinda stuck. I signed up here and, as they say, the rest is history.  :gawe:

I've used that name everywhere. Neoseeker, Gamefaqs, GTM, MSN etc. I can still remember the day when my older brother first called me that and everyone was like, "Who's that? What a strange name! :O"
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Badnik96 on November 21, 2010, 07:35:45 AM
0_o SAGE WATCHED YUGIOH?!
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: G.K. on November 21, 2010, 07:36:23 AM
He played it too.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: G.K. on November 21, 2010, 07:55:55 AM
I mentioned G.K. already. I exist on the internets as that and Helloher, plus some earlier stuff which you lot aren't getting. (i.e. my noob time on the internet circa 2006-8).

Helloher should be 'Hellohero', but it didn't work properly.

Also, https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1073.0.html (https://gametechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,1073.0.html)
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: NFX on November 21, 2010, 09:11:11 AM
@Pwnator: LOL. You are genuinely awesome. =D

@Gazea: So why the 2 in your username?
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Somebody on November 21, 2010, 09:30:53 AM
I got my name back from the old chatterbox, where everyone could chat. You could just write in whatever name you wanted to pop up and it would pop up for you when typing. I wasn't really thinking, just asking when there would be a new bot exchange. I couldn't think of a name and wasn't a member of many websites, so I just typed in "Somebody" and asked. No answer. I asked again. No answer. Asked again IN ALL CAPS CUZ THERE AWSUM D00D, got flamed a little bit, and got an answer. That was in mid 2008, I joined soon after.

I found GTM in late 2007 back when there was a bot exchange. While looking at bots one day, I came across one where anyone could change the description of the bot. The current description was about how faggy the builder was (with lots of caps, etc.), and there was also a comment from the builder wondering how it got changed. So I typed in my own description, then figured that if anyone knew I did it, I would be in trouble (still wasn't a member yet). So I left for the time between late 2007 and when I joined in 2008.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Enigm@ on November 21, 2010, 08:17:25 PM
I chose Enigma because I like the Enigma Machine.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Sage on November 21, 2010, 08:59:26 PM
0_o SAGE WATCHED YUGIOH?!

YEA saturday morning cartoons
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: NFX on November 21, 2010, 09:03:16 PM
0_o SAGE WATCHED YUGIOH?!

**** YEA saturday morning cartoons

Oh yeah. Even in my 6th year of High School, I always watched an episode of Pokemon on CITV before I got the bus. Secretly, I am 8 years old.
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Hydro on November 21, 2010, 09:07:32 PM
...6th year?
Title: Re: Why did you choose your username?
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on November 21, 2010, 09:09:03 PM
I first used this name on a very flame-happy forum way back in '06.  I thought people would appreciate the irony of naming myself after Mr. Resetti, the most hated character in videogaming (in my mind).  Usually he goes by Mr. Resetti, but you do learn his real name, Sonny, at one point, so I decided to see if anyone else would pick up on that.

I was never able to think of a better name, so I just reused it on every forum I joined.