How did you come up with your Username?

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Biggles

#41 November 03, 2008, 10:10:26 pm

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Pretty much everyone I know from high school refuses to refer to me by, or remember my real first name anymore. It started as some kind of joke when I was 14 and now it's become my first name to a pretty large group of people, who I see on a pretty regular basis. I also used it when I signed up to GW because I found it pretty irritating at the time and felt like reclaiming the word.

As a rule, I know as little about the above book character as possible.

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Vellfire

#42 November 03, 2008, 10:29:44 pm

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Quote from: Standard Toaster on November 03, 2008, 09:41:03 pm

i think velfarre or someone suggested it and i went "hey thats better than my name"

yeah i remember it was because you wanted a new name and i went to one of those USERNAME GENERATOR things and that's what it gave me

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crone_lover720

#43 November 03, 2008, 11:57:02 pm

PEW PEW PEW
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As you are all aware, potatos were farmed in South America for centuries before being introduced into the European diet. But did you know who invented the chip (British chips, not whatever abomination the Americans have on the market these days)? Yes, I'm sure you have guessed: the Earl of Chip.

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Mince Wobley

#44 November 03, 2008, 11:59:42 pm

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I saw it written on a piece of paper in a dream. It was the name of a person (in the dream).

Play Raimond Ex (if you haven't already)

I'll not TAKE ANYTHING you write like this seriously because it looks dumb

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Seawed

#45 November 04, 2008, 12:10:30 am

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I mispelled Seaweed one day and decided, "Hey, instead of making this look like a mistake I'll pretend it was on purpose".

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Decus

#46 November 04, 2008, 12:15:47 am

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I have many usernames and this one isn't exactly one of the ones I use often. It comes from one of the Ten Sages from my favourite game: Star Ocean The Second Story.

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Brad

#47 November 04, 2008, 01:28:51 am

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I have an interest in d-sized bra's, obviously.

R.I.P Steel

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Ragnar

#48 November 04, 2008, 01:32:49 am

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guy from Dragon Quest IV

Ragnar McRyan is 1000x more epic but I thought Ragnar was a cool name at the time (when I was 11 or 12 I think)

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Boulvae

#49 November 04, 2008, 01:41:40 am

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It was so bad no one would want it so originality, now I want to change it but I made it up so i'll have to take responsibility and bear this name 'till permanent ban.

A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.

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goldenratio

#50 November 04, 2008, 02:13:05 am

now das fresh
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Quote from: Seawed on November 04, 2008, 12:10:30 am

I mispelled Seaweed one day and decided, "Hey, instead of making this look like a mistake I'll pretend it was on purpose".

hey i always kinda wondered what was up with your name.

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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Puppet Master

#51 November 04, 2008, 02:26:57 am

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Quote from: Seawed on November 04, 2008, 12:10:30 am

I mispelled Seaweed one day and decided, "Hey, instead of making this look like a mistake I'll pretend it was on purpose".

I remember that one of my first game attempts was "Star Chronicals" and someone on a forum pointed out to me that it's spelled "chronicles" and I tried to pass it off the same way. Needless to say, no one fell for it.

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Bled

#52 November 04, 2008, 02:46:15 am

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I was 13 and making a game in RPGMaker and used one of those random name generator programs because I've always been horrible at coming up with names for characters. I never finished the game and probably wouldn't have used the name in it if I had, but I thought it would be good for message boards.

I keep thinking of changing it but, alas, I'm still no good with names. I guess it'll always be this way...

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Medieve

#53 November 04, 2008, 04:10:06 am

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So I played a lot of Warcraft I and I really loved the character of Medivh. When I signed up for a GW account I had no idea how to spell his name off the top of my head so I spelled it phonetically (what the hell kind of dialect has names like "Medivh"?). Over the last year I've sort of regretted it because OH MY GOD WARCRAFT GOT BIG. It'd be like naming yourself Sephiroth because you liked the character and then discovering the internet.

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headphonics

#54 November 04, 2008, 04:11:42 am

sea of vodka
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for what it's worth, I never connected your name with the guy from warcraft. maybe others haven't either!

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goldenratio

#55 November 04, 2008, 04:13:01 am

now das fresh
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I always thought it was related to "medieval" somehow.

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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Wil

#56 November 04, 2008, 04:14:20 am

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It was simple and therefore, great, until people thought I dropped the last L in celebration of... nintendo Wii....

sorrow is the key that gets our tears out of eye jail.

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Medieve

#57 November 04, 2008, 04:18:17 am

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I actually think the connection to medieval is somehow more irritating than being related to Medivh. Because its going to end up as, "Did you mean to spell 'medieval'?"

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headphonics

#58 November 04, 2008, 04:19:21 am

sea of vodka
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Yeah MEDIEVAL would make more sense. I for some reason always associated it with NIGHT TIME, idk why.

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goldenratio

#59 November 04, 2008, 04:32:57 am

now das fresh
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conclusion: ur name sux lmao

hey headphonics want to trade names?

yes coulombs are "germaine", did you learn that word at talk like a dick school?

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headphonics

#60 November 04, 2008, 04:37:45 am

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no my names da best. for a while steel used it when he was admin though, it really threw people......

that was like four years ago tho

Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 04:51:36 am by headphonics

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