Preserved Topic: Hmmm...strange names (Page 1 of 2)

I've really noticed all of the strange handles that people have, even mine would be strange if you'd never played Unreal, but I was just wondering, how did everyone come up with their names?

(BTW: Doc...what's up with your Email? I keep getting returned mail saying that your address has permanent fatal errors.)




Don't make me come down there! - God

Well depending on the mood Im in I either tell people that I came to my name after watching Top Gun (one of my fav movies) one to many times. One of the piliots names is Jester and I changed the 'er' to 'ah'. Truth is I just like the name Jestah. Always have. Ive been told it fits my personality pretty well to. I dont even know what Unreal is so yeah Skaarjj is a little weird of a name. It sounds like the name of a fish or something, still cool though.

Jestah
ieJestah@hotmail.com
ICQ - 77252449

my "handle" was created when i began playing diablo back in '98. i wanted something that sounded feminine as well as fantasy bookish. it simply means "lady sasha", so its sort of a contraction. sasha was a dog i got for my 15th birthday.

lots of people thought it was french. the name pretty much stuck with me until i began playing UO. it made a dumb name for a character.

My handle's an altered Klingon word, but it doesn't mean anything. I'm no trekkie, but I just thought it had a nice ring to it. (you pronounce it like mike-a or maika.)

Before I roamed the net under the name 'megalomaniac', which is just latin for 'bighead.' No, I'm not. thank you very much. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">

: : M a h j q a : :

Years ago, when I worked at my first police department, my partner at the time started calling me Pugsly because he said I reminded him of Pugsly Addams from the Addams family. I changed it to Pugzly for the hell of it.

Pat Richard
Web weenie
http://www.gurusnetwork.com
ICQ 23113317

Mine is based on the speed and voraciousness that I employ when drinking coffee. Friends started refering to me as twitch, so I picked it up.

Before this, I was known as murcurochrome, the iodized crystal antiseptic...for no good reason whatsoever except that it was a long word (misspelled, no less) and I ran a BBS called Zeitgeistjaialaithrombophlebitis.

Nevermind.

I built my first computer when I was 17. My buddy introduced me to the internet shortly after and told me that I needed a 'handle'. Seeing as how the band Jackyl was my personal favorite at the time (They still rank in the top ten) I thought that 'The Jackal' was only fitting.

I soon realized that as original as I thought it was, it was'nt. My friend called me an 'unoriginal bastard', so I thought that it would be only fitting to stick it in my signature.

Got mine from trying to sign up for a hotmail account. Everything good was taken. So I was working in the computer biz and coming off of a bad break-up (ironically we got back together and now I am again going through a bad break-up with the same girl). Anyway "just a bit damaged" cam from a song I was writing at the time and made a cool kinda play on words with my situation at the time.


Walking the Earth like Kane

Funny, I always thought I was original too. I figured no one else in there right mind would ever take a name like Jestah besides me. That lasted till i discoved AOL and realized EVERYONE had that name. Then I built my first website and called it Jestahs Relm. Yes I know now that it was spelt wrong. After submitting it to several search engines and then waiting I decided to see if it worked. I searched for Jestah and about 200 different sites came up ... not including my own. Oh well.

Jestah
ieJestah@hotmail.com
ICQ - 77252449

100 geek points awarded to whoever can tell me where my name came from <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">

Dan is my first name. I also use it as my account on Battle.net, Ezones, Marijuana.com, Like 10 other places I can't think of, and every place where you don't need to register a name.

- Dan -

[peer] is from a late night of IRC, when a bunch of people were disconnecting with the message "Connection reset by peer." I tried Peer, but that was taken, so I went with [peer]. I am now known as Chuck_the_Plant on IRC, but I don't feel like making a new profile for the board...


I've made a signature image, but my webhost's ftp server is down right now, so you won't be able to see it until I can get it up.




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PeerNet
http://www.peernetmain.net
"I couldn't think of anything stupid so I put something dumb instead." --Khalal

DL-44:

Star Wars?

I've already gone over my nomenclature about 15 times on this forum.. lemme see if I can find a link to which post I explained it in <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">




Never insult someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes... that way, if they don't like it, you're at least a mile away, and you have their shoes.

Tycho? you mean it's not from those little slot-car toys I had as a kid?? <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

oh yeah those were Tyco (methinks)


Walking the Earth like Kane

hehe...alex trebec says: "more specific please"

it's easy enough to look up of course, but I'd be impressed if anyone knows it without having to look it up. I've also gone by DH-17 before, and YT-1300 a couple of times <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">

aside from that I also use Goibniu here and there.....twitch ouhta know what that one means <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">




[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 29-08-2000).]

Hey Skarj, I thought your name looked familiar! My handle also came from the Unreal Community, but more specifically from the Unreal Tournament community. My full UT name is: {950}RogueX

ahhh, the exact origins of my handle are a mystery even to me. The guys I use to hang around with about 12-13 years ago (grade 4 <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif"> ) used to call me all kinds of weird permutations of my real name which I think just got slowly weirded and more off the wall until suddenly I'm a turkey gizzard (although that's usually spelled with a g).

Hah! I'm too tired to tell the story again, try a search of the forum, maybe? Mom Wanted to name me "Doc" and Grampa was named Theocritus Ozone? Heh.

Hey! My email bounced? I had some bills I needed to pay at VISI, but that's all handled, I don't think they pulled my plug! Try again, maybe it'll work now, I hope... :/

Your pal, -doc-

Han Solo's ROTJ DL-44

Designed for close quarters combat, this portable and very lethal blaster was often used by Han Solo because it reliably punched through armor. A weapon favoring brute force over finesse, the DL-44 delivers tremendous damage, yet is small enough to be fired one-handed; its effective range is twenty-five meters with a maximum range of 50 meters.

The DL-44's Xciter consumes energy at four times the rate of a standard blaster pistol, draining a power pack after only twenty-five shots. Because of the excessive power consumption, the DL-44's grip has a vibrating "cautionary pulser" that silently alerts the user when the pack is down to five shots or less. A quick release lever and the power packs location - immediately in front of the trigger - allow very quick replacement of drained power packs.

Just as the Millennium Falcon is far from being a "stock freighter", Han Solo's Return of the Jedi DL-44 is a custom-crafted and greatly enhanced. Solo added a zero light scope which relies on the targets heat signature. The galven circuitry is extensively modified to deliver increased damaged without draining additional power. Solo carries the blaster in a quick-draw holster, giving him an added edge when speed counts.



Walking the Earth like Kane

Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.

It's a real error message from early DOS.

Started off being ReVeLaTioN, on Battle.net, but everyone called me Reve, so it stuck.

The Artist formerly Known As

This is my character's name that i played for 2 years in Ravenloft, an AD&D setting.
She was my favorite character but killed by were wolves.

wow, bit, extra geek points for the elaboration <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">

I couldn't find a name I liked that was free way back when, so I picked up the book nearest to me (the Star Wars Visual Dictionary by chance) and flipped through till I found something not likely to be taken and easy to type <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">



The Blast Tech DL-44 blaster pistol was also widely used by the Rebel Alliance <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 29-08-2000).]

DL - why should I know Goibniu? Perhaps the memory is failing, but i have no recollection of anything regarding that word..

quote:

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An Irish/Celtic smith god, son of the goddess Danu. He manufactures swords that always strike true, and he possesses the mead of eternal life. He makes the arms for the Tuatha Dé Danann together with Credne and Luchtainel. As a brewmaster he was unsurpassed and his beer gave the drinker immortality. The Welsh called him Govannon.

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you seemed to know a bit about the general subject, thought you might recognize the name. ah well <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">

I was working on a simple little site called War Journal, so I am now using it as a handle on these forums. I've also been known to use Grendel, GrenXXIV, Drommond, Lynn, NTwomanHAL (that was given to me by a guy that didn't know I'm male), and on UT I use Stroker.

I should've known that (DL-44's screen name origination)! I have that book upstairs! All this time, I *thought* it sounded familiar! Darn. =D

Wow, and I've never seen a star wars movie ever <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/frown.gif">

Jestah
ieJestah@hotmail.com
ICQ - 77252449

Are you kidding? Watch them! The acting could be better, but at the same time they're very entertaining.

DL ~ ..gawd.. Sorry, I forgot. I did know that, but I guess I'd forgotten. heh

Mine came from a Super Nintendo hockey game I used to play against my roommates. We were trying to think of Russian versions of our names so Kretsinger became Kretsminky.

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http://www.krets.net
Broken promises don't bother me. I just think, "Why did they believe me in the first place?" --Jack Handey

Here I go, earning my geek points. DL-44, your name IS from star wars. It's from the BlaTech DL-44 blaster rifle, prefered side arm of BOTH Luke Skywalker in ROTJ and Han Solo right through the whole series. BlasTech also produces hte DM-92 Blaster Carbine and components for Turbo lasers and Heavy Turbolasers.

Detailed enough for ya?




Don't make me come down there! - God

My nick comes from IRC, its the one i use there, but i just came up with something which i liked the sound of, and when i found the meaning of the verb in english (pure luck i think) i decided to keep it. i tried to change a few times but never managed coz everyone keep callin me Rend on IRC. My sig. comes from Blizzards' "Warcraft2". In the tips section they included some funky tips like "Don't spit into the wind", "Change your underwear every day", "Tell all your friends to buy WC2" and of course "Never Pet a Burning Dog" which turned to be my favorite saying and sig. <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">

Never Pet a Burning Dog
Rend

....little late there skaarjj <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/wink.gif">

Well, once upon a time. . . .
It all started about three years ago at a New Years Eve party with my wife and a load of friends. We had gone out for a very high-class meal to be followed by the usual partying into the night. As the night went on I began to get more and more hammered. And when it came to the cheese and biscuits, I decided that it would be funny to throw the cellery (that I don't like) at the paintings on the wall (over some other diners heads I might add!). Of course some guests did not find it funny, but one of my friends DID and remarked "Oh, you are a Trixter!!!". And it has stuck ever since as my nick-name and not just for the web.



[This message has been edited by TheTrixter (edited 30-08-2000).]

Wow Trixter ... you seem like a load of laughs. Geez If you threw cellery at a pictuer over someone else head in NY you would be picking the cellery outta your ass. Interesting how everyone got there "handles" or "nicks" but whats everyones real name? Im Jay. Really its James but so is my dads name and everyone used to call me JJ cause of James Jr. Eventually it was shortened to just Jay. Three guesses on Dan's real name ...

Jestah
ieJestah@hotmail.com
ICQ - 77252449

Oooh Oooh.. I know!!

- Dan - ..hint hint..

I have a real name? My parents call me twitch, my brother calls me twitch, all my friends call me twitch, the law calls me Case #51KS001...

I think my real name is Steve...or something remarkably similar to that.

Whenever I meet someone, I usually greet them with "Hi. I'm Wes."

It kind of caught on.