Origin of usernames

[Fatal Dawn]

I'm weird so I'm often thinking about why people give themselves such names online. Some user names look like they could be someone's actual name or a reference of something important in their life.



No judging, just curiosity. What is the meaning behind your username? How did you think of your username?

 

[DrLeftover]

Leftover was a cartoon character I drew for a college newspaper during Reagan's first term.



He's stuck around.



And no, he isn't the typing ape from the website's logo either.

 

[Fatal Dawn]

That's interesting. I always thought it was the typing ape.

 

[McConnaughay]

I've explained the wide variation of names that I've utilized down the line hundreds of times, and I don't feel like doing it again. I'll just say that now, I merely use my realname. I look at it as my way of breaking away from the norm.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

My name came from me making fun of my wanna be gangster friend. I was talking to him on the phone one day and he asked me when I got off work. I said (mocking the way he talks): nine Nebulous.... Saying Nebulous instead of thirty. I thought it sounded cool and I was on a computer at the time, so I changed my username to Nebulous.



So there you go. My name means 30.

 

[Jazzy]

I love Jazz music and one day I just thought the name Jazzy would be cool. It's cool....right???

 

[Jazzy]

@Fatal Dawn: Are you going to answer too?

 

[Fatal Dawn]

@Nebulous

What a story. It's kind of wacky when you look back at it now.

But it's true, just those little things often stick with us.



@Jazzy



Well originally I was just Dawn. There is actually an interesting reason behind it. In my youth I was so inspired by nature. Especially the sunrise (dawn). Every morning I would get up, go to my window and watch the sun rise as it was happening. It was my motivation to wake up, to meet the day head on, and I had written some of my best poems watching nature's beautiful sunrise.



Fatal was a prefix I added around the time I became a fatalist. I guess there is also some kind of juxtaposition there as Fatal implies death, darkness, and a predetermined path. While Dawn implies life, light, and the promise of a new beginning. It's that type of Yin-Yang type balance that interests me so much.

 

[Bryd0]

Brydo was a nickname I was given in school (where it can be given to anyone that has the name Bryan) and RX are just two letters I like tacked together. What's the origin of your username, Fatal Dawn?

(on another note, I'm unsure if we already have a thread of this subject)

 

[Evil Eye]

(on another note, I'm unsure if we already have a thread of this subject)

The question pops up once in a while.

I know I've answered it a few times before.



Anyway, if you must know...

In the beginning there was Morrowind and it was modifiable.

I was just starting to use the Construction Set (it comes with the game and allows you to create plugins) and had found an interesting mesh (3D model) from a mod I had downloaded.

It was shaped roughly like an eye, so I figured I'd create a creature that used that model and call it an Evil Eye.

(The problem with this idea was that the mesh didn't have any animations, never mind creature animations, so it didn't actually work.)

Around the same time I was working on this I signed up for Ogame (a browser game my friends told me to play) I needed an account name... Guess what I picked.

 

[forumhookers]

My username comes from my forum name

 

[DrLeftover]

My username is 37 years old.

So is my cartoon character.

 

[Dennis]

So is my cartoon character.

If you still have a picture, it would be awesome if you could scan it and upload it here.

My username is my name

 

[DrLeftover]

There is a whole series of cartoons, some were run in the paper, others just appeared here and there to amuse friends and co-workers and upset bosses....



But I'll see what I can do, and perhaps put them in a thread.

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

Well my favorite film is Alice in Wonderland. And I was looking for a new kind of username as I've had the other for more than a year and I was getting tired of it.

 

[nocturnal]

From this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DcAjsZU3ik

 

[Lucky!]

Mine comes from my Chemistry class. We have two Kyles, so my name is NightHawk, and his is Charizard

 

[Evil Eye]

Mine comes from my Chemistry class. We have two Kyles, so my name is NightHawk, and his is Charizard

How did that happen?

 

[Lucky!]

How did that happen?

To be honest, I have not a clue. But hey, it works haha

 

[Raven]

Sorry About Your Damn Luck



Is a saying by my favourite wrestler in TNA. Cowboy James Storm.