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 Feb 20 2005, 02:18 AM
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Uncle Fisty  Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928  |
Just curious, after going after a few different posts about street names, how folks 'round here came up with different screen names. Just a little curious about where your names all came from (that and it's 7:05 saturday night, and I'm at work. SO bored). Some are pretty straight forward (AH), just kinda curious.
Mine for example, Fistandantilus is from the Dragon Lance novels (black robed mage for those of you that means anything to). They were the first books I ever really read out of looking for something to do and got me hooked into the whole RPG world. Anyone have anything interesting or profound? Just pull it out of your butt? |
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Feb 20 2005, 02:21 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Two parts greek myth, two parts obscurity, one part Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 865 Joined: 31-December 03 From: Shadows of Britain Member No.: 5,944 |
Moirdryd is borrowed of course from Authurian legend with the spelling altered. He also features as a signature character in Laughing Pan Productions rpg Deliria, from the UK setting Wyre Mysterium.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:31 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
This screen name started out as a way of making fun of the angsty online-FPS-playing crowd as a combination of the Finnish word for "dark", "somber", "gloomy" or "grim" and a fashionable Finnish word equivalent to the English verb "to own". It quickly got literally translated to English as Grim Redeemer, which is what I often use as screen name these days. However, I deleted/made inaccessible that account, so I used a thesaurus to find a decent screen name of related meaning and style and ended up with this.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:32 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Pretty straight forward, neh?
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Feb 20 2005, 02:34 AM
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Grand Nagus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,115 Joined: 27-July 04 From: Almost Heaven Member No.: 6,518 |
I am
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Feb 20 2005, 02:35 AM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Legend of the Five Rings CCG/RPG.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:40 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 24-July 04 Member No.: 6,512 |
A character in a webcomic I'm writing that's based off my personality. Also see: the person as far opposite from "Joe Cool" as humanly possible. :P
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Feb 20 2005, 02:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 22-March 04 Member No.: 6,183 |
Heh, this is a name that I got in high school, and it has stuck ever since.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:47 AM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
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Feb 20 2005, 02:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 403 Joined: 27-August 02 From: Scotland Member No.: 3,175 |
Name of my first SR character.
Nothing more convoluted than that! |
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Feb 20 2005, 02:50 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 23-January 05 From: Washington, DC Member No.: 7,007 |
First Shadowrun Character. I orginally got the name from some book I read when I was 12.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:51 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 202 Joined: 15-September 04 From: East Providence, RI Member No.: 6,664 |
One of my favorite bands and also the name of a character, who happened to be a former underground fight club fighter that would take dives for a mob soldier so he could win bets.
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Feb 20 2005, 02:53 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,512 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Northampton Member No.: 5,499 |
It's the name of the first SR Character of mine to last any length of time (Retirement). But i got that from the 2nd book of the firestorm "trilogy" from cyberpunk. The IIc part comes from the fact that it is the second incranation of myself on the Dumpshock site.
So it's not my favourite Transformer that would be Soundwave |
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Feb 20 2005, 02:58 AM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
Name of a PC I was working on when I re-discovered dumpshock. Never ended up playing the twisted nut case.
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Feb 20 2005, 03:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 26-February 02 From: UCAS Member No.: 1,015 |
SR character I was playing when I first created a DSF account.
The character's name is an Animaniacs reference. |
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Feb 20 2005, 03:09 AM
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I thought to myself, what's the most retarded name I could pick for a /. account?
And then when I lost my last account name to a email/password "mishap" I figured I might as well use it here. And then I added 2.0. |
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Feb 20 2005, 03:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 24-October 04 Member No.: 6,787 |
I had temporary self esteem problems when I signed up, as per my sig. Don't worry, I got better.
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Feb 20 2005, 03:56 AM
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Resident Legionnaire Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,136 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Usually Work Member No.: 6,550 |
They called me Frosty when I was in the military because I was always calm under pressure. Not my idea, blame the french.
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Feb 20 2005, 04:11 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 18-August 03 From: North VA Member No.: 5,519 |
Old nickname.
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Feb 20 2005, 04:18 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
And the NSO? Strangely enough, you (Frosty), gyro, and eyelessblond were the ones I was wondering about the most. I think eyeless wins for humor so far though. :spin: |
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Feb 20 2005, 04:26 AM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
Well this should be orginal lol my name is the first part of my companys name.
Oh and for anyone wanting to know the name means nothing. My partner and I put the periods in so the name would stand out more. |
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Feb 20 2005, 04:43 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,156 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Fresno, CalFree Member No.: 4,252 |
*shrugs*
Jason Voorhees, from Friday the 13th. I like slasher movies. Go figure. |
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Feb 20 2005, 04:49 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Conflation of the Japanese for shadow and for angel or spirit. The other names I use are a really old one that is the conflation of the names of myself, my mother, and my father (old family AOL account), Shadownet (after playing too much Shadowwraith), Archer (old laser tag callsign), and Durandal.
~J |
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Feb 20 2005, 04:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 18-August 03 From: North VA Member No.: 5,519 |
Honestly, I was expecting something far more obscene. |
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