How did you come up with your username?

[LeJosh]

I hadn't thought of that until now. I read it as "Kaffay"!

I wonder how people pronounce Zefan

Zeh-fan?

Or Zee-fan?

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I'm very happy to see I have made a valuable contribution to this thread.

Thank you for your appreciative comments

You're welcome!

 

[MobyDick]

Led Zeppelin song, not the whale

Was signing up to my first forum and looking around my desk for inspiration when asked for a user name. This was on the back of the CD in front of me. I liked the look of it, with the two four letter words...

 

[The Dread Pirate]

I wonder how people pronounce Zefan

"The fan" in a french accent

 

[EdGey]

I need to say it now, since the opportunity arises, but I always read your name as Ed Gay because of the capital letter. I'm sorry bro.

I get that constantly on games.

Leave me alone.

 

[checjb]

"The fan" in a french accent

Lol. That's a great way of explaining it.

 

[Mobius 1]

Warcraft (the RTS). Of which i've only ever played once

 

[K1LLSW1TCH]

I like Killswitch Engage, I figured Killswitch would already be taken so I used 1's.

 

[utajoker]

Needed a name when I started playin counterstrike.

Joker came from the film full metal jacket I had watched the night before.

Uta was a clan I invented for cs which is short for untouchable. -uTa-

Put them together and BOOM.

 

[fullmetaltony]

Fullmetal Alchemist anime + my real name + lack of inspiration when signing up to Xbox live.

 

[BombayMix]

Years ago, some one I worked with eat the stuff every day (I never do). I needed a usernet name and for some reason it was the first thing I thought of that was free. Stuck with it ever since, it generally not taken on anything I need to sign up to.

 

[PiKe]

TFC clan called DA (Dads Army) I was the youngest so it made sense at the time.

 

[Edrof]

TFC clan called DA (Dads Army) I was the youngest so it made sense at the time.

You weren't supposed to tell us PiKe!

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Back in the day of Xbox Live on the original Xbox, I was making an account for Halo 2 while on the phone to my first girlfriend (n'awwwwwwwwwww).

I couldn't think of a name so asked her for inspiration. She was reading the Bible at the time (she wasn't religious, just for the hell of it) and she read out some of the names out of there.

Zephaniah was one of those.

Cool -

Unfortunately, mine wasn't so thought and planned.. It came about of a misunderstanding that the correct term for wearing no pants was going Admiral rather than going Commando! Coincidently, I do have an anchoring interest in boats (excuse the pun)!

 

[Zefan]

It came about of a misunderstanding that the correct term for wearing no pants was going Admiral rather than going Commando!

What is "going commando" then ?

 

[Skillmister]

I didnt, my friend made it up as one of the profiles for timesplitters on the gamecube. Its the one i always used and adopted as my own alias

 

[mothermachine]

A line from a Meshuggah song. "Future Breed Machine".

 

[fiveub]

Always interesting to find out how other people read usernames compared to their original intent.

Judgeneo, for instance, I always read as judgeeeenio like he's italian or something. And while I'm here, is 5UB pronounced "five U B", or is it SUB but in leet?

Could be Five You Be?

I will leave you to find out though.

 

[Edrof]

Could be Five You Be?

I will leave you to find out though.

Such a man of mystery.

 

[haaammit]

Needed a username - saw a bottle of ink on my desk and voilà. Don't use it anywhere else.