How did your username come about?

[Shadz]

My username came to be because my online gaming name used to be Shadow.

Then when I took over the squad I run now I changed my name to Shadz because it
sounded better and its stuck ever since.

 

[nydryl]

In the 80s I worked as a drill operator in New York.

New York = NY = ny

drill = dryl

New York + Drill = nydryl

 

[Narj]

Easy

1) I enjoy playing the piano
2) I'm nowhere near the standard I want to be yet, hence being a "basher"

 

[The IPB]

Dkore is the name me and my mates use when we all play a game online together, not a clan name just a group of friends.

Dex is the name i've used online for years, starting when I played CS.

 

[BrightonBelle]

I used to live in Brighton and Bell is meaning of half of my real name

I added the last 'e'. Brighton Belle was the name of a train as well :/

BB x

 

[Yas786]

Mine came about as i was told by my lovely mum that im the spawn of the devil aka my dad.

Although saying that, im thinking about getting it changed to something different. My original OCUK name was loveablerogue, which an ex of mine gave to me...never really liked that altho i am loveable but not such a rogue as i was when i was younger

 

[GSXRMovistar]

Mine is from 10 years back when I joined up to a biking forum, the bike I owned at the time was a Suzuki GSXR in Telefonica Movistar colours. Quickly found that it was ideal when signing up for other forums/accounts as GSXRMovistar wasn't a commonly used username.

 

[Repta]

When I see your username I think of this

Yeah, I used to watch rugrats with my little sisters. Wanna fight about it?

Brilliant, i never made that connection, might be time for me to make a sig!

 

[Craig1981]

First name and the year I was born.

 

[Deception]

I've had this name since I first got the Internet, back in 2002. I first started using it on Dungeon Siege 2, Soldier Of Fortune 2 and Neverwinter nights.. Stuck with it since

 

[Hastarius]

Didn't want to use my main username on these forums. Browsing Wiki for Norse Mythology...BAM!

 

[Narj]

Didn't want to use my main username on these forums. Browsing Wiki for Norse Mythology...BAM!

There was me thinking you were advertising your sexuality....

 

[realBabelfish]

Didn't want to use my main username on these forums. Browsing Wiki for Norse Mythology...BAM!

sounds like a frigid bisexual

 

[cHk4]

Used to be cHiCkEnHuNtEr back when I started online about 15 years ago after my favorite song at the time by Insane Clown Posse - it was called Chickenhuntin'.
I got banned from 4 ISPs when I was a younger so it became cHiCkEnHuNtEr4 then that was too long for games and stuff so shortened it to cHk4.

 

[DJMK4]

Some interesting ways that people have come up with their username here

 

[Judgeneo]

When neopets was cool, I added neo to my last name, and it became my online name ever since (occasionally with 555 added to the end, if the nick is already taken)

Its always amusing to hear other people try and pronounce your username, ju-geneo seems a quite common pronunciation

 

[bledd]

Chopped two letters from the end of my name

 

[LizardKing]

Impressionable 18yr old listing to The Doors and needing an online tag. Thought it was quite cool at the time....

That was now 12+ years ago

 

[ShortWarning]

Mine is the name of the band that I used to be in.

 

[Woogie]

Mine comes from when I was at college, My last name is Wadhams and some friends started calling me Woogums to take the mick. This was at the same time as "There's something about Mary" came out. Obviously they quickly made the connection between the guy with hives called woogie and it sounded similar to woogums... it then stuck...