Usernames: How did you get/make yours?

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Fallconn's picture
Fallconn
:P

i would have taken "falcon" but it was already taken i took "fallconn" because this guy is so awesome! http://levelselect.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/captain-falcon-01.jpg

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Iron-Volvametal
...

"SHOW MEH YER MOOOOOVESUH!"

Fallconn's picture
Fallconn
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Iron-Volvametal's picture
Iron-Volvametal
Ok, but first...
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Frozian-Wiki
Well....

My regular Kong account is named Frozian, because I loves me the winter.

I snowboard and it's my favorite season.

Although it's weird when people call me "Fro", like I have a huge afro on my head.

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Mirmulnir
The name of the first dragon

The name of the first dragon you kill on Skyrim is Mirmulnir. nuff said

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Daarke
Also...

I have two little bro that use my account too.

Heavyknightguy: I am heavy knight guy. And this troika is my heavy weapon. She weighs 1.5 kilograms, and has killed 200 custom tooled wolvers in 12 minutes... rofl....

Grimdead: ...

I love my little bros. Not real family bros, but good little guys.

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Ranick
Take the k of my name, add

Take the k of my name, add some numbers, and that's my name elsewhere, but to use it as a standalone name i gave it a k to make it feel more "complete"- whatever that means. Ranic is Croatian for "sores"

Zamolxis
The name of a getae deity.

The name of a getae deity.

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Kraken
@Sir-Didymus

I was very excited to see your choice of username.

Fallconn's picture
Fallconn
not my video but

if i could record myself playing...this would be me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxHaH2XlwrY&feature=related

Varja's picture
Varja
I wanted Valador as my IGN,

I wanted Valador as my IGN, but it was taken, and randomly came up with Varja, which sounded ok, even though it sounds girly XP

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Fehzor
Totes.

Its my name.

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Poopar
i like to poop , so there :)

i like to poop , so there :)

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Evilduck
Evilduck was just ironic,

Evilduck was just ironic, there was no real reason behind it. I picked Dementedduck as a username for a game and it was too long for my character so I went with evil instead. Now I'm some form of duck everywhere.

Rhengen
I CHOSE AT RANDOM

I CHOSE AT RANDOM

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Bahamutvoid
My love of Fantasy games in

My love of Fantasy games in general really. Getting Bahamut in FF8 was such a hard struggle for me, being eight. After finally racking my brain to figure it out, I was so happy. I think that's the time in my life I actually started trying to challenge myself. The 'Void' part is from a part of the story which was really emotional, and the part of the game that really made me appreciate those long hours of playtime, and actually made me appreciate how much people in life can mean to each other.

... I am also guilty of shouting Mega Flare once when using a Searing Edge in the Beta... whoops.

Wymion
My Name

I picked Wymion because my character is Dragon-based, I like to use fire weapons, and Wymion is a bit like Wyvern, I searched up Dragon related names on google and there it was, I loved it, gunna keep it for a long time. :)

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Mavericks
Megaman X games. Huge megaman

Megaman X games. Huge megaman X fan right here. Megaman X5 was one of the first and my favorite game of all time.

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Ferrotzu
My name

Quería ponerle algo que lo mostrara como un héroe de hierro (Fe = Hierro)

Raidrak
A non intended anagram

My name is the joining of thunder in Japanese: Rai, and and old way to call dragons: Drake (without the "e"), later i noticed that my nick was an anagram for Darkrai, a legendary pokémon.

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Vallik
My Name

Typically I choose Aramis, a name I've used since my Ragnarok Online days. Unfortunately it was taken, so I ended up trying my best friend's Ragnarok name, Valin. Of course that was also taken, so I ended up tweaking Valin to come out with Vallik. I didn't really care for it at first, but it's been growing on me, haha

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Kreuz-Drache
Evilduck was just ironic,
    Evilduck was just ironic, there was no real reason behind it. I picked Dementedduck as a username for a game and it was too long for my character so I went with evil instead. Now I'm some form of duck everywhere.

I always assumed it was something in reference to Dr.Le Quack from the Courage the Cowardly Dog series. *That's the only evil duck I can think of it.*

    Megaman X games. Huge megaman X fan right here.

Hell Yeah!!!!
_____

Anyways, I was originally going to be "Dragon Heart"(Or some form of it), since it was my usual name for other forums and it shows that I <3 dragons a lot. Unfortunately, that was taken...>_>

So I had to choose a new name. I wanted something that refers to dragons, yet I want it to be unique too....not just name off a random dragon in fiction. Taking German for around 4 years during my high school years, I figure it can help out forming it. "Drache" is German for dragon, but just calling myself "Drache" didn't feel right. So I thought of one my favoirite German words, Kreuz, which is German for "Cross".

Kreuz sounded like an awesome first name, while the Drache is a cool last name.

And so, I just made something that sounded cool to me. :P

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Iron-Volvametal
There's only one Evil Thing about Ducks...
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Darkzekkai
theres an anime called

theres an anime called Kekkaishi (plays on adult swim on sat. night) in this show there is an ability called a Zekkai which creates an sphere of energy around the caster and anything that enters the sphere is completely obliterated. (:

http://kekkaishi.wikia.com/wiki/Zekkai

when i made this char. kekkaishi hadnt been released in america yet so no one knew what it ment and i thought it was really cool!

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Darkbrady
My alt's named

My alt's named "Rage-Craft".

Amazed that wasnae already taken :Dd

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Isariss
Name

I just based my name off of Icarus, just took out the C and replaced with S. Then i inserted I and another S at the end.

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Charoum
Origin of My Name

My name comes from the Angel of Silence, "Charoum".

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Kratonamos
For me...

I always liked the name 'Kratos' from God of War, but it was obviously taken. So, I tried several variations of Krato, and here I am!
I was also have thinking about the name Atlas (titan holding up the earth in Greek mythology), which I go with A LOT.

Servitor
Mine is based off of the

Mine is based off of the lobotomized cyborg servants from the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000. They're mostly robotic, and when I started playing I thought my knight was a little robot too...

250 hours of gameplay later, I've decided that it's a little late to be thinking about name changes, but I still like to think there's a little Borg in my genocidal swordsman.

Blackdragoniv
BlackDragonIV

I got my name from Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Black dragons were one of the key elements in an advanced combat technique abusing their immunity to all magic that was less than or equal to level 3.

The IV of course from the title of the game "Heroes of Might and Magic IV"

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Firedogg
Me?

I like hotdogs.

Kojondo
Kojondo = Mienshao

It's the Japanese name of a Pokemon I like.

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Vantox
Vantox is just a name I made

Vantox is just a name I made up for a pseudo-character I was toying with when I was ~16, then it became my go-to for anything gaming, though I tend to stick with a specific play style for him. in WoW and Spiral Knights he shoots guns. If guns aren't available, he's some sort of swordy guy. No magic for Vantox.

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Jtmcmahon
well...

I used my real name....... I'M SO CREATIVE!!!!!!

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Apocalypsefish
Been using this for at least

Been using this for at least 3-4 years now. After some school assignment that involved looking up names and their meanings, I found out that my full name actually means "Apocalyptic Fish".

Not dreadfully interesting, but it's grown on me since.

I also have an alt named "BurningCamels", which is just something I came up with for my Steam. Since those 3-4 years ago, I've had "Camels" in every single variant of Steam names....

Thebugking
TheBugKing

Very old Warhammer 40K reference. Back when the Tyranids first came out I started playing them. On a few BBSs I chose the handle TheBugKing and have used it ever since. It is never taken it seems. Sticking with the tried and true here (Since I do that everywhere).

Azelynx
its what i want

maybe cause its what i want as my true name lol hahahahahaha

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Botswana
No., I'm not from there

The "Bot's" a knight who "wana" fight.

Giik
Wii + Geek = Giik. Though I

Wii + Geek = Giik. Though I don't even have a Wii anymore, rather I have everything except the wii. So I just keep the I's in there because they're cool and I like confusing people on pronunciation. "Gilk? Gick? Giek?"

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Nitez
9 years of usage.

I used to play RO (Ragnarok Online) when I first started off, my bro invented NiteZ it's been my IGN ever since. It came from the old NES game called Nights :P. I get quite annoyed when people think/say Nitz imo it sounds [silly]. On mobile posting sorry for the broken English.

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Deathcame
Cause someone came.

I have this nickname about a year. I enjoy playing FPS and everytime when I join a server, I kill few people, and that's why "DeathCame".

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Notbob
Well, if we're going include alts...

...as some have done...

I have a crafting alt named Scotch-Lobster. It's a reference to a very funny (currently internet) radio show, the Heidi and Frank show: http://www.heidiandfrank.com/

I will not include the story of how Scotch Lobster came to be on that show, as it will be even less interesting to people here than the long-winded explanation of "Notbob". :)

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Sorou
Though I wish it were more

Though I wish it were more entertaining...

Random Name Generator. This one sounded cool.

~ Sorou ★

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Etendue
An interesting physics term.

Etendue is also known as throughput, or geometric extent. It's essentially describing how spread rays of lights are in an optical system. Etendue is the product of the area of a beam of light...ummm, I'm boring you, aren't I?

:O Actually pretty ironic, because I despise physics.

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Dolphus
what i picked was taken

i was going to go for one of my sirname's pendragon but it was taken so i gone for my other sirname dolphus

its pronounced "dol-thus"

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Logopathos
well...

My name comes from two of the three Latin modes of persuasion, which are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

Logos is a Latin form of "reason," or "words." Also, my IRL name is Logan and the two are fairly similar.
Pathos is a Latin form of the words for "feelings," or "empathy."

Hence: Logopathos. I left out ethos because that's basically reputation of character in the eyes of your audience. I don't need that, I'm just killing zombies and stuff.
Also, it would've been longer than it is already. People in game shorten it to Logo or even Log, since that last 'o' is so hard to type. :P The latter is funny, because some of my IRL friends call me Log!

/lolz and lolz and lolz

That is all.

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Vescrit
Fwas

I thought of a letter randomly and tried to add more random letters to see what looked good. Ended up with Ves, but I wanted to add more. The crit came from me and a friend talking about TF2 and critical hits or something. Technically I'm Vescritical

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Epson-Stylus
It's German for Strong.

But actually it was because the printer was nearby and I am not a clever man.

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Kupoo
Of fuzzy white fluffs

For pretty much all non-serious applications (and occasionally some serious ones), my typical username has been "ShinyMoogle" - I like Moogles (from Final Fantasy), and I like shiny stuff (except when said stuff is reflecting sun into my eyes).

Given that it would have made for a rather character name in general, my first thought then picks "Moogy", thanks to a certain user story that I found myself being a part of. That was taken. I then opted to try "Kupo", which became the Moogles' traditional verbal tic as the series went underway. That was taken too. Now at a loss for names, I idly added an extra 'o' at the end of "Kupo" fully expecting some sort of confirmation screen... and this knight was created. I thought, "Not what I wanted, but I guess I'll just see what the game is like on this account and make a new knight if I have a good name idea." That second part never actually happened.