How did you come up with your screen name?

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:49 pm

Ax asked me and it got me thinking. How have some of you come up with these names we use?
Here's how I chose mine
cypher=cipher:
[n] a message written in a secret code
[n] a secret method of writing
[n] a person of no influence
[n] a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it"
[n] a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
[v] make a mathematical calculation or computation
[v] convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

_ which is a space or the presence of nothing.

138
Taken form the classic Misfits song we are 138, which explains it's meaning....

We are 138, We are 138, We are 138
We are 138, We are 138, We are 138
We are 138, We are 138
In the eyes of tiger

Do you think we're robot clean
Does this face look almost mean
Is it time to be an android not a man

The pleasantries are gone
We're stripped of all we were
In the eyes of tiger

We are 138, We are 138, We are 138
We are 138, We are 138, We are 138
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

I'll upload the song some other time. It sounds better than it reads if you like punk.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:51 pm

Not sure.

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:52 pm

Here is my reason ...

First name is mark

Middle initial w

Last name kirchner

Put them all together and you get mwkirchner

How original? ... huh?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:54 pm

I was playing games. Any game really. They find that I always come back and beat them or that I'm very hard to kill. Hence, the name.

That and also my parents were not very careful and then tried to kill me. Sadly, I lived and had side effects from the drugs and torture but don't worry! I no longer eat children.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:56 pm

My original name here was IndyOST. Indy for Indianapolis, OST for Online Service Tech. I used that name when I was pretty much posting in the General Cable/DSL forum exclusively. Then I found the General Discussion board and decided to separate myself from work here on the boards and dropped the OST part.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:57 pm

I think it's intresting how we've come up with these cyber IDs for ourselves.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:57 pm

my mommy

extreme · Post by **extreme** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:58 pm

Old Old aol instant messengar screen name.

Set · Post by **Set** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:59 pm

Been caring the name Settrippen Since Old web Tv days
Shorten it up abit "Set" and then a Internet Ultra ego was born

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:00 pm

L for Latin, T for Thundr and 73 was my number when I drove limo's and cabs. Unit 73

I just added it together.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:01 pm

Originally posted by LT-73
L for Latin, T for Thundr and 73 was my number when I drove limo's and cabs. Unit 73

I just added it together.

Latin Thunder!!!!!!!!!!!111 lmao

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:06 pm

Nickname my sister gave me when I was a little fella.

Brandon_k_W · Post by **Brandon_k_W** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:23 pm

Originally posted by mwkirchner
Here is my reason ...

First name is mark

Middle initial w

Last name kirchner

Put them all together and you get mwkirchner

How original? ... huh?

It's more original than mine

lance-tek · Post by **lance-tek** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:34 pm

well, my last name is acutally LANTZ

my first name is Jeremy

not everyone can say Jeremy correctly. and when I was a kid, there were a lot of Jeremys so my friends started calling me lance when we were in about third grade. Referring to my last name but not emphasizing the "TZ". It stuck through school. I joined the military when I was 17 (national guard with parental consent) and in the military more often than not it is mainly on a last name basis. Once again it fell back to the pronuonciation that it was when I was a kid. So, it still stuck. Same for college and everything else.

It is not too common I am called by my first name when I am not amoung family.

So, obviously I was extreemly fortunate that noone had taken the name yet on SG when I signed up.

Of course now I am considering changing the name to lance-tek since the domain lance (.com, .net. org) is already taken. And I didn't want to use one of the new extensions (ie. ".us") so I just registered lance-tek.com and If I do decide to join a sub-team for folding then that is when I will change my SG screen name (with admin permission of course)

So WOW, I am really doing some typing tonight.

-lance

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:37 pm

Originally posted by lance
well, my last name is acutally LANTZ

my first name is Jeremy

not everyone can say Jeremy correctly. and when I was a kid, there were a lot of Jeremys so my friends started calling me lance when we were in about third grade. Referring to my last name but not emphasizing the "TZ". It stuck through school. I joined the military when I was 17 (national guard with parental consent) and in the military more often than not it is mainly on a last name basis. Once again it fell back to the pronuonciation that it was when I was a kid. So, it still stuck. Same for college and everything else.

It is not too common I am called by my first name when I am not amoung family.

So, obviously I was extreemly fortunate that noone had taken the name yet on SG when I signed up.

Of course now I am considering changing the name to lance-tek since the domain lance (.com, .net. org) is already taken. And I didn't want to use one of the new extensions (ie. ".us") so I just registered lance-tek.com and If I do decide to join a sub-team for folding then that is when I will change my SG screen name (with admin permission of course)

So WOW, I am really doing some typing tonight.

-lance

lol, my brother's name is Jeremy, but we call him Jay instead...my younger daughter pronounces his name "Germy"

lance-tek · Post by **lance-tek** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:41 pm

Originally posted by Indy
lol, my brother's name is Jeremy, but we call him Jay instead...my younger daughter pronounces his name "Germy"

yep, and I hate it when people mis-pronounce my name.

I was 16, working at Pizza Hut in Warsaw, IN. My Restaurant manager, BOB called me Germy. First time I ever went off on a boss. Let alone someone 2x my size. (Tony, you know I am not a big guy) well, from that point on he called me lance. So, did everyone else who was around at the time.

-lance

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 11:45 pm

I came up with my name because i was hopeful someone would reply to answer my question

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:29 am

Terrance Lam is the name I choose for my first fake ID. The reason it is memorable is because on that fake ID, I signed my actual name and not Terrance Lam.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:33 am

Originally posted by Hopeful
I came up with my name because i was hopeful someone would reply to answer my question

And we were Hopeful, you would stick around.

Mine has to do with gravity and wheels....

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:38 am

de pla•no

Pronunciation: (di plA'nO, dE, dA), [key] Chiefly Law.
1. without argument.
2. by manifest right; plainly.

I knew Humboldt would figure out I was on speedguide and I wanted something that would be sort of punny when he did figure it out. Too bad he never knew what De Plano means.

That and the fact that I figured in a way I was going to be stating stuff that was so obvious it did not need to be said, apparently other folks don't seem to think what I think is that obvious

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:40 am

Originally posted by downhill

Mine has to do with gravity and wheels....

Or is that the direction you always fall off your bike?

Respice · Post by **Respice** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:45 am

from the latin phrase Respice Prospice (Ray-spic-ah Pro-spic-ah)

My grandfather was a latin professor and it was something he used to always say to me and my cousins when he was alive. It means: Look to the future, learn from the past.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:47 am

Originally posted by De Plano
Or is that the direction you always fall off your bike?

I do have horror stories........Some of my crashes would have killed a normal person......lol

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:51 am

Originally posted by downhill
I do have horror stories........Some of my crashes would have killed a normal person......lol

So you're saying that your abnormal? Somehow I always knew

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:52 am

Originally posted by Indy
So you're saying that your abnormal? Somehow I always knew

Errrrr.....ummm.............now the cats out of the bag....

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:52 am

Your skull does not split open if it is soft

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:54 am

All those crashes were planned by me. It was all to see if you were "the one". You are unbreakable

golfnintendoboy · Post by **golfnintendoboy** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:00 am

mine is my email. i used it so i wouldn't have to remember something else besides it.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:00 am

Originally posted by De Plano
All those crashes were planned by me. It was all to see if you were "the one". You are unbreakable

*Reminisces about all them endos...the head-ons into trees and rocks.....the scrapes...the bruises and the smashed testicles......oh man...the testicles.....oh yes........ the smashed "nads" ......and thinks to self that someday he'll meet DePlano since he gets down that way on occasion and thank him in person for all them tests.....*

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:08 am

At the time I joined SG, I was studying for my CCNA. I had wanted CiscoKid to beggine with, but it was taken so I used CiscoCert. About a year ago, I got it changed to CiscoKid since the original person hadn't been active in a couple years and only had a few posts.

Plus "Cisco Kid" by War is one of my favorite songs...dunno why, but it is...

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:11 am

Well after all the testing DH, I have determined that you just have unbreakable balls

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:31 am

easy everybody says iom morbis and they call me pete..so morbidpete have had it for about 4 years now...use morbidpete for everything from msn to aol(except i forgot my password for aol so now i have to use morbidpete420)

nagetech · Post by **nagetech** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 1:40 am

Well, I picked my name because when i started my little computer tech service, I needed to find a name to throw on these wonderful business cards I had made. New Age Technology was teh first name that popped in my head. hence, nagetech (New Age Tech)

For my AIM (choco50000) I got it from that huge chicken in FF7 (chocobo) 50000 i think was my H/P at that point in the game.

top that one!lol

anyone here name themselves after a FF7 character?

cho · Post by **cho** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:33 am

My full screen name is Cho Tanenashi but I find it pretty long so I like to shorten it to Cho.

During one of my breaks at College my friend and I were talking to two of our International student friends from Japan. They wanted to know how to insult people in english and we wanted to learn some insulting Japanese words. Cho Tanenashi is the first thing they told us and I thought it was a funny insult. They told me that Cho means very and Tanenashi means low sperm count, So together it means Very low sperm count. I decided it would make a good alias and a funny inside joke.

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:33 am

nothing real original here...

my original nickname was balakov100, I only posted a few times with it..after I rediscovered the site..I forgot the P/W for balakov100 so I made balakov10, I got it shortened to BaLa later on..

balakov is the last name of a Bulgarian Soccer Player who used to play for my favorite soccer team (he is retired now)

VFB Stuttgart
German Soccer Team
1. Bundesliga (1st. League)

SGTMAJRET · Post by **SGTMAJRET** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:33 am

Sergeant Major Retired

I started using it after my retirement from the Army.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:13 am

It was my "CB" handle since 197:p

Bastid · Post by **Bastid** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:32 am

the movie "Johnny Dangerously"
with Micheal Keaton and other ppl red headed chick n stuff.....

it was just the way he said it...

deleted_acct · Post by **deleted_acct** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:33 am

Im chillin and my intials are hh

axtrader · Post by **axtrader** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:36 am

Trading chat room buddies gave me this nickname after someone remarked that my style was similar to someone weilding an ax(e).