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So how did you all come up with your usernames? I'm The Kid cause I started going to LANs when I was around 13 or so, and the name stuck. Not a terribly interesting story, but I'm in an interesting position where I'm no longer a kid really, but people are very used to calling me Kid, and I don't really want to get a new name. Maybe I'll just confuse people  Share your stories, I'm curious! |
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kiba
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February 03, 2011, 03:04:15 AM |
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I got it from Wolf's Rain.
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Nefario
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February 03, 2011, 07:36:20 AM |
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I got mine from the film despicable me.
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PGP key id at pgp.mit.edu 0xA68F4B7C To get help and support for GLBSE please email support@glbse.com |
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grondilu
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February 03, 2011, 10:18:32 AM |
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Being anonymous is bad for biz. So I am not.
+1 My username is made out of my real name. |
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ribuck
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February 03, 2011, 10:39:30 AM |
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Ribuck is an old Australian slang term meaning "the real thing" or "genuine" or "fair dinkum". It's also spelled ryebuck, as in the Australian song The Ryebuck Shearer.
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Garrett Burgwardt (OP)
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February 03, 2011, 12:07:19 PM |
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Being anonymous is bad for biz. So I am not.
+1 My username is made out of my real name. Then you sir, have an awesome real name  |
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grondilu
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February 03, 2011, 12:33:54 PM |
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Then you sir, have an awesome real name During my studies the sysadmins had some weird rule to come up with 8 letters-longed usernames. They used to take the first 6 letters of the name, and the 2 first letters of the firstname. With my name, this gave "grondilu" and I thought it sounded pretty cool. So I kept it later on. |
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Anonymous
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February 03, 2011, 01:03:16 PM |
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I occasionally listen to the noagenda podcast which has a large following of listeners . When I discovered bitcoin I first tried to setup a market site for people to list products like craigslist. I thought it would combine the two to get extra visitors. I wish it was more exciting than that really  |
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Anonymous
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February 03, 2011, 02:12:35 PM |
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It's a pen name.
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lumos
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February 03, 2011, 03:18:55 PM |
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lumos comes from esperanto and means will shine.
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theymos
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February 03, 2011, 07:55:19 PM |
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I originally made mine for an RPG character: Theymos Amastica. It was created without much thought, being only a minor adjustment of the "Thamior" and "Amastacia" names given as elven name examples in the D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook. I began using it for all of my online game accounts, as well, and then I used it even for non-game accounts so I wouldn't have to remember multiple usernames. (At this point most of my online accounts were game-related.)
I sometimes wish that I had chosen something better and more meaningful, though it is nicely unique: almost all Google results for "theymos" are related to me. It would be very difficult to change at this point, after using it for 5+ years.
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gigitrix
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February 03, 2011, 11:33:10 PM |
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I occasionally listen to the noagenda podcast which has a large following of listeners . When I discovered bitcoin I first tried to setup a market site for people to list products like craigslist. I thought it would combine the two to get extra visitors. I wish it was more exciting than that really ...in the morning! |
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左
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February 04, 2011, 09:12:28 AM |
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It is the Chinese character for "left" and, so means "left" in both Japanese and Chinese.
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February 04, 2011, 01:46:54 PM |
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Comes from a stupid french play on words : "davoûte plantaire". EDIT : Later realized that a big parisian street was named boulevard Davout |
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Live and enjoy experiments
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February 04, 2011, 01:50:51 PM |
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bitcool = bitcoin is cool. plain, lame but true.
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February 07, 2011, 06:00:57 AM |
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+1 for GWAR My name means any unspecified or unspecifiable object; something one does not know the name of or does not wish to name. 
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ding·us/ˈdiNGgəs/
Noun: Used to refer to something whose name the speaker cannot remember, is unsure of, or is humorously or euphemistically omitting
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February 10, 2011, 06:06:49 PM |
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I know this topic's dead but I wanted to be with the cool kids:
My internet name is Veltas Vandegere, I've used it for about 4 years now. The first occurrence of the name is for my Guild Wars character but I liked it and now use it for everything. My real name is Chris (Christopher), and Veltas isn't for anonymity reasons, I just like having an internet name.
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dingus
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February 11, 2011, 05:20:46 AM |
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I know this topic's dead but I wanted to be with the cool kids:
My internet name is Veltas Vandegere, I've used it for about 4 years now. The first occurrence of the name is for my Guild Wars character but I liked it and now use it for everything. My real name is Chris (Christopher), and Veltas isn't for anonymity reasons, I just like having an internet name.
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ding·us/ˈdiNGgəs/
Noun: Used to refer to something whose name the speaker cannot remember, is unsure of, or is humorously or euphemistically omitting
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