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Old April 25, 2002, 23:10   #1
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Where does your screenname come from?
I've got several. On here I mostly go by Asher. Asher comes from an "unofficial middlename" that almost became my real middle name. It would have made my initials DAM, so my parents wouldn't have that ( ), so they changed it to something else so it's now DRM. Since some of my friends found out ages ago, they started calling me Asher as a joke-thing, and it started sticking since there were usually another couple "Davids" in class also. It's far more unique so it's easier to go by. So now many of my friends call me Asher or Ash (which I wasn't fond of at first, since it's short for Ashley usually, but it stuck). Anyway, so that's my login here now.

My other screenname has been Glonk. This actually comes from GLONK, which stands for General Lifeform Optimized for Nocturnal Killing. I began using this screenname on games like TradeWars in the early 90s, been using it since in most places. My AIM screenname is a variation of this ("Glonk" was taken...grr), and is "El Glonko". Which is the Spanish version of the name.

Where did yours come from? (Jon Miller need not apply)
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:13   #2
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Mine's a derivative of "Scribble," the name of the main character and narrator of the very weird science-fiction novel "Vurt" by Jeff Noon.
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:15   #3
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:15   #4
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from my email address, which is a direct derivative of my BBS name, which came into being when I played "War in Middle Earth",a classic strategy game, back in 88.
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:16   #5
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:20   #6
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Mac - My last name starts with McK

TBone - I play an instrument, and when I made the screen name it was the thing that 'defined' me.

I came up with it when I needed a name for Starcraft, way back when. So far I've only had one place where the name was taken (stupid AIM), and the guy was a real freak about me messaging him. Whenever the name is taken I just put a 0 on the end, although that's usually just when I forget my password.

(If you haven't figured it out yet, I play the trombone. Posaune in Deutsch)
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:21   #7
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My screenname before was technophile, which was just sort of the first thing that popped into my head when I delurked. I think I was posting on the Technology thread on the CivIII Suggestions forum, so it seemed appropriate; I also played as Zakharov most often in SMAc, so again, it seemed appropriate.

I changed to loinburger because I got tired of technophile, and had also taken to using loinburger elsewhere (like in TFC, or when playing Drunken Timesplitters). A loinburger is the name that Alfie's Inn (in Glen Ellyn, IL) gives to its hamburgers.
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My name comes from my political (specifically my economic) beliefs.

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mine is a paintball callsign..big letters in the back say Faded Glory and the company logo break the camo on the back. Its really crappy. I want to get a new one. But I wont...its how my teamates ID me on the battlefield
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first thing to understand my name is that it reads as korn-four-sixty-nine

anyways i like the band korn
and i'll let you figure out the 469 part lol
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I used to use a different name for everything I did on the 'net, I got tired of always changing it and stuck with the one I was using at the time. Which just happened to be "Osweld the Brute" in Asheron's Call - I didn't realize 'Osweld' was usually spelled with an A at the time, but i've come to like the E anyways, since it almost always ensures that I get a unique user name, and I like to listen to people tell me that I don't know how to spell my own login.
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:44   #16
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my original screenname, kyller, was a play on my real name (kyle). Ixnay comes from the 4th Offspring album, Ixnay on the Hombre, and it just sounds damn cool (the avatar is off the Conspiracy of One album cover). The 37 came when I was signing up for a hotmail account back with kyller (kyller's 1 thru 36 were apparently taken) and it's stuck ever since.
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contrary to popular belief - my favorite color is not orange. In fact, I rather despise the color.

My cousin was a REAL computer guru growing up, spent almost all of his time on them (still does...) and he was into C++ and Visual Basic. He taught me how to do it, and we ended up making 'cover games' ala Microsoft's Chip's Challange, you know...simple stuff. Our optimistic imaginative 12 year old minds felt that we could end up making a real business and marketing the stuff

Anywho, the company was called Orange Software, to 'oppose Apple Computers'.

When I got AOL, the max screen name limit was 10 characters (4.0) so I went with OrangeSfwr (every other letter of software due to the limit)

I used as my handle for pretty much everything I signed up for, and it kinda just stuck as a nick name, so I continued using it. Then at Apolyton everyone was screwing up my handle, OrangeSwfr and such, so I shortened it to "orange".

Oddly enough, I was about to make it "simply orange", and a year later the orange juice company of the same name appeared
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Old April 25, 2002, 23:45   #18
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First name I came up with that didn't require a number associated with it on some long forgotten email service.

It's also just about as strange as I am.
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My name comes from the city in the Yucatan. I've been there twice, and I like the beaches much better than when I went to Cozumel.

I have other names, but this is the name I use the most. I also like it more because it sounds more feminine and people don't have to wonder too long if I'm female or not.
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I used to use a different name for everything I did on the 'net, I got tired of always changing it and stuck with the one I was using at the time. Which just happened to be "Osweld the Brute" in Asheron's Call - I didn't realize 'Osweld' was usually spelled with an A at the time, but i've come to like the E anyways, since it almost always ensures that I get a unique user name, and I like to listen to people tell me that I don't know how to spell my own login.
I loved Asheron's Call, can't wait for AC2 this year.
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Zhu Yuanzhang was the first Emperor of the MING dynasty

I also have used (Dave) Boshko (real name) and Ahri Adaran (from Ahriman which is the Zoroastrian bad buy, Adar which is Avestan for fire, and an which is the Farsi plural, so basically demon of the flames or something along those lines).

And I'm Daztur in DAoC but I don't think that counts
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Don't let this threadjack....
Quote:
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I loved Asheron's Call, can't wait for AC2 this year.

They're making a new one? I might have to whore myself out and give it a try... The original had potential, but in my opinion had a few fatal flaws that ruined it for me (the combat system being the most prominent).




Wait a minute, you probably just like it because it's made by microsoft.
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Re: Don't let this threadjack....
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They're making a new one? I might have to whore myself out and give it a try... The original had potential, but in my opinion had a few fatal flaws that ruined it for me (the combat system being the most prominent).
Yep, and it looks really really sweet. They released videos and pictures, and the game is visually stunning (swaying grass, 10x polygons per character compared to AC1). They also totally revamped the combat system so there's far more involvement.

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Wait a minute, you probably just like it because it's made by microsoft.
Turbine made it over a period of four years (in a guy's garage, no less!). MS simply published it.
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Old April 26, 2002, 00:00   #26
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it was the 26th random name the zone gave me while i was signing up so i could MP civ. i liked it 'cause i like cold temperatures, cold beverages and the second character i made in d&d was a magic-user (ColdFighter sounds quite lame )
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No comment. The X comes because I prefer letters to numbers, and some sicko had already taken "Felch" on AIM. Also it sort of has that Malcolm X quality to it. However, if people wish to think that I'm the tenth Felch, that's cool.
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Old April 26, 2002, 00:03   #28
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You have the coolest screen-name on Apolyton, Felch X.
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see, I read it as a command. Everytime I see it I go around looking for a guy named X to Felch.
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