What's behind your username?

[Chel]

Why did you choose your particular username? Mine was because I love cats and space, but what's the reason of your username?

[azander]

Mine is an interesting story.  Back when I was in college, the computer center (mainrfames) assigned usernames based on first initial, and last name.  Mine was already taken.  Then tried reversing it, going first name, initial of last name.  Also taken.  So they asked me what I wanted.  I was playing Dungeons and Dragons a lot at the time, so  I went with my Mage/Assassin names Alanon Zander.  AZander.  Been using it ever since. 

 

When google required, for a short time, proper First and Last names for G+, I had them check mine.  I had been using it so long that they thought, and still do, it was a real person's name.

 

 

[WinkAllKerb'']

basically nothing, theorically everithing, technically someone perma banned, seen from a star some planets around here or there,  seen from a black hole some points, just some points that may feed at some ;

Edited August 30, 2017 by WinkAllKerb''

[The Aziz]

Nuff said.

[qzgy]

Its made of the letters q,z,g, and y.

Nothing special, just 4 characters.

[Gordon Fecyk]

<rant>

After seeing other forums of all types deteriorate into name-calling, bullying, threatening, trolling, hating for fun, and so on, I decided to keep myself in check by using my real name as my user name. At all times, in all forums, where possible. No hiding behind a fake name for any reason.

</rant>

[YNM]

20 minutes ago, qzgy said:

Its made of the letters q,z,g, and y.

Nothing special, just 4 characters.

I thought is was something along syzygy.

 

Mine ? Well, it's a shortening from Yoursnotmine, or as I'd explain the shortening back when I was interested in coding, yoursNotMine. I was thinking to stay behind anonimity when I started to become an active member of online forums (hence "yours, not mine") ; but as time progresses, and seeing where life has taken me and where it'll probably take me further, I'm starting to question it. Though I'll stay under YNM, it's probably going to have no more meaning and being more connected to IRL. We'll see...

Edited August 31, 2017 by YNM

[spacebrick3]

So a while ago (probably 5 or 6 years), I got some Lego set, and for the bit where they said "log on to our website" and so on, one of the "example" usernames was spacebrick3. I chose it just kind of randomly, and now I use it pretty much everywhere since no one else has taken it.

[Joseph Kerman]

Initially Joseph Stalin Kerman, I allowed a Mod to remove 'Stalin'.

[NSEP]

National

Space

Exploration

Program

[Geonovast]

Got mine during the heyday of AdjectiveNounNumber usernames.  Those things always drove me crazy, but I couldn't really think of anything that wasn't topic specific.  So naturally I downloaded a random word generator and spammed refresh until something popped out at me.  Been using this for like... 14 years?

As far as hiding behind a username online... honestly you'd probably find out more about me googling Geonovast than my real name.

[Regor]

My school code

[dangerhamster]

Its my usual IGN for multiplayer. Came about mostly as a reaction to all the frankly rather sad XXX_killabeast_1985_XXX stuff. Oh and Danger really is my middle name. Honest.

Also have a couple of alt accounts on the floaty battle boats game- Havenaklu and Dontshootimharmless.

[Guest]

Guess

[idamoofus]

I live next to a lake.

[The Space Dino]

I like space and dinosaurs, and also WWII stuff, but I had no place for that as 'The Space War Dino' just sounds really weird.

[Superfluous J]

Behind my username? A grey circle.

Oh you mean how did I pick it. I made a video of that once.

Spoiler

 

 

[regex]

This again?

My username is what I was working on (at my job) the day when I registered on the forums. No, I am not an expert on the syntax nor do I particularly care to be.

[Human Person]

I'm not only studying physics but also chemistry to become a teacher for those subjects. 

Edited September 3, 2017 by Physics Student

[razark]

I didn't choose my username.

 

It hunted me down one night, dragged me into a dark alley, and assigned itself to me.

[StupidAndy]

On ‎8‎/‎31‎/‎2017 at 0:59 PM, qzgy said:

Its made of the letters q,z,g, and y.

Nothing special, just 4 characters.

like XKCD

mine is because I always am creative until the moment when I have to be creative, I my brain sputtered, and I came with a half baked username. now I just like it...I'm not changing it

[tater]

Back in the day, I downloaded a game called air warrior....

I figured I'd fly like a potato, so I called myself "Spud."

That was my name until I switched to WarBirds later, and Spud was taken. AW guys would say, "later, tater" when I logged off, so I used "tater" from then on. Same name in early testing of WW2OL (alpha, beta, then play for 10 years). Also in IL-2.

[Jas0n]

Jason was taken. so I replaced the o with a 0. There are so many jasons out that you'll probably never find me if you tried.

[qzgy]

1 hour ago, StupidAndy said:

like XKCD

yup exactly, thats where the idea is from

[Bill Phil]

Mine is just two of my names (first (nickname) and last), shortened to be more convenient. Pretty boring, I know.