Origin of your nick?

[ozzfreak]

Just curious where everyone came up with your nicks from. I of course used to be a huge fan of the Ozzman, Mr. Osbourne. The passion has faded with age, but the nick has stuck with me. I make it sound like i'm very old, but only 25, hehe. Just not as much into music as I used to be.

Oz

[Paul Victorey]

Mine was given to me by my parents some 22 years ago :D

[Mr N8]

my name is nate

[glc]

My initials

[DrZaius]

I got mine from Planet of the Apes. And for fans of The Simpsons, I took it from the musical. :D

[wolfie]

started in high school because of my last name:)

wolfie

[HAL9000]

I dunno, HAL9000 is a computer, seems like a logical geek name to me. I have another nickname and it stems from being the youngest in my family and my last name beginning with a "Z". So to this day, my friends still call me baby zee. Even have a personalized license plate on my car "BABY Z".

[lil Jimmie]

My nickname was given to me by a former employer and good friend. My original nick was not available when I signed on with PCMech, so I used the one given to me by my friend.

[Jomama]

Frank Zappa song. Frank was a genius if not non-politicalcally correct.

[GerBa]

Mine is a contraction of my first and last names. Iv'e used it since first joining AOL way back in the early ninties. It's the same every where I go if it's available.

[a|acr|ty]

alacrity : (noun) state of joyful readiness

[Moth]

:rolleyes: A bit sordid. As a teenager, which, sadly, I haven't been for 18 years now - I played Dungeons & Dragons. My character's name was "Mothucker", which was an abbreviated version of something else, which I'll avoid mentioning :eek: . "Moth" was just a further abbreviation that prompted fewer objections.

[pstj]

pstj is my initials.

Hey Moth, what class/species was Mothucker?

pstj:)

[Nuclear Krusader]

Here (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?threadid=30942)

[Moth]

Hi PSTJ,
Human barbarian fighter. Took him to level 9 or 10, before I started DMing a compaign of four years myself. A buddy of mine also had a similar 'grunt' type of character which he simply called "Gutz". I liked that one.:D

[lokgotz]

mine was from the cartoon southpark....kenny was my favourite character...."lok got" was his name in cantonise...and i add a "z" there to make the name sound more futuristic...hehehe

[RJ]

Just my initials.
My first name begins with R and my last one with J.

RJ

[dldz]

Same here, my & the wifes initals :D
Don

[LWHiway]

LoneWolfHiway

Used once while in the Brown Water Navy back in 70 as an identifier on station. Have used LW on radio and such forever.

[Orcmonkey]

Well, back the first time when I played warcraft two on a LAN, the nick I chose was "Orcman" because I always played orc. Then I added a 2 to make "Orcman2" because I thought that was cooler. Then when I finnaly got internet access (AOL) my SN was Orcman2. Then after about a year of that, I got bored of it and didn't like having a number in my name, so I came up with Orcmonkey. So there ya go. Orcs from warcraft, and monkeys, cause hey, why not?

[doctorgonzo]

Hunter S. Thompson.

When the going gets weird, the Weird turn Pro.

[moonlight burner]

I used to stay up late with either reading , studying or working late into the dark with computers. So, moonlight is what I usually see in the night and 'burner' is I guess 'someone' who 'works' late into the night, like a candle 'burning' in the lonely night. It's of poetic meaning I guess:D

[jamesrpm]

Used to be in the car business and still like to watch the races

[raftero]

the brand i use on my ranch rafter o.

[Edave]

A buddy started calling me Edave because I used to sell on Ebay quite a bit.I really cant remember why I added the 123,but I think I used the name on another board and they required so many characters in the user name,so i just stuck a 123 on it.
I would like to drop the 123,but I think the rules state that you can't,so I guess i'll live with it:)

[TheOldMan]

Back in my younger days, my friends and I would frequent a particular bar. Actually several, but this one more then the others. We had a running joke with one of the bartenders since I seemed to be able to consume more brew than the others. He bet that I couldn't put my head under the tap and drink the keg dry. My friends would all say "The Old Man can do it" and the bartender would always back down and buy us a round since he figured that would be cheaper in the long run. The nick just stuck since I was the oldest in the group by a few months.

The Old Man

[morriswindgate]

In my earlier internet days, I signed up for an Excite e-mail account but all the names I tried were taken so I started putting two name combinations together and came up with it. Sounds more like the name of a Lawyer though.

[Blakhart]

It was better than Flingus BoDoody.....
na really I made it up at the bar, you sign a name at the pool table to be called when you are up for that game.

[piasabird]

Piasabird is a beast of Legend. It is an Indian Legend. One was noted by historians on the bluffs along the Mississippi River.

http://www.altonweb.com/history/piasabird/

[calmius]

My name is borrowed from the nave of a river CALMIUS ( also spelled KALMIUS ) from Ukraine. Believe it or not, but it's true. The city where I lived had a Ukrainian name DONETSK (sounds like don't ask) and the "state" or area was called DONBASS (which sounds like Dumb Ass) Really it means Donetsk Basin.

Now I live in United States.

[Trent Steel]

<---- Another one of the Simpsons fans. Its where Homer changes his name to Max Power and he meets another guy called Trent Steel. The name clicked with me and I use it as my online nick for just about everything. Sure beats some of the other nicks I have used, SpiffyHairBall and StickBoy for example.

[ozzfreak]

speaking of previous nicks, try rxrvwshrr. It was an old internet password i had, with one letter changed. Talk about stupid. lol

Oz

[Cricket]

High School nickname...30 years ago.

:) Cricket

[Sauron]

It was taken from the books (Lord of the Rings) Sauron was the rather the evil lord, something like a god, and besides Aragorn and Gimli, he was my favorite guy:)

[crowdaddy00]

My nick was formed 2 years ago cause i love counting crows and the movie the crow. the other half came from me always saying "who's your daddy" when playing FPS games.

[gibsinep]

Spell it backwords mates. ;)

[Alaron]

LOL gibsinep

My came from a game called Aidyn Chronicles: First Mage for the Nintendo64. It was the first real RPG for the N64 so I was looking forward to it for a long time. The main characters name is Alaron. Unfortunately, the game was pretty bad but the name stuck.

Oh yeah, 56 is my lucky number. Im not sure why, I just liked it, so I decided its my lucky number

[Lord Prism]

LOL, Gib.

Lord Prism is a throw-back from my highschool "Dungeons and Dragons" playing days. He was a Human Fighter that made it up to 14th level. His original title is Lord Prism of Stef.....I'll use that from time to time.

[dldz]

Originally posted by morriswindgate
I started putting two name combinations together and came up with it. Sounds more like the name of a Lawyer though. Ya know I can see a ESQ after that :D
Morriswindgate esq has a lawyer ring to it.
Don

[smokealotapotimus]

To tell you the truth, not sure why or why I came up with it. I guess I was just sitting their with the username field blank, and put in one of my favorite past-times with a little bit of a twist.

[SARGE]

Had mine since I earned it. Everyone calls me SARGE, even DL. However, when she's irritated by me, she calls me by my given name. That's always a sign. ;)

[lpc300]

Hi all,

Real boring. Combined the two things I spend most of my time doing outside of computers. The lpc stands for 'Licenced Professional Counselor' which allows me to practice as a psychotherapist in the state that I live. The '300' is always my goal when I bowl (I have 9). If I could, I'd change it.

[HAL9000]

Change your nick? E-mail Dok and he can do it for you no problem if you really want it changed.

[lpc300]

Hey, thanks for the info, Hal. Gotta think about it, just to be sure I want to.

[VochoMaster]

I'm the webmaster about the VW vintage (bug), better known as "Vocho" in Mexico.

So I don't like so much to be known as "webmaster" in every website I make and "VochoMaster" sounds really good to me.

[heidthebaw]

Heid the baw,literally meaning "head the ball", a football (soccer) phrase. Although it is used in Scotland as a derogatory term meaning an idiot or dolt. Apt!?

[Carl Price]

Originally posted by edave123
A buddy started calling me Edave because I used to sell on Ebay quite a bit.I really cant remember why I added the 123,but I think I used the name on another board and they required so many characters in the user name,so i just stuck a 123 on it.
I would like to drop the 123,but I think the rules state that you can't,so I guess i'll live with it:)

If you really want to do this, just email Dok. He can (and has done this for others) with no loss of posts or anything.

[mairving]

I am really not sure how I came up with mine.

Thanks,
Mark Irving

[Orcmonkey]

Yeah a while back I got mine changed from orcmonkey to Orcmonkey.

[Edave]

Thanks Carl,
I'll give it a shot.Can't hurt to ask:)

[KR0316]

My initials and birthdate.

[Edave]

Hey Carl,
Check out the new user name.I lost the 123:D

Thanks for the suggestion,and thanks to Dok for helping me out with this.

[wolfie]

he must of had a busy morning:D :D

wolfie

[Edave]

:D

[Redo40]

Now that's a thought, if I can come up with a good one may change mine.

[M. A. Dockter]

Well, I was going to down to the LaCrosse Riverfest grounds, but right now it's pouring rain. So instead of wandering around and looking at all the pretty flesh; making fun of the wandering drunks; and paying $3 for a bottle of water, I'm sitting here, doing some long needed paper work and filing of my personal finances while rocking out to some <a href="http://www.trans-siberian.com/">T.S.O.</a>, a little <a href="http://pages.prodigy.net/ckmalmberg/band/ngdb/lyrics/lyrics49.html">Hornsby with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band</a>, misc Classic Rock and Garth Brooks.

Flatt and Scruggs just started some Foggy Mountain; time for me to get to the point.

My "nickname" is actually Dok, but my forum name here...is...well...should be quite obvious. My full name is Matthew Allen Dockter. When my first rant on how people gripe at M$ for no educated reason got published here, I asked to be published under "M. A. Dockter" But since a lot of search engines ignore the periods after the initals and refer to me as 'MA Dockter" I've given up on using it except for here on the forums. I'm thinking of changing my name, especially after taking care of two requests this morning.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Hehe, seems like the next busy member will be DrZaius, since he will be updating names in the PCM Gallery! :p ;)

[wolfie]

OPPS:D
sorry DrZaius

wolfie

[DrZaius]

No worries, if you have changed your nick just PM me or post in the Members Gallery thread so that I can update it in the gallery.

[trainop]

As the name implies I am a train operator here in Pueto Rico.

[DragonNOA1]

Back when the internet was beginning to become popular in the early 90's I needed a name that was unique so that I could remember it and use it at every site that I went to. I liked dragons so i used that, and because i was still a lil' kid i loved playing my nintendo and i thought it was better than any other gaming company, so i used "NOA" or 'Nintendo of America'. I followed it with a 1 b/c i thought it was number 1! Wow... i made that name along time ago but, it still works. Plus it would be a big hassle to go through every site and re-sign w/ a new nick and e-mail all my family members and co-workers and my mom's co-workers of the change. Just might as well keep it as it is.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Plus it would be a big hassle to go through every site and re-sign w/ a new nick and e-mail all my family members and co-workers and my mom's co-workers of the change. Just might as well keep it as it is.
LOL. That is the main reason I don't change my e-mail addy even when I'm receiving lots of spam.

[Werewolfdaddy]

I used to gamemaster a game from White Wolf Publishing company, called Werewolf. As the master, I was the daddy. I was kind of in a pimp mood at the time that I came up with it. It began as my AOL handle. Now, I use it pretty much everywhere.

[calmius]

Werefolf Daddy, that White Wolf company is that the company that made Russian games? Or am I just hallucinating?

[PardeGT]

My last name is Parde and I like to fiddle with about everything mechanical. This includes cars and the obsession of driving them.

I came up with this years back when I got personalized plates for my 87 Fiero GT.

[TimPoet]

I write stuff.

Go by WarPoet for online fps games. Derivative of Warrior Poet.

[mrstarface]

Hmm well........when me and a mate were drunk in a video shop a few years ago we saw a couple of old Battlestar Galactica videos which of course featured that amazing character Starbuck.

The bloke who played him also played Face in the A-Team so we stuck them together and gave him the name StarFace. Added on the Mr for a bit of respectabiity;)

Been my nick ever since and I have been able to join forums/open e-mail ac's everywhere without getting that name already taken rubbish!

[corosus]

i once misstyped the name Crosis (the borg that gets data to leave the enterprise in a star trek tng) in a star trek chat forum somewhere in the ninties. i only heard the name never seen it written.
i'm not that into star trek annymore but the name stuck.

[Penguin]

I am a huge Hockey fan, and you can guess what my favorite team is.

That is why everyone calls me Penguin.

[Danny G]

When I was doing a bit of music mixing I used it.
Unfortunantly I wasnt good, actually I was pretty woeful but you get that. My firstname is Daniel/Dan though and my middle initial is G though. I admire you guys who post your names on the internet, I dont as mine is extremely recognizable (IE only one in Australia)

[homer15]

like some other people here, i've got a simpsons handle. when i first got internet access, i needed to come up with a name. homer was already taken, so i threw on my age with it. now everyone knows me by it, so i can't change it... :)

[Pengy]

Oh! So now I see who got the name I originally wanted - that of Penguin!
No, I am not a hockey fan but have collected penguins for years. My husband calls our home a penguin shrine.

I do use some variation of the name Pengiun in the chats and forums I frequent, and a lot of my friends call me Pengy.

There ya go!

[Lord Prism]

WELCOME aboard, PENGY!!

I love this place!

[Strider]

I used this nickname way before the movie came out (I read the triology when I was younger), now that the movie and soon the remaining two movies I have a hard time using it (Darn Movie), I usually end up having to put a number behind it now. :D

[mrjohnsonjr]

my nick is just part of my name.......and i am a junior...my nickname in college was Dr. Pepper cause my friends said every time they saw me i had one in my hands:)

[onearmpprhngr]

as my nick implies, I am a selfdeclared work and playaholic. When I'm not doing either, I am on the computer playing Descent 3 or taking apart one of my assorted few pc's I've built just to do something. I used to work on cars, but that requires getting my hands dirty, and with only one arm.....have you ever tried to wash your hands using only one hand?....didn't think so...:) So between all the activities I do, finding time to sleep and eat is tough. oh did I tell you i play golf in three different leagues Mon, Weds, and Thurs nights? On the weekends, my wife and I mountain bike in the local state forest or sometimes we go on the rails for trails bike system. There's more but I think one gets the gist of my nickname.

[oosik]

oosik (oo'sic): an 18" long walrus penis bone

(no corrolation to me at all)

can also be a seal penis bone, just not as long! Poor seals!
Spent 2 years stationed in Alaska. Have an oosik sitting on my shelf with the end carved into an eagle's head!

[calmius]

oosik?! How perverse!

[Lord Prism]

Well, since everybody is changing their usernames now, just change yours to
"18" long walrus penis bone"

:D

[AzCoastie]

Arizona Native + Active Duty Coast Guardsman = AzCoastie

[Kubie]

I can't answer how I came up with it. It sounds stupid.
Think I'll ask Dok to change it.:eek:
Carl

[oosik]

Originally posted by AzCoastie
Arizona Native + Active Duty Coast Guardsman = AzCoastie

Hmmm, you too huh? Where you stationed?

[Nuclear Krusader]

Originally posted by Carlgif
I can't answer how I came up with it. It sounds stupid.
Think I'll ask Dok to change it.:eek:
Carl
Is gif your last name? I've been always curious about dat.

[mc2phat]

I got mine during an all night drunken spades & poker fest with my military buddies about six years ago. Sort of an inside joke that I really never fully understood.

[Kubie]

NK,
I think I was looking at a gif website and I used the same user name at the NoWonder tech site. I just carried it over to here.
My last name is miles away from gif.
Carl

[Nuclear Krusader]

LOL, Carl. You know? Somehow I have always suspected that it had something to do with the gif image format. :)

[ktkendall]

Mine is my user name for most of all my other things computer related so it is easy for me to remember. I didn't realize that it would have to be my nickname on the forum too. I originally signed up to ask a question and thought I would get to pick something else for a nickname, and would use my username just to sign in. Wish I could change it now to something a little more descriptive and clever!!

[TimPoet]

Originally posted by ktkendall
Wish I could change it now to something a little more descriptive and clever!! You can, I emailed Dok and he changed mine for me from timpoet to TimPoet. :)

[Colonel Sanders]

My first name along with the year I was born, easy enough. If I could do it over I would pick Colonel Sanders.

Logan

[AzCoastie]

Originally posted by oosik


Hmmm, you too huh? Where you stationed?

At the National Search and Rescue School, Training Center Yorktown... You?

[oosik]

Air Station Clearwater, FL. H-60 Flight Mech!

[CaptTuna]

Well I am a captain of a boat. My nick was given to me when I was a deckhand. I forgot my hat one summer and wore a hat from a rainsuit, they are called Nor`wester rain suits. He said I reminded him of the guy on the fishsticks box. The Gorton's fisherman, so he called me Captain Tuna. Still on boats so it stuck.

[Tuf]

?????

[Horsepwr]

Last name is Horsley. Always called "Horse" growing up.Picked it when started racing online, use it everywhere.

[Burt Gummer]

Burt Gummer is a character from the "Tremors" movies. He is the survivalist/miltia type fella with all the firearms and the retreat.
He is my favorit character o nthe show, and one of my favorite all time characters.

Ironically he is played by ultra-liberal Michael Gross.

[freezinbutt]

I live in North Pole, Alaska......need I say more?

freezinbutt

[jeresimo]

Mine from Jeremiah Simoun my real name.

[TMAN]

It all started in second grade about 11 years ago. I was playing some DOS game on the SACC computer. Maybe Jeopardy? Maybe Tetris? I don't remember. I made up the name Toby The TMAN because I was getting bored of signing Tobias N. Nteireho in the high scores. Also "TMAN" was easier for my friends to pronounce than "Nteireho".

[mbossman2]

Mine from my real name Matt Bossman (yes the last name is real), the 2 because my neice has the same first initial and beat me to mbossman.

[Hpro]

I tried to shorten "hesscomputer or hesscom " as I used to have before and still do . so I took the first letter of the family name and then just used the first three letters for Professional or just pro (mostly because of the pentium pro I was using) and there it is
Hpro

[Tuf]

Good to see you back Hpro! Or at least I haven't noticed many posts from you lately, anyway glad to see you posting.

[Cricket]

I'm small, noisy and irritating.

:) Cricket

[Fuze]

internet handle I developed a couple years back. Just stuck with it becasue I like the shortness of it.

[sdkfz]

My oldest still followed passion ----ASL (Advanced (though it was not always) Squad Leader ---a WWII tactical game) and a utiliatrian German halftrack with the name Schutzenpanzerwagen 251

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/html/germany/sdKfz251.html

the game site (and no -- it is not on the computer, I have some 15K little cardboard counters, boards, a rule book that looks like an MCSE certification textbook etc)

http://www.multimanpublishing.com/ASL/asl.php

been playing since 1979, my personal favorite version of the 251 was #16, flamethrowers!!!!!

[dldz]

Originally posted by Cricket
I'm small, noisy and irritating.

:) Cricket
LOL and only come out in the evening Cricket ? :D

Mine are my & wifes initials

[Nuclear Krusader]

Originally posted by sdkfz
My oldest still followed passion ----ASL (Advanced (though it was not always) Squad Leader ---a WWII tactical game) and a utiliatrian German halftrack with the name Schutzenpanzerwagen 251
Heh, I always suspected your username had to something with the Sönderkraftzeug vehicle.