The "Why your nick" thread

Summ · Post by **Summ** » 11 May 2004, 19:19

Hey ppl, I haven't noticed one of these evergreen threads on this forum yet. As anyone knows, this is one of the classic threads to be found on any forum, like the "Post Yourselves" and "Where do you live?". This one is yet another of that kind, and the question is ... why have you chosen the nick you choose, and what does it mean to you ( affection ).
I can start this myself, by saying that Summ is short for Summoner, or the Almighty. I first used this nick when i got internet 13 month ago for the first time. I used it when playing a game called Jedi Knight 2 : Jedi Outcast. As some of you know, and as the rest can guess, you enter the shoes of a jedi, and start going nuts with your lightsaber at anything that has a heartbeat. Online I needed a name that could impress and emphasize my skills, and Summoner did it for me. It was equally impressive to most of the other common names, and yet original enough to stick out and be remembered. My clanmates started to abreviate it to Summ, which is a milder form imo. Summoner took on another meaning, as I often stood for arrangements and bringing ppl together, I was now the one Summoning ppl :p. I prefer the later interpreftation.

Who's next on the list? =)

ed'dy · Post by **ed'dy** » 11 May 2004, 20:32

You be Da Mighty Summoner

lol. Well, I just chose this nick because.... hmmm, I don't know why, just ed'dy.

Summ · Post by **Summ** » 11 May 2004, 20:40

Is it your real name? Or did you maybe choose it after playing through NFSU?

BurnBoy · Post by **BurnBoy** » 11 May 2004, 20:47

My real name is George Hammond the third and I live in a huge mansion with my millions of pounds that i have inherited from past generations.

BurnBoy

Sheep <Nl> · Post by **Sheep <Nl>** » 11 May 2004, 21:42

And i'm michael jackson....

BurnBoy · Post by **BurnBoy** » 11 May 2004, 22:09

Hey, are you available for the new production of 'chitty-chitty bang-bang', they'll need a childcatcher!! Ha Ha!
No, seriously, I'm BurnBoy coz it sounds quite good. It could have been worse. Speedy Turtle was a previous suggestion!

BurnBoy

Grez~Supra_RZ-S · Post by **Grez~Supra_RZ-S** » 11 May 2004, 23:18

id tell you why mine is, but its pretty obvious

Sp3aK · Post by **Sp3aK** » 11 May 2004, 23:23

My real name is Andrew Scott. I got this name more-less stole it LOL. Back when I was playing Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 I had another nick(forgot what it is... agacu maybe?), anyways there was some guy that ran a site and his name was Speak. Spelled normal

- Well I twisted it slightly and made it my own and have been using it for about 4 years+? Been on mIRC(gamesnet) for the longest time with this nick as well. Hooray

Plus I talk alot.

UrQuattro · Post by **UrQuattro** » 11 May 2004, 23:47

My favourite car, Audi ueberQuattro or UrQuattro (original quattro).

Post by **GT3x24x7** » 12 May 2004, 01:22

Seems to be plenty of confusion surrounding my nick - lol I thought it was easy to pick! Quite simply, I used to play a LOT of Gran Turismo 3. So much so that I even faked an extended illness to skip work for two weeks and just play the game!! Yeh I know, I'm a bad bad person!

So that's how it came about, cuz I'd play Gran Turismo 3 for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if I could arrange it!!

marshallpre1 · Post by **marshallpre1** » 12 May 2004, 10:14

well lets see.... i was the orginall marshallpre, before someone hacked into that name on my AOL instant messenger, and messed up my whole profile... whoever this was made me look like a criminal... so i had to get a new name and thus marshallpre1 was born i thought it was unique-

marshall- marshall mathers (eminem)
pre- Steve Prefontaine, the greatest runner to ever live... well in my view of course

marshall+pre= marshallpre+1 lol

bronco · Post by **bronco** » 12 May 2004, 10:57

my names shaheen jamal shajahan.. bronco is basically my shorter version of my main nickname when i use to play CS on lan and stuff, which is extremebronco.. bronco basically cause my friend told me once that the ford bronco had a bus v8..so i was like totally obsessed with getting one, this was waaay before i even knew wat a turbo was so i didnt know wat the bronco looked like..when i saw it i almost puked...uuurg..but it kinda stuck..i actually got other nicknames, The Jackal is one but it went into high demand after the movie, i was using it before the movie came out, than there was sub_cynide and booster(after gone in 60 seconds where boosting was kool)..lol thats the history of my nicknames anyway.

KekumRulez · Post by **KekumRulez** » 12 May 2004, 11:06

Where my nick comes from?: "Kekum" is the place I live (it's a small town with +-800 people). In the town itself we call it Kekum, originally it is called Kedichem.
I guess I don't have to explain "Rulez"

It's with a "Z" because the first time I tried to use "Kekumrules" it was allready in use.
Also I use "Mike", wich comes from Michael (and is my name)

So thats how I came to this nickname

Grez~Supra_RZ-S · Post by **Grez~Supra_RZ-S** » 12 May 2004, 14:07

aww my nickname seems really boring now

everyone else has cool storys behind them

KekumRulez · Post by **KekumRulez** » 12 May 2004, 14:08

Your story isn't that hard to understand, Grez!

exonn · Post by **exonn** » 12 May 2004, 14:11

firstly i was exo. why? i dont know, then i becom exon, fail in registration and now am exonn

Summ · Post by **Summ** » 12 May 2004, 15:53

lol .. there IS something to it =) Most of you guys do indeed have funny stories to tell about their nicks, keep it up

Supra-man · Post by **Supra-man** » 12 May 2004, 16:03

GT3x24x7 wrote:Seems to be plenty of confusion surrounding my nick - lol I thought it was easy to pick! Quite simply, I used to play a LOT of Gran Turismo 3. So much so that I even faked an extended illness to skip work for two weeks and just play the game!! Yeh I know, I'm a bad bad person!

So that's how it came about, cuz I'd play Gran Turismo 3 for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if I could arrange it!!

LOL, pretty creative! I chose my nick because i thought it was different and something nobody had. I worship supras and since supra is so close to super i decided to go for supra-man, lol, instead of having super-man. Now i cant even say super because i just end up saying supra!

xXx · Post by **xXx** » 12 May 2004, 17:21

Supra-man wrote:LOL, pretty creative! I chose my nick because i thought it was different and something nobody had. I worship supras and since supra is so close to super i decided to go for supra-man, lol, instead of having super-man. Now i cant even say super because i just end up saying supra!

lol.., that's funny, m8..
As for me, it's quite obvious that I took it from the movie TripleX...(not porn)..

It's easy to remember & type too, just three x...

crossfire1 · Post by **crossfire1** » 12 May 2004, 17:35

My real name is Kalamidas Panagiotis. I didnt have a nick before having to get one for my e-mail account. so i choose my nick from the song i was listening to that time!!!!!! (scorpions - moment of glory album).

GT3 shouldnt your nick have a x52 at the end for the weeks !!!!!!

Aschker · Post by **Aschker** » 12 May 2004, 17:51

i think i have the lamest story

i went to play soccer with my mates and i was the goallie. my favorite club had just won a game Twente 1-0 to Ajax in ajax's 100 year celibration

:D so i was happy about that and decided to name myself after the twente goallie Boschker for the duration of our soccer match

...when we got to the home of one of my mates, his little brother asked me wat my position was, i said goallie... so he said: Like boschker??? and i said yes..so he fused my last name (Assink) and boschker into one... Aschker...

me mates where all laughing, so it stuck...and i like it actually

steffG09 · Post by **steffG09** » 12 May 2004, 18:53

cool stories. mines the most boring yet... my name (steffen) + god knows why i have put 09...

Summ · Post by **Summ** » 12 May 2004, 18:54

nice =) hehee, keep it up folks

ed'dy · Post by **ed'dy** » 13 May 2004, 13:36

Summ wrote:Is it your real name? Or did you maybe choose it after playing through NFSU?

No that's not my name(there aren't such names in Estonia), and I did not choose it after playing through NFSU. I just wanted a simple nickname.

Post by **GT3x24x7** » 13 May 2004, 14:37

Grez~Supra_RZ-S wrote:aww my nickname seems really boring now everyone else has cool storys behind them

Well I get the Supra part, but where does 'Grez' come from dude?