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Obligatory Name Explanation Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:09 pm
by Armored Wolf
Topic name says all.

My name was the first name that popped into my head after finishing Lugaru and coming here to see what's next. So I signed up and made it. Later, I asked John to remove the underscore, but he passed on the request to Jeff, who did it, so now I have no underscore.

There.

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:25 pm
by h2ostra
it's kind of a play on my last name.

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:32 pm
by Endoperez
Ages ago, when I heard about this online game called RuneScape and it seemed awesome even though my English was rather poor, I tried to come up with a name that means nothing.

Endo is Greek, and means "inner" the same way exo means "outer".
Perez is a common name in some parts of the world.
Pereo is a latin verb that means to die or perish. One of it's conjugations is Pereas.

At least it isn't Killer818181! :mrgreen:

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:41 pm
by blood-shard
Well my name is rather lame, there was realy no reason that i named my self blood-shard (i mean seriously thats just stupid and a lame name) wait now that i think about it , a few years back i think i made an account called Shardik (After richard adams book Shardik) but my email password and forum password was lost so i couldent retrieve it and so i gues i ended up as one of the persons with the lamest name around here ? xD

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:02 pm
by kehaar
Hey, my name's from Richard Adams, too-- it's the seagull that they rescue in Watership Down, he comes back to help them fight the big General rabbit.
When I signed up it was the only name I could remember from the book other than Bigwig and Fiver.

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:32 pm
by blood-shard
kehaar wrote:Hey, my name's from Richard Adams, too-- it's the seagull that they rescue in Watership Down, he comes back to help them fight the big General rabbit.
When I signed up it was the only name I could remember from the book other than Bigwig and Fiver.
I love all Richards books ^^

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:40 pm
by Armored Wolf
Blood-shard isn't a lame name. It's not great, but it's not as awful as say "Armored_Wolf".

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:44 pm
by Renegade_Turner
My account that I used to use (and sometimes still do use) for Yahoo! chat and Youtube was l2enegades_Of_Funk or l2enegadesOfFunk. This was because the name "Renegades_Of_Funk" was taken, but the name still provoked queries such as "Why didn't you just use an R?" and "What are twelve enegades of funk?"

On here, I wanted to modify it to make it relevant to Lugaru, but I also like the idea of being a renegade. =]

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:02 pm
by Richie Rabbit
Its actually my nickname.

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:04 pm
by Armored Wolf
Renegade_Turner wrote:My account that I used to use (and sometimes still do use) for Yahoo! chat and Youtube was l2enegades_Of_Funk or l2enegadesOfFunk. This was because the name "Renegades_Of_Funk" was taken, but the name still provoked queries such as "Why didn't you just use an R?" and "What are twelve enegades of funk?"

On here, I wanted to modify it to make it relevant to Lugaru, but I also like the idea of being a renegade. =]
I thought your name was just another name inspired on the spur of the moment after finishing Lugaru. However, it suits you.
Richie Rabbit wrote:Its actually my nickname.
Your name is Richie Rabbit? Rabbit is your last name? :shock:

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:05 pm
by Richie Rabbit
xD yep lol

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:25 pm
by Renegade_Turner
Also, a quick search on Youtube does a lot to tell you about the origins of certain names. I always wondered what "tokage" was, but then I did a quick search on Google in the form of "define:tokage", which lead me to a Wikipedia page for Usagi Yojimbo. "Tokage" on Wikipedia redirecting me to "Usagi Yojimbo"? Coincidence?

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:32 pm
by Ragdollmaster
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'nuff said. Ragdollsoft was my first real forum, and after registering there I used my same screenname in the Wolfire, Data Realms, and Toribash communities since I knew people from all three sites through RDS; figured I should keep consistent :P

Re: Explain The Reason For Your Name

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:50 pm
by tokage
Ren, actually, I never read or watched Usagi Yojimbo. My name is not related to that comic and I have no idea why Tokage redirects to it on the English wikipedia. So you are way off on that.

Tokage is the Japanese word for lizard. Back in the old days, when LAN parties weren't LAN parties, but null modem parties consisting of two computers exchanging data over LapLink with speeds measured in baud, I had to pick my first screen name. My friends at the time went for animal names(one used eagle) so I picked an animal to represent me, too. Of course, in German at the time. The name stuck and I still use it in various translations and spelling variations. I am the consistent type.

Re: Obligatory Name Explanation Thread

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:31 pm
by cameleopard42
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