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Magnum III
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:05:00 -
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I am curious what your screen names mean & how or why etcà you came up with your name.
This game seems to have names that are varied and hard to guess how you came up with them. Unlike for example CoH that might have a name like Mind Shocker (A Mind Controller with Electric type powers), you can have a good guess how they came up with that name, not to say they arenÆt fun.
My name Magnum is just easy to remember I figure and a solid name that at least does not sound wimpy or anything.
So I guess I went for simple.
So IÆm asking, what about your screen name?
Don't Nerf Realistic Working Weapons & Modules, Invent new Stuff & ways to counter measure. This is more fun. |
sableye
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:28:00 -
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my name comes from a pokemn I was drunk when I first registered and just watched the episode.
here is my pic :)
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Leno
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:33:00 -
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I was doing random character morphs or whatever when it happened to create my current face with a his big chin. It reminded me of Jay Leno, so thats it :P
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RIP - Smoske, My Friend
Coasterbrian > babies are good, especially raw
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:36:00 -
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mine was a random one that I made up to play DeltaForce 2, years and years ago and I haven't changed it yet.
It is Geordie for an overweight person.
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:37:00 -
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Is it time for this annual thread again? 
See Leno's story above. "Nice Mime" was rejected as an early pick.
Freedom's just another meme for nothing left to lose... |
Einheriar Ulrich
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:44:00 -
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The 2 players ingame using the name Einheriar, as firstname...
Have been playing games togother forever, and we always named our chars this way.
Its Nordic, and we are from Denmark
So Say I. Einheriar Ulrich of the Bloodline of Einheriar.
****Minion Of VOTF****
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Arwen Atreides
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:48:00 -
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Mine is a combo of two names from two of the greatest SciFi/Fantasy books of all time; the Lord of the Rings and Dune. I like both names and they go great together.
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Arimas Talasko
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:53:00 -
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Classic Battletech took my favourite jade falcon guy and gave him a star adder bloodname
Supremacy Keepin it Real
 Originally by: Daniel Jackson
PLEASE TELL US WHY, WHY DO U WANT US TO DIE,
I AM JUST GOING FRIGGEN INSAIGN
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Pilot Z
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:54:00 -
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Edited by: Pilot Z on 20/09/2005 22:55:12
I had to come up with a nickname for Yahoo! chat many many many years ago (ok, maybe a little exaggerated  ) in like 30 seconds. As my friend's nick was Hercules_X at the time, I came up with Pilot_Z. I wanted to be an airline pilot, so it figures I guess  (well on my way on realizing that dream atm).
Since then I'm stuck with that nickname.
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Icomeinpeace
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Posted - 2005.09.20 22:59:00 -
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Named my character from an old school sci fi that came out back in 1990.
Synopsis: Two human cops track down a ruthless alien fugitive who forcibly overdoses his victims with ****** in order to siphon off the endorphins it produces in the human brain, an illegal narcotic on his own planet.
Thats the basics of the movie and Dolph Lundgren is in it.
Tried to get my main eve character to look like the alien in the movie 
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Shadowbreed2
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:06:00 -
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Shadowbreed means those that live in the shadows, also known as vampires.
People call me a vampire because i usually live at night rather then the day, and happen to like the taste of blood.
(if i got cut or something i don't actually bite necks :) )
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SULAN BARHIR
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:12:00 -
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came up with it random...
Don't get in my Hit List. It's hard to get out.
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Necrologic
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:19:00 -
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Edited by: Necrologic on 20/09/2005 23:19:21
I was thinking up a name for a message board awhile back and wanted to use Necrologia after the magic card (as my normally used PhyrexianDreadnought didn't fit), but it sounded abit wierd so i wanted to use Necrologician, but that didn't fit so i went with Necrologic.
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Hoshi
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:20:00 -
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Originally by: Icomeinpeace
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:58
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:36
Named my character from an old school sci fi that came out back in 1990.
Synopsis: Two human cops track down a ruthless alien fugitive who forcibly overdoses his victims with drugs in order to siphon off the endorphins it produces in the human brain, an illegal narcotic on his own planet.
Thats the basics of the movie and Dolph Lundgren is in it.
Tried to get my main eve character to look like the alien in the movie
Ah remember that movie, still remember the finishing line where the alien says your name and dolf responds: "And go in pieces" 
My name is japanese meaning Star, studied japanese at the time I created the char and wanted something that fitted the setting.
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Judge Chuck
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:27:00 -
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Many years ago there was a Judge Dredd model for multiplayer Half-Life deathmatch that I used, so seeing as my name is Charles, Judge Chuck sounded amusing-ish... I've used Judge Chuck for everything since... Simple enough...
Cheers,
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Kazim
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:28:00 -
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Mine is kazim because I want so much to be a genie in real life.
If I remember right I was thinking for some time about my name, and on my desk was a crappy cd by shaquile (sp?) O'neil. His singing name was something like Shazzaam or something like it. And from that Kazim was born, though not to imitate shaq :) just that the z's got me thinking.
I wish I had added a second name though.
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DrunkenOne
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:30:00 -
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Originally by: Icomeinpeace
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:58
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:36
Named my character from an old school sci fi that came out back in 1990.
Synopsis: Two human cops track down a ruthless alien fugitive who forcibly overdoses his victims with drugs in order to siphon off the endorphins it produces in the human brain, an illegal narcotic on his own planet.
Thats the basics of the movie and Dolph Lundgren is in it.
Tried to get my main eve character to look like the alien in the movie
You should been ridock :S
In HW2 the first time I played I was really drunk and couldnt think of a name so i made my name "Imreallydrunk," which got shortened to drunk when I joined a clan, and then theres too many people named drunk so I became DrunkenOne, and I've been that since then in every game.
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:35:00 -
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mmmmmm omber mmmmmmmm
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Balam Hlar
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:39:00 -
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Balam is Mayan for 'jaguar', they believed in 4 jaguar spirits that acted as protectors of individuals in their daily lives, and of the community from external menaces.
And Hlar comes from the name of a character from Ian Irvines books.
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Jex Jast
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:44:00 -
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Originally by: Omber Zombie
mmmmmm omber mmmmmmmm
O.Z. ftw
I took a few letters I liked and said "I'm gonna make up a bounty hunter character"
And yet now I'm an assassin...
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Suze'Rain
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:45:00 -
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Suzerain is a RPG I was one of the co-authors for. I just changed it to suze'rain to make it a bit more eve-ish.
been using the name for about half a decade, now.
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Phony v2
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:46:00 -
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Counter-strike name...[DA] 4tw!
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Squelch
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Posted - 2005.09.20 23:51:00 -
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It's my old Quake 1 multiplayer name. I loved getting telefragged you see...
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Torquemanda Corteaz
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Posted - 2005.09.21 00:24:00 -
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mine is an alteration on a special character from wh40k daemonhunters ( no idea why i chose it i havent played it in about 4 years )
i was gonna go with my internet nick everywhere else rocket_magnet, but i did the trail with that name and when i bought the game it wouldnt let me use the 30 day trial i got with it :/
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Mardonius
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Posted - 2005.09.21 00:53:00 -
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I'm named after a Persian general.
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Caeden Nicomachean
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Posted - 2005.09.21 01:50:00 -
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One of Aristotle's works, Nicomachean Ethics.
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Ephemeron
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Posted - 2005.09.21 02:08:00 -
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I got my nick from Dictionary.com word of the day.
Ephemeron means: A short-lived thing.
I thought it was appropriate to my playing style as I often end up getting killed and not care much for it.
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MrMen
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Posted - 2005.09.21 02:50:00 -
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enough said
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Princess Caligula
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Posted - 2005.09.21 03:53:00 -
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After reading about the Amarrian race at character creation I thought they sounded very Roman, royalty with a dark side.
So Princess took care of the royalty angle.
As for the dark side who could be better than the Roman Emperor Caligula, I suppose Nero could work too 
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Kjewla
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Posted - 2005.09.21 04:05:00 -
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i have mine from a rollingstick as used for rolling out a pizza
Nest etter styrken er ingenting st°rre enn evnen til Õ beherske den.
Teddybears Forum |
Lazarus Tag'lim
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Posted - 2005.09.21 04:29:00 -
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Lazarus Long is one of my favorite science fiction characters (from the novels of Robert Anson Heinlein). The problem is that "Lazarus Long" is fairly common... so it's a first-come, first-serve... you might be able to get it if you start the first week of the game.
I came up with the last name when I joined SWG... I was looking through some Star Wars RPG naming guides, which had a few different styles of character mutatations for creating names. Neither of my names really came out well (Nohj from John is kind of bland). There was a MagLight on my desk at the time... I tried it, "taglighm", removed the unnecessary characters, "taglim", and added the Twi'lek break, "Lazarus Tag'lim". Unique enough that I can generally use it anywhere that allows apostrophe's.
Then came Lysander Tag'lim (from Lysander Spooner, a 19th century American philosopher, lawyer, and abolitionist), and Latimer Tag'lim (who never sees the light of day).
Lazarus Tag'lim
CEO, GalacTECH Unlimited
Resident Corporation of Southern Deklein |
Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2005.09.21 05:03:00 -
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Originally by: Einheriar Ulrich
The 2 players ingame using the name Einheriar, as firstname...
Have been playing games togother forever, and we always named our chars this way.
Its Nordic, and we are from Denmark
And he it sounds like you're getting battle commands from the Governator when you're in TS with him. "Warp to me! Do it now! aiiaiiaighghg!"
Freedom's just another meme for nothing left to lose... |
Phant Zon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 05:05:00 -
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I pulled this name out of me rear the first time I fired up Eve, and its rather grown on me...
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2005.09.21 05:08:00 -
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Originally by: Phant Zon
I pulled this name out of me rear the first time I fired up Eve
that would certainly explain the look on your face.
Freedom's just another meme for nothing left to lose... |
Watauga
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Posted - 2005.09.21 05:49:00 -
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My name come from early Tennessee history. The Watauga Association was one the early attempts at self government during the 1770's and many of the Tennesse's forefathers were a part of it. I am also a direct decendent of a Cherokee Chief that lived in the area.
http://www.live365.com/stations/watauga?play |
Aelius
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:11:00 -
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Mine comes from one of my favorite movies. The Gladiator.
Have been always a fan of Ridley Scott.
I think it also means wind god or it might be "Aeris"
Been using this nick for ages in other games.
My alt Richard Gatling is the inventor of the Gatling Gun.
My "secret" PVP guy that i'm building comes from a Iron Maiden song.
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Einheriar Ulrich
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:14:00 -
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Originally by: Bad Harlequin
Originally by: Einheriar Ulrich
The 2 players ingame using the name Einheriar, as firstname...
Have been playing games togother forever, and we always named our chars this way.
Its Nordic, and we are from Denmark
And he it sounds like you're getting battle commands from the Governator when you're in TS with him. "Warp to me! Do it now! aiiaiiaighghg!"
You must have listened to our TS recordings BH, you must have, or else its uncanny
So Say I. Einheriar Ulrich of the Bloodline of Einheriar.
****Minion Of VOTF****
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Clutch Cargo
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:34:00 -
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Named after a bizarre cartoon from when I was a kid. If you watched Pulp Fiction, it was the show on TV when young Butch got his dad's watch. The faces were static but the lips were real moving human lips. I figured the name was a good fit for an industry character.
I am not named after the club in Detroit. I get asked that alot.
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Tsual
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:34:00 -
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I intendet to give it a slight arabic sound - my Midgard pen'n'paper character is called "Chasid" - anyway Tsual came out in the end, not so much arabic more short and easy to remember besides sounding odd, and I like odd things - it's not my normal gaming nick though.
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Haanem ulwei, utnazhiram Hal'sha'roh mahiraam Hor'thul.
The Universe is everything, the creation Hal'shah and the destruction Hor'thul.
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Brep
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:51:00 -
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After struggling for ages to come up with anything, a certain bodily function provided me with just the name I was looking for.
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Arlenic Cocomoonik
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:56:00 -
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Well, my real name is Arlen. So I added the 'ic' to the end based on my family history. I've always named my characters Arlenic in all mmorpgs, and where possible, followed by a second name. In this case Cocomoonik. Coco is the name of a beautiful girl that I met a long time ago, and moonik just reminds me of the moon.
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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein |
Epictetus
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Posted - 2005.09.21 06:56:00 -
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A couple of years ago i signed up for the beta of a game called a tale in the desert. Needed a name and decided on Epictetus since i figured it wouldnt be taken.
The original Epictetus was a stoic philosopher.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/epictetu.htm
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Yurdis Astor
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Posted - 2005.09.21 07:02:00 -
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Take a wild guess
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Bad Harlequin
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Posted - 2005.09.21 07:46:00 -
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Originally by: Watauga
My name come from early Tennessee history. The Watauga Association was one the early attempts at self government during the 1770's and many of the Tennesse's forefathers were a part of it. I am also a direct decendent of a Cherokee Chief that lived in the area.
you win \o/
Freedom's just another meme for nothing left to lose... |
Greavus
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Posted - 2005.09.21 07:46:00 -
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My surname being Greaves, over the years i have come to have the nickname of GBH...
Stuck eversince!
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Lanu
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Posted - 2005.09.21 08:09:00 -
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Luna was taken already so I changed the a and the u and there you got Lanu
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Madscotsman
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Posted - 2005.09.21 08:50:00 -
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Mine is kinda descriptive....sometimes mad as in crazy and sometimes as in angry.
Used the name for yeeeaaarrsss.
www.madscotsman.com is not me btw, that dude got it before me 
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Avon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 08:51:00 -
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Avon - the coolest character in "Blake's 7", which was without doubt the best sci-fi series EVER!
However, I also have an interest in nice lipstick and other beauty products.
Discounts available.
Ding...dong!
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Star Commander
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Posted - 2005.09.21 08:51:00 -
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Mines is a classic Battletech clan military rank
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The Clash
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:14:00 -
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The best punk band in teh world
use it for pretty much every game i play unless its taken already .
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:17:00 -
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Edited by: Rodj Blake on 21/09/2005 09:21:06
I'm definitely not named after Roj Blake from Blake's 7, who was far cooler than Avon.
Dolce et decorum est pro imperator mori |
Xardrix
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:32:00 -
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Lets see, well, a while back I was in tech School in southern California and dating a stripper. She was actually a gamer, and convinced me to start an Everquest Account. I loved the game, but couldn't figure out a name.
I have no real imagination, but she convinced me to use a lot of "X"s ... wonder why... 
Anyway, a perversion of my last name, replacing key consanants with "x"s and ect led me evenually to "Xardrix".
Kept it ever since... And broke up with said crazy stripper.
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Tara Venzia
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:34:00 -
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beside the name salphina, i used in all games the name tara and because out there are so many tara's, i needed a second name. i wanted "venezia" but i wrote "venzia" - bad mistake but **** happens :)
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Avon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:49:00 -
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Originally by: Rodj Blake
Edited by: Rodj Blake on 21/09/2005 09:21:06
I'm definitely not named after Roj Blake from Blake's 7, who was far cooler than Avon.
Clicked the link and who do I see?
AVON!
\o/
You hear they are planning on remaking it?
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The Battleships is not and should not be a solo pwnmobile - Oveur |
Gunstar Zero
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Posted - 2005.09.21 09:50:00 -
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Last Starfighter - from the film
Gunstar Zero - 'Gunstar' is the ship in the above film - imaginative huh? :-(.
Parker Higgens - my carebear alt - Science director on Tranquility Habitat.
I'd change them if I could tbh, no real creativity in there.
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Icomeinpeace
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:05:00 -
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Originally by: DrunkenOne
Originally by: Icomeinpeace
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:58
Edited by: Icomeinpeace on 20/09/2005 23:04:36
Named my character from an old school sci fi that came out back in 1990.
Synopsis: Two human cops track down a ruthless alien fugitive who forcibly overdoses his victims with drugs in order to siphon off the endorphins it produces in the human brain, an illegal narcotic on his own planet.
Thats the basics of the movie and Dolph Lundgren is in it.
Tried to get my main eve character to look like the alien in the movie
You should been ridock :S
In HW2 the first time I played I was really drunk and couldnt think of a name so i made my name "Imreallydrunk," which got shortened to drunk when I joined a clan, and then theres too many people named drunk so I became DrunkenOne, and I've been that since then in every game.
Yeah drunk maybe, but I already got 21mil sp on this char all amarr sooo...
maybe I train a new char at some point with that name
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Snyper Kitten
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:10:00 -
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newest addition to the family a cute lil kitten that late at night waits for u to walk by and "snipes" you from under the couch! While creating this character she was activly stalking my defensless toes under the desk hence the name Snyper Kitten. Cute as a button but razor sharp friggin claws!
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You thought you saw a putty tat?
Best bang since the big one |
Admiral IceBlock
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:19:00 -
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i dont remember really, i used iceblock first in 1998 playing starcraft. but i guess becouse im cold and hard :P
"We brake for nobody"
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Ithildin
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:29:00 -
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My main's name means "Starglimmer" and is a specially treated Mithril alloy that gleams in star and moon light. (Remember that "Mellon" scene from LOTR? The gleaming stuff above the door is ithildin)
My alt's name means "Heaven", and that, too, is Quenya.
Go figure.
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I'm in to murder, arson, and pillaging.
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CargoCult
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:34:00 -
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Edited by: CargoCult on 21/09/2005 10:37:39
Mine is.... obsucre
A cargo cult is any of a group of religious movements that occurred in Melanesia, in the Southwestern Pacific. The Cargo Cults believed that manufactured western goods ('cargo') were created by ancestral spirits and intended for Melanesian people. White people, however, had unfairly gained control of these objects. Cargo cults thus focused on purifying their communities of what they perceived as 'white' influences by conducting rituals similar to the white behavior they had observed, presuming that this activity would make cargo come.The most famous examples of this behavior are airstrips, airports, and radios made out of coconuts, straw, and other jungle materials that were built in the belief that transport planes full of cargo would land on them if they were built. Today, most historians and anthropologists argue that the term 'Cargo Cult' is a misnomer that describes a variety of phenomena. However, the idea has captured the imagination of many people in the First World, and the term continues to be used today.
And why for this char? - well it was a hauler (orginally)
for further detail see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
you gotta live wiki's
All the right letters, just not nescacarily in the right order - morcam and wise
Its not working sir!
Well thump it then |
Zaakary
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:39:00 -
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i like the letter Z, K and Y. then i added a bunch of A's, and i thought i would through in an R. i put all the letter in a pan, added some spices and wine, cooked everything for a few minutes and voilÓ! Zaakary was born.
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Tekran
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:45:00 -
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lesse.. been using Tech or Tek for few years now. in "relaxed" sittings I introduce myself as Tek, half the people I know are sure its my name. and the 'ran.. dunno, Tek was just to short on the name bar widget. tek from tech from techno from technomantic from technomancy, which is just a cool word. might tie in with my love of drones.
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Rodj Blake
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:46:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
Originally by: Rodj Blake
Edited by: Rodj Blake on 21/09/2005 09:21:06
I'm definitely not named after Roj Blake from Blake's 7, who was far cooler than Avon.
Clicked the link and who do I see?
AVON!
\o/
You hear they are planning on remaking it?
They've been remaking it for about ten years.
The fact that the website detailing the plans has been replaced by this is not a good sign though...
Dolce et decorum est pro imperator mori |
Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:50:00 -
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All my characters have names from (SF) novels, one from a comic.
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Rod's Ramblingz on Eve-Online
Solutions to your issues. |
Severe McCald
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Posted - 2005.09.21 10:59:00 -
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Originally by: Rod Blaine
All my characters have names from (SF) novels, one from a comic.
So which novel or comic is this name from? (I've read a lot of SF, but don't remember this name).
Mine comes from my extremely limited imagination. Race, bloodline and whatever that other choice was . Keep it simple stupid, is my watchword.
Sev
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Admiral Keyes
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:15:00 -
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Commander Keyes and Captain Keyes were already taken so i came up with Admiral Keyes.
Got the idea from Halo.
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s4mp3r0r
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:15:00 -
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Edited by: s4mp3r0r on 21/09/2005 11:16:25
I¦ve used this name in Civilization, ever since i found out you could edit the name of the emperor. To make it easy :
sam da emperor became samperor, think i checked on google and found somebody had once used it, so made it "leet" to make sure no one used this version.
I almost always use [*DRUNK*]GRAVEFILLER for FPS¦s (CS, CS:S, OP4 back in the day, some Quake), but this name is too long for eve. I used [DRUNK]_GRAVE in Diablo but that would show up weird in Eve, besides i don¦t think brackets were possible at the time i created this char (or are possible still).
My other char is named :
Ajax Victorious because I¦m a hardcore Ajax fan, the other char is called Mr ****yPants cus i wanted to use a somewhat funny name to spam local with and thought it would be fun to see corpses flying around space named Mr ****ypants.
Crazy enuf, some guy from a corp transferred 100M isk to me after a month of creation, because his corpmate "mr ****IEpants" had requested the funds.
Gave back the money. Now and again my alt and mr ****IE cross paths and i always laugh.
Think at some point mr ****IE even got a kill on my alt in TPAR-G :D
EDIT : OMG p00p is censured still :S
Proud ex-CEO of the official Verone Fanclub.
Convo Mirel yirrin ingame for details on how to join, and a free " I ♥ Verone Ö" Bumpersticker!! |
Rod Blaine
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:16:00 -
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Edited by: Rod Blaine on 21/09/2005 11:16:04
Rod Blaine is the central figure in the novel "the mote in god's eye" by Larry Niven and David Pournelle
see
I've used different characters from different novels tho, like chars from the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons and many more.
If you think you read most good sf maybe this is one you havent yet: "Only Forward" By Michael Marshall Smith.
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Rod's Ramblingz on Eve-Online
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Ombey
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:20:00 -
[69]
Wanted a short name, and was reading The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton at the time. One of planets was called Ombey, which sounded cool.
Once I started playing Eve, I realised one of the roids was called Omber 
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WulfWestphal
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:20:00 -
[70]
Originally by: Einheriar Ulrich
Its Nordic, and we are from Denmark
and its the dscription/name of the warriors which gather in the halls of walhalla after death and fight side by side with odin before and on ragnar÷k.
my first P&P Roleplaying charakter years and years ago was named "Wulf Westphal". at that time the name struck me, and i am sticking with it till today. there are storys, charakters, etc. about this char.
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Hydroponica
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:21:00 -
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I'll let yal come to your own conclusions
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Eris Discordia
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:24:00 -
[72]
Goddess of Discord, chaos and arguments as a forum moderator.
I like the irnoy of it
I ♥ my pink dreadnought of pwnage
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CowinSpace
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:30:00 -
[73]
Used varients of the for almost a decade. It started when using message boards, I used my RL first name, and a freind basically said 'can't you think of something better than that' so I changed it to the stupidest thing I could think of Cows_In_Space. Gradually lost the s and _'s. Seemed appropriate 
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Eurydike
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:34:00 -
[74]
Back in beta when I joined Hadean Drive Yards I needed a new callsign. I wanted to have something fitting, best from Greek mythology, so... Eurydike.
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Skiving Larry
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:36:00 -
[75]
I ate mushrooms
I was skiving but I'm not called Larry or anything.
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Bloodgood
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:38:00 -
[76]
The name itself comes from an old cristian metal rock band :) (they where pretty good too) I first used it playing "Pirates!" on the Amiga 500 in my young days... And its been there since then thru all MMORPG i played, Anarchy Online, DAOC, SWG, Neocron, WoW, and now EvE...
In EvE I named my first character "Bloodgood", and wasnt happy about the characters skills after some playing so i did a new one, naming him "Blood good" since i couldnt delete "Bloodgood" at once(there was some kind of deletion timer).
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Avon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 11:46:00 -
[77]
Originally by: Rod Blaine
Edited by: Rod Blaine on 21/09/2005 11:16:04
Rod Blaine is the central figure in the novel "the mote in god's eye" by Larry Niven and David Pournelle
see
I've used different characters from different novels tho, like chars from the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons and many more.
If you think you read most good sf maybe this is one you havent yet: "Only Forward" By Michael Marshall Smith.
You clearly have a well developed sense of taste.
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Madscotsman
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:09:00 -
[78]
Originally by: Rod Blaine
Edited by: Rod Blaine on 21/09/2005 11:16:04
Rod Blaine is the central figure in the novel "the mote in god's eye" by Larry Niven and David Pournelle
I knew I recognised the name, just couldn't place which book. Been a while since I've read that one.
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Pistonbroke
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:20:00 -
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Edited by: Pistonbroke on 21/09/2005 12:21:35
A Biker friend of mine had a lapel badge on that said "the pistonbroke club" over a pair of crossed, broken pistons. I took one look and laughed, "ha-ha pistonbroke,- ****ed and broke, very good" - he looked gobsmacked - "I never realised!" he said.
From that day on Ive used pistonbroke for emails, game names etc... I like it especially as a lot of people just don't get it.
as an aside and especially for the Non-English-as-a-first-language players, the dual nature also appeals to me: ****ed = drunk in the UK and angry in the US. Broke universally means having no money.
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. OMG they nerfed ****ed
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Rebecca Hale
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:27:00 -
[80]
It's my real life name
I figured, why not?
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Celestia Areen
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:45:00 -
[81]
Chandris was a character from Timothy Zahn's Angelmass. I misspelt it cuz someone had already taken it.. ol
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Chandaris
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:45:00 -
[82]
doh .. posted with the wrong character :)
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Crazy Chrissy
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Posted - 2005.09.21 12:54:00 -
[83]
2000AD Comics D.R & Quinch strip. Crazy Chrissy was the long suffering Waldo's g/f and a bit whacko....yarr!
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GouldFish
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Posted - 2005.09.21 13:13:00 -
[84]
Mine does not come from Star gate as alot of people think, I came up with the name long before the TV series came on TV, but it does come from my surname. I took the Gould part and deiced to put fish on the end. so GouldFish. I've been using it now for over 7+ years.
I gave my young bro the name GouldFinger for a joke.
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Nemesio Torres
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Posted - 2005.09.21 13:32:00 -
[85]
I have a weekly tabletop gaming group, and we change games relatively frequently. After literally years of begging, the rest of the group conceded to play Traveller, a space travel RPG. My character came through chargen REALLY well, and ended up as a Lt. Colonel. I named him Nemesio Torres. The group decided to play more generic fantasy after only a few sessions of Traveller, much to my disappointment. So when I had the opportunity to play a sci-fi rpg again, I used the same name.
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Scoundrelus
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Posted - 2005.09.21 13:37:00 -
[86]
I didnt choose my name I earned it.
I started off in another MMORPG very similar to EVE and I wanted to choose a name that would reflect me... I picked Scoundrel because I often use unconventional (sometimes underhanded) means to achieve my goal. Wow I could tell you some stories...
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I will punch you with my laser!
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Trinity Trixx
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Posted - 2005.09.21 13:42:00 -
[87]
I've used Trinity as my online nick for the last 7 years. When my friends turned me on to EVE, they said that some people prefer two names. So I asked her what a good second name would be and she said Trixx. Worked for me as it makes naming my ships very fun: Majik Trixx, Dominatrixx, pHat Trixx, Trixxster, Cheap Trixx, Trixx of the Trade, etc.
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d'hofren
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Posted - 2005.09.21 13:48:00 -
[88]
"Here is my talisman. If you change your mind, give us a chant".
D'Hoffryn is a character from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. If I remember correctly D'H was "born" on one of those hungover sunday mornings. My girlfriend was sitting in the living room watching old buffy episodes and I had wandered off to see what this eve thing was all about. I needed inspiration for a name and there it was.
In true mmorpg style I managed to mis-spell the name.
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Originally by: Winterblink
It's an online game. Online games are always populated at people who look at their wood elf and whine that everyone else's dagger is bigger than theirs.
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Uncle Angus
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Posted - 2005.09.21 14:33:00 -
[89]
My name comes from a film that I can guarantee no-one has seen... because it's currently sitting in the production queue for my edit-suite (and has been for about a year now). Uncle Angus is a crazy old Scottish guy who is hanging out with a couple of pals when his niece arrives from America; unfortunately for them she's unwittingly brought the cause of a zombie outbreak with her... the film is Monday Morning Zombies and it's the sequel to the much-loved (hmm) Sunday Night Zombies.
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Ghostfacekilla
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Posted - 2005.09.21 14:39:00 -
[90]
Wu-Tang Clan For Life
36 Chambers of death kid, comin at ya!
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Oosel
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:00:00 -
[91]
stole mine from dune quick after some lamer complained about my other name from beta which was ****holio and i was told i had to change it couldnt even use cornholio either lol
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:01:00 -
[92]
lmao, i remember ****holio
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Antiope
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:26:00 -
[93]
ANTIOPE f Greek Mythology? Derived from
the Greek elements antios "set against"
and ops "face". In Greek myth she was
a daughter of Ares and queen of the
Amazons. She was kidnapped and
married by Theseus
one of the last greek names not taken in Eve and I liked
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Mr Trembley
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:40:00 -
[94]
Mr Trembley comes from a scene in one of the first 'Men Behaving Badly' episodes starring Martin clunes and Harry Enfield (it was first on ITV). Harry Enfields Character (Dermot) was doing a course or something and Mr Trembley was the name of the instructor. dermot read out his name badge in such a funny way the name just stuck in my mind....
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Desired Username
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:45:00 -
[95]
I was told to enter this name when creating my character!
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Taraniis
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Posted - 2005.09.21 15:46:00 -
[96]
My one is derived from mythology - Thunder God. But I saw that there already was a ship called the Taranis, so I just added an extra "i" - Because that makes it completely different
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dantes inferno
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Posted - 2005.09.21 16:03:00 -
[97]
well i had my screen open and it was time to pick a name...tried a few variations i wanted from my fav films and tv series and they were taken...looked at my desk and saw the book "hell" from dantes, tried that name (dantes hell) it was taken...so i then tried the variation Dantes inferno..and voila..i was created.
My alt name (jenn aiel) also came from a book as my alt is a peacful r&d/industrial character, and the jenn aiel were a peacful race in this book (the wheel of time series) i had read..i found it fitting
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Xelios
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Posted - 2005.09.21 16:03:00 -
[98]
Back when I played Freespace 2 there was this uber capital ship bomb called the Helios, which was probably named after some Greek god or something. In a spout of ingenuity and creativity I.... replaced the H with an X
One of my alts is named Cabal, I thought it was a good name for a mysterious alt since the word is defined as "A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers.
A secret scheme or plot.", though I almost never use him for anything =P
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Sean Drake
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Posted - 2005.09.21 16:18:00 -
[99]
Edited by: Sean Drake on 21/09/2005 16:20:32
damn reverse double post
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Sean Drake
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Posted - 2005.09.21 16:20:00 -
[100]
Name I came up with for a thief character in baldurs gate. kinda liked it now there is a Sean Drake in allmost ever mmpog and also BF2 and CS
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2005.09.21 16:46:00 -
[101]
Nuvolari: Tazio Nuvolari. He was a racer who, early in his career, drove motorcycles, and later drove the Autounion Silver Arrows against Mercedes.
Nikolai: I don't know. I just like this name. My family, a few generations back, is almost entirely from Russia, so I guess it's my heritage or something.
Actually, I just like it.
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Iasus
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Posted - 2005.09.21 18:33:00 -
[102]
Iasus is the name of the elderly Voidhawk that dies at the beginning of Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. I was looking for something that sounded learnÚd and noble, and 'Iasus', with its clearly Latin root fits perfectly. Unfortunatly, most EVE players who haven't ever studied Latin fail to appreciate that 'I' followed by a vowel is pronounced like a 'Y' Hence I am always called 'Eye-ah-sus' not 'Yah-sus' as it should be. ..... .....I had to point this out to my previous corpies on ts all the time......
The P-SYS guys got it first time
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Stalward
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Posted - 2005.09.21 18:58:00 -
[103]
Mine's a bastardization of the the word stalwart. I meant to give him a French last name, but forgot to do so. So now I'm one of those people with single names. Soon, I shall be known as "The Pilot Formerly Known as Stalward".
stalÀwart ( P ) Pronunciation Key (st¶l'w?rt)
adj.
1. Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
2. Firm and resolute; stout.
n.
1. One who is physically and morally strong.
2. One who steadfastly supports an organization or cause: party stalwarts.
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Laocoon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 19:05:00 -
[104]
mine's from... Virgil's Aeneid? (sp?) It's the whole roman version of Troy basicly, and Laocoon was a priest who told the tojans to throw the horse in the sea, set it on fire, or otherwise poke it with sticks. then he got eaten by 2 big nasteh serpents.
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Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2005.09.21 19:11:00 -
[105]
Ever play the first ninja gaiden? The one where Ryu's dad loses the duel in the intro screen?
The guy that kills Ryu's dad is named Malth... or atleast Bloody Malth claims to be the one who killed him.
Zenobia I made up, then about 2 years later found it being used in the Ogre Battle game for SNES, so I changed it to Xenobia, which got used in the Lunar games... >(
I came up with the name in like, 91 or 92 because I needed a name to use when I played D&D, keep in mind I was like 9 or 10 at the time, so the reasons for the name were cool to me.
So yeah, evil ninja gaiden badass + random = my name.
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Bedrock
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Posted - 2005.09.21 19:27:00 -
[106]
BEDROCK
A record label with the top dj's in the industry. Plus their music and mixes are f'en fantastic!!
I get others who refer to me as Flintstone.
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Lardarz B'stard
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Posted - 2005.09.21 19:41:00 -
[107]
Originally by: Bedrock
BEDROCK
A record label with the top dj's in the industry. Plus their music and mixes are f'en fantastic!!
Johnathan Lisle was in my class at school
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Masu'di
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Posted - 2005.09.21 20:29:00 -
[108]
Originally by: Magnum III
My name Magnum is just easy to remember I figure and a solid name that at least does not sound wimpy or anything.
So I guess I went for simple.
So IÆm asking, what about your screen name?
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Kuolematon
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Posted - 2005.09.21 20:40:00 -
[109]
Mine means "Immortal"
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Mister Sulu
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Posted - 2005.09.21 21:30:00 -
[110]
Can't quite remember where I came up with this name captain. I think it was some character in a movie or TV series...
And for some strange reason I keep naming my n00bl@r ships U.S.S. Enterprise or U.S.S. Excelsior. See more about me here
Hikaru
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Voltron
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Posted - 2005.09.21 21:38:00 -
[111]
It was either Voltron or Chief Rummy.......tbh I wish I'd gone with chief rummy as my main, as it stands he's my empire hauling *****.
Volt
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LaFawnDuh
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Posted - 2005.09.21 21:42:00 -
[112]
My recent fav movie. I was watching ND with my husband and he was playing EVE. He convinced me to play also. So I picked this name from ND. This is the spelling that Kip had on the cardboard while waiting for me at the bus stop.
Linkage
LaFawnDuh Dynamite (since I married Kip and took his name)
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Angry Sheep
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Posted - 2005.09.21 22:13:00 -
[113]
.....> Ever see em, stubborn and stupid, but you still run!
Unless you have a gun, but their still try it...
Should have picked a tougher name though..
Angry Hamster - I see it now, my mistake
It's a Dog eat Dog World out there and I'm wearing Milky Bone underwear
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Felsin
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Posted - 2005.09.21 22:21:00 -
[114]
It is my name is real life duh. Why are you all looking at me like that? Really, it is!
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Dreez
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Posted - 2005.09.21 22:48:00 -
[115]
A RL friend of mine were playing Diablo-II and had named
his barbarian - Dres. I took it, made it abit more "international"
and it became Dreez. And that is the name i¦ve used in all games
ever since.
I might have ATUK in my tag, but i have OC in my DNA
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Blacklight
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Posted - 2005.09.22 01:04:00 -
[116]
Came up with the name about 5-6 years ago now when I started playing Mankind (old school persistant universe sci-fi MMOG) I vaguely remember being rather intoxicated and thinking about space, black holes etc.. god alone knows how I managed to get to Blacklight, it's stuck with me ever since though.
Eve Blacklight Style
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Siri Danae
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Posted - 2005.09.22 02:40:00 -
[117]
I typed random letter combinations in the EnB char creation screen 'til it sounded good.
When I came over, so did Siri.
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Bonaventure Augustus
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Posted - 2005.09.22 02:41:00 -
[118]
Two of my favorite writers from olden days. And it sounds pretty darn regal.
/grad student
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Wintermoon
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Posted - 2005.09.22 03:30:00 -
[119]
I have a fascination with cold, winter and the moon so this
name came out. Used it a few times on online games if my
preferred name is taken.
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Shadar Ishaan
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Posted - 2005.09.22 03:39:00 -
[120]
Made my name from the Old Tongue in The Wheel of Time series...
Shadar Isha'an translates to "Betrayer of the Shadow".
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Lori Carlyle
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Posted - 2005.09.22 07:08:00 -
[121]
Battletech,
Lori Carlyle is Gray Death Legion
Rhonda Sword Is With slight mod to last name Snords Irregulars
Katrina Davion is well :P.
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Dowcipnis
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Posted - 2005.09.22 08:01:00 -
[122]
Mine, Dowcipnis, is Polish. I wanted Joker but that was taken so I used the Polish word for Joker
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Sakura Yoshida
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Posted - 2005.09.22 08:15:00 -
[123]
mine is just the name of one of the characters i drew, i'm hopeless at thinking up names, so i usually reuse them :P
sakura means "cherry blossoms", so i guess it sorta fits me :)
The Friendliest Pirate Killer* In Sinq Laison!
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