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Webvan All Kill No Skill 5629	Posted - 2014.05.23 01:11:00 - [1] - Quote So how did you come about with your particular character name for EVE? What on earth were you thinking when you picked that name?!? Does it hold some special meaning we don't know about? Some hidden knowledge that you are willing to share about it here? Or is it just some wild thought of the moment that you may still appreciate or even regret? And if you could change your character name, would you, and let someone else take it if they could? And lets not talk for our alts/mains, post with your name, then let it fly, then post with the other if you feel so inclined at some point. Feel free to comment on peoples replies, just keep it flowing towards the general topic as usual. My answer: Regardless to popular opinion, it's not Web-Van, just Webvan, rhymes with my rl name. My nephew played EQ1 with me, made a character name that rhymed with my name, and the thought crossed my mind when trying to find an untaken name in EVE. Not the same name he used, just another rhyme which I rolled with. Never used the name elsewhere, prolly never use it anywhere else. I don't regret the choice, I wouldn't change it, and not concerned what it may or may not imply. But even on that, I chose it to imply different things as well, not just be completely random (no offense to "Random McNally"), but acceptable as to apply different meanings rather than some straight RP style name. But it's mine, mine the precious!
Malaclypse Muscaria Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire 117	Posted - 2014.05.23 02:24:00 - [2] - Quote Mixture of Malaclypse the Younger, author of the Principia Discordia, a book I was led to after thoroughly enjoying The Illuminatus! Trilogy, one of my personal all-time classics; and on the other hand Amanita muscaria, a hallucinogenic mushroom. It's a pretty mushroom, reminds me of Super Mario mushrooms.
Sibyyl Brave Collective 1182	Posted - 2014.05.23 03:21:00 - [3] - Quote Sibyyl is a version of Sibylla which is a name I thought was interesting when I was reading about the Crusades. I tried 'sibyl' for my AOL username, but somebody already had it so I added a 'y'.
Vortexo VonBrenner Tadakastu-Obata Corporation The Honda Accord 1283	Posted - 2014.05.23 04:24:00 - [4] - Quote My name was an inside joke between me and the guy who got me into EVE. One of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" kind of things. Would I change it if I could? Yeah - but probably not a lot, as ingame folk are familiar with it now. I see many great names in EVE, but mine isn't one...oh well...guess it could have been worse I'm listening to-áBj+¦rk, playing EVE, eating fishsticks, and I'm cold....this is immersion gaming.
Ham the Astrochimp Imperial Academy Amarr Empire 175	Posted - 2014.05.23 05:10:00 - [5] - Quote **pats hands on head and smiles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_%28chimpanzee%29
Seraph Essael Devils Diciples League of Infamy 695	Posted - 2014.05.23 05:11:00 - [6] - Quote For me, I like the name Seraph. However its the last name that means something to me: S - A - L = Ess - ae - ell = Essael Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person."
Riyria Twinpeaks Reasonable People Of Sound Mind 1957	Posted - 2014.05.23 05:31:00 - [7] - Quote "Riyria" is from a fantasy novel trilogy I enjoyed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyria_Revelations In the books it's not the name of a character, but the name of a pair of thieves, some elven word meaning something with "two" or "partners" or something, I don't remember anymore. I just liked how the name looked, so I've been using it some games. "Twinpeaks" .. well, for some reason as I created this character the old tv show "twin peaks" came to my mind, which is weird since I've never watched it. Nevertheless, I chose to use it as last name, somewhat of an unfortunate decision according to some comments I've gotten about it so far, haha.
Eurydia Vespasian Storm Hunters Disturbed Acquaintance 8403	Posted - 2014.05.23 06:07:00 - [8] - Quote i've been "eurydia" for a long time in several other mmo's. i just tossed "vespasian" in honor of a roman emperor, on the end because this game seemed like one of those games where you have two names when i was creating the character.
Xercodo Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering 3495	Posted - 2014.05.23 06:12:00 - [9] - Quote My name was finely crafted by hand, laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, mulling over combinations of letters in my head until I was happy with it The Drake is a Lie

ISD Supogo ISD Community Communications Liaisons 92	Posted - 2014.05.23 06:18:00 - [10] - Quote DBZ character I used to RP as out on the interwebs. Went with the bald Nappa look. ISD Supogo Ensign Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department


Sibyyl Brave Collective 1193	Posted - 2014.05.23 06:18:00 - [11] - Quote Xercodo wrote: My name was finely crafted by hand, laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, mulling over combinations of letters in my head until I was happy with it Ex OR Doc?
Xercodo Xovoni Astronautical Manufacturing and Engineering 3496	Posted - 2014.05.23 07:21:00 - [12] - Quote Sibyyl wrote: Xercodo wrote: My name was finely crafted by hand, laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, mulling over combinations of letters in my head until I was happy with it Ex OR Doc? ?? The Drake is a Lie
Bagrat Skalski Poseidaon 1660	Posted - 2014.05.23 08:35:00 - [13] - Quote I wanted a fairly generic name that have a gritty fealing to it, that will sound rough but also sophisticated, and as being not a native english speaker I did not care much about a meaning. Now when I look at it, I think about rat in a bag. When weapons, technology, and economies mature faster than the leadership culture entrusted with them, disaster ensues. http://i.minus.com/ibeZ0sJewvDMBN.gif
Marcus Gord Stormcrows 53553	Posted - 2014.05.23 08:41:00 - [14] - Quote Mine is a name that i originally used back in Runescape. I took it from a commander of UCS forces from the RTS Earth: 2150 Lost Souls. Marcus Gordin. The 'in' part didn't fit when i made the name back in Runescape, so Marcus Gord was born. i now use it, or Marcus Gordin if it'll fit, on every online game i play if you see a Marcus Gord(in) anywhere on other games, say hi, it's likely me. You can't take the sky from me ".....Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well....."
Debora Tsung The Investment Bankers Guild 1071	Posted - 2014.05.23 08:44:00 - [15] - Quote Vortexo VonBrenner wrote: My name was an inside joke between me and the guy who got me into EVE. One of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" kind of things. Would I change it if I could? Yeah - but probably not a lot, as ingame folk are familiar with it now. I see many great names in EVE, but mine isn't one...oh well...guess it could have been worse "Don't be a Buttpipe." True Story. (n+¦n+¦n+¦) Stupidity should be a bannable offense. Also This --> https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=216699 Please stop making "afk cloak" threads, thanks in advance.

ISD Ezwal ISD Community Communications Liaisons 1362	Posted - 2014.05.23 09:33:00 - [16] - Quote An 'Ezwal' is a six legged, highly intelligent and telepathic 'monster' with razor sharp nails and icepick like teeth, featuring in a few stories by SF writer A.E.Van Vogt. Not a particularly good writer or even noteworthy stories, but the name and especially what it stands for is quite appropriate for an ISD member tasked with moderating the EvE forum.... ISD Ezwal Captain Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs) Interstellar Services Department

Arline Kley PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 301	Posted - 2014.05.23 10:07:00 - [17] - Quote A hat. Blessed are those that carry the Empress' Light; with it they destroy the shadows
Marsha Mallow 685	Posted - 2014.05.23 10:51:00 - [18] - Quote I have no idea what the original owner of this character was thinking, and I still facepalm over enthusiastically whipping out the credit card as a noob and buying various characters (all legally). The other one is a Charmed character, not sure which irritates me more. Seemed amusing at the time First main was a Lilith of some sort - I really have no imagination with names, even naming ships stump me sometimes. I think she had an underscore or some wierd spacing in her name (and after a few weeks I decided Gallente were terrible) so she got biomassed. Still don't regret that oddly. Second one first name/second name pulled from two different short stories. All of my more imaginatively named characters get mangled in comms. I never really consider what certain accents will do to names when I roll them, so usually end up saying "Oh for god's sake just call me Marsha". Compounding the problem, I've been pouting over this name thing since 2008. I have these though, was pretty smug when I found they weren't taken and they amuse people in trade channels: Blueprint Original Blueprint Copies Capital Blueprints TO THE RIPARDMOBILE!
Random McNally Red Federation RvB - RED Federation 61956	Posted - 2014.05.23 11:12:00 - [19] - Quote In RL, I've had the nickname "chaos" or "chaotic" for many many many years. It appears, that I tended to be unpredictable. When I decided to play EVE, I know I was stewing over a name for a couple of days. One day at work, I looked upon one of those pull down classroom maps and at the bottom was the Corp name "Rand McNally". Didnt' take to much effort to change "Rand" to "Random". Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com In Game Channel HighDragChat
Graygor 1kB Realty 1kB Galactic 116041	Posted - 2014.05.23 12:33:00 - [20] - Quote Id write a long explanation but im phone poasting. In short, Graygor is the handle ive been using for about 15 years because at the time my friends were all using Japanese sounding names. I wanted something European. What an irony that id end up living in Japan. "I think you should buy a new Mayan calendar. Mine has muscle cars on it." --áKenneth O'Hara "I dont think that can happen, you can see Gray has his invuln field on in his portrait." - Commisar Kate

Slade Trillgon Brutor Force Federated 2889	Posted - 2014.05.23 14:33:00 - [21] - Quote First name I was trying to think of something with a little edge. Slade sounded like Blade plus Deathstroke was a pretty cool character as well. Trillgon was just pulled out of thin air.
Erica Dusette Rolled Out 8345	Posted - 2014.05.23 14:49:00 - [22] - Quote ISD Ezwal wrote: An 'Ezwal' is a six legged, highly intelligent and telepathic 'monster' with razor sharp nails and icepick like teeth, ... appropriate for an ISD member tasked with moderating the EvE forum.... You guys and Falcon are pretty much the most skilled trolls around here. And that's why I still love you all so much. Gÿá Part-time wormhole pirate \| GÖí Full-time super model WH Blog \| #420roloswag \| Bio
Erica Dusette Rolled Out 8345	Posted - 2014.05.23 15:02:00 - [23] - Quote Many, many moons ago I played an MMO where they gave you a selection of first/surnames to choose from. You'd pick from a list of regional names depending on the location in the world you wanted to spawn into. I chose Australia naturally, and from the list of names I was given I chose Erica. I played there using that name for a long time, then eventually began playing a star wars MMO where I decided to also name my character Erica due mostly to familiarity. Then some years later again I find EVE and decided once again to name my character Erica for familiarity. In fact I'd become so endeared to the name over the years that it became one of my favorite. Can you guess what my daughter was named when she was born? Gÿá Part-time wormhole pirate \| GÖí Full-time super model WH Blog \| #420roloswag \| Bio
Dersen Lowery Laurentson INC StructureDamage 1142	Posted - 2014.05.23 15:30:00 - [24] - Quote The fine people who talked me into playing EVE were busily naming ships after various '80s songs. With that in mind, I picked an old favorite band from the 1980s, Camper Van Beethoven. The drummer is Chris Pedersen, often credited as "Crispy Dersen." The singer's name? David Lowery. The funny thing is, it works. Proud founder and member of the Belligerent Desirables.
Malaclypse Muscaria Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire 121	Posted - 2014.05.23 16:14:00 - [25] - Quote Dersen Lowery wrote: The fine people who talked me into playing EVE were busily naming ships after various '80s songs. With that in mind, I picked an old favorite band from the 1980s, Camper Van Beethoven. The drummer is Chris Pedersen, often credited as "Crispy Dersen." The singer's name? David Lowery. Ah, I love Camper Van Beethoven, I listened the crap out of them, particularly their third self-titled record, a bona-fide classic in my book I used to play over and over again. I couldn't get into their new recent album, or Lowery's Cracker in the '90s (Monks of Doom was good on the other hand), but their '80s output as CVB is amazing.
Da'iel Zehn Evil Frosty's Premium Liqours and Fine Wines 155	Posted - 2014.05.23 16:18:00 - [26] - Quote My name is a hybrid. I had a Star Wars RP character whose last name was Zehn back in the 90s. Here is a short story. I never really thought I'd love EvE, but I gave it a try in 2005 since some RL friends started playing in 2003. I figured I would simply cancel my account, so I used my first name and took out the "n" to be a little more sci-fi or whatever. haha If I could change it, I'd add the "n" back into the name because people can never pronounce it... really difficult when I'm in a fleet! So I tell people to call me DZ. Daniel Zehn Keeper of Evil Frosty PLEX for...-á :-)
Kijo Rikki Powder and Ball Alchemists Union The Predictables 674	Posted - 2014.05.23 18:22:00 - [27] - Quote Mine's pretty straight forward, or in this case backward. From right to left meet first name and last name. It is really hard to change your signature settings
Sibyyl Brave Collective 1223	Posted - 2014.05.23 18:50:00 - [28] - Quote Xercodo wrote: Sibyyl wrote: Xercodo wrote: My name was finely crafted by hand, laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling, mulling over combinations of letters in my head until I was happy with it Ex OR Doc? ?? I'm sorry. I thought you meant your handle was an anagram of something that related to you.
Reaver Glitterstim Dromedaworks inc Test Alliance Please Ignore 1416	Posted - 2014.05.23 19:22:00 - [29] - Quote Kijo Rikki wrote: Mine's pretty straight forward, or in this case backward. From right to left meet first name and last name. I don't see it. My name goes back to the early days of the internet. I've always been the first to prepare for the long term, so I wanted my first email username to last a long time, to always suit me and never be taken by somebody else. I initially chose SpikeFromPhobos (Spike was my nickname at school and I liked Phobos, and considered myself to not fit in with humans), just because I didn't have a lot of time. I mulled it over for the next few weeks and eventually came up with The Reaver of Darkness - that's my permanent name on the internet and it has been so since before Youtube existed. I dropped my old email and went for that one (minus the spaces). While brainstorming for esoteric words to use in the name, I thought of the word reaver, which I had seen in Starcraft initially and later in Soul Reaver (this was before Soul Reaver II). I looked it up--a reaver is something that takes something away forcefully. The word bereft is based on it. I thought it sounded cool and slapped darkness on and was thinking ooh that sounds neat, but I'm not a reaver kind of person and I'm not dark. But then I realize it can mean I take away the darkness. So that's officially what the name means now. I spread the light of knowledge and work to get rid of the lingering darkness of close-mindedness and bigotry. I couldn't fit my name into EVE, so I used the short version for my first name and for my last name I used one of my WoW characters, Glitterstim (Farstriders US), named after that spice drug mentioned in Star Wars books. The official story behind the name of my EVE character is that while growing up in Clellinon, he came across an old tale about Glitterstim, and he abandoned his birth name for the name Reaver Glitterstim as he intended to be a miner. He didn't know what would be out there but as he lived a sort of sheltered life, the only sort of treasure he was familiar with was Glitterstim. And yes, if you're wondering, I do come up with the stories for the names after I come up with the names. I do a good job of covering for it though. P.S.: I have been accused of taking the name from Soul Reaver II's darkness font, as well as from the reavers in Firefly. My name predates both. Trivia: I discovered Soul Reaver II by looking up my name on Google. I would show off that only I came up in the search, until one day Soul Reaver II was the only thing that came up in the search. I was furious and considered suing them for theft and misuse of intellectual property. True story. Fit a warfare link to your tech 1 battlecruiser. Train Wing Commander. Get in the Squad Commander or Wing Commander position. Your fleets will be superior to everyone else's. (had this sig BEFORE Odyssey BC rebalance) And bring back the missile Inquisitor!!
Kijo Rikki Powder and Ball Alchemists Union The Predictables 675	Posted - 2014.05.23 19:38:00 - [30] - Quote Reaver Glitterstim wrote: I don't see it. What do you mean, the image link isn't working? It is really hard to change your signature settings



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