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Posted by bryce (Member # 42) on :

It was right after a new version of the board came out (or after a move) and I was looking at email and a guy in the distribution list with me was named Bryce.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

One of the main characters of Ann McCaffrey's Rowan books was named Jeff Raven...I've had it LONG before I knew of Flare/SFCR...

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I think mine's pretty self explanitory. (Plus, say "Ultra Magnus" aloud. Sounds pretty cool, huh?)

Ultra Magnus - "Consistancy is Victory"

Ultra Magnus is all soldier. Most confortable when carrying out Optimus Prime's orders. Possesses magnificent Fighting skills, courage and a gift for battlefield improvisation. Uncomfortable in the mantle of leadership, but presents strong profile as commander. Carries missile launchers capable of hitting targets 30 miles away. Resolute, Fair, and Courageous beyond reproach. Ever ready to sacrifice himself for the good of the men and mission.

Strength: 9
Intelligence: 9
Speed: 6
Endurance: 8
Rank: 8
Firepower: 6
Skill: 8

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always end up saying "Don't forget the big heavy eyebrows." Then they would all get embarrassed because they remembered they had the big hunky eyebrows too, and then they would get mad and eat the snowman.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

My name is a B5 reference, although it would work better if The Vorlon posted more.

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

I am, and always have been, LOA......

~LOA

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screaming for me to let it all go...
My body is weak and I can't take the struggle anymore...
the love that was here is filled up by anger and rage..." ~FOM

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Any specific reason for those particular letters? Other than, of course, 'Litotes Over Australia'?

-Jack Handey

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

It's because she's Loud, Obnoxious, and Annoying.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Mine was derived from one of the online RPG's I was involved in.

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"Never meddle in the affairs of dragons...for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup"

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Mine's my initials.

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Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on :

my is from a book called The Adventures of Lando Calrissian. My charachters full name is Rokur Gepta, and he is an evil Sorcerer from the planet Tund! He is Lando's arch enemy.

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Posted by DT (Member # 80) on :

Mine comes from my days back moderating a Flyers chatroom (that's hockey for you non-Canadians) when I called everyone by their initials, cause it was easier to type. They thus called me by mine, thus DT was born.

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Lithium, Nirvana

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Mine's pretty much self explanatory. It was the first thing that came to mind and I liked it, so that was that.

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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

As the then, and now once again, only Scot on the board, I decided to pick a suitably Trekkish and yet Scottish name. And who better to borrow a name from than Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott?

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That man is bereft of passion... and imagination!
That is not who I am!"

Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Ah yes; all us Canadians are alike. How could I forget?

I had a website called Garak's Tailor Shop quite a while before I heard of the Enterforums, and I've always used the same name.

Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on :

I like stars, I like eagles. Altair is the brightest star in the constellation Eagle. That's it

NightWing, my latest alias, is taken from the DC character which was known as Robin (from Batman). When Robin wanted to start on his own, he used the name Nightwing. (Nice to know is that it was also mentioned in the movie 'Batman Forever', where Robin wanted a name and said: "I need a name, Batboy, Nightwing..." but then they decided on Robin.)

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I'm a fan of the Borg episodes (the early ones, at least, before they became less scary).

Therefore I required a Borg designation.

I am the first of two offspring in my domestic unit.

Thusly, First of Two.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Thus far, I have the most interesting story...

Fabry. It's a crater on the moon. There was a time a while ago when I couldn't think of names for all the kitbashes that I was making. So, I grabbed an encyclopedia and looked at the moon. I copied all of the names that I liked, and due to my poor handwriting, Fabry looked like Fabrx. And so, I added a vowel to make it right. Fabrax, no. Fabrix, no. Fabrox, no. Fabrex, no. Fabrux, yes. Then I named a ship after it. And all was content, until someone hijacked my Hotmail account. So, I wanted a name that wouldn't need numbers in it. I looked through my ship list and saw Fabrux. So I put it in. The rest is history.

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Well, my name comes from Richard Wagner's "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" opera cycle. Siegfried becomes the central character in "Siegfried" and "Die Gotterdammerung." This is one of my favorite musical works, so I picked the name of the hero.

As for The Pompatus of Love, well, I explained this way back in the very old "Interrogation of Charles Capps" threads (TM).

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"Some people call me the Space Cowboy. Yeah! Some call me the Gangster of Love. Some people call me Maurice. Whoo hoo! 'Cause I speak of the Pompatus of Love!" - Steve Miller Band's The Joker

Posted by Alshrim Dax (Member # 258) on :

Mine? It's unique.. that's one..

I'm a part-time fantasy/scifi writer. I was writing a story where there was the captain of a ship who sailed the seas of Astelbania (a world my bro and I created back in our D&D days) That captain's name was Alshrim Dax (Dax cuz I like star trek and that was my paying homage to it in a fantasy story)

I came up with names like: Eylan Goldenbane, Brandyn Lorenquick, Loreena Silvahart, Dannoa Dax etc... Alshrim Dax fit me .. cuz my actual name is in it .. (Al) .. so .. I picked that.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Back in the days of the dial-in bulletin boards, I tried "The Great And Powerful Turtle" (from the Wildcards seried edited by George R. R. Martin) but that was too long. The acronym, TGAPT, meant nothing to nobody. I then tried "Bat-Winged Hamburger Snatcher" (from Odd Bodkins, the only underground comic I know of that made it to syndication in a major newspaper). Same problem, and BWHS made no sense to anybody either.

Finally I settled on Baloo, the character from Kipling's "The Jungle Book", and Disney's "Tale Spin". Just about everyone knows who that character is, and I have (approximately) the same build, and nearly as much hair.

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--(Unknown)
Come Hither and Yawn...

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Baloo, what have we told you about wearing pants...?

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"I cannot live out that life.
That man is bereft of passion... and imagination!
That is not who I am!"

Posted by Mythril (Member # 286) on :

People always said i put out evil vibes, and the temprature drops by two degrees when i enter a room. So choose a name that would fit my personality.
Inteligent
Malevlant
Possesor of Arcane Knowledge

So i chose the name of Necromancer

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Posted by Dane Simri (Member # 272) on :

Mine's from a name I used for a BPeM RPG... the character was a Betazoid, so I wanted something that sounded Betazoid-ish (or is that Betazoid-like?) Dane is short for Danai. Oh, and my real name's in there somewhere too.

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"...and there was war in heaven..." The Bible, Revelation 12:7

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I chose PsyLiam because it rolls of the toungue better than "English tosser".

I was tempted to go for "Gobshite" for a while though.

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Mr Garrison

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

quote:
If an anthropomorphic character wears even a solitary article of human clothing, he is not considered naked.

Hey! Remember Booboo from Yogi Bear? He wore only a bow tie fer crissakes!

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--(Unknown)
Come Hither and Yawn...

Posted by Obese Penguin (Member # 271) on :

D. Hunter came from an old IRC sim i was on I played Commander David Hunter a Starfleet Intel Officer who turns out to be a changeling i really liked the charactor so I've decided to keep it plus my old handle MrDodge ended up being taken every where i went IRC is full of MrDodges

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Baloo's post reminded me of an episode of Tiny Toons. Plucky and Hampton go swimming (skinny-dipping). Something happens and Plucky runs off with the clothes. Hampton has to walk home naked, and gets gasps of shock from everyone. And Bugs walks buy wearing just gloves, and is fine.
And what about Daffy eh? What exactly did he wear?

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Mr Garrison

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

*LOL@the cartoon nudity argument*

Mine is my name.

I used to go as 'C. Capps'... During my days in the Adjective Army, I adopted the nickname Obsessive, courtesy of Obsessive Behaviour, the predecessor to The Behaviour Group. From 'The Obsessive C. Capps' came 'The Obsessive C.', which evolved into 'TheObsessiveC', which eventually got shortened into 'TOC'/'TheObC'/'ObC'... And now it's taken another transformation into 'TOCie', and 'eiCOT' when I feel different.

But I use Charles Capps for pretty much everything. *L*

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Pretty formal relationship he has with Jubes eh everyone?

"I love you Steph"

"I love you Charles Capps".

Which is why he shall forever be known to us as Chuckie.

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Mr Garrison

Posted by gravie on :

w

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Mine's my name.

Need I say more?

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Man: (Eyes growing wide) "No religion forbids a good hot curry".

-From some movie.

Posted by KXZ (Member # 119) on :

I just like Tom's last name. The rank comes from another message board. Another person my age had the name Lt. Boy. On his birhtday he'd promote himself. I used to be Lt. Commander Paris, a long time ago, but I changed it because it was over a year since I got my name and I was gettin tedious to type Lt. all the time.

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BOOM!

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

I've had many code names for the last year or so, usually not very unique and boring. I settled on Tahna Los after seeing the DS9 ep "Past Prologue". Though the characher gets captured in the end, I did like the name quite a bit. So that's the way it has been for the last 3 years........

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Except Temptation

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

J is the first letter of my first name (John). I came to be called Jay (the phonetic version of the letter) because in previous incarnations I was jaydub (my last initial being W) and that proved too long for the average chat ludite to type on a consistent basis.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Nah.... I don't call him "Charles Capps"..

I rarely call him "Charles"....

There are names I DO call him, but they shall not be uttered on this board.
*Grin*

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

You said utter. heh, heh.
I am the great saiyanman (not to be confused with saiya-man. If any of you watch or have watched DBZ, you know what a saiyan is)
As for Benjita, I think Benji is too much like a dog, so i altered it to sound like Vejita's name.

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Posted by Justin_Timberland (Member # 236) on :

I had other names that Michael_T wanted me to use before I joined the board. My Star Trek group called me Curly, but I think Justin from Nsync is called that. So I really hesitated on that name for the board. Michael then suggested Cute Blond Thing, but there's no way in hell I'm going to take that name. Then the name J_Timberland came up, but I decided to change it by saying my full name. And here I am today.

Oh, Michael_T wanted to use ViceAdmiralC for the board. But then his ex-girlfriend suggested Michael_T since he is known to everyone at school as Nino and not Michael.

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Sometimes I run
Sometimes I hide
Sometimes I'm scared of you
But all I really want is to hold you tight
Treat you right, be with you day and night
Baby all I need is time

-Britney Spears

Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :

When thinking of a name, I saw this piece of paper laying in front of me with a few names of Galor Class ships on it. The first one was Prakesh. I liked the sound of it, so here I am! PS, could someone tell me what the story is about the Prakesh?

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So small,
so innocent,
so young,
so delicately done,
grown up in your poison.

"Little Baby Swastikkka"
-Skunk Anansie

Posted by DT (Member # 80) on :

Baloo: That is the most fascinating piece of information I've ever read. Seriously. It explains a LOT that has bugged me since my childhood.

Wanker: I know English Tosser is too long, but I'm content with calling you Wanker. It's short, it rolls off the tongue nicely (no pun intended), it describes you nicely, and it's better than Liam. Anyone, isn't Liam synonymous with wanker?

Chuck: I still call you Chuck, that's okay, right Chuckie? Chuckie? Where you going with that ban Chuckie? Hey Chuckie, I hear you shot your woman down. Hmm....

*immediately goes and rights a hit song called "Hey Chuckie"*

Thanks Chuckie!

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Polly, Nirvana

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I could have sworn I'd heard "Prakesh" in some other place. Wasn't it mentioned in some distress beacon in Star Trek?

Maybe it's just one of those names that sounds good anywhere in Sci-Fi.

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Posted by Mythril (Member # 286) on :

For some reason Parkesh sound Hindi

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Liam's synonomous with Wanker is it Mr Daniel "I love Oasis and have given birth to their offspring" Tyman? Eh?

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Mr Garrison

Posted by DT (Member # 80) on :

Hey! I'd only do that for Noel! And Liam. Maybe Alan too... not sure about Guigsy... probably not Bonehead.

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"She's just as bored as me." - Kurt Cobain
Polly, Nirvana

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Um... Is there a purpose to this, er... banter?

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Neocromancer, I had the same thought. Prakesh is easy to confuse with Prakash (an Indian name).

Jai Hind!

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Man: (Eyes growing wide) "No religion forbids a good hot curry".

-From some movie.

Posted by DT (Member # 80) on :

Daryus: Five bucks says we're the only two who know what Jai HInd means.

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"She's just as bored as me." - Kurt Cobain
Polly, Nirvana

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Long live India?

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Worf: He is an overgrown child and she is...confused.

O'Brien: It could still work.

Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

There's this guy I know whose nickname is DeadElvis and DeadJesus, so I thought I'd copy him. I liked the book Cujo, so that's what I used.

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Posted by DT (Member # 80) on :

Curtis Joseph sucks. He should be dead.

Same CuJo, right?

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Stay Away, Nirvana

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

He's better than...erm...who do you like again? Fred Brathwaite?

-Jack Handey

Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Uh, I meant the book Cujo by Stephen King

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

*more meaningless backstory on my usernames*

I briefly considered a name having to do with the occult, (I once had an online chat alter-ego named "DarkChilde" -- redundant, eh?) but everything I thought of sounded vaguely 12-year-oldish, or someone had already used.

I flirted with "Debunker" once I lost my patience for the "I'm the Great and Powerful Oz" types.

I used "Bistromath", after the famed ship of Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, for some time.

I considered "fagroolana," which was a word used by Don Martin in MAD Magazine, to describe the sound made by a morgue slab being slid open, but dropped it for its audio connotations.

THAT is when I decided on First of Two.

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Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

Mine came from the Delta Quadrant's resident (and vastly underused

) time-manipulators.

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"We exist in a boundless time continuum. There is no weekend!"

- Zorak, "Hungry," Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.

Posted by Epoch (Member # 136) on :

Mine comes from the fact that I work as part of the Tech/Running crew for plays at my college. I'm one of the best and I can fix/make just about anything that is needed. So the name Tec was born.

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Death before Dishonor!
However Dishonor has
quite a disputed defintion.

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Kosh is B-5

I have also used:
ET for my name Ed Toler
Kruge- from ST3
The Excalibur-for the ship from "Crusade", which I still use at TNO.

I also use Kosh at Trekbbs

and I'm sure we all have our own names for Charles.

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Gandalf

Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

I just needed something ominous to use in "Wing Commander" for a callsign. I'm sure lots of Kilrathi know the ancient Greek alphabet. You'd be surprised who understands it and who doesn't.

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

A little late... but, and this seems obvious to most people by now given my status line and signature, Calvin & Hobbes. I remember reading the comics as a little kid and loving it. Then when I got AOL I couldn't think of a screen name so I went up to my room and saw some C&H stuff. That was over 2 years ago and I've been using the name ever since.

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Hobbes: "I hope you're comfy."
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Hmm. In Wing Commander I was predictable and either went for "Enterprise" or "Defiant". Although for most recent games I tend to use the name "Scourge".

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Mr Garrison