How did you choose your Username?

[danlisa]

Just for fun....

Mine was an easy choice. I had to have one that the wifey could remember (she's not computer friendly, Bless:D ) so it's my first name + hers. Not original but easy to remember.

How did you decide on your username?

[Kaleun_Saxi]

Mine speaks for itself, too.

I play a submarine commander, so my military rank is Kapitaenleutnant, in short Kaleun (usual German abbreviation). My last name is Sachse (english Saxon), my nick name is Saxi, that makes Kaleun Saxi :smug:

[danlisa]

Ah, I see you like Tin Tin. I used to love reading those.

[Ducimus]

http://kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/8thFW/Pics/554RedHorsePatch.jpg

[P_Funk]

Mine has been my standard online name for a quite a few years. I chose it randomly. I was signing up for a message board and grabbed one of my dad's tapes beside the stereo (recorded off his Vinyl) and it happened to say P Funk - Motor Booty Affair.
Since then I have actually become a hell of a Funkateer.:cool:
http://www.niagara.edu/news2/news/Photos/Clinton.gif
Funk on Afronauts.

[HunterICX]

HunterICX

ICX = I C(see) X(target)

:D

As a hunter I always see a target everywhere

[Kaleun_Saxi]

Ah, I see you like Tin Tin. I used to love reading those.
Well, I am more into Walt Disney's Donald Duck, really. I haven't read much of Tin Tin (I prefer Tin Tin the DJ instead :rock: ), to be honest. But I found that image and really like it. It fits to "der Alte", als most Kaleuns were named in WWII by their crews (hence "Das Boot").

[shegeek72]

I chose mine when I volunteered at my local Free Geek, a computer recycling center that's been hugely successful here in Portland, OR. I did their "adopt-a-computer" program, where you work 24 hrs (not all at once! :D) and in return they give you a refurbished computer, called a Freak Box, loaded with Linux (Debian with KDE). Thus "geek" is a badge of honor.

I've been a puter "geekette" since 1995 and it seemed logical to choose shegeek72. No, 72 is not my age! :o

http://www.freegeek.org/
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[Captain Nemo]

I chose mine because I enjoyed as a kid the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and this being a sub sim forum thought it quite appropriate. I half expected it to be taken already when I signed up but was lucky.

Nemo

[d@rk51d3]

twitch, twitch.........

[THE_MASK]

Sounded better than pissed old fart .

[melnibonian]

Mine was a fantasy hero from a book of Michael Moorcock. He was a cool character that destroyed everything in his path. :rock: :rock: :rock: Need to say more????????:D

Good Luck and Good Shooting

[STEED]

John Steed from the classic TV series The Avengers.

[d@rk51d3]

Mine was a fantasy hero from a book of Michael Moorcock. He was a cool character that destroyed everything in his path. :rock: :rock: :rock: Need to say more????????:D

Good Luck and Good Shooting


Michael Moorcock................. Sounds like a porn star to me.:hmm:

[Kaleun_Saxi]

John Steed from the classic TV series The Avengers.
Hi Steed,

you've got a very nice signature. You should listen to the new Pet Shop Boys song "Integral" which deals exactly with that topic!

"...Everyone has
Their own number
In the system that
We operate under
We're moving to
A situation
Where your lives exist
As information
One world
One life
One chance
One reason
All under
One sky
Unchanging
One season

If you've done nothing wrong
You've got nothing to fear
If you've something to hide
You shouldn't even be here
You've had your chance
Now we've got the mandate
If you've changed your mind
I'm afraid it's too late
We're concerned
You're a threat
You're not integral
To the project..."

[Tijn]

Just my nickname here in the netherlands :D



Grtz Martijn

[melnibonian]

Mine was a fantasy hero from a book of Michael Moorcock. He was a cool character that destroyed everything in his path. :rock: :rock: :rock: Need to say more????????:D

Good Luck and Good Shooting


Michael Moorcock................. Sounds like a porn star to me.:hmm:

Oh no. He is a British writer (mainly fantasy) who lives in the USA. His most famous Saga was the ‘Elric of Melnibone’ one. In this one a Fighter-Sorcerer Emperor armed with a Sword from Hell (literally) roams the world killing and destroying everything in his path, until being destroyed himself by the Sword in the end. I thought it was quite appropriate for the U-Boat Commanders as well, as there are some parallels. :arrgh!: In any case I do suggest giving it a shot. You might like the books.:D :D

If not I guess dear Jena Jameson will always be there to……..’entertain’ the crews with her (let’s call them 'Moorcock') abilities:p :p :p

[danlisa]

Sounded better than pissed old fart .

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[SkvyWvr]

SkvyWvr is short for "Skivvy Waver" which is the nickname for a Signalman in the US Navy.

OT @ SheGeek...I lived on Stark Ave for 1 1/2 years in the late 70's. My 1st son was born there. Great town.

[DanBiddle]

Nothing original here, just my name, Dan Biddle.

[AS]

"AS" - my initials. Reminds of "U-Boat Ace" in German as well.
The German word for Ace is "Ass" which, I know, has a slightly different meaning in English...:lol:

Cheers, AS

[Warmonger]

"AS" - my initials. Reminds of "U-Boat Ace" in German as well.
The German word for Ace is "Ass" which, I know, has a slightly different meaning in English...:lol:

Cheers, AS

Thanks to the oh so praised reformation of German orthography...:arrgh!:

I chose mine because I play lots of strategy games (Hearts of Iron and such) and Warmonger was an appropriate nickname.

[mookiemookie]

On my first day of college, I told everyone that lived in my dorm that my name was Mookie. They believed me. After 2 days, I got tired of the joke and told everyone my real name, but the nickname stuck.

[_Seth_]

Some egyptian thing....Seth & Osiris and that kind a'stuff.....

[AVGWarhawk]

AVGWarhawk. American Volunteer Group who flown the P-40 Warhawks in defense of the Chinese. It has stuck since CFS2. I just have a lot of respect for those flyers and use it honor them.:rock:Besides, the P-40 is my favorite WWII fighter aircraft. She just has some nice lines!!

[danlisa]

This is great:D I love the stories behind the names you have chosen.

I wonder if any members have relatives who were involved with WWII and are honoring them in their username somehow.

Oh, and if Gizzmoe should stop in again, please explain your choice;) (is it related to Gremlins, Cuddly & Lovable one day & Green & Grumpy the next?) LOL

Keep them coming:up:

[_Seth_]

This is great:D I love the stories behind the names you have chosen.

I wonder if any members have relatives who were involved with WWII and are honoring them in their username somehow.

Oh, and if Gizzmoe should stop in again, please explain your choice;) (is it related to Gremlins, Cuddly & Lovable one day & Green & Grumpy the next?) LOL

Keep them coming:up:

I think, in Gizzmoes case, we have to remember what happens when you pour water on those Gremlins... They multiply into even worse creatures.... Not the favourite pet to bring onto a uboat...:hmm: :rotfl:

[Respenus]

My name was original Respen and is and male elvens name.

When I entered the world of internet (active not passive as I was before) I remembered that name when I wanted to play a MMORPG. But the name felt short, like somethings needs to be put at the end. So I wanted to "latinize" it, so it became "RespenUS".

That's how I got my name :lol:

And the US part, doesn't mean United States.

[fredbass]

Well mine was easy to remember and I used to fish a lot. Not too complicated. :know:

[SubConscious]

I picked mine really fast without much thought, unfortunately. It's a minor play on words, in that I wanted to convey awareness of submarines. I have a degree in Social Psychology, hence the interest in the subconscious.

Hmmm... It was probably a subconscious reaction. ;)

Had I given it more thought, I probably would have made reference to my father, who served as a Bosun's Mate / Gun Captain aboard three destroyers in WWII: The Hammann went down with the Yorktown at Midway; the Bristol was sunk by U-371 in the Med; and the Isherwood was struck by a kamikaze in Leyte Gulf. He was a lucky guy in that he survived, but you wouldn't necessarily want to be aboard the same ship as him. ;)

This is an interesting thread -

[danlisa]

.....He was a lucky guy in that he survived, but you wouldn't necessarily want to be aboard the same ship as him. ;)

I don't know if you'll recognize this... He sounds like Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses. Very funny UK sitcom.

[Payoff]

I always got a kick out of the flubbed line in Das Boot (English dubbed version),when after attacking the convoy, and about to be depth charged, Jurgen Prochnow says "This is it. Now we have the PAYOFF". The line should have been: Now its payback time.:arrgh!:

[LZ_Baker]

I use to use my initals as my name but it was kinda a crappy name so I decided to come up with something else. My favorite game is Vietcong, so I wanted something that sounded like it belonged so I took the name of the building I liked in at the time and added LZ to it, so Landing Zone Baker

[NightCrawler]

NightCrawler, me, i love to come on surface at night(sneaking around) without being noticed...

when day will break, i dive the whole day, till the red light will pop-up, than i know the night is there, and i surface again, to charge my batteries....

[Gogs]

Gogs was an plasticine/clay model kids animation series from the 90s. A bunch of prehistoric characters running around doing funny things. I got the nickname but I'm not honestly sure why. It might be the looks I guess but I hope not.....:88)

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

Mine was fairly easy: it's simply the Germanized version of my real name . . . with a 'von' tossed in for added prestige. ;)

[Syxx_Killer]

Well, it has been so long that I have had the same screen name now, I think I forgot why I chose it exactly. :oops::lol: Way back in 1998 and 1999 (seems so long ago, doesn't it? :lol::-?), I was playing Novalogic's F-16 Multirole Fighter, MiG-29 Fulcrum, F-22 Raptor, and F-22 Lightning 3 online. F-16, MiG-29, and F-22 Raptor could all fight in the same online arenas. It was great back in the day and the last time I really ever playing anything online. Anyway, I was part of a squadron for the F-16. Then, I was going by the name Burner. I got tired of that. After the squad pretty much disbanded I started my own for the MiG-29 called the Russian Knights. It did very well. I changed my nickname to Volk, then. At first we just allowed players who flew the MiG-29. When the big, highly anticipated patch was released that allowed F-22 Raptor to fly the same skies as the F-16 and MiG-29 I made the decision to allow the F-16 and F-22 into the squad. When F-22 Lightning 3 was released about a year later (1999), the squad slowed down. I then made the decision to disband. Shortly after I joined a squad the Air Aces Squadron. That squad allowed the F-16, F-22 Raptor, MiG-29, and F-22 Lightning 3. I was eventually put in charge of the F-22 L3 division of the squad. That is when I changed my nickname to the one I have now. I wanted something that I could identify with when playing online as well as something unique and different. Since I was pretty good at coming up on people's 6's and killing them I came up with Syxx_Killer. At the time I was also playing Delta Force online, and the idea for my current name also worked for that game, too. I was thinking of six shooter pistols for some odd reason. The nickname really stuck then. I haven't played any of those awesome games in a very, very long time. MiG-29 was my most anticipated game ever. Nothing comes close to the suspense I had just before the release. The MiG-29 is my favorite fighter plane ever. Consequently, you can still buy the games I mentioned above from Novalogic's website. The only other sim I had played that featured the MiG-29 was a game of the same name by Domark. It ran on Windows 3.1, came on two or three floppies (I don't remember), and had the most aweful engine sounds I have ever heard (then or now). I usually just turned them off in the game. However, the scenarios that came with the game were really fun. I played that game for hours. I picked it up at a flea market for a couple bucks. I still have it sitting in the bottom drawer of my desk.

Here's a site about the game if anyone wants a trip down memory lane:

http://www.migman.com/ref/1990_combat/MiG29Fulcrum/MiG29Fulcrum.htm

Sorry for the rambling post. I just get all nostalgic when talking about this stuff! :oops::lol:

[danlisa]

@ Syxx_Killer

No worries about the rant, it's exactly why I started this thread.:yep:

[Sailor Steve]

I used to post on boards about naval history using my real name. When I came to Subsim I noticed a lot of people using screen names, so I decided to try the same.

As to the name, my avatar should say everything that needs to be said.

"Sailor Steve" Bradfield

[Hybris]

On the Airfix Dogfighter the cheat code to get god mode was Hybris. I liked the name so I used it in PC Halo mulitiplayer were I earned the title "The god of Rocket Hog Drive-bys" so God...god mode Hybris!

So now at school everyone just calls me Hybris.:lol:

[Pino_666]

Pino is the dutch name for Big Bird... and I made him evil :p

[EmeAzul]

Mine stands for Blue M, written out in Portuguese. I used this name on a BMW board and just carried it over to Subsim.

[danlisa]

Pino is the dutch name for Big Bird... and I made him evil :p

:rotfl: :rotfl: I Like It!!

[Jimbuna]

My christian name Jim + mbuna (cichlid fish I breed from Lake Malawi) :D

[Onkel Neal]

I use "Neal Stevens" because it sounds kind of generic and is easy to spell, and my agent said I cannot use my real name (Bruce Willis).

[Biggles]

Guess what? I've been reading the "Biggles" books by W.E. Johns. I love those books, and I like to use a name which isn't very usal. (in a subsim forum:smug: )

[Dowly]

My username came while I was playing Day of Defeat years ago. I just picked it, ´coz it sounded good. I just realised few months ago that it actually means something. :rotfl:

[mr chris]

Well the is no story behind mine other than i was filling in the form i was very sleepy and put my real name in with out looking.:rotfl: When i logged on for the 1st time i was greeted with my mistake though i have grow to like my name.

[Kaleun]

Because on a subsim, it's my job (commander) - kaleun on a U-boat

[mr chris]

Kaleun I see you are from Brighton i come from just down the road from you.
I was born and raised in sunny Chichester in west sussex. What a small world. :)

danlisa sorry for the off topic post:up:

[IceGrog]

Over at my Il2 squadron I’m known as IceFrog, that is a different story, but one time I was trying to log in I typed IceGrog, and I thought that would be a naval sounding name.
But I’m having second and third thoughts about it.

[Boris]

My parents chose mine some 23 years ago for God knows what reason...:hmm: They had to get a special permit to have it excused from Argentinian naming laws. They were able to prove a familial connection, seeing as my Russian great uncle was conveniently also called Boris. Otherwise I might have been called Juan or something...

[robbo180265]

A big AHOY to everyone. This is my first post after discovering your site a week ago:D

My name goes back to when I was posting on a CFS3 site (simouthouse) It's a play on my last name (Roberts) and my date of birth 18 02 65. I used it then and it just stuck really.

Can I just say what a brilliant site this is, I've learnt so much since stumblling across it !!! :rock: :rock: :rock:

[Payoff]

Welcome aboard Bilge Rat:lol:

[danlisa]

Welcome Robbo180265:D Enjoy your stay.

@ Boris

They had to get a special permit to have it excused from Argentinian naming laws. They were able to prove a familial connection, seeing as my Russian great uncle was conveniently also called Boris. Otherwise I might have been called Juan or something...

I wasn't aware of this law. You learn something new everyday.

[Von Taticus]

Von Taticus,

Well I use the name Taticus for all my pc gaming My surname is Tate and I used to /still like playing tactical games. add a bit of latin to give Taticus and then the Von for SHIII.

well it made me laugh anyway:hmm:

[shegeek72]

Sounded better than pissed old fart .
hah!! :rotfl:
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[TarJak]

Jack Tar is a Royal Navy slang term for the ordinary seaman.

This etymology from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tar

[Sailor Steve]

I use "Neal Stevens" because it sounds kind of generic and is easy to spell, and my agent said I cannot use my real name (Bruce Willis).
DANG! I thought you looked familiar.



So; now that we know, do we call you "Onkel Bruce"?

[caspofungin]

when i signed up to this board, i wasn't sure i'd be here that long (when sh3 first came out, not many mods at that time) so i didn't really want to put too much effort into my nick. on my desk was a pen from a drug company rep. the drug -- caspofungin.

[zombiewolf]

Zappa
says Zombie Woof on the albim cover tho'

[Tigrone]

08/15 is a German equivalent of FUBAR. It refers to the model 1908/1915 Spandau Machine Gun, which is heavy, clumsy, inefficient and unreliable--the prefect symbol of military FUBAR.

I read the Gunner Asch stories years ago and loved them = The 08/15 stories = in English:

The Revolt of Gunner Asch
Forward Gunner Asch
The Return of Gunner Asch
What became of Gunner Asch

by Hans Kirst.

I loved them.

[LoneTraveller]

I was having too many beers one night and wanted to see some buddies on irc but I didn't want the whole channel to know about it so I had to think of a new nick. My liquored up mind came up with LoneTraveller.

5 months later San Andreas come out for PC and having loved Vice City (I finished it 5 times at 100%, 4 times without maps) I had to finish it. When I heard the hippie call CJ "lonetraveller" I was like :huh:

I believe the meaning of my nick is it reflects the way I live my life.

[Steeltrap]

Mine relates to a nickname I got when working at Shell (yes, as in Royal Dutch Shell) here in Australia. Won't bother with the actual details....other than to confirm that it is related to the phrase "mind like a steel trap" (I'm not making any claims, the nick was given to me and stuck....).

That was in 1989....:o

Used it in quite a few different places since.

[danlisa]

Oh, and if Gizzmoe should stop in again, please explain your choice;) (is it related to Gremlins, Cuddly & Lovable one day & Green & Grumpy the next?) LOL

Keep them coming:up:

Still waiting Gizz:D

Thanks to all who have posted, it really gives a good insight into the individual.

[JScones]

J = first character of first name
Sc = first two characters of middle name
ones = last four characters of surname

J+Sc+ones...JScones. :)

[SteamWake]

woops... LOL had a long explanation of my usual screen name of "Ulterior Modem" but I realized I dont use that here LOL.

Uhhh the screen name should be fairly self explanitory.

Ohhhh never mind :D

[theluckyone17]

Well... I'm lucky. As in "I've got lots of luck." Might be good luck, might be bad luck, but there's a lot of it. I don't seem to spend much time in the middle.

[TarJak]

08/15 is a German equivalent of FUBAR. It refers to the model 1908/1915 Spandau Machine Gun, which is heavy, clumsy, inefficient and unreliable--the prefect symbol of military FUBAR.

I read the Gunner Asch stories years ago and loved them = The 08/15 stories = in English:

The Revolt of Gunner Asch
Forward Gunner Asch
The Return of Gunner Asch
What became of Gunner Asch

by Hans Kirst.

I loved them.

Gotta go with you on the Gunner Asch books. I just love his relationships with officers of all kinds and his descriptions of cooking are simply magnificent!:yep:

[bookworm_020]

Mine? Bookworm because I'm a librarian, I'm also a Toolmaker by trade and a JP as well. The 020?? Library humor, 020 in the dewey classification scheme is Library materials.:yep:

[U-snafu]

"U"-for the general theme here at subsim and "situation normal, all F..... up'd"
as a nod to my past Ft. bragg days and current skills with computers:damn:

[Soviet_Sharpshooter]

Im a fan of the soviet union *from a military point of view* and i like snipers :yep:

[TheSatyr]

Mine is from an old D&D character I had. (A confused thief...sometimes he helped people...sometimes he robbed them blind...depended on how drunk he was at the time...heh). I use the name on most of the forums I've been on.

[The Noob]

Im a fan of the soviet union *from a military point of view* and i like snipers :yep:

Salute to you. :D

Well, i was a noob at the time i registered...but i plan to change it soon. :cool:

[Venatore]

Venatore was the name given to a certian type of Gladiator.

[d@rk51d3]

Im a fan of the soviet union *from a military point of view* and i like snipers :yep:


Woo Hoo!!!

someone else from little old Adelaide.:up:

[Subwolf]

Well I got a name that speaks for itself, surprised names like that isn't taken in this community ;)

[MarshalLaw]

Mine I'v had since 1996, I took it from a Paintball team I belonged to at the time.

[darkfin]

When I bring the sub to the surface it looks like the dark fin of a huge bad a$$ shark out looking for prey.

Jim
:cool:

[Sir Big Jugs]

No comment...:roll:

[danlisa]

No comment...:roll:

Hi Mate, I think most of us know about yours;)

[R1fl3M4n]

i have this nickname for a very long time....like 5 6 years ,when i started play'n Counter-strike...im using it in every game i play...but in Sh3 i like to use my real name :P

[moselgott]

Mine derives from western german river Moselle (german name Mosel; border between Germany and Luxemburg) + Gott = God

[IceGrog]

No comment...:roll:

Hi Mate, I think most of us know about yours;)

Yeah and you should see how he modified the front of his boat :D

[Arkon]

Mine is quite simple it's the name of my headphones

[eolian]

:-? I have used my nick for about the last 6-7 years i was given this by a co-worker in an office i used to work at "she was one of those green party organic tree huggers" "not to offend anyone but i am not one". Eolian means a subtle change caused to something that unless one is really aware you dont notice it has happened. Well, this was due to my computer skills i could go into the work servers and make subtle changes and really more or less like a ghost. I still do this practice from time to time, my first degree was in computer networking and i cant help myself from looking around whenever i have access to a computer system for any given length of time.

[stabiz]

Stabiz is a kind of shortened version of Stabilizer, a nickname I gave myself once. :rotfl:I means that I stabilize the world by being brilliant, since the rest of you suck!

[THE_MASK]

I am refered to as sober here but when i play Battlefield 2 multiplayer they usually refer to me as , you f*#%!*& dropkick or Dont shoot me A$$ h#l3 or You useless dumb F*#&7 or something similar .

[d@rk51d3]

Sober it is then.........:D

[THE_MASK]

Hey i recognise that name .

[d@rk51d3]

:rotfl:
Nah, just an echo.

[Hakahura]

Mash hand against keyboard, result.............

rdfgtjutr
gyuklvfcx
gfruki90[p
srwergtrte

this time.............

Hakahura

Result at last

[Oldgamer48]

I am old (compared to most gamers) and and I am a wargamer. On most websites, I am simply known as Oldgamer. However, when I registered here, the name was taken. So, I added my birth year. Oldgamer48 !

[Takeda Shingen]

I like feudal Japanese history.

[shegeek72]

I am old (compared to most gamers) and and I am a wargamer. On most websites, I am simply known as Oldgamer. However, when I registered here, the name was taken. So, I added my birth year. Oldgamer48 !
What war games do you play? I like COD (1 & 2) and BF 2 (the reactions from 2142 are lukewarm). Have not played either online since I'm on dialup, but hopefully that'll change soon since Portland has free wifi! :up:
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[Oldgamer48]

I am old (compared to most gamers) and and I am a wargamer. On most websites, I am simply known as Oldgamer. However, when I registered here, the name was taken. So, I added my birth year. Oldgamer48 !
What war games do you play? I like COD (1 & 2) and BF 2 (the reactions from 2142 are lukewarm). Have not played either online since I'm on dialup, but hopefully that'll change soon since Portland has free wifi! :up:


My favorite games are Starfleet Command III (heavily modded, but aren't they all?), Rome:Total War, and this game will be my favorite for a long time, I'm sure. On this one, I use the Grey Wolves Supermod.

In the old days, my favorite boardgames were all Avalon Hill games, with their Panzerblitz tactical-level games at the top of the list, along with NATO: The Next War in Europe.

BTW, I've never played online before, except with SCIII, when it first came out. My experience with online play wasn't very good, there.

[Sulikate]

Good question... I don't remember now... Maybe I should change it... or not:stare:

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Well the first U-Boat book I have ever read(before SHIII) was Grey Wolf Grey Sea by E.B Gasaway. It told the story of U-124. So naturly I choes her first comander Wilhelm Schulz as my name. :yep:

[don1reed]

My username was issued when I reported aboard planet earth for duty.

I'd be late for chow or miss paycall if I were called anything else.

[STEED]

No comment...:roll:

I suggested your new name and won. :D

As for the explanation I have no idea just sounded funny.

[GraylingSTS(SS)]

Grayling is the name of the 637 class fast attack that I was stationed on in the early 90s. STS was my rate...sonar tech. submarines...and the (SS) is designation for submarine qualified.

[WilhelmSchulz.]

I use "Neal Stevens" because it sounds kind of generic and is easy to spell, and my agent said I cannot use my real name (Bruce Willis).
Right. ;)

[Achtung Englander]

The Great Escape

"Good Luck"
"Thanks"
"Achtung...das is Englander"

classic :up:

[Rose]

My last name is Rosenfield, hence the "Rose." Thought it had a nice ring to it.

[Offwiththewind]

i read too many NAZI books ---anyway found a german word that i recoganized as being that "OFFWITHTHEWIND"

If you spell in german it would almost be like the above:roll:

[Steeltrap]

i read too many NAZI books ---anyway found a german word that i recoganized as being that "OFFWITHTHEWIND"

If you spell in german it would almost be like the above:roll:

Give Hitler suffered (and those around him as a consequence) from extreme, excessive flatulence, it might have meant a number of things, or been a mis-translation....

Mybe "thatwindisoff"? "Withtheoffwind"?

Perhaps Sailor Steve, with his apparent enjoyment of quotations (which I salute) could suggest something along the lines of:

"It's an ill wind that blows......"

[NipplesTheCat]

I used to have a substance abuse problem. Well its not so much that,...its just that I dont trust air that I cant see.:yep:

[Deimos01]

Well, Deimos refers to astronomy and mythology both of which I have an interest in. In astronomy terms Deimos is one of the moons of mars along with Phobos.

In mythological terms, Mars is the god of war and his dogs are Phobos and Deimos which mean fear and pestilence. You've all heard the old Shakespear quote, "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war". That is what he is referring to. So I was able to combine two of my small hobbies and come up with a name I've been using for several years now.

I woulda used Phobos but the first board I ever signed up for, that name was already taken.

[Der Eisen-Wal]

i wanted something cool to do with uboats (iron/steel) + some sort of water creature (turtle is too timid, dolphins are flippers and fish is just lame), so i went with Whale. thus 'The Iron Whale' was born... i like it the more i think of it, not sure if it's correct gramatically though.

[Albrecht Von Hesse]

The Great Escape

"Good Luck"
"Thanks"
"Achtung...das is Englander"

classic :up:

I seem to remember once instance where the Germans were on the lookout for escaped POWs, and while on a train the undercover German was chatting up the suspected escapee, nattering away in German. After a bit he looked about as if looking for something, then looked at the suspect and asked, in English, "Do you have the time?"

The escapee lifted up his arm to peer at his wristwatch . . . then stopped dead. Busted! He hadn't even needed to say anything in reply, just the fact he reacted as he did was enough to give him away.

[aergistal]

dead thread, I command you to live!

It's pretty interesting, really...

I chose mine from a classic sci-fi novel by Gerard Klein, "Les seigneurs de la guerre" (The Overlords of War). Aergistal is some kind of space-time anomaly where battles are perpetually fought, a game played by beings close to gods.

Sort of like we do with war games, but on a much bigger/deadlier/bug free scale :DL

[Paul Riley]

I simply used my real name,can't really say any more than that! :88);)
...other than I was lacking imagination for a name at the time *sigh*

[Paul Riley]

The Great Escape

"Good Luck"
"Thanks"
"Achtung...das is Englander"

classic :up:

haha! classic indeed! :cool:

[Paul Riley]

Yeah and you should see how he modified the front of his boat :D

LMFAO! sir big jugs! er...you like beer?! :har::salute:

[Paul Riley]

I like feudal Japanese history.

Damn right! :rock:

[Platapus]

Many many years ago I used the user name Platypus on websites. For one site there was a defunct user named Platypus, but I could not use the same name so I changed it to Platapus. It just got to be a habit.

Nothing deeper than that, I am afraid.

[Sailor Steve]

dead thread, I command you to live!

It's pretty interesting, really...
Nothing wrong with resurrecting a necrothread when it's a good one. Maybe there will be more newcomers adding their stories to it now.

:rock:

[Gerald]

and Ven stand for=service and Dor for=service duty! :lurk:

[Madox58]

This thread went way down just before I joined.

Why privateer?

I used other online names for years.
Going back farther then most would imagine.
Around 1992 I used Jagwire
Before that?
:haha:
That information could get me in trouble!

Anyway, at some point in time.
I started a business that pretty much followed the code of Privateers.

So I became Privateer.

[Brag]

It´s what my friends call me :DL

[GoDeep]

Pretty self-explanatory, really. To escape, a u-boot dives deep, hence the name. I thought it sounded nice and aptly "submarine". :salute:

[Mittelwaechter]

Mittelwaechter is German Navy slang.

A coffee and snack or a simple meal at midnight for the watch on duty (dog watch).

[Herr-Berbunch]

I wanted something slightly humorous with a German lilt, so misspelt the great '70s cartoon Hair Bear Bunch (Help!... It's the).

I must say I'm disappointed in Jim for not admitting to his Chicken Bhuna addiction, we all love a good curry!

[conus00]

I got the nickname when I started skydiving when I was 17. At my local dropzone nobody went by their real name, we all went by nicknames.
One night we were sitting in the bar, drunk, and somebody found Czech-Russian dictionary.
It was originally Konus (or конус in Russian) which is an exact translation of my last name. It stuck for a little bit but then one of the other guys (an astrologist) told me that there was a Conus nebula so it was later changed to Conus.

00= year 2000. The year I moved to the United States.

[sharkbit]

Wow...talk about a thread rising from the dead. Last seen 11/2006 and raised on 6/2010.

Neat though. I've never seen it and it is interesting to see some of the reasoning behind some of the names.

As far as my name goes:
Well, I was swimming one night and I felt this bump and a sharp pain in my leg.......well, ok....maybe not.






I play online poker occasionally. In the food chain of poker players, there are sharks and there are the little fishes that get eaten by the sharks at the tables.

Every once in a while, I become the hunted instead of the hunter and I get bit by the sharks.

:)

[Fido]

Fido is a shortened version of my early flightsim nick CFSFIDO. In real life if flew a Piper Cub for fun, but always wanted to fly a Spitfire or F-86 Sabre, so in Flight Sims my dreams came true. I was a member of an on line squadron of F-86D pilots, the aircraft was sometimes known as a SabreDog, so we all had canine related nicks.("Fido" is a common name for a pet dog) in case you are from out of town.;) Over time I just dropped the CFS and started using Fido. As a subsimmer Fido has a different meaning, it refers to a Mark 24 passive acoustic anti-Submarine torpedo from WWII, so it still fits, well sort of.

Good Hunting
Fido U-52:salute:

[flag4]

flag4.

i had a family, there were 4 of us. now there is one of me, so it should be flag1!!
my ex took the micky out of this name but i like it, so it stuck. then, by chance i discovered this....

....http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flag-Battle-Coastal-Mediterranean-1939-1945/dp/1861760671

and could not believe it at first. i had no idea.

cheers

[gordonmull]

Actually a good zombie thread!

I chose mine way back when I made my first ever online name and it always has been gordonmull for everything. My first name followed by the name of the island I grew up on, so that any other online teuchters might know they're seeing another one out there :up:

[h.sie]

h.sie are parts of my real name. later, after choosing this name, i found out, that if you pronounce it in one word, it sounds like "hasi" in german, which means "rabbit" and is not funny.

[Jimbuna]

h.sie are parts of my real name. later, after choosing this name, i found out, that if you pronounce it in one word, it sounds like "hasi" in german, which means "rabbit" and is not funny.


Should we start referring to you as 'Bugs ' (bunny) then? :O:

[frau kaleun]

Should we start referring to you as 'Bugs ' (bunny) then? :O:

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/petros753/you-make-bunny-cry.jpg


Also, re the thread's question...

"Frau Kaleun": obvious user name is obvious.

[Obltn Strand]

Obltn because SHIII hunter doesn't promote one easily to kapitänleutnant which pissed me at the time.

Strand comes from my last name which really translates roughly as shore-like.

[Iranon]

Rather boring... mine is taken from a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.

[Task Force]

I chose mine because it was relevent, and I kinda had just been attacked by a SH3 TF.

[h.sie]

Should we start referring to you as 'Bugs ' (bunny) then? :O:


'Bugs' is an adequate nickname since programming is part of my job.

:D

[Hook]

'Bugs' is an adequate nickname since programming is part of my job.

That is absolutely great! I've been programming for 34 years and never made that connection.

I've been called Hook since high school. It's part of my real name.

Hook

[Jimbuna]

'Bugs' is an adequate nickname since programming is part of my job.

:D

Your an okay guy H....you certainly answered my plea for help http://skins.hotbar.com/skins/mailskins/em/110104/110104_emM5.gif

[krashkart]

I adopted my nick when I was in college studying fire science and dreaming of becoming an EMT. Also an homage to lazy weekends spent playing Shadowrun years ago (there were two emergency medical services in the game back then; DocWagon and the less popular Krash Kart). Ironic that it would tie together like this later in life. :hmmm:

[pickinthebanjo]

well I use mine on every forum I use, and it was a rather simple choice since I am a musician, I just an instrument I use

[don1reed]

don1reed

don1 = don juan...because I love life as much as don juan loved the ladies; and,
1reed = partly because a cranky, old priest once called me ("a reed shaken before the wind"--St. Paul). I've worn it as a badge of honor long after his departure.

Just 1reed, survivor of many storms, sticking around to see what comes next.

[Kptlt Thomsen]

After the "Das Boot" character, KL Filip Thomsen. His conduct at the mess was exemplary.

Quote: "I am not in any condition to ****. Sieg Heil". LMAO!!

[Paul Riley]

After the "Das Boot" character, KL Filip Thomsen. His conduct at the mess was exemplary.

Quote: "I am not in any condition to ****. Sieg Heil". LMAO!!

haha! Thomsen was a bloody star! that scene almost killed me with laughter! :88):har:

"its Thomsen,THOMSEN!,das ist THOMSEN!" :rock:

In memory of Thomsen -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWebICKVWew&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMoHJDe5WLE

[Herr-Berbunch]

I currently have the red cross on a white shield, St George and all that.

Comes from U598, not very prestigious, training boat for seven months then front for just over a year, claiming two vessels for 9275 GRT and damaged one other.

Sounds like me, many months with little tonnage, best I watch out for B24s!




EDIT: Sorry folks, this is the wrong thread. I was on my phone at work and thought this was the emblems thread. But obviously not! How stoopid am I, answers on a postcard to the usual address please...

[Siegfried von Funk]

Siegfried was my name in high school German class, Funk is my mother's maiden name. The von is for flow.

[Arclight]

Movie reference, for the most part:

There is a brief reference to 'Operation Arc Light' in the film Apocalypse Now by the character "Captain Willard", played by (Martin Sheen). As the river boat (PBR) carrying Willard is moving up the coast to rendezvous with the air cavalry escort, they hear the rumble of a B-52 strike in the distance. When the character "Chef" asks what's going on, Willard replies, "Arc Light, B-52 strike".


Apart from that imo carpetbombing looks pretty impressive (from a safe distance) and I'm a bit of a flightsim fan.

[Lionclaw]

Umm... :hmmm: I think I got my username from either the zodiac sign "Leo", or from the lion on Finland's coat of arms. Then added claw to it.

And no, I'm not into astrology. Astronomy on the other hand, yes.

[Flaxpants]

I simply dreamt up the most ridiculous name I could imagine.

I have others, like ClumsyDumpster & LoathsomeToaster.

[danzig70]

I chose my because my first name is Dan. I am really interested in the city of Gdansk/Danzig, the home of solidarity. I was born in 1970.

Speaking of rabbits:

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8879/giantrabbit1.jpg

[absea]

absea= able seaman,thats what rank i have from my volunteer days.
Yes i know never ever volunteer for any thing!,was a week moment ,but enjoyed every moment of it.:arrgh!:

[ReFaN]

Played KOTOR far back, liked Revan, Switched it around a bit and Voaila!

ReFaN has been my nickname since then =0

[Kremmen]

Was a big fan of Kenny Everett so took this name from his Captain Kremmen character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REUKc83cZys

[Feuer Frei!]

...why did you chose it?
What does it mean? Does it mean anything or have any significance in your life?
Or did your name simply arise out of 1 too many scotches and you thought: 'Yea, that sounds cool, i'll use that'?
Mine?
Feuer Frei!: Triple idea behind this one: A legendary song by a legendary band- Rammstein (my favourite band), the German meaning: Fire at Will, or Open Fire, which was a command given to the men in the German Army in WW 2 and because of my German Heritage (born there).

[Dowly]

From: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=99985

My username came while I was playing Day of Defeat years ago. I just picked it, ´coz it sounded good. I just realised few months ago that it actually means something.

Might add to that: I also chose it because it's so FARKING HARD TO SPELL.

[ETR3(SS)]

ETR3=Electronics Technician Radio 3rd class
(SS)=Submarine Warfare qualified

It was my rate while I was in the Navy and I have my dolphins. The name seemed a no-brainer considering I was on subs and this is a website dedicated to subsims. The R in ETR isn't used daily in the Navy. Normally its just ET3, but I added it to differentiate myself form the 3 other ET ratings. Some rates have three letters but only two are shown, this would be an example of one.

[frau kaleun]

Frau Kaleun: Obvious user name is obvious. :O:

[mookiemookie]

Might add to that: I also chose it because it's so FARKING HARD TO SPELL.

Calm down, Danny.

[krashkart]

I chose my handle during my first go at college, mainly to tie in with my chosen field of study. But primarily it's an in-joke between myself and a good friend - we played Shadowrun religiously back in the day. :03:


Frau Kaleun: Obvious user name is obvious. :O:

:hmmm:



................:hmmm:



.................................................. ......:hmmm:



:huh:

I don't get it. :damn:

:P

[frau kaleun]

Calm down, Danny.

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/16/original/leave-britney-alone-02.jpg?1229112660

LEAVE DOWNY ALONE!

[krashkart]

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/16/original/leave-britney-alone-02.jpg?1229112660

LEAVE DOWNY ALONE!

I never use the stuff anyhow. :stare:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=179&pictureid=3625

Real men wear burlap. :smug:

[danlisa]

From: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=99985

Wow, fricking old thread.

Cheer for the memories Downy.....erm Dewly......erm mate.:D

Sorry

[Weiss Pinguin]

Weiss Pinguin comes from... the white penguin conning tower emblem in SH3 :D Also in a bunch of other forums and games I've worked penguin into my nicknames. Nothing to do with me being an albino bird... :shifty:

BTW Downly, what does your name mean?

[CCIP]

Contrary to popular belief, I am not a Cisco Certified IT Professional :88) I'm not even techie by occupation!

It comes from a favourite little device of mine that you see in fighter-bombers these days, called Continuously Computed Impact Point. Those of you who play modern combat flight sims will probably instantly recognize that. My roots in flight simming go to being a light bomber jockey of sorts, a preference I never quite grew out of.

It also looks a little like CCCP, which happens to be the country I was born in. It sort of lost that last 'C' somewhere down the line, which stood for 'socialist'... so go figure :O:

[danlisa]

BTW Downly, what does your name mean?

dull; low-spirited; dismal

Nothing like Dooly at all.:D

[krashkart]

Contrary to popular belief, I am not a Cisco Certified IT Professional :88) I'm not even techie by occupation!

It comes from a favourite little device of mine that you see in fighter-bombers these days, called Continuously Computed Impact Point. Those of you who play modern combat flight sims will probably instantly recognize that. My roots in flight simming go to being a light bomber jockey of sorts, a preference I never quite grew out of.

It also looks a little like CCCP, which happens to be the country I was born in. It sort of lost that last 'C' somewhere down the line, which stood for 'socialist'... so go figure :O:

A fellow mud mover! :salute:

At long last, I am not alone in the world. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=258&pictureid=2283

[Betonov]

Its a longified version of my last name( Beton--->Betonov )

It was a high school idea as I tried to make my last name sound russian like and it stuck

P.S. Beton translated into english means concrete :D

[Matador.es]

Matador

Since i am half Spanish i was assigned to this name when i started to play MoHaa, Madal of Honor Allied Assault. Quite some time ago as it also took quite a lot of it aswell :oops:

http://www.bestofvgm.com/albums/2005/MOHAA/ico.png

[Takeda Shingen]

I was really into Japanese feudal history at the time that I joined. Plus, Takeda Shingen doesn't sound very German or naval, so I figured that it would stand out.

[Sailor Steve]

Yep, as Darnley so carefully pointed out, we already had one of these...three years ago!
:rotfl2:

My name is Steve and I was a sailor. 'Nuff said.

[Jimbuna]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=333352&postcount=44

[Herr-Berbunch]

I tried to find something funny starting with Herr, like Herr Kut, or Herr Lip, Herr Style, Herr Flick (of the Gestapo!) or finally Herr Trigger, but plumped for Herr-Berbunch from the great 70's Hanna-Barbera cartoon 'Help!...It's The Hair Bear Bunch!"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/The_Hair_Bear_Bunch.jpg

:D

PS I rather like Rammstein too, #Bang! Bang!... Feuer Frei!... Bang! Bang! :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2:

That's great! I never would have made that connection!

[Lord_magerius]

It's my stage name if you will, that I used when playing in my old black metal band. I also use Count Morknar too :O:

[Feuer Frei!]

Wow, fricking old thread

Yep, as Darnley so carefully pointed out, we already had one of these...three years ago!
:rotfl2:
Well, could we perhaps 'revive' the thread or indeed merge?
Since we have a lot of people coming and going here i assume.
Just asking :salute:

[AVGWarhawk]

Avgwarhawk=American Volunteer Group. These pilots flew the P-40 Warhawks over China. Hence AVGWarhawk. Just a a group of pilots I had admired since I was a kid.

[kiwi_2005]

first thing that popped into my head at the time, the year was 2005 and everyone knows what a kiwi is so kiwi_2005

login Gaming names are always either nightsurfa or nimrod xx (xx being a number if nimrod is taken. Nightsurfa is never taken cause the name is unique but I suppose Ive blown that now. so if you see nightsurfa in an online shooter be very afraid. :O:

[Feuer Frei!]

I tried to find something funny starting with Herr, like Herr Kut, or Herr Lip, Herr Style, Herr Flick (of the Gestapo!) or finally Herr Trigger, but plumped for Herr-Berbunch from the great 70's Hanna-Barbera cartoon 'Help!...It's The Hair Bear Bunch!"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/81/The_Hair_Bear_Bunch.jpg

:D

:har::har: Way cool :up:

[Ducimus]

At the time i registered, my user name was my standard user handle in online gaming. I originally chose it playing Everquest. Yup, there i was, opening day of everquest. I had rushed to the stores, and created my account so i could be the first kid playing the new internet sensation. The next big thing in gaming!

So, i was creating my character, and was in a big hurry to get in and start playing right away, and then BAM, i was faced with "Choose your name". I sat there for 5 minutes thinking intently for an original name, but couldn't think of one. In my desperation to think of a name, i started looking around my room. The only thing that stuck out, was my"wall paper" from the military. And old unit patch fixed in a shadowbox caught my eye.

http://www.ducimus.net/redhorse/redhorse.jpg

"Ducimus.... hmmm.. Yeah, that's original, nobody will ever have that name! " I typed it in, and away i went.

It (semper ducimus) means either, "Always leading" or "always we lead". I'm not a study of Latin, but that's as close as i've found. The irony is, later on the movie Gladiator released, and then people thought i was trying to be a deliberate misspelling "Decimus". Along the same vane as some kid using some variation of "legolas", and all very much unoriginal. Nowadays i don't use the name as much, but it's still my first choice when creating a character name.

[Tchocky]

Picked mine because I spent most of my childhood hanging out with my older brother and his best friend. Since the three of us were rarely seen apart and I was the youngest, I was always the "third kid". Now I'm all growed up :woot:

[Growler]

Back in the day, when I was flight simming more than anything (another mudmover here, as well, in Falcon 3), I went by Ladykiller.

When I started out on my work life, after I got out of the Army, I used to work early morning shifts at a popular copy center, back in, oh, 95 I think it was. Now, all the good chiefs in the CG and Navy will tell you, the day doesn't start without a good, hot cuppa. One morning, on my way into work, there was an accident, and I wasn't able to swing through the 7-11 for my cuppa; I stalked into the building in a foul temper. One of my coworkers - a totally laid-back, mellow, easy-spirited and good guy - says to me, "Man, you really are a growler if you haven't had your coffee." So I growled at him and went into my office, but the name stuck. I was "Growler" ever since.

It was only since I started my association with the Navy's WW2 fleet boats that I learned of the WW2 connection to the boat, and to her most famous skipper, Howard Gilmore. Gilmore was one of the Navy's six submariner MoH recipients, and I share my birthday with him, though his predates mine by some seventy years.

[Lord Justice]

Having spent some years in the british army parachute regiment 2para, (2nd Batt) then later (4 Batt)-(reserve) hence. :)

[Feuer Frei!]

Having spent some years in the british army parachute regiment 2para, (2nd Batt) then later (4 Batt)-(reserve) hence. :)
Good to see you're still around 4Para :salute:

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Just a name I used for a career in SH3.

According to babelfish, it is German.

[Lord Justice]

Good to see you're still around 4Para :salute:Thank you sir, though I did meet my apprehensions, it appears my word bending created a noose. :oops: :03:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Enjoy poetry, writing, so based on that I decided to have a bit of fun when choosing a name here.

[UnderseaLcpl]

I didn't think about my name too much. I only joined this community to ask some questions about SH3 and resolve some technical issues. Next thing I know I'm attending subsim meets and restoration projects. I think Neal puts subliminal messages in the in the pics on the main page or something. If I'd known I was going to be around this long, I'd have chosen a way cooler name.

Undersealcpl (Undersea Lance Corporal) is just a variation on an old Marine joke about the versatility of Lance Corporals. The Corps loves to complain about how it is underfunded and how the other services get all the fancy gear. There's some validity to the complaints, as we often find ourselves using field-expedient measures to perform jobs that other services have specialized and functional equipment for.

By field-expedient, I mean using a ridiculous number of the most common enlisted rank (Lance Corporals) to perform a task that would otherwise be accomplished by heavy machinery or tech: If comms are down, you use runner lance corporals to relay messages rather than radios or sat-comms. If the truck or LAV or whatever is broken, you use pusher lance corporals to move it rather than an armored recovery vehicle. And naturally, if you want to sink Allied shipping in the Atlantic, you would use an undersea- lance corporals.

It's really an inside joke, and not the best choice for a screen name, but again, I didn't think I'd be using it much. I've been meaning to change it to just "Lance" or something equally less bothersome to type, but I've never gotten around to it.

[Sledgehammer427]

I started as a car nut, and I always will be,no matter where I am.
My favorite car has always been the Ford GT40, which, as most of us know, ran a Ford 427 engine (actually, it was a mercury engine but thats splitting hairs)
But one of the terms used in racing, and elsewhere, is "fixing the problem with a sledgehammer."
I also spent a lot of time breaking rocks (not in prison, but at the farm in Illinois) and my weapon of choice was a sledgehammer.
so itall kinda fits together

Sledgehammer427
or
SH427
I don't know where people got Shammer, but I'll accept it. :O:

[Dan D]

Its a longified version of my last name( Beton--->Betonov )

It was a high school idea as I tried to make my last name sound russian like and it stuck

P.S. Beton translated into english means concrete :D

Ha! Good to know that your last name is Beton indeed.
Beton translated into German means "Beton".

I will call you "Beton" from now on.

Dan D: Daniel is my given name. Back when I joined you had "Ice T, "Mel C" and the like as artist (dj) names. First A, Dan C, then B came to my mind but Dan D sounded better, more like a poser. Kickin it Old School !


My evil twin is "Ran D", the horny hamster, if you did not know yet.

[nikimcbee]

John Steed from the classic TV series The Avengers.
I never knew that.:|\\:know:

[krashkart]

I wonder how Mr. Stevens came up with his handle. It's awfully cryptic. :hmmm:

:D


:gulp:

[nikimcbee]

Niki was my first pooch. Bee= bostson (terrier) Mc= irish influence in Boston. Now if the Scots had settled in Boston, it would be NikiMacBee, and that's just weird. Plus the kilt thingy.

I have debated changing my username to the senior statesman of the house Rocky.

[frau kaleun]

I wonder how Mr. Stevens came up with his handle. It's awfully cryptic. :hmmm:


http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=333358&postcount=45

[nikimcbee]

http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/16/original/leave-britney-alone-02.jpg?1229112660

LEAVE DOWNY ALONE!

It's spelled Douney in French.

[TarJak]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=333521&postcount=58

... and it's Mr. Towely to you MacB!

[mookiemookie]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=333094&postcount=23

And may I add - 13 years later and it's still stuck.

[Sailor Steve]

Well, could we perhaps 'revive' the thread or indeed merge?
Since we have a lot of people coming and going here i assume.
Just asking :salute:
No need. I was having a joke at myself, since I usually point out all the other threads already started. But they are usually within a couple of days or weeks, not three years.

I think this one's fine as it is. :sunny:

[the_tyrant]

Rise of The Tyrant by Arch Enemy was my favorite album when I got into forums and stuff

Also, if you see a guy called *****, thats also me
you know, there are lazy people who use their user name as their password
I'm lazy, but i try to be creative. I use my password as my username

[Rilder]

Rilder was a name given to me by a random name generator in Runescape years ago when I played.

Now I use it for pretty much everything, or slight variation of it

Rilder
Rukder
Ryel Durak(For games that require first and last names)
and so on...


Also, since almost nobody can pronounce it right. Its pronounced Ryelder.

[Sailor Steve]

Undersealcpl (Undersea Lance Corporal) is just a variation on an old Marine joke about the versatility of Lance Corporals...

It's really an inside joke, and not the best choice for a screen name, but again, I didn't think I'd be using it much. I've been meaning to change it to just "Lance" or something equally less bothersome to type, but I've never gotten around to it.
And here I figured it was just a combination of the rank and the fact that this forum was dedicated to sub sims. :hmmm:

[Sailor Steve]

I have debated changing my username to the senior statesman of the house Rocky.
Won't matter since it's more fun to just call you McBee. :O:

[CCIP]

Ryel Durak
:o

Is that intentional? :P

(Durak = "fool" or "idiot" in Russian)

[Growler]

Won't matter since it's more fun to just call you McBee. :O:

Or Muttley.:har:

::runs::

[Jimbuna]

Niki was my first pooch. Bee= bostson (terrier) Mc= irish influence in Boston. Now if the Scots had settled in Boston, it would be NikiMacBee, and that's just weird. Plus the kilt thingy.

I have debated changing my username to the senior statesman of the house Rocky.

In that case you'd be in the featherweight division :DL

[Jimbuna]

:o

Is that intentional? :P

(Durak = "fool" or "idiot" in Russian)

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8306/onozomg21.gif

[Jimbuna]

I never knew that.:|\\:know:

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING!! :o

[Pappy55]

I have no idea why I ended up with mine..

I used to play a lot of WWII flight sims online and used the call sign Pappy as it was the first thing that poped in my head. When I made my first email address it would not let me use Pappy and suggested 'Pappy55'...

It's stuck ever since, I don't really like the name any more it's like a bad habit I can't get rid of. :nope:

[Sailor Steve]

I never knew that.:|\\:know:
:damn:

I referenced this thread as a joke - not so you could necro it, you...you pooch! :damn:

[krashkart]

I never knew that.:|\\:know:


http://frugalfurbabies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Greenies2.jpg


This is why I can't have dogs. I reward them for everything. :O:

[Missing Name]

I'll join in on the necrothread.

My name came about because I was being extremely creative on some other forum. It's the name I use almost everywhere, with some variants here and there on places that allow me to change my display name. Ex. Sgt. Missing Name, I Don't Have a Name, __________, Без имени, that guy, etc. On occasion, I use another favorite such as Hugo Stiglitz, Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Max Headroom.



...I love dogs. I have two poodles back home, and as far as I know they're driving my parents insane. The little fluffy bastards.

[Armistead]

27 years ago I got into Civil War reenacting. Did it with a group in NC for a few years and during one mock battle I put my sword through my hat, lifted it and shouted "charge". A union reenactor said look "he thinks he's Armistead"...my group never stopped calling me since.

Our group did partake of the movies Gettysburg and Gods and General. No, I wasn't Armistead in either, they had a great reenactor who was also a stage actor do that role. I did die 3 times and you can see my face for a total of 3 seconds in Gettysburg... I'm the great looking guy, can't miss me.

[desirableroasted]

I never knew that.:|\\:know:

For for love of Tirpitz, can you not remove that Mr T video?

It arrests my attention.

How on earth does he find that whistle? And who is that dork on the left trying to be "righteous"? And where is the cut point? Where does the vid start.

I have messed up 30K tons of approaches now, because I have been making solutions on one screen while that hypnotic thing is on the other.

[TarJak]

You and MacBee should get together. I understand he's been reenacting Civil War for years. IIRC he was used as a cannonball in a recent live fire excersise.:D

[Hakahura]

Mash hand against keyboard, result.............

rdfgtjutr
gyuklvfcx
gfruki90[p
srwergtrte

this time.............

Hakahura

Result at last

[Platapus]

When BBSs were first starting out, I always used Platypus as a screen name as I am interested in the species and it is, like me, difficult to classify.

One site already had a defunct user name of Platypus so I could not use it. Bastage!

So I adopted a deliberate misspelling of Platapus and it kinda caught on. I have never had any problems using Platapus as it is never taken LoL

Besides it is a lot easier to type than Vampiroteuthus which was my other choice. :har:

[Onkel Neal]

Merged.

[CCIP]

Mash hand against keyboard, result.............

rdfgtjutr
gyuklvfcx
gfruki90[p
srwergtrte

this time.............

Hakahura

Result at last

Huh! I always assumed it was something in Japanese or at least Hawaiian. Funny! :yep:

[Growler]

Mash hand against keyboard, result.............

rdfgtjutr
gyuklvfcx
gfruki90[p
srwergtrte

this time.............

Hakahura

Result at last

Well... gesundheit, then! :DL

[kiwi_2005]

I was going to say 'The Noob' is back read his post further back then I notice the date! :damn:

[McBeck]

McBeck
Beck is my family name, which can be traced app 1000 years back.
The Mc...I originaly thought it was cool

[Gargamel]

I like killing smurfs...................... ?

It just made a good handle when playing games.

[Gammelpreusse]

lol, funny thread. Got mine because I was called this way by a coworker one day. Had to laugh and when I asked why he came up with that, he said "Because you are looking like a bummer while having Prussian attitudes"

Actually, he was spot on (though the bummer looks have gone by now)
<=)

[AdeptCharge]

hmmm ... a somewhat bizarre request if I may say so. Such is my name therefore it would only be correct to make an assumption. :yep: Adept - skilfull, to display my knowledge and erudition. :know: Charge - Due to my acumen and aptitude, it is my high position to ascertain facts. To befit the forum - Depth Charge - I present (Adept Charge). Being as this title - nomenclature, insofar as it pertains to myself, is factually correct, I can perceive no premises for further comment. :doh:

[Growler]

hmmm ... a somewhat bizarre request if I may say so. Such is my name therefore it would only be correct to make an assumption. :yep: Adept - skilfull, to display my knowledge and erudition. :know: Charge - Due to my acumen and aptitude, it is my high position to ascertain facts. To befit the forum - Depth Charge - I present (Adept Charge). Being as this title - nomenclature, insofar as it pertains to myself, is factually correct, I can perceive no premises for further comment. :doh:

Well. You missed an avenue of further comment: While those of us with appropriately large vocabularies sufficient to the task of understanding the entirety of your post will readily and easily accomplish that task, there may yet remain among the membership of the forum those individuals whose paths in life may not yet have afforded them the opportunity to ascertain the knowledge of some, many, or all of the terms you use with the comfort of a long acquaintance, and those individuals may therefore be unable to glean the essential truths of your post, and may in fact feel marginalized or even slightly offended by their inability to comprehend the meaning of your explanation.

:D

[Armistead]

You and MacBee should get together. I understand he's been reenacting Civil War for years. IIRC he was used as a cannonball in a recent live fire excersise.:D

I was in a Calvary group for about 2 years when I had horses. Once we chared another group..union scum:O:. Our swords are thick metal, blunt, more like sligging weapons and sometimes we get a lil carried away. I whopped one soldier fairly hard and he fell off his horse. When the hat came off out falls two feet of perfect hair...twas a girl. This resulted in a fight with her boyfriend and it actually turned into rather a brawl...thankfully calm prevailed before anyone got seriously hurt.

I miss those days, mostly the balls afterwards thrown usually at some plantation house. Loved the women coming in wearing those big hoop dresses, lot's of fun trying to get them off later.

[Jimbuna]

I was in a Calvary group for about 2 years when I had horses. Once we chared another group..union scum:O:. Our swords are thick metal, blunt, more like sligging weapons and sometimes we get a lil carried away. I whopped one soldier fairly hard and he fell off his horse. When the hat came off out falls two feet of perfect hair...twas a girl. This resulted in a fight with her boyfriend and it actually turned into rather a brawl...thankfully calm prevailed before anyone got seriously hurt.

I miss those days, mostly the balls afterwards thrown usually at some plantation house. Loved the women coming in wearing those big hoop dresses, lot's of fun trying to get them off later.

Behave yersel ya bully :O:

[Penguin]

i've chosen mine, because I'm an amphibious bird ;)
No big story, I decided to become a member and thought about something naval in the broadest sense. And I like penguins!
As a landlubber I am quite the opposite of a penguin, I perform ok on land, but are clumsy in the water :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Well then you might like this:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1180/

Or not.

[Gotland]

My username is the name of the latest submarine class in the swedish navy.
Im a swede in a subsim forum, so i thought it would be a very appropiate username.
Gotland is also the name of Sweden's largest island, and naval ships are by tradition always named after a coastal city/county.

But i chose the name purely because of the sub, i have no affiliation with the county of Gotland (never even been there).

[Oberon]

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Chatham031.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_class_submarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ocelot_%28S17%29

Some years ago, I was fortunate to take a tour on HMS Ocelot with my father, and it was about a year or so later that I finally stopped lurking and became a member of Subsim. :yep:

[DarkFish]

Fish because a submarine isn't much good without a couple of fish (as in torpedoes) aboard.

Dark because, well, Metal music doesn't really fit "white" or "pink" or "bright yellow" too well....

[Penguin]

Well then you might like this:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1180/
Or not.

I don't get over 300 meters... though I must refrain from playing it till monday - better to be paid when you waste your time on pengu-games ;)
nice game, it's part of the Yeti Games series, where innocent penguins are used as sports equipment in any imaginable way :D

[Geno_Mariner]

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Chatham031.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_class_submarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ocelot_%28S17%29

Some years ago, I was fortunate to take a tour on HMS Ocelot with my father, and it was about a year or so later that I finally stopped lurking and became a member of Subsim. :yep:

You're lucky to get on one :cry: I missed out on getting onboard an Oberon some years ago for a school trip to the Maritime museum in Darling Harbour. Because of some false medical condition that I was thankfully made clear of by a competent eye doctor :stare: 8 years later in fact (this is why I hate most docs)
Though I know I still have a chance, I just need to save up and go down to the museum. They also have a warship you can get onboard too :) And have a buddy to go with, I sometimes hate going alone.


Anyway, I chose my name because of this guy http://images.wikia.com/zoids/images/0/04/Geno_Saurer1.jpg (GenoSaurer). Who was later made a custom (mine) called Geno Mariner who can get submerged and all of that... though I just recently made him back into land-only. But it's blue XD I'm into mecha stuff but certainly not Gundam or anything, they're crap. And humanoid robots are so over used. That's how I got my name when Obie told me of this forum and I was stuck for a username. Nearly picked Warshark, a submarine sort of Zoid (he's got a funnier Japanese name...). But decided on Geno Mariner :)

[AdeptCharge]

Well. You missed an avenue of further comment: No you are mistaken, I did not miss, I chose to avoid the many avenues, and I sensibly understand that there was no pre-requisite conditional upon my posting. I need no reminder about whats what, or any advice offered that I did not ask for, thus did/do not expect, therefore infact it was (you who chanced) to take an avenue of further comment, not that (I missed). :doh: I should advise that any future posts from you be not so in haste, though I do understand your warm feelings to grasp a rapport within equally our forum.
With much observation :o Such is my name, it would only be correct to make an assumption that your remarks serve you rewarding pride. :hmmm:However hmm...I see no need for your concerns to my dialectal verbiage.

[Fat Produce]

My username was inspired by one of the MANY hilarious terms coined by on of my three autistic relatives... :D