How did you get your handle?

[AkbarGulag]

The add-on madness has almost abated and after the blood and tears, we need some normality As we all use a 'Handle' or 'Alias' here in the forums, we must all have had a thought (some thoughts smaller or larger than others) of what we wanted. Sure, it's 4pm on a friday, work beers will be on soon, some of us need to think fast when coming up with a handle.

So how did you all select your alias? And what does it mean?

[tennozan]

Tennozan

A site where a sixteenth-century Japanese ruler staked his entire fate on a single battle. It has come to mean any decisive struggle.

Thanks for asking. Great community building question, especially in light of all the recent unrest.

JD

[Raptor1]

Raptor1 - The F-22 Raptor was my favourite modern plane, back when i was more obsessed with planes then ships

The 1 part...can't remember...

[Rockin Robbins]

A play on my last name and the 1958 bubblegum rock song by one hit wonder, Bobby Day, tragically repeated in 1972 by Michael Jackson.:rotfl:

[AkbarGulag]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

tragically

I liked your use of that word in this context, it really drove your point home :rotfl:

[Torplexed]

Torplexed--a mash up of Torpex and perplexed. I'm permanently bewildered

BTW what are the origins of AkbarGulag?

[wolfast]

Wolfast
Im the owner of Wolfast Performance Hobbies

No biggie, LOL

[AkbarGulag]

Originally Posted by wolfast

Wolfast
No biggie, LOL

Makes sense

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Torplexed--a mash up of Torpex and perplexed. I'm permanently bewildered

Explosive perplexion :p(is perplexion even a word? it is now!)

AkbarGulag.

In Australia I associated (and worked) with lots of people from Malta among other Medditeranean countries. In Malta they have a unique mixed history, between east and west. So I like this word 'Akbar' it means great, it is a good word. And we all know what a 'Gulag' is, the ruthless prison system.

So AkbarGulag = 'The Great Imprisonment'

[LukeFF]

I used to be a volunteer firefighter, and all of our ranks were abbreviated with the prefix FF. Luke is my first name.

[Syxx_Killer]

The basic gist of my screen name dates to about 9 years ago. Has it been that long already? Anyway, at the time I played flightsims online quite extensively. I was playing F-16 Multirole Fighter, MiG-29 Fulcrum, F-22 Raptor, and F-22 Lightning 3 which are all made by NovaLogic. When my squad for the MiG-29 disbanded (it was called the Russian Knights), I changed my name. I wanted something that kind of fit with flightsims. I wanted something unique so after some thinking I came up with what I have now. After all these years I still use it because I know that it is unique enough to register on just about any forum.

[AkbarGulag]

Bandit on my Syxx! But your the bandit :p

Cool. That's two in here with names from Aircraft enthusiasm. I actually find it interesting that people that enjoy Submarines, can often enjoy a wide variety of machines. I know who is going to put them out if they go up in flames

[theluckyone17]

The Lucky One - 17. Well, the lucky one's a combination of two things: I fit the lyrics to Allison Krauss' "The Lucky One" pretty well, according to my wife. The only thing I've done to buck the pattern seems to be marrying her... but I suppose it depends on your viewpoint .

Then there's a bit where it seems like I always have lots of luck... most of it's bad, but when it's good, it's oh so good. Nothin' in the middle, ever.

The "17" simply came about because somebody else took "TheLuckyOne" when I first attempted to register it, at whatever site I registered it first. Seein' as my b-day falls on the 17th, I figured it'd be easier to remember than picking some random number.

[DeepIron]

DeepIron: slang for hard hat diving equipment:

[dcb]

I'm rather ashamed at my lack of inventiveness dcb are just the initials of my name

[peabody]

Came from the Rocky and Bullwinkle show, a guy at work gave it to me. I used to fix computers for co-workers when Win 98 had so many problems, usually caused by a "nut" loose on the keyboard. One guy decided he was a "know it all" and pretty much challenged me and I talked him in circles. He didn't even know what CPU he had in his computer, but he had the "best computer you can get" By the time I got don't asking questions and getting "I don't know" the guy that gave me the name was laughing so hard he could hardly talk. He said "Don't try to snowball Peabody, he forgot more than you will ever know" Actually I didn't know that much, I was learning but I knew where to find the answers and that is kind of my way of thinking, "You don't need to know the answer, you just need to know where to find it." Plus it makes a cool pic on the tail of my F-16 in Falcon.

Peabody