How did you choose your Username? - Page 12

Matador.es · 02-01-11, 11:23 AM

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

Takeda Shingen · 02-01-11, 11:32 AM

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 · 02-01-11, 11:36 AM

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

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

Jimbuna · 02-01-11, 11:36 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=44

Herr-Berbunch · 02-01-11, 11:39 AM

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!"

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

Sailor Steve · 02-01-11, 11:42 AM

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

Lord_magerius · 02-01-11, 11:42 AM

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

Feuer Frei! · 02-01-11, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

Wow, fricking old thread

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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

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

AVGWarhawk · 02-01-11, 11:47 AM

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 · 02-01-11, 11:47 AM

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.

Feuer Frei! · 02-01-11, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 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!"

Way cool

Ducimus · 02-01-11, 11:50 AM

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.

"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 · 02-01-11, 11:58 AM

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

Growler · 02-01-11, 12:16 PM

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 · 02-01-11, 12:38 PM

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

02-01-11, 11:36 AM	#168
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yep, as Darnley so carefully pointed out, we already had one of these...three years ago! My name is Steve and I was a sailor. 'Nuff said. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-01-11, 11:36 AM	#169
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=44 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-01-11, 11:39 AM	#170
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	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!" PS I rather like Rammstein too, #Bang! Bang!... Feuer Frei!... Bang! Bang! __________________

02-01-11, 11:42 AM	#171
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's great! I never would have made that connection! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-01-11, 11:42 AM	#172
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	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 __________________

02-01-11, 11:23 AM	#166
Matador.es Chief Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	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

02-01-11, 11:32 AM	#167
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	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.

02-01-11, 11:47 AM	#174
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-01-11, 11:47 AM	#175
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	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. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

02-01-11, 11:50 AM	#177
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	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. "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.

02-01-11, 11:58 AM	#178
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-01-11, 12:16 PM	#179
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

02-01-11, 12:38 PM	#180
Lord Justice Previously 4Para Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Britain Posts: 609 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Having spent some years in the british army parachute regiment 2para, (2nd Batt) then later (4 Batt)-(reserve) hence. __________________ If you cant be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning!