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And by name I mean your internet handle. Some people dont really think about it, while others (like myself) seem to revolve around our names. Im just curious who you are, and how crazy you get over your internet name?
Mine was given to me a about 10 years ago by a friend of mine, ever since then, its just been the name to use. Even when I cant use KingCracker Ill use a variation of it like TheKingCracker or BrandonCracker and so on, lately its been ComradeKC. Either way, its pretty much who I am, so much so.....


Ive had it on vehicles of mine for years.

The only place people call me Chowderhead is here on Dakka. Everywhere else, I'm Felsi.

But I've come to embrace the Chowderhead persona. Also, New Yorkers make the worst chowder. Who the hell puts tomato in it? Eww!

I will agree with that, chowder is no place for tomatoes. Like my wife's family puts elbow noodles in their chili.Who the hell does that?!

Well AustonT is in fact my name so I'm fairy true to it. The name MOST people on the internet know me by is TitanTerry, which is from warhams. We were playing a 6 "table" set up on the floor of the dayroom with a couple feet between boards. I stepped on one of my Roomie's Blood Claws which exploded into it's constituent parts. That's when Titan started, my legendary clumbsyness made it stick. I managed to slip and fall in our FLGS taking no less than 5 tournament boards with me (dislodged not destroyed). My other internet handle is HobbitsFeet, which is a description more than a handle. Also my callsign for years. I use my handles when meeting people from the interwebs, other than that they are mostly from RL anyways.

I also have mostly used my internet name for meeting people. Im a member of a local mud bogging club (even though I havnt had a truck in years) and anytime Ive met others for trading or whatever, its always been "You KingCracker" or "Your KC right?" Yessir I yam

I've never had someone walk up to me before and call me Chowderhead. That would be just creepy.

When I was at Dakkacon, the only reason they knew I was Chowderhead was because I was the only teenager there!

Dude (my normal forum name) was already taken here when I tried to sign up, so I went with Kronk. I'll use one or the other or nothing at all.

I don't get t-shirts made with either, though.

I love metal and I ride a motorbike.

KingCracker wrote:I also have mostly used my internet name for meeting people. Im a member of a local mud bogging club (even though I havnt had a truck in years) and anytime Ive met others for trading or whatever, its always been "You KingCracker" or "Your KC right?" Yessir I yam

When I met my brother in law for the first time our ladyfolk introduced us we shook hand and said the perfunctory things. Then he stops, turns his head to the side and says "Are you _____" using my aircraft call sign from OIF III. Apparently we had a rather heated exchange over the radio in the sandbox (I had a lot of those, he apparently did not). He's a good sort, but that was an awkward moment.

It really depends on the place. I have a small range of aliases that I use frequently, and I have more that I only use once.

This name here came into being many years ago back when I was still playing WoW. I've "recycled" it for a forum-based 40k RPG, and from that point onward have used this in any 40k- and most fantasy-based forums. For specific settings, including multiplayer computer games and dedicated forums for them, I often tend to set up unique character names that sound like they'd "fit in".

I do identify with the frequently used aliases, though I do my best to keep them separated.

I use my internet handle exclusively, but frequently use the abridged because the full version tends to draw ire from people who misinterpret it as religion-bashing. The full form is harderthanjesus. Always written in lower case, where possible.

It was originally an extract from a favourite quote of mine from a comic book - 'I am sexier than Buddha and harder than Jesus.' That's the English slang term hard, meaning tougher / better at fighting.

It's become quite dear to me because, well, I'm a skinny guy who tends to lose at most games he plays. I find that defining my combative ability as being able to take the man whose actions in a fight would be to turn the other cheek fits quite well. I've used it so extensively now that it's not just a name I call myself some places on the internet. It's as much my name as my real name is.

So yeah, pretty dedicated to it.

My username was something I made up on the spot when I signed on.

I think it's become a bit of a thing now, I'm often abbreviated to MGS (which I'm still hoping will be added to the dakka-dictionary... ) and when my wife and I go to dakkacons, we are universally known as 'the stompas'.

I have used Witzkatz for many years now, first as a LAN party nickname. I was sitting at my computer at a friend's house and, for some reason, thought of cat food...there's this one brand called "Whiskas", dunno if the Brits or Americans know the kind. It was a small step from "Whiskas" to "Witzkatz", which I thought sounded funny enough for a nickname. It roughly translates to "Joking Cat", by the way.

Before that, I was KartoffelCommander (potato commander) for quite a while. That one had rather strange origins...

I have always been Azza007. Azza was a nickname given to me by a teacher that just stuck, real name is Aaron, and when I signed on to my first forum, the old GW boards, my dad created the account adding on the 007 for some reason. Since then I have pretty much kept to that. I have only tried couple of times to get rid, the first was the ridiculous mrcool when I was 13 on a drum forum. More recently I have gone by seawolfbill on some accounts what with my middle name being William. However I always seem to come back to my old Azza007, just become habit.

I think I need a better one.. mattyrm was merely my email address about ten years ago, its the same for loads of stuff, but its hardly a handle.

MGS has a cool name, as does KC.. mine doesnt really make any sense as a handle.. its just matty with an RM at the end.

Ok, from now on I shall be called kingdong23

I guess "Gitsplitta" isn't the first reasonably well-known alias I've had... but like the other it was strictly used in the context of the circumstances in which it was born. So on 40k forums, if available... I always sign up as Gitsplitta. Outside of the forum/gaming world... not so much. Though people who know me first on the net may well continue to call me "Gits" in-person... which is fine. Git's personality and mine are identical (nearly... the web allows me to be a bit more cantankerous than I am in person)... so being called by two names that are effectively equal (from a self-awareness standpoint) is no big deal.

It was a fairly spur-of-the-moment name I made up to log on with.. so there's no deep meaning or emotional attachment save what has developed during my time on Dakka.

mattyrm wrote:Ok, from now on I shall be called kingdong23

And why is that do tell?

Mine is just a Science fictioney sounding name i made up, i chose it 'cos it sounds fairly cool and imo looks very cool written down. I am quite dedicated to it as it is 100% mine, the Word Perkustin did not exist on the internet before me.

Perkustin wrote:

mattyrm wrote:Ok, from now on I shall be called kingdong23

And why is that do tell?

Kingdong because my penis is huge, and 23 because it is 23 millimetres long.

WAAAY above average right?

...

RIGHT?!

LOL! Well played sir.

When I first signed up I was really into speed-cubing, solving rubiks'' cubes as fast as possible. I was quite bad at it though, andafter a few concentrarted seconds of thinking came up with my briliantly clevrr rubiksname. I am quite proud of it if I do say so myselft! I have since not done the cub as much and have gotten rather slow. But the name has stuck with my and I use it in a few other places in and around the interewebs.

I use this username for everything online.
It is the name I use for my Chaos Lord in 40k.

I'm am only known as Great White on Dakka. But if you called me this on the street or called me shark, I'd answer you.

daedalus is what I always try to snag when I can, but it's seldom available unless I'm one of the first on a site. Frankly, I'm kind of surprised I got it here.

Otherwise I go by something else. If you see Murderkill, PhilHartmansWife, or bradarnett, chances are it's me.

I don't go around getting shirts with it on them or tattooing it on me or anything, though a Faceball 2000 style shirt saying "daedalus says: HAVE A NICE DAY!!!" might be fun.


Hmm...

Time To Waste is a song from my favorite band (Alkaline Trio), and 85 is the year I was born in. I used it as my AIM handle when people still used that, then it became my SN for dating sites, then Xbox Live and on here. Now it's pretty much the only name I go by, other than my ebay account: MrChainsaw85, which is another homage to Alkaline Trio.

I use this handle in all forums, but unusual as it is I'm not the only person using it. I found a Howard Treesong on a motorbike forum that definitely isn't me.

I use Ahtman quite a bit, though once or twice I have found it taken, though usually on free to play rpgs where there are millions of accounts, often inactive.

mattyrm wrote:

Perkustin wrote:

mattyrm wrote:Ok, from now on I shall be called kingdong23

And why is that do tell?

Kingdong because my penis is huge, and 23 because it is 23 millimetres long.

WAAAY above average right?

...

RIGHT?!

Yes. Your new nic name is fine with me.....poor fella


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On the side, am I the only one to sport a custom license plate with my name?! I must be crazy

KingCracker wrote:
On the side, am I the only one to sport a custom license plate with my name?! I must be crazy

No...no. Not crazy, just....

Okay, yeah, crazy fits. Don't forget the bat-gak in front of it though.

I used to be the Luggage on the university fora and later on the postgraduate fora. Some people still know me by that, but I prefer people to use my actual name once they know it.

I'm only Da Boss on Dakka. I was amazed it hadn't been taken, though there is a DaBoss who is actually an older poster than me.

Funnily enough, I rarely play Orcs or Orks any more. I'm not loyal to usernames at all, really. I like [Military Rank] Jenkins and [Forename or Title] Bigbones as well.

Had mine for 8 years.
Tend to use it a lot, though I have backups...