Author Topic: Where did your alias come from? (Read 15391 times)

jakejake28 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 19, 2003, 12:12:51 pm »

Quote from: rampy on August 17, 2003, 01:42:26 pm

Q: WTF is a "rampy"?

in the simpsons episode where ms. krabbable was nominated for teacher of the year, one catagory was most handicapped accesible school, and homer said "who's gonna get the rampy?"

CitznFish · « **Reply #41 on:** August 19, 2003, 01:29:12 pm »

Quote

in the simpsons episode where ms. krabbable was nominated for teacher of the year, one catagory was most handicapped accesible school, and homer said "who's gonna get the rampy?"

ROFL! That always cracks me up

ErikRuud · « **Reply #42 on:** August 19, 2003, 03:32:28 pm »

On this board and several others, I have been using ErikRuud which is my real name, but I used to use "Ekker" a lot. That was how my sister used to say my name when she was about three.

I wonder how many people have figured out my avatar yet?

Tailgunner · « **Reply #43 on:** August 19, 2003, 07:31:56 pm »

Mine's from two places. Tailgunner was one of Cinematronic's early vector games, and it was my grandfather's job discription during his stint in the Air Force in WWII.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #44 on:** August 20, 2003, 10:23:38 am »

TG, I had that one figured out (at least the first part). It was one of my favorites as well.

Odonadon · « **Reply #45 on:** August 20, 2003, 03:05:43 pm »

Quote from: ErikRuud on August 19, 2003, 03:32:28 pm

I wonder how many people have figured out my avatar yet?

Gay Leprechauns from Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Odonadon

ErikRuud · « **Reply #46 on:** August 20, 2003, 03:29:10 pm »

No, It's not a leprechaun, but I'm surprised that something like that wasn't in the movie.

said7 · « **Reply #47 on:** August 20, 2003, 04:18:05 pm »

said7 is my old graffiti tag.

http://www.said7.com/portfolio/illustration/graff.htm

APFelon · « **Reply #48 on:** August 20, 2003, 11:06:46 pm »

Hooray vandalism.

Sasquatch! · « **Reply #49 on:** August 21, 2003, 12:29:28 am »

Quote from: rampy on August 19, 2003, 08:18:17 am

Quote from: BobA on August 19, 2003, 01:09:18 am
No brainer here. Added the A to differ from the Bob already here.

BobA

oh... I mentally pronounce your name as boba like boba fett instead of as Bob ... A

*shrug* the things you learn...

Rampy

I just figured out that "unclet" is probably "Uncle T", and not "unclet" meaning "non-clet". So...uh, yeah.

VMJ Team · « **Reply #50 on:** August 21, 2003, 03:08:45 pm »

Cyberpunk is an "old-school" term used to describe what is commonly known today as a hacker, but without the malicious intent.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #51 on:** August 21, 2003, 03:34:29 pm »

CyberPunk is also the term used to classify the SciFi books by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and some others.

jakejake28 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 21, 2003, 03:46:02 pm »

Quote from: ErikRuud on August 21, 2003, 03:34:29 pm

CyberPunk is also the term used to classify the SciFi books by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and some others.

i knew i'd heard it before somewhere...

nighthawk2099 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 21, 2003, 04:06:58 pm »

It was and still is a very cool Role Playing Game (much like D&D).

AlanS17 · « **Reply #54 on:** August 21, 2003, 04:32:28 pm »

Quote from: rampy on August 19, 2003, 08:18:17 am

Quote from: BobA on August 19, 2003, 01:09:18 am
No brainer here. Added the A to differ from the Bob already here.

BobA

oh... I mentally pronounce your name as boba like boba fett instead of as Bob ... A

*shrug* the things you learn...

Rampy

ditto

AlanS17 · « **Reply #55 on:** August 21, 2003, 04:33:29 pm »

Quote from: rockhopper on August 17, 2003, 08:15:11 pm

My Bike....
a specialized rockhopper
need I say more?

A friend of mine at Texas A&M had that exact same bike, except he hand-polished the thing down to the bare aluminum so it would shine.

rockhopper · « **Reply #56 on:** August 21, 2003, 07:12:30 pm »

yeah? well actually my bike has a few stone chips around the place so.....no!.....must......concentrate on......building cocktail cabinet

chickenpants · « **Reply #57 on:** August 21, 2003, 07:50:27 pm »

got it from the simpsons where marge gets the Canyonaro and bart puts on the chicken and dances around he says i am "Baron Von Chickenpants" I use that on alot of boards but it was to long for here so "chichenpants"

Lilwolf · « **Reply #58 on:** August 21, 2003, 11:52:50 pm »

Everquest characters...

I was into ska... and created a bard

Skadancer

Then I created a necromancer

Skadeath

Then I created a gnome necro

Lildeath

Then I created a halfling druid

Lilwolf... And I kept it....

ErikRuud · « **Reply #59 on:** August 22, 2003, 10:03:59 am »

I sed to work with a guy whose last name was Wilczek, which is supposedly Polish for Little Wolf.

knuttz · « **Reply #60 on:** August 24, 2003, 02:18:30 am »

My last name is Knotts and my friends think I am nuts. So Knuttz is my nic.

saint · « **Reply #61 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:25:24 am »

Wizards - the film by Ralph Bakshi?

Quote from: ErikRuud on August 19, 2003, 03:32:28 pm

On this board and several others, I have been using ErikRuud which is my real name, but I used to use "Ekker" a lot. That was how my sister used to say my name when she was about three.

I wonder how many people have figured out my avatar yet?

nipsmg · « **Reply #62 on:** August 25, 2003, 09:25:00 am »

I hate telling this story, because "nips" is also my nickname in real life, and I'm actually introduced to most people as nips through my friends (in which case, I'm then obligated to tell this stupid story)

I had a best friend in High School named Mike Krilivsky. I guess people thought it was supposed to be pronounced Kir-lip-ski so they called him Nips (which kinda rhymes).. So I always called him Nips. When I started hanging around all of his friends from his old town (which are all my friends now), they had no idea why I was calling him Nips, but that's how they remebered me, so it stuck to me instead.

Now, EVERYONE (girlfriends, girlfriend's PARENTS, some family, MOST friends, etc) call me nips. Hell I'm even "Nips" to my best friend's 2 year old.. (hehe he tries so hard "NITS!! NITS!!!!!!!!!" hehe

Consider yourselves priveledged cause I HATE telling that story (would be a LOT more interesting if I had like a 3rd nipple or something).

--NipsMG

ErikRuud · « **Reply #63 on:** August 25, 2003, 12:38:36 pm »

Saint,

Yes, Wizards! You are on the right track!!!

And the characters name was??

saint · « **Reply #64 on:** August 25, 2003, 03:52:39 pm »

*flex*

I'd recognize Ralph's work anywhere I think. I can't recall the character's name and I loaned out my copy of Wizards... Do you know how hard it is to find out anything about Wizards on the web?

--- saint

Quote from: ErikRuud on August 25, 2003, 12:38:36 pm

Saint,

Yes, Wizards! You are on the right track!!!

And the characters name was??

Odonadon · « **Reply #65 on:** August 25, 2003, 07:43:19 pm »

Quote from: nipsmg on August 25, 2003, 09:25:00 am

I hate telling this story, because "nips" is also my nickname in real life, and I'm actually introduced to most people as nips through my friends (in which case, I'm then obligated to tell this stupid story)

I had a best friend in High School named Mike Krilivsky. I guess people thought it was supposed to be pronounced Kir-lip-ski so they called him Nips (which kinda rhymes).. So I always called him Nips. When I started hanging around all of his friends from his old town (which are all my friends now), they had no idea why I was calling him Nips, but that's how they remebered me, so it stuck to me instead.

Now, EVERYONE (girlfriends, girlfriend's PARENTS, some family, MOST friends, etc) call me nips. Hell I'm even "Nips" to my best friend's 2 year old.. (hehe he tries so hard "NITS!! NITS!!!!!!!!!" hehe

Consider yourselves priveledged cause I HATE telling that story (would be a LOT more interesting if I had like a 3rd nipple or something).

--NipsMG

I was thinking something more along the line of the Seinfeld episode with Elaine's christmas card incident...

Odonadon

ErikRuud · « **Reply #66 on:** August 26, 2003, 09:39:39 am »

Saint,

The characters name was ........ Avatar !

It's not that hard to find on the internet, although I have not found a true fan site yet.

The Internet Movie Database entry

Animation Cells from Wizards

Petition for a DVD release

More Cells and drawings

A Review of the movie

1UP · « **Reply #67 on:** August 26, 2003, 01:11:01 pm »

I guess I don't really need an explanation on mine...next time you're playing any classic game, just look up and I'll be there!

Actually, I had a character named One-Up in a comic book I was writing after high school (like most things I did back then, it was never finished). The character was a cyberspace hacker, who "got his name from an ancient video game reference." I was RMFX (RM are my initials, FX is what I do for a living) on the old message board, so when the new board started up, and I had to create an actual login, I took it as a chance to update my alias.

1UP is an obvious game reference, is even easier to type than RMFX, and comes up pretty much first in the member list! Also, it fits perfectly with my competitive nature, you know, my drive to "one up" everyone else...

I've yet to see anyone use it, so...1UP.

Aceldamor · « **Reply #68 on:** August 26, 2003, 04:16:08 pm »

Quote from: CyberPunk on August 21, 2003, 03:08:45 pm

Cyberpunk is an "old-school" term used to describe what is commonly known today as a hacker, but without the malicious intent.

I used to play an RPG called Cyberpunk....very cool Blade Runnerish type of game..

Jakobud · « **Reply #69 on:** August 30, 2003, 02:06:29 pm »

My name is Jake. Jakobud was some childhood nickname. Not sure from where exactly. Now I use it on all forums/boards and when playing online games.

NAH · « **Reply #70 on:** September 01, 2003, 05:00:09 am »

NAH - not a hoser
After my friends and I watched Strange Brew, instead of just quoting the movie for the rest of the day, or even the rest of the week, it just became part of our vocabulary. (I have a border collie that you can tell to 'take off' and she'll leave you alone) I just put it down as my screen name to clear things up.

hoser
NOUN: Canadian Slang: A clumsy, boorish person, especially an uncouth, beer-drinking man.

maybe i am a hoser

eitt · « **Reply #71 on:** September 01, 2003, 05:51:00 am »

me, eitt???

i really forget it, maybe mistype

Nailz · « **Reply #72 on:** September 01, 2003, 02:40:15 pm »

Len Dykstra from the Phillies was always called "Nails", as in he's tough as nails....

When I first started playing LAN games, it just wasn't cool to use your own name in Doom, so I thought Nails with a "z" sounded ok, and I couldn't think of anything better and it stuck. Have had that name for the last 9 years.

IG-88 · « **Reply #73 on:** September 01, 2003, 08:04:14 pm »

Star Wars. Still my favorite after all this time. IG-88 was an Assassin / combat droid hired by the Empire along with a few other bounty hunters to track down the Millennium Falcon.

HeadRusch · « **Reply #74 on:** September 15, 2003, 04:48:53 pm »

HeadRusch...My last name is Rusch...you know, sounds like "RUSH"......and yeah I've done alot of Whippets in my day so.....it seemed a natural fit.

I've used alot of Handles (ugh, thats what we called em back in our Commodore 64 BBS days kiddies!!!) over the years but when I hit the internet, HeadRusch stuck.

Edgedamage · « **Reply #75 on:** September 19, 2003, 10:09:13 pm »

Well being in the audio / video editing field we use video tape. When a machines tape guides are out of alignment the tape will ride over the guide too high or too low causing the outer edge of the tape to have a slight bend to it. This will cause mistracking / audio mutes so when we fault a tape with this problem we say the tape has "Edgedamage"

Alcohol · « **Reply #76 on:** September 20, 2003, 08:45:12 pm »

I like Beer, and sometimes lots of it simple as that, i have used the alias since around 1998 for my email, irc , and quake 1/2/3

Zakk · « **Reply #77 on:** September 22, 2003, 05:24:18 pm »

In high school I was one of those crazy longhaired stoners that played in a band. I dyed my hair blonde right after the album No rest for the Wicked came out, and since my middle name is Zack, it was pretty easy to shift over to 'Zakk'.

TazMan · « **Reply #78 on:** September 23, 2003, 07:11:02 pm »

Well, mine was given to me after beating the snot out another guy in basic training - witnesses said that during the melee I quit speaking English and my fists were just a blur. So I became known as Taz - drill instructor even took me out to get Taz tattooed on my arm afterward - and this was about 15 years ago (before Taz became a popular tattoo, t-shirt design, knick knacks, etc) Being that I have stained skin with his image - the nick name kind of "stuck" with me.

Spaced Invader · « **Reply #79 on:** September 24, 2003, 09:50:12 am »

Mine is a combination of my love for early arcade machines and some brutally, scarring abduction experiences...

the probing...

Oh God, the probing...

Ok...better now...

My avatar is reported to be a real grey...anyway, he was too grey for me...so, I turned him green.


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