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claphamsa
02-13-2008, 11:52 AM
curious... Where do you people come up with these names?

Some of em are pretty odd! Passacaglia? Mr Wednesday? Lathum? Just curious :)
Lorena
02-13-2008, 11:56 AM
I was born and raised in Los Angeles and wanted a So.Calish type of name and since the Dodgers are there and I'm female, I chose Dodgerchick.

I'm not a big fan although I might jump on the bandwagon this season.
Alan T
02-13-2008, 11:57 AM
There is an extremely long and boring story to how I got mine that you probably aren't interested in.
st.cronin
02-13-2008, 11:57 AM
I'm just anticipating what will come when I pass.
Lorena
02-13-2008, 11:58 AM
There is an extremely long and boring story to how I got mine that you probably aren't interested in.

I AM!!!
Schmidty
02-13-2008, 12:28 PM
Mine is German for "pertaining to shit".
DaddyTorgo
02-13-2008, 12:38 PM
mine's a joke between me and my best friend relating to Manos: Hands of Fate, an old B movie
hoopsguy
02-13-2008, 01:08 PM
I like basketball. Deep, I know.
finketr
02-13-2008, 01:10 PM
a long and boring story

i'm sure it has to do with my laziness...
path12
02-13-2008, 01:12 PM
I prefer to be shrouded in mystery.
Lathum
02-13-2008, 01:14 PM
F you.

Thats what my name stand for. Mind your own buisness Sally.
ntndeacon
02-13-2008, 01:53 PM
mine stands for my eternal love of trivia and the name I play under in the ntn system......Oh and maybe a bit for the bestest college ever! Wake Forest University. HOme of the Demon Deacons!
Passacaglia
02-13-2008, 02:08 PM
mine stands for my eternal love of trivia and the name I play under in the ntn system......Oh and maybe a bit for the bestest college ever! Wake Forest University. HOme of the Demon Deacons!

I figured yours had something to do with the Steely Dan. Especially since you're from Alabama.
jeheinz72
02-13-2008, 03:38 PM
Mine has to do with my deep and profound love for all things condiment.
path12
02-13-2008, 04:46 PM
Mine has to do with my deep and profound love for all things condiment.


Even the ribbed ones?
jeheinz72
02-13-2008, 04:47 PM
That's not "ribbed" that's "dill"
st.cronin
02-13-2008, 04:54 PM
I can't wait for Barkeep49 to post in this thread.
SnDvls
02-13-2008, 05:50 PM
dn't lk vwls
Mr. Wednesday
02-13-2008, 06:20 PM
Mr. Wednesday comes from the Neil Gaiman novel American Gods. Mr. Wednesday is one of the characters in it. I don't feel a particular affinity for the character or feel like I resemble him in any way, I just think it's a really cool name.
oliegirl
02-15-2008, 11:09 AM
We have a cat named Rolie Polie Olie; after a cute Disney show my son watched when he was a toddler, the cat was his 3rd b'day present so he got to name her. Rolie Polie Olie was shortened into Olie, which then morphed into Oliegirl b/c she is a female cat.

For the record, it's a long "O", not "ollie" like the skating trick. :)
nfg22
02-15-2008, 11:28 AM
I thought it was the long o when I read the storie. It just fits better with Roly poly.
Passacaglia
02-15-2008, 11:38 AM
A passacaglia is a medieval style of music and dance -- I took the name from a song by Joe Jackson, and used it for a MUD character back in the day (just because I thought it sounded like a cool name), and have stuck with it here (and a couple other forums) ever since.
Passacaglia
02-15-2008, 11:39 AM
Also, being a wolf and getting people's names and email addresses has made me realize where a lot of your screen names come from.
Passacaglia
02-15-2008, 11:40 AM
I can't wait for Barkeep49 to post in this thread.

I remember that at bw3 he explained it, and I remember the 49 part, but the Barkeep part escapes me.
saldana
02-15-2008, 11:55 AM
when I first started playing online games and needed a screen name, i wanted something that would be easy for Lathum to find when we logged into the same servers, and we were both in the middle of reading The Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter Hamilton...Saldana is the last name of one of the interstellar families in the story, so I went with that.

(his derivation is similar, but he spelled the characters name wrong, and never bothered to fix it)
path12
02-15-2008, 11:58 AM
Also, being a wolf and getting people's names and email addresses has made me realize where a lot of your screen names come from.

Curses! Another mystery shot to hell. :(
Alan T
02-15-2008, 12:18 PM
Also, being a wolf and getting people's names and email addresses has made me realize where a lot of your screen names come from.

Not mine!
st.cronin
02-15-2008, 01:41 PM
(his derivation is similar, but he spelled the characters name wrong, and never bothered to fix it)

ROFL
Lathum
02-15-2008, 01:48 PM
yeah, yeah. I'm lazy.
path12
02-15-2008, 01:52 PM
How was it supposed to be spelled? Villegar? =)
Lathum
02-15-2008, 03:41 PM
How was it supposed to be spelled? Villegar? =)

F you to Sally :p
saldana
02-16-2008, 10:38 AM
How was it supposed to be spelled? Villegar? =)

best. post. ever.
oliegirl
02-16-2008, 06:56 PM
F you to Sally :p

Um, shouldn't that be "F you too Sally"???


Damn you are a bad speller!!!! :p
saldana
02-17-2008, 09:20 AM
Um, shouldn't that be "F you too Sally"???


Damn you are a bad speller!!!! :p

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
RendeR
02-17-2008, 02:11 PM
RendeR comes originally from a really short sci-fi novel about a psychiatrist who uses a dream manipulation device to work with his patients. John RendeR.

I really liked the name and the first time I ever played D&D I named my Ranger character after him "RendeR" I used two capital R's because he was a bit of a quirky character in the games. I played that same character or probably 10 years or so.

Then when I discovered the interwebs I needed a screen name to log into the college system so I chose RendeR and I've used it ever since.

It really is my alter ego become my own identity in a way.