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Miasmir Member  Level: 50      Posts: 337/528 EXP: 890131 For next: 57186 Since: 07-26-07 From: Lavastone (don't tell the pirate orcs) Since last post: 75 days Last activity: 26 days
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| So I guess this thread happened again, huh.
Originally I was Koneko, Japanese for kitten, because the language and the thing named are both cool. I also like that people tend to think that names in foreign languages are sophisticated, so there's this contrast between their expectations and the true playful meaning that I like watching people respond to. Occasionally I append Tyriin to Koneko. Tyriin is from a language my sister and I invented for part of a fantasy world we were concocting. It refers to the name of a place, so there's no direct translation. For a few months I was FireHaven, because I was sick of people mispronouncing Koneko on Skype and so forth. Fire Haven is a spell in the old PC RPG Anvil of Dawn, that is supposed to just give you fire resistance but is a key part of a bug that breaks the game completely. The idea of monstrous power waiting just behind a facade of weakness appeals to me, as does the obscurity of the reference. I gave up on this name because it never quite felt right; I never felt a feeling of identity with the name. Miasmir was my name for some forum roleplay that I never merged with the stuff I did on Acmlm's. The name comes from miasma, poison, and the fact that anything ending with -mir sounds like a male Russian name. Both parts were picked because I like the sound they make. Recently I almost got my name changed back to Koneko when I realized that plenty of people here had no idea who I was, but my zeal for a name change lasted only long enough to send one pm, and Anya does not have name change powers. Instead I just started using my LQ avatar from the old board, figuring that would be enough to identify me to anyone who cares. |
EpicGuy Level: 14  Posts: 16/29 EXP: 10361 For next: 2710 Since: 04-02-10 From: Oregon Since last post: 10.9 years Last activity: 10.5 years
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| I'm not particularly new, as I registered in...April, I think? But I've yet to give an origin for my name, so I thought I'd toss it out there.
In late 2008, I started to get a bit into a game/sport called Geocaching. In it, you use a GPS receiver to locate hidden containers, or 'caches', that other players have hidden. The cache owners post information and coordinates for each of their caches on a website so that others may find them. It's essentially a modern-day treasure hunt. On the websites that service Geocaching, players go by screen names just as most online communities do. I needed to think of what name I was going to be known as and remembered by, and for some reason, the box art for the North American release of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest kept popping into my mind. Also inexplicable to me; I thought that the pose taken by the character on the box was the most 'Epic' one you could possibly take. And because I didn't like the default name of Benjamin that the character was given, I added something a bit more generic by tacking on 'Guy' to the end. I like capitalizing things, so the 'G' remained as such. I've since used that name on over a dozen websites. It's one of a handful of screen names I use: Rivistin, or the variants, Rivestin, Rivest, Rivisten, and Rivist. Klenine, Rindrint, Tower, Link (It's less common than you'd think), and Werd Smyth. Most of those, however, are just from me thinking of names that no one in their right mind would use, because I was tired of re-entering information into online registration forms over and over again.  ____________________ Damn, I need to find an avatar. |
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Stigandr 1440     Some say they're what landed at Roswell in 1947, and that their right eye sees infrared light. All we know is, they're called The Stigandr. Level: 77  Posts: 550/1441 EXP: 4015152 For next: 175977 Since: 07-21-07 Since last post: 1.5 years Last activity: 1.5 years
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Courtesy of Behind The Name:
The other name I commonly use is Thexare, which has no meaning. During a Kingdom Hearts namechange spree on a previous board, I realized the whole "rearrange and add X" wouldn't work with my normal name. Conveniently, I had an alt named Aether. And so, Thexare was born. Offtopic time! Originally posted by Orlandu Best. You're comparing to the Chaos Blade, correct? In that case, you have 40 power, which is very good... but Orlandu has a bizarre tendency to one-shot average enemies even with Excalibur (21 or 22 power, forgot which) if you equip him with an emphasis on PA. And its perma-Haste makes up for that discrepancy against stronger enemies. (of course, you could juse dual wield them, but still.) ____________________ I swim through a sea of stars, without looking back to shore. Faster than light, bending time. Forever Wherever |
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Pandaren Still something. Level: 108  Posts: 2476/3196 EXP: 13229466 For next: 291033 Since: 08-17-07 From: Finland Since last post: 1.3 years Last activity: 93 days
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paulguy Green Birdo Level: 93  Posts: 898/2294 EXP: 8023478 For next: 29332 Since: 09-14-07 From: Buffalo, NY Since last post: 9.7 years Last activity: 9.6 years
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Paulguy's Post configuration My name isPaul and I'm mostly a guy.
I also go as "aeduo" sometimes. 8t was generated by a program I wrote when I was experimenting with a basic name generation algorithm. I'll occasionally come up with some nonsense name when I don't want people to know it's me. ____________________ |
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Sanqui 2060 💛🤍💜🖤🦉 Level: 87  Posts: 387/2066 EXP: 6302997 For next: 89777 Since: 12-20-09 Pronouns: any ✨ From: Czechia | Estonia Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 2 hours
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| Me and my cousin downloaded Pokémon Ruby back when it was all brand new and just in Japanese. We were giving all the Pokémon custom names and I gave Mudkip the name "Mlinn". My cousin didn't like it though, so we decided it's a Mlinn with the nickname of "Sanky".
When I first registered somewhere on the internet (a Czech Pokémon site, mind you) I used the name Sanky because... I dunno. But yeah. I don't really know the name's *origin*, but at least I know how I came to use it 
Back then, I also used the name "Sanky the Master" because hurr durr I'm the pokeman master right. On gmail, and only gmail, I'm "gsanky" because it's like google (or gmail) and sanky : And then I started using "Sanky Ultimate" because I needed something to use as a "last name" or to add when Sanky is taken. No idea how I came up with this, but it's common to name myself SankyU or SankyUlt if Sanky is taken. I have a few pseudonyms, but I won't list them here. ____________________ |
Acey Wendy Koopa garbage-chan Level: 95  Posts: 38/2538 EXP: 8383097 For next: 285510 Since: 07-14-10 From: meme jail Since last post: 6.0 years Last activity: 6.0 years
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| Auxiliatrix is taken partly from Homestuck (there's a character whose username is grimAuxiliatrix) and partly from my love of Latin. It roughly translates to "a helpful woman", and I often find myself wanting to help everyone, so it's somewhat fitting as well.
I mostly use Acey Enn on other sites--a phonetic pronunciation of my initials (ACN). I used to use Anna Cassidy in a lot of places as well. I also use gleefulcynic on occasion, such as on deviantART. The one real exception to this is LiveJournal, where I'm known as illimerent. (Up until recently, I was bitchyfaic, which is also an obvious exception.) |
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Fairly easy.
My username comes from the titular character of Serial Experiments Lain. ____________________ |
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Thoughtless Member Board President Level: 41  Posts: 308/347 EXP: 449953 For next: 30192 Since: 01-13-09 From: Puerto Rico Since last post: 10.3 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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#54 For those of you who haven't seen it before:
Sometime in 1991 or 1992, I rented Shining in the Darkness, a (then new) RPG for Genesis, and didn't feel like choosing or entering a name so I mashed buttons ... I liked the name I got, so I kept it ever since 
"Milly" is just some nickname based on it that someone eventually came up with, not based on any particular character of the same name  ____________________ |
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Taryn Passed away. Thanks for being a part of us, even if it wasn't always on the best of terms. 1987-2014 Level: 204  Posts: 9028/14742 EXP: 121590210 For next: 1759608 Since: 09-01-09 From: Seattle Since last post: 10.1 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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Acey Wendy Koopa garbage-chan Level: 95 Posts: 40/2538 EXP: 8383097 For next: 285510 Since: 07-14-10 From: meme jail Since last post: 6.0 years Last activity: 6.0 years
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| I tend to pronounce my username as something like "Augh-zill-ee-ay-trix", but the actual Latin pronunciation would likely be closer to "Owg-zill-ee-ah-treex".
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Taryn Passed away. Thanks for being a part of us, even if it wasn't always on the best of terms. 1987-2014 Level: 204 Posts: 9030/14742 EXP: 121590210 For next: 1759608 Since: 09-01-09 From: Seattle Since last post: 10.1 years Last activity: 9.7 years
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krutomisi 2480 Level: 94 Posts: 855/2481 EXP: 8254547 For next: 102110 Since: 02-01-10 Since last post: 229 days Last activity: 169 days
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Orlandu Holy SwordsMan Level: 137  Posts: 3028/5913 EXP: 30438623 For next: 434232 Since: 01-12-10 From: Las Vegas, NV Since last post: 4.0 years Last activity: 196 days
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