----------------------------------- MihaiG Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:12 pm Why you nick ----------------------------------- well this to see..why you made ur nick the way u did..ill start us off.. well i listen to rage against the machines...and they have the che guevera thing who was also known as elcomandante... anther example woudll be..cervantes--because of Miguel de Cervates..who wrote Don quixote..etc..*just assuming* post ur reasons :D ----------------------------------- Neo Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:30 pm ----------------------------------- Because I liked the matrix at the time but now I think it sucks especially after see the 2nd movie so I didnt even want to watch the third. ----------------------------------- Hikaru79 Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:45 pm ----------------------------------- "Hikaru" is from Hikaru no Go. The "79" is completely random and has nothing to do with my year of birth (88) ----------------------------------- Notoroge Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:46 pm ----------------------------------- I'm all about aesthetics. I chose to create a name that sounds cool, and looks neat in writing. :) ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:53 pm ----------------------------------- Well, hmm, because of Lord of the Rings. Amazing wizard, great books, and makes a great name :). How else do you get people to call you things like "Gandolf" "Goondulf" "Glandaf" and everyones favourite "Gagnalf" :lol:. ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:30 pm ----------------------------------- Althougth my name seems kind of self promting and full of my self i acuacatly did not come up with it and it was just my nick name online that peoleop refured to me as at the time i made this site. The eveltion of my nick was somthing like this: Daniel Dan Computer Dan Crazy Computer Dan (AKA Crazy Computer Guy, Crazy Computer Dude) Crazy Hacking Dude (AKA Crazy Hacking Guy) Hacker Dude (AKA Hacker Guy, Hacker X) Hacker Dan Most of thos where from poleop on IRC, tho no one on this site incuding tony knew me b4 the last one. I like to think of the Hacker part not as in what the media deftion of a hacker is but in the terdiantion one of some one who makes programs for fun and not profite or some one who test the limits of comuter systems. ----------------------------------- Paul Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:35 pm ----------------------------------- Its my name. ----------------------------------- brenn Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:43 pm ----------------------------------- Because I am stupid, and signed up under 'Bren' initially, and it being 4 am in the morning, I clicked the miniture checkbox that indicated I was under 13 years of age. -__- ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:44 pm ----------------------------------- Its my name. QFT :dance: ----------------------------------- Delos Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:27 pm ----------------------------------- OMG! I just deleted a post by Dan! I feel special now :lol: In case you were wondering, it was a double post of the same message, made 13 minutes later.... My handle comes from Greek mythology. The legendary island of gold in the Aegean see, Delos, birthplace of Artemis and Apollo (twin son and daughter of Zeus, by a mortal I believe). He was scared that Hera (his wife) would kill them (as he usually was) so he found and island to have them birthed on. Sadly, this island was floating away, so he got his "son"* Hesphaestus to chain it to the bottom of the sea. *Hesphaestus wasn't really Zeus' son, since he didn't have a father. Hera impregnated herself by shear willpower...and was mortified that the result was not a perfect figure so she tossed him from Mt. Olympus, a fall that crippled him. Her loss, since he took up shop in volcanoes (hence his Roman name) and became an awsome blacksmith. So good in fact, that he was invited back to Mt. Olympus where he made an über-cool chair for his mother, but when she sat in it, it contorted and almost killed her. That taught her, fo' shizzle! @Tony, you mean you're name isn't tony, but Tony!!?!? :shock: ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:50 pm ----------------------------------- OMG! I just deleted a post by Dan! I feel special now :lol: In case you were wondering, it was a double post of the same message, made 13 minutes later.... Thank you, my comp was crashing as i post that and i guse odd things happened. I supsecited it could have double posted and just came back to check. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:48 am Re: Why you nick ----------------------------------- anther example woudll be..cervantes--because of Miguel de Cervates..who wrote Don quixote..etc..*just assuming* Well, it was more to do with the pirate from Soul Calibur. (Hence the Pirate Mod rank.) But whatever floats your boat! :D Cool story, Delos. It's neat how you chose your name as an island rather than a god. :) You really hate being a god, don't you? (What with the hating of the newbie god rank and all) ----------------------------------- Delos Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:45 am ----------------------------------- Well, my other choice would have been Argeïphontes, which would have been a god's name, but I decided against that since it's pretty damn long, and I can't have a long username and password. ----------------------------------- jamonathin Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:10 pm ----------------------------------- My nickname comes from grade 8. My friends and I were doing a video tape of a boxing fight on a trampoline, and my friend had 4 gloves (2 pair), where 1 pair belonged to his brother johnathin. Well, i picked up a pair, and he asked whose I had, and the way the name was written on the inside of the glove (sweat made it blurry), it looked like "Jamonathin". And then that's what my friend kept calling me. ----------------------------------- md Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:33 pm ----------------------------------- Got up one morning at camp hungery. Very hungry. So I ate three boxes (yes boxes) of cornflakes. ----------------------------------- Delos Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:24 pm ----------------------------------- Big boxes (as in the type you buy on the shelves) or the small ones (as in the ones that come in those packs with an assortment of other cereals as well)? ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:15 pm ----------------------------------- because it accentuated my ethnic background, and it rhymed. My alternative was RiceIsNice, because WrathOfMath was taken by a friend of mine. ----------------------------------- timmytheturtle Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:47 pm ----------------------------------- i got mine from a song by nofx. dunno why i started using it, and dont want to think of another one. ----------------------------------- Boo-chan Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:02 pm ----------------------------------- My name is a reference to Boo, the great flying hamster. 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And how can you not love a hamster who's response to everything is "squeek"? ----------------------------------- Tony Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:15 pm ----------------------------------- In fact the only downside to Boo is that for some strange reason he insists on using a A sexy laptop for a sexy hamster. Besides, following your logic, macs are also a downside of Fred, and that is simply not so :dance: ----------------------------------- md Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:27 pm ----------------------------------- Big boxes (as in the type you buy on the shelves) or the small ones (as in the ones that come in those packs with an assortment of other cereals as well)? Big boxes; like 950g boxes. And dry too after the fist box (ran out of milk), and without sugar after the second (ran out of that too). And I didn't get sick either, although I really didn't eat much for the rest of the day. My other nickname is God; never EVER tell a lot of young kids that your name is God unless you can live with being called God forever more... little kids are evil (but being called God is hilarious :D) ----------------------------------- Martin Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:53 pm ----------------------------------- Martin, because I got bored of Asok. ----------------------------------- Andy Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:32 pm ----------------------------------- and asok got tired of being called darkness? because i got tired of ppl telling me to dodge ----------------------------------- MyPistolsIn3D Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:26 pm ----------------------------------- From "Rap Game" by D12. ----------------------------------- Paul Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:31 pm ----------------------------------- Anyone named nick? 'cause the name of this thread doesn't make the most sense. Is it a question? is it an exclamation? I don't know! :shock: Why you Nick! Why you! Nick! Why you? Nick? Why you! Nick?... Why? YOU NICK! ----------------------------------- Mazer Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:52 pm ----------------------------------- Don't be ridiculus, it's Nikolaos. But hey, at least it wasn't "Nik" as some seem to think it should be spelled. Now stop yelling at me, please. AsianSensation: I'm not big on the rhymz0r, but I think you're mistaken. "AsianSensasion" (though, perhaps "Sensazion" would be better) sounds more appropriate. Either that or "AshianSensation" (because it doesn't seem like many people would pronounce "Atian" with the proper sound). ----------------------------------- person Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:52 pm ----------------------------------- i think nick stands for nickname ----------------------------------- Delos Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:57 pm ----------------------------------- i think nick stands for nickname person, person, person... You must understand, there is this thing known to many as sarcasm, others as bitter contempt. Anyway, Paul was pointing out the gramatical error of the thread name, we're all quite aware of what 'nick' stands for, despite Coutsos' attempts to prove otherwise. ----------------------------------- Mazer Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:33 pm ----------------------------------- Actually, "Nick" sort of is my nickname. My real name is Nikolaos (meaning "Victory of the People," for those possessing a familiarity with the Greek language going only as far as drawing the first letter of the alphabet as a poor tiny fish) and that's how I refer to myself, but I allow others to say "Nick" since they'd have tremendous difficulty otherwise. It always seems to end up as "Nicholas" to them, or for the poor bastard that actually try to pronounce it (without taking into consideration that the name has little to do with English sounds), it becomes "nikoolaus." Aside from Greeks, other people that have grown up in that area of Europe (or coming from a family with roots there, and speaking the language often) don't have much trouble. Damn, I'd even settle for "Niko!" Even if you've only seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding you should be familiar enough with that to pronounce it. ----------------------------------- Pickles Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:15 pm ----------------------------------- Pickles are tasty. I'm also pretty addicted to Dill Pickle Chips. It's also pretty much just a random word I thought of, was probably eating pickles at the time. Similar to some of my other fantastic nicknames such as MinuteMaid, because there was a box of orange juice on my desk at the time. ----------------------------------- Notoroge Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:19 pm ----------------------------------- Dude, Ketchup destroys dill-pickle chips. :shock: ----------------------------------- naoki Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:05 pm ----------------------------------- It's my first name. Being a n00b to compsci, I didn't think there was anything wrong with regging my real name. Don't forget, this was back when compsci was affectionately known as SWAT :wink: ----------------------------------- Bacchus Sun Jul 31, 2005 5:45 pm ----------------------------------- Because I'm obsessed with Greek Mythology and had used Bacchus because Dionysus is my favorite Greek God and quite misunderstood and chose the Roman name for him in a game for a reason I forgot and just stuck with it. I usually switch around between Bacchus and Dionysus for different things and if those are taken I move onto others. @Delos: You forgot about Hephaestus marrying Aphrodite with the help of his mother Hera for his forgiviness. Higgledy-Piggledy Proto-androgynous Greek Dionysus, or Bacchus in Rome, Altered a world that was Pre-viticultural, Civilized man, and caused Grape juice to foam! ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:40 pm ----------------------------------- The real canadian way to pronounce the name in http://gordonkorman.com/whobugs.htm and I was wondering why the hell some guy broke off in an uncontrollable laughter when another person asked "Who is bugzpodder?" ----------------------------------- Jiran Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:14 pm ----------------------------------- My nickname is my real name, in a Japanese disguise. Dylan -> Jiran Dylan, in case you were interested, is the Welsh God of the Sea.