what made u choose your user names

Indigo Violent · Post by **Indigo Violent** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:51 am

It's mostly just a silly pun - lots of people are Indigo or Indigo Violet. I'm Indigo Violent. It's also meant to be sardonic, as I have a lot of the traits that supposedly characterise an "indigo child" - but I think the idea of auras and whatnot is total bullshit.

Seth Marati · Post by **Seth Marati** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 am

Back when I was 14, I made a FanFiction.net profile with the name Shadowy Knight (bonus: the origin of my avatar), mainly for the sake of a pun. I met some people who liked to insert themselves into their stories, and at their behest, inserted "Shadowy Knight" into a story, but made a distinct character for the name instead of using myself. So my profile wound up having a connection to the character I'd created.

Fast forward a few years, and I'm setting up an Xbox Live account, and need to create a gamertag. I wanted to maintain the character/online persona connection, so I picked a character I'd made who best stood out on his own; that was Seth Marati. When playing online, my friends and I would address each other with our created names rather than our real names for the sake of privacy, and I became so used to being called "Seth" that I started using the name for other online profiles. It's a connection I'm pretty pleased with; out of all the characters I've made to date, Seth is the best-developed. In fact, he's the only one I can comfortably refer to as a proper character; all the others need anywhere from a little to a hell of a lot of fleshing out.

Also, I like having a handle that's actually a proper name, even if it's not *my* name.

Vedius Pollio · Post by **Vedius Pollio** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:50 am

Indigo Violent wrote:It's mostly just a silly pun - lots of people are Indigo or Indigo Violet. I'm Indigo Violent. It's also meant to be sardonic, as I have a lot of the traits that supposedly characterise an "indigo child" - but I think the idea of auras and whatnot is total bullshit.

the idea of indigo children is pretty sad...

parents telling their kids that they are psychic

Vedius Pollio · Post by **Vedius Pollio** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:50 am

Lulujayne wrote:First* and second name, I'm a traditionalist

*Actually, it's technically a nickname, my passport reads "Louisa," but it seems to have atrophied from lack of use.

in the size 2 font you used, it looks like Loulao. And I'm thinking, Is she ethnic or did she have eccentric parents?

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:06 am

It's "Louisa."

the slightly revolting story (for me) is that I was conceived in Italy, and was named after the woman who taught my parents Italian whilst they lived there.

It's kind of weird that you say that though, because my "long" name gets mangled too much here for it to be practical, but strangely "Lulu" gets it's own warping, one of those being "LuLao."

Then a few years ago these two annoying "singers" showed up, Lulu and Lala, then everyone found it much easier to say my name, but it became infinitely more embarrassing.

Vedius Pollio · Post by **Vedius Pollio** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:28 am

Lulujayne wrote:It's "Louisa."

the slightly revolting story (for me) is that I was conceived in Italy, and was named after the woman who taught my parents Italian whilst they lived there.

It's kind of weird that you say that though, because my "long" name gets mangled too much here for it to be practical, but strangely "Lulu" gets it's own warping, one of those being "LuLao."

Then a few years ago these two annoying "singers" showed up, Lulu and Lala, then everyone found it much easier to say my name, but it became infinitely more embarrassing.

Is the guy in the centre crazyfrog's cousin?

MistressMaggie · Post by **MistressMaggie** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:44 am

Indigo Violent wrote:It's mostly just a silly pun - lots of people are Indigo or Indigo Violet. I'm Indigo Violent. It's also meant to be sardonic, as I have a lot of the traits that supposedly characterise an "indigo child" - but I think the idea of auras and whatnot is total bullshit.

Haha i had never noticed that it said violent before!

Vedius Pollio · Post by **Vedius Pollio** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:43 am

By the way, how does Louisa warp into Lulu?

It doesn't seem that difficult to pronounce. Rhymes with tweezer and teaser (when pronounced by a West Australian).

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:36 am

Ummmm, I think it has something to do with the first syllable

Lou Lou, like Lulu.

As for being difficult to say, Romanized L's are interchangeable for N's and R's in Thai, also being a tonal language means that there are countless ways to pronounce it, all changing the meaning.

Leeloo · Post by **Leeloo** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:17 am

Didn't we have a thread like this before?

We were playing Unreal Tournament at work, and of course I had to have some kind of nick. I tried differenr things, but wasn't really satisfied. I had watched The Fifth Element the friday before, and since I have a thing for redheads, and always play a female character - yes, even in Unreal Tournament, where there is no role playing or anything - I tried Leeloo, and it kinda stuck.

The disadvantage is that I'm not the only one who watched The Fifth Element, and the name is taken everywhere. I need to find some kind of last name or something to make it really unique.

Boring 7 · Post by **Boring 7** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:15 am

I was required to make an email address which would be "boring" by my high school teacher. Boring 1-6 were taken, so boring7 it was.

Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:35 pm

When I got access to the internet at age 12, I learned that you have to have a name with numers after it. I went to get an aim account, but swordsman2002 (the year at the time) was taken, so I upped the numerals.

How I decided on swords I have no memory.

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 pm

< Is immoral.

Starwind · Post by **Starwind** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:11 pm

Starwind is the last name of my Dungeons and Dragons charater that I play most often.

Kiku Starwind female kender/elven thief. Very much a lesbian little rogue with 3 girlfriends and counting.

WangyJohn · Post by **WangyJohn** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:58 am

prettydragoon wrote:Me, I had a plan to make a magical girl webcomic. But I thought seifuku were too much of a cliche, so my heroine was going to wear a cavalry uniform instead. Therefore,
I am Mighty Guardian Pretty Dragoon! In the name of the Midnight Sun, I will <strike>molest</strike> punish you!

Cozsack moon!

Major Maxillary · Post by **Major Maxillary** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:34 pm

two reasons:

I'm a dick, and Major Maxillary is an old Victorian slang term for penis.

when I was 18 I underwent a surgery in which they sawed off my entire upper mandible, cut it into four pieces, threw out two, and then put the two remaining pieces (the ones with my teeth on them) back in and held them on with metal brackets. they also sawed off my chin, moved it foreward and then bolted it to my jawbone, but that's beyond the scope of the topic at hand. The point is that the upper mandible is called the major maxillary.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:41 pm

Wow.

That hurt to read.

Why was that Max?

Xero · Post by **Xero** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:46 pm

Major Maxillary wrote:two reasons:

I'm a dick, and Major Maxillary is an old Victorian slang term for penis.

when I was 18 I underwent a surgery in which they sawed off my entire upper mandible, cut it into four pieces, threw out two, and then put the two remaining pieces (the ones with my teeth on them) back in and held them on with metal brackets. they also sawed off my chin, moved it foreward and then bolted it to my jawbone, but that's beyond the scope of the topic at hand. The point is that the upper mandible is called the major maxillary.

so you mean that IS a photo of you in your avatar?

also
reading that hurt my teeth more than the gaping holes in two of them I got T3 for >.>

Major Maxillary · Post by **Major Maxillary** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:49 pm

Lulujayne wrote:Wow.

That hurt to read.

Why was that Max?

it was to fix a serious malformation in my mouthbones called an "open bite" in which my scull actually looked like it was puckering. I could actually stick my entire tongue out without having to open my jaw.

they were also supposed to fix my TMJ, but they didn't. fortunately they didn't charge for that part, so I got to keep my money by my jaw unhinges whenever I open it. also since some of the nerves in my lips still haven't reconnected I drool sometimes and half my mouth goes slack without me knowing it.

But I sure look pretty.

Lulujayne · Post by **Lulujayne** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:53 pm

Indeed you do, Major Max, you are the prettiest boy in all the army!

Seriously though, that's incredible...