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General => Off Topic => Topic started by: Grooveski on October 06, 2017, 03:45:08 PM

Title: Usernames
Post by: Grooveski on October 06, 2017, 03:45:08 PM
You wonder sometimes where folk get their usernames from.
...so for a giggle I thought I'd wonder out loud.  :D

To get the ball rolling:

Groove Champion - Auto Vigilante!  8)
Star of what I'd still rank as one of the most entertaining games I've ever played - Interstate 76.
My heart's racing just looking at a screenshot of it.    ;D  Fond memories!



Was the first game I ever played online - when you connected the first time everyone forgot to enter a name, joined as Groove and got a slagging for it (like <unnamedprofile>  :P )
...so I popped back out the room, added a few letters(always did like names ending in ski - kinda cheery sounding) and popped back in again, thinking 'I'll dream up a good username tomorrow'...

...and here we are - 20 years later.   ::)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Napalm Nick on October 06, 2017, 04:27:57 PM
When I met Linda Lusardi she said I was hot stuff so...... ;D

Then I woke up...

Vietcong : First game I played multiplayer, and went on to form a mutli country clan, competitions and all sorts of great fun. Learning server hosting and commands, writing missions every week etc etc. Made and still have some good friends from it.

https://www.youtube.com/v/M20_jBEVtwc

I hear people are still playing Vietcong even now. An amazing game. So the username is a tribute to those times, always used it not changing now, even if dated and not particularly PC.  Certainly not disrespectful some things should not be forgotten.  :(
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: matty0l215 on October 06, 2017, 04:33:32 PM
Easy!

My name is Matty, 0L215 was a random selection of character beacuse the username Matty was already taken on Runescape (old Web Java based MMO) but I gave that up years ago and the name just stuck :P
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Alone on October 06, 2017, 04:39:57 PM
I used to be in a music band. When I created a song that wont be part of our music, I recorded them as Alone.
When I started to play GPBikes in beta 7 (I came from gp500), I saw myself so alone, no AI, no internet at home to play online, that reminds me those tapes, so that's my reason :)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gzehoo on October 06, 2017, 06:20:11 PM
My real name is Grzegorz, but sometimes it's also pronounced Grzechu and I decided to write it as Gzehoo. This "-oo" should be read the same as in "Yahoo".
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Boerenlater on October 06, 2017, 06:53:19 PM
Hello Gregory :D

Boerenlater is Dutch for someone who burps. Because when I was a teenager my sister called me that.
Almost twenty years later it's still my online nick.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: JMTRacing on October 06, 2017, 07:28:54 PM
I just took my initials and put racing at the end  ;D
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: KG_03 on October 06, 2017, 07:32:50 PM
Same here :-) KG is from my initials, 13...because I don't think that its unlucky number :-D
Never had a good idea for a nickname so I kinda took it from VR46, CR7 and so on ;-) Im not original in that matter ;-)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: HornetMaX on October 06, 2017, 08:19:02 PM
Easy for me, Max as short for my real name, and Hornet because it has been my first wif.. herm, bike :)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: finpower on October 06, 2017, 09:24:59 PM
fin
I have already been my school time as nick get. The first 3 letters of my surname.
because I am in my old (64 years) 8) GP500 of micro prose always with powergames to do, I've called myself finpower.
I will always keep it. :)

greeting fin
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Warlock on October 07, 2017, 12:41:36 AM
Easy for me, Warlock is the name of my tattoo studio, since year 2000.
Tattoos are (or i see them) in someway magical cos they stay there, alive ! , ... and i'm the one who do the magic, so...  :)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: davidboda46 on October 07, 2017, 01:41:07 AM
"Gonzo", cause I'm a journo and I like the work of Hunter S Thompson and his Gonzo journalism. #46 is obvious. Can't remember why my name on the forum isn't Gonzo46... I probably fucked something up when I registered. Anyways, David is my first name and Boda is my last so...

Cheers,

/David "Gonzo" Boda #46
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: PeterV on October 07, 2017, 08:22:12 AM
Well my Username is my Firstname (Peter) and the V is not from victory, but the first later from my surname (Visscher)
I Normally go under the name of Speedy now a days, not because im fast in games but because i owned a Speed triple.

Had had a another one for years and years, WDA_Blade, from my times playing the original Ghost Recon series
with a clan called the WalkingDeadArmy, which was american based and kept me up late in the night.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: BOBR6 84 on October 07, 2017, 08:23:53 AM
Bobr684.. Took me a while to come up with that..  ;D

My names Rob.. I race and love the R6 and my race number is #84

Always used to play bike games on the xbox360.. As BOBR6.. Lol.

@Grooveski i remember a similar game called "vigilante 8" was brilliant  8) ;D ;D 4player splitscreen haha
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: PeterV on October 07, 2017, 08:27:00 AM
ooh i forgot.....when is PiBoSo explaining his name here ?  ;)

Great topic Grooveski.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: PiBoSo on October 07, 2017, 09:30:07 AM

PiBoSo is the acronym of Piccola Bottega del Software, Italian for Little Workshop of Software, a little homage to Little Shop of Horrors, the Frank Oz 1986 film.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: matty0l215 on October 07, 2017, 10:26:45 AM
That is brilliant!
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: KG_03 on October 07, 2017, 11:47:52 AM
Wow! Thats a great idea :) I was always wondering where PiBoSo come from :-)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gzehoo on October 07, 2017, 11:59:30 AM
For English it would be LiWoSo :P
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: JJS209 on October 07, 2017, 03:13:53 PM
JJ are the initials of my first hyphenated name and the S is for the family name.
209 stands for the second of september where i've had a very bad motorcycle accident back in 2011.
its to have my "second birthday" always in my mind.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Manu on October 07, 2017, 06:14:15 PM
Manu, short name of Manuel (my name)

Manuel is a Hebrew name (עִמָּנוּאֵל,'ImmānĂ»'ēl) that means "The God that is with us" or "The God that is between us". In the Bible Jesus of Nazareth is named in its original form "Emmanuel".
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Reactive on October 07, 2017, 07:26:33 PM
1) in chemistry "reactive" is an ingridient to add for reaction
2) in Russian the word "reactive" mean principle of jet engine or very fast flowing liquid or air
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: JMTRacing on October 07, 2017, 08:31:08 PM
In fact, forget everything i said before, my username changes with my mood swings.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Grooveski on October 08, 2017, 07:54:38 AM
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on October 07, 2017, 08:23:53 AM
@Grooveski i remember a similar game called "vigilante 8" was brilliant  8) ;D ;D 4player splitscreen haha

That was the console version made by the same crew.  A pal had it and yeah - it was a hoot too.   ;D
There was later PC version as well, Interstate '82, which played better in just about every way but didn't have the soul of the original.
...or the funk.    :)
....or the poetry.   ::)
.....or the questionable language.   :P
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: MultiCOOLFRESH on October 08, 2017, 10:33:58 AM
My nick name is from a YouTube channel me and a old friend of mine wanted to open. I have no idea why we chose this name, we were kids back then ;D. But we never did anything on the channel, but I still like the name and the initials MCF :) You can search my name on YT, I did some MotoVlogs, but here in germany the weather is so bad, you can not ride  :'(
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: poumpouny on October 09, 2017, 11:47:58 AM
I'm from a country wich i think people had the longest name in the world, my full name is : NJATOHARIJAONA radomampionona Tiaray (good luck trying to read it  ;D). My parent give me the surname "poun' wich is a shorten version of "mampionona" read "mampiun". My wife call me pouny, but i had an uncle that never managed to call me "poun". He always called me "Poum". So the first time i created an email address, i don't know why but the first name that came into my brain was poumpouny  ;D.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: KG_03 on October 09, 2017, 12:18:44 PM
Wow! In which country such names are given? I though that Spain has the longest names
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Boerenlater on October 09, 2017, 12:26:38 PM
Quote from: KG13 on October 09, 2017, 12:18:44 PM
Wow! In which country such names are given? I though that Spain has the longest names
It can only be Thailand.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gzehoo on October 09, 2017, 01:10:18 PM
Quote from: KG13I though that Spain has the longest names

Look at snooker players name from Thailand :P or even Nakarin Atiratphuvapat in Moto3.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: poumpouny on October 09, 2017, 01:19:04 PM
Madagascar, but as far as i know Malagasy (the people of madagascar) take it's origin from Malaysia, so surely Malesian also has long names
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: tchemi on October 09, 2017, 06:22:46 PM
Quote from: finpower on October 06, 2017, 09:24:59 PM
because I am in my old (64 years)
No waaaaaay ! I thought you were a young man, like 18 years old !  ;D


One day in High school, at the end of the year, in june, I discovered that my best friend had indeed massive boobs (puberty done right) because the rest of the year, she was wearing large clothes. So I called her Pamela, in tribute to Pamela Anderson.
This day I was wearing a red short :/ So, she nicknamed me "Mitch" (Bay watch references) This nickname stick to me to end of high school. A lot of people didn't even new my real name ^^

When I started to play online, I wanted to make it more unique, I just reversed it and it sounded good ! It's prononced Tsh-a-mee by the way. Not 'take me' or 'tkemee' or whatever
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Napalm Nick on October 09, 2017, 06:47:22 PM
hahahahahahaa lol.

Good job she didn't look at your shorts and call you titch.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: grimm on October 10, 2017, 01:25:17 AM
Died from blood loss when I was 14 years old, revived with an 8 pint of blood transfusion (losing it as fast as they pumped it in during surgery after bringing me back), paddles to the chest and all, major medical intervention. Ended up with a 20" BMX bike handlebar impaling me under the left side of my chest, punctured my spleen and broke a few ribs in the crash... end of my career as a rider of any sort. Just for fun now. Had to learn how to walk again too.


I assume a great deal of you have a good grasp on the English language. Here is a video about a man that should be remembered for what he did to save people that push life to the limit, to every extent you can find, you live as fullest of a life as you can. Men like John Hinds saved my life the day I was flat lining on the way to the emergency room.

*Too lazy/drunk/tired from work to try to embed this, worth a watch though, rapid response doctors are the most amazing people on the planet*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsZBXlTHPCg

When I met up with my friends after I was most of the way recovered and back home, they said "You cheated the Grim Reaper!".... and Grimm just stuck after a friend started calling me by the nick name. 33 years old now, I am known as "Ratty", but leave that for IRL occasions or occurrences where something to do with my actual motorcycle riding or building has to do with it.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Warlock on October 10, 2017, 03:37:32 AM
Yeh , saw that video quite a time ago. Man, the guy was as crazy as the rest of the riders lol ;D , also had a great sense of humor, laughed a lot with that video  ;D, despite the seriously questions he was talking about.
Such an Hero, RIP.
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gamergirl94 on July 12, 2018, 11:07:14 PM
Gamergirl94😄

Im a gamer, a girl and born in 94😍 easy peasy
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Hawk on July 12, 2018, 11:48:06 PM
Quote from: Gamergirl94 on July 12, 2018, 11:07:14 PM
Gamergirl94😄

Im a gamer, a girl and born in 94😍 easy peasy

Welcome aboard Gamergirl! ;) 8)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gamergirl94 on July 13, 2018, 04:43:30 AM
Quote from: Hawk on July 12, 2018, 11:48:06 PM
Quote from: Gamergirl94 on July 12, 2018, 11:07:14 PM
Gamergirl94😄

Im a gamer, a girl and born in 94😍 easy peasy

Welcome aboard Gamergirl! ;) 8)

Thank you very much Hawk😀😇
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: KG_03 on July 13, 2018, 11:42:57 AM
hey :) Nice to see you here :-) Hope to see you on the track :-)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Meyer#12 on July 13, 2018, 12:21:29 PM
Easy one for me this one. My real name Emil Meyer Petersen. Always been called Meyer and so have my dad and my number have since 2008 been 12 IRL so easy to go with Meyer12 for a racing game ;)

Bonus: on steam i am called Dansken (the dane in swedish) because i am danish and played a lot with a group of swedish friends who gave me the nickname :)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gamergirl94 on July 13, 2018, 12:36:02 PM
I will be soon😄

Mine was a choice between either dreamgirl319, gamergirl94 or snugglebum94😂🙈
I have reasons for all three I achieved the name dreamgirl319 from my brothers friends calling me dreamgirl for my interests😂 and snugglebum because I said I was snuggly in a new coat I brought😂😄
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Meyer#12 on July 13, 2018, 03:57:40 PM
Quote from: Gamergirl94 on July 13, 2018, 12:36:02 PM
I will be soon😄

Mine was a choice between either dreamgirl319, gamergirl94 or snugglebum94😂🙈
I have reasons for all three I achieved the name dreamgirl319 from my brothers friends calling me dreamgirl for my interests😂 and snugglebum because I said I was snuggly in a new coat I brought😂😄

All sounds like good reasons :D

Hope you will enjoy racing with us! And don't be afraid to ask for tips or help, people here are all very helpful :)
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: matty0l215 on July 13, 2018, 04:08:56 PM
Welcome to the forum  :D
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Gamergirl94 on July 13, 2018, 04:40:05 PM
Thank you Meyer#12, hopefully soon mainly on the ps4 atm😍
Thank you Matty😄
Title: Re: Usernames
Post by: Meyer#12 on July 13, 2018, 04:44:21 PM
Quote from: Gamergirl94 on July 13, 2018, 04:40:05 PM
Thank you Meyer#12, hopefully soon mainly on the ps4 atm😍
Thank you Matty😄

Haha okay, you should come to GPb instead, better than any ps4/xbox game ;D