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Weekend Open Forum: What was your first screen name?

Discussion in 'TechSpot News and Comments' started by Matthew, Oct 21, 2011.

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  1. Jibberish18 TechSpot Maniac Posts: 427   +7

    The same screen name you see here is the one I've always used.
  2. Relic TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,368   +11

    My very first was Dax for in-game but due to low characters I went with Relic and have been using it for over a decade. As of late I've been sadly forced to use Relic28 due to one handle per registration which is lame =/ .
  3. My first handle (mid 90s) was Eco_Aardvark because it sounded cool and I like environmentalism and aardvarks...
  4. Mr_PyRoGoD was my first screen name which I started using in 1996 when making geocities websites was the thing and hotmail was just introduced to the WWW. those were the good old days with the use of midi's and 56k was the fastest internet connection to have at the time...

    those were the days...
  5. PheasantPlucker (don't stutter!)
  6. I was Momma Bear and I ran a C-64 BBS called Bio Feedback. Sometimes I miss the simpler 'puter daze....
     
  7. Renrew TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 170   +9

    Sourkraut--self explanatory
  8. My dad made my first one for me in AOL back in the 90's. I don't even remember what it was specifically anymore, something about dirtbikes.

    First one I made was "z50r_bandit". the first part was from the '86 Honda Z50R minibike that I still have. Last part is from being a big fan of the Smokey and the Bandit movies.
  9. Archean TechSpot Paladin Posts: 5,735   +27

    Back in the mid 90s, my first screen name was BlackZero ................... in fact couple of old friends still call me BZ for this reason :rolleyes:
  10. Tomcasts347-after a 1986 Gibson ES-347 guitar that I own and love.
  11. Gars TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 219

    Terminus Est - name of the sword of the executor Severian (check wiki for more)
  12. The first one I can remember was Magic, which I used on CompuServe back when 300 baud was something else.
  13. Arris TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 4,305   +17

    u02bsk (University username), but more generally "Arris" (from Privateer 2 - The Darkening game).
    Also use "Zapirian" quite a lot. Usually results in not having to enter a name again as it's already taken.
    Back in my late teens/eary twenties I played a mud with pking(player killing) and went by quite a few names with alternate characters... My favorites were Eitzsataux and Eitzsautax or something along those lines. Often to initiate an attack on someone you had to type /kill username or /cast spell username. So just threw together those characters to make it awkward. Also having two characters with very similar names meant other players had to look carefully to check whether I was playing the character that was in level range to kill them or not (was +/- 5 levels of the players current level).
  14. nugnamnivek Newcomer, in training

    I've always used nugnamnivek, just my entire name spelled back words. Everyone ALWAYS thinks i'm from india lol. Privacy is not an issue with using your real name. We tell people we've never met before that live in the same town we do our names everyday. It's all about how you conduct yourself online.
  15. yukka TechSpot Paladin Posts: 547

    My first netname was reznet. I was playing quake and duke nukem. Trent reznor did the soundtrack for quake so I took "rez" from reznor and "net" from internet. Simple :)

    Since then I've also used yukka which was the name of a great kebab shop :)
  16. Brock Samson Newcomer, in training

    My first name ever, in AOL's beginning, was Cordura... which in Spanish means prudence or good judgment. However, since that time has past I have become less mature. On this site I use 'Brock Samson' which is a character from "The Venture Brothers". He is one of the more badass characters of our time. Beating henchmen to there death and slamming girls...

    ... I also named my cat after Brock.