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Obligatory "where did your name come from" thread
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Post by
rayford
Well, haven't seen one yet, so I thought I'd kick it off. ( :
Where did you name come from?
Either your in-game name, or your site name.
I'll start.
Rayford is actually a nickname I've got. My name is actually Ray (shocking!), and a few years ago, a friend of my wife wanted to come up with a nickname for me (she knew a lot of Ray's O.o). The name? Rayford. And it stuck.
I've got an alt named Elfsbane. Where did that come from? Whenever I took Rayford into a BG, it seemed like I'd always kill NE after NE after NE. So I called myself the bane of elves in game as a joke. Later, when it came time to make an alt, that was the first thing I thought of. : P
Okies......GO!
Post by
TheOnyx
Onyx came about because of a few things. I generally like the look of the mineral, especially black onyx. A friend of mine knew that and bought me a few pieces when she was on a vacation somewhere. They came with a card that indicated the supposed mystical properties of the mineral. She said it was fitting because I have those qualities as well.
Banishes grief, enhances self-control, stimulates wise decisions, encourages happiness and good fortune. Brings strength and understanding.
I keep the card in my wallet.
It's also a neat coincidence that onyx is associated with my astrological zodiac.
When it came time to create my internet identity for the first time (an account on Yahoo), I tried registering "Onyx", but it was taken. I decided to trump the other person by becoming
The
Onyx.
Post by
XxDeathxX
Mine is my old old old old xboxLive tag from xbox1, then i stopped playing for a few years. and when the 360 came out and i went to get the same tag...... and it was taken XD i was heartbroken QQ
Post by
greengoo
I once bought a PC that had weird green air-filters in it.
My friends made fun of me, so i turned it into my tag.
Post by
rayford
Mine is my old old old old xboxLive tag from xbox1, then i stopped playing for a few years. and when the 360 came out and i went to get the same tag...... and it was taken XD i was heartbroken QQ
Did ya try to recover your old tag? Thats what I did. Now I've still got my old gamertag. :D
Post by
XxDeathxX
I tried but i forgot all my info from the first one cause i moved and stuff: / kinda sucks because i had that name first !!! QQ lol
meh w/e im still death at heart:P
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22744
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Marcela
Well, Marcela is my middle name, and not many people have it, so it's fun to have on sites. Different, yet still me.
Sin, the name of my main, was pure chance - I was trying to name my char and no matter which name I tried, time after time it was always taken. So, I just threw out some that I was sure were taken, out of frustration, and lo and behold, Sin was not. I held it for a bit until I created my rogue (I feel it matches the class)
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89659
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Post by
Punchline
My friend and I originally rolled characters together on Shattered Hand. He rolled a Human Warrior named Joke, so I decided to roll a Gnome Rogue and name him Punchline. It stuck ever since.
Post by
Fumar
Off of No Smoking sign.
My main handle is Dirtyboy and was just mashing things together trying to come up with something new at the time (Tribes).
Post by
Skyfire
Skyfire was a name I made up. Really. I didn't steal it from the band or anywhere else. xD Also the name of my main.
Post by
nickseng
Site name is my real name. Daring, I know :)
My main is a female human mage named Willowrosen ... which should be obvious to anyone who ever watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Not the most original, I know, but all the good names like asdfsdaflj were taken. :D
I also have an Female Night Elf Rogue alt named Faithlehane.
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36213
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Post by
Ikari
Lets see. I steal most of my names honestly. Ikari came from Evangelion anime, but only after I learned of its translation did I start using it as a nickname. I also use Ikky since my friends somehow distorted Ikari to Ikky. If I can't get the name Ikari for websites I use Ikaridono usually.
Ikari works better for a WoW Warrior than you would imagine. Ikari is Japanese for anger basicly, and WoW warriors work off a Rage system. I can also lie and say my name is from an old Nintendo game called...Ikari Warriors. :)
My Paladin's name of Reia I just made up.
My Hunter's name of Vaughn I took from the anime Escaflowne. They strangely always spell his name Van or Vann. Maybe its Vaan. I don't remember, but its pronounced Vaughn so I just took spelt out the pronunciation of it.
I use to use the name Cesario which I also took from an anime. Is this surprising anyone really? A secondary character from Kiddy Grade is the namesake. However Blizzard doesn't allow me to actually use Cesario, so I use Ces. Cesa and Cesaria for female characters.
Post by
Godwynn
Wowhead name is just a name, that looks cooler spelled like this. I go through a lot of cool names for alts, mostly from fantasy books, of which I read a lot, or stuff that pops into my head that sounds cool.
Post by
Wildhorn
Wildhorn: at begining i wanted Wildthorn (like the mail armor) but it was alrdy taken.
Traku: Track You (my hunter)
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