The Seven Varieties of Username

[Locutus]

Re: The Seven Varieties of Username

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
2. Other people's names
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"they hav a really cool name lol"

Yup, sounds like me alright. Well, except that I spell better

I choose the name long before ST: First Contact and I do wish they had never made that movie... Not that it was a bad movie, but it made this name waaayyy to fashionable (now out of fashion )

Or they last ages, as the poster in question becomes the character.

Or the other way around

[Dis]

you forgot song names.

my screen name was a song name (I shortened it from the original though), and one of my DL's. here was a Rage Against the Machine screen name.

Ass Clown would be category 7 though.

And Barfasm was just something I made up. Partly because of the movie Spaceballs, I just added the last part.

I also had a screen name called: Puaxant Tuvip. Place that one!! -easy if you know the translation which I have put in the screen name thread.

[Skanky Burns]

UR

[Immortal Wombat]

Skanky, I'm impressed actually, you seem to be able to at least get a look in on categories 1,2,3 and 6. Your own skankiness, and Mr Burns surname combining to form an A/N private joke. ha.
And you should lose the santa hat on your avatar.

[C0ckney]

hmmm where would i fit in?

[red_jon]

What about me? red_jon is my name in a way, but not.

[Immortal Wombat]

If you are indeed a cockney, then under the descriptions sub-section of category 1. Otherwise 5 or 8

red_jon I would take as category 1, perhaps with a smattering of 4.

[C0ckney]

yeah i am a 'proper' cockney. guess that clears that up

[Immortal Wombat]

Sorry, but I don't wish this thread to die under AH's prostate.

[Provost Harrison]

So Benjamin, which category do I fit under then?

There needs to be a 'geeky computer game/tyrant title + surname' category, ie Provost Harrison, Datajack Franit, Genghis Vick...

[Immortal Wombat]

Borderline 1 or 2. Provost is in essence a description, truthful or otherwise, (1) or the name of some SMAC character so I'm told (2). And Harrison is your name (1).

[lightblue]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
Depends on their reasoning. There's no such thing as no reason. There will be a reason, and it will place their name in (probably) either category 4 or 5.

Although I get the point you are making. There is a category missing, which can broadly be defined as "Things". The entry for "Things" should go as follows:

Things.
See: A/N. Omit either the A or the N.
e.g. Kassiopeia, lightblue, Trip

Lightblue is actually an injoke that has slightly backfired now. If you represent Cambridge uni at sports, you get awarded colors, which are lightblue (green really...). I represented Camridge in basketball for a few years, got awarded a blue, and as such thoguht it might be a decent identifier.

Problem now is that i am at the "other" university in Cambridge... should change my name to Black'nGold or something.

[lightblue]

Originally posted by tinyp3nis
Place me

The l33t one, just by virtue of using a number in your name, thoguh I agree it isn't a typical one

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by lightblue
Problem now is that i am at the "other" university in Cambridge... should change my name to Black'nGold or something.

I wouldn't recommend that name - it makes you sound like a cheap supermarket brand.

[Immortal Wombat]

Anglia?