The "Explain Your Username" Thread

[Starchild]

I'd just finished reading the 2001, 2010, and 3001 books by Clarke when it came time to choose a username. I've got a think for nigh-omnipotent cosmic powers so the starchild was an obvious choice.

And I think part of me liked the irony that the next evolutionary leap in mankind would be in the form of a gay teen unlikely to have kids.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Kidicious

Oh, and my username means nothing at all. I just thought is sounded cool, but now everyone calls me Kid and I'm 38.

[Nostromo]

No, I didn't take mine from "Alien". I was reading Conrad's novel at the time.

[Zkribbler]

Mine's a derivation of "Scribble," the main character and narrator in Jeff Noon's very weird science fiction novel Vurt, which I'd just finished before stumbling into Apolyton.

[b etor]

i just used my ogame and eventis username.

[Mercator]

I named myself after Gerardus Mercator, the famous Flemish cartographer. I'm Flemish, like cartography, made/make Civ2 maps and needed a username.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by BlackCat
Born in Jutland, I'm a bit curious - what do you mean ?

Jutland is an Avalon Hill game based on the famous naval battle. However, it's played over an area so big that no board can hold it. So it's played on the floor, with the players using "range finders" to move their ships. Often, even the floor of normal rooms weren't large enough, which is the reference for playing the game in a gymnasium.

[padillah]

Originally posted by Mercator
I named myself after Gerardus Mercator, the famous Flemish cartographer. I'm Flemish, like cartography, made/make Civ2 maps and needed a username.

I don't mean t poke fun... but am I the only one that giggles at the phrase "famous Flemish cartographer"?

Sorry.

Tom P.

[laurentius]

quite possibly

[Grandpa Troll]

I started out way back when as DrDanger ( I starred in basketball in high school mid 1970's, lettered and helped lead my team to some conference championships, during the day of DrJ-Julius Irving). I have allways enjoyed instigating in a friendly way, started doing that here on Apolyton when the Great Apolyton's Horse called me a Troll and for real had never heard that in relation to online postings, loved it because of what a Troll lives like, attacking unsuspecting passerby's, and asked for a name change.

I came to be Grandpa Troll during December 2003 when I asked Ming to add Grandpa because I was celebrating my first Christmas as a granddad and thus have been ever since

I am pretty harmless and have tried to tone it down and as long as my meds stay functioning, I should be ok!!

[Joseph]

My Mother gave me my name. So I used it as my username. On some other sites someone else took my name, so I used joseph1944, the year of my birth.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Joseph
My Mother gave me my name. So I used it as my username. On some other sites someone else took my name, so I used joseph1944, the year of my birth.

Lack of imagination.

JM

[Kidlicious]

Grampa Troll,

That would be a cool Avatar. Did you use it before?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Grampa Troll,

That would be a cool Avatar. Did you use it before?

lol, as stated, I used to love to Bait-N-Hook whilst Trolling, I would use it when i knew I someone, I would kinda say "Please stop, Im on Fire

It is a nice Avatar though

[Cartimandua]

My husband called me Cartimandua, acknowledging the fact that I am the queen of all I survey. The name literally means "Sleek Pony", but we probably shouldn't go into detail about why that applies.