User names - where does your name come from?

PowderedH2O · March 12, 2010 4:15PM

I've been curious for awhile as to how some people chose the names that they have. Some are obvious as famous characters (Walter Sobchak for instance) or from fandom (FavreFan1971 for instance), but others are just a mystery. How did you choose yours?

For me, I started playing an online game about 12 years ago and needed a nickname. I had just finished watching a Steven Wright comedy special and one of the jokes was "I just invented powdered water. I just haven't figured out what to mix it with yet." I thought it was funny, so I used it. The game had enough spaces for 12 letters, so PowderedH2O it was, and still is in a million other places. Any others?

CNote · March 12, 2010 4:36PM

In my teen years I worked at a movie theater and everyone called me Cnote...so there!

bziddy · March 12, 2010 4:42PM

<< <i>I've been curious for awhile as to how some people chose the names that they have. Some are obvious as famous characters (Walter Sobchak for instance) or from fandom (FavreFan1971 for instance), but others are just a mystery. How did you choose yours?

For me, I started playing an online game about 12 years ago and needed a nickname. I had just finished watching a Steven Wright comedy special and one of the jokes was "I just invented powdered water. I just haven't figured out what to mix it with yet." I thought it was funny, so I used it. The game had enough spaces for 12 letters, so PowderedH2O it was, and still is in a million other places. Any others? >>

Kinda the same thing...

Mine is actually is derived from an old name I used in an online game. From that name, people started calling me B.Z. Right around that time, Puff Daddy changed his stage name to P. Diddy to make it easier (or better) for his fans. So, in tribute, I changed my online name to B. Ziddy, to make it easier/better for *my* fans.

divecchia · March 12, 2010 5:03PM

Mine is not very creative, it's my last name.

Donato

mcolney1 · March 12, 2010 5:05PM

Combination of my wife's last name and mine. The 1 comes from messing up the first time I joined the board. Somewhere there's a mcolney with a long forgotten password. Tony

SidePocket · March 12, 2010 5:11PM

8 ball in the side pocket for the Sacramento beer bar championship. Dude gave it to me for the win.

vladguerrero · March 12, 2010 8:12PM

Vladdy's my daddy.

nearmint · March 12, 2010 9:15PM

In 1999, when I was registering for eBay, it asked me for a user name. I thought about it for about five seconds and entered the first hobby-related term that came to mind. Like some childhood nickname, it stuck.

72skywalker · March 12, 2010 9:18PM

Combo from the Dark Lord of the Sith and my birth year. The picture mixes my 2 favorites; Yankees and Star Wars perfectly thanks to the quote calling the Yankees the "Evil Empire."

Sabrgeek · March 12, 2010 9:27PM

When I signed on to AOL back in the day, I needed a name:

SABR is Society of American Baseball Research

Geek, well you can figure that out

Regards
Rich

WinPitcher · March 12, 2010 9:32PM

Sounded better than losing pitcher.

Steve

Garabaldi · March 12, 2010 9:33PM

Mine is a nickname from a college roommate, my last name is close to it.

nam812 · March 12, 2010 9:58PM

Cool idea for a thread.

PowderedH2O · March 12, 2010 10:03PM

Thanks for that link. Obviously before I got here.

fiveniner · March 12, 2010 10:39PM

I have an uncurable obsession with the #59 since I started collecting cards in 1959.

JimmyAvenshola · March 12, 2010 10:40PM

Whoever posts under anything other than their real name needs to be ripped!

jdip9 · March 12, 2010 10:58PM

first initial, first syllable of last name (real original, huh?), favorite number (which like fiveniner, I am completely obsessed with).

Piman58 · March 12, 2010 11:05PM

Math teacher born in 1958.

Remember Pi day is tomorrow!

SoonerCowboy · March 12, 2010 11:23PM

Sooners - The term Sooners was used to describe settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands, located in the current state of Oklahoma, before President Grover Cleveland officially proclaimed them open to settlement with the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 on March 2, 1889. The name derived from the "sooner clause" of the Indian Appropriation Act, which stated that no one should be allowed to enter and occupy the land prior to the opening time and that such people would be denied rights to illegally claimed land. Sooners were often deputy marshals, land surveyors, railroad employees, and others who were able to legally enter the territory early. Some sooners crossed into the territory illegally at night and were originally called "moonshiners" because they entered "by the light of the moon." These sooners would hide in ditches at night and suddenly appear to stake their claim after the land run started, hours ahead of legal settlers.

Cowboy - A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend.

Well you asked.

But another answer could have been Oklahoma Sooners Dallas Cowboys

Barfvader · March 12, 2010 11:28PM

alnavman · March 12, 2010 11:35PM

nothing out of ordinary for me, my name is al, my last name begins with nav and I'm a man...thus you get alnavman....weird but no one else uses it..... al.

alnavman · March 12, 2010 11:36PM

also forgot to add I was born in 1952 and that's why I used the quarter....

Indy78 · March 12, 2010 11:39PM

I opened my first pack of BB cards in Indiana in 1978.

itzagoner · March 12, 2010 11:49PM

ok, here's the real story, please ignore what i wrote two years ago.

when i was trying to decide on a clever name for my eBay seller account, i settled on "touch-em-all" or some such variation because i had grown up listening to L.A. sports radio and that was Dick Enberg's classic call for a homer.....i had also considered "she-is-gone" by Scully, but........then i discovered that Garth Brooks was already plastering the world with the Enberg slogan thanks to his foundation, so i decided on the classic call of a homer from ESPN Radio's Dan Shulman.

frankhardy · March 12, 2010 11:53PM

My name is Shane Hardie (with an "ie" at the end). I have a younger brother named Phil. We were a pretty good tandem on the basketball court. People called us "The Hardie Boys". Growing up, I used to read "The Hardy Boys" books. The oldest Hardy Boy was named Frank Hardy. I just sort of put those two things together and came up with "frankhardy".

Brick · March 13, 2010 12:53AM

My basketball skills.

JVette · March 13, 2010 1:00AM

My name is Jack. I owned a Corvette at the time I registered. No surprise.

captainthreeputt · March 13, 2010 1:02AM

My obvious inability to putt. I even put a putting green in my backyard, and I still cannot putt! Now it is a big litter box for my dog. I wish I would have saved the money and bought more CARDS!

Brian

ColtsFanInBaltimore · March 13, 2010 1:09AM

Name says it all, Grew up a fan of the Blue & White. Don't care for the purple & black

otwcards · March 13, 2010 1:10AM

As most can imagine, I'm a little off the wall. When I first started setting up at shows in the early 1980's, I was pretty retentive about centering and condition. A few of the dealers used to say I was off the wall about how closely I scrutinized what I bought and what I asked for "premium" condition cards (I recall one dealer giving me all sorts of grief when I was asking $7.50 for a dead centered and razor sharp Steve Carlton RC). Anyway, off the wall seemed to fit and I liked the sports connotations with regard to baseball, so I went with the name, "Off The Wall" Cards and used it for my AOL account when they had the shorter names so I had to contract it to: OTWCards. I ended up using it for just about everything from all of the email providers to the business to a website.

10001110101 · March 13, 2010 1:16AM

favorite song from favorite band.....

Elemenopeo · March 13, 2010 1:22AM

When I signed up here, I was reading this children's book to my daughter quite a bit, and if memory serves, the first line in the story is "My name is Elemenopeo..." Probably just had that on the brain at the time.

nightcrawler · March 13, 2010 1:38AM

I'm a worm.

Smuggo · March 13, 2010 1:38AM

Mine is a nickname given to me by a member of my regular golf foursome.

SportsCardCollector · March 13, 2010 1:43AM

Well, when I signed up for these boards I decided I wanted a name that would tell everyone my whole story all by itself. I wanted people to know me and what I'm all about. So I put all my clever thinking skills together and came up with my username.

It is who I am.

jdip9 · March 13, 2010 2:06AM

Remember Pi day is tomorrow!

You know what day is also tommorow, and is guaranteed to be a lot more fun than math?.....Google "March 14 steak"....

RipublicaninMass · March 13, 2010 2:19AM

Years of oppression

obusek99 · March 13, 2010 3:16AM

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mexpo75 · March 13, 2010 3:21AM

Mexpo75 -- Mike (my first name) Expo (favorite baseball team) 75 year grad from college

kwtoz · March 13, 2010 3:31AM

I always used "kwthomas" on everything. When I set up my then "Southwest Bell" (now AT&T) account that name was already in use.

I selected my initials, KWT, and OZ, as I'm a big "Wizard of Oz" fan, and an active member of "The International Wizard of Oz Club".

I'm a research meteorologist who runs a realtime forecasts system at the University of Oklahoma.

pdub1819 · March 13, 2010 3:45AM

My name is Paul Wise
P = Paul - Dub = "W" - 18 and 19 were my football numbers in high school and college.

grote15 · March 13, 2010 3:55AM

I played catcher for the Mets 1966-1977 and figured this would be a great way to drum up some TTM fees...

HoofHearted · March 13, 2010 4:01AM

HoofHearted??

I needed a name for a Fantasy Football team and used it for several years. It seems like I saw the word someplace but I don't remember the context.

I lived in Colorado and followed the Broncos and have always loved western movies, so it seemed to fit!

54topps · March 13, 2010 4:35AM

My Favorite year of hockey cards

ripkenintheminors · March 13, 2010 4:52AM

I created an account here not long after building my site. I try to incorporate the site name on the various forums I frequent. Visibility for the site is a good thing.

matthewbschultz83 · March 13, 2010 4:53AM

I think mine is pretty self explanatory...

The number 83 is my birth year.

bigwilli · March 13, 2010 4:54AM

I really dont wanna have to explain

ripkenintheminors · March 13, 2010 5:05AM

<< <i>

HoofHearted??

I needed a name for a Fantasy Football team and used it for several years. It seems like I saw the word someplace but I don't remember the context.

I lived in Colorado and followed the Broncos and have always loved western movies, so it seemed to fit! >>

Do a Youtube search. It was the name of a racing horse once upon a time.

firedawg45 · March 13, 2010 5:12AM

im a fireman and my softball # is 45...

ymarea · March 13, 2010 5:20AM

Mine's a secret.

onefasttalon · March 13, 2010 5:34AM

Bought "stock" w/ 9 miles on it back in mid '96....

User names - where does your name come from?

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