Thread: How did you choose your screen name?

I think i got mine from something i wrote once...some song...it just sounds cool and mysterious i hope.

something i heard in a dream . .

Orb - Sis - Lee

I happened to have been named by a Dream Character. It's the first dream listed in my Dream Journal. Anyways, I woke up in a bodybag and struggled to get out. When I did, four other people were shocked to find out I was alive. One of them said, "Valvo are you O.K.?". The others were worried too. Then through a paned window two slim figures who looked like the grey aliens from the movies where knocking at the door. That's when I found out we were really aliens in disguise as humans. Anyways, it was a crazy dream and I decided to use the name as my screen name. The funny thing is, it was the first time I heard of the name and I later found out later that it was an actual name, of Italian origin. It means, "one who stutters". I don't stutter, but it's interesting none the less.

A art program called Auto Art Illustrator has a built in function of random word generator. I typed in some keys and " phoenelai" came out. I loved it, even though it really doesnt mean anything. I also produced under this moniker!

I dunno, I just thought it up when I was watching Shaun of the Dead. Then I used it while playing F.E.A.R. online, and people liked it, actually commented on it, so... There you go.

FreshBrains, I'd been wanting to ask you how you chose that name for the longest time.
Just never got around to it.
Now that mystery is solved, I can go back to contemplating the meaning of life.

My real name is Gavin, which I didn’t think was very special or nice until just about a year ago. My name comes from the Knight of the Round Table, Gawain, who is Arthur’s nephew and a key player in a lot of text. His name comes from Gwalchmei, or ‘Hawk of May’. After having done some research, this almost directly links to the Eagle/hawk in the tree of Yggdrasil, in Norse mythology. Having most of my father’s side be English, and most of my mother’s being Scandinavian, the name Gawain comes from English, mispronounced by the Norse, so the byproduct is Gavin... but I thought it would be conceited to put my own name up there just because I like it that much, and I personally haven't been recognized nearly as much as how cool Gawain is. So... ramblage terminated.


nerdiness +3 for knowing that

Edit: I leveled up yesterday. My very own character sheet is on my profile.

Originally posted by Gawain
nerdiness +3 for knowing that

sweet! i'm just about to level up!

Luci (well actually Lucia, but I like Luci more) is my second name and it's almost lucid, so I liked that connection

Draco is a Latin name for Dragon. I've had the name since elementry. (which means a long time...) Now i get harry potter comments. Darn potter...

When Bob Vila dies, his body will be salvaged. Broken limbs will be replaced by machines. Useless organs will be replaced by gears. Bones will be replaced by bars. Sightless eyes replaced by fuses. He will rise and He will dominate. BobvilaX2000.

Damn, I came up with that in probably seventh grade. I was, what, thirteen? I'm twenty two going on twenty three now? I've been using that sn exclusively for almost ten years. If you ever see that sn on the internet, 99% chance it's me. I don't even think about it now. Whenever there is a space to choose a sn, there is no second thought about it, I instinctively type 'bobvilax2000'.

The 'X' came about because on AIM both 'bobvila' and 'bobvila2000' was taken. I was thirteen and thought the 'X' was cool and all super neato machine like.

- -Barrett

Originally posted by bobvilax2000
When Bob Vila dies, his body will be salvaged. Broken limbs will be replaced by machines. Useless organs will be replaced by gears. Bones will be replaced by bars. Sightless eyes replaced by fuses. He will rise and He will dominate. BobvilaX2000.

Damn, I came up with that in probably seventh grade. I was, what, thirteen? I'm twenty two going on twenty three now? I've been using that sn exclusively for almost ten years. If you ever see that sn on the internet, 99% chance it's me. I don't even think about it now. Whenever there is a space to choose a sn, there is no second thought about it, I instinctively type 'bobvilax2000'.

The 'X' came about because on AIM both 'bobvila' and 'bobvila2000' was taken. I was thirteen and thought the 'X' was cool and all super neato machine like. *

- -Barrett

LOL

Tom = me,
Peace = Fun.
Tom = likes fun
Tom = Tom_Peace

The Blue Meanies are characters from the Beatles animated film, "Yellow Submarine". It's pretty trippy, you should check it out. I love the beatles, I love the film, and, the Chief Blue Meanie is SO damn cool. so... yeah. The Blue Meanie.

Here's the only really decent picture of him on the net:

Originally posted by Amethyst Star


That is a brilliant book. I've been meaning to read the others of that series, which I've heard are just as good.

The others are pretty hot too. I still have one to go in the series.. Ender's Game is the best.. but the others are good.

I've been kind of obsessing about the nature of reality and illusion (in waking life!) the past few months. Incidentally, my name (Maya) means "illusion" in Hindi, in the sense of our normal "real" world is an illusion of the senses. (That's not where my name came from though, my dad named me after a Filipino bird by the same name. It just seems to fit.)

Lucid dreaming blurs the line between real and illusion even more. What makes something real anyway?

My dreams are Real Illusions. Most likely, so am I.

I invented this moniker when I was in middle school and I thought it sounded pretty hot then so I've been using it for most things ever since. After subvocalizing the name thousands of times in your head it loses a little bit of its shine, but it still works well enough for me.

I chose perkydreamer because someone who is perky is alert, awake, aware.

Just thought it went with the theme of the forum and describes myself as well.

I like Penguins, and I like the number 13 because people think it's unlucky, so I choose PenguinLord13.

Well you know...Courtney is kinda like...
My name.

Only I'm debating changing my screen name to my actual name: Courtney Mae

But that sounds hick-ish...

Hmmm i don't THINK i replied to this topic.

Mine basically refers to my spiritual "state" i guess. A while ago i tore down any belief system i had to start from scrath, so i have very little beliefs, thus no real base for my thoughts (ala lost). It's a great feeling though, so that's the reason for the "Ardent" on the front. I wouldn't be surprised if people misinterpret it as meaning i have lost the feeling of ardent or something, which would give the name a negative connotation, but that doesn't bother me too much. It was either this or "Lost and Ardent", which sounds kinda silly. It's rare that i come up with a screen name for any message board i visit that i end up really liking.

I needed a screenname, I saw "tweek" standing somewhere on a website.
I changed it to TweaK. End of story. 8)

I chose my name roughly 3 years ago as the name of a character in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. I wanted something unique and medieval sounding. It has no real meaning now, except being the name of the character that began the timesink that is FFXI. I spent over 4800 hours on that game... No more MMORPG for me!

Spirit comes from my religion in Wicca, from the 5 elements, earth, air, fire, water and spirit. Out of the five, spirit is the most powerful and the most dedicated to the earth.
I am dedicated to my religion, friends, family and ambitions, so I chose to call myself spirit.


Spirit x x x