Origin of Names

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 1, 2017 12:49PM

I've always found there were fascinating stories behind how some of us gamers developed our names. Please share them here!

Mine isn't all that fascinating but back when Half Life used to be the big show gaming community, I joined up with a mod called Day of Defeat. Similar to Counter Strike, except for being placed in WW2 era (characters/maps/gear), the object was territory capture. Back then I had the alias "Slaughter" which I was aptly named for being very hard to kill and having the ability to wipe out a team on my own (Much Like Count Dooku in SWGoH). They allowed a player to spray their custom logo throughout the maps back then. Normally, I would mark spots that someone got knifed (which was my specialty!).

During this time, 2 things guided me toward the name WhoVille Sheriff. One was that even though I was in college, I was obsessed with the Dr. Seuss cartoon shortfilm "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The other was the fact that nowhere throughout any of the lore, was there a Sheriff in that story! Thus I became the Sheriff of WhoVille, which allowed me to create a custom spray logo of the Grinch with a sheriff's badge. This also allowed me to pretend to have authority, until I was named admin and moderator of a forum community shortly thereafter.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 1, 2017 4:29PM

Ignore this.

DatBoi · August 1, 2017 5:02PM

I didnt want to use my name or anything that directly described me

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 1, 2017 5:33PM

Well you are most likely a boy, right? So you did take part of what you are.

What about some of the devs and forum mods?
@CG_Kozispoon
@CG_CapGaSP
@CG_LucifersDaddy (Who is clearly not Lucifer's daddy)
@Vampire_X

DatBoi · August 1, 2017 6:13PM

WhoVille_Sheriff wrote: »

Well you are most likely a boy, right? So you did take part of what you are.

What about some of the devs and forum mods?
@CG_Kozispoon
@CG_CapGaSP
@CG_LucifersDaddy (Who is clearly not Lucifer's daddy)
@Vampire_X

Lol, you don't know what my gender is. Just like lucifersdaddy, its just a name

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 1, 2017 6:14PM

50% chance of guessing.

Kozispoon · August 1, 2017 6:39PM

It's a tale as old as 'Don't use your real name on the internet' time. Literally merged two of my favorite things back in highschool: The name of a Gothy Japanese hairband guitarist and my fondness for cutlery.

Widget_gadget · August 1, 2017 7:21PM

I have another name i go by in nearly every other forum, game ID, email, and its even attached to my business in some small way. I cant disclose that, as everyone would instantly be able to identify me in my real life, but it translates roughly to "the death of spirit."
its a portmanteau of sorts similar to what kozi has done. Widget_gadget was literally the first two words that came to mind that may not already be in use. Although i may have been known to others here under other "official" names. My roots run much deeper here than a mere gadget.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 1, 2017 10:57PM

Widget_gadget wrote: »

I have another name i go by in nearly every other forum, game ID, email, and its even attached to my business in some small way. I cant disclose that, as everyone would instantly be able to identify me in my real life, but it translates roughly to "the death of spirit."
its a portmanteau of sorts similar to what kozi has done. Widget_gadget was literally the first two words that came to mind that may not already be in use. Although i may have been known to others here under other "official" names. My roots run much deeper here than a mere gadget.

I think your middle name is actually Widget.

CG_Kozispoon wrote: »

It's a tale as old as 'Don't use your real name on the internet' time. Literally merged two of my favorite things back in highschool: The name of a Gothy Japanese hairband guitarist and my fondness for cutlery.

@CG_Kozispoon
I think you find coziness in spooning. Which makes a good point. Whether is it ice cream or not is up to the user.

Sthenos · August 1, 2017 11:09PM

I always heard Sthenos instead of Xenos which was the ship's name in the Ninja Robots show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Senshi_Tobikage

Thus, I use that as my display name

Gebuttersnaps · August 1, 2017 11:23PM

Mine is pretty strait forward. I just used one of the nicknames given to a character in one of my most favorite TV shows.

Kyno · August 2, 2017 12:40AM

I have used this name since i was 12 or so.

I first used it as a tag.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 2, 2017 1:36AM

Sthenos wrote: »

I always heard Sthenos instead of Xenos which was the ship's name in the Ninja Robots show

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Senshi_Tobikage

Thus, I use that as my display name

Not familiar with that show.

J7Luke · August 2, 2017 2:14AM

Mine is not that interesting either. But it is long, lol. Anyways, I have known many good Jonathans (and no bad ones), so I have always liked the name. Plus, I like the account of Jonathan in the Bible. When I got my first pet (a super awesome yellow canary), I named it Jonathan, and I called him Little John for short. Notice the initials are LJ.

After a while, I kind of adopted the initials LJ as mine for when I didn't want to use my actual initials. It even became a sort of nickname for me.

When I started getting connected online, I quickly realized I didn't want everything I did tied to my official email, name, etc., so I set about creating an alias. I knew pretty quickly that Jonathan would be a good first name, but I couldn't decide on a last name. I thought, you know what would be cool? If my initials were LJ backward. So I had to pick a last name that started with L. So why not Luke after Luke Skywalker? Viola, my alias is Jonathan Luke.

7 has always been my favorite number for several reasons, so it wasn't hard to pick J7Luke as my tag. And I have stuck with that tag (and occasionally Jonathan7Luke if J7Luke is taken) for pretty much every game I play and forum I visit. After the fact, the abbreviations of J7 and J7L both really appealed to me, which just made me like the tag even more.

So there you have it folks!

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 2, 2017 11:28AM

Ignore this one too.

Hskull55 · August 2, 2017 12:10PM

My name is Héctor... I like skulls... I like the number 5...2 fives look better than only 1...
Hskull55

Molelizaisajoke · August 2, 2017 3:45PM

I was a kid and played Runescape watched the Charmed tv show and like the name of the demon that Cole was. Mispelt it and now i have Belfazar.

My alt i created it when everyone was called Mol Eliza before you could change your name. Long story short its a joke.

Widget_gadget · August 2, 2017 3:49PM

This is the third discussion you have made with the same title. While i like the topic, i think once was enough.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 2, 2017 4:12PM

@Widget_gaget I'm not even sure how I could do that by hitting the post button 1 time? Maybe my network hiccuped?

Widget_gadget · August 2, 2017 4:26PM

Maybe, but two yesterday one one today isnt a network hiccup. Oh well. Post away.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 2, 2017 4:44PM

Merged and fixed, thanks @Vampire_X!

AnakedJaywalker · August 2, 2017 5:07PM

Thought it was funny.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 2, 2017 6:22PM

@AnakedJaywalker can we assume your name origin is self explanatory?

AnakedJaywalker · August 2, 2017 6:23PM

Yeah it's a bad habit I have when I'm drunk.

Asakura_Shoji · August 2, 2017 9:31PM

I've had many gamer tags since I first started gaming online in 1990, but I've stuck with "Asakura Shoji" for the last dozen years or so.

This current name actually came out of a coworker's error. When she was entering new customer information into our system and flagging them for me to look at, she did something weird and accidentally renamed my first name to one of the customer's names. Suddenly all my stuff was marked for "Shoji." It was pretty funny, but we fixed it quickly enough and I didn't think about it until a few weeks later when I playing an MMO and rolled a new character that was an Asian male. Clearly, he had to be "Shoji." I pulled the surname "Asakura" out of my head (that's probably from playing too much Nobunaga's Ambition). That MMO character quickly became my main, and people have called me "Shoji" ever since.

Side note: I am neither male nor Japanese, which has definitely confused some people.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 3, 2017 8:50PM

@Asakura_Shoji I don't even think my family had dial-up yet in 1990. Good to know your not an anime character.

Ambassador · August 3, 2017 8:55PM

I've been using the same name on several forums and websites on and off since fifteen years. At the time, I strongly considered a diplomatic career. I finally opted for another branch of business, but kept the name.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 4, 2017 2:20AM

@Ambassador interesting. I can't imagine not wanting to pursue a career in politics

ChewieShards10___ · August 4, 2017 2:39AM

Chewie shards is a running joke in this game. They're given out when the devs make an apology to players. Plus, some funny memes. Ergo, ChewieShards_10. The 10 has no significance.

WhoVille_Sheriff · August 4, 2017 6:21PM

@ChewieShards10___ That must have been before I started in Dec '16. I wouldn't have had to work so hard to get him to 7*.

Widget_gadget · August 4, 2017 6:58PM

If i remember correctly it was something like 10 shards twice, with a promise for a 3rd round of 10 that was never delivered.

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