Name BG?

[HotelMinion]

So I see some very unique names chosen here and I'm wondering how did you all choose your names? And what did you almost choose? For me, it was between CustomersReallyReallySuck and HotelDrone. I also wanted CustomersMakemeWannaPukeMyGutsOut but felt it was too long So I chose HotelMinion. For me, whenever I thought of the word minion I thought of an imp or sort small demon creature, and since my nickname for my hotel company is Hellton I thought it fit well THen Pixar or whoever came out with that movie and now all I can think about is those yellow weird things that look like Twinkies. >_> So how did you choose your screenname if I may ask??

[iradney]

iradney - originally chose it when I was 16 as an IRC nick. I cannot remember how or why I came up with it, and I thought I was _so_ original until a couple of years ago, I googled it. And found out some real life people named their real life kid that a long time ago

[Teefies2]

I chose mine way back when .... when the Internet and personal computers became a thing.
We bought our first PC for $3000 (what????). My husband at the time was much more into the whole computer thing than me.

But he got me started chatting on AOL. He had chosen the name "Teefies" for his AOL name, because at the time, our daughter was getting her first teeth. So, of course, being the follower that I was back then, I chose "Teefies2". That was 23 years ago and the name has stuck. The husband is long gone (good riddance!) but I still have that AOL account and there are so many people in the world that only know me as Teefies2 (including you bunch of CSers) ;-)

[greek_jester]

Mine was easy. Greek for my maternal grandmother who'd just passed away. Jester came about as I was still going to conventions a lot back then, and my thing was my 18 inch tall, luminous foam hat; I'm 4' 10.5" tall and people tended to step on me in crowds as they didn't see me until I bought the hat. It was a useful hat, and I got quite depressed when it finally died.

[drunkenwildmage]

Mine came from a AD&D 2nd edition character that I created I used to run. I started using it as a username when I began to having issues with my original Internet username being already taken at alot of places.

Basic back ground of the Character was an Elf Orphan, that was taken in and raised by a Brewmaster of a dwarven noble. After he 'came of age' the brewmaster kicked him out because he was tired of the elf 'sampling' the brewmaster wares. The Elf stumbled across a Wild Mage, who decided for fun to train the elf. Only Elf I've seen that can go into a bar and drink dwarven warriors under the table

[Jay 2K Winger]

I've used the name "Jay 2K Winger" almost everywhere online since 1999.

It has its origins in the days of dial-up AOL. I was still a big Star Trek fan at the time (now I'm pretty lapsed) and young teenage me found this sim group, wherein you could roleplay as a crew member on a ship in their Federation. So I joined as Ensign Winger (EnsWinger). I never did settle on a first name for my ensign, 'cuz I couldn't decide.

A couple months down the line, character got promoted (LtjgWinger), and then later on got promoted again to full lieutenant, but "LtWinger" was already taken as a screenname. So I used "LtJWinger" and figured J would work as a first initial and I could pick a name later. And then I just decided "fuck it, Jay is his first name." And thus Lt. Winger became Lt. Jay Winger.

I was still using the name Jay Winger on other boards during this time. And in 1999, while people were fretting and panicking over the Y2K thing, I started signing my message board posts and emails as "Jay "2K" Winger." I continued with the Trek sim group for a while but eventually dropped out. So I needed to change my screenname again.

Thus I more or less permanently settled on Jay 2K Winger.

[Blue Ginger]

I'm only Blue Ginger on here and Fratching. Not part of any other forums or anything.

I have strawberry blonde hair and am from Oz. Blue is a fairly common nickname for people with red hair, so I just play along.

[Crossbow]

Crossbow has been my online and convention handle for years. I'm a crossbow shooter and enthusiast.

[Seanette]

I'm boring. I just use my real first name.

[April]

I'm boring. I just use my real first name.

Me too....

[mjr]

Initials. But only used on here and Fratching. Other forums I use other user names.

[Mikkel]

Me too....

So do I, it's not unusual in Denmark, so no problems with getting identified, but is not likely to be taken in English speaking forums.

[AnaKhouri]

Ana Khouri was my favorite character from Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space books. Unfortunately her character development suffered badly in the last book (along with everything else) but she was so badass for the first two, I kept the name.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Back in 2003 I participated in an online chat at work with the Big Boss. I needed an alias to use for the chat. I am very interested in US Civil War naval actions, which saw the introduction of ironclad warships. I had several pictures of them in my office. But I needed an alibi to use in the chat. So I came up with Ironclad Alibi. The chat in question was reported in the local paper. I asked the question about the Old Fashioned.

The Washington Post
The Reliable Source
By Lloyd Grove
Friday, June 13, 2003; Page C03

Rogan's Trademark Humor Wearing Thin

• Undersecretary of Commerce James Rogan, head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is giving some of the bureaucrats fits with his antic sense of humor on his regular Director's Online Chat.

"Many of us are concerned about him making jokes about everything," an aggrieved trademark employee e-mailed us yesterday. "We consider this an avenue to obtain serious information relevant to our jobs, and feel his remarks are inappropriate."

The former bartender and House Republican impeachment manager -- who in April went to lunch with a patent examiner wearing a pig suit -- began his June 5 chat: "Be forewarned, all ye who are faint of heart, overly sensitive or politically hyper-correct: you are entering The Rogan Zone. Flee now while there is still time."

Those who stuck around were rewarded with this exchange:

Question: "How do you handle the stress of being in the public eye and leader of such a highly visible organization?"

Rogan: "It's easy. I'm a raving alcoholic." He added: "I didn't write that last answer. It's this damned software."

Question: "What is your favorite recipe for an Old Fashioned?"

Rogan: "My favorite recipe was to throw some cheap bourbon in a glass, toss in a couple of lemon rinds, and tell the puking drunk in front of me that's the way we make 'em here."

Yesterday Rogan told us: "My staff wants me to discontinue these chats, but I won't because they have a cult following. That's the only reason I go through the pain and suffering of having them picked apart by The Washington Post."

Unfortunately, that was his last chat.

[Ghel]

Ghel is a name I made up when I was a child (pre-teen, maybe?). I wanted it to be similar to Jem (from Jem and the Holograms), but different. I used it as a name for characters in many games, including my first D&D character, a surface-dwelling drow sorceress who preferred fire-based spells. Her last appearance in a campaign ended when one of the other characters threw a pit trap (looked like a portable hole) on the ground and Ghel fell in, along with her bag of holding. Boom, Ghel gets sucked into another dimension and probably killed. I would love to bring her back some time. She was awesome.