"Screen names?" Topic

OK, this is the right board for this post. There are some very creative screen names on TMP. So, how or why did you choose your particular screen name? Inquiring minds want to know.

In my case it references our(me and SWMBO) company Stone Mountain Miniatures. And yours?

Dave
wargamingminiatures.com

My Arcade name from the early 1980's

A nickname I got when we moved to Texas and the high school kids found out I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. It means Caribbean Chief.

Dan

Part of mine,I got from my Aerodrome 1.1 call-sign,"Wolfman". The "Old "part,took that from a previous screen name I used.

I've got a bit of Lakota Souix ancestry. Zinkala was my grandpa's Lakota name and a medecine man that was close to my family gave it to me to. So I started using it and I'm either Zink or Zinkala on the various forums I post on.

I was 50 years old and was reenacting 1750's Illinois Country and owned a musket for reenacting. Now I feel even rustier.

Were I was in 69-70

Dynaman is the original Power Rangers show, I choose it after seeing the USA Up All Night "translation".

Name given to me in boot camp by a fellow recruit from Alabama as my last name is Mesquita.

I discovered Lovecraftian horror at an early age and have always loved it. Combine this with the fact that I have been working the 3rd/night shift at every job I've ever had for the past 27 years and the name just fit.

As I am a big Star Trek fan mine came from Worf on Next Generation (House of Mogh) and the fact that I worked for a company called MOOG at the time I joined…..hence Son of MOOG.

Extrabio1947: A Roswell alien. Extraterrestrial Biological Entity 1947. I have no idea why I came up with it, but I've used it for 20 years or more.

Aircraft I was an instructor on when In signed on.

It refers to my work.

My actual name…

I'm strictly a historical wargamer, no fantasy or sci-fi for me.

UhOh….Roderick we can't allow actual names so we all know that is a fake name. You can't fool a TMP'er.

I was a Pvt. in the recreated 64th Regiment of Foot for reenacting the AWI. Added the 1 to make the required length for the screen name.

x – ex a has been as in my ex
42 – 42nd (highland) regiment of line (my old regiment}
Brown – my surname

x42

Mo is standard short for Maureen. Too short for a screen name here though.

That was before roller derby. Now, more folks call me Cat, and I use that on other forums I've signed up on since then.

miniMo – OK, you are going to have to explain the roller derby comment

I once aspired to being the top banana in a Burlesque show. Flooglestreet is a reference to one of the great Burlesque comedy routines, 'How to get to Flooglestreet.

My 70's-80's gaming group was into WRG Ancients big time & Spurious Milius was my Camillan Roman commander.

Kustenjaeger (literally coastal hunters) after the name of one of the specialist Brandenburger companies operating in the Aegean in 1943 e.g. at Leros.

It's a reference to the Traveller universe, where I have been playing and running games of all sorts since soon after it was first published.

It's my short form, real, friends and family name. Also who I am at ConsimWorld. I can barely keep up with what I use everywhere else.

Old Call Sign

Family traditional middle name for males

Enlistment name of the Premiere Grenadier of France.

Zulus are my favorite troops, was referred to as "Zuluman" by a shop owner once so I just decided Zulu & added my first name.

Wow, there are a lot of interesting responses here. Great idea for a thread.

I've been using mine for more than 20 years. Back in college, when the internet was just becoming really accessible, I was into the soft drink Josta (R.I.P.) and the rock band Starflyer 59. They don't really apply anymore.

Whenever it's time to decide on a username, I usually use this so I don't have to remember something new. Just lazy, really.

Computer game from SSI I played a lot. And when I began developing "Tigers and Stalins" my friends started calling me this. It has stuck.

It's ancient Sanskrit for "He who cannot think of a better fake claim behind his screen name."

@StoneMtnMinis, I strapped on a pair of roller skates for the first time in my life a month before I turned 49. Skated in my first derby bout a month before I turned 50. Skated for 3 seasons until back strain from remodelling work on our house did me in.

Cat O'Mighty #1959. In this photo, I'm wearing the black WMD (Western Mass Destruction) jersey and the pink helmet with the cat ears; taking down the Ironbound Maidens' jammer. It was Garden State's home match, so they got to wear their greens. WMD had to wear our away team black since we couldn't use our usual olive drab. (The referees call penalties by team colour & player number.)

Everyone I've met during and after derby calls me Cat, pre-derby friends tend to go with Maureen or Mo.

-Cat =^,^=

From my initials RAF

From Larry Storch´s character in The Great Race, one of my all time favorite films.

Mine is in reference to my unique and deadly marital arts style, taught to me by an ancient master in a ridiculously remote Buddhist monastery.

I borrowed the name of one of the historical characters invented to put some fun in tests. It seemed well received.

A name made for my miniatures painting business. It combines my initials with the word minis

It was a christening gift from my parents.

Everything old is new again.
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My reason hasn't changed.

I'll leave to others for now to see if any answers have changed for any names that match then and now.

Example, Mr.Shagnasty is consistent over the years.

My name and what I do for a living. I used to go by the name of a D&D character.

From my reenactment rank. Tiger Rifle Sergeant

My name is because I have always been a fan of cavalry. All my armies are cavalry heavy.

Thank you to all who have responded so far. I have really enjoyed finding out a little more about you TMP'ers. I have found this to be a nice break from some of the usual fare.

So to all of you a BIG

PS: If you haven't responded yet, please do.

Had to come up with a 'company' name for a college design project and when ebay needed a user name just grabbed that.

From there just consistency.

It's the name of my all-time, favorite march. Also there are several ancestors named Lillie/Lili/Lily in the family tree.

COL because I am a US Army Colonel, Scott is part of my last name, ret added when I retired from the US Army.

BTW retiring does not mean you lose your rank, you earned it you keep it for life.

Not asked but answered: my personal logo is a ranger tab because I earned it the hard way (208 days- don't ask if you don't want to know)

My favourite Airfix kit, the C-130, the 'Herkybird'!

After my '80 Mercury… :-)