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  • 06-29-2013, 11:34 PM
    bootymode
    What was it that made you choose your character name
    So yea just curious about others but was there anything that influenced the name of your character or does it have a special meaning behind it?

    For example mines bootysweat- reason for it is because I'm sneaky, slippery, and all ways pop up behind you when you least expect it ^.~
  • 06-30-2013, 12:00 AM
    thejx4
    I just think Jay Starkson sounds cool. Has that cheesy 80's sci-fi action movie vibe.
  • 06-30-2013, 05:10 AM
    Kuurong
    Naicinji is Lakoda for Defender, I'm native amarican.
  • 06-30-2013, 06:04 AM
    jabman
    i have used my game name since the dawn of gaming. Arcades in the 80s, if you made the high scores you were aloud 3 characters. i.e. your initials 4 example JAB. Then came home consoles and computer gaming. More then 3 characters yeah. This is when i became THE JABMAN. going on over 30 years now.
  • 06-30-2013, 06:40 AM
    Angyl
    I chose the name 'Angyl' at the onset of online console gaming, and have used some variation in my name every online game I've played since.
    From time to time I'll even get a "Hey, are you Angyl from (insert game/server/timeframe here) tell and often it turns out, yes, they were someone I had played with elsewhere on the interwebz.
  • 06-30-2013, 07:08 AM
    HELL MAMA
    i wanted HELL MAMA but it would not let me have that name because of the word HELL. lol you think with all the hell bugs in the game HELL wouldnt be a issue right? my name in game is CANDY MAMA they couldnt refuse candy because it is sweet.
  • 06-30-2013, 08:54 AM
    SGTquig
    AliSandra was a name I heard as a kid (in the 80's) and really liked. Since then, it has been my female characters name in almost every RPG that has enough space to enter it.
  • 06-30-2013, 12:07 PM
    deathtrap
    i chose deathtrap because i used to own in battlefield 3. i was considered one of some of the best players out there and one of them said i was a deathtrap, so yeah i just kinda ran with it.
  • 06-30-2013, 12:28 PM
    Kuurong
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by deathtrap View Post
    i chose deathtrap because i used to own in battlefield 3. i was considered one of some of the best players out there and one of them said i was a deathtrap, so yeah i just kinda ran with it.

    I thought you played Borderlands 2 and really enjoyed the Mechromancer. :o
  • 06-30-2013, 12:46 PM
    JxSiN
    I used my name. Simple enough :)
  • 06-30-2013, 02:00 PM
    Epyon
    Whenever I played games and needed to give myself a name, I always named myself something different. I realized that was inconsistent and decided to pick one and stick with it. Ended up choosing the name of a robot from a show I watched a while back. I've stuck with it since.
  • 06-30-2013, 02:02 PM
    Hardlight
    Hardlight just sounds cool
  • 06-30-2013, 03:08 PM
    Avira
    avira antivirus :)
  • 06-30-2013, 04:09 PM
    Surgeon General
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Avira View Post
    avira antivirus :)

    Why did I choose this name? Because going against me is bad for your health :D
  • 06-30-2013, 04:18 PM
    thejx4
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Avira View Post
    avira antivirus :)

    Ironic.
    /10char
  • 07-01-2013, 12:01 AM
    Krauser
    Why?
    Because I'm German-American and I noticed a long time ago that a lot of villains in Anime and video games are named Krauser.

    Then I read this; The Arks that crashed here carried samples of some of the most bizarre and rare Votan plant life, transforming Germany into an alien rain forest, improbably dotted with castles as well as modern skyscrapers. Worse, some of the plants are predatory, and stalk those who wander into their home. Despite these Lovecraftian horrors, the old factions remain. Human warlords continue to fight for their causes – some good, some bad, some long forgotten. Travelers are advised to avoid the country entirely. Here, it’s as if the Pale Wars never ended.

    I like to pretend My character came from the German rainforest and signed on with VBI because he hooked up with the wife of the leader of a rival faction and got banished to keep the peace. And who wants to live somewhere your lawn wants to eat you.
  • 07-01-2013, 01:15 AM
    Black_Adder_
    My in-game character has the name of my favourite band. Why? I don't know. My characters in any game have no spectacular ideas behind their names - I just look at something (or hear something) and the name is done.
  • 07-01-2013, 01:37 AM
    coldmist
    Coldmist = a Air Conditioner back I use to own a Electrical and HVAC Co.
  • 07-01-2013, 10:13 AM
    Sword
    My face tat......simples

    Guess
  • 07-01-2013, 10:26 AM
    Capattac
    Capattac. Cap is my nickname and I left the K off for symmetry...
  • 07-01-2013, 11:23 AM
    thomax
    thomax is a gijoe from the cobra team,the twins tomax and xamot...stick with this name around 15 years now.:D
  • 07-01-2013, 11:31 AM
    T_Archangel
    Just been T Archangel on nearly every game I have played... and it's been quite a while so it's not likely gonna change :)
  • 07-01-2013, 05:54 PM
    The Lady
    Started off as Ladyhawke in Quake, then joined a clan that was into the Black Company series and they requested everyone choose a name from the books. So The Lady was it, now I use it for every game I play.
  • 07-01-2013, 06:48 PM
    Duncan Shadowfall
    I use to use Cadvridoc...which is Celtic for a military jack of all trades....but got tired of explaining it...and Duncan Shadowfall was a old shadowrun character...
  • 07-01-2013, 06:49 PM
    Duncan Shadowfall
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by The Lady View Post
    Started off as Ladyhawke in Quake, then joined a clan that was into the Black Company series and they requested everyone choose a name from the books. So The Lady was it, now I use it for every game I play.

    Glen Cook rocks...
  • 07-01-2013, 07:19 PM
    nathanpbutler
    I went with Cray Ellis, as that is the name of the time-traveling telepath/telekinetic protagonist in one of my novels, Greater Good.
  • 07-02-2013, 04:08 AM
    Hanzo_the_Razor
    Acaelus Thorne. One of the many names of the most dangerous wetboy to ever live. It's from a book.
  • 07-02-2013, 07:33 AM
    NoahsArkfall
    My main (Wesley Ford) is the first name of one great-grandfather and the last name of another. I have an alt named Isolo Ingroups. I wish I had used that one for my main. It falls in line with a guild I started back in the day on WoW (We Solo Stuff Together). I have another alt named Krod Mandoon (short-lived TV series).
  • 07-02-2013, 10:20 AM
    Havix
    Just recently started using it in a game or 2 before this, usually use my last name..but I chose Havix, Havok is always already in use and some other spelling variations usually..so I tried Havix, it went through..I better trademark it before some turd tries to use it..if someone can trademark fo' shizzle or other dumbass made up words and phrases, I can trademark Havix TM..
  • 07-02-2013, 12:10 PM
    Misfit501
    Damian Krios. I've always liked the name Damian and Thane Krios is my boy!
  • 07-03-2013, 01:02 AM
    Gregori Dragoneyez
    First name is a Catalan (language) spelling of my real name. The last name is my email name that I have have for the past 18 years. (Damn I am getting OLD!!!):D:cool:
  • 07-03-2013, 01:12 AM
    Solid Snake
    I chose the name MGS SolidSnake because war as become routine.War has changed since the terra forming of earth during the great war with the votans. It's no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It's an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and its consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine. War has changed.
  • 07-04-2013, 04:31 AM
    KRAKEN
    Main character - Kraken - named from The Clash of the Titans.
    Second character - Eric Draven - from the main character in the film The Crow.
  • 07-04-2013, 09:14 AM
    MediaDuo
    I named my guy Hendel Denarius.

    Hendel is the name of the Dwarven ranger in Terry Brooks first novel, the Sword of Shannara. It was the first Fantasy book I ever bought, and the character has always stuck with me. I'm not sure how many characters in PnP and videogame RPGs I've named Hendel over the years...

    The last name Denarius is the ancient roman silver coin. I first thought of it after reading some of the Harry Dresden books by Jim Butcher where the Knights of the Blackened Denarii (fallen angels bound to the 30 coins of silver paid to Judas) figure prominently. I also thought if the character has a 'mercenary' mentality, a last name that inferred money would make sense on another level.

    If you see me in game, wave or say "Hi".
  • 07-04-2013, 09:23 AM
    ThanosPrime
    Mine is an anagram of my real name.
    Thanos is a derivation of Thanatos, the personification of death and mortality in Greek mythology. Prime (had nothing to do with Transformers) comes from The Primes, aliens in Peter Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga.
  • 07-04-2013, 09:24 AM
    X64
    X64 - got it from Windows 64-bit version. it's x64, not x32.
  • 07-04-2013, 09:43 AM
    Sagat
    :pSagat Famous Capcom Character known for being former Champion of World Street Fighter Having The title for a long time. Since his personal and symbol is the persona of being a TIGER and I was Born of year of the Rabbit and his overall attitude towards his opponents. Some people when the see this name think of Bob Sagat the comedian which is sometimes annoying but when think about, its the only way to determine if People can learn that is not about NAME its about the person who know how to make his name more than what they know about it.:cool:
  • 07-04-2013, 10:44 AM
    Krauser
    My second guy's name is Phillip Graves, because I was drinking and thought that was brilliant.
  • 07-04-2013, 02:24 PM
    maxx traxxas
    I'm into TRAXXAS remote control trucks. so i go by Maxx Traxxas. After my BRUSHLESS E-MAXX bulldozes over everything.
  • 07-07-2013, 03:45 AM
    rssslll2012
    aleyana, just the name I use for all my female characters
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