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shnozlak · Posts: 704

Make up a story for at least one of the two. if no story exists for either.

Name:

I was playing Final Fantasy Tactics once while my brother was watching a documentary on pirates. Spontaneously he began to yell pirate names at me; famous one like Blackbeard and Captain Hook/Cook, etc. I of course responded with a few, like Orangebeard and William Kid; William Kid, however, was a boring name, so we started to make up our own.

He eventually got around to saying Lackbeard in response to the obvious, and I responded with Headlack and Lackwrist; to this he shouted "Lacknose", pointing to Ramza on my TV screen -- which was pretty funny at 3am. However it was too cumbersome so we changed it to Noselack, which was also cumbersome so I suggested "Schnoz" as an alternative to "Nose"; thus my name was born. I however forgo the "c", as it seems unnecessary.

Avatar: A photo that dosen't stress overly-strong gender emphasis, manipulated by computer to have no nose and perfect, though sickly, white skin and lips that look like they could cut things.

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

I like final fantasy tactics.

EndlessChris · Posts: 431

I had to choose a gamertag when signing up for Xbox Live and wanted to pay homage to "The Adventures of Pete and Pete." Since Papercut was already taken, I turned Endless Mike into what you see here.

Avatar is a slot machine reel I saw on a cruise ship. Told me to "Insert Credit" and "3x ladies starts the bonus." That advice has stuck with me since.

Legal Step · Posts: 1030

I'm here for teh chixors and beer.

Hey toups!

wackodave · Posts: 69

Terrence Gene Bollea, best known as Hulk Hogan and Hollywood Hogan (born August 11, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently the star of the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best and is also performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

shnozlak wrote:

Avatar: A photo that dosen't stress overly-strong gender emphasis

that is not a good thing.

my avatar is from one of my favorite movies. but my avatar also changes a lot.

my name is German cuz I like that stuff. not Nazi stuff but German military stuff in general because they were so evil and cool looking and no matter how well designed their equipment was they still lost so I find that interesting. I think I picked the name awhile back after playing a lot of 'Return to Castlewolfenstein' and I was on a SS Nazi zombie binge.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

i've traditionally de-emphasized my gender as well, because. this forum.

the avatar is by persona. i'm dressed up like taizo hori of dig dug fame.

extralife · Posts: 3316

I remember one time we had a discussion on women that eventually led to a couple of us talking about a member's wife (and occasionaly poster maybe) in a dirty pronographic sense. Sorry Doug! You know we love you!

Our other conversation about women was pretty good, but the thread was called Steak and Blowjob day, so, yeah. Very feminine, here!

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

I loved that thread!

I might still have it. But damn if I look now.

GcDiaz · Posts: 1057

First initials, last name.

Avatar: For as long as I've known SF, I've played as Ryu. Back then I was definitely a turtling type, who'd wait for openings and hit back hard - Ryu's 1-hit moves were perfectly suited to that. Nowadays I'm more of a bulldog, and although Ken would be more appropiate, Ryu is what I'm used to. Also, my avatar is Evil Ryu. Everything outlined above, without such strict adherence to rules and ethics and warrior's codes and such. If you got it, use it.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

dessgeega wrote:

i've traditionally de-emphasized my gender as well, because. this forum.

the avatar is by persona. i'm dressed up like taizo hori of dig dug fame.

R U teh wimminz??

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

A long time ago, I played Half-Life mods (The Specialists, CS, DoD) a whole lot. I mean an extreme amount. They speak l33t on that stuff you know.

I also listened and still listen to a lot of ska music. In ska circles, one who loves ska and has a deep appreciation for it's history is a Rudie, Rudy or Rudeboy.

I know too many Johns in real life (and on the internet!) I took to just letting people call me Rudie to avoid confusion.

Then one day in a dazed state I called out, "I'm a l33t Rud13!"

Since I've extensively used the internet I've being stealing a 8-bit protoman sprite from seanbaby as my forum avatar. During ToF2005 DonMarco drew a picture of Protoman in a suit, as for my character as myself as Rud13.

So I sniped part of it and that's my current avatar.

ryan · Posts: 297

well, it's my name. my originality is so powerful that I chose to not be original for the safety of the general public, and you tender forum-goers.

the avatar is from the cover of the book rubicon - I haven't read it, I just thought the painting was nice.

feel free to toss in various narcotics, animals, explosions, near escapes, and comical understandings of others for increased enjoyment of either explanation.

Dark Age Iron Savior · Posts: 3148

EDIT: bees and maple syrup

icycalm · Posts: 442

icycalm is on the licence plates of pierce brosnan's beemer in one 007 film

bitches

Waffen · Posts: 1638

Rud13 wrote:

During ToF2005 DonMarco drew a picture of Protoman in a suit, as for my character as myself as Rud13.

So I sniped part of it and that's my current avatar.

damn. DonMarky Mark looks to be quiet the little artiste.

haircute · Posts: 928

Maiko, one of my bestest friends ever, told me she needed a haircute over AIM one night. I was trying to figure out a name for my now defunct website, so I used that because...it was cute.

My avatar is the chest of the first mascot.

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

I thought that was a big butt.

haircute · Posts: 928

BalbanesBeoulve wrote:

I thought that was a big butt.

I could see how one might think that.

And thank you for making me LOL.

st1nky187 · Posts: 181

I don't smell very good. Tony Randall is dead because we are all unworthy of entering the Kingdom of Heaven, which is always already here.

'sup Fire!

tacotaskforce · Posts: 571

I was at one point talking to an associate in an IRC chatroom while said associate was playing some manner of Sim City game. He was complaining that his city was covered three breadboxes high in crime while he had no money at all to stop it. I suggested he start a fundraiser and sell tacos. He thought that the tacos would just be stolen by the criminals who seemed to make up 60% of the population. I then suggested the formation of a Taco Task Force to protect the tacos. Then his citizens revolted and started a socialist city-state or something.

To the left is obscene pornographic material obtained from the electronics boutique website.

Brock · Posts: 421

Before "teh" became a hated intarweb creation, it was once honored as a great, all-purpose adjective.

"brock" happens to be my last name. Combined...and that's about it.

My avatar is currently breaking the guidelines, but I mean, look at that shit.

!!!! · Posts: 150

Uh, I used to be Rez, which, contrary to popular belief, did not come from the rail shooter. I had a psychotic percussion teacher who, during practices, would tell me that I was "rezzin' it up" (aka doing well.) I guess it stuck enough that I used it as my handle for quite some time.

After a while, internet people that I would end up becoming friends with outside of computahs would neglect to use my real name, which I found irritating. I had set a high score on some arcade game (methinks In The Groove or Soul Calibur 2), and punched in !!!! as the display name because I ran out of time. It's my handle of choice now.

DeusJester · Posts: 1388

GcDiaz wrote:

First initials, last name.

Avatar: For as long as I've known SF, I've played as Ryu. Back then I was definitely a turtling type, who'd wait for openings and hit back hard - Ryu's 1-hit moves were perfectly suited to that. Nowadays I'm more of a bulldog, and although Ken would be more appropiate, Ryu is what I'm used to. Also, my avatar is Evil Ryu. Everything outlined above, without such strict adherence to rules and ethics and warrior's codes and such. If you got it, use it.

Yet you bow before Akuma! Raging Demon Get!!

Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha cough hack

Scratchmonkey · Posts: 2229

I chose 'scratchmonkey' because, well:

http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/scratchmonkey.html

Yes, I had just read Count Zero.

This also means that there are other 'scratchmonkeys' floating around out there. Most of them seem to be part of FPS clans, so there hasn't been much crossover.

Still, the whole thing makes me lean towards changing it. To what, I don't know.

My avatar was a composite of a slime sitting on top of my head based on a picture of me from Burning Man. It was/is an awesome piece of art by Persona, whose server has been fubared. If anybody has a cached version of it, please let me know, thanks.

dark steve · Posts: 3002

I have a twin brother named steve. Except I have a little beard, so..

ReroRero · Posts: 2148

"rero rero..." is the sound you make while eating cherries. It is also the sound you make when you chop down a door with an axe and stick your face through to scare the children on the other side.

My avatar is two clouds, four houses and a big tree on a sunny day. Even though it is cloudy outside right now.

Shapermc · Posts: 2450

My name is one of the names of Dream from The Sandman comics. I then added my first and middle initials to the end when the first place I tried to used shaper had someone there.

The avatar was a stylised image of myself done in killer7 by persona.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

good old dream of the endless. i thought you just wanted to be a master of ceremonies.

LegatoB · Posts: 1546

I like Trigun.

I also like Planetes and Gunbuster, so an avatar combining the two in a horrifying and homoerotic fashion was absolutely perfect.

Kappuru · Posts: 492

in seventh grade, i was pursuing a romance with a (gasp!) japanese girl. Kappuru means "couple". and it's what she sounded like when she said we'd make a great "couple."

She's the only japanese girl I've ever dated.. and only asian when I think about it. I prefer to be friends with most asian girls, not part of a "kappuru."

Now.. some people call me "Kap" in real life.

GcDiaz · Posts: 1057

DeusJester wrote:

GcDiaz wrote:

First initials, last name.

Avatar: For as long as I've known SF, I've played as Ryu. Back then I was definitely a turtling type, who'd wait for openings and hit back hard - Ryu's 1-hit moves were perfectly suited to that. Nowadays I'm more of a bulldog, and although Ken would be more appropiate, Ryu is what I'm used to. Also, my avatar is Evil Ryu. Everything outlined above, without such strict adherence to rules and ethics and warrior's codes and such. If you got it, use it.

Yet you bow before Akuma! Raging Demon Get!!

Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha cough hack

STFU N00B!!

I might've pulled it on you if I wasn't so busy trying to get out a fucking double fireball. XBox controllers are teh suxx0rz. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Next time, I will demonstrate.

Karoshi · Posts: 968

It's my DJ epithet.
My avatar is IC Golden Child Alex Levinson.

dhex · Posts: 2963

the guy from dig dug has a name?

108 · Posts: 2600

i like the number.

Phoenix Rie · Posts: 111

dhex wrote:

the guy from dig dug has a name?

There's a whole mythology behind that apparently. He has a kid too: Mr. Driller.

Intentionally Wrong · Posts: 673

Neither Ander nor Jason nor Newbie really seemed appropriate for this place.

risnuff · Posts: 46

Risnuff is an old family nickname of mine, sometimes shortened to "Ris", "Nuff" or "Nuffin." The "ris'" part comes from the fact that my first name is Chris. I have no fucking clue where the "nuff" came from.

My avatar is the one crazy japanese police officer/otaku from Densha Otoko.

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

Karoshi wrote:

It's my DJ epithet.
My avatar is IC Golden Child Alex Levinson.

So awesome.

108 · Posts: 2600

Hori Taizou is . . .

Well, HORU 掘る = to dig.
HORITAI 掘りたい = i want to dig.

ZO ぞ = big exuberant male sentence intensifier.

HORITAIZO means "IT'SA ME, I'A WANTSA DIG!!"

The extra "u" just draws the sound out.

"Hori" is also a reasonable last name. Taizou is also kind of a reasonable name.

Mr. Driller's name is Susumu. Hori Susumu. Susumu means "to progress" or "to move forward." The kanji for the name is 進. That is pronounced "susumu." The kanji for the verb susumu is 進む. You just put a "mu" on the end. No "mu," and it's still "susumu." It just makes it a proper name, in that case.

Fun stuff.

FocusRambo · Posts: 829

It's some kind of state of mind I made up. It is relentless and precise.

Waffen · Posts: 1638

icycalm wrote:

icycalm is on the licence plates of pierce brosnan's beemer in one 007 film

bitches

lame

Rud13 · Posts: 3277

Teh Brock wrote:

Before "teh" became a hated intarweb creation, it was once honored as a great, all-purpose adjective.

"brock" happens to be my last name. Combined...and that's about it.

My avatar is currently breaking the guidelines, but I mean, look at that shit.

Now it's really on.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

My user name is my real name, with an honorific appellation attached.

My avatar is a drawing of me weilding a dildo for great justice. Drawn by persona. Sadly, it's not available at the moment. So you'll have to use your invagination.

Ayane · Posts: 61

I'm heavy into practicin' the martial arts. I always pick names based on my favorite fighting game characters. It was gonna be "Dizzy" originally, but I didn't want anyone thinkin' my name had anything to do with my mental state (read: "I tell yah, the girl ain't right.")

B coma · Posts: 1455

This name is new. It's the name of a song written by the now defunct hard rock/folk/mathy band Chore, who used to play in Canadia mostly. It's actually a continuation to the song "a coma" which was on a previous album, but it's really just the end of that song played with distorted guitars, which is a real let down since "a coma" got me into them in the first place.

And the avatar next to it is the Bombchu girl of course. I feel they were meant for each other.

Rykker · Posts: 29

I used to play World of Warcraft. Before that, I used either Kain or NakedNative as my main handles, but Kain sounds kinda childish, and NakedNative, though a well-earned name, doesn't fit in a Role-Playing server.

So i was reading A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin (Highly reccomended, but that's for another thread), and when i finished it, I found a 50 page concordenance of the all the houses and members of the houses used in the book. I flipped through it, and found Rykker, which i quite like. I use it for most everything now. (Except xbox live, where i'm still NakedNative)

Side-story: When i was playing as Rykker, I got messaged by someone, asking if i was the same Rykker from another server. After a brief talk, i found that someone had done the exact same thing as me on another server. Weird.

My Avatar would be Mordecai, from WWE RAW, but I can't get the damn thing to work. After i browse and find the image, i hit submit, and it tells me my profile was modified, but then nothing changes. You're all missing out.

sklathill · Posts: 184

I'm a Sklathill.

I tend to do elaborate double-takes, triple-takes, and other reactions when people say strange stuff.

(This is quite possibly my first top post ever.)

edwardappleby · Posts: 129

The name is from Rushmore and how I'd love to be the cute girl's dead husband. All the status and none of the attatchment!

The avatar is from Les 400 Coups. Yeah, telling your teacher that your mom died as an excuse for ditching school was probably not going to turn out too well, was it Antoine?

Rya.Reisender · Posts: 985

Name: Rya is short for Ryokosha which is in German "Reisender" and "Reisender" is the character I play in my phantasy world.

Avatar:
The Pendorf one - I used to be in a French forum where almost everyone took an Shining Force 3 Avatar, so I looked for the one who looked most like me and got the Pendorf one.
The Bernd one - I just watched Bernd and thought he is like awesome and that's why I took this avatar now.

Might change in future. I need to find an avatar combining Shooter, RPG and Programmer in one. Like a space ship with a tri-Emblem on it and wearing glasses. Yeah, that would be cool.