From reading the posts abouty how "Chrissy" AKA Bill got his nickname that heb uses on the Forum I thought it might be fun if those members with names that are obviously not their real name might like to share how they chose or got given theirs.
When Vendel Miniatures first brought out thier 25mm fantasy ranges myself, Sunjester and another friend Richard thought it would be a good project to do a skirmish level game of the Battle of Five armies from the end of The Hobbit. Each of us providing about 50-80 figures for each army and Just a few orcs to make a suitabley sized evil army..
However I foundd I likes painting Orcs and got a little carried away and Just a few Orcs became a few more and a few more. Forcing an arms race, until we can now fight batles from lord of the rings with 2000+ figures on the table.
Now whenever i suggest we do do Just a few of anything they laugh and say "Orcs".
I'm sure I've put this down somewhere already Orcs.....
But reasons only known to himself, one of my old colleagues came up with "Phil Lewis is Technodestructorman".....Though it was never defined what my super powers were supposed to be. :-\
On one particular day I, got a bit narky.....about what, I truly cannot remember, and was admonished with "No Techno....don't go into warp spasm." :o
Techno just seems to have stuck since then.
Cheers - Phil
Nosher - I like to think its because I enjoy food and didn't get the shape I am eating lettuce, however my nickname came about through my service in Her Majesty's Finest Fighting Force and a pre-ponderence amongst colleagues to call each other derogatory names as a way of showing their affection for one another!
Ummm It was the name of one of my AD&D characters years ago
Luddite
A play on the (incorrect) perception of Luddites as anti-technology. Oh the irony of a Luddite using a computer, etc.
A hint at my political opinions coinciding with what the Luddites were up to - namely workers defending their rights against Capitalism that was de-skilling, devaluing and dis-employing them, and the legitimate use of direct action to resist those forces when the workers are not represented and defended appropriately by the political class.
A bit heavy i know... :-[
Sandinista
The Clash album that was playing when I registered here.
Was painting the 23rd foot and reading about their goat when I joined up to another forum so I also kept it when I joined here
got mine from living in Arbroath some years ago, home of the Arbroath Smokie fish, hence Old Smokie,
I can't stand the fish though :-&
Mad Lemmey,
Blame DanJ of this very forum, who, whilst I was at Lancaster Uni and I was lucky enough to play at The Warriors Of Loyne, was running a DBA campaign, and needed a player to play a revolutionary leader. Al-Lemarus Al-Leparus, Prophet of The Upper Nile, despoiler of Abu Simbel and liberator of Egypt. His reports were the most hilarious you've ever read and soon 'Mad Lemmey' was the terror of the ancient world!
It helped that I had long hair like the great man too!
O = Welsh for from or of;
Dinas Powys = where I lived my entire life until I left for University...
I like using all sorts of names on forums, I thought I am win was alright, as at first it was going to be "I am Will", but opted for "Win" seeing as it's gaming/net related. :D
Well... sebigboss79 is the name of the English Chieftain in the Asterix in Britain. In a bad accented german-english it means the big boss aka chief.
Somehow a friend of mine called me "big boss" some day and it stuck. 79 is my birthyear if you haven't guessed.
As some people have, in the past, interpreted this name as if I was under the impression to be the centre of the universe I would like to add that this is not the case. I rather liked the cheeky naming for that chieftain of course as I think it takes the pi.. on the Germans trying to speak english.
Maenoferren, mispelling of the welsh slate mines near Blaneau Ffestiniog.(I used to spend hours mooching around them) Only reason it is mis spelled is because i registered on a forum about 16/17 years ago and all the names I chose were used. Therefore I chose Maen, correctly spelled, for my AOL account. However I had to re-register and lo and behold the name was chosen, I dont like numbers after a name so I changed the spelling :D
16 years later I still have it
I'll have a second go, the IPad having swallowed my first attempt. Name goes back to TMP. My obsession with hyphenated wars meant I came up with two corps commanders in succession, Gablenz and Steinmetz, as I forgot my password and had to start a new account. Amnesia struck a second time and, thinking perhaps my memory lapses were connected to my hubris in considering myself worthy of a corps commander's name, my third attempt was more modest. I looked for a commander of suitable mediocrity, with delusions of grandeur, and a waistline with a more than passing resemblance to my own. Anton Mollinary seemed the perfect choice. Second in command to Count Festetics of the Austrian IV Corps, his moment arrived in the shape of Festetics' disappearing foot (a Prussian shell fragment was suspected of the rather sudden and messy amputation) in the morning of Koniggratz. He seized his opportunity spectacularly, disobeyed Benedek's clear instructions, and immolated two whole army corps on a single Prussian division in the Swiepwald. Only Geoffrey Wawro could regard this action as the one opportunity Benedek had to win the battle. So, single handedly, Mollinary lost the Battle of Koniggratz, allowed the Unification of Germany, and brought upon the world two ruinous world wars. A fitting monument to self belief!
Mollinary
Zaapark - looking for an unique internet handle and was also working with some Ukrainians at the time. It's not that exciting of a name it means "zoo" in Russian but no one else has ever used it, so it makes finding myself online pretty easy.
Job related. My alternative nickname I use on other forums and online games where Serotonin has been stolen from me, is Amrypooins. I was typing in IRC with some American friends and was trying to type Mary Poppins. My brain works faster than my fingers when it comes to real time chat.
Andreas Hofer: (November 22, 1767 â€" February 20, 1810) was a Tirolean innkeeper and patriot. He was the leader of a rebellion against Napoleon's forces.
He was an innkeeper turned politician who fought for Austria against the French during the War of the Third Coalition. In 1809, he became the leader of a rebellion against Franco-Bavarian forces that sparked the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was subsequently captured and executed.
This is becoming a really good (and fascinating) thread....
Keep 'em coming guys....I, for one, am loving it ! :)
Cheers - Phil.
I live in Changchun, the former capital of Manchukuo, and I like the movie the Manchurian candidate. Le Manchou means the Manchurian in French.
Mine originated from early AD&D play. A rather stuffy uber-nerd gamer kept referring to us as Players of Games instead of just gamers. For fun (and to rib the silly bugger) we contracted it and called each other PoGs, then Poggles. For some reason my nickname stuck. Ho hum. ;)
Mine goes back to Uni and an Anime/Manga called Bubblegum Crisis. The main antagonist in it was Genom Corporation, I loved the series and it was something short and easy to use as a User ID in the online stuff at Uni. (All my mates were computing students and gamers, so Cyberpunk style stuff was common)
Vulpine - My name was a rather boring story. Back In 1998 I was doing a 40k chaos space marine force. I had them based on wild dogs so, so simple I looked up latin for fox/wolf etc.
I thought, Vulpine, sounds cool!
Naming the Chaos commander Vulpine, then when playing Cyberpunk, Hero quest, Warhammer Fantasy RPG, Necromunda etc I used that name a lot.
Then with the invention of the Internet and the birth of geeky forums (yeah! although, as a side effect we had the unfortunate death of soggy forest porn, I know Luddite grieves with me ), the name stuck.
Main Entry:
vul·pine Pronunciation: \ˈvəl-ˌpīn\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vulpinus, from vulpes fox; perhaps akin to Greek alōpēx fox â€" more at alopecia
Date: 15th century
1 : of, relating to, or resembling a fox
2 : foxy, crafty <a
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vulpine charms>
Years ago I was driving home with my son and daughter and hit a deer. I was only driving about 20mph because of the weather. The deer bounced off the car, snorted, then ran away leaving me with destroyed front-end. My daughter then said 'it's a good thing we didn't hit a moose because moose don't bounce'. Not sure where she came up with that because there are no moose in our part of New York state.
There's a few others in a previous thread here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1753.0.html (http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1753.0.html), good to hear some of the newer members reasons as well!
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Herts = Hertfordshire, just north of London. Blue = a follower of the Stamford Bridge tribe, currently European champions. Oh, and the stadium is actually in Fulham - but there's already a tribe of that name. :D
QuoteI rather liked the cheeky naming for that chieftain of course as I think it takes the pi.. on the Germans trying to speak english.
Well then..bow to se true King of Dschörman Englisch:
(In the beginning he explains why everyone needs to be proficient in English :-\)
@topic: as unimaginative as it gets; my name is Jeremias Schmidt (J.S.) ???
Euqates to Jeremy Smith in English and I usually ask Brits to call me Jeremy, because it sounds just horrible when they pronounce Jeremias (Cherrymyass...whod? :-/)
Quotecurrently European champions
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