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Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
oh hai gaiz i see u have a nice thread going on heah time 4 meh to ruin it with a huge post

Todesengal is a misspelled version of "Todesengel", which is German for "angel of death". I was reading a Newsweek article talking about the Columbine killer (or some school shooter), and apparantly he had played online games with the username "Todesengel".

So I decided to be a douche and use "Todesengel" to see if anyone caught the reference. (no) But since I'm a dumbass, somewhere along the line, an 'e' was replaced with an 'a' and no one corrected me for about three years, when I looked it up in a dictionary.

So if you see "Todesengal", it's probably me. Though I usually go by "Todesengal" or "Plumpy". You don't want to know the origins behind Plumpy.

OH YES YOU DO.


THAT'S PLUMPY.
[deleted user]
[deleted user]
my name is from naruto:P im not a big fan of the anime or manga but i like ninjas^^
Keyboard_old
95 posts
Joined November 2008
Keyboard_old
I really like to play this game called Audition.
And its a game where you have to use the keyboard.
SO I called myself Keyboard in this game.
:D

Download: Fujiwara Marina - Daydream Syndrome (TV Size) (saymun) [Spanky-San's Taiko].osu
Pokebis
2,047 posts
Joined April 2008
Pokebis

Keyboard wrote:

I really like to play this game called Audition.
And its a game where you have to use the keyboard.
SO I called myself Keyboard in this game.
:D
Genius
K2J
872 posts
Here since the beginning
K2J
"Kool Kid Joe" - signing up for Geocities while presumably drinking Kool Aid. Condensed to "KKJ" for my embarassing runthrough on SMBHQ.com, but noted the name looked kind of similar to a certain American organization, so... it became K2J (as in 2 being a subscript) afterward.
Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211

MetalMario201 wrote:

I faced Metal Mario in the original Super Smash Bros. singleplay, and thought he was awesome. I've been using this name in many places (not all) ever since.

I only use the 201 sometimes, like if my name is taken or if it's more of a "utility" type login, like for a video game. :P

The 201, itself, was randomly generated by WinMX when I entered my username. (It always appends a random number to a username which doesn't already end with a number.) I've been using it (whenever using a number) ever since.
Your name is based on the Smash Bros. version and not the Super Mario 64 version? You suck.
Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211
My friend showed me this site. I typed in my first name, it gave me "Seibei Chiaki-san", and since my very first username "killerkitten4211" was a piece of crap and got me confused for a girl a lot, I used seibei_chiaki_san4211 as my Yahoo name, but it was too long, so I shortened it to Seibei4211. Now that's my username for everything.

Oh, perhaps I should explain 4211, too. So my dad had a spot in Public Storage and we'd go there every now and then. So I was young and asked him about the code thingy and he said he got to pick it and stuff, so I asked him what it was. He said 4211, so I, naturally, asked why. He said that whenever he did something his step-dad said not to do or something, his step-dad would say, "I told you forty-two eleven times not to do that!" etc. So I just started using it since it's a unique number that almost no one else would ever use. EXCEPT ON YOUTUBE, GOD DAMMIT. (If you search for Seibei4211 on Youtube, that's not me, unfortunately.)
Hitoshirenu Shourai
osu! Alumni
990 posts
Here since the beginning
Hitoshirenu Shourai
Many moons ago (about 5-7 years ago), I was browsing for a cool name to use for a character to roleplay with. I used to be an IRC junkie, always looking around for free-form Role-Playing. Anyways, I eventually found "Shourai" which means "near-future" so I decided to look for something that made it sound even cooler. After a couple searches on a translation dictionary thingy, I found "Hitoshirenu." The word hitoshirenu was described as something like "unseen" so I thought hey, "unseen future" sounds pretty cool. And thusly, my name was born. Been using it on and off ever since~

I've been through a lot of names for various games, forums, and other stuff, and this name is one that finally stuck. Besides, I've never seen anyone else with a name like mine, so the originality factor sticks. ^^
Wizard Of Orz
965 posts
Joined May 2008
Wizard Of Orz
well i loved the series of wario games and wario loves to eat garlic
after the idea of garlic i added super in front of it so it wont be bland
i now use it for almost all games :O

im a loser
Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211
Wario is cool...
Zatoichi
553 posts
Joined September 2008
Zatoichi
Guess.
Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211
I thought you got it from Zatch Bell...
dumpsterdiver
67 posts
Joined July 2008
dumpsterdiver
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aafang
22 posts
Joined December 2008
aafang
The aa part of aafang came from my name
The fang part came from K.E.E.P.
Spudman
69 posts
Joined August 2008
Spudman
Four years ago, back in middle school, I ate potatoes for lunch a lot, and my group of friends dubbed me "Spudman" for no specified reason, and ever since, I've been using it. Short and sweet.
Pokebis
2,047 posts
Joined April 2008
Pokebis
I like potatoes too. ;)
...Just as long as they don't have cheese on them.
Spudman
69 posts
Joined August 2008
Spudman

Pokebis wrote:

I like potatoes too. ;)
...Just as long as they don't have cheese on them.
Cheese is good on many things, just not on potatoes. That spot is taken by gravy. :)
Dangaard
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Dangaard
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Henkie
728 posts
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Metroid
834 posts
Joined May 2008
Metroid
Not much explaining Just used the name of a game and it's famous energy eating alien.

I prefer the in game enemies then Samus herself and that's why I play the game.

I'm also called Metroid fan and Haloman117
Haloman117 -> Reference to my IGN for Maplestory as I was majorly playing Halo3 ALOT.
Just for record If my Maplestory character were a actual kid with knowledge of magic I'd have him called Max Halo.
I try to draw him but I fail at that. Best I've drawn is side views of random starships I can think of.

Here's a pic of him.

Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211
Ew, Maple Story...
redkimono
10 posts
Joined November 2008
redkimono
Well, I think kimonos are awesome and one of my favorite colors is red.
Real1
968 posts
Joined September 2008
Real1
When I was a noob on the internet, my name was RealYoshi, most lame name ever. And when I tried to register on another forum, it said someone had the same name. I was like
"What? But I am the Real One!" Then I thought "RealOne" sounds kinda cool. So I started using it. So I havebeen using it for 7 years now. <_<
You may find me in all kinds of games and forums under the name of Real1, Real0ne or RealOne. :)
Jasper Hale
18 posts
Joined January 2009
Jasper Hale
japser from the twilight saga
Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun

Jasper Hale wrote:

japser from the twilight saga
>:(
Brandon Hooves
9 posts
Joined October 2008
Brandon Hooves
got mine from Ranma 1/2, a funny anime/manga ^^
YoshiKart
1,032 posts
Joined February 2008
YoshiKart
Oooh, I never ranted about me.

Well, you know the obvious, but I got the name because I'm better at Mario Kart than mostly any other game (probably not platformers). I'm addicted to drifting; I can't keep my finger off that power slide button. I only snake against computers and fellow snakers, but I try not to. I still don't know why I like Yoshi so much. It wasn't SMW, even though he was awesome then. I used Wario in MK64 for a while, so I dunno. SMSunshine was a terrible game. Maybe I'll never know the true time origin of my SN, but oh, well. =P

I have every MK game except Super Mario Kart on the SNES. Stupid orange juice... Hopefully, a VC version will show up.

MK64 is awesome. Yoshi is awesome.[/donebragging] GBA MKSC sucks.
minyeob
osu! Alumni
2,540 posts
Joined May 2008
minyeob
I'm good at making Korean nicknames.
But English user- nickname is hard to make.
I didn't want to think anything about English nickname.
So I used my real name.
By the way, I <3 my user-name!

*Bumps this topic*
Mystearica
Mystearica
lol Tales of the Abyss

Mystearica Aura Fende -> Tear Grants.

Should've been obvious enough .-.
MegaManEXE
710 posts
Here since the beginning
MegaManEXE
Uh

MegaMan Battle Network of course

I started using this name like 7 years ago and have been too lazy to change it even though I haven't touched a MMBN game in probably 3 years
Jinxy
2,777 posts
Joined February 2009
Jinxy
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yosushi__
20 posts
Joined August 2009
yosushi__
i like sushi
osu is the name of this game
i mixed it with yo
i like underscores
yosushi__
?_? idk.
yeahyeahyeahhh
osu! Alumni
2,850 posts
Joined December 2008
yeahyeahyeahhh
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, one of my favorite bands. :o
Wizard Of Orz
965 posts
Joined May 2008
Wizard Of Orz
super market.

vegetable isle.

BAM!
Sleep Powder
1,540 posts
Joined October 2008
Sleep Powder
Hmm I thought I posted in here already...

Well it all started when I first joined Gaia Online. I think I found about gaia online from Neopets because I used to RP a lot back then. I thought Gaia Online would be fun to try so I did. I ended up going for the cybering stuff involving other guys back then but then I found out there were better things to do. I just choose the name because I thought I wouldn't be on Gaia Online for long. I think the "ani" comes from anime or animated. "mask" would come from...me trying to be anonymous.

There's the history.
Zerostarry
osu! Alumni
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Here since the beginning
Zerostarry

supergarlic wrote:

super market.

vegetable isle.

BAM!
You already posted in this thread
Derekku
COOL DUDE
7,270 posts
Joined March 2009
Derekku

animask wrote:

Hmm I thought I posted in here already...

Well it all started when I first joined Gaia Online
Stopped reading right there.

jkjk <3
Zatoichi
553 posts
Joined September 2008
Zatoichi
animask just fucking play Mitadake High. Its like RPing but it takes skill and thinking out shit and isn't a total sausage festival.

If you play on my friend's server it will also eliminate the faggotry that could be compared to your website in which you originated from.
Sleep Powder
1,540 posts
Joined October 2008
Sleep Powder

Zatoichi wrote:

animask just fucking play Mitadake High. Its like RPing but it takes skill and thinking out shit and isn't a total sausage festival.

If you play on my friend's server it will also eliminate the faggotry that could be compared to your website in which you originated from.
How much time does it usually take?
Zatoichi
553 posts
Joined September 2008
Zatoichi
The game goes on from like 10 pm to 6 am game time. How long each hour can take is decided before the game starts. The default is 5 minutes to an hour, but my friend usually chooses 8 minutes for reasons I completely and utterly forget.
MMzz
Elite Mapper
3,979 posts
Joined June 2009
MMzz
My name is pretty simple to me, i think ?.?

So the Mitten part came from cats, im a furry and my fursona is a kitty, and half the kittys I ever saw had mittens,
So I declare myself to be the master of Mittens =3,
and "zz" idk were that came from I might have just typed it by accident o-0?
Derekku
COOL DUDE
7,270 posts
Joined March 2009
Derekku
I haven't posted in here yet?

Derekku = My name, Derek, but in Japanese

Chan = cute Japanese suffix

not too difficult :T
Sleep Powder
1,540 posts
Joined October 2008
Sleep Powder

Zatoichi wrote:

The game goes on from like 10 pm to 6 am game time. How long each hour can take is decided before the game starts. The default is 5 minutes to an hour, but my friend usually chooses 8 minutes for reasons I completely and utterly forget.
I'll play but how does the game actually work...gameplay wise...or are you gonna just send me a link for me to read?

SPOILER

Derekku Chan wrote:

I haven't posted in here yet?

Derekku = My name, Derek, but in Japanese

Chan = cute Japanese suffix

not too difficult :T
any Japanese suffix for sexy people? probably not

I could add that to my name lulz
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Nachy
807 posts
Joined April 2009
Nachy
I was 7 years old, I was trying to think out a nickname for use on games and the internet etc.
Well I was eating nachos, and well I was just gonna call myself plainly Nacho, but I had to add something to make it more unique, I just saw my stuffed piggy pillow and well yeah, you guessed it, combining them results in NachoPiggy, and well, I still kept the name throughout the years.
Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
I want to see pics of this pillow
Nachy
807 posts
Joined April 2009
Nachy

Todesengal wrote:

I want to see pics of this pillow
tieff
Featured Artist
2,254 posts
Joined March 2009
tieff
Thief>tieff.

lolwut?
rust45
1,085 posts
Joined May 2009
rust45
When I joined a site, it was the first time I ever joined a site and I thought of "rust" for some reason and thought it sounded cool. It was already taken and it suggested "rust45", I took it and then it just stuck with me for some reason.
Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun

NachoPiggy wrote:

Todesengal wrote:

I want to see pics of this pillow
I want that pillow
qlum
481 posts
Joined October 2008
qlum
I found my old user name stupid (which I will not name because it is to dumb) and decided I needed a new one one that was original, looked good on paper, was short and also sounded good and so I tough of qlum this was about 3 years ago
Xgor
Elite Mapper
2,534 posts
Joined April 2009
Xgor
First a long time ago i pressed some random letters on wario Ware (the original one) and and well i got XGOR ;) (and when i didn't used it more than that game i liked that name)

Then some years later i was joining Runescape i suddenly remembered my name on Wario Ware and used it but it was taken so i took super xgor :)

And after that i used Xgor on pretty much every site i joined and when that didn't work i using Realxgor (if you find someone with the account name Xgor but don't seems like me please post :P )
Diokatsu
133 posts
Joined November 2008
Diokatsu
Basically i just threw together wapanese syllables because I was a fucking weeaboo so hard a couple years back. That's not really how I got the name but it's pretty believable.
LilyPichu
62 posts
Joined July 2008
LilyPichu
I originally wanted Lily but I assumed it'd be taken (it wasn't, at the time, and I regret it :(), so I added a "ko" to it.
Zortan
8 posts
Joined August 2009
Zortan
mines quite simple, i wanted the name Zartan for some online game i dont remember, it was taken, so i changed the first A to an O.
nomedeusuarionaodisp
161 posts
Joined September 2008
nomedeusuarionaodisp
A long time ago, I tried to make an account on YouTube. No matter which name I chose, it said "nome de usuário não disponível" (username not available). I said screw this and tried to write nomedeusuarionaodisponivel, but that exceeded the character limit and I ended up with this weird thing.

And then some time later I found osu! and was bored and used this stupid name to create an account on it. Then I saw peppy's announcement saying something about only one account per user and decided to stay with this.

I'm also too lazy (or uncreative, actually) to think up another name and try mailing peppy to change it.
Aeris_old
95 posts
Joined December 2008
Aeris_old
I don't think I need to explain this, but...xD

For anyone that played Final Fantasy VII before, the question is answered. xD
For those 3 people around the world that doesn't know the game...go and play it XD
kideddie1501
322 posts
Joined October 2008
kideddie1501
I liked the name Kid Cuddi, so I just used Kid Eddie. 1501, that's my locker combo.
abalee
osu! Alumni
1,994 posts
Joined June 2008
abalee
aba <- word created by me for my English name.
lee <- family name

so it is simple, it is my true name. ;)
Randy96
1,112 posts
Joined August 2009
Randy96
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Senbon
480 posts
Joined September 2008
Senbon
Senbon.

A long horrible story none of you would care even remotely about.

But it does tie in with Naruto.

:roll:

So there. XD
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Mashley
2,042 posts
Joined September 2008
Mashley
Agent Spin Here! is what Spin says when you select breezin' on EBA.
Like you didn't know that.

As for why I chose it, I have no idea. I wanted an EBA name and that was the first thing I thought of.
illuminist
376 posts
Joined March 2009
illuminist
This is the forth generation of my cyber life.

Illuminist is from my new email; illumina-ova. I though I got this word from the version of modified Windows; Illusion.
Cheery
259 posts
Joined July 2008
Cheery
Name! :)
Seibei4211
osu! Alumni
1,701 posts
Joined August 2008
Seibei4211
Really? Your name is Cheery?
Saturio
339 posts
Joined July 2008
Saturio
My real name is Sharon... The chinese name is Ho Shuet Man
I chose "Saturio", I do not know why... I write a random name here XD...
Azure_Kite
osu! Alumni
3,217 posts
Joined February 2009
Azure_Kite
My username on the surface is from the dot.hack// series, as Azure Kite was a character in the game/anime series.
the _ is there cause it can be
if it were to be dug further, the last part of my name is Kyte, from Kytes, the wizard wannabe fag in FFXII.
Azure also means Sky Blue, so I always think of my username's meaning as Sky blue_Kyte, or something like that.

Wow. Even I had no idea I'd put that much thought into my name...
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bagnz0r
bagnz0r
Bagno (Polish) - Swamp.
Turpin2009
13 posts
Joined September 2009
Turpin2009
Turpin is my much heralded name, and 2009 describes something to do with the lunar calendar, although I cannot quite decide what exactly...
Doomsday
Featured Artist
1,962 posts
Joined July 2008
Doomsday
Doomsday - no meaning really, seemed pretty cool at the time. kinda generic now, but whatever
93 - birthyear, 1993

i was thinking of changing my main nick, since this one seems a bit generic, but i thought, forget it, everyone knows me as Doomsday93 so im gonna stick with it
awp
osu! Alumni
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Here since the beginning
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Cuddlebun
965 posts
Joined August 2008
Cuddlebun
aw I wanted to say that but was like 'nah that's too obvious'
Turpin2009
13 posts
Joined September 2009
Turpin2009
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Pasonia
osu! Alumni
1,199 posts
Joined October 2008
Pasonia
The origin of my name was a spark of inspiration from Panasonic (so yea, that's the reason why #chinese calls me battery. To be exact, the single name of Pasonia was Panasonic - na - c + a, and I began using that name on Neopets.

I used to call myself sonic_1988, but that sucked so I disassociated myself with that nickname fairly quickly.

Seltia Keros (as seen on my fanfiction site) is actually a middle/last name I devised for Pasonia whom I began to see as my alter-ego. It was supposed to mean "swordsman of the seven winds"and is supposedly originated from the lost language of Glastheim (the same city from Ragnarok Online). In games and offline profiles where I can have a fairly long name WITH spaces, I usually put Pasonia Seltia Keros or place the S.K. in front.
Hanyuu
2,223 posts
Joined February 2009
Hanyuu
guess mine its not so hard
Wojjan
806 posts
Joined August 2008
Wojjan
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Gabi
2,554 posts
Joined December 2008
Gabi
yeah... it's quite obvious why i picked this.. my real life name is jon. but i liked Gabi more. duh
Lesjuh
Elite Mapper
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Joined October 2008
Lesjuh
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Ephemeral
Inland Empire
3,963 posts
Joined April 2009
Ephemeral
Flowers.

No, seriously. Flowers.

Look up the word and you'll understand why.
GladiOol
4,475 posts
Joined August 2008
GladiOol
Gladi -> Gladiool -> GladiOol.
GladiOol means Idiot, which I am.
izzjordan
6 posts
Joined September 2009
izzjordan
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bmin11
5,438 posts
Joined October 2008
bmin11
"B"randon "Min"
now isn't that simple?
0_o
2,155 posts
Joined December 2008
0_o
HEY GUYS WHERE DID YOUR USERNAMES COME FROM?
Lemon Water_old
199 posts
Joined March 2010
Lemon Water_old
http://osu.ppy.sh/u/lemonwater
i wish i was him/her
Faust
osu! Alumni
4,785 posts
Joined January 2009
Faust
Who knows?
0_o
2,155 posts
Joined December 2008
0_o
Oh, I haven't posted mine yet.

Basically I suck at making usernames, so after sitting there trying to think of one for 10 minutes I typed in an emoticon I like using. Bam.

I actually don't even use the emoticon anymore because it just seems weird to me now.
GladiOol
4,475 posts
Joined August 2008
GladiOol

GladiOol wrote:

Gladi -> Gladiool -> GladiOol.
GladiOol means Idiot, which I am.
11 months ago I already wanted to be a GladiOol ~
Mara
4,907 posts
Joined November 2009
Mara
DataCirno was just a temporary nickname while I was thinking better one. Data comes from word datanomi(datanome) and I think Cirno is pretty obvious, though I am not so big touhoufag.

LunaticMara is what I have been using since 2010, just happens to be perfect nickname for me. Because people started to call me batshit insane and crazy, I looked dictionary and found word "lunatic". Then I took my favorite nickname IRL (Mara) and put it next to lunatic. LunaticMara. Still many people calls me as Lunatic (on vent) and really stupid people calls me as Luna, but at least I can understand it.
Arusha Shuna
1,793 posts
Joined August 2009
Arusha Shuna
i dunno, mashing up japanese words and my first name (Arshyan)
forgot how it went and... here it is

アルーシャシュナ

sounds nice IMO
EDIT: it supposed to be w/o space but :<
TKiller
4,390 posts
Joined May 2009
TKiller
teammate killing is fun
Kitsunemimi
2,188 posts
Joined April 2009
Kitsunemimi
Harris isn't my last name btw.
Hakeru
2,360 posts
Joined May 2010
Hakeru
Hakeru .. means ..err ..

its my original character :D so , its my original name given by me

and the..prismriver..yeah prismriver fans ..

/np COOL&CREATE - Rapid Ensemble 8-)
dNextGen
4,688 posts
Joined May 2010
dNextGen
Degradation of the Next Generation
eru
2,885 posts
Joined November 2009
eru
katekyou hitman reborn
katekyou hitman = hitman tutor
hitmantutor~

dNextGen wrote:

Degradation of the Next Generation
i thought it was the next generation o_0
Keksi
987 posts
Joined April 2009
Keksi
Keksi = Keks ( Keks means Cookie in german .)

and then only an I and Keksi !

I heard that Keksi is a finnish cookie :D
Mara
4,907 posts
Joined November 2009
Mara

Keksi wrote:

Keksi = Keks ( Keks means Cookie in german .)
Hey dude did you know that keksi is fi-

Keksi wrote:

I heard that Keksi is a finnish cookie :D
Oh.
Larto
4,128 posts
Joined June 2008
Larto
Crakila
257 posts
Joined January 2009
Crakila
I signed up to Xbox Live and Padraig was taken. I looked through the suggestions and I seen VampiricPadraig. So I took it. End!
5TEV3N
15 posts
Joined June 2010
5TEV3N
my name is Steven in l33t.
started useing that since i couldn't think of a better name
Powerdrone
464 posts
Joined October 2009
Powerdrone
I remember trying to think of a cool username for... this...

I was like, grade 3 or something. Geez.

Anyways, I really liked the name and use it everywhere.

"But Droney, where did the numbers come from?"

Oh god you don't want to know.

On Neopets I was known as Petguy311. :oops:

So then whenever "Powerdrone" was taken, I used Powerdrone311. But Powerdrone was very rarely taken, so I was always known as Powerdrone. Then one day I decided to make an AoM online account... and low and behold Powerdrone was taken. So I used Powerdrone311, then I used it for the AoM forums, then when I was introduced to Ace Attorney Online I kept the numbers, and then to make sure everyone would know me for some reason I kept using those god damn numbers.

Man I'm glad I got rid of them finally. <3
Vertigo Voyage
26 posts
Joined August 2010
Vertigo Voyage
its cuz im da beess
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