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-Visceral-
644 posts
Joined August 2012
-Visceral-
I get a lot of questions on how my name came about, so...

Uh, in New York City, in Penn Station, there's a smoothie place known as Smoothie King. Went over, got a smoothie, went back with my mom right before our train left to go back to New Jersey. She asked where I got the smoothie, and for some reason, I thought the place was called Smoothie World. She's like, "nah, its Smoothie King." Ensue 30 minute argument on the train and I actually managed to convince her the place was called Smoothie World (she thinks its a really dumb name) and it's been a running joke with her and a couple of friends for a few years now.
Hoshino_
3 posts
Joined September 2014
Hoshino_
Uh... Just me being brainless?
And... the number behind it is my birthday date... for no reason...

So... me being brainless
yokiro
4 posts
Joined October 2014
yokiro
Someone already had Yakiru :( so i took yokiro instead
minibethangel
94 posts
Joined July 2012
minibethangel
my username was taken from my real name elizabeth "beth" the "mini" was included because i really like little things because its cute. and the "angel" was originally taken from my other username in my other website. Happyblueangel I take it from this username of mine. ;) ;)
Fiffer
13 posts
Joined May 2015
Fiffer
> Kid playing runescape for the first time back in 05 - 06 trying to come up with a clever username.

Madscientist was too long of a name so I shortened it to Madsci0.
A few years later I discontinued the 0 in my name and made it simply Madsci.
Some ass-hat on here has the name Madsci so I took the name Madzci.

I like science.
Manivanh
31 posts
Joined March 2015
Manivanh
It's my real name and I was surprised that nobody claimed it. It would've been Manivanh901 if Manivanh was taken. 901 was supposed to be 910 but in ClubPenguin, I messed it up (cause i was a stupid kid back then) and i've used 901 ever since. :D
Deterioration
66 posts
Joined September 2013
Deterioration
Me being bad at names
JLNBulaclac
4 posts
Joined August 2015
JLNBulaclac
basically it's a shortcut of my fulll name JLN - John Lawrence Nicole while the Bulaclac is my surname :)
troke
915 posts
Joined August 2013
troke
My username originaly from stroke :D
Rayne Sylvania
54 posts
Joined June 2014
Rayne Sylvania
I think I was drunk when I made my username....and when I look at it...its cool =3=
Omega good jobu me!!
zy-
81 posts
Joined May 2013
zy-
 
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Risa
435 posts
Joined January 2014
Risa
I thought it'll be cool to reset my name to what it is
Krazee Mops
23 posts
Joined July 2015
Krazee Mops
Krazee Mops

Krazee : (Yeah, you know it) :|

Mops (M.O.P.S): My ID Tag after I use R.I.S
Nub1
1,368 posts
Joined May 2013
Nub1
my skill
There_old_1
There_old_1
Real life name.
NeverLetThisGo
3 posts
Joined August 2015
NeverLetThisGo

Harun wrote:

Real life name.
Okay, whatever you say Arsene Wenger
Leo-C-R-M
3 posts
Joined March 2014
Leo-C-R-M
Wow, this thread is so popular! (OoO)
I guess i'll give it a try.

At first i was confused on what to decide my gaming name, but somehow i came up with an idea on using my Star-Sign (Leo) and Chinese Zodiac (Snake). The result was (as you see it on my Username) Leo-Cobra. (But somehow it can be turn into Leo-Cub)

Then i thought that the name's length wasn't long enough so i added "RM". Which i still don't know what's the real meaning of it up to now.
Thought it's kinda resemble my name and my old username. My friends usually called me "Ar", the same way you read the letter "R". The letter "M" was supposed to be an upside down "W", which is my last name's first letter. And my old username? ArWi (Read the "Wi" like you call that Wii game console!), that's it. (Yeah, it's kinda lame, i usually jokes with my old username. For example, "We're ready to play ARWI?" (yeah, i know, i made a joke that's a lot worse than that.) thought the original idea was to make my gaming name looks more cooler. (Which is SOOO LAME)

Welp, i guess that's the least i can explain. TL;DR, I'm really stupid at making good names :P
xtrem3x
1,789 posts
Joined July 2009
xtrem3x
2006 - x-tremera productions - a combination from x-treme and chimera (2 PIU Songs from Exceed and NX version respectively)

2008 - xtremera3x - a compress reference with extra 3x (hentai, lolicon bla bla bla)

2009 - xtrem3x - Actual and final nickname (globalizing x-treme, chimera from first nickname, 3x for hentai/lolicon and also ... m3x = Mexican)

XDD
Eymi
1,740 posts
Joined June 2013
Eymi
Mix of Hana (flower in japanese) and Kochiya Sanae (my favorite character of Touhou ) = Hanae a good Japanese name of girl :3
Mercurial
Mercurial
http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Spectre
Aomi
1,993 posts
Joined August 2013
Aomi

Mercurial wrote:

http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Spectre
Lies.
You wanted to use (Sailor) Mercury but it was already taken, so you made it more masculine.
consta_
2 posts
Joined May 2014
consta_
Mine wasn't too creative, i originally used "Reisen", based off of Reisen the moon rabbit in touhou, however it made me feel uncomfortable since it made me feel like a roleplayer. so i gave the name for my japanese friend to do whatever he wanted with it. this is what he came up with.
DeletedUser_3905941
DeletedUser_3905941
i just really like red panda's
LuihGi
22 posts
Joined February 2015
LuihGi
Well, Luih is my real name and I REALLY LOVE THE HELL OUT OF LUIGI (luigi's mansion) and thus LuihGi was born/created idk.
WingSilent
2,982 posts
Joined August 2012
WingSilent
To be honest, this is hard to explain. :D
Nub1
1,368 posts
Joined May 2013
Nub1

Nekomi wrote:

To be honest, this is hard to explain. :D
Nekomi(mi?)
WingSilent
2,982 posts
Joined August 2012
WingSilent

nub- wrote:

Nekomi wrote:

To be honest, this is hard to explain. :D
Nekomi(mi?)
Not that way :3
Nadfee
119 posts
Joined May 2015
Nadfee
My real name Nadhif and the amount of money I used on toys and stuff that made my mom agree "Fee"
Can also be rearranged to Nadeef in order to pronounce my real name with an extended "i"

This is silly, but I shared it. topkek
Not really creative, but I like to be called "Nad" as most English speaking person I've met calls me "Nad"
Minecraft_Mare
40 posts
Joined January 2015
Minecraft_Mare
Well Its A Long Short Story :( So I Was Talking To My Friend TheHabboDude123 He Told Me About This Game Called Osu! He Called Me Savannah (My Actuall Name) And I Was Signing Up... I Was Thinking Of A Name And Then This Name Comes In My Head "MineMare" It Was A Combination Of Minecraft and Mare But Really Short 7 Months Later I Got Supporter I Decided To Change My Name. I Decided To Change It To "Minecraft_Mare" And That Day On My Friends Called Me Savannah or MineMare.
omochikaeri
7 posts
Joined June 2013
omochikaeri
I use this as an account name for a lot of my games and I didn't know that username = display name so I'm stuck with this until I get a supporter tag to change my name LOL
GSG95
406 posts
Joined October 2014
GSG95
http://counterstrike.wikia.com/wiki/GSG-9
kirueggy
1,196 posts
Joined April 2014
kirueggy
Wisakedjak
232 posts
Joined September 2010
Wisakedjak
XavierJones.

There was a game, Clive Barker's Jericho, I think. Xavier Jones was one of the members of Jericho Team. I finished the game and then created an osu! account, that was the first thing that came to my mind.
Shota
99 posts
Joined February 2011
Shota
I am anime trash, and I liked the name since I thought it would be funny. Also it fit with me very well in more ways than one
CuticleThong
230 posts
Joined April 2015
CuticleThong
Cuticle - certain furry things lol, not hairy
Thong - Certain pantsu, not just an ordinary pantsu, but westerners loves showing their cute curvy shiri lmao

Call me Thong. OK
Mercurial
Mercurial

Aomi wrote:

Mercurial wrote:

http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Spectre
Lies.
You wanted to use (Sailor) Mercury but it was already taken, so you made it more masculine.
Well, not gonna lie, that's an interesting theory.

Too bad my previous names were MercurialSpectre and iMercurial.
Pringle
39 posts
Joined November 2014
Pringle
Well, this username was a recent switch. One of my best friends calls me Pringle as a nickname, and I really liked it!
Seiga
23 posts
Joined May 2014
Seiga
I keymashed and then backspaced down to three letters.
Xlyana
17 posts
Joined March 2015
Xlyana
ook ook aak aak
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Anxient
1,573 posts
Joined June 2014
Anxient
when i was grade 7 my friend and i decided to make OCs. he went with some name and i came up with AncientMU, thus my first name all the way up to october-ish when i got my first name change. The MU in AncientMU comes from the megaman starforce series, as in the main antagonist of the game afaik. And then i kinda regretted it so with my terribad quick thinking, i decided to name myself Anxient (my current name), because at the time, some japanese already took the name Ancient and right when i was about to name change it, some canadian took the name Ancient, so i sorta stuck with Anxient. Kinda got attached to this name tho and started using it everywhere, although ive been considering to change it to Anpan, yuniAnxi, etc.
Love Me
30 posts
Joined June 2014
Love Me
My name isn't actually taken from the song "Scarlet Rose" lolshocks
originally I just wanted Scarlett or scarlet
as it refers to my actually name in English then roses suddenly came up
and wow what a coincidence

Ps. HL are getting really annoying
Megatastic
15 posts
Joined May 2013
Megatastic
I was on the phone to an old friend of mine and I was looking for a new username for a social network. She suggested Megatastic and I've used it ever since.
Dezept
7 posts
Joined November 2013
Dezept
2006 - 2014 = Maruck -> My first pet's name was "Maruck", so I used that name for online gaming.

2014 = Dezept -> How did I came up with that name? Well, that was the name I trolled people with. However, at some point I thought that Dezept is a pretty good name, so I changed my name from Maruck to Dezept.
still a better lovestory than twilight

Greetings, Dezept.
Aiona
165 posts
Joined December 2014
Aiona
My name is Iona and I'm an otaku.

But I wish I could change it because I cringe everytime.
Someone gimme supporter to change it ;;
Zazarith
17 posts
Joined July 2014
Zazarith
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Jarvis
121 posts
Joined August 2014
Jarvis
Making a Minecraft account name in 2012 and had to think of a name.

Dinner inspired me greatly that day :o
primrose
primrose

CuticleThong wrote:

Cuticle - certain furry things lol, not hairy
Thong - Certain pantsu, not just an ordinary pantsu, but westerners loves showing their cute curvy shiri lmao

Call me Thong. OK
thongs are sexy.

itt:
i love the world fall or downfall so i decided to use it for my username and i added +ist to make it look cool
KinomiCandy
798 posts
Joined June 2010
KinomiCandy
i stole this name from someone at facebook
Flanster
5,938 posts
Joined August 2010
Flanster

KinomiCandy wrote:

i stole this name from someone at facebook
goddammit I thought it would be more interesting..
zTk11z
26 posts
Joined May 2015
zTk11z
TK is my initials and the rest of the name is just randomness XD
-Sh1n1-
3,404 posts
Joined September 2012
-Sh1n1-
Well... my name came from shinigami xdd don't kill me pls
Raiden
osu! Alumni
2,419 posts
Joined January 2013
Raiden
cyborg ninja thunder god

all merged together
CalmirageD88
33 posts
Joined April 2015
CalmirageD88
Calm = referred to my personality
Mirage = because I always want something ._. but can't be realized
D88 = my birthday, with formulas..

and.. I'll not change my username ^^
Just Nid
8 posts
Joined July 2013
Just Nid
My username on twitch was ''Nidanieeel'', back when I started playing osu!, I looked for help on streamers that didn't have that much viewers and were friendly to people that watched them, this one streamer that I'm still friends with, called me ''Nid'' so I changed my username to ''Just Nid'' because of it c:
Douae
25 posts
Joined February 2015
Douae
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_Miaw_
2 posts
Joined January 2015
_Miaw_
from a cat obviously :roll:

CreepyExplotion
51 posts
Joined June 2015
CreepyExplotion
from my minecraft username
Linada
995 posts
Joined November 2014
Linada
i'm gay
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Axalis
6 posts
Joined May 2014
Axalis
This name suddenly came out of my brain, and it's not too bad, so wrote it ._.
Raiken-
632 posts
Joined June 2013
Raiken-
Rai Ken
CoolerMaster
2 posts
Joined March 2015
CoolerMaster
Math...
GSG95
406 posts
Joined October 2014
GSG95
eh.
Mekki
Mekki
MK means Mario Kart and Guh is my nickname in real life O3O
mukti_old_1
20 posts
Joined December 2013
mukti_old_1
I already mentioned this in another thread - years ago, I used to go by the name moksha. Too many times, I found this name was taken, and I didn't like adding a number to the end :P. I looked up synonyms for the word (I think it meant something like rebirth), and found mukti. I actually liked this name more, and have been using it ever since (you'll see me on multiple trackers, and IRC with the same name).

Apparently, this is also a normal human name in some countries... something I didn't know when I picked out the name lol
JOEMOMO
41 posts
Joined August 2015
JOEMOMO
Hello :)

My Username has two parts, I guess. JOE as it's my name & MOMO is a random word I think sounds cool :D. I guess it makes sense as my surname starts with a M. 8-)
Surono
7,197 posts
Joined November 2013
Surono
lol mukti is like similar bahasa's name.. btw, my username is take from my real name. ,
Daxxor
33 posts
Joined July 2014
Daxxor
My very first username was "blafferke", it's basically a tiny version of a pistol in pirate language. I got it out of a pirate book I got when I was young. (Kappa)

Daxxor was made up on the spot by a friend of mine. We played Allods Online, and decided to create a new character. I asked: "Hey, think of a name for me as well". That's when "Daxxor" was born.
Valentine
33 posts
Joined May 2014
Valentine
Literally my real name with with otay at the end for no reason \o/
Suisei Hosimati
3,049 posts
Joined March 2013
Suisei Hosimati
For easier understanding, I'll split both the meanings of "Kurante" and "Melodii"

For "Kurante", as some you know, that's the name of the girl from FREEDOM DiVE, yes, they named it

As for "Melodii" , it's from a closed species in DeviantART, I owned one here , according to their closed species page, "Melodii" means... of course "Melody" in Korean

So I combines those 2 words, and my username was born
puccithecat
166 posts
Joined March 2015
puccithecat
my cat pucci
Kyozoru
334 posts
Joined August 2015
Kyozoru
Kyozoru, i mixed it with my old name in osu - Kyou-kun, favorite character in one piece is zoro, changed the o in zoro to u then remove the u in kyou = Kyozoru
Trubble
7 posts
Joined January 2015
Trubble
It's a nickname that has followed me around all my life.
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defiance
503 posts
Joined July 2015
defiance
well

being a skrub in a game has always been my passion

so i just did this
Antlia-
260 posts
Joined July 2013
Antlia-
I made a You Tube account in the 2000's and decided to keep the name, it's from "Star Wars The Clone Wars"
Also, why isn't this in surveys? Drum Drum you know better
[ Kakuja ]
[ Kakuja ]
:D I got my current username from the anime Tokyo Ghoul.
I went to the Tokyo Ghoul wiki and read a bit more about the incomplete kakujas and other stuff, after I've read the first sentence:
''A kakuja (赫者, red one) is a kind of ghoul with a transformed kagune.'' in exact that moment I went to my Osu! profile and changed name because I love the color red. My osu! skin is bloated with red colors, my computer is red/black theme and most of my clothes are red/black too.

How I got my old username: HaiHaiAnkan.
This was just a random name I choose because I couldn't make up a good name when I made my account.
HaiHaiAnkan directly translated from swedish to english: HelloHelloDuck.

___
Edit: I don't even know if Kakuja actually means the red one.. but it still sounds cool 8-)
bolt997
53 posts
Joined June 2013
bolt997
Coz
SPOILER
also named my mini pomeranian after that.

And I was born in 1997.

It was also around the time porsche released the carerra 997.

bolt997 looked cooler than bolt97.

And it's nice how 6 years later, naruto's son is bolt (ボルト) Hence my caption~
Nealth
18 posts
Joined June 2014
Nealth
Well, the name I originally wanted was taken so I put this random name together and I guess I kind of stuck with it.

But I mean, I like it. :P
mosvannen
12 posts
Joined December 2014
mosvannen
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Biri Biri
142 posts
Joined January 2013
Biri Biri
Neat new forum design. Been a little while. Copied directly from my userpage. p:

Origin of my username
For the sake of misinterpretations and similar sounding words, the name Kamidachi breeds from several things, and is a "fanmade" one if anything.

Kami - Referring to "god" or a godlike figure. Also stemming from the anime "Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai", (The World God Only Knows) where the main character Katsuragi Keima is nicknamed as "Kami nii-sama" to his partner. I'm able to relate to him in many ways so I felt it was symbolic for me at least.

Tomodachi - Meaning friend(s) or close acquaintance. In life, I place large value on my friendships because they've helped me through life and blahblah misc other stuff. That's all for that.

Putting both together and ignoring japanese rules, "Kami" and "-dachi" make a "God/Godly Friend". Making the last and final meaning of my name reflect who I am individually, as someone who can be relied on at any time and would do anything for a friend. <3
George
George
It's my IRL name.
Otrebor
47 posts
Joined August 2015
Otrebor
the origin of my nickname is pretty dumb, but let's say it anyway

My real name is Roberto, so i just took the "R" and i wrote it with the Italian pronunciation (erre) and then wrote the rest of my name.
Electovoid
46 posts
Joined June 2015
Electovoid
It is my IG name ;;~

Where it came from?
I liked the word void for no apparent reason

I also like Electro - Im assuming because of electronic music but who knows

I didnt like Electrovoid, so I took out the R
Simples 8-)
xXxSkippyxXx
14 posts
Joined October 2015
xXxSkippyxXx
I pretty much stole mine from a youtuber called Skippy9191. I suck at coming up with user names.
Pituophis
859 posts
Joined January 2015
Pituophis
Its a genus of snake. I like snakes.
JohnnyKnoxville
295 posts
Joined December 2014
JohnnyKnoxville
The Chaos Emeralds from Sonic the Hedgehog
NaTha_old_1
594 posts
Joined January 2013
NaTha_old_1
My old name was Kazutodacer. I wanted to write Kazutodancer but i lost the N and dacer sounded nice.
Then i changed to NaThaNeL. Thats because i saw a tv spot where a passanger called Nataneal but you speak the Name "Natanäl"
Now my Name is NaTha its a short version of NaThaNeL cuz anyone in osu called me NaTha
EtienneXC
Former osu!mania 4K Champion: 2015
115 posts
Joined January 2015
EtienneXC
A post-hardccore band "Etienne Sin." I have no idea how I used to like them.
The "XC" part refers to the sport Cross Country
Offdensen
335 posts
Joined May 2015
Offdensen
'Feliciano' comes from Feliciano Vargas,which he comes from an anime called 'Hetalia'.
'Gasai' comes from an anime called 'Mirai nikki',or,in English,'The Future Diary'.
Jarvis
121 posts
Joined August 2014
Jarvis
Now that I've gotten a new name.

I used to binge on reading competitive game wikia's (League of Legends/Dota/CS:GO) so whenever my friends needed to know shit for games or builds. Just call Jarvis...
Eiuh
184 posts
Joined July 2014
Eiuh
I was tired of my previous nickname so i wanted something new and unique.

it's pronounceable and i was desperate ok ;_;
otoed1
639 posts
Joined May 2014
otoed1
5 or 6 year old me.
Darth_Mula
130 posts
Joined September 2014
Darth_Mula
because mules and star wars so
DeletedUser_6709840
DeletedUser_6709840
I used to part of a clan in runescape called "Roseus Deos" and pretty much it stemmed from that. The 'Jaeger' part is a little Attack on Titan inspired apart from the meaning literally meaning 'hunter'. My username is supposed to mean 'pink hunter' and just sound cool
Darth_Mula
130 posts
Joined September 2014
Darth_Mula

RoseusJaeger wrote:

I used to part of a clan in runescape called "Roseus Deos" and pretty much it stemmed from that. The 'Jaeger' part is a little Attack on Titan inspired apart from the meaning literally meaning 'hunter'. My username is supposed to mean 'pink hunter' and just sound cool
no way, u cant
Emayecue
134 posts
Joined November 2014
Emayecue
In other games and forums that used my forum name used to be "Made In Quebec". After a while, the diminutive MiQ was used for most people who interacted regularly with me.

At some point, I was looking for a new name for a new character I wanted to create, and one of my friends on that game suggested I use now, which stands for Em (M) aye (I) cue (Q)

Since then, it kinda grew on me, and now it's a standard wherever I go I always use that name... Thank god he never asked me for copyright fees :D
DeletedUser_6709840
DeletedUser_6709840

Darth_Mula wrote:

RoseusJaeger wrote:

I used to part of a clan in runescape called "Roseus Deos" and pretty much it stemmed from that. The 'Jaeger' part is a little Attack on Titan inspired apart from the meaning literally meaning 'hunter'. My username is supposed to mean 'pink hunter' and just sound cool
no way, u cant
I can't what?
Darth_Mula
130 posts
Joined September 2014
Darth_Mula

RoseusJaeger wrote:

Darth_Mula wrote:

I used to part of a clan in runescape called "Roseus Deos" and pretty much it stemmed from that. The 'Jaeger' part is a little Attack on Titan inspired apart from the meaning literally meaning 'hunter'. My username is supposed to mean 'pink hunter' and just sound cool
no way, u cant
trust me.
NiuCriu
7 posts
Joined March 2015
NiuCriu
I originated as Niudoru, because Nudoru wasn't available so I added an "i" in there somewhere. As I got more involved into the twitch community, every time a 1 miss or choke or 80% acc FC's, my friends and I would all type niuCri, as an emote. I thought it was clever to rhyme Niu to Cri, thus NiuCriu...
carljcdc
32 posts
Joined September 2014
carljcdc
From my real name, my previous universal ign is "Botch Carl" cuz i was called "botchipig" cuz i used to be fat lel, then "carl" cuz my name's Carl, "jcdc" cuz of my 2nd name, MI, and surname.
-NikoNiko-
102 posts
Joined August 2014
-NikoNiko-
I cant remember
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