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Where did your username originate from?

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drum drum
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drum drum
Inspired by the question from ztrot's interview on osu!talk: http://youtu.be/8COmLt0IBRs?t=54m38s
A bunch of times people will think of a username related to their childhood, whether they do it by intention or not. This is not always the case, however, some people chose theirs because they either liked the way it sounded or thought it was cool. Everyone is different, of course.


For me, I chose "drum drum" for a reason I don't entirely remember. But I believe it's based on my past fascination with drums of all sorts. When I was a child my grandmother bought me a cheap Indian drum which I loved a lot (and then it broke of course). Around middle school I had a Djembe drum that I loved to play a lot. And finally in High school my parents bought me an electric drum kit (which I never anymore use because it lacks a tom and doesn't sound that great). Now here I am playing Taiko on osu!, funny how life works.

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Pawsu
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5,213 posts
Joined February 2013
Pawsu
so. i'm canadian. and one day i was like hey, i'm gonna try to make a cool username.
so i used canadian, and just added paws. cause paws are cute

now i kind of regret it...but y'know, whatever B)
Nathanael
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6,163 posts
Joined January 2013
Nathanael
My name is my real name and it came from the Bible itself.
Previously, my username was iYuzuru where Yuzuru came at Otonashi Yuzuru from Angel Beats! because it's my codename or alias in real life.
Trash Boat
4,403 posts
Joined April 2013
Trash Boat
from here

Rio-
3,364 posts
Joined March 2013
Rio-
It's from my real name Satrio, I use Rio since I thought It looks cool imo (also using "-" because someone took my username already)

previously called satriobp, from the abbreviation of my Real name and my universal alias.
sheela
2,651 posts
Joined October 2011
sheela
There was this game called "Shining Force", which was my favourite game, and there this character called "Sheela" which my favourite character (which was attack move that I liked about). The number 901 is a number close to 911 (the number for emergency).
piruchan
753 posts
Joined October 2013
piruchan
It comes from Zhepyr (an online name I use often). When I met osu! I thought it was some sort of weaboo-japanese game and pronounced zhepyr in a japanese-english way, and got zepiru. I took ze out and left with piru. Then I add chan to make it sounds cute.
ivan
313 posts
Joined November 2013
ivan
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ColdTooth
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Joined June 2012
ColdTooth
I apparently was once called ColdTooth one day at school because I like cold things
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
"vahn" is actually my nickname irl
about "10", I really don't remember

supposed to be I'm removing 10 in my username but

Chamelo
432 posts
Joined July 2013
Chamelo
'Chamelo' comes from the word 'Chameleon.'
'_Th' is an abbreviation of 'Thailand.' It's just there because someone already used 'Chamelo' (and abandoned it!)
It's also a part of my previous username 'CTs_Th'
That's why people in mafia game still call me 'CTs'

I recall there's once...

Chamelo_Th wrote:

I've changed my username to "Chamelo_Th" (don't panic ;P)

You guys can still call me "CTs" as ever.

Sephibro wrote:

The previous one was much better

Tanzklaue wrote:

people tend to namechange into worse names

Sephibro wrote:

Chamelo_Th wrote:

I think people get used to the old name, so they see the new one is... worse.
no it just sucks
:o
Trash Boat
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Joined April 2013
Trash Boat
no it doesn't.
Fetish
18 posts
Joined August 2013
Fetish
My username came from Osu!
Chamelo
432 posts
Joined July 2013
Chamelo

Trash Boat wrote:

no it doesn't.
It's depends on people's taste anyway.
Kouya-
Kouya-
Hmm, I was thinking of a super cool username that I would want to make it my main username forever at the time, I guess .

Because, xXRedNinjaXx was such a boring username .

So, I thought of something I thought was cool and I heard the show Supa Ninjas ?

And my two favorite animals is a wolf and a tiger, so I thought of something catchy .

SupaWolfTiga .

I know right ? So retarded >~>
Jazz
674 posts
Joined March 2011
Jazz
my real life nickname

I use Eniza in other places; I used hikari_eniza here before, 'Hikari' from Netto Hikari in Megaman Battle Network (contrary from the common belief that people get 'Hikari' from girl characters) and 'Eniza' from the reverse spelling of my real name with some letters removed
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Taskmaster
760 posts
Joined July 2013
Taskmaster
https://osu.ppy.sh/s/106212 i think
Cripple
6 posts
Joined May 2014
Cripple
I got this username, because during the time I signed up for this game I was recovering from a bone fracture which left me crippled for a little while. I'm recovered and still sporting that nickname irl :D
Nub1
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Joined May 2013
Nub1
Adi -> my rl nickname
cchi -> some random stuff I hear and it sounds fit

and my previous username was adiicf (wanna type adicf but accidently press "i" 2 times)
got that name when I still play Crossfire (on 2009) so I came with the idea and then adicf was born (actually AdiCF) and still use it as my username in a few games / forums / social media
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AutoMedic
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Joined April 2014
AutoMedic
It's my DotA name back then.
Cerulean Veyron
2,090 posts
Joined August 2012
Cerulean Veyron
GrayKaiser82 was my previous and sheep name, but when i saw myself in the mirror.... I found out I was not a human.

I finally get to know myself as a supercar, a.k.a. "Veyron" (-w-")
Kept the "Gray" due it's my second favorite colour, spaced my two words, boop!
Gumpy
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Joined June 2014
Gumpy
A friend of mine called me Gumpy once so I stuck with it.
Also added 2 Ys because one is always taken
Senpoii
354 posts
Joined April 2013
Senpoii
Ilfri derives from the original name- Ifrit. The goddess of fire & destruction. Changed it up by taking out the T and adding an L... Ilfri is a name I use now for almost every game and also in real life. I have tons of people IRL who call me Ilfri and I love it ^^
orbital gun
171 posts
Joined January 2011
orbital gun
My username came from nothing, pretty much
Nutella
100 posts
Joined August 2013
Nutella
From nutella.
Nub1
1,368 posts
Joined May 2013
Nub1

yNutella wrote:

From nutella.
yNutella -> yay! Nutella!
Evanescent-
285 posts
Joined April 2014
Evanescent-
InfiWong = Infinity-Wong 《- should've used that name...and the Wong comes from my last name, so why not? XD
Nutella
100 posts
Joined August 2013
Nutella

Adicchi wrote:

yNutella wrote:

From nutella.
yNutella -> yay! Nutella!
You are one of the few people that actually get this wrong... :P
Trash Boat
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Joined April 2013
Trash Boat
why nutella, then?
Piine
1,573 posts
Joined March 2012
Piine
Name comes from the persona of my true self. Matches my personality so why not. :|
Maeglwn
Maeglwn
I mispelled the word bagel so bad that it formed into this
jack_skellet
1 post
Joined September 2013
jack_skellet
my nic originated from a nightmare before christmas. you know the skelleton
Dopamine
9 posts
Joined June 2013
Dopamine
My name came from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4vPCY11eM.
The video is pretty popular so i get highlighted for nothing alot xc
Alucard
93 posts
Joined May 2012
Alucard
Hellsing, Castlevania.

Either or.
TheNekoNextDoor
446 posts
Joined March 2014
TheNekoNextDoor
Thought it up randomly.
Katze
379 posts
Joined November 2011
Katze
i like cats, thats all
Cherry Blossom
3,185 posts
Joined October 2011
Cherry Blossom
My old username was PCBlossom (Perfect Cherry Blossom) from Touhou 7. I changed it to Cherry Blossom because i found this name funny ^^ (people still think i'm a girl, omg)
xxdeathx
2,661 posts
Joined July 2013
xxdeathx
because people keep asking me:

back in RuneScape there was a Soul Wars clan for level 120+ players whose generals chose a random side that everyone would join for each game. the goal was that the side with stronger players would almost always win. the clan was hosted by xxdeathx.

xFioramaster18 wrote:

My name came from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ4vPCY11eM.
The video is pretty popular so i get highlighted for nothing alot xc
i figured as much, having seen that dude's videos before
Friendan
229 posts
Joined April 2014
Friendan
Brendan + Friend = Friendan.
It came from a friend because he thought I needed a new nickname (he used to just call me fag/faggot).
So Everyone started calling me that and yeah.

Also you still haven't fought me at Town Center, Drum Drum.
Trash Boat
4,403 posts
Joined April 2013
Trash Boat

Xanandra wrote:

Free mod for the first person who can guess where my nick came from!
I don't need a mod, but feel free to give me something else instead

E14
353 posts
Joined November 2011
E14
my original username was "essamaneira" well it came from a title of that song. i saw it on dance arcade named "xceed"
Then i change my name into E s s a, which is coincidentally my shorthand of my whole real name. :)

edit 1: i didn't know it was a portuguese word at first
Navizel
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Joined April 2011
Navizel
^I think that's Pump it Up: Xceed

Anyway, mine came from the syllables of my friends' names.
Ninna
Vince
Jeizel

It's so random but it looked cool and unique imo so I sticked with it.

old username came from Angel Beats + a "lucky" number (Otonashi07)
Kurogamii
1,026 posts
Joined May 2013
Kurogamii
kuro = black = fave color
gami = god or lord or something like that

old username KurogamiLaciel
Laciel = taken from my old mmorpg's account username
silmarilen
5,582 posts
Joined February 2010
silmarilen

silmarilen wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion
Samui_old_1
151 posts
Joined November 2012
Samui_old_1
Basically the Japanese word I use frequently during winter.
Stefan
Global Moderator
10,407 posts
Joined January 2011
Stefan
Welp, my name in RL.




About my previous username, TheNutritiousGuy... it's my old name as Let's Player on YouTube which was just a "random" name at this time. At all it became to a pun and weirdly (more) famous in the german community.
Perfection
635 posts
Joined January 2013
Perfection
;w;
Naru20
12 posts
Joined May 2014
Naru20
Naru - from the same word as the Ghost Hunt's MC's nickname, I chose it because it sounds fun.
20 - my real name if you write it in hiragana and read in katakana.
Sakibaraki
12 posts
Joined August 2014
Sakibaraki
My username is made from Sakakibara in anime "Another".
I was totally stuck in setting nickname, so I chose this...
drum drum
osu! Alumni
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Joined May 2014
Topic Starter
drum drum

Friendan wrote:

Also you still haven't fought me at Town Center, Drum Drum.
But Town Center Park is boring ;u;

Besides, I'm stuck at home with a cold.
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