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MachineJaipur
04/30/21 8:16:55 AM
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How though?










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DravenRainrix
04/30/21 8:20:21 AM
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Named after a movie and a video game.


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Nukazie
04/30/21 8:23:05 AM
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i've no idea

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Machete
04/30/21 8:25:28 AM
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I have multiple machetes
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DespondentDeity
04/30/21 8:26:10 AM
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I was real fuckin sad but I AM a god

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Gurifisu
04/30/21 8:27:09 AM
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-Based on real name
-Based on character

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yunalenne10
04/30/21 8:27:44 AM
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I was looking for a FFX-2 guide.

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gatorsPENSbucs
04/30/21 8:30:10 AM
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Based on 2 different video game series and Gators goes on everything.

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R1masher
04/30/21 8:39:15 AM
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It was bequeathed unto me from my prowess on the battlefields of Lordran

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Sictis
04/30/21 8:42:00 AM
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It's a reference to a very obscure character from the old star wars eu.

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GallisOTK
04/30/21 8:43:09 AM
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It's a cheesy gimmick deck I used to play in Yu-gi-oh
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WilliamPorygon
04/30/21 8:43:38 AM
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I selected character since Gamefaqs' lame poll system doesn't let me pick two options :(

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04/30/21 8:44:10 AM
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I couldn't think of a good username -_-

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MedeaLysistrata
04/30/21 8:44:45 AM
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Picked to characters from Greek drama and put then together >_>

I kinda made it up

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DiamondDogs
04/30/21 8:46:49 AM
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Original name was made up and trash, then changed it to David Bowies album from the mid 70s.

Kinda wish I could change it again

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Wii_Shaker
04/30/21 8:47:04 AM
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Wii is my favorite console. So small yet capable. First and only console I bought on launch day.

It's also a nod to cheeky usernames you'd see pop up in the Wii era on message boards. I used to be a mod on a Wii fan website forum and you would see that alot back in the day.

Euphemism for spanking the monkey.

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RetsuZaiZen
04/30/21 8:47:56 AM
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Last three of the Kuji-kiri

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuji-kiri

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AlisLandale
04/30/21 8:50:15 AM
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I happened to have Phantasy Star paused in the background as I was making an account.

...I still need to beat that game lol.

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ModLogic
04/30/21 8:50:54 AM
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
04/30/21 9:20:36 AM
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I work hard and play harder.

But for real it was a name to make fun of/mess around on StrikeGently that somehow turned in to the only account I use.

My old main account was a bastardization of Delita from FFTactics.

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Stagmar
04/30/21 9:23:55 AM
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There was a snowstorm when I created my account. Then 13 years later I was told I needed to change my name and they wouldnt tell me why. I changed it to some character I could vaguely recall. I dont think I even spelled his name correctly.

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CableZL
04/30/21 9:26:26 AM
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My 1st username on AOL was ZLightning1. I went through a years long stretch of including ZL at the end of any usernames I had after that.

And then Cable is from X-Men

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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
04/30/21 9:29:16 AM
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CableZL posted...
My 1st username on AOL was ZLightning1. I went through a years long stretch of including ZL at the end of any usernames I had after that.


Hahahah oh man this brings back an embarrassing memory. My dad comes home in the mid 90s and is like hey here's this thing called AOL come down and i'll make accounts for you and your brothers to chat with people. (Back when it was safe for kids to do this shit)

I had just gotten doen watching an episode of Family Matters where Eddie says something to the effect of "my name is Easy E" and I thought it sounded cool but was too young that i didn't know WTF he was talking about. So my very first AOL chat name was EasyS. I was like 13 maybe.

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EzeDoesIt
04/30/21 9:31:45 AM
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Based on my real name/nickname and the phrase, easy does it.

gatorsPENSbucs posted...
Based on 2 different video game series and Gators goes on everything.

Which game series?

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BlockAddition
04/30/21 9:35:13 AM
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I took two words and put them together, it has the added bonus of people recognising my serperior intellict.

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Hayame Zero
04/30/21 9:36:04 AM
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I was still really into Japanese culture, and Hayame was a cool Japanese name, and Zero was the coolest-sounding number.

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Choco
04/30/21 9:37:13 AM
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based on a nickname which was based on a username which was based both on a video game species and a manga character

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MrMallard
04/30/21 9:41:19 AM
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I used to be a part of an anime chatroom when I was a kid, and we didn't have a lot of money so we had dial-up until like 2009. That's partially why I was on that chatroom - low bandwidth form of communication, didn't have to refresh any pages or anything. Couldn't even buffer a YouTube video on that connection.

The thing about dial-up, or at least the dial-up I had, is that if you disconnected it and then reconnected it, it would reset your IP. That chatroom had a warning system - if you swore, you got one or two warning points based on the severity of the word. If you were just being a rude shit, a moderator could manually warn you. If you spammed chat, or spoke uninterrupted for too many posts, you got a warning point. It was easy to get banned, is what I'm saying - basically, it kicked you off until midnight America time, and then your points got reset because the chat bots reset.

Two things you need to know:

  1. Those bans were tied to your IP
  2. You didn't need an account to enter the chatroom. You just had to type in a username.
So one day I'm being a frisky little shit and no-one wants to put up with me. I get five warning points, and it boots me out of the chatroom. But I haven't had my fill yet - I want to keep chatting.

So I disconnected my internet, and then I reconnected it. That reset my IP, so I was free to go back into chat. But I can't use my old username - Naughty Dog, because it was my favorite video game company - or they'll just ban me again.

First thing that comes to my mind? MrMallard.

I actually got away with it for a little while, but eventually I was found out and they banned me again. I went through a couple of other alts, like I think that's when I made DrSavage which became Drest Savageton which became a massive embarrassment. All of them were super obvious and they kicked me as fast as I could come back. But MrMallard was the OG, and it went the distance.

I found TV Tropes a couple years later, made it my official username on October 10 2010. From there, it became my go-to username. Not bad for a bolt from the blue I got while trying to evade a chatroom ban.

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lejonbrames
04/30/21 9:41:56 AM
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uwnim
04/30/21 9:45:32 AM
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It is the name of my favorite FFII character backwards.

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ROOTFayth
04/30/21 9:45:46 AM
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root is a pro team in esport that I used to be part of for starcraft 2, Fayth is from Final Fantasy X
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IloveJesus
04/30/21 9:46:42 AM
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Based on a character, sort of.

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SolidShadow3
04/30/21 9:49:36 AM
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What is a solid shadow other than pure darkness?

Jk, its Solid Snake meets Shadow the Hedgehog.

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Legato-and-Vash
04/30/21 9:51:20 AM
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I came up with this name back in 2003 when I was 12. Back then, I was making usernames based on my favorite characters at the time. It's from Trigun and of course Vash was taken already. This was the last username I made based on a character and is the only place the name is still used.

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Zodd3224
04/30/21 9:56:36 AM
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Its my real name

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BuckVanHammer
04/30/21 9:56:39 AM
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my dad is one of those hillbillies that calls every dude buck. my brother started calling me buck mockingly and it kinda stuck. vanhammer I stole from Mr Show

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uwnim
04/30/21 9:57:49 AM
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Zodd3224 posted...
Its my real name
your real name has numbers in it? o_O

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Sictis
04/30/21 9:58:30 AM
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Zodd3224 posted...
Its my real name
*kneels*

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Fluttershy
04/30/21 9:59:14 AM
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i always vote other if you give me the chance

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SgtBash
04/30/21 10:05:16 AM
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Mine is based on a House Robot from Robot Wars. I used to watch the show and it was one of the most fiercest of the House Robots.

I'm not very good at coming up with usernames.
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Gurifisu
04/30/21 10:16:35 AM
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Zodd3224 posted...
Its my real name
What's up

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Tired-Insomniac
04/30/21 10:17:19 AM
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I am literally always tired yet I have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.

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Kakapo
04/30/21 10:18:05 AM
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I am small and fluffy, but have a booming voice when I need it.

Nah, I just like kakapos.

Machete posted...
I have multiple machetes

Your username always makes me think of the Amanda Palmer song


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nativengine
04/30/21 10:25:10 AM
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The Pay N Spray in GTA4 was called Native Engines. Its just off Oneida Drive, I just so happen to be from Oneida of the Thames.

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Master Kazuya
04/30/21 10:28:03 AM
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Tekken

I thought (and still think tbh) Kazuya was really cool and he owned the Zaibatsu so he da master

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DenverLastDino
04/30/21 10:35:58 AM
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Nostalgia.

Also, I don't want people to associate this with my main account.
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Xavier_On_High
04/30/21 10:37:17 AM
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I combined the names of two previous accounts from 2004, one named for Professor Xavier, and the other for the Clint Eastwood movie High Plains Drifter

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g0ldie
04/30/21 10:39:11 AM
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named after the main character of the blaxploitation classic, The Mack

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