i thought some people might have interesting stories behind the name they choose to present themselves as on a forum.

my nic, ziptal, comes from frustration over common nic names (such as Puff) being already taken on other internet sites. So i combined Zip from zipcode and Tal from postal code into one name that is never used, and easy to remember.

untill just now I've always thought it was zipital.......


anyway, just look at it backwards and youll get my name.. but hell everyone knows that...

Hmm. Before I stumbled upon theroms (about 3 yrs ago), I wanted to have the shortest email address' and logon name's possible. So I used my initials. The only problem there was is rjd was taken all the time so I added my birth month and year on (rjd279). Thats what screen name I had before and I asked Chris or RaF to change it to just rjd since there wasn't 278 other rjds here.

I shudder to think that solid_snake crossed my mind.

I always wondered about yours, Ziptal . . . Mine, some people may remember. My first SN on AIM, when I first got the internet back in the day, was hard to think of because I too could not find an untaken one. So, I looked around the room. Saw a lamp, saw my dog, and my brother was watching a Bond movie. So, there I was with Lampdog007. I loved that SN, should have kept it but I forgot my password. Anyway, I got into a little programming group called "Graphite Productions," to which I could offer very little. All the members had funky names, so I had to go along with all of the greek-like stuff, and call myself "Lamperus." Later on, I hit the Michelle Branch forum when she told me that it was up, and she saw my SN, and said "Hey, Lampy!" and from then, people called me that for a couple years. Then . . . I found TheRoms. I put my name in, Lamperus, and almost immediately I recieved the first-ever custom title below 50 posts - "Tha Pic Man" given to me by Tha Masster, of course. And I earned it! Hehe, anyway, when that finally subsided, a few of you still called me "the," and it kind of stuck. Though, being around all of you brits and cannucks, you tend to call me "Lamperous" instead of "Lamperus" ^^;. Anyway, that's the story of me. How long and odd.

wow i wish i had an interesting story behind mine,

some people think im creepy, im on the smallish side, i used to be a goth and im of the female persuasion............interesting!

mine basically shows just how young and easily influenced i was at the time, its just the name of a spanish version of a cypress hill song.

And a good one btfw. Well ine has no history either Im just obssesed with what Homer J. Simpson represents the luck of the idiot and of course the way he made me laugh even when I was up to my neck in shit, its like a tribute, a shitty one but still a tribute.

well people call me amo a lot, from my real name amos, and then I just turned my last name dillman into dman and made a unique username I could use everywhere.

Wow . . . I always thought of it as "a mod, man."

<!--QuoteBegin-sttikjt+Aug 20 2004, 04:46 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sttikjt @ Aug 20 2004, 04:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> anyway, just look at it backwards and youll get my name.. but hell everyone knows that... [/quote]
Holy hell I never figured your name out. I figured you had hit the keyboard or something.

Anyhow, I got mine from Transformers. My Fav. character was the Jeep, Hound. I added some Xx xX's for some style, and BOOM. XxHoundxX.

<!--QuoteBegin-sttikjt+Aug 19 2004, 09:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sttikjt @ Aug 19 2004, 09:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
anyway, just look at it backwards and youll get my name.. but hell everyone knows that... [/quote]
yeah i always wondered, never occured to me to read it backwards

hmm I was sure I'd told you all

yeah tj, you did tell us before.

my sn is basically the kind of stuff i call myself, with a number after it. i think i decided on 52 cause sometimes i think im one of the handfull of people who could slip into a 52 hour day (heard about a study on sunlight being connected with sleeping patterns), plus my dad was born in '52, so i think the number just passes through my head a few times when deciding. how redundant

<!--QuoteBegin-slacker52+Aug 21 2004, 01:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (slacker52 @ Aug 21 2004, 01:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> yeah tj, you did tell us before.

my sn is basically the kind of stuff i call myself, with a number after it. i think i decided on 52 cause sometimes i think im one of the handfull of people who could slip into a 52 hour day (heard about a study on sunlight being connected with sleeping patterns), plus my dad was born in '52, so i think the number just passes through my head a few times when deciding. how redundant [/quote]
For a slacker...sounds like quite a bit of thought put into your user name. My dad was born in 52' too.

For the record I noticed Tim's backwards name, I just thought the T was for Todd or Tad.

I'm named after a Gundam.... I think it means something in Jap..... all I know is Scott (redeye) stole the one I wanted which was Shenlong...... so I chose the upgraded version of the Gundam.....

Well the first part, "Wyatt", comes from my first name, Wyatt....The second part, "Hook", comes from my last name, Hook.

My old name CrazyLegs was because hes a good breakdancer and I wish I could bust a move like him.

My name came from when I was a young and stupid Half-Life player who joined a clan. The people in the clan didn't like my old name(Real High Ping) and I got called a llama in-game for my dirty tactics. so I added dragon and 2.0 for dramatic effect.

<!--QuoteBegin-Llamadragon2.0+Aug 22 2004, 07:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Llamadragon2.0 @ Aug 22 2004, 07:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My name came from when I was a young and stupid Half-Life player who joined a clan. The people in the clan didn't like my old name(Real High Ping) and I got called a llama in-game for my dirty tactics. so I added dragon and 2.0 for dramatic effect. [/quote]
You're RHP? TMBG's friend right? Damn thats news to me.

^_^ Llama/RHP is a cool man.

<!--QuoteBegin-The Lamperus+Aug 23 2004, 01:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (The Lamperus @ Aug 23 2004, 01:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ^_^ Llama/RHP is a cool man. [/quote]
Yeah. I remember RHP from a while back (that team deathmatch avatar).

I just wasn't aware that he was llama now.

I use to use this when I played Tribes. And continue to use this as my online gaming tag. Or rather use too, before my comp fell behind the times. Nothing mysterious.

I think there was a Shenlong here before and it was I dont remember his name but he was here and was a mod !

<!--QuoteBegin-NaTaKu+Aug 21 2004, 12:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NaTaKu @ Aug 21 2004, 12:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> all I know is Scott (redeye) stole the one I wanted which was Shenlong...... [/quote]
This conveniently placed quote should help with your drunken confusion Homer.

There's really no history behind my name... I like earthbound so I just took Ness and added 222 it for fun

<!--QuoteBegin-Ness222+Aug 23 2004, 06:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Ness222 @ Aug 23 2004, 06:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There's really no history behind my name... I like earthbound so I just took Ness and added 222 it for fun [/quote]
And thats the right attitude for forum names. Keep them fun...