get to know your nick...

Ilokir lúinwë · Post by **Ilokir lúinwë** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:20 pm

I want to know what the meaning is of your nick..? I know this is and old topic, but rather than to commit threadomancy (or however it's called?) I want to revive it. I know there are a lot of new members, and from some of them in particular I want to know what their inspiration was for choosing their particular nickname..

I got mine from a Dark Elf name generator. It struck me because of the reference to Loki, Norse god of betrayal and evil. Suits a Dark Elf well :twisted:

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Morvai · Post by **Morvai** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:35 pm

Don’t forget he is also the prankster god.

I got mine from a book from Raymond E. Feist.
The Morvai in the book is a really cool dark elf character.
I liked that character a lot so I decide to use his name as my nickname here.

Ps. the avatar isn’t a picture of him by the way.

Atarinkë · Post by **Atarinkë** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:37 pm

Atarinkë is the mothername of Kurufinwë, the fourth son of Fëanáro.... A cunning and vile elf :twisted:

Neves · Post by **Neves** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:38 pm

Well, my name is quite good chosen.

First of all, my real name is Sven, turn that backwards, add an "e" and voila: Neves

Second: Neves spelt backwards is Seven, also my lucky number

Third: my Canadian uncle always spelt my name like Seven instead of Sven

I also found out that Neves is the middle name of some Latin American musician.

Neves is also a Belgian company that makes sliding doors...(also availabele for closets :twisted:

) EDIT: built in closets that is

Well there you go!

Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:46 pm

since i get the question quite often. *dep breath*

well the Linda part is easy, it is my name (or when i picked the nick it was the name i wanted to have).

Lobsta Defenda is from another forum (Ultima Thule over on dellphiforums), where one member was called Lucy Lobsta and her avatar was a lobster, and she played as a lobsta. and some other members always wanted to *gulp* cook her. and then i started to defend her and was granted the LObsta Defenda Sword and got the title Linda Lobsta Defenda

Rasputinii · Post by **Rasputinii** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:52 pm

Rasputin as in the mad monk. The second because, well the first is dead :lol:

. Just something I thought up when I was a kiddy, and has stuck. Everyone Warhammery related calls me Ras IRL as well now. I like that, its like my warhammer name

The liger · Post by **The liger** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:06 pm

Mine is a bit sad. Basically it started out as bladeliger11, which I chose as some random nickname on a website (the Lego website I believe) because I'd just randomly watched an episode of Zoids (Blade Liger was one of the big machiney things that was sehr kool) and I happened to be 11 years old at the time (ah, those were the days

).

I used that nickname on about every forum I went on, but then about 6 months ago I changed it, to make it sound just a bit more "proffessional" if you like, and got rid of the 11, as well as capitalising it - Blade Liger. Then soon after, since I hadn't watched Zoids in about 4 years, I just renamed myself The Liger, and now that's my nickname on all forums. Not as inspired or exciting as others, but still, at least the avatar fits now as well (more than the random Witch King picture which I installed in 2004

).

Cervantes3773 · Post by **Cervantes3773** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:21 pm

From Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quijote.

When I first began Spanish classes in high school, we chose a Spanish name to call ourselves. Most kids chose the Spanish version of their real name... Mike-Miguel, John-Juan, etc.

I picked Cervantes... 'cause I figured that someone needed to use a famous name.

Kida · Post by **Kida** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:28 pm

Kid A is actually one of Radiohead's albums. Most daring and most controversial album I know. And very, very good, actually. It is also the only album I know that managed to top both UK and US charts without ever releasing any single

(not that it matters, but it is interesting to know).

Also, when it came to picking nick for myself, I kinda wanted something not directly related to a specific race or even Warhammer. That way I could use the same one on all forums without felling silly (I actually used to be a 'Waywatcher' on a domestic forum, then took the same name on a Rainingglade forum, which turned up to be a bit awkward, since there already were a couple of those on other forums. Then I changed it to just 'WW', as usually people called me that way on the forum. After the merge of that forum into Asrai.org, I just took the name from this forum, as well as the avatar).

D-boy · Post by **D-boy** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:29 pm

mine is from Johhny the Homocidal Maniac (my Favorite comic) D-Boy is one of the Pilsberry doughboys that follow him around and encourages him not to kill himself.

origanly i was planing to use the name Nailbunny but D-Boy sounded better

the other doughboy was MR. eff

Rasputin isent the the man that took the throne in WWI Russia?

Rasputinii · Post by **Rasputinii** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:35 pm

D-boy, nope that was Lennin. Rasputin was about earlier, he had it away with the Tzarna, was incredibley unclean, some sort of mad religous bloke and was impossible to kill (which is wherethe real fascination comes from). Even after being poisoned and shot several times he was still alive. So they chained him up in a capet and through him in a freezing river.

Hunter_commando · Post by **Hunter_commando** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:42 pm

Mine is from another wargaming system. A Hunter Commando is a 4 meter tall, Airdroppable assault Meca with a bazooka. I used it to set up my e-mail account years ago, and in the user name, I could not use a space.

Tzares · Post by **Tzares** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 4:53 pm

Tzar from Tsar the russian rulers.. +
Ares from the god of war =
Tzares

Nonus · Post by **Nonus** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:17 pm

I chose Nonus Aequilibrieth for my first good nick at one mmorpg. It’s from the Emperor’s IX Equilibrium album. In school I learned more Latin and got to know that Nonus means ninth and Equ… I don’t know it in english maybe counterforce is close enough. My Nonus named character made himself a celebrity and I got called Nonus in real life. Of topic but I just wonder does it sound like Malus which is also Latin. Maybe they might be brothers…

Lord hajjij · Post by **Lord hajjij** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:20 pm

el Hajjij is the name of my favorite M:TG card of all time, way back when I used to play (3rd edition)

Deathwing · Post by **Deathwing** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:25 pm

Deathwing, pretty obvious as Dark Angels player.

and I like that name.

Voodoomaster · Post by **Voodoomaster** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:40 pm

mine is a Long Story, way way way way back at School in year 7, some 7 years ago now at least we used to have games evenings on the school computers and we all had our own clans. Now after the crisis that led to the fall of Half Life from the Computers we had to rely on Quake II for our entertainment instead. After us young year 7's looked around the skins we found the Female Voodoo Skin, now being the leader of this young clan i took the name Voodoo1, and the other 3 members that were playing at the time took the names 2-4 respectivly. However, soon a Year 8 whom i was friends with shouted out a few weeks later, "Hey Voodoomaster one on one in the pit now" The name has stuck ever since.

Gnosis · Post by **Gnosis** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:53 pm

Nonus Aequilibrium wrote:maybe counterforce is close enough

Equilibrium = balance.

My nickname is derived from one of my all-time favourite albums by Opeth. Simple as that.

Eeeeron · Post by **Eeeeron** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:04 pm

Nickname my hallmates came up with at university, it can be spelt with a varying number of e's depending on how you feel, 4 has kind of stuck as standard though.

And no they don't know what the inspiration for it is and didn't then either.

Fr0 · Post by **Fr0** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:21 pm

My nick is my RL nick that I've had for eleven years or so. I add the zero cos' it's the internet.

Fr0

Post by **Daeron** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:38 pm

I searched a lot of names on a elf name generator and that gave me inspiration to come up with "Daeron" and it gave me the name "Syriath", the family/house name of my character. I chose those names because I like the sound of them and because "D. S." are the initials of my name, handy for artwork based on the initials.

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:29 pm

Well... I remember readig somewhere that Belial was supposed to be the lord of lies in hell. And sounds good, IMO. Nothing more to it. I later learned there was a band called the same.

Azimyth · Post by **Azimyth** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:29 pm

My nic is a quirky spelling of my second name (which everyone uses anyway, not many people know my first name) and my surname.

Post by **General kala** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:49 pm

Mine was the name of a bit character from the dorky 80's Flash Gordon movie. General Kala was the leader of the armies of Ming the Merciless. She was just so vicious and fanatically loyal to her emperor that I thought she would made a great Druchii.

The scene in my signature line goes something like this:

Red Shirt: General Kala, War Rocket Ajax is returning.

Kala: With Gordon's body?

Red Shirt: I presume so. Communications are down.

Kala: Are they on the proper approach pattern for today?

Red Shirt: Negative.

Kala: Open fire.

Red Shirt (stunned): On Ajax, General?

Kala (furious): OPEN FIRE! All weapons! Charge the Lightning shield! NOW!

- blizzard of energy weapon fire -

Post by **Dyvim tvar** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:59 pm

My name is taken from a secondary character in the Elric of Melnibone books.