Screen Names

[ohnoaninfp]

I was just curious about the screen names everyone picked. I wanted to know how you guys came up with your screen names and why you picked them. I chose ohnoaninfp, because it was funny. A friend of mine suggested that I should join INTP Central. He is an INTP. I was probably going to call myself P51Mustang2004, but it is annoying typing that name out. My friend was only joking when he suggested ohnoaninfp, but I thought it was a good idea, since I am an INFP and I tend to be a little crazier then him. :D ;P Thanks for a cool name. You know who you are. Anyways what is the story with your screen names?

[jittus rye]

Fire Choice really has two different histories. Fire describes a driving soul or force in my opinion, or something that is skilled are powerful, perhaps even damaging. I've also used Cat in conjunction with Fire. This was years before I used choice. Cat comes from "a being that is sleek, quiet, dangerous, and independent. Although FireCat has been known to have a sexual connotation, I have never thought of it in that way. I also used 03 behind it. Zero three simply because it implies that I'm not the first of something, but I am not totally independent. Choice, comes from the belief that Fire should be choosen in life and that I am in control of myself.

[Melody]

I was reading a forum where a thread about my comic was started. I decided to jump in and defend myself. I like music, and it was clear "Melody" was not taken because none of the types of people in that community would have thought of it.

[Vagabond]

I was looking for a nickname some years ago to use online and well, when I *try* to use thinking first and intuition later, I usually fail... so I had given up, I was going to use a previous (stupid) one my sister had suggested, and then this just flashed in my head... and it was a suitable one...

To clarify: it actually flashed in my head in english; which kind of made me wonder at first where it came from, since it was actually a greek community I was joining and I am greek anyway... weird, but I guess there was a purpose for this, as well ;)

[int]

Back when I first got on the web I was learning to program. So int (as in integer, a variable to be declared in many programming languages, fit). I was also wanted a name that kept me anonymous (I'm paranoid :ph34r: ) so I became Mr. Int E. Ger.

It stuck around all these years and I use it on a few other forums. The irony is coincidental, and I felt kinda silly registering it here (...again...) but I've got nothing else. Oh well.

[Avengardh]

A name of a character I created for an RPG ^^

~*Aven*~

[HackerX]

Somebody called me hacker in a computer studies class many a year ago. I had just done something particularly amazing (I have no idea what, I don't think it was particularly amazing) and somebody said something along the lines of "fucking hacker" (I believe we we're studying computer security at the time) and it's stood since. There was a bit of a debate at the time, somebody said "he can't just be 'hacker'" so somebody slapped an X on the end. Thus...I've been HackerX for quite a while now

[paladinoflunaria]

Paladin- champion of ideas (usually good (as in not evil) ones)
Lunaria- RPG thing (a community of philosophers)

[jittus rye]

Is that related to Diablo ?

[CosmicDust]

CosmicDust = what humans and the Earth were before they formed.

[paladinoflunaria]

Is that related to Diablo ?

Nope.

edit: 20-squared posts!

[sme_bro]

''its me bro''...say it fast and it comes out smebro

i think it was a joke a few years back...i was saying hi to someone ,they asked who i was and i said 'smebro' and held onto it ever since...on all forums and sign-in sites it is sme_bro

[MasterMerk]

"Merkaal" was a name I made up for a RPG a few years ago. I just knocked off the last three letters and added "master" to the start. Creative, no?

[flan2dave]

I shared an account with somebody by the name of david on another site, hence the conglomeration of my name with somebody else's (flan short for flannagan of course). I got used to flan2dave being my internet name, so I kept it here.

[Sugaraddict2702]

sugaraddict seems pretty obvious, I am totally hooked to chocolate, but sugar in general tastes good too. :D
27 02 is my birthday.

Ellen*

[HairlessBluetick]

HairlessBluetick -- I like Hairless Dogs (Xoloitzcuintli) and Coonhounds (Blueticks). I've been using the name for years, tho, don't like it all that much but it kind of stuck.

[Crazy]

Well, I've been accused of being less that sane, I have a tendancy to do things that to me are logical, but to others are Crazy.

The number designation for my MOS (military occupational specialty) is 5711.

I hope that exhilerating explaination of such a fascinating screen name didn't make you all :zzz:

[Birnam]

I was creating an alternate identity on some site or other and for obvious reasons couldn't use my regular screen name again, so I pulled a random book off my shelf- it happened to be Macbeth. My favorite part of the play is where Macbeth hears that the forest of Birnam is coming toward his stronghold, which news ultimatly throws him over the brink of insanity. So Birnam = don't mess with me or I'll come to your castle and make you go crazy...

(Oh, and I have this thing for Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings, and an avenging forest fits perfectly :D)

[BritainOphira]

I was bored one day when I happened across a random name generator, typed in my name and Britain Ophira came up. At first I used it only as a name for my character in a serial farce of Algebra I that some of my friends and I were planning on writing, but I liked it so well that I kept it for use as a screen name.

[paladinoflunaria]

Birnam said:

(Oh, and I have this thing for Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings, and an avenging forest fits perfectly :D)

And lucky you, you live in the Pacific Northwest. I've considered moving to that area. Rain+Trees=Good!

[Birnam]

Rain+Trees=Good!
Yes!! I love trees, and rain. Lucky if I'm living here

[adamjaskie]

Well not very creative, but here it is:

Back when my family got AOL, (eew) I created myself a screenname. It was limited to 10 characters, so I took my first name (Adam) and the first six letters of my last name (Jaskiewicz) and so came up with "adamjaskie". Then I set myself up a Yahoo email account, and used the same name. I have just been using it for everythign ever since.

[jimkopelli]

Well... Jim is my first name, and I've always thought Kokopelli was a cool character... and this other forum I'm in was being screwy when I first tried to join, so it stole my first attempt (kokopelli) and ate the password, so the usename was effectively blocked... so I tried jimkopelli later when it worked. I've been the same name on almost anything I join now.

[Star Cannon]

Ohh boy.

I got Star Cannon from my fiction press account. But to come up with star cannon... I thought about who I was and what I was. A human right? An individual. Or something along that line. Morelike a modification of my 'magic' name. But since I was aiming high for the quality of my writing, I shooting for something -- literally. So therefore, Star Cannon.

[Strephonade]

My name comes from "Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words" by Josefa Heifetz Byrne. I had a mild obsession with Literati (@ yahoo! games) at the time, but that may have been an excuse to read through another interesting lexicon.

[candela]

Someone picked sktfrkr for me a long time ago, but I never liked it, and so I decided to change it. I was looking through my network analysis book one day when I saw a unit of measurement "candela" and thought it was cool sounding. So I changed the name I use for just about everything to that. Later I found out I was pronouncing it incorrectly.

So, because it sounds kind of cool.

[Johnny]

I wanted to use a name that would allow one to easily imagine a human being so that whatever I posted or claimed, it would be easier to attribute those words to a real person. I think this encourages a greater sense of sincerity upon others.
Plus, John is a very popular name and Johnny is a nickname for a one who is young or perhaps not yet wise. I think this encourages people who buy that to be even more sincere and open in their responses...and I am one who is interested in them.

There it is.

[Melody]

Someone picked sktfrkr for me a long time ago, but I never liked it, and so I decided to change it. I was looking through my network analysis book one day when I saw a unit of measurement "candela" and thought it was cool sounding. So I changed the name I use for just about everything to that. Later I found out I was pronouncing it incorrectly.

So, because it sounds kind of cool.
That's the Spanish word for candle, just so you know.

[file cabinet]

I prefer "common" words for usernames.. in a way it makes you stand out because most ppl make something up.
at another forum I post at my username is barn animal

[ohnoaninfp]

I normally use a screen name that has to do with airplanes, such as FlyingP51mus, b17fortress2001,and P51Mustang2004. I wanted something different this time.

[candela]

That's the Spanish word for candle, just so you know.Didn't know that, but I knew it was somehow based off the word candle.

[Salad]

i don't know where mine came from. feel free to make up an answer for me.

[Claverhouse]

Already done on previous forum. :zzz:

John Graham of Claverhouse was a noted Colonel of dragoons in the later 17th century and later General ( died at Killiecrankie, which he won, in 1689 ) who did police work for the ever-glorious House of Stuart.

Since I'm a Divine Right jacobite legitimist...


[Pron: 'Clavers', if you want ]


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[libertarianjim]

My name is Jim and I'm a Libertarian. And I approved this message.

[antireconciler]

For convienience when thinking, I occasionally give old words new meanings. I said reconciling (new definition) was reconciling (standard definition) the world with philosophy. So, by "antireconciler", I mean, antiphilosopher, when "philosophy" is anything more than mind games without meaning or possible application.

You can call me "anti".

[Flip]

I picked flip because I always wanted it as a nick name... :nerd:

[Google Monster]

My screen name is my real name. I always had different screen names and i changed them every now and then because my views changed and the screen name no longer fitted me. So i just thought hey! I will always be Enos! Unless...

[greenintp]

Wanted something that would act as a beacon for like thinkers. So, I type cast myself based on how I fit in personality tests I had taken at the time.

green, is from the true colors workshops.
http://www.uwsp.edu/education/wkirby/pluralis/colors.htm

[InsurgentAlpha]

Already done on previous forum. :zzz:

John Graham of Claverhouse was a noted Colonel of dragoons in the later 17th century and later General ( died at Killiecrankie, which he won, in 1689 ) who did police work for the ever-glorious House of Stuart.

Since I'm a Divine Right jacobite legitimist...


[Pron: 'Clavers', if you want ]


Claverhouse :ph34r:

Ever-glorious? Yes, that is us Stuarts! ;)

[Crazy]

Already done on previous forum. :zzz:

John Graham of Claverhouse was a noted Colonel of dragoons in the later 17th century and later General ( died at Killiecrankie, which he won, in 1689 ) who did police work for the ever-glorious House of Stuart.

Since I'm a Divine Right jacobite legitimist...


[Pron: 'Clavers', if you want ]


Claverhouse :ph34r:

I just have one question, if you die in battle, but your unit defeats the enemy, can you say that you won the battle?

[crule81]

crule81 is part of my first name and last name plus my favorite number.

[crule81]

I just have one question, if you die in battle, but your unit defeats the enemy, can you say that you won the battle?

Nelson at Trafalgar, Wolfe at Quebec.

[booyalab]

Already done on previous forum. :zzz:

John Graham of Claverhouse was a noted Colonel of dragoons in the later 17th century and later General ( died at Killiecrankie, which he won, in 1689 ) who did police work for the ever-glorious House of Stuart.

Since I'm a Divine Right jacobite legitimist...


[Pron: 'Clavers', if you want ]


Claverhouse :ph34r:

I just have one question, if you die in battle, but your unit defeats the enemy, can you say that you won the battle?

you may, but you can not since you're dead.

[booyalab]

booya is a word i like and use for undisclosed reasons ,L.A.B are my initials, and booya and lab sound good together.

[Claverhouse]

As he fell heavily from his noble dun-coloured horse and lay upon the ground, his life ebbing fast, he asked "How fares the fight?" He was told "The day goes well for the King, but I am sorry for your Lordship." Dundee then whispered his last words, "It matters less for me, seeing that the day goes well for my master."

In the end, that is all that counts.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[crule81]

I just have one question, if you die in battle, but your unit defeats the enemy, can you say that you won the battle?

Nelson at Trafalgar, Wolfe at Quebec.

Claverhouse at Killiecrankie.

I should have completed my thought because it just states two facts without proving anything.

It probably depends on how instrumental the commanding officer was in victory before he was put out of action.

[InsurgentAlpha]

As he fell heavily from his noble dun-coloured horse and lay upon the ground, his life ebbing fast, he asked "How fares the fight?" He was told "The day goes well for the King, but I am sorry for your Lordship." Dundee then whispered his last words, "It matters less for me, seeing that the day goes well for my master."

In the end, that is all that counts.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

Claver are you Scottish or just a rebel Englishman?

[Claverhouse]

I'm English ( but have all four British types as ancestors Eng/Irish/Scots/Welsh [ + a few others ] ) & I'm a legitimist monarchist: people who aren't legitimist monarchists are the one's who are rebels*.

Nationality means nothing to a monarchist; Race means a little to me; but having the correctly appointed King means all.



To the Lords of convention 'twas Claver'se who spoke,
"Ere the King's crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke;
So let each Cavalier who loves honour and me
Come follow the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

...

"Away to the hills, to the caves, to the rocks,-
Ere I own an usurper, I'll crouch with a fox;
And tremble, false Whigs, in the midst of your glee,
You have not seen the last of my bonnets and me!"



Claverhouse :ph34r:


* Including all British governments and armed forces since 1689.

[Partisan]

I tried thinking before intuition...

So I took the nickname my circle of friends hath given me, and tried to stay away from the 100+ aliases I have gone by.

[Partisan]

... maybe I should have named myself suse. Chameleon, and I like linux... ah well. :(

[InsurgentAlpha]

I'm English ( but have all four British types as ancestors Eng/Irish/Scots/Welsh [ + a few others ] ) & I'm a legitimist monarchist: people who aren't legitimist monarchists are the one's who are rebels*.

Nationality means nothing to a monarchist; Race means a little to me; but having the correctly appointed King means all.



To the Lords of convention 'twas Claver'se who spoke,
"Ere the King's crown shall fall there are crowns to be broke;
So let each Cavalier who loves honour and me
Come follow the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.

...

"Away to the hills, to the caves, to the rocks,-
Ere I own an usurper, I'll crouch with a fox;
And tremble, false Whigs, in the midst of your glee,
You have not seen the last of my bonnets and me!"



Claverhouse :ph34r:


* Including all British governments and armed forces since 1689.

Cool, my great grandparents emigrated from Scotland to Canada. Then my grandparents left Canada for U.S.

[SensEye]

Nationality means nothing to a monarchist; Race means a little to me; but having the correctly appointed King means all.


For our edification, which Kings have been correctly appointed in your opinion? You can stick to kings of England for simplicity if you like, regardless of nationality meaning nothing to you.

[Claverhouse]

Post-Saxon England:

William I
William II
Henry I
Matilda I
Henry II**
Richard I
John I [ but only after Arthur and Anne were both dead: imprisoned most of lives ]
Henry III
Edward I
Edward II *
Edward III
Richard II*
[Edmund, Duke of March; Richard, Duke of York ]
Edward IV**
Edward V*
Elizabeth wife of the usurper called Henry VII
Henry VIII [ by right of his mother, not his father ] Still a real creep.
Edward VI
Mary I, married to Philip of Spain
Mary of Scotland
James I & VI ***
Charles I****
Charles II**
James II & VII**
James III & VIII **
Charles III*
Charles IV [ Charles Emanuel ]
Victor I
Mary III & II
Francis I*
Mary IV & III
Robert I & IV [ Rupprecht, Crownprince & King of Bavaria ]**
Albert I
Francis II

The current heir is Prince Max, brother of the above. The heiress-apparent is his daughter, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, married to the Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein.

* indicates better than average: some were rather awful. Still to be followed though, for that is duty.



Claverhouse :ph34r:


[ Anyone who likes Aytoun's poems, dealing with John Graham of Claverhouse & other jacobite subjects can have them as an e-book free from Project Gutenberg
Aytoun (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/0/9/4/10945/10945-h/10945-h.htm)

It would have made a brave man's heart
Grow sad and sick that day,
To watch the keen malignant eyes
Bent down on that array.
There stood the Whig west-country lords
In balcony and bow,
There sat their gaunt and withered dames,
And their daughters all a-row;
And every open window
Was full as full might be,
With black-robed Covenanting carles,
That goodly sport to see!
The Execution of Montrose
But again you might have to be Scottish or Scandinavian to appreciate the full horrors of black-robed censorious puritanism ].
:D

[ Also just found Andrew Kuntz's The Fiddler's Companion (http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html) British & N. American traditional violin music ].

[t]

t's simply a nickname i've acquired over the years. i've used it as my handle on message boards since i started getting into the internet thing back in high school.

[Boozer]

Boozer was a nickname I got for my absurd greek last name. My drinking abilities have yet to live up to it.

[Chall T. Dow]

Chall T. Dow is one of those things where you take the first letter of a bunch of words and put them together. I can't think of what it's called right now. Anyway it stands for:
Cry Havoc And Let sLip The Dogs Of War
I know that doesn't really follow the only first letter part but the 2 l's look better than ls.

:devil: Chall T. Dow :devil:

P.S. Does anybody know where that phrase is from, besides during the attack in Army of Darkness. I know I've heard it somewhere else but I can't remember.

[Claverhouse]

P.S. Does anybody know where that phrase is from, besides during the attack in Army of Darkness. I know I've heard it somewhere else but I can't remember.

Shakspeare: Henry V.

[ Who was not only a usurper, but unspeakable ]


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[MacGuffin]

Who was not only a usurper, but unspeakable

Que? Henry V or Shakespeare?

[crule81]

I'm English ( but have all four British types as ancestors Eng/Irish/Scots/Welsh [ + a few others ] )

You forgot the Cornish. My grandmother was born there and my whole father's side of the family is of Cornish ancestry.

I read a book about the Cornish and one of the characteristics they are known for (other than mining) is their preference for working alone. So that made me wonder if members of certain ethnic groups are more likely to be certain personality types? Other things I've read state that the MBTI distribution is the same among all races. Has anyone come across research on this?

[Laeskis]

it's a strange twist on Lachesis, and it has no meaning.

[Ckyzxr]

My moniker comes from one of my MMORPG characters I created one day. Pronounced "kaiser", like the Germanic title/name. I keep using it because I can always register somewhere new and know that it is available. If I try to register somewhere and its not available, I know then that I have already registered there before and I just gotta figure out the password. Besides....vowels are weak!

[adamaw11]

My name is Adam, and the model code of my car(MR2) is AW11.
I use this as an email address and a few other things aswell, since there's not much chance of a name like this being already taken.

It the earlier model MR2, which I think is quite an INTP car. Eclectic, different, and not very practical. I find I've run into quite a few NT-like people on MR2 forums.

[INTrPosr]

Now that I have my nickname back from the old forum, I can respond to this question. I had changed my nickname when we moved to the new forum, because I questioned whether I was ENTP or INTP. Thus, I called myself Functional Analyst (Functianalyst).

Now, for my nickname. I do mediation and employment resolutions for a living. I went by the handle Mediator268 since 1997. However, after discovering MBTI, and that I was INTP four years ago, I decided to change my nickname to honor my type, yet maintain the meaning. Thus, I came up with Interposer (INTrPosr).

[Claverhouse]

Who was not only a usurper, but unspeakable

Que? Henry V or Shakespeare?

Henry was the subject, as he was in real life. Rotten little lancastrian brute.
Shakspeare is fine. Nice poet too.


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[Claverhouse]

I'm English ( but have all four British types as ancestors Eng/Irish/Scots/Welsh [ + a few others ] )

You forgot the Cornish. My grandmother was born there and my whole father's side of the family is of Cornish ancestry.

We don't actually think of the Cornish as different, just a minor gaelic group like the Bretons...

Anyway congratulations. Apart from their later sad lapsing into evangelicalism like the Welsh, they had a brilliant record fighting for royalism.

Nowadays Cornwall is dying somewhat: much the same as the rest of Britain as far as shopping/cars/life is concerned, but with the lowest wages: not helped by the aging involved as thousands of older folk retire down there ( as in Florida, but with a lower standard of life ) in the delusive hope that it will be warmer there...

The South-West is wetter, but not particularly hotter than the rest of Britain.



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[crule81]

I'm English ( but have all four British types as ancestors Eng/Irish/Scots/Welsh [ + a few others ] )

You forgot the Cornish. My grandmother was born there and my whole father's side of the family is of Cornish ancestry.

Anyway congratulations.

Thanks. It's one of my greatest accomplishments, along with graduating from grade school and passing the driver's test.

[cloakable]

Well, my screen name comes from an obscure source.
A few years ago, I used to make modifications to a game called C&C: Tiberian Sun. You did this by getting a file called rules.ini, which controlled the properties of all the in game setings. One of the settings you could add to the units in the game was a cloaking effect, which hade the setting 'cloakable='. I thought the cloaking effect was pretty cool, and decided to make it my screen name.

[T.J.]

[Pron: 'Clavers', if you want ]

Fucking god damn british!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh wait. that works better with context (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=4901&highlight=hate+england).

(So much for incognito.)

[Claverhouse]

Actually, it's the Scots who are responsible for that ( and you can scarcely blame them, when I lived in the Borders ten years ago, there were still villages which had their own, often incomprehensible to each other, let alone someone from Edinburgh, dialects ).

But we all here try to pronounce words entirely differently from the spelling. It annoys everybody else.


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[vacant space]

My name describes the journey from my left ear to my right.

[MySavior]

my name, and my middle name. I had to quickly think of a screenname when I first got the internet, and in my haste reversed my middle name incorrectly. But it has stuck with me through the worst of times, and is still with me today ;). I went by joellrak, for a short period of time after I noticed the error, but it quickly went with the wind. A sad bird, they called me; it was ironic.

[Shai Gar]

Shai' Gar
Shaitan Gar
^arabic ^mongolian
Adversary Spear
The Spear of the Adversary
In Judaic/Christian/Islamic mythology "The Adversary" was also known as Satan, and as everyone knows, satan let knowlege into the world and that is what took away humanities innocence (and according to christians, is what the devil uses against mankind) so the spear of the adversary is knowledge. Alternatively, it could also be a title for someone so unspeakably evil, like Tamaluke hence the mongolian aspect of the translation "Gar" to the english "Spear" back in the old days spear was used interchangably with arrow, and ghengis khan's armies often used the composite bow against their enemies. and i myself am a fine archer with a compound bow.

But really it is a name i created for a character in a game i designed. I liked the name so i designed a story around it.

[Zero Angel]

Zero is the mathematical equivalent of nothing, or 'no'. Zero Angel means 'I am no angel'.

[euterpenc]

s2zeitgeist - S2 engine from Evangelion because zeitgeist was taken. zeitgeist I found in the dictionary one day, german for time ghost, and also means the spirit of the age. Though it sounded cool and had a cool meaning, and has been my online name since

buddyholly697 - my friends idea, because no one can say my last name (Badiali) they just say buddyholly, which is close the actual pronunciation is body + ollie.

[deviousingly]

I used to use the word "devious" often.
I like adding unnecessarying suffixeses to words.

[jyakulis]

Umm this is my name for everything. I use to try to come with witty and amusing login names to places but I could never remember them. So, finally I settle on my last name with my first initial. BANG and BANG. Everytime I'm into my accounts no worries. No hitting myself in the head for not remembering.

[Ka.avik]

after discovering [......] that I was INTP four years ago [....]
What were you before that? http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/holy.gifhttp://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/harhar1.gif

Me? Derived from Kavik the Wolfdog. Written by Walt Morey. Story of a wolf cross that didn't belong, and couldn't be who everyone wanted him to be. He was strong, fluffy...and a total coward.

I only wish I was fluffy. Cowarldly? yeah. I'm strong enough to pay my bills, to keep horses, and deal with you lot. Strong, yeah. That's me.
http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[tragula]

I explained my name once before.

But here it goes again for anyone who is curious, and doesn't immediately grasp the reference. Trin Tragula is a character from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy:

http://hhgproject.org/entries/tragulatrin.html

Personally, I don't really like the way the screen name sort of becomes part of your identity. If a bunch of posters met up, they would probably refer to each other by screen names, which would be weird for most, and just a little too colorful for real life.

Come to think of it, I don't really like the way my real life name becomes part of my identity either. How curious.

[CoHo]

If a bunch of posters met up, they would probably refer to each other by screen names

"Where the hell did whore go?"

Lovely

[Ka.avik]

"Where the hell did Whore go?"

Lovely
Just go by Corporate. Even if people do call you whore, so long as no one brings a whore, it'll be cool.

Which statement will be horribly confusing when we have a member called cool (http://forums.intpcentral.com/member.php?u=573). But I digress.

[nihilist]

In my own personal life, I faded into nothingness and rationalized my existence with philosophy. Yet preceding those events, I had always found nihilism to be a philosophy based purely on reason and logic.

[Hexchild]

I've had a few "handles" (as we used to call them in the coding scene) since I started using computers. "Hexchild" is in my opinion the best one that I've come up with so far, and I will probably stick with it for a very long time. It has a little history, but to cut a long story short I had this character on RuneScape (an MMORPG) that I called Hexchild (actually Agatha Darwyck*, the hex child). When I created Agatha I wanted a user name that fit the character but also somehow hinted at the fact that a hacker dude like me was behind the keyboard. The Agatha I imagined was, in terms of similarities to famous game and movie characters, sort of a female voodo style Harry Potter with a style not entirely unlike that of McGee's Alice. She'd be a rebellious, somewhat sinister spirit with a knack for sorcery. "Voodoo people" by Prodigy was on my speakers, then Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Child" briefly came to mind, which I then changed into Hex Child since I figured she was a child of pure magic rather than occult trinkets. "Hex" is another word for magic spell (specifically one that embodies some sort of a curse or has some sinister aspect). "Hex" is also short for hexadecimal, which is a numbering system frequently used by programmers like myself, and it is not uncommon for veteran programmers to be labeled as "wizards" which rings nicely with "hex". "Hexchild" was simply a darn good name, both for my RS character and any kind of account on the 'net.

*) Incidentally, both Agatha Darwyck and my first RuneScape character, Erphaym Darwyck, are cousins and originally two of the characters in a computer game I've been making plans for, for quite some time. If I somehow manage to follow this though, the game would be called "The Trouble With Sorcery". I've even made some music themes for that game that you could listen to should you be unexpectedly interested. You'll find them on my homepage (http://www.tinysys.org/~piglet) under the "my music" link.

[Shai Gar]

i wouldnt mind being called Shai Gar at a meet. anyone who calls me by my legal name is asking for a goddamn smack in the mouth with a pint of guinness

[T.J.]

i wouldnt mind being called Shai Gar at a meet. anyone who calls me by my legal name is asking for a goddamn smack in the mouth with a pint of guinness

smack = bad
pint = good

i'm so confused. why would you want to smack anyone in the mouth with a pint of guinness? that's wasteful.

toss a light beer in the face if you must, but don't throw away the good stuff.

[euterpenc]

i wouldnt mind being called Shai Gar at a meet. anyone who calls me by my legal name is asking for a goddamn smack in the mouth with a pint of guinness

What's the drinking age there in Australia?

[Shai Gar]

the age is 18. and i would smack them in the face with a guinness because it would force them to get really drunk really fast, but i can see how you might think i was simply hitting them, as opposed to pouring the black nectar downt their throat

[Miss Anthropic]

"Where the hell did whore go?"

Lovely
We would shorten it to Coho....now that doesn't sound too bad, you'd just sound sort of fishy.

[Shai Gar]

i don't really think he has a problem with being called "whore", shit i wouldn't

[Daedalus]

Inventor with wings....I like that. Just ignore the idiot son and the great ball of fire episode. Walt Morey, good author. Read every book as a kid.

[waxwing]

Inventor with wings....I like that. Just ignore the idiot son and the great ball of fire episode. Walt Morey, good author. Read every book as a kid.
*clearing throat*

The inventor with wings, hmm...

I would be your idiot son then, if you are referring to icarus. I go by waxwing here but icarus for most other contacts. http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[Mr. Good Beats]

ever since i can remember i've wanted to be a dj. creating, mixing getting some of this shit out of head some how. and i know if i could, that shit would be pumpin. and im male

[Daedalus]

*clearing throat*

The inventor with wings, hmm...

I would be your idiot son then, if you are referring to icarus. I go by waxwing here but icarus for most other contacts. http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

You're alive!! How?!

When I first saw your screenname, I thought of the bird, Cedar Waxwing:
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/cedwax.jpg
Sorry about that. Heh. :blush:

[CENTIPEDE HEAD]

I find that electron photomicrographs of ordinary objects are aesthetically pleasing. I had this image of a centipede's head which was very colorful, and I wanted to use it as an avatar. So I just used "Centipede Head" as a screen name. But today I decided that my avatar has too much of an alien and forbidding look to it. I wanted a more human looking avatar which goes next to my posts. More human..It made me think of Star Trek's character Data who was always striving to become more human in spite of the fact that he was an android. (I am not a Trekkie, but I liked the character and some of the movies.) The centipede photomicrograph is still my "profile picture."

[CENTIPEDE HEAD]

ZERO ANGEL. I like your screen name. It would make a great name for a rock band, too.

[Zero Angel]

Thanks Centipede Head. I have to say that I like your avatar, Data is one of my favorite ST characters, because of his calm, logical and friendly character. I think he somewhat embodies an NF search for soul combined with a rational's search for truth. As if somewhere inside that robotic brain, there is a real person.

[CENTIPEDE HEAD]

Thanks Centipede Head. I have to say that I like your avatar, Data is one of my favorite ST characters, because of his calm, logical and friendly character. I think he somewhat embodies an NF search for soul combined with a rational's search for truth. As if somewhere inside that robotic brain, there is a real person.

Thanks, yes, I think with Data there was a ghost in the machine. I always sympathized with him more than other ST characters.

[T.J.]

I find that electron photomicrographs of ordinary objects are aesthetically pleasing. I had this image of a centipede's head which was very colorful, and I wanted to use it as an avatar. So I just used "Centipede Head" as a screen name. But today I decided that my avatar has too much of an alien and forbidding look to it. I wanted a more human looking avatar which goes next to my posts. More human..It made me think of Star Trek's character Data who was always striving to become more human in spite of the fact that he was an android. (I am not a Trekkie, but I liked the character and some of the movies.) The centipede photomicrograph is still my "profile picture."

darkfield image gallery (http://www.mic-d.com/gallery/darkfield/index.html)

molecular expressions (http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/galleria/index.html) - also good for cocktail recipes

[CENTIPEDE HEAD]

Thanks for the link. These images are beautiful and otherworldly, some remind me of post-modern abstract paintings.

[waxwing]

You're alive!! How?!

When I first saw your screenname, I thought of the bird, Cedar Waxwing:
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/cedwax.jpg
Sorry about that. Heh. :blush:
Remember that invention of yours? You know, the uhm, one that resurrects your son and turns him into a bird? Well, it worked.

I think that cedar waxwings get "drunk" on those berries. I can't remember the exact scientific explanation, but they're prone to excess in their behaviors.

[T.J.]

Thanks for the link. These images are beautiful and otherworldly, some remind me of post-modern abstract paintings.

I'm fond of the range of images on Molecular Expressions particularly. I was going to say so, but I just got distracted looking at their Pond Life movies, and then thier religion collection, which prompted me to go dig up my book on Asian Art...

[Daedalus]

Remember that invention of yours? You know, the uhm, one that resurrects your son and turns him into a bird? Well, it worked.
I think that cedar waxwings get "drunk" on those berries. I can't remember the exact scientific explanation, but they're prone to excess in their behaviors.

And yet, you're still on INTPcentral. What a sacrifice on your part! Bet your beak gets tired. And, perhaps that's the best part about the berries. ;)

[waxwing]

And yet, you're still on INTPcentral. What a sacrifice on your part! Bet your beak gets tired. And, perhaps that's the best part about the berries. ;)
Perhaps you are right.

The sacrifice is great, but not insurmountable. My beak can withstand the most unripe berries on the forum. I like 'em sour.

[happyturkeyman]

A retard called me it.

I first used it for the game Infantry I used to play back then. I've used it about 80% of the time pretty much ever since.

[[Edit: Everyone knows I have issues, but I never realized how ______ that is (or even thought about my chronic use of it since its conception) until now.]]

I also go by Attila_The_Pun (I gave myself that title after making an exceptional pun), HTM, Captain_Paõlo (my piratey persona), Elderbats (don't ask), and Metaphorical_Implications (means "doughnuts," and is my current email)

as well as several "anonymous" names which have nothing to do with me but are, for the most part, plausible (Camaroman, CoffeeJockey, AsianSensation, mulletlikeyoumeanit, etc.)

[Eileen]

well. my name's Eileen and I thought it was only fair to warn people of my MBTI type since it's an INTP board. ;)

[euterpenc]

Call me Z, or z3. Sometimes zeitgeist is taken so I use z3itg3ist, which is cooler anyway.

[INTrPosr]

It seems that I put this in another thread, but here goes. When I originally began using the internet, my ID was Mediator268. Mediation is what I enjoy doing, what I did for the past ten years. The two represents the vowels added up and reduced to a single digit, as does the six for the consonants, and the eight is a combination of both.

After taking the MBTI II and discovering that I was INTP, I wanted a name that represented that side of me, yet still reflected my enjoyment of mediation. Thus, I created the name INTrPosr (interposer). I was still torn between whether I was INTP or ENTP, thus I also use the ID "Functianalyst" (functional analyst) on the ENTP forum.

[attila_the_hunny]

I've had attila_the_hunny for a long time. It's my favorite name and I have an e-mail with it and frequent a few other boards with it. It's pretty much self-explanatory. Attila is seen as a savage person, much like Kahn, and "hunny" adds a little girlie touch.
Someone also told me Tori Amos used it on a track called a "Conversation with God." I have yet to hear it but look forward to it.

[iponjs]

I was thinking of the stupid Piss-on stickers (fake Calvin pissing on stuff). Soe ESTJ at work has a Chevy pickup with a sticker that reads "You can't piss on what you can't catch" - like the pickup is some hot ride... this led to me thinking of all the J crap I have to do and how I was P-ing my time away on some forum and, well, I pee on Js (figuratively speaking of course)...

[nonsequitur]

i've had many usernames. it really depended on what i was thinking about at that point in time. i've used "imreallysobored" before, that is one of the more memorable ones.

my most recent one, my current one, came about because i was thinking of a username, and happened to get distracted (which is very common). i decided it was quite appropriate given my ADD behavioral traits.. and hence, non-sequitur. it also warns people that when i post, my posts are likely to be at least slightly OT. :P

[Fingers]

Fingers – Nick name in school because I had double jointed fingers and I used to gross people out with my tricks, its like the elephant man all over again!

Superstar – Arrogance maybe adding to my own self importance, whatever its a cool name anyway!

[Claverhouse]

PLACE-HOLDER FOR CLASSIC STATUS

[Madrigal]

Madrigal is the first word for the poem title 'Madrigal Triste'. It's a poem by Baudelaire I like. 'Madrigal' is a type of song, 'triste' means sad.

[kendoiwan]

Kendoiwan is a name given to me. Kendoi is a japanese word referring to directness, like a direct sword thrust to the heart *given to me because of my way of cutting to the chase, or getting strait to the heart of the matter* and Wan is just like saying mister or sir, just a repectful thing.