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Imperioratorex Caprae

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Twenty Ninjas said:
That number may be a bit decieving. Here is a picture of all of us. [http://i.imgur.com/enPe01q.jpg]
Uhm. Why does that look like a place not too far from my home? And why are there ninjas stealthing around there?
I demand answers not in the form of shurikens aimed at my throat.
 

Verlander

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Apr 22, 2010
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It's my surname, aren't many of us so it's usually free on sites like this. Easy to remember. Not just a pretty face, me
 

Foolery

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My name comes from the basic idea that humanity might destroy itself this century. Maybe not extinction, but the overall structure of world as it is today, won't last in my opinion.
 

RipRoaringWaterfowl

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Why, for that is what I am; a fool to he and they who will not let me have all fool to myself; they'll be snatching.

It's from the time when my love of the Bard of Avon was even greater than it is now. It's actually a realy good name, I think.

[sub]And of course, the little italic paraphrase of mine refers to my employers, as per my name. He he![/sub]
 

Kyber

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I'm a fan of Cyberpunk, and Kyber is the finnish translation of the word Cyber, pretty simple, isn't it?
 

trollnystan

I'm back, baby, & still dancing!
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Cause I like the way it sounds. It's Swedish though with no direct translation to English. Basically it either means an nasty curse someone has fashioned out of bits and bobs, or an actual fairytale creature, like "vättar" and the like.

I sometimes wish I'd picked something more generic though... Just like with my real name I'm all that shows up really when you google it -_-;
 

staika

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Nouw said:
One day I decided to stick a u in the word 'Now' because I thought why the hell not and BAM! A classic username was born.
Somehow I thought that was where you got it from but I thought it was too simple to be true. Sometimes the simplest answer is the right answer :p

OT: staika is derived from a miss-communication with my dad. We sometimes speak very broken german to each other and he said something that I remember is the translation of 'sucker' but time has proven that I was wrong. Though when he said it I thought he said staika. I liked the ring of it and it became my username for everything after that :p
 

Jolly Co-operator

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Mine is based off of the line "But, use this, to summon one another as spirits, cross the gaps between the worlds, and engage in jolly co-operation!", spoken by Solaire of Astora from Dark Souls. I love the phrase, and I use it for most of my usernames. It's a good name for playing online, since it reflects that I prefer to be a team player, rather than try to lone-wolf it.
 

Mr_Universal

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Jun 29, 2009
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Well Mr_Universal isn´t really a name I use on any other website, it was just something that popped into my head when I signed up for this website.

Usually my username is either "Strokemaster" or "Bustermaniax"... I usually go for something original that I have never seen anywhere else.
 

talker

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first I just watched the videos on the Escapist. then I saw some forums. then I created an account so I could participate in said forms. forums are used for talking.

ah, trains of thought. what would I do without 'em.
 

death525

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My best friend when I was around 10 showed me a game called torn city that he wanted me to play with him. We wanted to start a business together in the game so we wanted to have similar names. His name was death526 so I went with death525.
 

jurnag12

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I was trying to come up with a name for my first World of Warcraft character (Gnome Warlock, for those who care), and I was not noticing the fact that my dad was calling for me. Up to the point that he stormed into my room, asking me if I was deaf (The Dutch word for which is 'doof').

I had a stroke of inspiration (Let's take away an O and turn the F into a V!) and decided to put the single-most stereotypical fantasy-esque syllable that I could think of behind it. Hence, Dovius.
 

Tsun Tzu

Feuer! Sperrfeuer! Los!
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Well...for the majority of my conscious life, I've felt a general sense of unease. A perpetual loneliness...an inescapable feeling that I am not long for this world and destined to spend what remains of my time on Earth quietly searching for answers, desperately clinging to whatever semblance of satisfaction or joy I can glean from the many interactions/events I come across/experience.

Also, I'm a half lion, half eagle creature the size of a large horse.

The latter just makes the aforementioned problem much more difficult to reconcile. I tend to knock things over while in confined spaces. It is lamentable, but unavoidable.
 

happyninja42

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Initially it was simply two words that I thought had a very contrary meaning together. When you think Ninja, you usually don't think "happy". Also I've found that whenever I come up with a username online, and I get the "sorry that name's been taken" message, if I put 42 at the end of it, it was always approved. So now I incorporate it into most of my names as a preventative measure against that message.


Since creating the handle though, I invented a story for it, inspired by Dr. McNinja.

I was once a member of a Mook Ninja Army, sent to do battle against an Epic Badass Hero. Due to the Inverse Ninja Law, me and my compatriots were summarily cut down to nothing, *insert dramatically epic music here* Until only I remained! And no, as the Sole Survivor Ninja, I was no longer subject to the Inverse Ninja Law, and had power leveled up to being en Epic Badass Hero myself!! *triumphant horns play here* I did battle with the man who slew my comrades and crushed him!! But in honor of my fallen friends, I kept my old number of 42 to pay tribute to their sacrifice. *tragically nostalgic music at the loss of loved ones concludes here*

The End
 

IndomitableSam

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Sep 6, 2011
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I am Sam, and I am indomitable.

Kinda simple, really.

I love the word. It means: An unbeatable will; courage.
 

Lightknight

Mugwamp Supreme
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Two things, it's one of the meanings of my first name and two, imagine you're new to the internet back when it was new and fresh and your first endeavor was to find a chess website. Hence, white knight/ light knight. I just thought white knight sounded like a race thing.
 

keniakittykat

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Keniakittykat was the name of my best friend's Aisha on Neopets back in the late 90's xD
I liked the ring of it and have used it ever since! For over a decade now!

(please don't google it, you will NOT like what you find... Like old bad (really bad) fanfiction I wrote when I was 12 on sites I can't remember the passwords from.)
 

Griffolion

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Aug 18, 2009
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Griffolyon is a bitbeast found in the anime show Beyblade.


I changed the 'y' to an 'i', and there you go.

PS - I have absolutely no shame in liking Beyblade.