How did you choose your username?
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My female persona is called "Lizzy". I made her when I was 15.
"Dizzy" became a sort of affectionate nickname I gave to my creation.
"Chuggernaut" is a portmanteau of "juggernaut" and "chug".
The word "chug" now makes me think of beer but it used to be exclusively about palm muting power chords on a guitar. Because I'm metal as f***, dude.
Therefore, "Dizzy the Chuggernaut", condensed to "DizzyChuggernaut". It has been abbreviated to "Dizchu" which is a name I use for my art and music. I kinda switch between the two when I make accounts on websites.
"Dizzy" became a sort of affectionate nickname I gave to my creation.
"Chuggernaut" is a portmanteau of "juggernaut" and "chug".
The word "chug" now makes me think of beer but it used to be exclusively about palm muting power chords on a guitar. Because I'm metal as f***, dude.
Therefore, "Dizzy the Chuggernaut", condensed to "DizzyChuggernaut". It has been abbreviated to "Dizchu" which is a name I use for my art and music. I kinda switch between the two when I make accounts on websites.
I used to think I was really, really clever.
I made a different High Born moniker for each of the months, and would change my messenger name every month to accomodate. There were several I can remember now - The Caliph of October, the August Emperor, the Sultan of September- and I'm sure I wrote them down somewhere for a short story I was working on, to go in tandem with a new D&D campaign setting concept. But the only one that really stayed with me was The December King.
Which has nothing to do with snakes.
...
Might be time for me to change my avatar.
I made a different High Born moniker for each of the months, and would change my messenger name every month to accomodate. There were several I can remember now - The Caliph of October, the August Emperor, the Sultan of September- and I'm sure I wrote them down somewhere for a short story I was working on, to go in tandem with a new D&D campaign setting concept. But the only one that really stayed with me was The December King.
Which has nothing to do with snakes.
...
Might be time for me to change my avatar.
If anyone can figure out where I got my username I'll be impressed. I'll be less impressed if you use Wikipedia.
I wholeheartedly support that.Colour Scientist said:
You had me at tacos, you lost me at CoD.PsychicTaco115 said:
I think it's awesome that you took it back and disempowered it!Trude said:
The first time I joined a forum back when I was seventeen or eighteen, I went with the username"The Undertaker" on account of being a huge pro wrestling fan. Over time, the other posters started to call me "Taker" for short and the name stuck.
The second part comes from believing for years that my real life last name was Dutch for "of the foxes." Turns out that it's not, but again, the name had stuck.
The second part comes from believing for years that my real life last name was Dutch for "of the foxes." Turns out that it's not, but again, the name had stuck.
Well my original username was Maxieon, and that was just the main account name I was using for pretty much everything. I still do for the most part. Anyway, I changed my name back in 2011 to Neronium, another name I use as an alternate account, and the rest is really history. I came up with Maxieon when I was in the...I think 4th or 5th grade, and Neronium just showed up in my head one day. Not the most grandiose story ever, but still better than the originals of my Roxas1359 name. 
My name's Michael, and I'm a tranny. That's it. Though I told my mom it's a The Invisibles reference. (I'm not out to her yet.)
I read a Herman Hedning (Marvin Meathead in the english translation) at the time and thought that this would have to do. I changed my username once to make it grammatically correct.
Sometime in my early teen era, I wanted a self insertion character for the stories that I was into. I just combined the words dragon and spire with an m in between as a good connecting sound. I've kept the name ever since for online names.
... I would later find out that Dragmire is Ganondorf's last name which was a little surreal since I thought, at the time, that my created name was very unique.
... I would later find out that Dragmire is Ganondorf's last name which was a little surreal since I thought, at the time, that my created name was very unique.
When I first started getting into various forums, Xbox Live, etc etc, I was a huge NFL fan (Detroit Lions). So I registered myself as...well Lionsfan.
And I've just used it as my go to name ever since. Although there's only like 3-4 sites I visit on a regular basis, and maybe 1-2 that I post on
And I've just used it as my go to name ever since. Although there's only like 3-4 sites I visit on a regular basis, and maybe 1-2 that I post on
I was playing Transformers: War for Cybertron around the tme I joined the Escapist forums and I liked the character of Breakdown.
Add another one to stupid name I came up with when I was much younger that I kinda let stick, "zer" is from wizard and "ragon" is from dragon
Before I was on forums, I was on chatrooms. One of the one that was about heavy metal and almost everyone was called something like Slayer_ROcks666 or Metallica-rules666 and me being the mischievous little imp that I am didn't wanted that for myself. So looking around for inspiration, I saw a tin of cat food.
A legend was born.
However, trying to register this name all around the internet, it became apparent that many legends had been born. Seriously, who chooses the name Catfood for themselves? Anyway, rather than go through the Catfood1, 2, 3 etc. I just went for a random number.
A legend was reborn. The rest is history.
A legend was born.
However, trying to register this name all around the internet, it became apparent that many legends had been born. Seriously, who chooses the name Catfood for themselves? Anyway, rather than go through the Catfood1, 2, 3 etc. I just went for a random number.
A legend was reborn. The rest is history.
True dat, now if only kids would stop singing that and Beauty of Annihilation while I'm trying to buy perks and headshot Zombies like a bawwss.PsychicTaco115 said:I asked myself "What's the most interesting name you can think of for online purposes?"
Psychics are pretty cool
Tacos are also cool
That song 115 from CoD Zombies is definitely cool
And thus, I was born
OT: Because I was tired of just coming up ridiculous names out of real words. Now I choose to make ridiculous names out of letters. Have I ascended above to a higher echelon of name creation, or fallen from grace and really my grasp on the English language has deteriorated alongside my self respect?
It's a bit of a long story, but I will try to condense it down.
'Fiz' came from when I used to visit an Old Chicago that was near me before it closed down. It was my local watering hole, and I knew the bar manager, two bartenders, and the wait staff pretty well. One of the bartenders and the bar manager was joking about silly nicknames, and how Snoop Dogg had created that weird 'izzle' thing. So, I was given Fizzle since it was played off of my real name, and then it just became 'Fiz' after a while. I enjoy it enough to keep it as something to be called.
The 'The Toaster' bit is a little stupid. I remember playing Silent Hill: Origins and thinking how utterly hilarious/stupid a toaster can be a one-hit kill in the game. I made the comment to one of my friends, who then made me a little angry toaster plushie. I fucking love that thing.
So yeah, that's the story behind this stupid username.
'Fiz' came from when I used to visit an Old Chicago that was near me before it closed down. It was my local watering hole, and I knew the bar manager, two bartenders, and the wait staff pretty well. One of the bartenders and the bar manager was joking about silly nicknames, and how Snoop Dogg had created that weird 'izzle' thing. So, I was given Fizzle since it was played off of my real name, and then it just became 'Fiz' after a while. I enjoy it enough to keep it as something to be called.
The 'The Toaster' bit is a little stupid. I remember playing Silent Hill: Origins and thinking how utterly hilarious/stupid a toaster can be a one-hit kill in the game. I made the comment to one of my friends, who then made me a little angry toaster plushie. I fucking love that thing.
So yeah, that's the story behind this stupid username.