How Did You Come Up With Your Username?

[DardiM]

I stole it from a forum i visited years ago

I thought you were a real Robot

DardiM => created specially for this forum.

Michael Dardi : one of my "identities"

=> I use to create one pseudo / e-mail by forum /website I registered => 'privacy' purpose

(look at my avatar, that's my real identity )

 

[PEllis]

P = Initial of first name

Ellis = Last name

96 = Last two digits of the year I was born

Original, I know.

 

[AlphaBeta]

I was watching the movie Troy and thought Greek alphabets would be fine.

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

P = Initial of first name

Ellis = Last name

96 = Last two digits of the year I was born

Original, I know.

You just made me feel old as hell lol

 

[Deleted member 178]

Umbra is a diminished version of my original nickname which is Umbrapolaris. (on Wilders i still use it), because everybody use to just call me Umbra.

Umbra = Shadow in the Latin dead language.
Polaris = name of the north star (Pole Star), the shiniest solitary one you see in the sky.

so basically , it means the "Shadow of the North Star"; i liked the duality of the shadow opposed to the shiniest star in our constellation.
Shadow because i like the mysteriousness, stealthiness and fear that it represent.

i used to play Dungeons & Dragons , and my characters were always using shadow and cold abilities.

 

[59er]

In our home, we are outnumbered by the amount of rescued cats we care for & love. Amazingly, none would know this by the non-existant odors. Even when my son comes home to visit, we do not surpass in numbers these cuddly (& often times infuriating) living, breathing, stuffed animals, whom bring us a great deal of joy! When deciding upon a username, I thought writing it down like a scorecard might make a good one. I hope you think so too.

BTW, @ofbeautyandrage, the band Red chose well and so did you!

Always liked your name here, like it even more now. I've had up to 6 strays a few times....whew.
As for my handle..59 is the section of a local arena where my hockey seats are located (long time STH).
Also, it is my birth year.

 

[ElectricSheep]

Polaris = name of the north star (Pole Star), the shiniest solitary one you see in the sky.

so basically , it means the "Shadow of the North Star"; i liked the duality of the shadow opposed to the shiniest star in our constellation.
Shadow because i like the mysteriousness, stealthiness and fear that it represent.

Great name Umbra BUT I do have to point out that Polaris is NOT the brightest star in the sky. It's well known as being the one that is above the North Pole, therefore pointing you North, which is one way they used to navigate in the old days by using the guide stars in the Plough (Big Dipper)

Sirius in Canis Major is the brightest star in terms of magnitude, easily seen even in heavily light polluted skies, but it is a winter star, not a summer one.

Spoiler: How to find Polaris

http://i.imgur.com/cGkOH5h.jpg

Spoiler: How to find Sirius

http://i.imgur.com/JEdezkL.jpg

 

[DardiM]

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http://i.imgur.com/cGkOH5h.jpg

I will only add that Alpha Ursae Minoris is the real name for Polaris

 

[ElectricSheep]

I will only add that Alpha Ursae Minoris is the real name for Polaris

Good point! It's the brightest star in Ursa Minor so its the Alpha star
But obviously better known as Polaris

 

[Amiga500]

Got mine from my favourite and what i consider the greatest home computer of the mid-80s.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Great name Umbra BUT I do have to point out that Polaris is NOT the brightest star in the sky. It's well known as being the one that is above the North Pole, therefore pointing you North, which is one way they used to navigate in the old days by using the guide stars in the Plough (Big Dipper)

Sirius in Canis Major is the brightest star in terms of magnitude, easily seen even in heavily light polluted skies, but it is a winter star, not a summer one.

Spoiler: How to find Polaris

http://i.imgur.com/cGkOH5h.jpg

Spoiler: How to find Sirius

http://i.imgur.com/JEdezkL.jpg

thanks for the precisions

Got mine from my favourite and what i consider the greatest home computer of the mid-80s.

yes it was an awesome machine, i used the Amiga 1200 , awesome games on it.

 

[frogboy]

We need more posts in this great thread.

 

[Andrew999]

My name is Andrew and I thought of some numbers like 999 then I just added it to the end.

 

[Andrew999]

Many years ago, about 18 years i think i was putting my jeans on on a cold winters morning and i got a hell of a fright as there a frog in one of the legs and my wife started calling me frogboy so when i joined MT i said to my wife what should i pick as a username and there you have it frogboy was born.

That is a good one.

 

[LabZero]

Thanks guys, it is very interesting to know all these stories

 

[safe1st]

Safe1st or Security First.
Safe1st from Safety first. Safety is the condition of being protected from harm
Security First. Security is the state of being free from threat, in this thing I talk about from viruses. So you guys can imagine it

These usernames just came up on my mind.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

For me it was easy, I just looked at my driver's license and...

 

[simbelmayne]

I was pretty excited by LoTR and other fantasy themes in my 14-16, so when I searched for the first nickname, I looked for it in Tolkien's books. I don't even know how it is spelled in original Tolkien's language, but In russian translation it is Simbelmayne - the white flowers that only grow on the mounds of Rohan kings. Pretty childish, and I wanted to change this one, but it is very comfortable to know that your nickname will never be in use anywhere.

 

[LabZero]

The reason is that this username fully represents myself.

Lab : that's why I spend many hours studying malware and security, it is part of my life.

Zero: well...I started from zero, without helps, and it is so important to reach a goal, any goal and the satisfaction is immense!

Aka Klipsh

 

[ElectricSheep]

I was pretty excited by LoTR and other fantasy themes in my 14-16, so when I searched for the first nickname, I looked for it in Tolkien's books. I don't even know how it is spelled in original Tolkien's language, but In russian translation it is Simbelmayne - the white flowers that only grow on the mounds of Rohan kings. Pretty childish, and I wanted to change this one, but it is very comfortable to know that your nickname will never be in use anywhere.

Here ya go I'm a big LOTR fan too
Simbelmynë