Origin of User Names?

[76GTFan]

Mine is nothing special. Just looked at my old Colibri Jar and that is it. Kind of dumb and would probably change if I could. It stuck though.

[M1903A1]

< boring >

M1903 = the 1903 Springfield rifle, an American classic (even if it is just a plagiarized Mauser design) and our standard arm of 1-1/2 wars--along with plenty of little "brushfire wars" of the teens and 1920s and a sniping role in Korea and early Vietnam.

The A1 variant took the standard 1903 rifle's straight stock and replaced it with a "curved" pistol-grip stock, more like what you'd find on a hunting rifle. It was standardized in 1928, but because the Army had a ton of replacement stocks from WW1 to use up first in what little production there was in the interwar years, it wasn't until about 1940-41 that the M1903A1 variant was in serious production. Because they were made so briefly (and at the outset of a war in which most of them were used up), they are quite rare today.

< /boring >

At the time I signed onto the old CS, I was looking hard for a prewar M1903A1...and, well, I couldn't think of anything more original. Plus, it makes no sense to anybody who isn't a serious gun collector or WW2 buff, so I figured it would stand out.

[VirtualSmitty]

The real VirtualSmitty was a boss of mine years ago. Dr. Smith was an old plastic surgeon who was actually pretty adept with computers, the engineer of our building used joke about how much time he spent online, after awhile his nickname in the building became virtualsmitty as more people caught wind of what he was actually doing. He was a really good person, was very good to me the years I knew him, after he died I just kinda started using it. Just one of those things I guess, I used to only lurk at CS, then one day Paul went and hid some of the forums and I had to register and the first thing that popped into my head was that.

[TonySmith]

I blame my parents

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by TonySmith

I blame my parents

A few of us do... for one reason or another

[jaydub13]

No real story behind mine... first initial(jay), last initial(dub, for w), and my lucky number...

[Volusianator]

In 2003, I bought a Suzuki Volusia motorcycle. A few days later I was searching the net for "Volusia" and came across a web forum for the bike, being that I'd never been on a forum before at that time, I learned that to join, I needed a screen name. Well, the night before, I watched The Terminator on TV, so, basically just combined the two and came up with "The Volusianator." The last couple years I dropped "The" and just used "Volusianator" as I got lazy.

[colinb913]

Bump back.. Dont let this die. :-)
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[Starscream]

Originally Posted by colinb913

Bump back.. Dont let this die. :-)
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One member of the TOE has responded. It won't die yet.

Perhaps it could become a sticky if enough of the originals respond and it would be a great place for new members to give their explanation for their user names as well.

[Starscream]

I've read through all 133 of these posts and not many of the old dogs posting. I've been waiting on the big dogs to post in this thread forever.


TOE, where you at? Official banter thread with Icehog posters where you at? Masshole banterers where you at? SoCal members, where you at?

[colinb913]

Yeah, I was really wanting to hear the ToE and other people, like reallllly weird names. :P
OLS whos breaking the law..?
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[icehog3]

Originally Posted by colinb913

OLS whos breaking the law..?
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Someone. We won't name names.

[colinb913]

Wishful thinking Andy.. ;-)
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[Superbad]

Way back when, I started playing Quake 2 and Quakeworld online. I used the name Superbad after the James Brown song. It just stuck with me. People now think it is from the movie, but it predates it by at least 15 years.

[captain53]

I am a licensed boat captain and way back when ran big boats and many of my long time friends call me Captain Dave.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Superbad

Way back when, I started playing Quake 2 and Quakeworld online. I used the name Superbad after the James Brown song. It just stuck with me. People now think it is from the movie, but it predates it by at least 15 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otF5XwyVy2M

[treatneggy]

Mine is a combination of parts of the usernames my wife and I used on the Match.com chat site when we met.

[massphatness]

massphatness is just a little play on words. I live in MA, and I'm no ones idea of skinny. Using phat instead of fat appealled to my silly side plus gave me the illusion of phenomenal coolness. So instead of GreatBigFatGuy, I'm massphatness.
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[MajorCaptSilly]

Originally Posted by massphatness

massphatness is just a little play on words. I live in MA, and I'm no ones idea of skinny. Using phat instead of fat appealled to my silly side plus gave me the illusion of phenomenal coolness. So instead of GreatBigFatGuy, I'm massphatness.
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I am pleased that you used the word silly in your explanation. You get 3 credits and a wonkmaster badge.

MCS

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I am pleased that you used the word silly in your explanation. You get 3 credits and a wonkmaster badge.

MCS

Always remember to put on a shirt before wearing your wonkmaster badge.