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Usernames and their mystical meanings...

Ban

Troglodytic Trouvère
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Did you choose your current username for a particular reason and if so what might this meaning be?

Banten is a planned character in my main story. He is not a self insert however. In many ways he is the opposite of me, both physically and mentally. I just feel connected to the character, because i've had him in my head for a long time now.
 

Russ

Istar
Russ is my name. I never really have seem the value/purpose of using other names to communicate with people.
 

Tom

Istar
Tom Nimenai is the MC of my very first novel, Southerner. While definitely not a self-insert, I identify closely with him, just because he's been with me so long. He seems in some ways to be an outgrowth of my personality, sort of a facet of me that displays characteristics my real self doesn't.

Actually, having him as my username really means a lot to me. When I created my account on MS, I was a very different person. For one, I was a lot younger and more naive. I was also just starting to break out of the conservative worldview bestowed on me by my upbringing, and questioning everything I'd been taught--from religion to political stance to orientation/identity. I was kind of a mess back then. In a way, calling myself Tom Nimenai instead of my real name here gave me a chance to take a step back and see myself as a different person. Tom is a POC, queer, and agnostic--about as different from the old me as someone could get. Identifying with him helped me realize that I was not who I'd thought I was, and that that was a good thing.
 

Ireth

Myth Weaver
Ireth is a name I got from a so-called "elvish" name generator. I don't think it actually means anything, but I liked it and it stuck.
 

Heliotrope

Staff
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My real name is Jenn. I'm Canadian like Russ, but my name is not particularly cool.

Heliotrope was literally the first word that popped into my head when I registered. It means purple, or a type of flower, neither of which have any symbolic meaning for me at all. I guess I just like outdated old fashioned words.
 

Legendary Sidekick

The HAM'ster
Moderator
Legendary Sidekick is named after a novel that you will not buy. Seriously. Don't. Even if you'd like it, don't. The ending is like "but wait there's more" and there isn't. I got bored with it and, despite many attempts, just couldn't get far into book two.

I still like the username though. My current project is Huntresses Attack Monsters ...in 2D! or HAM2D for short. I wouldn't want to call myself "Huntress" or "Ham."

My real name is John. (I guess not everyone's doing that, but I will anyway.)
 

Velka

Sage
Velka is the name I've always used online. I thought it sounded nice and I like the letter V. I believe the first instance was in Everquest waaaaaaay back in 1999 (High Elf enchanter!). I've used it in MMORPGs and in forums ever since.

A Finnish friend in DAOC told me it meant 'debt' or 'to owe' in his language. A Czech friend in the same game told me it was a diminutive of Veleslava, whose name means 'great fame'.
 

Devor

Fiery Keeper of the Hat
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Devor is the name of a bard character I made back in High School to play D&D in an old RPG chatroom, where you would change your screenname to match your character name. But I never actually played him because I ended up DMing the first few games instead. After that, Devor became my screenname, I mostly DMed, and when I didn't I made better characters.

Devor comes from the "the bore," as in Devor - the bor - ing bard. Yeah, it's not funny, and that makes it all the more valid. A boring hidden joke from a boring bard. Which kind of makes it funny, right? No? Okay then.
 
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Penpilot

Staff
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Russ is your real name? Canadians have some cool names, don't they?

Being Canadian, my name is John. *Confetti and Party Whistles*

Honestly, my name couldn't be more boring. I have no middle name. :(

My user name? Much in the vein of Sanitation and Domestic Engineers, I chose Penpilot. It was either that or Keyboard CEO.
 

Pythagoras

Troubadour
Pythagoras is a cool name for a cool guy.
If I wasn't Pythagoras, I'd be Herodotus, which I am on some sites. Greek historical figures' names are just nifty to me.

And my face is always that of the Moai.
 

Zadocfish

Troubadour
My middle name is Zadoc, which is a misspelling of the Hebrew word for Righteousness, and the name of the priest of David's court. I also like fish because they're cool, and also because they are symbolic of Christianity.
 

Philster401

Maester
I just took the first 4 letters of my name added -ster and my 1st school bus number but after joining this forum I joined the dragon egg rpg and now I use Zoran Alaster as my username for games and I think imight use it as my mc name. But my name is a Phillip, 2 ll's.
 

ThinkerX

Myth Weaver
I discovered internet forums about 15 years ago in a quest for information. I lurked for a while on various sites, and noted that the majority of the posters typed first and thought second. When I finally registered, I first tried 'Thinker,' because I intended to think through my responses.

That didn't work with some sites, I suspect that unmodified it might be some sort of backdoor access ID. On the old EZ Boards (now Yuku) I was 'Thinker100' or 'Thinker102' for a long while. (Thinker100 and 101 died in fluke digital accidents.)

Other sites these days I am usually 'ThinkerX.' The name is generic enough for a multitude of sites.

Real name is Tim.
 

Nimue

Auror
I think my approach to usernames is uncannily mirrored by my approach to fantasy names in writing--why make something up when you can beg, borrow, or steal from existing historical connotation? Ah well, never been much of a conlanger.

Oh, and I'm a bit of a witch, of course. ^^
 
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Caged Maiden

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Caged Maiden Custom Clothing and Costumes is my costuming business, and I originally used Anihow (A scrunched version of my real names) on this site as my name, but I changed it because I preferred to be identified with my business. I didn't even pick the business name for a real reason, I just made steel-boned corsets as one of my main products I did custom, so since I wore them in my Elizabethan gowns, I became the caged maiden (who was neither caged, nor a maiden, I suppose). Anyways, custom corsets, and anything related was already taken as a domain name, so I went with www.cagedmaiden.com, and Godaddy told me it was free. Since I'd already spent a couple hours typing in things i liked better and couldn't find a better domain name, I bought it and though I've ditched my website since then, I still have the domain name. I also have Anitahowitt.com and ahowittauthor.com, just in case I ever begin using my real name in writing, I suppose. Probably just a waste of money so far, though.
 
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I couldn't think of a username for myself that I wouldn't either find cheesy or uninspirational. So I chose to take the furthest edge of the most unimaginative, uninspirational and heavily gamer geek related I could possibly think of, to at least make some sort of poor joke of it.(I always think of wizardz, because I, perhaps, have a secret desire to be one).

Thus, Lvl20wizard was born. And since level 20 is pretty high in dnd, I could only pick the best. But in retrospect it would probably be more fun to be lvl 2 (they're basically useless at that level!).
 
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