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ChiefScalyNipples

Dictator of my bedroom

LaSposaCadavere

New Member
Mine is the Italian title of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.
 

KaitoGhost

Sea Sponge First Mate
The Kaito are a race in the story/novel/thing I've been working on for the past decade. Ghost was the name of a superhero I made up as a child.
 
I got my name from my Skyrim character. Yeah, that's it. Boring, huh? I guess I'll share the story of how I came up with the name for my character.

The name of Buffington goes back to when I was a little boy. I was an only child, so I always made my dad play with toys with me. At one point a got a little Lego set. I didn't know what to name one of the minifigures (little lego dudes), so my dad decided to make up a name. It was "Professor Chad Buffington". He heard the last name "Buffington" somewhere else before. Anyways, the character Chad Buffington was a crazed British scientist who's poop was radioactive and edible. When eaten, you are granted special powers. If you're allergic to itand eat it, you go rabid and your head falls off (yes, we were crazy and we still are.) Chad also had a floating chair and a brother who drove a mech. (Anyways, I think that's all I have to say about the original Buffington.)

Many years later, I get Skyrim for the Xbox 360. I start off with a Nord. After I get to Whiterun, I am reminded that Nords are the main race. I thought "fl*ff this, I wanna be a minority!" Before I was done with the character, I met Idolaf. He asked the question. "Gray Mane or Battle-Born?" I thought Battle-Born sounded badass and that I should make my next character part of the Empire. I decided to make the next guy a Battle-Born. Once I created the character, I made him a young Imperial who looked older than he was. I was wondering what his name should be. "Something Battle-Born... what about something that starts with a 'B'?" I thought and thought, but then I remembered the little lego dude from my childhood. "Buffington... Buffington Battle-Born! It's PERFECT!" I was pleased with the name, so I kept it like that. I never found myself straying away from that character. I still play as him today.

Then, in February 2012, I found a greatly organized forum site dedicated to Skyrim. It seemed too good to be true. I signed up immediately. I tried to think of a name. "Hmm. How about the name of my Skyrim Character? Buffington... Battle-Born..."
 

lolkhajiit

Hear Me Roar!
Gather 'round everyone, for lolkhajiit has quite a tale for you. A tale about how this one got his name. You see, I am an avid studier of the Internet phenomenon known as "lolcats". You should try it sometime. Anyway, the Khajiit are my favorite race as well. So, by using my extraordinary genius and by a stroke of pure unbridled creativity, I put two and two together and came up with "lolkhajiit". And now we are at the end of my story. I hope you enjoyed it.
 

Benthos

Proud Mer
Figured this forum would've already had use of my main character's name (in some countries it's a last name and even a celebrity from another country has it), so I decided why risk and and just go for Benthos, my 2nd character on my new PSN account, my Orsimer tank character.
My most used will be: Rumar - Argonian, Tonaro Jenkinir III - Bosmer, and Urjorahn - Khajiit

Who is in charge with accounts and usernames? Am I allowed to make a request to change my username from Benthos to Rumar (since I use him the most and will be referring to him the most)
 

Lucy_In_The_5kyr1m

Professional Procrastinator
I decided on my username while studying physical antropology for my exam. One of the ancient humanoid remains that was uncovered in Ethiopia was called Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis). The name Lucy prompted me to listen to the Beatles' song "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds". My brain somehow connected the word "sky" in the song with Skyrim and "diamond" with soul gems (was playing Skyrim earlier so you can imagine how hard it was to focus on the book). So my username is a shorter version of Lucy In the Skyrim with Soul Gems ;). My current character is not Lucy though. I named her Lorelei Nightwind after the German folklore of an enchanting mermaid that lure sailors to their death. Which really suits her shadowy assassin character.
 

Belle

Fool of Hearts - Laughter Incarnate
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Well.

It took an extremely long time to think of this username. I think it just radiates pure creativity. *cough*
 

samgurl775

Cerberus Officer
My name is Samantha. I'm a girl. And 775 is my area code. Now that I think about it my screen name gives out a lot of information about me...and for the record, I came up with it when I was 9, hence the way "gurl" is spelled lol.
 

jRi0T68

Active Member
After high school, I joined the Army. During training, I injured ligaments in my right foot and couldn't run. Even though x-rays showed otherwise, my drill sergeant decided I was faking it. He started calling me his little academy award winner, and since I'm from Los Angeles, everyone started calling me Hollywood. I was eventually sent home because I couldn't pass the 2 mile run. Idiots. I was injured.

When I got home, I started chatting on a paintball a IRC room, because I'd been heavily involved in paintball since 1995. I chose Hollywood as my nick, but everyone thought I was a paintball magazine writer nicknamed Hollywood, so I had to change it. Since I used to talk about tactics as riot control, and always got told I was a riot, I changed my nick to Ri0T. The J is my first initial. 68 is the caliber of a paintball. I've kept that alternate nick for 13 years.
 

theSnowQueen

theSnowQueen
Bleh, chose either a wood elf or a dark elf to play, I prefere the dark elf, her name is Faun Telvanni ( I chose Telvanni a it is a great house!) character is a wizard and is also a backup archer, ( I get bored with magic at times)
 

kyleekay

Well-Known Member
My username is so... BORING, compared to a lot of people's. Haha.

Kylee is my name. The first initial of my maiden name is "K", so I've long used "Kay" as a substitute.

Yup. I'm boring. ;)
 

Irish

Thane of Solitude
My college years (NDirish) and the month (10) and day (17) of my birth.

I know it's not fancy, creative, or cool, but I like it. :p
 

Rextoret

top kek
So I saw a guys username on Youtube, "Lueroi." I thought it was cool that he had no numbers after it and it also sounded cool. So I thought for hours on what a good username would be, a good nickname people would automatically give me, no numbers and sounded cool. So I choose Rextoret because nobody else has it online. Plus there are no numbers and everyone calls me "Rex." Which is awesome. That's it.
 

Mighty Pecan Pie

The secret American
The fact is, I didn't.

A friend of mine which is into Greek stuff, he came up with it.

that was 8 years ago, and I still use the name for pretty much everything.
 

SherlockJones

I'm where you least expect me, THERE! no not there
Sherlock Holmes and the hound of the baskervilles was the first book I ever bough with my own money (still have it :D) and my last name is Jones, it also flows quite nicely :D
 

mamali

Well-Known Member
well my real name is mohammad ali , i don't like that name :sadface:

mamali is actually a shorter version of my real name . i make everyone call me mamali and my username in most websites is mamali
 

feliciano182

Well-Known Member
well my real name is mohammad ali , i don't like that name :sadface:

mamali is actually a shorter version of my real name . i make everyone call me mamali and my username in most websites is mamali

You don't like to be named after the greatest boxer in history ?
 

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