What does your username mean?

[theotherphoenix]

Hehe, nope, I’ve been theotherphoenix since long before I discovered Diatribe. :mrgreen:

[Kerry_P]

[quote=“theotherphoenix”]Mine is a fairly obscure Terry Pratchett reference. It thoroughly appealed to me when he pointed out that you can’t have just ONE of anything. So I became the other phoenix. And I don’t have to add numbers to it or find it taken very often.

Oh! I’d thought because Erin has a phoenix user name that you were the ‘other’ one. Shows what I know![/quote]

I may have thought this too

[Derek]

I may have thought this too

snap :mrgreen:

[Anna_K]

[quote=“Kerry P”]I may have thought this too

snap :mrgreen:[/quote]

Ditto (I thought this way back on the Mordavia boards, even - she was Steelphoenix there as well, and you were theotherphoenix there too)

[theotherphoenix]

I guess I should change my description to “it’s an extremely obscure Terry Pratchett reference” :mrgreen:

I’ve used theotherphoenix for so long I can’t even remember which book it’s in. One of the Vimes ones, I think. Guess I need to go re-read my collection.

Most boards have a “somethingPhoenix” or “Phoenixsomething” or heck, just a “Phoenix”, so I’d imagine most people make the same assumption.

[Aiwe]

[quote=“WildeRose”]The first part of my user name is taken from Oscar Wilde, I was on my third read of his complete works when I needed a new login name, and my favourite album I was listening to at the time was The Rose by Mediaeval Baebes. Hence WildeRose was born.

Also: youtube.com/watch?v=-G39GjFeYdA[/quote]

I actually thought of the same video when I saw that username

[Derek]

I observed early on in my internet life that I behaved worse if I hid behind a handle of some sort. Recognising this, and in an effort improve my behaviour online, I decided to use my real name from that point forward.

I also sometimes struggle with matching up online name, real names and character names to each other, so I try to make it easier for other people.

[Xcerus]

[quote=“Derek”]I observed early on in my internet life that I behaved worse if I hid behind a handle of some sort. Recognising this, and in an effort improve my behaviour online, I decided to use my real name from that point forward.

I also sometimes struggle with matching up online name, real names and character names to each other, so I try to make it easier for other people.[/quote]
hmm tempting… might hold off on that until i have kids

[Adrexia]

[quote=“Derek”]
I also sometimes struggle with matching up online name, real names and character names to each other, so I try to make it easier for other people.[/quote]

You’re much too nice.

[Helikaon]

Mine is my Teonn character who is loosely (and i really do mean loosely) based on one of the characters from David Gemmels Troy series.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_series:_Characters - if you are at all interested, he’s a very cool character.

Also awesome characters from that series are Banokles and Kalliades - they remind me of an ancient greek warrior timone and pumba.

[Zara]

Also awesome characters from that series are Banokles and Kalliades - they remind me of an ancient greek warrior timone and pumba.

ROTFL!!!

oh what mental images!

[Helikaon]

[quote=“Helikaon”]Also awesome characters from that series are Banokles and Kalliades - they remind me of an ancient greek warrior timone and pumba.

ROTFL!!!

oh what mental images![/quote]

… I hope that you and i are having different thoughts after you point this out, cause mind went straight to dirty (what the greek soldiers used to… do to each other).

[Zara]

[quote=“Zara”][quote=“Helikaon”]Also awesome characters from that series are Banokles and Kalliades - they remind me of an ancient greek warrior timone and pumba.

ROTFL!!!

oh what mental images![/quote]

… I hope that you and i are having different thoughts after you point this out, cause mind went straight to dirty (what the greek soldiers used to… do to each other).[/quote]

O.O

Mine was more along the line of Timon and pumba in greek hoplite armour singing hakuna matat in greek…

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[Helikaon]

So… hows about that weather…

[MissMenolly]

My favourite author is and will ever be Anne McCaffrey and especially the DragonSinger/Song storyline. When I discovered gaming/internet/BBS etc when I was at Teachers College my first pick was Menolly. I even emailed Anne McCaffrey and got permission to use it as my email address way back. When I moved to Auckland and ended up flatting with Ma’at, Su’Ratt and Maab… and would play endless Diablo online the Miss got added cause Menolly had become a more popular handle online… and I was teaching at the time

[Jon_Ball]

[quote=“Dragnew”]My first two initials, then my surname.

I feel boring. [/quote]

Dude. It’s not boring, it’s simplicity (and there is beauty in simiplicity). I got sick of not being able to work out who people were from their handles, so just decided I’d go with my real name. Otherwise I sometimes go by Wyldcard (my Livejournal).

Jon

[Porl]

[quote=“Jon Ball”]
I got sick of not being able to work out who people were from their handles, so just decided I’d go with my real name.
Jon[/quote]
What he said. I am in about 3 evening games a week and too many monthly games as well as Teonn and others, sometimes its easier to know who is talking to who. (<----Lazy )

[amphigori]

I’m glad for yours, Porl because with my American ear and the Kiwi accent I had no idea what your name was meant to be.

[Matt]

Mine means I beat out all the other Matthews

[Indiana_Dave]

I joined Diatribe just after the first Chimera where I had won the best costume at Flight of the Hindenburg award for Indiana Jones, so it seemed like a good idea at the time.