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Posted by Y2kBen_2000 on Wed Mar 15th at 5:46pm 2006

My handle, however, is old. (If I could change it with out changing the join date I would.)

Although, years back I wanted to find somethon very few people would use. So I came up with y2kBen_2000. Not many people would go by 2 y2k.

But now, everwhere I sign up, I use "Ncyphe" (In-Cyphe) and sometimes "NcypheX". Derived from cypher, but that name was too common, and cyphe felt like a kids nickname. So I thought about it and felt adding an N would make the name sound better. Played Natural Selection one day nad the commander couldn't even pronounce my name. He called me "hey that N-guy."



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Posted by ReNo on Wed Mar 15th at 7:07pm 2006

I think you could change it, but I can't do it for you. Ask Gwil, I think he has the access rights. Personally I quite like Cyphe, but find Ncyphe quite awkward looking.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Mar 15th at 7:26pm 2006

I just like the way "cyphe" sounds. Cyphe. Cyphe. :P




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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Wed Mar 15th at 8:00pm 2006

My Snarkpit username, which I also use in some games like DoD and CS:S, is a farming tool. When I was playing DoD for the first time(beta 1.0 or something like that an eternity ago) I wanted to use a nick that has multiple meaning. The right one being the farming tool.
When I play RTS games I usually go by the nick Wereaser. Something I invented when we had a LAN party with some friends. In CS I've used such names as I LIVE FOR YOUR PAIN!(after a song by Helloween) and Incinerated God Of Deception and recently with CS:S I've been playing with the name Diabolical Cough Medicin.



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Posted by Kain on Wed Mar 15th at 8:11pm 2006

"Kain", in the Bible, is the first assassin who murders his brother; and it's also the name of the character who dies the most horrible death in the movie Alien I, one of my favorite movies. I think that's why I've always used this nickname while playing CS, and online in general; plus the fact that it sounds sharp and cool!



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Posted by fishy on Wed Mar 15th at 8:16pm 2006

'fisheye and the egyptians' was my all time favourite band name, though we were never really a real band. i don't know why, but it just sounds so right.




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Posted by pepper on Wed Mar 15th at 8:42pm 2006

Got pepper from my rabbit as mentioned earlier, but online i tend to go around as The Almighty Snark, as im kind of obssed with these cute little buggers. Also because of my Rush-to-death tactics never work out.




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Posted by Bewbies on Thu Mar 16th at 12:16am 2006

..it was a social experiment, not a sexual experiment, orph.

...lol





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Posted by satchmo on Thu Mar 16th at 12:36am 2006

This is one of the most interesting threads I've come across for a long time. I love it.

It's friendly, not too serious, and no one is yelling at anyone or calling any names. It reminds me of the old SnarkPit I used to love.

I am taking a break at writing my book. I've been at it all day (well, except for an hour this morning playing Counter-Strike).

Anyways, my moniker has a story (sort of). "satchmo" is the official nickname of Louis Armstrong, the jazz virtuoso. I am a big jazz fan. "satchmo" is short for "satchelmouth". When little Louis blew the cornet, his cheeks puffed out greatly like a "satchel". That's how his name originated. In fact, "satchmo" is on all of Armstrong's letterheads.

After reading several of Louis Armstrong's biography, I started using "satchmo" in my email addresses (at yahoo and hotmail). That was before I started playing games.

When I registered for the first online community (at TWHL), it's easy to come up with an anonymous alias. "satchmo" is the most obvious candidate.


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Posted by Agent Smith on Thu Mar 16th at 1:03am 2006

First time I ever went to a network cafe with friends, about the time I started serious gaming. I sat down at my booked computer and the name already in use was Agent Smith. Being a bit of a noob at the time I didn't know how to change it, so I just used it. It stuck and now thats my oh so creative handle.

Of course now to avoid being called a noob everytime I play CS I use the handle Agent Smith Bob *Huyuck*, implying I am in fact the hick cousin of Agent Smith.



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Posted by flashman on Thu Mar 16th at 1:13am 2006

? quoting satchmo

... "satchmo" is the official nickname of Louis Armstrong, the jazz virtuoso. I am a big jazz fan.

One of my favourites, too - whaddaguy.

Flashman is the protagonist in a series of books by George Macdonald Frazer and one of the great fictional characters. He was a coward and a bully who, through no fault of his own, found himself in the thick of most of the major battles in the 19th.C - Custer's last stand, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Indian Mutiny, The U.S. Civil War, Harper's Ferry, The Taiping rebellion, The first Afghan war and the Sikh wars among others - a true "anti-hero". Essential reading if you enjoy History and a good laugh.





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Thu Mar 16th at 3:14am 2006

*posted by fishbutt... lol

'fisheye and the egyptians'

well, i can truthfully say, i never would have thought it possible, but i think youve canned the worst name ive ever heard for a band fishman.... ....and ive heard some doozies over the years

ive been chuckling since i read it....

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Posted by satchmo on Thu Mar 16th at 6:06am 2006

It's interesting to see that many of the aliases came about either through typos or other similar unintentional snafus.

Not many were created deliberately.


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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Mar 17th at 3:08am 2006

Yeah, that is pretty strange. I always wanted to carefully formulate a nickname that NOBODY else had, so i woul not have to put any numbers in it. You all probably know that I HATE how no matter WHAT your name is on the net NOBODY can spell it, much less remember the numbers at the end. People seem to have problems with "Nickel" and spelling it like "nickle"


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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Fri Mar 17th at 3:15am 2006

? quoting Nickelplate:
Yeah, that is pretty strange. I always wanted to carefully formulate a nickname that NOBODY else had, so i woul not have to put any numbers in it. You all probably know that I HATE how no matter WHAT your name is on the net NOBODY can spell it, much less remember the numbers at the end. People seem to have problems with "Nickel" and spelling it like "nickle"


Haha I bet people would be able to remember your name and be able to spell it if you went with "Abcdefg"

I wonder how many people register a name like that?




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Posted by Nickelplate on Fri Mar 17th at 3:29am 2006

Adictid 4 Morfeen: I don't know how many people do that. PS if this is to the wrong person, sorry.


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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Mar 18th at 1:54pm 2006

? quoting Bewbies
..it was a social experiment, not a sexual experiment, orph.

...lol

Whatever its intent, it was memorable.





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Posted by mazemaster on Sat Mar 18th at 3:01pm 2006

? quote:
It's interesting to see that many of the aliases came about either through typos or other similar unintentional snafus.

Not many were created deliberately.


I guess I'm the exception...


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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Mar 18th at 3:14pm 2006

? quoting mazemaster

? quote:
It's interesting to see that many of the aliases came about either through typos or other similar unintentional snafus.

Not many were created deliberately.



I guess I'm the an exception...

There are a few such exceptions Nick. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">





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Posted by pepper on Sat Mar 18th at 8:50pm 2006

Another exception here


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