The sexy secrets behind NPF's Usernames

[Squall Leonhart]

So... we've all made bad decisions in life at some point.

[Premmy]

I had a character with precognitive abilities(amongst other thigns, he was hella-overpowered) I was writing who went by "Prem" I've since more or less dropped that story, but Premonitions stuck everywhere I went online.

[phil_]

My name's Phil. I have a brother named Mike. We used to get joint magazine subscriptions as Phil Mike "Last Name." So, when the internet became a place where children could post on forums, we used phil_mike for our name, because there was no point in having two accounts.

Then there became a reason for us to have separate accounts, so we got the mods to axe the mike from my name, and we became phil_ and _mike. The underscore is a scar of our separation. There are pictures. I can't find them.

[Bob The Mercenary]

One day in middle school one of my friends told me to buy a game that had just come out, Team Fortress Classic. I had never played an online game in my life, much less an FPS. Just to put it in perspective, this was back in the days when the internet was so slow I had to order the game patches on a cd.

First thing it asked for was a nickname, I had a terrible imagination back then so I just used my real nickname, Bob. Over the course of a few hours of play, I noticed these groups of letters at the beginning of players' handles. I asked what they were, they told me they were clan tags. I asked how to get one, they said I needed to join a clan. I asked how, they told me to let people know I was looking for a clan.

Therefore, 'the Mercenary' was appended. I've used this name for basically everything I've ever done ever...except taxes and the census. I plan on fixing that soon.

Originally Posted by phil_

Then there became a reason for us to have separate accounts, so we got the mods to axe the mike from my name, and we became phil_ and _mike. The underscore is a scar of our separation.

I've been wondering about that for years.

[CelesJessa]

When I was a kid my brothers and I would play video games together. Whenever we played a game that would allow it, we would name all of the characters after people we knew/each other, although my name was too long for the box, so my brother shortened it to Jessa. Although, the very first time he played FF6 he named Terra after me, but I ended up liking Celes the best. So every time I played the game after that I always named Celes Jessa.

Kind of lame but yeah.

[BitVyper]

It's the name I took upon ascending to the throne after slaying Craythak the Red, firstborn son of Tiamat.

[Nique]

When renaming characters in Fantasy RPGs 'Nick' just doesn't fit in with names like Zell, Rydia. So, uh, I choose 'Nique' which sounds like a lady-name but totally isn't.

[DarkDrgon]

I am a breath of fire fanboy, and dragon lover in general, so I decided that when I signed up for the WotC forums Id make my name Dardragon. of course, it was taken so in my rush to add random(to you) numbers at the end, I dropped an "a".

I know answer to Dark, DarkDragon, Dark Doctor Gon, and Dark DERgun

[mauve]

It was a toss-up between "Mauve Mage," "Chartreuse Mage," and "Paisley Mage" when I joined the forums. (Yes, I am fully aware that paisley is not a color.) "Mauve" ended up being easiest to type, and I liked the alliteration. The "Mage" part was because Red Mage was my favorite character.

My username story is boring.

[BitVyper]

Originally Posted by DarkDrgon

I am a breath of fire fanboy, and dragon lover in general, so I decided that when I signed up for the WotC forums Id make my name Dardragon. of course, it was taken so in my rush to add random(to you) numbers at the end, I dropped an "a".

Ironically, that kind of fits with BoF's horrible, abbreviated translations. It's the main reason your username makes me think of the series.