The sexy secrets behind NPF's Usernames

[Regulus Tera]

Regulus: Oh, some Roman guy? I took it from a character in Bomberman 64.
Tera: It's some prefix that means 10-to-the-power-of-a-lot or something.

[mauve]

Originally Posted by Aerozord

any particular reason for those colors though? few people even know what mauve is and probably fewer know how to pronounce it

No real reason, other than they had unusual sounding names and were not easily recognizable. Hell, I didn't even know the exact shade mauve was when I signed up. That's the real reason why my sprite is magenta and lavender.


And I've always pronounced "mauve" as "Mawve," where the "au" sounds like the first syllable of "awesome." I know some people say "mohve," so it rhymes with "cove," but that's not nearly as cool.

[Ravashak]

Years ago, I needed a name for a necromancer in Diablo 2. Due to being terrible with coming up with names myself, I decided to just rip one off, the necromancer hero from Master of Magic (which you can only recruit when you have Death magic, which I seldom had, flying, invisible, magic immune combination was just too fun).

After that, it just stuck

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

And I've always pronounced "mauve" as "Mawve," where the "au" sounds like the first syllable of "awesome." I know some people say "mohve," so it rhymes with "cove," but that's not nearly as cool.

I always thought it was "Mawve" too, until I heard the Doctor pronounce it "Mohve", so now I am in a existential quandry. I prefer the "Mawve" pronounciation, but I don't want to contradict the Doctor. It's very troubling.

[Naqel]

Being twelve, having a "Q" letter obsession and needing a name that wasn't taken for "My first MMO".
I kept putting various bits around the 'q' and that's what I came up with. Back in the day, google only resulted in weather forecasts for an airport in a town in Afghanistan named the same.

[Grimpond]

I've been using Grimpond as forum and mmo character name for....5 years? 6? I believe I found it in a terry brooks book.

[krogothwolf]

Come ye all and sit around, fo I bring a tale from the ancient times. A time when the gods themselves walked on this earth and did bring great prosperity to those who did worship them. For this was before the Darkness came and swept all of it away and changed the face of this earth.

In the olden days when we were naught but a thought in our gods minds they did set out upon this world with a plan. That plan was to provide the usage of electronic devices. Lo and Behold, for they did bestow upon us mortal's the devices that we so coveted and all was good. The gods smiled approvingly at us as we used the devices they bestowed on us to further or lives for the better.

Then one god thought that enjoyment could come from these items and did take a select few individuals and instruct on them the way of the Gamer. This men would become known as Designers! And would be given gifts and wealth for their insight and ability. The mass were pleased by this new development of this aspect of technology and did worship the gods anew! and treated the designers as their prophets!

From these Designers came a mind unlike any that had been around before. His name would be forever likened to greatness and he would become like unto a god! He did create a game unlike an other, and he did bestow upon his creation the name of Total Annihilation and all was good for a time. Though Total Annihilation was greatness he did find it lacking! Thus did Chris Taylor release a expansion of the game, adding more units onto the game. The Pinnacle unit was the Krogoth, for it did tower over the others. This was viewed as more greatness by the masses and there was much rejoicing! One of the Masses loved the unit so much he did take it and wander the internet using it as a username. He thought to make it more original so he did add a moniker at the end, thus allowing for the lower possibility of one trying to steal his beloved username. Thus he became known as KrogothWolf! and he did begin a reign of terror on the interwebs, helping ushering in the darkness that would soon bring calamity to the world of the Gamers, that his name is now one of the unloved and despised.

But that is a story for another time.....

TL;DR. I took the name Krogoth from the awesome unit from the awesome expansion pack, from the awesome came Total Annihilation. And added Wolf causes wolves are cool!

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by Hawk

I always thought it was "Mawve" too, until I heard the Doctor pronounce it "Mohve", so now I am in a existential quandry. I prefer the "Mawve" pronounciation, but I don't want to contradict the Doctor. It's very troubling.

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be pronounced "Mohve" (that's how I've always thought of it) but it might be a regional thing, and either way a person's name should be pronounced how they want it to be pronounced.

I mean if you desperately want it to be like the color, then I dunno, dictionary it up or something. But you could always use "Mawve" like a name and "Mage" like a title, like Mawve, MD. Or Mawve, Ph. D. Or Mawve, Dinosaur Hunter.

Yeah I'm gonna call you Mawve from now on.

[Grimpond]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be pronounced "Mohve" (that's how I've always thought of it) but it might be a regional thing, and either way a person's name should be pronounced how they want it to be pronounced.

I mean if you desperately want it to be like the color, then I dunno, dictionary it up or something. But you could always use "Mawve" like a name and "Mage" like a title, like Mawve, MD. Or Mawve, Ph. D. Or Mawve, Dinosaur Hunter.

Yeah I'm gonna call you Mawve from now on.

I pronounce it "muahve."

[Tev]

What bothers me is just how often I run into a forum where three letter names don't fit the name length requirement....

Anyway, time to delve into the nerdy pool. Tev is short for Tev Loneglade which was the alias of my favorite Plansewalker from Magic the Gathering; Tevesh Szat. I'm still angry that Urza managed to sacrifice him to fuel a bomb that blasted open the fifth sphere of Phyrexia.

Either way, if you see a Tev, [Tev], -Tev-, _Tev_, or <Tev> anywhere it's either me or one of you jerks here who stole my only username.

If you see a Lev kick him in the groin for me. That username is too close for my comfort.

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

Or Mawve, Dinosaur Hunter.

I'm not comfortable with this for obvious reasons.... >_>