The sexy secrets behind NPF's Usernames

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Originally Posted by Mac

Most of you guys know the origins of my nickname so here is a condensed version.

Got drunk, used last name as pick up line. The end

I thought you were named after the McDonalds burger??

As for mine, well yes, I have stated it here before, but I'll do so again. Oringinally on these here forums I was known as the Hawk of Battle, which I later shortened to simply Hawk, thanks to Fifthfiend. The Hawk of Battle moniker is a literal translation of my true name, which I always thought was immensely cool. Depending on your sources though, my real name can translate as "White Hawk", Little Hawk" or "The Hawk of May", as in the month of my birth, which is what my mum named me after. I prefer Hawk of Battle though, so I use that as my alias pretty much everywhere.

If you see a Hawk of Battle anywhere on the internet, it's probably me.

[Kerensky287]

It's from Mechwarrior. I was 10, Battle.net wanted a username, and Kerensky was taken so I added arbitrary numbers because that was the style at the time.

[Aldurin]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

It's from Mechwarrior. I was 10, Battle.net wanted a username, and Kerensky was taken so I added arbitrary numbers because that was the style at the time.

I don't know why but I feel an extreme annoyance at the thought of having numbers in a username.

[Aerozord]

Originally Posted by EVILNess

Every time you post I think of Power Rangers and picture you as the (Usually pink) ranger with the flying Zord.

I am a 90's kid, that is no coincidence

well the pink ranger thing is, but the power rangers origin is not

[Si Civa]

I was 12 or something like that when I come up with this one. It sounds quite silly and stupid because of that. It's just two random words that didn't mean anything to 12 year old brat.
My username could be worse though. I could invent new one now
The funny part though is that there's actually one person in Finland whose name is Civa. The gender, however, is different even though it could explain many things!


So it's been my internet identity quite some time but then again I'm not signed in that many places anyway. I guess that last.fm and livejournal are the only places nowadays where I'm signed in with some degree variation of my username. (It's quite easy to but _ there you know)

Nowadays I use my real name even in my email address and MSN. (It's awfully common name though)

[Wigmund]

I stole my name from my ancestors who probably stole the derivative of my family name from some local king name Wigmund (which is either old Scandinavian or Anglo-Saxon).

Thanks to one of my aunts doing genealogy on the family tree. Found out we were descended from farmers living in Hertfordshire, England. The name traces back further, but records get spotty.

[Squall Leonhart]

When I first signed in here, I used to be "BlackHBMage", in reference the 8-Bit character. The HB was in reference to my favorite anime character Hitokiri Battosai, better known as Kenshin Himura (or Himura Kenshin, if you're some kind of purist).

Then, I got bored and decided I looked too much of a fanboy. So, I started to dig around the member list and see what names were taken. After a few months of considering what I wanted, what was taken, and actually doing something about it, I sent Meister a PM that I wanted to change my name to Squall Leonhart, and actually cited the reason why.

It's all cool though, since I know what you're all thinking.

[Ecks]

Okay, my turn. Started out as No_More_Than_Thirteen, which I derived from a dialogue between Roxas and Saix in Kingdom Hearts Numbery Days. I liked the way it sounded, and signed up under that name, complete with KH themed avatar and signature.

Fast forward a few months... having such a long username was a little awkward, people didn't know what to call me when referring to me by name (I'm aware of the irony in that people don't know what to call me now; for future reference, you can call me Ecks (like the character from Ballistic: Ecks Versus Sever) or you can call me Scizor, doesn't matter to me), and as I had finished KH and I had dove into Pokemon again in preparation for HG/SS, I thought a little about it and decided to go with EckScizor. When spoken aloud, the pronunciation sounds like the Bug type move "X-Scissor" and, as many people no doubt already guessed, Scizor is my favorite Pokemon. I've carried a Scizor on every team I've ever put together since the original Gold and Silver released ten years ago. Some kind soul threw a few avatars my way, including an animated gif of the Pokemon Crystal sprite for Scizor (the one I use today), and the rest is history. Aside from the occasional update to my sig, I doubt anything else will change anytime soon.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

I liked Stephen King books and I was a huge fan of westerns. Almost had a heart attack when I found The Gunslinger in a book store.

Now I really regret choosing the name.

[Squall Leonhart]

Originally Posted by Mike McC

It's my name. Hello!

Now that you come up, I always liked your previous name better.