What is the inspiration for your crazy nickname?

[BS-er]

I'm in an OT mood, and have always wondered where people get the inspiration for their unusual or crazy nicknames.

My nick was inspired by my initials: B.S.

[CmptrWz]

I am a Computer Wiz according to family and friends, and people I was dealing with online at the time I picked the nickname.

Combine that with an 8 letter limit on usernames in the place I was registering at..........

[Steeveeo]

My nickname just kinda popped in out of nowhere, I think it originated in a joke email to my brother 8 years ago....

[Nielk1]

My nick is my last name backwards with a 1.
The first time I did anything online that needed a user name was when my friend introduced me to Runescape (it was literally brand new). He used Rentep1 as in Petner, so hence Nielk1 was born.

My bro used Rettro (cause he thought it was neat and he spelled it wrong) and then made another named Rettro Jr. Now everything is Rettro Jr.

[Angstromicus]

I originally picked "Total Oblivion" for when I first started playing multi-player games (which started with BZII, IIRC). I was quite young then, probably twelve.

I picked "Total" to mean complete, without exception. And "Oblivion" for anonymity, unknown, forgotten, undefinable, etc.

The "Omnis" part came a year or two later after I had taken an absence from playing online for going to grade school. It's a Latin word that means: all, everywhere; as in omnipotent, all-powerful; omnipresent. It really was emphasis for my anonymousness, plus I thought it added a nice touch to the name.

I've come up with another name which is related, but I can't and won't post it anywhere, since it's my gmail address. It's intended for business only, and hopefully it'll, at least slightly, improve my chances (or at least not worsen) of getting an interview.

[bigbadbogie]

My nick was always bogie at school, so I just added bigbad to the front for fun... despite the fact that I am indeed big and bad.

[Axeminister]

We were brainstorming for a name for our band. My friend, our bass player, was a floor installer at the time and mentioned a hard to lay floor called Axeminister. We used it as our band name. Now the band is gone but I still use the name online. I introduced our bass player to bz2 and he plays 1.2 strats under the nick JudgeMental, which is the name of one of my brothers old bands.

[Feared_1]

Judge!!! Good guy

My nickname started like the first 2 weeks I played Battlezone II in 1.1. It started out as "the feared one", pretty much the same day it was "the feared 1", and finally "Feared_1" sort of took place less than a week later. Not very interesting, but oh well

I got a lot of crap for this nickname, like "HEY!! I'M NOT SCARED OF YOU!!!", and people changing their in game nicks to "Feared_2(-9, pick a number), "Angry_1", "Scared_1", "Super_1", "Deranged_1", etc.

EDIT: For BBB

[bigbadbogie]

Deranged_1.
Retarded_1.
Addicted_1.
Annoyed_1.
Bleached_1.
Hungry_1.
Drunk_1.
Twenty_1.
Arrested_1.
Detested_1.
Molested_1.

[General BlackDragon]

I love dragons and my favorite color is black.

I am normally just BlackDragon or BlackDragon N001 if the first is taken. But when I finally got BZ2, I figured i'd add the word General in front since I had played BZ1 for so long. I chose it when I first started up the game, stuck ever since.

[TheJamsh]

mine is my name said with a severe lisp... with The added in front, as in 'the definitive one'

i was thinking about a nickname change? i dont like it anymore...

[Warfreak]

I'm actually not sure WHY I used this nickname..... it had something to do with finally finding this site and registering.

[AcneVulgaris]

Mine comes from the BZ1 days, when I was connecting using something called Heat.net that had avatars.  My avatar was this guy with a melty, carbuncled face....I looked at it and my mind drew a medical book around it with the caption "Acne Vulgaris".

I was constantly getting beat up in DM by teenagers, and I figured Acne Vulgaris was the thing they feared most in life.  It was kind of weird when I was having lan parties, people calling me Acne.  I got used to it though, and would probably respond to that name if I heard somebody call it out.

[squirrelof09]

You could probably get a lot out of my nick name.

My old school everyone would call me squirrel because I can run, climb trees, ladders, etc. really fast.

Those of you who know my last name.. There was a nickname "limb" people call me at my new school. See if you can figure out why they picked "limb"

[General BlackDragon]

your good at limbo?