Where did your screen name come from?

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Tweak155

Lifer
Sep 23, 2003
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Back around 95, my family decided to douche it up with AOL. So I had to pick a screen name.

I played tons of Snowboarding 1080 on N64. My favorite board was the Tahoe 155 and my favorite move was the Panda Tweak. Thus, Tweak155.
 

KidNiki1

Platinum Member
Oct 15, 2010
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well, when i first joined the AT forums, i wasnt planning on sticking around so i made up a throw away named based on the snack food i was eating at the time (ac.hotfries for andy capp's hot fries). after sticking around for a year, idk, it felt weird not to be using the name i use for pretty much anything else online related to gaming/forums. so i asked to have it changed to KidNiki1. which i have used since aol days.

the origin of KidNiki1 is thus: when i used to be big into arcade games, i didnt want to put my boring initials on the high score list. so, because i have always been a nerd i thought about what to put there. i took the 3rd letter of my first name, the 2nd letter of my middle name and the 1st letter of my last name (321 of 123, see? its like, weird letter math!) and that spells kid. so that was my high score initials i used all the time. then when i first started online with aol, i need a screen name and kid was too short. so i added my first name, because there was also a video game called kid niki. i added the 1 because there was a kidniki already.

i am a giant ball of gamer nerd. :(
 

Saint Nick

Lifer
Jan 21, 2005
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I've had a slew of nicknames... I just picked this one because I wanted something different on this forum as opposed to what I use on other forums. I've changed my nickname on AT several times.
 
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crownjules

Diamond Member
Jul 7, 2005
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Jules is a short version of my full name. I'm originally from England where they have the Crown jewels. Voila!
 

thestrangebrew1

Diamond Member
Dec 7, 2011
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Use it for my Necro build in GW. For whatever reason I had to add a 1 to it when I first reg. here. Been using it since in some games along with Clawhammer (back in my bf2 days).
 

biostud

Lifer
Feb 27, 2003
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part of my university e-mail. I studied biology so "biology student" -> biostud
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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What were you doing there? :p

discussed metal, traded access to private ftp servers which contained mp3s.
I am out of the mp3 game (and have been for years.)

Got big into mp3s in the mid-late 90s back when I had a 28.8k modem, and continued until I had a better job and had money to buy more CDs.
 

JM Aggie08

Diamond Member
Jan 3, 2006
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JM - initials for the high school I was attending when I signed up.
Aggie - wanted to attend Texas A&M. Ended up elsewhere.
08 - I needed a number.
 

JimKiler

Diamond Member
Oct 10, 2002
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Jim Kiler comes from the made for TV movie, Outrage. based on the true story of a small town that cannot afford cops and the local teens are out of control. Finally Jim Kiler, with a rough past before he met his wife, takes matters into his own hands. It is 60 minutes of rising action followed by a 10 minute climax.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070497/?ref_=fn_al_tt_10

"One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident."


Awesome show and awesome episode. I have the Tick tattooed on my back. Although I am more of a casual fan and only own one Tick comic.

i stole mine from a ultima online player
HydroSqueegee sounds like a recommended name for everquest per Somethingawful.com, here is the page: http://www.somethingawful.com/d/everquest/newbies-guide-everquest.php This article still makes me laugh.
 
Oct 9, 1999
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not sure just wanted a stupid annoying name.

this is probably my 3rd or 4th name change on AT.


DP
DeePee
 
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zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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the platypus is a quagmire of a creature that shouldn't really exist but persists despite its completely odd nature. it's made up of a lot of different things and defies typical categorization as there is only one other creature in its class. I can relate to it.

The platypus has 10 sex chromosomes!

:awe:
 

Saint Nick

Lifer
Jan 21, 2005
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not sure just wanted a stupid annoying name.

this is probably my 3rd or 4th name change on AT.

derrickperry was the first
DP
DeePee
Lol are you serious? HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I was just wondering the other day where DP went... This is too funny... I'll send you a PM when I get a chance
 

Possessed Freak

Diamond Member
Nov 4, 1999
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We used to make fun of eachother in school so I started using 2 word combinations to poke fun at people. Possessed Freak was one, Disgusting Blob another, etc. I used Possessed Freak as an online handle in BBS days of yore. Kept it for certain sites still.