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Title: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Mooch on December 16, 2013, 07:07:31 pm
My curiosity about the fantastic members of the Sphere community knows...well, not no bounds. I mean, I don't wanna know your heights or the names of your elementary schools. But, uh, I'm rambling >_>

Why'd you choose your username? What's it mean, where's it from?

As for me, Mooch is the name I gave my Animal Crossing character back in 2001 or 2002. I've used it a couple times online, though generally I come up with a different username for every forum / online service / etc. I join. It's not like Mooch is my one online alias or anything.

I just randomly chose it when I originally joined the old Sphere forums, but it's proven an appropriate name, given how much I get everyone to help me with my code and how I give nothing back :p

How 'bout you?
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 16, 2013, 08:01:45 pm
`Flying Jester` is the pseudonym of NiGHTs in one of the Sega All-star riders racing something games (I don't remember which one).

I am a huge fan of the original NiGHTs game. I think it is a masterpiece of abstract design, creative gameplay, and immersion. It was also one of the first games I ever owned. And it had its own controller (which is really only usable for that one game). And was the really standout Sonic Team game for the Sega Saturn--one of my favorite systems ever made, both from technological and gamer perspectives.

I guess I liked the idea of an elegant and mysterious figure, part acrobat and part jester, too. And I've never seen the name be already taken on any site I've signed up for. I don't like having numbers in my usernames.

Also, I'm 6'1". Almost all of the coats that I own belonged to dead people before I got them. And I own a dove that I creatively named 'Dove'. I add that just for curiosity's sake, of course.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Fat Cerberus on December 16, 2013, 09:48:31 pm
Mine is the name of a character from the webcomic Homestuck. Lord English is an indestructible, time-traveling demon who is summoned upon the destruction of a universe and then proceeds to travel back in time to an earlier point in its lifetime. Thus, if he exists in your universe, then by definition you can't outrun him or prevent his summoning, as he is already here.  The concept of that is fascinating to me, for whatever reason. :)
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Radnen on December 16, 2013, 10:07:17 pm
Radnen = Andrew with w = r. It was a character I made in a game long ago (unreleased as it was bad) thought it was cool and just used that. Before that it was Feek, which I used as a name in games such as Animal Crossing, heh. I didn't like it as time went on.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: mezzoEmrys on December 16, 2013, 10:12:08 pm
Mine was based on the legend of Merlin at Dinas Emrys. I was big into dragons and wizards and Merlin when I was younger, and so the name "Emrys" was one I was a fan of.
The "mezzo" part was not quite so prestigious, when I tried joining an online Go site I hadn't had a good username made yet, so I just got bored and put in "mezzo" such as in mezzo soprano or mezzo forte, and when someone already took that "mezzoE", which got conjoined with Emrys to become the name you see now.
The mezzo is pronounced like mezzanine, though.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 16, 2013, 10:14:28 pm

Mine is the name of a character from the webcomic Homestuck. Lord English is an indestructible, time-traveling demon who is summoned upon the destruction of a universe and then proceeds to travel back in time to an earlier point in its lifetime. Thus, if he exists in your universe, then by definition you can't outrun him or prevent his summoning, as he is already here.  The concept of that is fascinating to me, for whatever reason. :)


Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Doctor?
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: mezzoEmrys on December 16, 2013, 10:21:06 pm


Mine is the name of a character from the webcomic Homestuck. Lord English is an indestructible, time-traveling demon who is summoned upon the destruction of a universe and then proceeds to travel back in time to an earlier point in its lifetime. Thus, if he exists in your universe, then by definition you can't outrun him or prevent his summoning, as he is already here.  The concept of that is fascinating to me, for whatever reason. :)


Are you sure you aren't thinking of the Doctor?

Yes (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006011) (Possible spoilers, maybe, depends on your definition of spoilers)
(Also possible seizure warning)
Also, Lord English has been retroactively associated with Ultima's Lord British
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Mooch on December 17, 2013, 07:24:46 am
Also, I'm 6'1". Almost all of the coats that I own belonged to dead people before I got them. And I own a dove that I creatively named 'Dove'. I add that just for curiosity's sake, of course.


*shakes fist*
Dammit, what'd I just say?! Not no bounds!

But seriously, I don't like using numbers in my usernames, either. Which is actually the principle reason I use a different name on pretty much every site -- so much stuff's always already taken.


Mine is the name of a character from the webcomic Homestuck. Lord English is an indestructible, time-traveling demon who is summoned upon the destruction of a universe and then proceeds to travel back in time to an earlier point in its lifetime. Thus, if he exists in your universe, then by definition you can't outrun him or prevent his summoning, as he is already here.  The concept of that is fascinating to me, for whatever reason. :)


Whoa, that is fascinating. I've been aware of Homestuck for awhile now. Always sorta wanted to give it a look, but never really had the time. I think I'll make the effort now, though.

Though that sounds familiar. I wonder if it's from Lovecraft or Stephen King or something.


Radnen = Andrew with w = r. It was a character I made in a game long ago (unreleased as it was bad) thought it was cool and just used that. Before that it was Feek, which I used as a name in games such as Animal Crossing, heh. I didn't like it as time went on.


^_^

The mezzo is pronounced like mezzanine, though.


Interesting. Is that the proper pronunciation? I always say "metso," 'cause I associate the double-z with the ts-sound. Or "mezz-oh," ala the anime.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on December 17, 2013, 10:35:24 am
Mooch, I actually thank you for being so active on the forums. Makes the entirety of the community and development more alive. So keep moochin'. :)

Anyway! My real name is Vincent, and I didn't make up my own nickname. Before I was on the internet, I was already messing around making music in Modplug Tracker. My uncle then suggested that I should have an artist name of sorts, and my (back then not yet) aunt suggested Da Vince. I liked that nickname and started using it on my first forum (though took the liberty of removing the space).

DaVince is the only nickname I use, unless it's DaVince21 or just my regular name.



Radnen = Andrew with w = r. It was a character I made in a game long ago (unreleased as it was bad) thought it was cool and just used that.

...Wow, I never realized that.


And it had its own controller (which is really only usable for that one game).

Bah, I use the 3D controller for all my Saturn games. (Then again, the alternative is some cheap finger-hurting Mad Catz controller.)


The mezzo is pronounced like mezzanine, though.

Is that pronounced the same as mezzoforte? Always pronounced it like that...
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: N E O on December 17, 2013, 11:52:35 am
My full handle is NeoLogiX and use NEO on a forum if I can get away with it (ie, someone hasn't taken it before me, which pretty much only now happens if I set up the forum myself). It came to me in a car ride in 1997 and I fleshed it out to NeoLogiX EX Machina in 1999 to use as a "company" name for when I started offering development services professionally, right before I came up with my (current) handle "Apollolux," which came to me in a dream and is the current name of my "company."
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: mezzoEmrys on December 17, 2013, 12:26:56 pm
I've met lots of people who have said it both ways, "mezz-o" and "met-so" so I make sure to define that, yes, it is "mezz-o". I always thought that mezzoforte and mezzosoprano were "mezz-o", but then I met people who pronounced it "met-so", so I figure it can be pronounced both ways.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 17, 2013, 05:06:17 pm


And it had its own controller (which is really only usable for that one game).

Bah, I use the 3D controller for all my Saturn games. (Then again, the alternative is some cheap finger-hurting Mad Catz controller.)


Yeah, it works for all Saturn games, but the analog stick only works on NiGHTs, Sonic 3D Blast, and a couple fighter games (as far as I know). And for the games it does, you generally don't want full angle control. Lack of any fixed directional cues on analog stick doesn't really help in many games except NiGHTs.

Although it is still a Sega controller, miles ahead of any 3rd party stuff I've ever seen, even if you can only use the D-pad.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on December 17, 2013, 05:34:16 pm
Yeah, I much prefer the D-pad on the 3D controller too. Also love how the thing is basically a prototype Dreamcast controller:
(http://www.vgconvos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/saturn_dc_controllers.jpg)

Uh, okay. Sorry if I'm totally going off-topic here. I bet you can see one of my interests right now... :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Mooch on December 17, 2013, 07:02:43 pm

Mooch, I actually thank you for being so active on the forums. Makes the entirety of the community and development more alive. So keep moochin'. :)


*kicks the dirt*
Aw, shucks...

Anyway! My real name is Vincent, and I didn't make up my own nickname. Before I was on the internet, I was already messing around making music in Modplug Tracker. My uncle then suggested that I should have an artist name of sorts, and my (back then not yet) aunt suggested Da Vince. I liked that nickname and started using it on my first forum (though took the liberty of removing the space).

DaVince is the only nickname I use, unless it's DaVince21 or just my regular name.


Is it weird that I predicted your username was based on music? I was actually thinking "DaVinci," who's an artist of course, but I somehow got music from that.


My full handle is NeoLogiX and use NEO on a forum if I can get away with it (ie, someone hasn't taken it before me, which pretty much only now happens if I set up the forum myself). It came to me in a car ride in 1997 and I fleshed it out to NeoLogiX EX Machina in 1999 to use as a "company" name for when I started offering development services professionally, right before I came up with my (current) handle "Apollolux," which came to me in a dream and is the current name of my "company."


Heh, there's an independent I.T. firm near my house called Neo LogiX. I'll take a picture of their sign outside.


I've met lots of people who have said it both ways, "mezz-o" and "met-so" so I make sure to define that, yes, it is "mezz-o". I always thought that mezzoforte and mezzosoprano were "mezz-o", but then I met people who pronounced it "met-so", so I figure it can be pronounced both ways.


I always said mezz-o before I took piano class. The teacher said met-so so many times it just rubbed off. Though I still call the anime Mezz-o Forte.

Uh, which upon checking Wikipedia, I forgot was a...not-for-children anime.




And it had its own controller (which is really only usable for that one game).

Bah, I use the 3D controller for all my Saturn games. (Then again, the alternative is some cheap finger-hurting Mad Catz controller.)


Yeah, it works for all Saturn games, but the analog stick only works on NiGHTs, Sonic 3D Blast, and a couple fighter games (as far as I know). And for the games it does, you generally don't want full angle control. Lack of any fixed directional cues on analog stick doesn't really help in many games except NiGHTs.

Although it is still a Sega controller, miles ahead of any 3rd party stuff I've ever seen, even if you can only use the D-pad.


Is that a reference to Nintendo's octagon? I friggin' love that thing.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 17, 2013, 07:28:16 pm

Is that a reference to Nintendo's octagon? I friggin' love that thing.


Normally I agree. But NiGHTs works better without it. There is no well defined cardinal directions in that game, and you are usually more concerned with angles than with magnitudes.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Fat Cerberus on December 18, 2013, 09:40:29 am
Don't mean to derail the topic any further, but are there any Saturn emulators?  Everyone gives NiGHTs all kinds of praise so I'd really love to try it, but getting my hands on a real Saturn and a copy of the game would likely be... difficult.

On a side note, I'd forgotten how butt-ugly the Dreamcast controller was! :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Mooch on December 18, 2013, 03:25:38 pm
Jester: Ooh, that's a nice way of putting it -- angle vs magnitude. I never thought of it like that. That's precisely what it is; the octagon's so good for games requiring precise magnitude because it's so much easier to slide along a flat surface than a rounded one, so you can very precisely dial it in.


Don't mean to derail the topic any further, but are there any Saturn emulators?  Everyone gives NiGHTs all kinds of praise so I'd really love to try it, but getting my hands on a real Saturn and a copy of the game would likely be... difficult.


Zophar.net has all the emulators. All of them.

On a side note, I'd forgotten how butt-ugly the Dreamcast controller was! :P


It's also super-uncomfortable. The D-Pad is atrocious, the triggers are awkwardly angled. But that VMU, oh that glorious VMU! Makes up for it a dozen times over.

Oh, noticed a funny thing about controllers recently.
SNES: The upper face button is blue.
Dreamcast: The right face button is blue.
Dualshock: The lower face button is blue.
X360: The left face button is blue.

And three of those are the X button!
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 18, 2013, 05:25:32 pm
I actually find the DC controller pretty comfortable. Most games don't use the D-pad much at all, and I don't mind the triggers any more than a 360 controller's.

I've tried to run Saturn games on emulators. It approaches impossible to play NiGHTs on emulator, partially because the Saturn is a really, really complex architecture (approaching as much raw power as a PS2, but broken up into over 8 processors).

NiGHTs does NOT run well on any of them. Possibly because it was a really taxing game for a Saturn in the first place, and written somewhat later in the console's life by the same company that designed the hardware. It runs on SSF and Satourne, although with severe graphical problems in both (and requires some coaxing even then). It requires lucky results from undefined behaviour to run on Yabause, but runs OK there--but with no sound, and takes several minutes to start. None of the emulators can play it off of disc (probably because the Saturn had an overcomplicated disc format), and making a rip of a Saturn game is really difficult.
And it's like that for a lot of Saturn games. I've tried for years, and there's no getting around it. Only about 50% of all Saturn games are playable in emulators, and almost none work perfectly.

However, there is still hope. You can buy NiGHTs for Windows on Steam. Or for PS3 on the PSN (but not in the US), or on Xbox 360 in the Xbox arcade.

The downside is that this version has removed content: no versus mode, the control is 24-way control (which is still not too bad) instead of analog angularity no matter the controller you use, and several easter eggs and hidden/end-game features are gone (like the final A-life stages, the secret Sonic level, and the secret demo-version of the first two levels). It does, however, come with some promo content, Christmas NiGHTs, but if you already have a Saturn you can buy that for extremely cheap online.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Fat Cerberus on December 18, 2013, 10:41:13 pm


Don't mean to derail the topic any further, but are there any Saturn emulators?  Everyone gives NiGHTs all kinds of praise so I'd really love to try it, but getting my hands on a real Saturn and a copy of the game would likely be... difficult.


Zophar.net has all the emulators. All of them.


I'm thinking you might be more familiar with Homestuck than you initially let on. Now what would make me think that, I wonder... :P

@Flying Jester: So NiGHTs is available on Steam?  Good to know, I have a Steam account, so maybe I'll check that out.  What you said about the Saturn architecture is interesting, though... so it had 8 processors?  I never realized how ahead of its time the Saturn was, explains why it had so much hype surrounding it when it came out.  Released in '94, and it took 12 years (2006) for anyone else to come out with anything approaching that kind of power (speaking of course about the PS3 with its 8-core chip).  But I guess Sega was always known for that.  The Genesis was in competition with the NES from what I remember but was equivalent to a SNES, the Saturn is apparently equal to a PS2, and the Dreamcast--graphically, anyway--is essentially a PS3 sans HD.  And of course, that's what killed them in the long run--the consoles were so far ahead of their time that nobody knew how to develop for them.  Goes to show that you can have the greatest piece of hardware in the world but it doesn't do a bit of good without the software to back it up.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 18, 2013, 11:05:43 pm
Well, it wasn't 8-core. It had a two CPUs (SH2) and a two GPUs, a 65C02 that handled DMA, a 68k that handled audio, an SH1 that handled CD access, and a Yamaha FH1 DSP (which ran in tandem with the 68k).. I mean, it's common for there to be multiple processors for different systems, but what makes the Saturn so complicated was that the CPUs weren't identical (same for the GPUs, even more so), and that every processor could be reassigned to different tasks than what they were intended for--they all had access to main memory, and they all had access to DMA commands.

This is actually a similar configuration to a Genesis with a Sega CD and 32x, plus the two GPUs.

The reason that Saturn games rarely looked as good as other contemporary consoles is because you really can't write a game that could keep 8 processors (of which no two work identically) all working all the time, particularly when there are so many rules about how they can interact. It is just not feasible to get much more power out of the system than you could from the other consoles--and even that took a ton of work. Sega had infighting over the NiGHTs engine, since it was so much work to get even that much 3D running on the Saturn!

It also didn't help that the GPUs thought in terms of quads, unlike every other GPU ever, which think in terms of triangles. I would imagine that did not make porting games any easier.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on December 19, 2013, 03:29:26 pm
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Zophar.net has all the emulators. All of them.

Last I checked, Zophar.net is no longer being updated and only contains an archive of all the old files before activity stopped, so...

Also, I never found a good one, myself. Maybe yabause has become better since I tried it, though (which is at least a year ago, and there seems to be a new version that was released only yesterday, so it's worth a shot).
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on December 19, 2013, 09:42:48 pm
Yabause is really one of the best Saturn eumulators...

But still, it can't play NiGHTs consistently. Once every twenty or so times it starts, it works. Same as it has been for the last four years.

I do know that it works for Casper (kind of--you need mismatched BIOS for that to work), Bug Too!, Impact Racing, SimCity 2000, and Clockwork Knight.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on December 20, 2013, 11:56:40 am
Oh, well, that explains something. NiGHTs was one of the few test games I used to test out Saturn emulators before I got frustrated and just went Saturn hunting, haha. So it still doesn't work correctly, but other games too? That's a relief. (Bug! works well I believe.)
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 06, 2014, 10:25:55 am
To bump this topic back on-topic:

The name Rahkiin came to be when I needed a second name for Minecraft, as my first name was my full real name (was years ago, when MC was just out of alpha).
I had been playing a lot of Skyrim and I love the Dragon Tongue they created. The Dragonborn is Dovahkiin in DL. That is: Dov_ah_kiin. Dov means dragon, ah means blood, kiin means born. The 'dovah' is the dragonkind. (As in the human kind). So it means Dragon-born, or actually 'born with dragon blood'.

Now I wanted an awesome name like that! So I looked for a nice dragon language word, and I found Rah. Rah means 'god'. So Rahkiin actually means Godborn / child of god. Now that is just very arrogant and not doing well with the believing ones. But heh, who knows the Dragon Tongue from mind? Nobody! So Rahkiin it is.

I have used Jarvix for a very long time, but that got a bit boring, and it is now also the name of my (actual) company.


// Rahkiin
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Radnen on March 06, 2014, 03:40:36 pm
I love Skyrim! So, I guess I should bow down to you god born? :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 06, 2014, 05:27:51 pm

I love Skyrim! So, I guess I should bow down to you god born? :P


I guess you should :D But as you are the Sphere-god, you could be Spherah! :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Mooch on March 07, 2014, 06:05:18 pm
I support conlanging.

You know, though I'm a conlanger and an Elder Scrolls fan, I've never actually looked into how serious the dragon speech of Skyrim is developed.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 07, 2014, 06:10:19 pm
Oh it is a bit serious. Well, not so serious as the Elfish by Tolkien, but it makes some kind of sense sometimes. There is some kind of singular/multiple idea, etc.

Mostly the texts are combinations of nouns and more nouns that, by adding some verbs have a meaning. But the Word Walls all have dragon inscriptions and they form a text. And there is all Thu'um with meaning and pronunciation.

And of course there is the Dragonborn song: A song in Dragon language that rhymes, works on the melody of The Elder Scrolls, and when translated into english, rhymes, makes sense and fits in the melody of The Elder Scrolls. I think it is genius.

Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Radnen on March 07, 2014, 07:00:40 pm
I think the Dovah language was based off of Latin, and English words with Latin roots or suffixes will tend to rhyme together. Therefore the Dovah language rhymes well enough. I think it was a neat language idea, but hardly a real language per se, such as Elfish or Klingon.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 07, 2014, 07:08:42 pm
It was also made as a neat addition to the game lore, not as a project for people with no life :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Radnen on March 07, 2014, 07:29:53 pm
Yeah, not to say I studied Elfish or Klingon, which I haven't. And I don't go around dragon shouting. :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 07, 2014, 07:32:11 pm
I actually do.

I mean, I go around dragon shouting.

No I don't. But there was some Bethesda developer who used Kinect Voice to control shouting xD So I am silently in my room playing Skyrim, suddenly: FUS RO DAH!. And the game actually does that. Must be funny.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Fat Cerberus on March 07, 2014, 08:56:48 pm

I think the Dovah language was based off of Latin, and English words with Latin roots or suffixes will tend to rhyme together. Therefore the Dovah language rhymes well enough. I think it was a neat language idea, but hardly a real language per se, such as Elfish or Klingon.


At least it's better than the Al Bhed "language" from FFX that wasn't even a language but a substitution cipher of English.  Don't get me wrong, I love FFX (as if that even needed to be said with the Spectacles battle system being what it is :) ) but that was just lazy.  Kind of neat how they made it sound like a Slavic language, though.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Harry Bo21 on March 10, 2014, 02:35:14 am
I actually have a story

I worked at a bowling alley, Everyone called me Harry (As in Harry Potter, ever since school).

It came to a managers attention that a lot of people had no idea I was actually called Dave.

When he realised they call me Harry because of Harry Potter, he said "That is not cool enough"

He came back to me later with a packet of Harribo (Candy in the UK, if you were not aware)

But he said that wasnt quite cool enough because they have a slogan (Kids and grown ups love it so, the happy world of Harribo - would make me sound a little questionable)

So he "cooled" it up to Harry... Bo!

This was taken on the old Forums and on Xbox live, So Harrybo21 was born and has been my username for everything for 6 years!

Hope y'all enjoyed that

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Also, Lord English has been retroactively associated with Ultima's Lord British


Made my day seeing this. Yes Lord British is the name of the Ruler of Britannia in Ultima, unkillable due to his magic crown (Although in every game there was a new way to kill him, eg Ultima 9, force feeding him bread laced with rat poison, Ultima 7, dropping a sign on his head etc :)). Its also the name that the main creator, Richard Gariott goes by. I thought I was the only Ultima fan out there :)
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Flying Jester on March 10, 2014, 04:07:57 am

He came back to me later with a packet of Harribo (Candy in the UK, if you were not aware)


We have those in the US, too.

I actually figured your real name was Harry Bo.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on March 10, 2014, 01:37:56 pm
I always had an inkling it came from the Haribo candy (the Dutch and original German name has only one r :) ).

Also, 21 is my lucky number. Always rather liked that that was part of your name.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 10, 2014, 01:46:46 pm

Also, 21 is my lucky number.


Do you happen to play BlackJack a lot?
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on March 10, 2014, 01:50:28 pm
Nope, it's just been a very common number in the family. :)
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: N E O on March 10, 2014, 02:57:10 pm
We have Haribo here in the US as well, though it's relegated to dollar store or bodega fare.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 10, 2014, 06:08:26 pm

Nope, it's just been a very common number in the family. :)


Because everybody has been 21? :P Just kiddin' :)
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: DaVince on March 11, 2014, 05:50:45 pm


Nope, it's just been a very common number in the family. :)


Because everybody has been 21? :P Just kiddin' :)

;D

Well, actually, both my grandparents were born on the 21st of the same month... and they married on the 21st, too! That's where things kinda started.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rahkiin on March 12, 2014, 09:50:15 pm
Hehe. That would make my lucky number 14: It is the day of my birth, of my sisters' birth, and the day my parents engaged. Also, it is the day PI day is on. :D :P
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Miscreant on August 03, 2017, 02:09:03 am
I used to play a lot of Scrabble. So through the years my brain has kind of become hard-wired for anagrams. Miscreant is the only word in the english language that can be created using ALL of the letters from my first and last name. Also the reason that I state I am "The One and Only, Accept no imitations"
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rukiri on August 04, 2017, 10:44:01 am
I have...no idea, was mixing up stuff and just came to Rukiri.
Title: Re: Why'd you choose your username?
Post by: Rhuan on August 04, 2017, 04:00:08 pm
I used "Rhuan" the first time I can remember signing up for a forum when I was 13 or 14 or something. It was actually an accidental misspelling of "Rhuarc" the name of a character from the Wheel of Time Series, but the name had stuck before I realised I'd spelt it wrongly.