Why is your nickname what it is, what are the origins of it?

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#1143480 29-Sep-2014 12:33

Mark: ummmm ... I'm showing a complete lack of imagination aren't I ?

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Depends...is your name Mark ? ;)

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#1143533 29-Sep-2014 13:18

When I was a kid, my Dad talked about going to the quack to get sorted. So I just went DrQuack because it literally meant Dr Dr and I found that funny (as things do in your own head) I also picked 32 cause that was the number Magic Johnson wore. I needed one and I figured most forums were going to need a number so picked that one.

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#1143553 29-Sep-2014 13:52

ME? Well I was a CAD Tech that worked on 3d Studio Max a lot... that was back in the day when Max had just come out.... good old autodesk.

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#1143602 29-Sep-2014 15:52

Sittingduckz comes from an online fighter jet game I played years ago. I was originally called 'Dead Meat' from the Hot Shots movie but some other little b!#@# started using it so I changed to Sittingduckz as I sucked at the game and got shot down every 10ms.

I'm not a complete idiot, I still have some parts missing.

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#1143615 29-Sep-2014 16:06

I've been Elpie for over twenty years. It has a double meaning - my initials are LP, and ie for Ireland. I answer to Elpie, Elp and Elps, but don't often get called by my legal name. I've got a couple of other names floating around from the dim dark ages but rarely use them now.

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#1143637 29-Sep-2014 16:26

I don't think I can point to a specific origin.

I have a vague recollection of some cartoon or tv program where the ending 'tastic' was added to many things - maybe I had been watching it?!

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#1143668 29-Sep-2014 17:17

I am old, I am a Man and everything is a trap of a magnitude that I simply cannot repel.

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#1143730 29-Sep-2014 18:36

I was at the vets one day with my male cat...who later lost his family jewels and I gained a name ;-)

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#1143780 29-Sep-2014 20:04

Most people that know me, know me as Rhodar (from the books by David Eddings) and that was the name I used in he days of Bulletin Boards, but when I made my first character in Everquest back in '99 it was already taken. I started thinking Hitchhikers Guide and as I didn't have a copy handy thought Vroomfondel was spelled Brumfondl (I pronounce it Broom fondle). I have stuck with it in games and as my Internet persona because it is unique to me.

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#1143853 29-Sep-2014 21:53

I lurk... Found out about the term during my early days on the net, in the Babylon 5 usenet groups.
My avatar is from an old Infocom game, The Lurking Horror. Usually the handle is taken though, not very unique I guess.
I have a few others up my sleeve.

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#1143877 29-Sep-2014 22:24

Mine was originally from a personalised plate I got for my 21st.
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I still have the plates but not on anything at the moment.

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#1143884 29-Sep-2014 22:48

Since you were being nosy, I wanted to replace a much older nym from Usenet days and at the time I looked after the glassware for a beer tasting group. Glassboy seemed to reflect the hollowness of an Internet identity.

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#1143885 29-Sep-2014 22:48

My first name is Mick and I had a bit of a tan and a mate called me "Mika Blakamin" afte Mika Hakkinen, because of the way I drove (but I never won any titles).
I used the blakamin bit for my first email address and now if I put "blakamin" into any website and it says "username is taken" I know I've been there before :D

Stuck with it.

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#1143896 29-Sep-2014 23:26

I'm originally from Wimbledon in UK so I was Womble, I joined a gaming clan for Wolfenstien (RtCW) called SPQR so I romanised Womble to Wombus.

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