What's the story behind your username?

[ThatOneLum]

I am "that one lum" that got ate in Rayman 2.

I have another handle that I use more frequently but it's tied to a bunch of my real-life shit so I chose a new one for more enhanced anonymity.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I'm super happy there is someone who enjoys the old Goosebumps books, I could talk about them for hours, the nostalgia is too great for me

Same! My kids and I did a marathon of the TV show last Sunday -- it was glorious.

 

[Zerpina]

Honestly....

I don't even remember now, at least not fully. I've been using it for so long... RPGs and what have you.
I just typed it one day into a game as my character's name. Gods, I was 13, might have been 14. Anyway, not the point. It just kind of stuck with me since.

 

[Lod 10]

Honestamente....

Já nem me lembro direito, pelo menos não completamente. Faz tanto tempo que uso... RPGs e tudo mais.
Um dia, simplesmente digitei isso num jogo como nome do meu personagem. Nossa, eu tinha 13, talvez 14 anos. Enfim, não vem ao caso. Só ficou na minha cabeça desde então.

BomGood morning captain, how are you?

 

[MegaDrive1987]

A mixture of two different things...I had to change it due to being stalked online by some weirdos I knew in real life that I wanted as far away from me as possible and the Sega Mega Drive was my first games console I got for Christmas 1993, the amount of hours I spent on it I'll never know so it just made sense to change it to this as I'll always have a place in my heart for Sega and the Mega Drive in general being a 90s kid.

 

[SpcDaicon SpcDaicon]

Direct homage to Daicon III and IV, two short movies made as openings movies for the Nihon SF Taikai (japanese sci-fi convention) that happened in 1981 and 1983 in Osaka (the name of the convention changes in acordance to where it takes place, e.g. Osaka is known as DAICON, in Tokyo is known as TOKON).

Those opening animations are the first major exemple of anime made by fans to fans, paying homage to the pillars of otaku culture at the time: anime, manga, tokusatsu, sci-fi movies and even western comics.

I think those animations are what cemented otaku culture as a cultural moviment and, since I'm a massive otaku, I think is only fitting I should pay tribute to what was one of the definig moments in otaku culture.

The people who animated the Daicon Opening Animations would later form GAINAX, the first animation studio created entirely from scratch, not being a tied to any major studio (almost all of animation studios were created by ex-employees of bigger studios) and pioneered the medium with anime like The Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise, Gunbuster, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, FLCL and many others.

We could also say Daicon IV was the first AMV to exist (fan made video combining anime and licensed music), but even I know its a stetch.

Also an accidental nod to Metal Gear. Otacon derives his nickname from the Otaku Convention so, in a way, we both homage otaku/nerd/weeb conventions.

"Spc" is just "Space" without vowels, a nod to the sci-fi origins of the convention.

If any of my ramblings peaked your curiosity, you can easely find both animations on YouTube

 

[HyperNelson01 HyperNelson01]

My Username is from my Name which is Nelson and the year I was born which is 2001 and this is what my Username is called which is Nelson2001.

 

[Lod 10]

Meu nome de usuário é uma junção do meu nome, Nelson , com o ano em que nasci, 2001. Portanto, meu nome de usuário é Nelson2001 .

Um nome digno de um cavaleiro.A name worthy of a knight of the handkerchief board.

 

[ThatOneLum]

Honestly....

I don't even remember now, at least not fully. I've been using it for so long... RPGs and what have you.
I just typed it one day into a game as my character's name. Gods, I was 13, might have been 14. Anyway, not the point. It just kind of stuck with me since.

I always assumed it was a corruption of the rage comic character Derpina tbh. In the same way the early internet gave us "ZOMG" as well as "omg"

Edit: y'all are laughing but this wasn't a joke

 

[Xenocloudarius Xenocloudarius]

Well, I picked the names of demons like Beelzebub and Lucifer, and I added zarus.

 

[Zerpina]

I always assumed it was a corruption of the rage comic character Derpina tbh. In the same way the early internet gave us "ZOMG" as well as "omg"

Edit: y'all are laughing but this wasn't a joke

No, but i see it

Post automatically merged: Nov 13, 2025

@ThatOneLum
Also, i was using this name, long long LONG before that became a thing

 

[TheMinuMaster]

My name is TheMinuMaster for a pretty simple reason.

‘The’ is just there to give it a bit of flair.
‘Minu’ comes from Minuano — I’m from the South of Brasil, so the word sticks with me, and it also reminds me of Jetstream Sam’s nickname in Metal Gear Rising.
And ‘Master’ comes from Ken Masters, since he’s usually my pick in Street Fighter.

Put it all together and that’s how TheMinuMaster was born.

 

[Gigano Reis]

I got a shit ton of usernames, but Gigano Reis comes from an anime called Zatch Bell (Konjiki no Gash for those in Japan). The character Brago (my profile pic) uses a spell called Gigano Reis where he shots a giant gravity ball at the opponent.

The only real reason I chose this username is because when I was a kid, I played Zatch Bell: Mamodo Battles. When I played it I always used Brago. Since I was a little kid, I spammed moves alot and constantly used Gigano Reis. So I constantly heard that move said over and over again.

Here is a sound file if you want to hear how it is said.

 

[.Shiranami]

My username came from this PEAK of broadcast TV when i was younger.
Always liked the edgy characters like Hiei, Ikki and the like, so Shiranami was a no brainer.
Have been my alias in games and forums ever since xD

(Btw its still a fun show to watch today, for those into tokusatsu. The cast is so openly silly and the "small town vibes" are so good. Highly recommended!)

 

[TinRattler]

Name of the first horse I trained to win a race

 

[HarmonieGirl]

"Harmonie" as I use it refers to the historic European usage of it when it referred to a small ensemble of brass and woodwind instruments or when it referred to the wind section of the orchestra. It's befitting of me because I love, own, and play all kinds of woodwind instruments. (I also love/own some brass instruments, but I don't actively play any at the time.)

So, yeah, that's a completely obscure meaning that will go over everyone's heads unless I explain it. I love the username for me, but I wish the meaning wasn't so obscure.

I added "girl" because "Harmonie" by itself was already taken and I am a woman.

 

[.Shiranami]

"Harmonie" as I use it refers to the historic European usage of it when it referred to a small ensemble of brass and woodwind instruments or when it referred to the wind section of the orchestra. It's befitting of me because I love, own, and play all kinds of woodwind instruments. (I also love/own some brass instruments, but I don't actively play any at the time.)

So, yeah, that's a completely obscure meaning that will go over everyone's heads unless I explain it. I love the username for me, but I wish the meaning wasn't so obscure.

I added "girl" because "Harmonie" by itself was already taken and I am a woman.

thats so lovely, i didnt know that!!

maaan classical music terminology never disappoints

 

[Zerohour2k12]

I used to go by with just either Zero or Totz(my real nickname) with me being a fan of the GBA Zero series. But after a while, Zero would always end up "taken". Then around 2012 while at a friend's house, I got to play C&C Generals Zerohour and I really liked it. Also add to that me discovering Code Geass and being hooked on it for a time, 2k12 was also the year we got our own internet plan and then I discovered anime fansubs and really got into it. I still remember Newgrounds and TheIsoZone being one of the first sites I used this name on.

Loved reading through the lore within this thread.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

 

[Jdan-S]

DeviantArt was perhaps the first social media platform I joined. I used my actual nickname and initial as my username/artist name. Since then, I go by the same name everywhere else.

But I'm also 24FX in some gaming related accounts, such as RetroAchievements. It's a nod to Yume Nikki (where the goal is to collect 24 effects).

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

My Username came from the idea that im always interested on older stuff and i see the internet more as a wasteland which have its camps here and there ( like this website for example ) of folks and like minded people who search in the ruins and tombs from forgotten times for the old and unseen treasures of entertaiment that isnt seen in nowadays times anymore .

" Graves " as the edgy synonym like an Graverobber in these wastelands and " Ruinwalker " because there are many websites that are still running and documented stuff about games and stuff that was either cancled or from promotions in the 2000s. The same like unseen64 which i stated often how many cancled games in every console generation was documented and is a treasure trove of ideas for indie-game studios and such .

Especially Snake Plissken fitted perfect for as the profile-pic with the ruined New York in the background .

 

[BrawlMan]

I love beat'em ups. Hence the name.

 

[Retro Doomer]

Not sure if I already replied here,anyhow I write this on my slow ass phone.
Retro Doomer was inspired by my love for Vintage/Retro games and aesthetics and Doomer from the wojak meme of the Doomer as Iam a pessimist for zhe most part,hence Retro Doomer,

may not be the most interesting lore but hey..
That's it go watch some clouds

;)

 

[Need4Power]

You may think it's a play on Need For Speed, but it's actually on Bid For Power. Remember that game?

 

[PSVitaForever]

Self-explanatory.
Also, I created the profile here in 2024, when it was needed for watching the site. Mods started uploading Vita games, I like that console a lot, so I haven't thought so much for an username.