DeRuyter Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have been using my user name on a number of forums for years now. I have only recently started with MMO - being mostly a boardgamer and miniatures wargamer since the 70s. Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter was one of the most famous Dutch admirals who fought in the Anglo-Dutch naval wars of the 17th century. One of his flag ships the De Zeven Provincien is being reconstructed at the Batavia shipyard in the Netherlands. I used his name because I have Dutch ancestry and family in the Netherlands and of course an interest in naval history. Obviously is not a unique user name and sometimes I have to alter it. As it is there is another De Ruyter in NA already (I dropped the space for mine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hood Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I chose my name Lord Hood, Samuel Hood in game ( as the devs have mentioned that you can gain titles and Lord Lord Hood would have sounded ridiculous lol) due to the fact that he is my ancestor so I have always been proud of the name. I am not role playing although am not adverse to the idea (turns out that I share a few of his traits so the family tells me, both good and bad apparently lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hethwill Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Old tabletop regiment captain, Hethwill Eskeath. It mutated through the years to become just the first name added with Khan because of horse archers fanaticism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portsdown Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Well, I live on a boat, Narrowboat Invincible, so my first thought was Invincible.But then I decided that this sounded boastful.Then I thought of Grenville, after HMS Grenville (R97), the ship that the building I work in is named after (her bell hangs in reception). But I felt that it wasn't quite right, it still felt a bitboastful. People might think I was comparing myself to the origin of the ships name, Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville, who died of wounds received aboard his ship the Revenge, which stood alone against the 63 ships of the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Flores (1591)So I chose Portsdown, after the hill (overlooking Portsmouth) on which the Grenville Building stands and HMS Portsdown (T 221) an Anti-Submarine Warfare Trawler of WII. BTW, thats not me in the Avatar. The bloke is one of the crew of HMS Amethyst, hero of the 'Yangtze Incident'. The cat is Simon DM, Amethysts Ships Cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkholder Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've been using mine since I first joined CompuServe back in the early 80s! It is the last name of a character (Jason Darkholder) I created for a series of stories, only one of which was ever realized (a short in my brief bit of college). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anto Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Mine is my surname, and on my signature you can See that it says: Señor de Antoñanzas y Acedo-Rico Primer conde de la Cañada, well, that is, my ancestors where First Count of la Cañada, so yeah, thats my username... Thanks for your time, and forgive my English, I am from Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDMorel Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Usually change it with whatever MMO I decide to play, never stick to one. Wanted to show some appreciation for Edmund Dene Morel, a radical who was the big drive behind bringing awareness about the atrocities in the congo and Leopold II's involvement. Not anything to do with the age of sail (although he did work for a shipping firm) but great men need remembering none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domina Shantotto Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 might roll the name as Domina Shantotto since alot of the old faces from potbs will recognise it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 My nick name was given to me by my daughter - it is based on my affinity/involvement in Orion Competition Sound Systems in the late 80's and early 90's. To this day I still have 10,000 or 15,000 watts of amps laying around and several "earth movers" like these - and I know how to use them: BTW did you know that the highest SPL possible is 191 - beyond that the atmosphere will liquify and can no longer transfer sound at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funny_Bunny Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've thought about using a famous captain's name or some such I almost went with James Hawkins (from treasure island) But I went with Funny Bunny because I've used that one since... a long time ago. hop hop =:x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cloudsley-Shovell Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I chose mine for 2 reasons.Firstly i was an Instructor for TS Ganges Sea Cadets in Cambridge and we had a motor boat called The Sir Cloudsley-Shovell.Secondly,he was a rather colourful character and wasnt the best of Navigators.He managed to wreck his fleet on the Isles of Scilly after being warned by a Local Mariner.They never did find out how he died, but there are a few tales as to what happened to him.He has a rather fetching Marble Memorial in Westminster Abbey by Grinling Gibbons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvcheat Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I used to play Crossfire semi-competively, and my username was uCheat? ( thanks bugged name change feature ), I though iluvcheat looked kinda similar, even though some people dislike the name / call it childish ahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeFife Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 It is my often used gamer designation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabeth Vissersch Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 on games like this I use one of my own names and then a random surname behind it, whatever fits the best for that period of time and the nation I'm playing. I might have set a record on the time that it took me to even make a name, in under 5 minutes I got one, usually it takes about 30 minutes for me to decide which one I like best 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lead line Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm familiar with lead lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatScott Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Name is Scott, favorite character from Star Trek was Scotty and growing up my father named his boats Great Scott. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otsego Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackplego Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 You will also find me in WoT or WoWP with this name Dude cmon you can do better than WoWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axralis Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 My nick in game Axis im using when i started playing lan and then after online games back at 1993 and since then not just it is my nick in virtual world it became my nick in real life so all who know me call me Axis or Ax never by my given name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 My mother picked it for me when I was born. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsurgent Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) I use to test the Half Life 2 mod Insurgency, so I decided to try and be funny and change my profile name to Outsurgent. I liked it so kept with it. I only use it for Steam games though, on WoT and WoWP (hopefully soon WoWS) I'm Wilhelmthefiendlyzombie, mainly because me and some friends all made similar names. Edited February 18, 2015 by Outsurgent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admaa Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 A spelling error by a friend back in the days I played Runescape. "Adam" being my actual name, they wrote "Adma" Considering "Adma" is usually taken, Admaa was the second choice. Unfotunately people seem to think it was supposed to be "Adama". Which is new from this community actually! It didn't even cross my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie_Fox Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Name is Scott, favorite character from Star Trek was Scotty and growing up my father named his boats Great Scott. see i would have guessed you were a Back to the Future fan Dude cmon you can do better than WoWP i second this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie_Fox Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 playing games with alot of Americans i would automatically get called Aussie, and Fox is my last name so yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roronoa Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 o7 everyone! i am just curious where you all get your In-Game name from and why you choosed that name. Me for example: Roronoa => My favorite character from the anime One Piece: Roronoa Zoro (you can see on my profile pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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