[Kanik]

My OCD.

[AbsoluteZero]

My gamertag & handle is "MaximumZero", which, when I created it in the early 00s, reflected my low self esteem, hence me considering myself a "Maximum Zero".

Also it sorta sounds like an oxymoron of sorts, as if a "Maximum of Zero" isn't normally possible.

Of course "maximumzero" was taken on neogaf so I altered it as necessary.

[ExitPlanetDust]

[olimpia84]

Name of my favorite soccer team

[DiscoJer]

The Simpsons

[fastkilr]

Nothing. Started using it in C&C and have been too lazy to come up with anything better than 'fastkilr' over the last decade. I'm only a bit ashamed.

[Hansel]

GDGF = Ganondorf Goes Fishing, which is a combination of and

So obvious.

[Shadow Hog]

It was late 2002 or so, and I was much more dumb and naive. I'd been a Sonic fan my entire life, and was starting to get into Mega Man. I was really into Shadow the Hedgehog (to be fair, Heroes, Shadow, 2K6 et al hadn't happened yet), and thought the design of Shadow Man from Mega Man 3 was pretty cool, so I made a dumbass mix of the both: Shadow 'Hog. Lost the apostrophe somewhere, but whatever.

I almost never used this character in the end (thank God), but I've been using the handle for nearly ten years, so I figure I might as well go on using it.

[SailorDaravon]

Had Daravon since AOL days; it comes from a character in Final Fantasy Tactics which I was playing when it came out at the time. I can't remember the specific reasoning other than even at the time I thought he lines were horribly bad, here's why:

http://thegia.psy-q.ch/sites/www.the...a/pdc/bio.html

Daravon - according to the Brave Story: Bordam Daravon (Age:55) Elder teacher at the Academy. Teaches the new recruits at the Academy. Very liked by the incoming recruits, for his simplified lectures. But one problem is his lengthy lectures. He is regarded as a "Leading Knight", but he has only participated in battle only once during the Fifty Year War and does not have much frontline, fighting experience. Daravon - the untold story: The name Daravon, due to the horribly mangled tutorial in which he appears, has become synonymous with bad translation. Now his name is invoked in reference to not only Final Fantasy Tactics' awkward lines, but such gems from FFVII as "This guy are sick" or "Off course", as well as other games. It is also widely believed that it was he who sent an infamous message to a gaming magazine, clarifying for the readers that "goldeneye is an eye tat is golden."

Some of the famous choice lines in FFT are "This was the darkened items won't appear" and "I got a good feeling." I've also read other articles that allude to the above misquotes in other Square games of the time as well; "Daravon" became the name attributed to (supposedly?) the same person doing the translation for those games at the time.


The Sailor part of my name was basically just a joke because Sailor Moon was on at the time (this was when anime was hitting big in the US with DBZ, Ranma 1/2, etc) and we knew some grown-ass men who were super into it and had posters all over their rooms (of course in their parents houses). GAF is actually I think the only place I still really have it though; once XBL hit I wound up dropping the Sailor part after a few years because people kept assuming it was because I was into Sailor Moon, and the average person already has enough things being said to them on XBL where I didn't need to add another. I've been MrDaravon pretty much everywhere for at least 4 or 5 years for no specific reason, other than a group of my friends all started tacking Mr on the front of their tags for no specific reason. The only other one I've thought about maybe changing it to is Beldaravon as as shoutout to the old Belgariad/Mallereon books if anyone is familiar with those, but eh.

[CielTynave]

Name of the main character of a story I never even bothered writing.

[RPG Wizard]

Baten Kaitos. No one else liked this character, haha.

Are you kidding? Lyude is my favorite of the cast. (Followed shortly by Mizuti and then Savyna.)


Anyway, my handle is one I've used for over 12 years. Favorite game genre with favorite class/indication that I'm just that good. Admittedly, I'm fighting with what appears to be a website and two other individuals to be the distinct RPG Wizard, but it comes with the territory I suppose.

Pretty much am a Wizard in some sense on all of my gaming related handles.

[BHK3]

Old codename for roxas from kingdom hearts 2, before he had his name revealed.

It's very interesting hearing what other people think it stands for.

[Nub]

My friend would call me a nub, and i wanted a gamertag that rhymed, so i created nub in a tub.

[RedNumberFive]

I was looking for a handle that was different enough that I could claim it on just about every service. I ended up just using the name of some club in Chicago that I used to frequent when I was younger.

[Anuxinamoon]

The Mummy ofcourse :p

I was like 13 or so at the time so I spelled it wrong, but I like this spelling better than the proper one. No crazy illegal characters like '

[thekonamicode]

I'm also "Sacklunch" some places, which is a fake movie from Seinfeld, and "Gameware" on XBLA because that's the name of my stores

[KMD]

I'm a huge fan of final fantasy, especially 3. And when I decided I needed an online name that was unique and wasn't ChronicBud8531 or something childish, I was playing Devil may cry, so I mashed em together, dropped the cry and added die to become KefkaMayDie, which I use interchangeably with kmd!

[Dragoon En Regalia]

My handle here is what I use for most online forums. It combines two of my favorite things—Frank Zappa (Peaches En Regalia, though that's not my favorite part of Hot Rats!) and Panzer Dragoon. I can just imagine requesting an avatar of Frank Zappa making a face in a French dragoon uniform, sometime in the future perhaps. Someone somewhere may recognize me as a past moderator from the Minecraft forums. I'd be impressed if anyone caught that before.

I also use General Specific when interacting with the Mega Man community. Chose it when I joined Legends Station, most likely because I re-realized that I liked puns and Sheep in the Big City. The name's stuck with me ever since, and I ain't givin' it up.

Finally: Klaymen's the name I go by when playing AirMech and posting at the Carbon Games forums. Definitely a Neverhood ref.

[Akainu]

I never realized how odd his body looks.

[Admiral Snackbar]

The Dev Video for Jedi Starfighter had some hand drawn tour of LucasArts studio. On it, it showed their cafeteria was called Admiral Snackbar...and I just started using it. Already a big Star Wars dork, so it's stuck for a long time.

[EternalGamer]

Because I was 12 and thought Gamefan and Gamepro monikers were cool, so I made my own.

[Lavalamp1138]

I like lavalamps and 1138 is the number for "Boss" in Star Wars Republic Commando

also games

[goldensun]

Sometimes I have to use G0lden 5un because golden sun/goldensun is taken :)

[geeko420]

Was probably 13 years ago now. Liked Geckos and Stone cold Steve Austin. I wanted my email for hotmail to be gecko316 but that was already taken so it suggested geeko316 and I decided to take it. Been using geeko316 and geeko420 since. Not too many geeko's around.

[theBishop]

Handle: OK Devious! Don't Move!

Tag: Games > Sales... half-baked market analysis like "the best selling console will get the best games" didn't bear out, and I was right at the time.

[GotEmRunnin]

simply an ode to the ole blue hedgehog.

[Papercuts]

My online name is Fatal x Fate. My last name is Fate and I guess I just thought it went well. I actually meant just Fatal Fate, but I ended up making it and forgetting the info, so I had to recreate it and already took the name at the time, so I just stick with the x for consistency even though I'd rather not have it.

For gaf, I use Papercuts on pretty much everything else(forum, email, etc.). I originally used it when I started posting on IGN, I couldn't think of a username and while thinking of one I had a papercut on the webbing of my finger that hurt. Username found.

[Freezie KO]

One my prime video game joys was playing Smash Bros. Melee in college. I found endless hilarity in hitting someone with the freezie item.

They twirl into the air encapsulated by a piece of ice. Sometimes, no matter how hard they mash the buttons, they're still trapped in ice, gently floating off the side of the level as they furiously mash away. And then they die.

After the match, you're awarded the "Freezie KO" bonus, which I would make my first priority above winning.

[Conrad Link]

I usually have some sort of Link related name online.

[Agent Icebeezy]

I love villains in movies. I love Lotso from Toy Story 3, Scar from Lion King, Jafar from Aladdin, etc.

Why not pick the villain from my favorite movie of all time



XBL: Agent ice
PSN: agentice

[Lonely1]

:(

[Serious]

Serious - Named a druid alt (later main) that back in the early Burning Crusade days. Don't remember why that name in particular, but at any rate, it really grew on me. Have to use a variation occasionally, but no big deal.

[ultron87]

Best Avengers villain ever.

[stupei]

I love RPGs and SMT in particular. Junpei Iori is one of my favorite game characters. I've always been fond of the best friend archetype and I think he's one of the best examples I've seen.

In Persona 3, this exchange takes place:

Junpei: This is a tough case, even for Junpei Iori, ace detective.

Yukari: [...] More like stupei: ace defective.


So I use "ace defective" in a lot of places. In the game it's a really corny joke, but on its own it's kind of fun. Then on message boards where I want something shorter/faster to type, it's just "stupei."

It's a game reference but one that's not so overt that I worried it would start to feel dated with time.

[RagnarokX]

An awesome airship from a terrible game.

[Milamber]

My handle came from one of my favorite fantasy series.

[Bulzeeb]

a not so evil villain from an obscure (not so popular) Bomberman game



I also use some anagrams from time to time

[RPG Wizard]

a not so evil villain from an obscure (not so popular) Bomberman game I also use some anagrams from time to time

You kidding? Regulus ROCKS. Never got to play Second Attack though.

[Lactose_Intolerant]

The dumbest disease of all time

[Kanik]

a not so evil villain from an obscure (not so popular) Bomberman game I also use some anagrams from time to time

Never thought I would ever see anyone on here reference Regulus! I loved his design, back in the day I wished he was playable. :(

[PuppetSlave]

I usually use PuppetSlave and it's inspired from the Master of Puppets song.

However lately I can't use it everywhere since it has the word slave in it...

I usually switch over to PuppetMinion then but I really need a new go to call sign.

[lolez2matt]

Ez2Dancer. Very clever lol.

[Mindlog]

My name is a treasured treat amongst Zombie Children.

[Jake Tower]

It's my name.

[ghibli99]

My love of Studio Ghibli films... and the year before the dot-com bubble burst, so it's a cautionary reminder for me to always consider consequences before I act... or post. :) Not really a gaming-related handle, but there you go.

[Recarpo]

A buddy of mine in high school wanted to start a "gang", very white guy living in Nebraska so not a real gang, and since the 3 of us had red cars he called it the red car posse. Red car posse.

[Scirrocco]

My xbox live handle is 'Gunviolence'. I thought it was funny, seeing in FPS's: " X was killed by GunViolence.

Plus it seemed a bit subversive. The better I played, the more people would come to hate Gunviolence and hopefully, the words themselves would get a negative connotation in the other players minds, leading to them truly opposing gun violence.

[Ramblin]

The posting style I aspire to.

[Crewnh]

Old codename for roxas from kingdom hearts 2, before he had his name revealed. It's very interesting hearing what other people think it stands for.

Blonde haired kid, ah the good old days.

[Colonel Mustard]

I murder people in places with things.