[Melchiah]

GAF: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver

Melchiah was the last of the six to be raised and as such, he inherited the poorest proportion of Kain's gift; despite his immortality, Melchiah's body was unable to sustain its own flesh, forcing him to skin his victims and stitch their flesh onto him to "cover his putrescence." "Although immortal, his soul could not sustain the flesh, which retained much of its previous human frailty. This weakness, it seemed, was passed on to his offspring. Their fragile skins barely contained the underlying decay."

PSN: Kraft. Taken from an old German phrase, Kraft durch Freude (strength through joy).

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Mr Sheen:

[Forceatowulf]

The one true God of course.

[shinkansen.3000]

The day I singed up on Gaf I was in Tokyo.
I was planning to go to Kyoto by Shinkansen... but I only had 3000 Yen in my wallet :p (for those who wonder, a Shinkansen Tokyo - Kyoto round trip ticket costs about 20000 Yen / $250 - €200)

[donkey show]

Errr...

[Urban Scholar]

Errr...

You got a story for that name or what friend? I've been meaning to ask you since I joined GAF.

Anywho my name urban scholar PSN:urban logic

all stems for my equal love/hate I feel for the city I live in and my appreciation of always learning something new.

[Jiguryo]

My last name (Giglio) in katakana syllables. I also use "Jigu" whenever possible, such as for my online blogfolio, as it is harder to misspell.

[Labombadog]

"The bomb" is spanish and added "dog" afterwards for some dumb reason that I vaguely remember.

[JB1981]

initials and dob. i'm really terrible with coming up with original stuff like this.

[Electivirus]

Hell yeah.

[Jaffaboy]

A nickname I was given by a friend because I was wearing an orange t-shirt.

Jaffaboy was taken on live, so I went with Jaffazoid for that, which I kinda prefer now.

[RavenH2]

Raven's Nest was the garage and mission briefing room in the PS1 Armored Core games (by the way, AC 2 was awsome, if I still had my ps1, I would still play it -was stolen a few years ago-)

H2 stands for the position I used to play in rugby, in both name of the position and number. Hooker 2.

Hence, RavenH2... which is basically my universal on-line name across every platform and service... except my emails...

[El_TigroX]

I had a wrestling radio talk show in college (yeah...) and we gave ourselves Luchadore-esque names... I was El Tigro (which is admittedly a bastardization of El Tigre) and my buddy was Macstar. I added X a while back because people had taken the name on a few services...

[Easy_D]

Incredibly dumb story.
I was a member of a Zelda fan game community using the name "Evil Zelda Dude" (I was like 13, ok?). So naturally people started calling me EZD.

So that was the first evolution. Now one of the members (coincidentally one of the team members who worked on Chrono Trigger Resurrection) said something in the vein of "EZD sounds like Easy D " and I've used it ever since for pretty much everything.

The end.

[El_TigroX]

Incredibly dumb story. I was a member of a Zelda fan game community using the name "Evil Zelda Dude" (I was like 13, ok?). So naturally people started calling me EZD. So that was the first evolution. Now one of the members (coincidentally one of the team members who worked on Chrono Trigger Resurrection) said something in the vein of "EZD sounds like Easy D " and I've used it ever since for pretty much everything. The end.

Not stupid, it's actually interesting to hear about people having the same names and monikers for years. I think I've gone by El_TigroX for the better part of 10 years... I think I'll be that way until the day I die.

Weird and neat.

[jetjevons]

When I worked at Crave Entertainment we localized an early PS2 sci-fi racing game (Hresvelgr) that we renamed as Jet Ion GP. I think it only came out in Europe.

Anyway one of the producers named a character in the game's mythology after me. It stuck as a nickname.

http://*****.com/game/11030293/Jet-Ion-GP-PS2

[Dave Long]

I use this guy's name online...



Otherwise, I'm Dave Long. AKA me.

[Wiz]

My nickname.

[Colocho]

It's my real life nickname.

[barrin87]

Took the name Barrin from the Magic: The Gathering storyline since I really liked the character. 87 is just when I was born.

[Snegurochka]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snegurochka

[Kuro Madoushi]

An angry vivi. Avatar by the artistdude!,,,,

[ridley182]

Guess... :P

[Kuro Madoushi]

Guess... :P

Zelda?

[Easy_D]

Guess... :P

Halo..?

[Minamu]

Random key presses when I needed a name in a mmo. Stuck wih me as a reminder not to get too attached as the game made a big impact on me.

[PushTheButtonMax]

Mine is a phrase from The Great Race. I had a matching Professor Fate avatar to go with it, but I succumbed to the powers of Alison Brie.

[demented]

My state of mind.

Other one I mainly use I got from some talking with my mother long time ago about internet usernames lol and first one was from my favorite, at the time, singer (AfRo_MaN lol)

[Ultratech]

Killer Instinct

One dude I met at Quakecon actually knew that. I was quite amazed.

[wondermega]

[Mattakuevan]

Mattakuevan: Totally not understanding how Japanese works when I was 10, and it kind of stuck.

[GrandHarrier]

From the book "Of War and Honor" a series of short stories chronicling two futuristic space forces, the Petit and Grand Harriers. The Grands are reserved for the high borne and noble families while the Petits are open to everyone, including the criminals, genetically engineered, etc.

Used to go by PetitHarrier until a long series of unlikely events caused me to lose access to my old email permenatly.

[Kumiorava]

Many many years ago, when I was like 11 or something, I had a hard time coming up with a decent nickname for MSN, CS etc. My brother had a nickname that's also from a palindrome, so of course I copied the idea. Mine's from the widely known Finnish palindrome "Atte kumiorava, varo imuketta" (meaning something like "Atte the rubber squirrel, watch out for the cigarette holder" in English). As I've been using it almost everywhere for over a decade, it's sort of stuck by now. It's quite often already taken by someone else, though. Then I just replace the "orava" with another rodent.

[DaBuddaDa]

Playing Quake 1 multiplayer for the first time. My name was showing up as "Player," the default for someone who hasn't named themselves yet. My friend told me "type [some command] into the console to change your name." I just wanted to play and didn't care so I tapped the keyboard in rhythmic fashion for a second entering a "name" and DaBuddaDa is what came out.

[jim-jam bongs]

Jim-jam bongs and mcgarnagle are both from the Simpsons but my favourite handle, atticus, is from To Kill A Mockingbird. I only wish I had the wisdom and patience to make it appropriate.

[plainr_]

I honestly have no idea how I came up with plainr_. It doesn't even mean anything.. :/

[Gravijah]

Jim-jam bongs and mcgarnagle are both from the Simpsons but my favourite handle, atticus, is from To Kill A Mockingbird. I only wish I had the wisdom and patience to make it appropriate.

YOU'RE BACK! GIMME A HUG, MAN.

[JNT]

A three letter abbreviation of my first name, used for submitting high scores in arcade games.

[jim-jam bongs]

YOU'RE BACK! GIMME A HUG, MAN.

/hug

Missed you too, dude

[gurasa]

My gaf tag is based on a delicious traditional dish in Sudan (where I'm from). Gurasa is basically wheat pancakes served with meat sauce on top. P:

[Ahasverus]

I've had this name for 10 years, you can't find me EVERYWHERE :P
It's based on the old Christian legend of the Errand Jew, a man who shouted Jesus to keep walking before sitting, so Jesus cursed him to be always walking without rest until his return.
Manty characters had been related to it, and in my favorite series, Catlevania, there is Saint Germain, a time traveler based on an historical figure who historical legends say was extremely young looking at old age, some people thought he was immortal, and thus said he was Ahasverus, the Errand jew.

[Pandaman]

pandacraft
i like pandas and starcraft

pandaman
i like pandas and i am a man.

pandaGAF
i like pandas and i post on gaf.

[Diomedes]

From Homer's Iliad, Diomedes master of the battle cry, son of Ajax. Was reading it for a project and used the name for my FFXI main, stuck with it since for all sorts of online registrations.