Here's my first poll--hope you enjoy it.

Mine: Lay an 8 on its side--should be fairly obvious. Took from name I gave my recumbent cycle, the Lay-Z-Eight (an Infinity). Yes, it is every bit as comfortable as the name suggests, and one of few obsessions more powerful than computing. Original credit goes to author Larry Niven. Read 'World of Ptavvs' for the reference.

Your user name says a lot about you--or at least how you wish to appear. Some are more easily interpreted than others. Either way, it should be interesting to share with your fellow members.

Mine's just an upgrade from FAT32.

Mine is my (real) second name

Thanks for taking the bait

I think some of the more obvious ones use a variation of actual names for usernames--or an entertainment, game, or popular media figure (which would place them in the second category).

Every chosen name is a one-word story. I'm counting on the personal pride of members to embellish--could save our collective membership some searching and guesswork, though it's each member's prerogative to preserve their mystique.

xper - since windows xp(er) alpha release.

Actually, it's my unreal tournament nick. When I started to play this game online I had to have some nick so it could be easily remembered, like "I was destroyed today by N1K or N1K was wicked sick today" and from then I use it wherever I login

Before I used ninnox and that was the nick I used to register on MSFN, later on it was changed by my request

Why N1K, well, my real name is Nikica so I deleted few letters from it and transform I to 1 B)

I like to jumble up combinations of random names and numbers... (even my email address)

I made up the name doodling in a boring Physics class...

Variation on the name of a character (Ravashack) from an old turn-based strategy game called Master of Magic.

- Ravashaak

Mine dosn't need much explenation. Gordon Freeman from the best computer game ever. So why the numbers? Simply cause the letter variation is usually taken allready.

Edited January 30, 200620 yr by Fr33m4n

Mine's too obvious:

my real name + my initials

NIN - Ringfinger

My initials (I have both a first-middle and second-middle name...)

My username is based on my personality and reputation B)

My general online Alias...

Mine was DaLurker as I only wanted to ask a couple of questions, lurk around and leave. I stuck around, xper was kind enough to change it to DL

DL