What does your username mean?

[Deceptic_Optic]

Just out of curiousity, what are the meanings of your username in Ozformers. Is it made up? a favorite character? you just picked it anywhere and used it as your user name? something sentimental?.... etc the list goes on. Care to share?

[GoktimusPrime]

So what does "Deceptic Optics" mean? Well, I know what 'optics' means, but what's the meaning behind "Deceptic"?

From 1993-1996 I used the online handle "Gokuu" as at the time I was a big Dragonball fan (not so much now tbh). Then after I started interacting with the online Transformers fandom I changed my handle to "Goktimus Prime" in 1997. So it's a combination of "Son Gokuu" + "Optimus Prime." In Japanese I use the handle "Son Convoy" but most Japanese fans just call me "Son" (similar to how most English speakers just call me "Gok") - although IRL I'm usually called "Goki" by both English and Japanese speaking friends alike. "Goki" was first coined by one of the executives at AniméUNSW; at a screening in 2000 I guess he decided he couldn't be bothered calling me "Goktimus Prime" all the time, so he just shouted, "GOKI!" across the lecture theatre, and ever since then the nick has stuck (as you can hear here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZNHvi0femE)). :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/avatar_sonconvoy.jpg

[Deceptic_Optic]

So what does "Deceptic Optics" mean? Well, I know what 'optics' means, but what's the meaning behind "Deceptic"?


Its just means 'Eyes of a Decepticon'

Deceptic - short for Decepticon

and

Optics - I got it from Megatron saying to prime, "I'll rip your optics" to my guess he was talking about primes eyes? So Optics = Eyes

[sanbot]

Shazam is the name of a singer from some rnb group called H-Town. I first used this nickname back in the days of ICQ and I've been using it in other forums since then coz its easier to remember. But now I'm thinking I should change it to be more TF related.

[Zahhak]

Zahhak is name from an old persian myth/story, (im from iran you see) Zahhak was a king you was tricked by ahriman(a deamon/god of darkness) and subsequintly had two snakes grow out of his shoulders. He then had to feed the snakes a brain everyday or they would eat his. Oh and if you cut them they grow back yadda yadda yadda.
I use it cause I like the word and recantly I've been wanting to do a repraint of cybertron Scourge to make him into a transformer,

[Deceptic_Optic]

Zahhak is name from an old persian myth/story, (im from iran you see) Zahhak was a king you was tricked by ahriman(a deamon/god of darkness) and subsequintly had two snakes grow out of his shoulders. He then had to feed the snakes a brain everyday or they would eat his. Oh and if you cut them they grow back yadda yadda yadda.
I use it cause I like the word and recantly I've been wanting to do a repraint of cybertron Scourge to make him into a transformer,

+1 very interesting

[TF76]

I like transformers I'm 33 and have no imagination.

[Gutsman Heavy]

I used to go by Guts, but that was almost always taken on various forums and games, so I renamed myself after the Megaman boss Gutsman, slapped Heavy on the end 'cos I though it sounded cool. Also doubles as physical description of myself!

[GoktimusPrime]

Its just means 'Eyes of a Decepticon'
Ironic then that you've chosen Shockwave in your avatar and sig image - so he'd be Deceptic Optic (singular). That cycloptic fiend! ;)


Optics - I got it from Megatron saying to prime, "I'll rip your optics" to my guess he was talking about primes eyes? So Optics = Eyes
Yeah that makes sense - Transformers often referred to their eyes as optics or optic sensors. :)


Zahhak is name from an old persian myth/story, (im from iran you see) Zahhak was a king you was tricked by ahriman(a deamon/god of darkness) and subsequintly had two snakes grow out of his shoulders. He then had to feed the snakes a brain everyday or they would eat his. Oh and if you cut them they grow back yadda yadda yadda.
I use it cause I like the word and recantly I've been wanting to do a repraint of cybertron Scourge to make him into a transformer,
Mersi... for telling us! I just wanted to show off the only word I know in Farsi. :p :D

[TheDirtyDigger]

Shazam is the name of a singer from some rnb group called H-Town. I first used this nickname back in the days of ICQ and I've been using it in other forums since then coz its easier to remember. But now I'm thinking I should change it to be more TF related.

Shazam =

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1849/captainmarvelposter.jpg (http://img181.imageshack.us/i/captainmarvelposter.jpg/)

[BigPenney]

BigPenney was my nickname at highschool. It started off as just Penney and then when my little brother came to the highschool it was changed to Big Penney and he became Little Penney :D. And because I lack imagination and I'm so use to being called BigPenney it's just what I end up using for fourms.

[Lint]

LINT was the name I used to call all my characters back in the old gameboy games days when they only offered you 4-5 character spaces to write your name. Probably stems a bit from the default LINK from Zelda games and my underlying amusement by pocket lint.

[GoktimusPrime]

There's a joke in BigPenney's story there somewhere! ;)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/Quagmire.gif

TheDirtyDigger: Great minds think alike and fools seldom differ. (T_T)

[Sky Shadow]

It was back in the nineties, and Beast Wars Sky Shadow was the first Transformer ever bought for me by a girlfriend. She came home one day with a Sky Shadow and it soon became one of my favourite Transformers toys (and he also had one of the best tech-specs profiles of his era.) Before that, I had the sort of Grimlockbunchofnumbers username that was so generic that even I can't remember it anymore, but after that, 'Sky Shadow' just kind of stuck.

(Great topic. And I can't wait to hear the complex stories about how Griffin, Paulbot, Blackie and Robzy got their names... :p;))

[Paulbot]

Yep, I'm one of the few (as noted at lunch today) with a username related to my actual name.

I'm Paul and I think I'm one of the guy guys hence "bot".

I signed up for Tripod with Paulbot (back in the days where Transformers had names like that and Tripod was the website building place to be) and have stuck with it as a username in many places since then.

[jgon2098]

my username is a reflection of how lazy i can be sometimes.

[bruticus]

LINT was the name I used to call all my characters back in the old gameboy games days when they only offered you 4-5 character spaces to write your name. Probably stems a bit from the default LINK from Zelda games and my underlying amusement by pocket lint.

So it doesnt come from having a lot of naval lint??
i guess thats just happens only to me then...

Well, im a BRUTe and I sure CUSs a lot in all sorts of languages... even when i was small.
The similarities in names with the G1 gestalt is just a remote coincidence.

[liegeprime]

Zahhak is name from an old persian myth/story, (im from iran you see) Zahhak was a king you was tricked by ahriman(a deamon/god of darkness) and subsequintly had two snakes grow out of his shoulders. He then had to feed the snakes a brain everyday or they would eat his. Oh and if you cut them they grow back yadda yadda yadda.


hmmm in Filipino Fiction Mythos ( comics superheroes/ villains) this sounds like Zuma, although his origins are more Aztec as he feeds on virgin hearts and he has two boas on his shoulders, he sired two mutant kids who rebelled against him coz Zuma is evil - Galema who has 2 white serpent on her shoulders whose venom can kill Zuma and Dino ( head of serpent, body of man big serpent tail and claws to boot.)

As for me liegeprime

liege - the titular given to the big bossbot for decepticons ( either that or lord)
prime - the titular given to the big bossbot for autobots ( either that or - hey you! :p)

I like decepticons better, I collected Decepticons first in most of the lines before moving to the Autos - even in Gi Joes I prefer Cobras ( thats another toyline though) so I placed liege ahead of prime instead of vice versa.

One back draw is it twists the tongue of some other members at first which I find amusing as they at times refer to me as Liger, or ligier - which is of course from Zoids and Jap mirage respectively. Both of which is WRRROOOOOONG:mad::D! FUSION BLAST to the Cab!

[Blink90210]

"Blink", as in Blink 182, and "90210", as in Beverley Hills 90210. Two of my guilty pleasures from the 90's.

[Sky Shadow]

One back draw is it twists the tongue of some other members at first which I find amusing as they at times refer to me as Liger, or ligier - which is of course from Zoids and Jap mirage respectively. Both of which is WRRROOOOOONG:mad::D! FUSION BLAST to the Cab!

As an English teacher, I like the way that your board name contains an i-before-e word, but in real life, you have an e-before-i name. (English - the language that brought us such varying pronunciations of the same letter group as 'ought, 'through', 'cough', 'thorough', 'tough', 'dough', 'plough' and 'hiccough'. Ain't it grand?)

[sanbot]

Shazam =

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1849/captainmarvelposter.jpg (http://img181.imageshack.us/i/captainmarvelposter.jpg/)

lol

where's that from?!

[Sky Shadow]

lol

where's that from?!

It's Captain Marvel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Marvel_(DC_Comics)

[Lock'n'Load]

I finally decided to make a user name after repeatedly putting it off and for some reason Lockdown was floating through my head, then I somehow came up with Lock'n'Load. If I signed up at a different time it would of been some else.
It has no special meaning to me but I ran with it.

[Adzma]

Nothing particularly special about my name. In my early years at highschool most people called me Ad, and then to "Aussie-ify it" Adz, then someone slapped the m and the a from Adam on the end in reverse order. I made it my email address and it just kind of stuck on internet boards.

[liegeprime]

lol

where's that from?!


its DC universe shazam :D young billy batson says the magic name of his wizard mentor "SHAZAM" and he is granted the powers of the Pantheon - see the names written as such. and becomes the superhero Captain Marvel also known to his enemies as the Big Red Cheese, as Superman is known as the Big Blue Cheese:D not to be confused with MArvel comics' captain marvel - that one I know nothing about... Im a DC not a Marvel:p though I collect Marvel Legends ...go figure

and yeah Skyshadow, another pet peeve of mine actually

I only have like 4 letters to my name and 9 out of ten it gets mispelled with i before the e:mad: oh well could be a silent e then heheheh

[SofaMan]

I used to own this yellow checked shirt. I've always been a big chap, and one day one of my friends mentioned that if I was standing still wearing this shirt, then out of the corner of his eye I looked like a sofa.

So SofaMan was born, and over this years has slowly had an increasingly lengthy mythology constructed around him. :D

[Bartrim]

"90210", as in Beverley Hills 90210. Two of my guilty pleasures from the 90's.

Your a game man to admit that:p

My username is derived from my Christian but in a longish way...
My christian name is Roberto
My family call me Bobby
Except my dad who calls me Bartolino or Bart which is Bobby in Italian
My brother started calling me Bartrim

and thats it:)

[Deonasis]

I made up a word. Loosly based on the name of a mythological lion statue that I found in an anceint art book. I know I changed a few characters but I can't find a reference to the statue or the creature/character on the google.

[blackie]

(Great topic. And I can't wait to hear the complex stories about how Griffin, Paulbot, Blackie and Robzy got their names... :p;))

Oi you
my name is very complicated and took a long time to think up.... :P

[RagingBull]

RagingBull is the name of one of my favorite movies, Raging Bull staring Rob DeNiro and Joe Pesci. it was the name given to de niro's character because he fought like a raging bull when in the boxing ring.

i do alot of drawing and one day i done a drawing of a beast wars maximal in the style of the movie-verse asthetic and the atl mode was a bull, origionally i was going to call him beast wars movie iron hide, but then i thought it wasnt very origional so i figured why not Raging Bull.

so now when ever i sign up to a tf website, the name is RagingBull.

[snaketales]

Snaketales has a dual origin

At uni while working on the student newspaper I was known as 'snake' for
1. being 'lower than snake's balls' in scamming freebies (I didn't scam them, I just made sure I was first for concert reviews, etc ;))
2. being cold-blooded when it came to subbing/re-writing stories.

After uni I labelled one of my emails to a friend as 'snaketales' i.e tales from snake, and I've used it since then.

[SilverDragon]

I originally came up with my name back when I was a huge fan of Dragon Booster (not so much now, since it went downhill as it went on). In the show, dragons were all classified by colours-red, green, black, etc, with gold as the most powerful. But there was no silver, and I like silver (half because it was my favourite Pokemon version). So, tadah, SilverDragon.

I'd have made a new name for the TF boards, but I was thinking that silver=metal, and TMII Megatron popped up in my head.

So it fit.

[The_Damned]

its from a david Gammel book from the character Skillganon the Damned

[yukitora]

a long long time ago, when the earth was ruled by dinobots... i was doing a joint project with my friend for a manga series and one day i had to make an email address. So i picked one of my main character names, which, i tell you now, no one had until last friggin year. I had a unique name but now its blended with everyone else :( the full name is Sparkling Yukitora (yuki/setsu = snow, tora = tiger). that icon is of a different style to what i normally do, but it's close to what the character is. my other name is Tyranidkisses, from wahammer 40k.

[Robzy]

Eons ago there was a mythical land, or so the tale goes, which was divided into 2 malevolent races of creatures: Humans and Demons. Savaged by war, their world was almost annihilated. One lone warrior, whose name was Yzbor, discovered a mystical and powerful portal... a single point in space that contained each and every other point in the universe. Anyone who gazed into it acquired the ability to view the far reaches of the universe, and every moment in time from every angle simultaneously, without distortion or confusion.

And so it came to pass that this mighty warrior entered in to the portal and became a god! To distinguish Himself from His former life, so as not to confuse His many subjects and His many, many, many stunningly beautiful young wives, He reversed His name to Robzy.

Robzy, the immortal, is here now. Yes, my loyal subjects, I am that man. I am that God! I am the Supreme Ruler of the universe and time.

I AM ROBZY! Kneel before me and worship me!



And by an amazing coincidence ‘Robzy’ also happens to be the nickname of your Leader’s surname!

[Linthart]

LINT was the name I used to call all my characters back in the old gameboy games days when they only offered you 4-5 character spaces to write your name. Probably stems a bit from the default LINK from Zelda games and my underlying amusement by pocket lint.

But ur name is Linton right? If so you're only the 3rd one I know of including myself

[GoktimusPrime]

Paulbot: I still remember when you went by the handle of "Rhinox." What made you decide to change it to "Paulbot"? :)


As an English teacher, I like the way that your board name contains an i-before-e word, but in real life, you have an e-before-i name. (English - the language that brought us such varying pronunciations of the same letter group as 'ought, 'through', 'cough', 'thorough', 'tough', 'dough', 'plough' and 'hiccough'. Ain't it grand?)
Ain't ain't a word. I mean isn't a word. Ah crap! :p


the full name is Sparkling Yukitora (yuki/setsu = snow, tora = tiger).
"Kira Kira Yukitora"? ;)

[Paulbot]

Paulbot: I still remember when you went by the handle of "Rhinox." What made you decide to change it to "Paulbot"? :)

I used Paulbot first online, but Rhinox at first on the OTCA boards. I can't remember why I changed it to Paulbot except it was on one of the board moves and I think it was in part wanting to people refer to me by my real name but not really sure :confused:

[Kyle]

My username is boring... :o

[nettie!]

mmm let me think a minute LOL!


but i wanna change it... thinking LadyBot...?

[16364279]

derived from my uni id. Which i will no longer need to remember.

Whats the chance of changing usernames without deactivating accounts on here ?

[nettie!]

derived from my uni id. Which i will no longer need to remember.

Whats the chance of changing usernames without deactivating accounts on here ?

i asked griffin and he said he can change it :)

[dirge]

Whats the chance of changing usernames without deactivating accounts on here ?

Yeah it can be done. Just ask Rollerforce... I mean roller :p

My username... if you can't guess where it's from, you're on the wrong board.

[blackie]

Yeah it can be done. Just ask Rollerforce... I mean roller :p

My username... if you can't guess where it's from, you're on the wrong board.

name of a gobot?

[Zahhak]

Mersi... for telling us! I just wanted to show off the only word I know in Farsi. :p :D

haha your welcome, I'm impressed someone even know it's called farsi.

I've never really thought about how people choose their usernames...and now I can't stop. On WaR today I say a Chosen by the name of "Iceblend Frappichino"..needless to say I laughed..also there was someone by the name Scorpinok

[yukitora]

i want to know about STL and fungal infection?! theres some weird ones out there!

[yukitora]

its taken me a day to remember what 'kira kira' is! for some reason, i keep calling you 'the dude that owned powerglide'! (gokitimus prime)

[loophole]

the username that i used to use for games and such used to be Quackstar because i used to be a massive Daffy Duck fan(and stil am) but after awhile alot of games started to have a limit on the amount of characters you could use for your username like Need For Speed 2.

so then the search was one to find a slightly shorter username and one that would suit
a TF character that i created and one that was "unique" enough. and one night the news was on and the headline was "lawyers find a LOOPHOLE in the system" or something like that and from then on i used the name Loophole which i quite like and can be known to be pretty loopy from time to time as well

[Wheel-J]

a favorite character?

This! :)

I would've used wheeljack but there's so many weirdos already using that name so I thought maybe something different...Wheel-J (with the dash so as not to be mispronounced as "wilge" :p). My given name isn't Jack but it do starts with the letter J (hence the capital J :rolleyes:). Very elementary even a 5th grader can comprehend... :o Not very cybertronian but IMO the name sounds cool that if I can have another actual nickname that I would wanna be called...yeah... :cool::D

[GoktimusPrime]

i keep calling you 'the dude that owned powerglide'!
I still do own Powerglide! Several of them - an original G1, reissue and USA Edition. I had 2 original G1 Powerglides at one stage so I offloaded one to Jhiaxus (and if you don't know where he got his handle from then you're on the wrong board :)).

[klystron]

Megatron's 2nd cousin twice removed is named Klystron.

Nah, seriously though a klystron is an RF amplifing device used in radars (see picture below).
My first real job in the navy was a radar tech and my radar system used a klystron. It was pulsed with 90,000V to amplify a tiny 3GHz RF signal into a 1MW output.
At that level of power there needs to be a series of focus coils (basically large electro magnets; not pictured) encircling the body of the klystron to keep the beam of RF 'focused' as it travels up and out of the device. if the beam is off slightly it will burn right thru the top of the klystron, instead of correctly entering the waveguide, and literally slag everything in its path (yes, this did happen).

I thought ending with "tron" and being an actual real world device, as well as one from my past, all fit together as a suitable username.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2i96xvp.jpg

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm a Doors fan and have the same birthday as Jim Morrison and David Carradine, the name is taken from a live version of The End and serves as a double reference to both.

Ode to a grasshopper...
I think I'll open a little shop.
A little place where they sell things.
And I think I'll call it grasshopper.
And I'll put a big green grasshopper out there.
Wanna see my grasshopper momma?
Lookin' real good.
Oh! I blew it, its a moth.
Well, thats all right, he ain't got long to go,
So we'll forgive him.

from "The End" as performed live, by The Doors

[rampagesss]

I have a Nissan Pulsar SSS that i put in car shows with the number paltes RAMPAGE, so rampagesss

But on most car forums im just know as Rampage :D

[loophole]

I have a Nissan Pulsar SSS that i put in car shows with the number paltes RAMPAGE, so rampagesss

ah ha, the 3 sss make alot more sense now

[Doubledealer]

This is going to be a huge shock to all I'm sure - I'm named 'Doubledealer' after the fantastic G1 character of the same name. Not only is he a triple changer, but he can also change from being a Decepticon to an Autobot! I find Punch/Counterpunch fascinating for similar reasons but Doubledealer is on a whole different level of awesome. He can fly, he has a cannon that can level mountains, he's his own boss, he's an incredibly powerful gun for hire...What's not to love? Doubledealer is bad ass personified (Lockdown's got nuthin' on him, hehe). :D

[GoktimusPrime]

I find Punch/Counterpunch fascinating for similar reasons but Doubledealer is on a whole different level of awesome. He can fly, he has a cannon that can level mountains, he's his own boss, he's an incredibly powerful gun for hire...What's not to love?
Not to mention that his Autobot and Decepticon modes involve more than just the robot spinning around! :D Watching Punch transform into Counterpunch and back reminds me of Monkey where every monster "transforms" from human to monster by spinning around.

"So Monkey, I am rearry zah Dog Monstah!" <spins around and changes> :p

[liegeprime]

ah ha, the 3 sss make alot more sense now

Makes you think at first if he's related to Cobra Commander didnt it hehehehe:D

[SkyWarp91]

Time to bring this thread outta the vault!
For my username -
The Skywarp part refers to my favourite seeker-deco while the 91 part refers to the year 1991, when I was born! :D

[Haphazard]

Haphazard is what I go by all over the place and there's not much of a story behind it; I picked it for myself as a more Transformers-y sounding name. XD;;;

But I did give it a bit of thought: I'm often very clumsy and tend to either head-butt things or punch/elbow things (see: objects that are more likely to damage me, than I am to damage it) unintentionally, trip over my own feet/the floor, not see something that most normal people would, and then walk into it (usually head-first). I also tend to get random bruises and scratches without realising how/where/when it happened. I’m also dyslexic and my speech-pattern can be rather haphazard too.

There’s also the ‘hazard’ in Haphazard too which rather accurately describes me in a temper.

...

And if I were to ever be given the title of Prime (somehow, IDK) I would become Hazardous Prime! *insert egotistical laughing* … Well, I found that bit amusing at least. <_<;;


*runs off to lurk on the board some more* >3>

[Sharky]

back in the day i was known as sharkysparky


Sharky - i guess serves a multiple purpose it was my nickname my team mates used to call me, came from my soccer playing days, they way i used to defend... i used to "come from nowhere and attack" a player on the opposition said something to that effect after i tackled him and the teammates picked it up 18 years not a single yellow card, secondly it is the footy team (NRL) i support

Sparky was well i was and electrician but now i am retired so its been dropped off the handle

[Tober]

'Tober' was the name of Jason Priestley's character in 21 Jump St.

80's :cool:

[gekisou]

Mine is named after a Sentai group back in the 90s called Gekisou Sentai Carranger (激走戦隊カーレンジャー).
It literally means Violent Dash. Which is like how I drive sometimes. :p

[LordCyrusOmega]

My name comes from multiple places.
The Lord comes from my god complex
The Omega Is the last letter of the greek alphabet and in revelations it means the last or the end.
I don't remember where the Cyrus came from but in games that i need a smaller name i use Cyrus8.

[Sleeve]

When meeting some new friends a few years back, I was introduced as Steve and was met with the reply of "Did you say your name is Sleeve?" It stuck. :p

[GoktimusPrime]

Mine is named after a Sentai group back in the 90s called Gekisou Sentai Carranger (激走戦隊カーレンジャー).
Heh... at one stage Takara were going to call Transformers 変身戦隊トランスフォーマー (Henshin Sentai Transformer - "Transforming Battle Squadrons Transformers"), but of course it was abandoned in favour of "Fight! Super Robot Life Transformers" (戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー)

It literally means Violent Dash. Which is like how I drive sometimes.
Safely and responsibly I'm sure. ;)


The Omega Is the last letter of the greek alphabet and in revelations it means the last or the end.
Same in the Covenant of Primus (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Covenant_of_Primus). :)

[Hereticpoo]

WH 40K reference. Not very original so I spiced it up with some good old fashioned POOOOO! :D

[Hereticpoo]

When meeting some new friends a few years back, I was introduced as Steve and was met with the reply of "Did you say your name is Sleeve?" It stuck. :p

Thats awesome! LMAO!

[Towers_Spy]

I like this thread :) so many interesting histories.

Mine's not all that original. One of my favourite characters is Mirage; I like his elite history and sneaky ability, hence Towers Spy. I was going to have something like Noble Ligier but didn't think it had the same flow.

[Eruntalon]

Eruntalon is John in Elvish.

[Decepticon]

um......arr.....well, if u dont know, you are in the wrong place:p

[Deceptic_Optic]

My username is boring... :o

:D

[Deceptic_Optic]

um......arr.....well, if u dont know, you are in the wrong place:p

care to explain...lol :rolleyes:

[Hursticon]

Mine involved very little thought at all really.

Hursti - A play on my school nickname, Hursty, that is derived from my surname Hurst. :rolleyes::p
Con - Derived from the name of my favourite race of Sentient Robot life. ;):D

Put together = Hursticon: pronounced Hurst-e-con. ;):)

[heroic_decepticon]

Time to bring this thread outta the vault!
For my username -
The Skywarp part refers to my favourite seeker-deco while the 91 part refers to the year 1991, when I was born! :D

1991?!? Now I feel old... :(



Mine's not all that original. One of my favourite characters is Mirage; I like his elite history and sneaky ability, hence Towers Spy. I was going to have something like Noble Ligier but didn't think it had the same flow.

Is there a history behind the "Towers" limb of the name?


um......arr.....well, if u dont know, you are in the wrong place:p

Hey, please explain! :D


Mine involved very little thought at all really.

Hursti - A play on my school nickname, Hursty, that is derived from my surname Hurst. :rolleyes::p
Con - Derived from the name of my favourite race of Sentient Robot life. ;):D

Put together = Hursticon: pronounced Hurst-e-con. ;):)

I like it!

[Jaisun]

Mine is quite plain and not inspired by our beloved Transformers in anyway, aside from a minor tie-in with TT's homeland. My real name is Jai (pronounced 'Jeye'), and the love I have for Japan (the history, culture, the martial arts, the womenz XD), my friends referred to me as Jai-san through my teen years. So with 'san' being the Japanese name suffix for adults (unless my Jap teacher was wrong, which she probably was, she wasn't even Japanese =oP), I altered it to Jaisun as my common username in games/forums etc, as Jaisan often got me called Jayson. So yeah, very long-winded explanation of a simple name =oP

[Towers_Spy]

Is there a history behind the "Towers" limb of the name?

I'm not sure which 'verse it came from but its stuck with me and i'm pretty sure its canon. Mirage hails from a wealthy district of Iacon called the Towers. Only rich, elite and noble bots live there in luxury. Hence, he's from the Towers, and he's a Spy :)

[GoktimusPrime]

Eruntalon is John in Elvish.

This stumped me for a moment, then I realised that by Elvish you mean Quenya. So you're right... it's just for me usually when I think of Elvish I think of Sindarin, and the Sindarin equivalent of John is Eruviluion (which isn't too different from Eruntalon). :) :cool:

How do you say "Till All Are One" in Quenya? (or any other Elvish language)

[Eruntalon]

This stumped me for a moment, then I realised that by Elvish you mean Quenya. So you're right... it's just for me usually when I think of Elvish I think of Sindarin, and the Sindarin equivalent of John is Eruviluion (which isn't too different from Eruntalon). :) :cool:

How do you say "Till All Are One" in Quenya? (or any other Elvish language)

Unfortunately I really don't know how to say anything Goktimus. I've seen multiple translations of my name also so Eruntalon might not be the most literal translation. It was pointed out to me by a friend back in 2002 and I've used it ever since as an online alias.

[GoktimusPrime]

I sometimes use Elvish (Sindarin) in class -- on the odd occasion I'll say to my students things like:
Havodad (be seated)
Hannon le (thank you)
Lasto beth nin (listen to me - lit. "hear my voice")
Dartho / tangado haid (hold your position)

[Sharky]

I sometimes use Elvish (Sindarin) in class -- on the odd occasion I'll say to my students things like:
Havodad (be seated)
Hannon le (thank you)
Lasto beth nin (listen to me - lit. "hear my voice")
Dartho / tangado haid (hold your position)

why? and they know what your talking about?

[GoktimusPrime]

why?
Cos I'm a nerd. :p


and they know what your talking about?
After a while some of them pick it up. It's a language class, so students are supposed to be attuned to linguistic patterns. :)

[kup]

I sometimes use Elvish (Sindarin) in class -- on the odd occasion I'll say to my students things like:
Havodad (be seated)
Hannon le (thank you)
Lasto beth nin (listen to me - lit. "hear my voice")
Dartho / tangado haid (hold your position)

You are in a class of your own ;)

[GoktimusPrime]

*bada-boom TISH* :D

[k.wong23]

my initials and surname and michael jordan was my favourite NBA player when I was younger hence 23.

[SkyWarp91]

Let's bring back this thread to see what some of our newer members say about their usernames :)

[jena]

You'll never guess what my username means, it's really cryptic.......




































Yeah, no, it's just my name because I'm super creative like that :D

[KalEl]

Kalel: Superman, im a big fan :P

[GoktimusPrime]

According to Babynames.com Jena is an American variant of Gina which is Italian for "Queen" (from the Latin "Regina"). Kal-El is a Kandorian name. El means "of" and Kal means "border," so "Kal-El means "of the border."

[jena]

According to Babynames.com Jena is an American variant of Gina which is Italian for "Queen" (from the Latin "Regina"). Kal-El is a Kandorian name. El means "of" and Kal means "border," so "Kal-El means "of the border."

As far as I knew, my name is of Arabic origin and means endurance or little bird. I'm more of a princess than a queen.

My parents got the name from Blake's 7. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076987/)

[GoktimusPrime]

As far as I knew, my name is of Arabic origin and means endurance or little bird. I'm more of a princess than a queen.
The internet is wrong?!??? :eek: :p

[janda the red]

great thread.... really enjoyed reading it.

my username "janda the red" is what i use for everything ( xboxlive, facebook & various forums )

it came about from naming my team in the video game Worms on Playstation1, i named one character after my blue heeler "janda".... and added the red part to kind of make it sound piratey! lol (Janda means "goanna" in aboriginal)

janda passed away 2 years ago.... i loved that dog to bits, so now my name stands as a tribute to her.

janda :)

[jena]

The internet is wrong?!??? :eek: :p

But it was the internet that told me so!

[sideswipes brother]

My favorite TF is Sunstreaker, but that username was taken so i became Sideswipes Brother, who is, of course, Sunstreaker. So even though i dont have his name i am still him. :D (speaking of which, i simply cannot ever remember seeing someone called Sunstreaker actually post on here):mad:

[GoktimusPrime]

It'd be funny if someone registered as Sunstreaker's brother. :D

[griffin]

My favorite TF is Sunstreaker, but that username was taken so i became Sideswipes Brother, who is, of course, Sunstreaker. So even though i dont have his name i am still him. :D (speaking of which, i simply cannot ever remember seeing someone called Sunstreaker actually post on here):mad:

There may have been someone registered under that name when you registered, but never posted here to use it (as such would have been deleted after 12 months - which is a policy I have here to free up character names that would otherwise be wasted, if there is a dedicated fan who could use it).

Did you want yours changed to Sunstreaker?
Let me know if you do.

[KalEl]

There may have been someone registered under that name when you registered, but never posted here to use it (as such would have been deleted after 12 months - which is a policy I have here to free up character names that would otherwise be wasted, if there is a dedicated fan who could use it).

Did you want yours changed to Sunstreaker?
Let me know if you do.

awesome offer :) you look after us griffin :)

[Slag]

I didn't really think about it.. geigerrock was just my latest purchase at the time.. the 2 cause he's MR-2.. (and i was used to every name on the internet requiring numbers cause the originals had been snapped up long ago)
my intention was to get in, buy some transformers that weren't on ebay and that was about it.. . i didn't expect to be visiting here everyday.
if i had it over i like the names Overlord,, (but thats way too high ranking for me)
Cyclonus,
or maybe Slag would've been more fitting:rolleyes:
it's not easy being a go-bot on a transformer site:p

[Slag]

(Janda means "goanna" in aboriginal)

janda passed away 2 years ago.... i loved that dog to bits, so now my name stands as a tribute to her.

janda :)

learn something new everyday:D
:( Sorry about your dog.. what was she..
heres a couple of my pets

[Ultra Mackness]

Great thread! It's good to see where the great people on this board came up with their names, and it makes me wish I had more imagination :( ( my real name is Mick Macneill) I did toy with the idea "Mackatron" or "Ultra Mackness" but couldn't convince myself!

[KalEl]

Great thread! It's good to see where the great people on this board came up with their names, and it makes me wish I had more imagination :( ( my real name is Mick Macneill) I did toy with the idea "Mackatron" or "Ultra Mackness" but couldn't convince myself!

Ultra Mackness! awesome :P

[Slag]

Great thread! It's good to see where the great people on this board came up with their names, and it makes me wish I had more imagination :( ( my real name is Mick Macneill) I did toy with the idea "Mackatron" or "Ultra Mackness" but couldn't convince myself!

^^^i think so too..:D

[KalEl]

^^^i think so too..:D

yeah man Ultra Mackness is the boss!

[Ultra Mackness]

Maybe its time I put the request to Griffin?

[KalEl]

Maybe its time I put the request to Griffin?

can never hurt to ask lol

[GoktimusPrime]

I quite like the sound of "Ultra Macknus" -- makes it look more similar to "Magnus" (which means "great" in Latin btw :)). :) Ultra is Latin for "extreme," so "Ultra Macknus" is kinda like "Extreme Great Macneill" :D

Extremely Great... LIKE A BOSS!! (^O^)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/meme_boss.jpg

[Sworc]

Mine is just the reverse of one of my other interests, or more appropriately a passion. My location should give a clue.

If Sworc is ever taken I'll attach a 97 or 98. Two fine years.

I'm considering officially changing my name to Mick Macneill, just so I can use Ultra Mackness if you don't use it. It is that good.

[GoktimusPrime]

If Sworc is ever taken I'll attach a 97 or 98. Two fine years.
I'll second that! 1997 the year that Beast Wars Season 1 aired for the first time in countries outside North America (and even in the U.S. they were still finishing Season 1 in the earlier half of that year as the series had only begun airing in the latter half of 96). And 1998 was the year when Season 2 aired and Takara gave us Beast Wars Second, which included the second ever theatrical Transformers movie and the first ever toy that had a Matrix (Lio Convoy)! Sure, by today's standards his Matrix isn't terribly fancy, but at the time it was pret-ty cool! :)

1997 was also the year Machine Wars came out in the USA, and 1998 was the year Machine Wars came out in Australia... and shelfwarmed badly for the next few years. :p Back in the day when vehicle-Transformers proved unpopular and animals reigned supreme. ;)

[Cat]

Mine is......3 of my initials.

Exciting, hey?

I have two middle names. Generally I just use the first.

But my first name and both middle names equal CAT

If I add my surname, it gets funny - CATP - cat pee.

I then technically have a third middle name from confirmation when I was a kid. That makes it - CATPP. Cat pee-pee.

See why I just use Cat now? :o

[SkyWarp91]

Mine is......3 of my initials.

Exciting, hey?

I have two middle names. Generally I just use the first.

But my first name and both middle names equal CAT

If I add my surname, it gets funny - CATP - cat pee.

I then technically have a third middle name from confirmation when I was a kid. That makes it - CATPP. Cat pee-pee.

See why I just use Cat now? :o

I seriously thought you named yourself Cat because you had a extreme preference for pet cats and had a fussy attitude about TFs just like cats...


...nah just messing with you about that last one :D

[Cat]

;) in surprised you avoided the other
obvious one... ;)

[KalEl]

Mine is just the reverse of one of my other interests, or more appropriately a passion. My location should give a clue.

If Sworc is ever taken I'll attach a 97 or 98. Two fine years.

I'm considering officially changing my name to Mick Macneill, just so I can use Ultra Mackness if you don't use it. It is that good.

Adelaide crows

[KalEl]

Maybe its time I put the request to Griffin?

Yes! Yes! Yes! You did it :p epic name

[1orion2many]

As far as I knew, my name is of Arabic origin and means endurance or little bird. I'm more of a princess than a queen.

My parents got the name from Blake's 7. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076987/)

:eek:BLAKES 7:eek: OMG I was a kid when that was new and that's saying something:D

[Ultra Mackness]

Woohoo, I've evolved :D thanks Griffin!

[KalEl]

Woohoo, I've evolved :D thanks Griffin!

lucky you didn't press b

[sideswipes brother]

There may have been someone registered under that name when you registered, but never posted here to use it (as such would have been deleted after 12 months - which is a policy I have here to free up character names that would otherwise be wasted, if there is a dedicated fan who could use it).

Did you want yours changed to Sunstreaker?
Let me know if you do.

No thanks Griffin. I like it and now use it on multiple boards. Thanks anyway for the offer.:)

[Tallestblue]

My name is a very clear Invader Zim reference.

[M-bot]

Mine's a boring one. My first name starts with M and it's been my practice to sign off emails/letters/messages with M for many years now. Added the "bot" to reflect the nature of the board. I have a tad of regret now I didn't think it through and pick something more interesting but I guess I'm used to it.:)

Loved reading everyone else's stories!

[M-bot]

Mine is just the reverse of one of my other interests, or more appropriately a passion. My location should give a clue.

If Sworc is ever taken I'll attach a 97 or 98. Two fine years.

(if I can be permitted to drift off-topic somewhat...)

'97 & '98 are memorable years, for much the opposite reason from your good self. Crows knocked my Doggies off in the prelim both those years. In 1997 had a 30-odd point lead at 3/4 time and then Darren Jarmen went berserk in the last and we lost it by a handful. Shattering.

In '98, Terry Wallace had the genius idea of playing Tony Liberatore at centre-half back and we got spanked.

:mad:I'm not at all bitter!!!! :mad:

;)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Wow, I thought I posted here, but I didn't.

Well two words combined into one name = super cool:cool:

Tetsuwan from Astroboy (my fave cartoon as a kid, got me into robots) and Convoy. From a procession of vehicles.:p

I changed from just using my name when we swapped a board sometime in the past.

So, at the time, I was torn between Sonic Convoy (Sonic the hedgehog, plus procession of vehicles) or Tetsuwan. Obviously Tetsuwan won. At the time, Sonic Convoy (from Galaxy force) didn't exist either.

Anyhoo, most people refer to me as Tets now and since most of my friends I met through the board, more people probably call me Tets than my real name... That's a little bit odd...

I've grown rather fond of it now and most of my online ID has been derived from Tetsuwan Convoy on some way or another.

[Raptormesh]

MMmmm...just imagine a net, but with raptors at each node where the lines meet.

[Ultra Mackness]

MMmmm...just imagine a net, but with raptors at each node where the lines meet.

Hehe.. for some reason this really appeals to my sense of humour

[5FDP]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?

[Bartrim]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?

How about Bartrimisgreat?

[KalEl]

How about Bartrimisgreat?

Silly foo

[UltraMarginal]

Such an interesting thread.

I used to go by the tag, ddrumr, representing my first initial, my favorite pastime and my last initial, and kind of sounding like "the drummer"

I would use .D. as a sig in games allowing for games that only allowed 3-6 characters. this also reflected that many of my friends did and still do call me either D or big D.

When I signed up here I felt wierd about using a character name directly and couldn't think of a good name that either related to Jazz (the character), or drumming. And didn't think ddrumr was reflective of the primary interest of the board.

Also liking Ultra Magnus and supporting the notion that I might think I'm great at games (I used to play a lot and be good at it) but in general I'm not as good as I'd like to think, or used to be.:o and being one to self deprecate on occasion I like the thought of UltraMarginal. Good but not that good.

[5FDP]

How about Bartrimisgreat?

I might if I believed it to be true ;) :D

[SkyWarp91]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?

Unicron.

No one has that username yet.

Take it like a mofo.

[GoktimusPrime]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?
ToyEmancipation :p (I reckon you should keep 5FDP :))


I used to go by the tag, ddrumr, representing my first initial, my favorite pastime and my last initial, and kind of sounding like "the drummer"
I read "ddrumr" as "Dee-Dee-Ah Umm-ah," as in "Dance Dance Revolution Ummm-mmmaaaa" :p

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/bravemaxddr.jpg "Ummm-maaa!"

[liegeprime]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?

How about MRMISB? ;);) :D

[Arcee]

Unicron.

No one has that username yet.

Take it like a mofo.

I can't believe no one's taken Unicron...

I'd imagine it to be winnie the pooh or hello kitty more likely...

[KalEl]

I can't believe no one's taken Unicron...

I'd imagine it to be winnie the pooh or hello kitty more likely...

Someone should

[griffin]

Been thinking about changing my username for a while now... just don't have anything in mind. Does anyone have any suggestions (you could win a prize ;))?

How about SOundwave? :p

[liegeprime]

I can't believe no one's taken Unicron...

I'd imagine it to be winnie the pooh or hello kitty more likely...

there is already someone using the name albeit small "u" - unicron. He used to be a little active, havent seen him online for months on now....

[Hursticon]

As far as I knew, my name is of Arabic origin and means endurance or little bird. I'm more of a princess than a queen.

My parents got the name from Blake's 7. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076987/)

Hehe, my name (David) too is of Arabic origins; A king no less... :p
(But I am hardly of royalty either, I'd prefer the life of a street rat - far more exciting & with flying carpets! :D)

[KalEl]

Hehe, my name (David) too is of Arabic origins; A king no less... :p
(But I am hardly of royalty either, I'd prefer the life of a street rat - far more exciting & with flying carpets! :D)

flying carpets :P silly foo lol

[UltraMarginal]

flying carpets :P silly foo lol

someone is channeling mr T.:cool:

[KalEl]

someone is channeling mr T.:cool:

maybe :P

[GoktimusPrime]

Hehe, my name (David) too is of Arabic origins; A king no less... :p
David (דָּוִד) is of Hebrew origin -- meaning "beloved." ;) The Arabic version is "Daud" (داود; sometimes Romanised as "Dawud"‎) or "Daveed" (وود‎) - but it's origins are Hebrew. :)

[5FDP]

How about MRMISB? ;);) :D

That's actually not that bad. Hmmm...


How about SOundwave? :p

I can't believe you remember that :eek: :D It's a 3 year cycle ;)

2006 - 2009 S0undwave
2009 - 2012 5FDP
2012 - 2015 ???

[Decepticon]

If you dont know what mine means, you are in the wrong forums!:D

[Hursticon]

David (דָּוִד) is of Hebrew origin -- meaning "beloved." ;) The Arabic version is "Daud" (داود; sometimes Romanised as "Dawud"‎) or "Daveed" (وود‎) - but it's origins are Hebrew. :)

Meh, Tomato-Tomato; It's all middle-eastern to me. ;)


If you dont know what mine means, you are in the wrong forums!:D

Hehe, lol! :p:D

[iamirondude]

i got mine from my son who has cerabal palsey and learning difficulty's and he loves ironman but instead of saying ironman he'd say irondude.i've never asked him why he's always said that and i probably never will.

[liegeprime]

Hehe, my name (David) too is of Arabic origins; A king no less... :p
(But I am hardly of royalty either, I'd prefer the life of a street rat - far more exciting & with flying carpets! :D)

And here I thought David was from Sesame Street :p... oooh wait .... different David

[KalEl]

And here I thought David was from Sesame Street :p... oooh wait .... different David

Hursti from sesame street? i didn't know it was in dapto lmao

[GoktimusPrime]

Believe it or not, but there IS a Sesame St. in Australia. It's in Mt Waverley, Victoria! (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1ACAW_ENAU372&q=sesame+st&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1600&bih=901&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) :eek:

[Ultra Mackness]

Hehe, there's a couple more in Queensland as well, but in a bizarre twist, a friend of mine when I was growing up lived in that Sesame street in Mt. waverley!

[KalEl]

Believe it or not, but there IS a Sesame St. in Australia. It's in Mt Waverley, Victoria! (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1ACAW_ENAU372&q=sesame+st&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1600&bih=901&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) :eek:

i know lol i was just making a joke lol

[Ravagecat]

Sings: "One of these kids is doing his own thing (getting back on topic)" :p;)

Ravagecat:
Well Ravage was always my favorite Transformer as a kid, so I have always tried to use it when I can as a username/tag...but it is so popular that it is almost always taken, so I had to add something to it to make it unique.
The one thing that used to bug me as a kid would be when I used to show friends and family my soundwave and ravage etc. and they would always say "hey look it turned into a dog".
I would always be defending him, saying Ravage is not a dog :mad: he is a jaguar, you know a big cat??
I'm a cat person too - so hence the name Ravagecat was born.

[theshape]

The shape

Love horror films, the killer in Halloween (Michael Myers) was listed in the credits as "the shape" thought it was bad ass when I was 13 and was too lazy to come up with a new nickname.

[Bidoofdude]

My fave Pokemon was bidoof, hence the first part. The dude was just added because heaps of people had the name bidoof on Serebii forums (which I go on) so yeah, its been my name on everything since like 2008.

[Bidoofdude]

Snaketales has a dual origin

At uni while working on the student newspaper I was known as 'snake' for
1. being 'lower than snake's balls' in scamming freebies (I didn't scam them, I just made sure I was first for concert reviews, etc ;))
2. being cold-blooded when it came to subbing/re-writing stories.

After uni I labelled one of my emails to a friend as 'snaketales' i.e tales from snake, and I've used it since then.
Wasn't there a tv show called snake tales?

[Trent]

Wasn't there a tv show called snake tales?

I think your thinking of Ducktales :)

[Kapryiath]

kapryiath was born when i started playing wow , was my take on the name of a god out of a book i was reading at the time ( and who better to portray yourself as than a trickster god ) and has been with me ever since :) has become my online handle for anything and everything from my ps3 - xbox 360 - steam name to forum names and all and recently
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3010/37695610151878153975543.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/37695610151878153975543.jpg/)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

i got mine from my son who has cerabal palsey and learning difficulty's and he loves ironman but instead of saying ironman he'd say irondude.i've never asked him why he's always said that and i probably never will.

You know, your name has always made me chuckle a little bit for some reason. So a big pat on the back for your son for making my day! Thanks!:D Irondude just brings some strange images to my mind...

[Autocon]

I think your thinking of Ducktales :)

Not a comic strip?

[Yukitora]

I posted a long time ago, but when i rejoined i decided to keep the same name.
Sadly now in Anime the name Yuki has become so common, like 'john' or 'smith' that i had to get rid of it in order to be found on art sites. In the beginning, Yuki-tora was a manga OC of mine. It was hardly heard of, even in anime. Its storys based on animal engineering evolution with a bit of resi evil. (so i realised later on). Yuki = snow, tora =tiger (basicly)... comes in sets of 3.

http://tyranidkisses.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d2xd46f

i now use Tyranidkisses. from warhammer 40k.

[crankcase76]

My username derives from the g1 era to Bays movies, Crankcase. like Liege i am a Decepticon fan mostly, even thou I do like all transformers. And the 76 comes from the year I was born. So no real meaning really, just like it simple I guess?:)

[Bidoofdude]

I think your thinking of Ducktales :)

No, it was this cartoon about snakes. Weird show though. Remember it distinctly.

[RageOnTheRoads]

Well all the TFs I like tend to be the crazy underdogs/rejects and have car or truck altmodes soooo, yeah, RageOnTheRoads works nicely. :)

[SuspectimusPrime]

Just before joining I noticed that a lot of people were some sort of Prime, so I wanted a hillarious one :p

[Yukitora]

When i see that name, makes me think i'm already suspected! *sneeks away, outta sight*. I'm a good little bot. I am! :P

[SuspectimusPrime]

When i see that name, makes me think i'm already suspected! *sneeks away, outta sight*. I'm a good little bot. I am! :P

lol I was actually indicating that I am the Prime Suspect, but it's interesting to get another perspective :p

[BigTransformerTrev]

I can't say mine is very original. Back when I did stand-up my stage name was 'Big Angry Trev' which subsequently my mates adopted as my nickname. So 'Big Transformer Trev' grew out of that.

On facebook the group I maintain is 'Big Angry Trev's Transformatorium' :D

[Spiritprime]

I don't mine is a very interesting explanation, but I'll say this: "In light of the spirit of the Primes, the darkest hour shall be brightened by a better future."

Yeah, yeah, stupid quote, but I liked it and decided to call myself Spiritprime, for the spirits of the Primes will always burn brightly to illuminate the darkness we live in.

[Megatron]

Shattered Glass Megatron - my most favorite version of character.
Generation 1 - my other most favorite version of him.

SG + G1 = SG1.

What you would get if you put the two together.

If the username "Megatron" ever becomes available here, I'll be the first in line to take it! (As if it'll happen I know..)

Interesting thread btw!

[Cyberwing]

Mine was based on Soundwave.
First thought about something to do with the decepticon then I thought computer systems, which turned into cyber.

'Wing' just randomly popped up because I just remembered that the Prime Soundwave is another iteration with a flying alt mode.

[UltraMarginal]

Shattered Glass Megatron - my most favorite version of character.
Generation 1 - my other most favorite version of him.

SG + G1 = SG1.

What you would get if you put the two together.

If the username "Megatron" ever becomes available here, I'll be the first in line to take it! (As if it'll happen I know..)

Interesting thread btw!

I cna't help but think of Stargate when I read your username. some strange amalgam of Megatron and Richard Dean-Anderson:)

now that you've explained it now I might be able to get over that.

[Megatron]

I cna't help but think of Stargate when I read your username. some strange amalgam of Megatron and Richard Dean-Anderson:)

now that you've explained it now I might be able to get over that.

LOL.. I was wondering if anyone would point that out coz I had the same thought. :D Hmm who knows.. maybe in some strange alternate universe he could lead a Stargate team... *fanfic xover idea pops up* Yeah it's purely coincidental - no relation at all.

[iscreamonstars]

My username is from a Dr dre song light speed from his 2001 album which contained the lyrics, makin fools retreat like megatron & starscream, oh yeah i scream on stars.
Another username i use on wow and other things is deceptikonz4eva, Beast wars season three Ravage ship goin down yells depeticons forever.

[Yukitora]

LOL.. I was wondering if anyone would point that out coz I had the same thought. :D Hmm who knows.. maybe in some strange alternate universe he could lead a Stargate team... *fanfic xover idea pops up* Yeah it's purely coincidental - no relation at all.

I read it as just
Megatron-Stargate (season) 1

because the stargate series is called SG1. So no tf G1 reminder in there sorry.

[Megatron]

I read it as just
Megatron-Stargate (season) 1

because the stargate series is called SG1. So no tf G1 reminder in there sorry.

You're right... sigh. Unfortunately, that's not the impression I wanted to make. If I had chosen G1 only, then SG (Shattered Glass) would have been left out - and I love them both.

Doesn't matter though, I'm gonna patiently wait until it's safe enough to request a username change to just "Megatron", which is what I really really really really really really really really really really really really.... really really really really... really really really really want, but it was already taken. :(

[spiderken17]

Mines pretty simple. My name is Ken. I like Spider-man. 17 is my favourite number (Dick Johnson's racing number).
Result, Spiderken 17.
Sorry i don't have a cool story. :)

[Jetfire in the sky]

So with many great members on these boards I have noticed some very interesting names. Mine is in it's second incarnation (I think) I had jetfireinthesky but forgot the password after many years away and no longer had the email. The new one is Jetfire in the sky which is obviously the same with spaces :)

So to the point, I was wondering why did you choose your user name and/or what does it mean?

Jetfire is my all-time favourite toy and his cartoon character Skyfire was much needed air support for the Autobots and thus became one of my favourite characters. Skyfire was first introduced to the cartoon in an episode called Fire in the sky, hence Jetfire in the sky.

[Megatron]

I would be happy with any of my favorite characters' names, but I had to pick one, so... why not the one and only true leader of the Decepticons himself? ;)

I LOVE my username. :)

[Omega Metro]

Well my name is new! It was 'Fagnar1' until a day ago but wanted it changed to 'Omega Metro' which is short for 2 certain giant Autobots.:)

[ILikeSoundwave]

Now that I think of this, I should have done ILoveSoundwave not like.:p

[Jetfire in the sky]

I would be happy with any of my favorite characters' names, but I had to pick one, so... why not the one and only true leader of the Decepticons himself? ;)

I LOVE my username. :)

Weren't you once SG 1??:confused::p

Some standard names so far with self explanatory meanings :D:D

[Megatron]

Weren't you once SG 1??:confused::p

Yes, but because my first preference was already taken I had to think of something else, so I added the starting letters of two of my favorite continuities (Shattered Glass, Generation 1).

I'm a lot happier now. :cool:

[KalEl]

Well my planet kinda blew up and i was sent here, i was given an earth name but you know the story

[Jetfire in the sky]

......and there is already a thread on this *slaps self on forehead*

[Starscream77]

No amazing story for me
Starscream - fave all time TF
77 - the year i was born

Yeah real exciting stuff :cool:

[stencilator]

I used to do a bit of stencil graffiti art and was going through a bit of a superhero stencil phase when I decided to do a series of transformer stencils. I was searching for an image of Prime when I came across the then just released Masterpiece Prime MP01. I bought one, bought some other TFs, joined this board and forgot all about stencil art and bonsai and decided that customising transformers would be my new hobby. They're all very similar hobbies.... intricate and detailed and I find them all very theraputic.

Stencil art is how I rediscovered transformers and so I wanted to sound like a stencil making machine... hence STENCILATOR!

[Slag]

I used to do a bit of stencil graffiti art and was going through a bit of a superhero stencil phase when I decided to do a series of transformer stencils. I was searching for an image of Prime when I came across the then just released Masterpiece Prime MP01. I bought one, bought some other TFs, joined this board and forgot all about stencil art and bonsai and decided that customising transformers would be my new hobby. They're all very similar hobbies.... intricate and detailed and I find them all very theraputic.

Stencil art is how I rediscovered transformers and so I wanted to sound like a stencil making machine... hence STENCILATOR!

That is a really cool story. So i take it the TF stencils were never finished. Would be great to see some of your work.

[stencilator]

I'm sure I could dig some out. They would be well buried though.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Karnivool is a local band in Perth that I grew up listening to. The 8 represents the oo stacked on-top of each other and Prime is the rank (TFA) that I gave myself

[GoktimusPrime]

Well my planet kinda blew up and i was sent here, i was given an earth name but you know the story
Put your undies back on the outside!!! <shakes.fist> :p :p :p

[Jetfire in the sky]

Put your undies back on the outside!!! <shakes.fist> :p :p :p

LOL :D:D

[High_Q]

When i chose my username, i didn't know how 'Hi-Q' was spelt. :D
So yeah, named after the humanoid who is binary bonded to Optimus Prime. My other choices were Ginrai, Skids or Death's Head.

[griffin]

People can ask to have their names changed or altered if they want. You just have to remember to log in with the new name next time.

[AJ_Prime]

Mine is also a bit unimaginative. AJ: my initials. Prime: Who doesn't love Optimus Prime? He's the kind of leader/person whose qualities I would aspire to mirror.

[Jetfire in the sky]

Mine is also a bit unimaginative. AJ: my initials. Prime: Who doesn't love Optimus Prime? He's the kind of leader/person whose qualities I would aspire to mirror.

Being a Prime is the bomb

http://www.ravnwood.com/archives/001252.php

[AJ_Prime]

Being a Prime is the bomb

http://www.ravnwood.com/archives/001252.php

That guy is a legend, and so is the general who supported him!

[GoktimusPrime]

Something ironic about Optimus Prime being part of an invasionary force in Iraq (even if he was essentially a firefighter and not front line combatant ;)) I've had a few online encounters with that guy before. And that's all I have to say about that. :)

[nofacej]

I already explained this in my intro thread, but I guess it doesn't hurt to post it again.

I used to go by Faceless on message boards, but found increasingly that the name was not available.
At the time I was thinking of switching usernames, a girl took to calling me 'j'.
Her name was Adelaide, but she hated it, and insisted on being called 'a' (for some reason it had to be lowercase) and decided to shorten my name (Jake) in the same fashion.
So noface from Faceless and j from a pet name a girl had for me.

It's often assumed it's meant to be a nod to the character from Spirited Away, but it's a total coincidence.
Bizarrely I occasionally find nofacej is unavailable as well.
I guess it doesn't fit so well now that I'm using a drawing of my face as my avatar.

[Megatran]

When I found out about Ozformers I was way toooooo excited to join to spend any amount of time coming up with a kool name. And I'm terrible at speling.

[Trent]

The tale of the origin of my username is shrouded in so much secrecy and deciet that it would pain you to hear the tale. Hence it shall never be told ;)

[janda the red]

^ lol.... :p:D

[Zommael]

It's a long story, so I hope you're sitting comfortably.

I am registered on the Comic Book Resources forums under the name Zombie Uatu, as at the time I registered the Marvel Zombies series had just come out and I liked the idea of a zombie version of the Watcher. I post on those forums very rarely these days because I've found it to be a wretched hive of scum and negativity, but I liked the name.

So then when I was registering on a TF fansite - I think it was TFormers, though I haven't posted there in years - I decided to stick with the zombie theme, and I was Zombie Galvatron. So why aren't I Zombie Galvatron on here?

Well, I've always been a big fan of the Wheel of Time series of novels, and a few years ago, I decided to make my triumphant return to the fan community. Naturally, I had a theme, so I decided to go with it, and I re-registered as Zombie Sammael. Sammael (with two Ms) is the name of a major villain in the series who dies midway through, but is later impersonated by another character in mysterious circumstances, which led some fans to theorise he had come back as a zombie. So the name was apt. Anyway, I managed to build up a bit of a reputation as ZS or Zombie and decided I liked it, but the problem I had with using it in other situations was that "Samael" is a very old name sometimes given to the devil, and I didn't much like the idea that people might see that and think I was some Goth kid who couldn't spell. So I shortened it to Zommael for use as my Twitter handle.

Around this time, me and an Australian lady who also posts in the WOT community were really starting to hit it off, and a few months later we got together. A few months after that I moved to Australia from the UK, and that was around the time I registered on Ozformers. I have now been here for well over a year and me and my girlfriend are getting married later this year. So as you can imagine, I now have some emotional attachment to the name as well.

Thus, Zommael I am and Zommael I will remain. And if anyone wants to follow me on Twitter they may do, though I don't tweet about TFs very often. Also if there are any other WOTers on this board I'd be very glad to know you!

[Trent]

Also if there are any other WOTers on this board I'd be very glad to know you!

You're into the Wheel of Time? You must be a good bloke then :D I used to hang out on the WoT boards but have t been there in years and actually I tried to log in last year but couldn't remember my username/password, unless they deleted it because it was inactive for so long.

And that reminds me, I must fix my sig.

[CBratron]

Old Starcraft player.
Used a truncated variant of Cerebrate.
Added -tron to transformerfy it.

[spiderken17]

It's a long story, so I hope you're sitting comfortably.

I am registered on the Comic Book Resources forums under the name Zombie Uatu, as at the time I registered the Marvel Zombies series had just come out and I liked the idea of a zombie version of the Watcher. I post on those forums very rarely these days because I've found it to be a wretched hive of scum and negativity, but I liked the name.

So then when I was registering on a TF fansite - I think it was TFormers, though I haven't posted there in years - I decided to stick with the zombie theme, and I was Zombie Galvatron. So why aren't I Zombie Galvatron on here?

Well, I've always been a big fan of the Wheel of Time series of novels, and a few years ago, I decided to make my triumphant return to the fan community. Naturally, I had a theme, so I decided to go with it, and I re-registered as Zombie Sammael. Sammael (with two Ms) is the name of a major villain in the series who dies midway through, but is later impersonated by another character in mysterious circumstances, which led some fans to theorise he had come back as a zombie. So the name was apt. Anyway, I managed to build up a bit of a reputation as ZS or Zombie and decided I liked it, but the problem I had with using it in other situations was that "Samael" is a very old name sometimes given to the devil, and I didn't much like the idea that people might see that and think I was some Goth kid who couldn't spell. So I shortened it to Zommael for use as my Twitter handle.

Around this time, me and an Australian lady who also posts in the WOT community were really starting to hit it off, and a few months later we got together. A few months after that I moved to Australia from the UK, and that was around the time I registered on Ozformers. I have now been here for well over a year and me and my girlfriend are getting married later this year. So as you can imagine, I now have some emotional attachment to the name as well.

Thus, Zommael I am and Zommael I will remain. And if anyone wants to follow me on Twitter they may do, though I don't tweet about TFs very often. Also if there are any other WOTers on this board I'd be very glad to know you!

My name is Ken and i like Spider-man and #17 is Dick Johnsons race number. Lacking a cool story mine is mmmmmm. :)

[ILikeSoundwave]

Simple, I Like Soundwave, and I have no imagination.

[Gofigure]

Simple, I Like Soundwave, and I have no imagination.

Brilliant.

[Gofigure]

I like action figures so go figure

[Omega Metro]

I like giant robots so OMEGA Supreme and METROplex.:)

[octopunchshotfisrt]

star wars reference.

Behold my originality.

[CyberiusPrime]

My user name i wanted to be a Prime and the home planet of the Autobots is Cybertron, in fantasy i have used the name Tiberius so i merged the two
Cyberius and Prime is pretty obvious :)

[WeallscreamforStarscream]

I scream, you scream, not for ice cream BUT....

yeah you work it out lol:D

[BruiseLee]

Have been using this one for a while. Pretty much goes back to the days when I did a lot of martial arts and basketball. Would always get dinged up hence the name. :)

[Raider]

I guess mine is based on my Final Fantasy XI character but that itself goes way back to the first gamer ID I came up with. I was wearing a Canberra Raiders cap at the time so Raider it was.

[RagingBull]

It's the title of one my fav movies of all time. Highly recommended film.

[MayzaPrime]

My nickname since I was 12 has been Mayza

And Prime which is Transformers related.

I am very clever :p

[GoktimusPrime]

star wars reference.

Behold my originality.
fisrt? :confused:

My nickname since I was 12 has been Mayza

And Prime which is Transformers related.

I am very clever :p
I actually thought it was a reference G1 Metroplex's maser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maser) cannons. :o
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/mayza_zps28cab588.jpg

[MayzaPrime]

Hahaha @ GoktimusPrime

"Sharks with Mayzabeams"

[Bidoofdude]

Bidoof (the Pokemon) and dude. I started using this on Serebii when I joined at age 8 or so. It stuck and I use it most places. I have changed my Steam username to MysteryofMew, which I like.

[GoktimusPrime]

Confession: for ages I kept on pronouncing your name as "Bido of dude." It wasn't until someone (I think it was UltraMarginal) who told me at a fan meet that it's "Bidoof dude". I've only ever watched Pokémon in Japanese (where he's called Bippa), so I had no idea. :o

[Sinnertwin]

Confession: for ages I kept on pronouncing your name as "Bido of dude." It wasn't until someone (I think it was UltraMarginal) who told me at a fan meet that it's "Bidoof dude". I've only ever watched Pokémon in Japanese (where he's called Bippa), so I had no idea. :o

Bido of dude???
:D:D:D:D:D
I think i burst a lung. That's gold

[Sky Shadow]

Confession: for ages I kept on pronouncing your name as "Bido of dude." It wasn't until someone (I think it was UltraMarginal) who told me at a fan meet that it's "Bidoof dude". I've only ever watched Pokémon in Japanese (where he's called Bippa), so I had no idea. :o

I assumed he was bisexual and liked to drive around in his car annoying people with the bass blaring from his speakers. "Bi doof dude."

Goki's explanation makes Bidoofdude sound like a character form A Song Of Ice and Fire. "I am Bido of Dude."

[CHILENO20]

I'm an Aussie of Chilean decent and I was 20 when I started using this nick, sooooo you can put 2 and 2 together :D & by the way, I'm 32 now, hahahaha

[Jetfire in the sky]

Bidoof (the Pokemon) and dude. I started using this on Serebii when I joined at age 8 or so. It stuck and I use it most places. I have changed my Steam username to MysteryofMew, which I like.

Yep, I though it meant you were a bi-sexual guy who liked techno music. Bi-doof-dude :p

[prjkt]

Well mine is a weird one. Was trying to think of a better DJ name than "dj_stick" and ended up with "projekt" - changing c to k for reasons. I then took the vowels out and here you go

[Dinkydarth]

Our first pet was a marine fish called pinky dinky. She was pink and yellow, but very depressed as I found her one day on the floor next to the aquarium... jumped out :(

Darth cos my other passion is star wars.

[Thurmus]

I was playing Madden with a mate and for one Thurman Thomas played for the Dolphins.

As he took one to the house for me, I got excited and mashed his first and last names together.

[Handsprime]

Handsprime actually started off as Hands Prime, which was my Xbox gamertag, it was a combination of my last name and Ultra Prime, which was a username I was using for a while (where that came from, I just saw it and liked it). For a while I was known as Hands Prime but since I started using it a lot, at times I couldn't put a space between the 2 and ended up using Handsprime a lot, to a point people started calling me that and the nickname stuck, so now I use it for a lot of things, even DJing/Producing!

[Bladestorm]

I have a fetish with sharp pointy objects that can chop body parts off and used to go by Bobbit on IRC and the more user-friendly Switchblade in the BSG community, which seemed to be taken on whichever board I joined for Transformers first, so decided on something just as sharp with a bit of my geography background thrown in for good measure.

[Chevron Action Flash]

I'm a huge Alan Partridge fan.

"Chevron Action Flash" is used by Alan to describe the design on his polo shirt during the 'A Partridge in Paris' segment on 'Knowing Me, Knowing You'

I always thought it would make a good user name. And it does. "Back of the net!!!"

the segment can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOE6v8sPHac

[Bidoofdude]

Yep, I though it meant you were a bi-sexual guy who liked techno music. Bi-doof-dude :p

Funny thing is, techno (and stuff like it) is my least favourite genre of music. I like hard rock/metal kind of stuff (Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc). :p

[Starscream77]

I like hard rock/metal kind of stuff (Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc). :p

Always knew you were a smart kid! Rock on!

[tootz_05]

mine is my nickname my brother gave me "tootz" & my first email acc was started in 05... pretty boring!... lol!

[Jetfire in the sky]

Funny thing is, techno (and stuff like it) is my least favourite genre of music. I like hard rock/metal kind of stuff (Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc). :p

I hope there is some Iron Maiden in that mix :)

[Ultra Mackness]

Funny thing is, techno (and stuff like it) is my least favourite genre of music. I like hard rock/metal kind of stuff (Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, etc). :p


I hope there is some Iron Maiden in that mix :)

And Metallica.

Good selection of bands there Bidoofdude :)

[Spiritprime]

Well, it's a little complex on what my name means. It's a VERY old name dating back to my immature days. Spiritprime was a dumb combination of my favourite horse from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron when I was little, and then there was my youthful admiration of Optimus Prime. XD

[Akky82]

I was big into Magic: the Gathering, and after a break I made a comeback winning quite a few FNM's in a row with a mix of decks back when Onslaught was legal, Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Akroma's Vengeance were 2 cards that helped me a lot, so when I started playing World of Warcraft I called my fury warrior Akroma. I got the nickname Akky as a shortened version, and made a bank alt with the name, but main changed to My bank alt when Zul'Aman came out and it stuck as we all branched out to different games like Star Craft, Battlefield, Dawn of War, SW:TOR so I just use it for everything.

(82 is year of birth, habit lately because the name Akky seems to be taken a lot lately).

[Megatran]

Necro bumpity bump if anyone wishes to explain their username. :)

[Bato]

My username is just the eponymous character from Ghost in the Shell.

Back in the days I was watching the (french) dubbed version of the movie, and it clicked they used the same voice actor than the one that does all of Schwarzenegger roles for Bato. Took the username on irc (yeah I know, old) as a joke and it stuck.

[Jaxius._]

Death, destruction and alcohol :D

Jaxius was my screenname for TF Universe and my first (well if you call sharpie customizing) custom

[nsm034]

old number plate off my R34 Skyline , NSM034 = Nismo 34

[Ralph Wiggum]

Well everyone who knows Ralph Wiggum is. I chose it as I thought back in my online gaming days it would be funny if someone was fragged by Ralph Wiggum. So I've kept it as my online handle and provides an added level of anonymity.

[simon_marklar]

I used simon_marklar because that's what I have used as a forum name ever since the marklar episode of southpark. its meant to represent that we are all one, yet we are all unique.

If I had not of been on auto pilot when I signed up it would of been megacron (my username on tf:earth wars), which is from TF:Prime beastwars movie where unicron reanimates megatron. I think its smokescreen who says "what is that? megacron? or unitron?"

[GoktimusPrime]

Took the username on irc (yeah I know, old) as a joke and it stuck.
Heh, don't worry. Before this forum existed, many OzFormers communicated on the austnet channel #transformers. :) That channel was originally owned by some other people who had NO clue what Transformers were and when myself and other OTCAers (and other Transfans) came along to the channel, it freaked them out. After many months of using their channel, we eventually convinced them to surrender ownership of that channel and they politely left.

They were basically just channel name squatting... which happened a lot on IRC. The number of times you'd join a channel under a certain name and the ChanOPs have no clue about the subject, or worse yet, they refuse to talk about that subject and kick/ban you for trying. :rolleyes:


Death, destruction and alcohol :D
All of these things are illegal for you! :D (well, the first two are illegal for everyone :p) I'm curious to know the significance of the ._ at the end of your handle.

[Bato]

They were basically just channel name squatting... which happened a lot on IRC. The number of times you'd join a channel under a certain name and the ChanOPs have no clue about the subject, or worse yet, they refuse to talk about that subject and kick/ban you for trying. :rolleyes:


The best (worst) were networks with no chanserv/nickserv were being there at the right time made you an op and good luck getting rid of you then....

[Jaxius._]

All of these things are illegal for you! :D (well, the first two are illegal for everyone :p) I'm curious to know the significance of the ._ at the end of your handle.

The ._ is due to me using this name on Instagram and Jaxius was taken by some american DJ (who i accidentally tagged once) complete asshole :rolleyes:

It's alcohol to clean :p

Edit: In regards to Transfans, my mum calls us Trannys :(

[GoktimusPrime]

Edit: In regards to Transfans, my mum calls us Trannys :(
Fun fact: In the 90s-00s there was an annual online 'awards' based on fan surveys run by a US fan known as Rob Jung (also the original keeper of the CTLP*) known as the 'Trannies.' Paulbot does something similar now (http://otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=22291) just among us OTCAers. :) But the original Trannies was something that was available to all fans globally. It wasn't even done through an online survey site - it was just done by copying and pasting the questions and submitting your results and comments via e-mail, and Rob would even quote memorable comments (mine got in a few times ;)). :eek: It seems far too laborious to do today, but the online fandom was much smaller in the 90s and it was possible for a lone fan to manually do this.

So yeah, next time your mum says "Trannies," let her know that that's actually the name of a former fan-poll award. Transformer fans are colloquially known as "Transfans," and "Trannies" refers to something completely different within Transfandom. Oh, and something else completely different outside of Transfandom, but who cares about what Mundaners think, right?

Jung called them "Trannies" because as a portmanteau of "Transformers" and "Grammies."

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*Complete Transformers Listing Page; a very useful online resource long before sites like TFU.info or tfwiki ever existed.

[Jaxius._]

Fun fact: In the 90s-00s there was an annual online 'awards' based on fan surveys run by a US fan known as Rob Jung (also the original keeper of the CTLP*) known as the 'Trannies.' Paulbot does something similar now (http://otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=22291) just among us OTCAers. :) But the original Trannies was something that was available to all fans globally. It wasn't even done through an online survey site - it was just done by copying and pasting the questions and submitting your results and comments via e-mail, and Rob would even quote memorable comments (mine got in a few times ;)). :eek: It seems far too laborious to do today, but the online fandom was much smaller in the 90s and it was possible for a lone fan to manually do this.

So yeah, next time your mum says "Trannies," let her know that that's actually the name of a former fan-poll award. Transformer fans are colloquially known as "Transfans," and "Trannies" refers to something completely different within Transfandom. Oh, and something else completely different outside of Transfandom, but who cares about what Mundaners think, right?

Jung called them "Trannies" because as a portmanteau of "Transformers" and "Grammies."

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*Complete Transformers Listing Page; a very useful online resource long before sites like TFU.info or tfwiki ever existed.

Thats a nice piece of trivia! You seem to know everything :D

[Soviet Fox]

Back in the Dial-up days (Or T1 connection at school, handy to be onside with the IT guy) My friend and I used to log onto our friends hotmail accounts (We actually did a really good job of working out the passwords through over the shoulder glancing, the sideways "I'm not looking" look and plain old interest/birthday combo guesses.

We would then send cryptic emails from that account to a group of people in the contacts, then work on the passwords for those.

All of these emails were signed

"The Fox"

Then with the advent of LAN gaming I took up the moniker, then once Xbox Live hit I needed to add the Soviet to secure the name.

[Ozgardian]

Ozgardian as in Asgard as in home of the norse gods. Love norse mythology! Obviously with a hint of aussie flavour being a Canberran (big fan of 'The Wizard of Oz' too).