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What's in a Name? Your name, specifically...

#1 User is offline   Starling 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 06:50 AM

I can't be the only person out here who is interested in the names people choose for themselves. So I want to know, what made you choose the name you have, or change it from one you had?

Is it a character from a book (and if so, which book/game/movie/song/etc did it come from)? Is it a strange eldritch god, a nickname, an animal, a collection of funny sounding words?

I originally wanted Sparrow as my forum name because I had been wandering in and out of the forum, just lurking for a while before I signed up, and I wanted something representative of the flitting-in-and-out style that I started with. I also wanted something gender-neutral, to see if that changed the way people interacted with me. But Sparrow was taken, so I decided Starling was an acceptable alternative ;)

Now everyone else needs to join in the storytime and satisfy my curiosity!
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#2 User is offline   Gothos 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 07:39 AM

Where's GH with thread necromancy to bring us the old thread (also named the same)?
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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#3 User is offline   Starling 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:07 AM

Well, I asked in the PEN group message if there was one, and no one seemed to think there was.

Also, now that you have commented you have to explain your name. Tell us, o grumpy one, why do you feel a particular connection to this figment of someone's imagination?
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#4 User is offline   Gothos 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:13 AM

When I was 14 I wanted Anomander Rake but it was taken. So I took the guy that was the resident ancient historian (I spent most of my time in the book forums back then). Over the years either me or the character have become more like the other.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:18 AM

I'm of the opinion that SE based Gothos' character development on you, G-man ;)

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#6 User is offline   Gothos 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:20 AM

I very much doubt he knows I exist
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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#7 User is offline   Loki 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:21 AM

View PostGothos, on 27 February 2012 - 08:20 AM, said:

I very much doubt he knows I exist


Irrelevant ;)

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#8 User is offline   Kanese S's 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:31 AM

I think that's false modesty, Gothos.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:35 AM

I originally called my self Apt. I like short, easy names. It resembles my RL name. After a while it was pointed out to me that there was some confusion about my gender, since Apt in the books is a female. I had my name changed to the more neutral Aptorian after that. Since then I've had plenty of names for different occasions.
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#10 User is offline   Gothos 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:41 AM

View PostKanese S, on 27 February 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

I think that's false modesty, Gothos.


I've never been to any signing or BBQs or meetups or whatnot. I hold little in the way of esteem with those who have. How could he ever take note?


OK I'll just crawl back into my hole now.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 08:49 AM

My name stems from one of the greatest low-brow catchphrases the Malazans have conjured up, and a direct use of it can be found in Toll the Hounds by Bluepearl ;) I'm rather proud of it.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:07 AM

My name is from 97-98 or something. I chose it because I was playing Age of Empires and called my empire "The Primates" That then quickly evolved into Primateus. No big story.
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#13 User is offline   Kanese S's 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 09:08 AM

View PostGothos, on 27 February 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

View PostKanese S, on 27 February 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

I think that's false modesty, Gothos.


I've never been to any signing or BBQs or meetups or whatnot. I hold little in the way of esteem with those who have. How could he ever take note?


OK I'll just crawl back into my hole now.


I'm sure he secretly comes on here and reads all your posts. To make sure he gets the character right, you see.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:27 AM

View PostGothos, on 27 February 2012 - 08:41 AM, said:

View PostKanese S, on 27 February 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

I think that's false modesty, Gothos.


I've never been to any signing or BBQs or meetups or whatnot. I hold little in the way of esteem with those who have. How could he ever take note?


OK I'll just crawl back into my hole now.


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#15 User is online   Macros 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 11:12 AM

its a very clever anagram of words that describe me
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 12:50 PM

I was reading Deadhouse Gates when I signed up, hence the Seven Cities insult name ;) I knew I wanted Mezla and threw in the PigDog for added conviction.
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#17 User is offline   champ 

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 12:56 PM

It's my nickname, my surname is Champion and my friends obviously wanted to go with something original...

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 01:12 PM

THE BUMFACE GOES BY HIS REAL NAME
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 02:19 PM

You might think I picked D'rek because of the orgies, mass-murder and actually-female-but-not-everyone-knows-that properties (this last bit being more applicable on the forum several years ago), but I was D'rek before tBH came out and revealed those parts of the Malazan mythos. Those are all very good reasons for why I've kept the name since, though ;)

View Postworrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 03:59 PM

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