Your PlanetSide name!

Cauldron Borne · 2004-07-08, 05:08 PM

Ok, I know most people chose their names for planetside for a reason. Only a few people actually chose it at random. So here's your chance to tell us why you picked that name, and what it means.

I'll start: The Cauldron Borne are Irish mythological creatures. To put it simply they are zombies that rise from cauldrons on All Hallows Eve. They are said to be unstoppable. I chose that name because I wanted to instill fear and make the statement that I, too, was unstoppable.

I have three alts that are named from the three brothers that braved the firey furnace in the Bible tale: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Ok, so your turn. Tell us why you picked yer name and what it means. Was it just to be funny? Does it have a hidden meaning? Were you near drunk and couldn't think of anything else except an alchohol euphamism, but the letters got garbbled while you typed?

DeadTeddy · 2004-07-08, 05:16 PM

DeadTeddy, always is, always will be, everywhere.

why? simply cause me and a friend destroyed a teddy when I was 14, and a month later he told me to come to a chat room with a nick who would know is me. it stuck simply because it's original, always free, and easy to remmember.

Sanguinius · 2004-07-08, 05:29 PM

hope their arent many blood angel fans on planetside. im going to go with Sanguinius(Primarch of the Blood Angels, something any wh40k player should know), Volucris (name of one of my warhammer 40k characters, meaning winged, or flying.)

and Adumbro, latin for unreal, shadowy.

TreeSapDT · 2004-07-08, 05:33 PM

My only E-name I've had since I was 11 has been Tree Sap. It's to the point where I don't even recognize it as "tree sap" anymore, as it is more of a name than a thing to me now. Even worse than that, people sometimes call me TS but mostly they call me "Tree," and since the implications of in-game voice-chat I now sometimes pick out the word "tree" with the party effect: having your attention grabbed by someone uttering your name in a crowded room full of people speaking.

The actual orgin of it came from me getting bored trying to come up with a name and I ultimately ended typing my real name with my fists on the keyboard (that's what frustrated 11 year old n00b gamers do, remember?) and came out with something that resembled Tree Sap, so I went with it.

As for the DT, the suffix changes sometimes. I use Tree Sap whenever possible, but in a game I will sometimes add an X at the end. In this case, I added DT (Dark Tide) cause that is my own thing I came up with. It's kind of an ultra secret club with only one ultra secret member... damn, I am gonna have to kill you all now for knowing that.

P.S. Kharne Bloodthirster 4 ever!!!!!!!

CassH · 2004-07-08, 06:30 PM

mine is well my name i dont have a nick, no one has ever giveing me one and i cant make one for myself, my old PS name was flyboy6 but that was stuiped so i quickly changed it back to Cass and so i just use my name know.

0verlord · 2004-07-08, 06:46 PM

I chose 0verlord because i thought that it suited the whole Planetside realm well, and who can forget that D-day at Normandy during WW2 was code-named Operation Overlord.

Shalashaska · 2004-07-08, 06:54 PM

Anybody whos familiar with Metal Gear Solid 2 will know why I chose my name, the actual character is known as Revolver Ocelot but his Russian comrades dubbed him Shalashaska, he's a great villian. Im not right sure what it means but it looks quite unique and rolls of the tongue (and keyboard when you type it) quite nicely

EarlyDawn · 2004-07-08, 06:58 PM

Was listening to Audioslave's "Show me how to live".

MrCovertMan · 2004-07-08, 07:12 PM

I ended up deleting my character "MrCovertMan", which i chose at random
Now i go for spoof names like "Thatguyoverthere" "AnotherZergling" "SoThatsTheTriggerButton" or "OnlyHadAFewBeersOfficer"

Toimu · 2004-07-08, 07:35 PM

I wanted an original E-name. So I made up T.O.I.M.U. which stands for The One I Made Up. I've used it for about 7 years now.

StrangeFellow · 2004-07-08, 08:00 PM

my first ps char's name is ElmersGlueAll...named simply because i couldnt think of much else to use (I didnt want to use StrangeFellow yet for some reason) then i saw a bottle of Elmers Glue All, you can do the math

StrangeFellow came from my day's playing Starcraft on bnet (Battle.Net for those of you Blizzard depribed people)...what it means is well, i'm strange to some people, as simple as that

ChewyLSB · 2004-07-08, 09:53 PM

Chewy has always been my nickname for forums and games, I received it from a summer camp a long time ago. LSB holds a special meaning to me, though.

Meursault00 · 2004-07-08, 10:16 PM

Meursault00

Read about the character Meursault in Albert Camus' The Stranger. Great book, loved the main character. It just switched the word "cool" in my mind.

7ruth · 2004-07-08, 10:22 PM

Well I like the name Lazarus, I got it from Diablo if I remember right. Its the Only e-name i've ever used that stuck...

I found this on a Christian game review site, which I found with google about a week ago. I do like the way it sounds, but I'm not religious at all...

"It explains the spawn mechanics of the game but cannot replace the power of Christ and the Lord God as the only power able to raise the dead, as He did with Lazarous."

No offense to anyone, but the last part of the review where they compared the game to religious beliefs just makes me laugh =)

Heres the link to the page for those interested... http://www.christiananswers.net/spot...lanetside.html

hex222 · 2004-07-09, 07:31 AM

well, i usually use the name hex222, which derives fom the brand name Headworx, which i first used as i was wearing a jumper with it on, and it sounds quite cool, once i've got my new PC and made my char i'll tell you all my letters only name, as i dont want anyone stealing it...