Name origins

**Valigarmander** · 11-09-2011, 07:49 PM

A lot of people here have some interesting usernames, so I'm wondering where does your username come from? Is it a reference to something? Why'd you choose that name?

Mine comes from the Tritoch summon from Final Fantasy VI. The Japanese name for the summon is "Varigarumanda", which I romanized to "Valigarmander". (Apparently, more recent English translations of FFVI have dubbed the summon "Valigarmanda".) I picked that name because FFVI is my favorite game, and Tritoch is one of my favorite Espers from the game. I first used the name Valigarmander on a forum in 2006 (not this one), and I've stuck with it since. It appears that the name is esoteric enough that nobody else I've encountered on the interwebs has a similar username.

monstrman · 11-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Mine comes from the venture brothers, the character "Monstrouso"

***Marilink*** · 11-09-2011, 11:01 PM

Simple math, really.

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***CaptHayfever*** · 11-09-2011, 11:12 PM

Some of you have heard this story before.

Way in the way back when, I went to a summer day camp, at which everyone wore name tags with their health information on the back. I have mild pollen allergies. Over the course of the day, as one runs around, one's name tag often gets flipped around. A lot of the staff & other campers then thought they were clever when they would address me by my health info: "AL Hayfever".
I developed a character based on that experience, in the process giving him a full name & making him a pilot, so Captain Alexander Joseph Hayfever was born.

Every once in a great while, I come across somebody ripping off my web handle. Accept no substitutes.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Gabriel · 11-09-2011, 11:15 PM

Mine? Hmm...where did I get MY username from...? If I could only REMEMBER...

**Deku Trii** · 11-09-2011, 11:20 PM

I was playing the hell out of Ocarina of Time in the year 2000 and always liked the atmosphere of the Kokiri related areas. I modified the spelling when the name of the Wii was announced because I thought it was a funny name.

Dizzy · 11-09-2011, 11:20 PM

I was 13, and I thought Dark and Zero were cool words.

Gabriel · 11-09-2011, 11:24 PM

Incidentally, you were correct.

Jenocide · 11-10-2011, 02:04 AM

Hi. I'm Jen. And the rest is partially a nickname my older brother called me and partially because I'm rather morbid.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-10-2011, 05:05 AM

A.I. is short for Automatic Idiot. I took it on as a username at another messageboard where I was accused of being wrong in several discussions simply for being any number of things like appearing to have a "liberal" bias, being younger than other members, and apparently being too unassuming for someone's taste. It was a pretty ridiculous situation, considering I actually ran a site hosted by the same server as the messageboard but was banned/deleted for disliking blind pride in military by an overzealous administrator. Not that it was permanent, or relevant since they were just trying to flex their e-muscles.

The "compromise" was that I was still a mod on the board, simply dropped a new username for myself in the database, and so long as no one started crap with me again I wouldn't delete the accounts of those involved or the board outright. Or, you know, do naughtier things like setup an attack script.

***Booyakasha*** · 11-10-2011, 05:24 AM

^What about the current model? Is it to do with octopuses being super-awesome and super-delicious? Because that's what I'd be goin for.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 11-10-2011, 06:36 AM

Saria = Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Dragon = Dragons
of the Rain Wilds = Robin Hobb, Liveship Traders (where the dragons are born)

Jere · 11-10-2011, 09:23 AM

My name is Jeremias so:

Jere - mias = Jere

on the ocasion that Jere is taken i then go Jere_B B is for my last name or KGJT wich is 4 letters fairly close to eachother that i though where easy to remeber, and if that allso is taken well, kgjtmeister

Maximum Spider · 11-10-2011, 10:54 AM

Mine came up because SK thought of it. I liked it so much I decided to change it.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-10-2011, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Booyakasha

^What about the current model? Is it to do with octopuses being super-awesome and super-delicious? Because that's what I'd be goin for.

I have a vast enthusiasm for octopus(es). They're pretty much one of the coolest and creepiest animals ever all at once.

People call me the Bry man; I'm the stylish one of the group. I know what you're asking yourself and the answer is yes. I have a nick name for my penis. Its called the Octagon.

Antisocial · 11-10-2011, 02:40 PM

Luigiman7 · 11-10-2011, 03:32 PM

^kinda ironic considering you're on a forum

my original name (luigimanultra7) was just me being all XD RANDOM and i have grown to hate it. my current one is from a soulja boy song

edit: i was just about to change it but vbplaza is dead ;_;

Random User · 11-10-2011, 03:36 PM

I can tell you this: No creativity was put into it.

CuccoLady · 11-10-2011, 05:05 PM

I joined this forum the second day I was allowed to use my own internet on my own computer, the day after my 13th birthday. In middle school, any time that I spent NOT on Paper Mario was instead spent on Ocarina of Time [or Majora's Mask].

I always loved Kakariko Village and attacking cuccos and flying around on them and jumping on roofs and talking to that weird guy on that one roof who I always now for some reason think of as AI. I thought the village had a nice atmosphere and I loved just talking to ALL OF THE NPCS ALL OF THEM as a kid and an adult, hearing what they had to say and learning the stories of the village. Most prominent was the family tree of the cucco lady, who I thought was awesome because she had chickens, and who I also thought was pretty, which was A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR in deciding whether I liked characters or not when I was 13. So I decided she was awesome, and so when I joined this forum I used the name I refer to her as... the cucco lady. It stuck. I would honestly respond to "CL" irl if someone called me that.

Redshirt · 11-10-2011, 05:24 PM

Old: My comic character Mush Man, only mashed together into only Mushman.

New: Star Trek, the color red(best color ever), and I tend to act like a redshirt in Co-Op video games (saving other people who are in trouble and usually dying in the process), also over half my Tshirts are red.

11-09-2011, 07:49 PM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Name origins A lot of people here have some interesting usernames, so I'm wondering where does your username come from? Is it a reference to something? Why'd you choose that name? Mine comes from the Tritoch summon from Final Fantasy VI. The Japanese name for the summon is "Varigarumanda", which I romanized to "Valigarmander". (Apparently, more recent English translations of FFVI have dubbed the summon "Valigarmanda".) I picked that name because FFVI is my favorite game, and Tritoch is one of my favorite Espers from the game. I first used the name Valigarmander on a forum in 2006 (not this one), and I've stuck with it since. It appears that the name is esoteric enough that nobody else I've encountered on the interwebs has a similar username.

11-09-2011, 11:15 PM	#5
Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	Mine? Hmm...where did I get MY username from...? If I could only REMEMBER... Last edited by Gabriel; 11-09-2011 at 11:16 PM. Reason: Forgot my sig O_O;

11-10-2011, 09:23 AM	#13
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	My name is Jeremias so: Jere - mias = Jere on the ocasion that Jere is taken i then go Jere_B B is for my last name or KGJT wich is 4 letters fairly close to eachother that i though where easy to remeber, and if that allso is taken well, kgjtmeister __________________ From where it counts: Lapland

11-10-2011, 03:32 PM	#17
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	^kinda ironic considering you're on a forum my original name (luigimanultra7) was just me being all XD RANDOM and i have grown to hate it. my current one is from a soulja boy song edit: i was just about to change it but vbplaza is dead ;_; __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

11-10-2011, 05:24 PM	#20
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,699 Thanks: 703 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	Old: My comic character Mush Man, only mashed together into only Mushman. New: Star Trek, the color red(best color ever), and I tend to act like a redshirt in Co-Op video games (saving other people who are in trouble and usually dying in the process), also over half my Tshirts are red. Last edited by Redshirt; 11-10-2011 at 05:29 PM.

11-09-2011, 08:02 PM	#2
monstrman Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: LET'S SAAAAAVE THE WOOOORLD. Gender: Posts: 1,035 Thanks: 87 Thanked 53 Times in 42 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Mine comes from the venture brothers, the character "Monstrouso"

11-09-2011, 11:01 PM	#3
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	Simple math, really. +

11-09-2011, 11:12 PM	#4
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Some of you have heard this story before. Way in the way back when, I went to a summer day camp, at which everyone wore name tags with their health information on the back. I have mild pollen allergies. Over the course of the day, as one runs around, one's name tag often gets flipped around. A lot of the staff & other campers then thought they were clever when they would address me by my health info: "AL Hayfever". I developed a character based on that experience, in the process giving him a full name & making him a pilot, so Captain Alexander Joseph Hayfever was born. Every once in a great while, I come across somebody ripping off my web handle. Accept no substitutes. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-09-2011, 11:20 PM	#6
Deku Trii PP&R Mod Current Events Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texas Gender: Posts: 9,031 Thanks: 521 Thanked 1,099 Times in 583 Posts	I was playing the hell out of Ocarina of Time in the year 2000 and always liked the atmosphere of the Kokiri related areas. I modified the spelling when the name of the Wii was announced because I thought it was a funny name.

11-09-2011, 11:20 PM	#7
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I was 13, and I thought Dark and Zero were cool words.

11-09-2011, 11:24 PM	#8
Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	Incidentally, you were correct.

11-10-2011, 02:04 AM	#9
Jenocide Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the glovebox. Gender: Posts: 635 Thanks: 69 Thanked 97 Times in 68 Posts Blog Entries: 21	Hi. I'm Jen. And the rest is partially a nickname my older brother called me and partially because I'm rather morbid.

11-10-2011, 05:05 AM	#10
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	A.I. is short for Automatic Idiot. I took it on as a username at another messageboard where I was accused of being wrong in several discussions simply for being any number of things like appearing to have a "liberal" bias, being younger than other members, and apparently being too unassuming for someone's taste. It was a pretty ridiculous situation, considering I actually ran a site hosted by the same server as the messageboard but was banned/deleted for disliking blind pride in military by an overzealous administrator. Not that it was permanent, or relevant since they were just trying to flex their e-muscles. The "compromise" was that I was still a mod on the board, simply dropped a new username for myself in the database, and so long as no one started crap with me again I wouldn't delete the accounts of those involved or the board outright. Or, you know, do naughtier things like setup an attack script.

11-10-2011, 05:24 AM	#11
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	^What about the current model? Is it to do with octopuses being super-awesome and super-delicious? Because that's what I'd be goin for.

11-10-2011, 06:36 AM	#12
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Saria = Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Dragon = Dragons of the Rain Wilds = Robin Hobb, Liveship Traders (where the dragons are born)

11-10-2011, 10:54 AM	#14
Maximum Spider Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: I'll take Street Fighter over Dragonball any day. Gender: Posts: 2,549 Thanks: 0 Thanked 191 Times in 126 Posts	Mine came up because SK thought of it. I liked it so much I decided to change it.

11-10-2011, 02:40 PM	#16
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	...

11-10-2011, 03:36 PM	#18
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Equestrian Republic of Spanglidesh Gender: Posts: 3,562 Thanks: 320 Thanked 195 Times in 143 Posts Blog Entries: 4	I can tell you this: No creativity was put into it.

11-10-2011, 05:05 PM	#19
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	I joined this forum the second day I was allowed to use my own internet on my own computer, the day after my 13th birthday. In middle school, any time that I spent NOT on Paper Mario was instead spent on Ocarina of Time [or Majora's Mask]. I always loved Kakariko Village and attacking cuccos and flying around on them and jumping on roofs and talking to that weird guy on that one roof who I always now for some reason think of as AI. I thought the village had a nice atmosphere and I loved just talking to ALL OF THE NPCS ALL OF THEM as a kid and an adult, hearing what they had to say and learning the stories of the village. Most prominent was the family tree of the cucco lady, who I thought was awesome because she had chickens, and who I also thought was pretty, which was A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR in deciding whether I liked characters or not when I was 13. So I decided she was awesome, and so when I joined this forum I used the name I refer to her as... the cucco lady. It stuck. I would honestly respond to "CL" irl if someone called me that.