Lets talk about names?

[b00ms1ang]

I choose B00m//s1ang as a handle for all my IT/programming/hacking work to divide it from my usual handle. Boomslangs are beautiful snakes that for years people didnt even know had deadly venom. They aren't inherently aggressive, but can be pretty dangerous if agitated. I tend to be good natured usually, but can get pretty wired.
I wanted to have BOOM! in my name. I thought it'd be neat to write it like code, with slang commented out just to emphasize the BOOM

BOOM

[null_scientist_44]

...it's just a name I pulled out of a hat...

[zombie]

I've been going by the same handle "zombie" since I was 6 years old. I'm not sure exactly why I chose it but the name kinda just stuck on me and now I have been with it so long that I am almost more responsive to it than my actual name, so there is no way I could drastically change it. It's gone through many metamorphoses and I have about three alternates that include numbers and other words (not gonna share exact names of course) because it is taken on most websites/forums, but in the long run, it's always something connected to "zombie". Younger in life I thought it was cool because it started with a z which is a unique letter, but later in life I've started to feel like it describes my general existential view of life and hardcore dedication to tasks (specifically programming) more and more. I've also, at the darker times in life, considered myself a philosophical zombie because I was taught through my teenage years to not show emotion and to be a man by my conservative parents. But, I'm over that now.

I also love it as a username on this site, one with hackers, as it conveys a very sarcastic tone(one I am familiar with), given that a zombie is usually a term used to describe a computer that is used for grunt work while DDOSing and has been compromised by hackers.

So yeah, that's how my name came about and the effect it's had on my life.

[Artless]

There once was a pair of starcraft commentators named Tasteless and Artosis, who combined there names to become the casting Archon Tastosis. I love them but their name is very inferior to the name combination Artless.

[xenophilius]

xeno -  relating to foreigners, stranger
phil - love
ius - latin suffix

inspired by luna lovegood's father's name. though the name sounds aggressive it actually has a more peaceful meaning.

[Architect]

Idk...Recon has you guys beat already with "Dr. Noire."
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This is not my first nick. I did a lot of really stupid shit under an old nick. Some things were good, some were really really ignorant and honestly, quite immature.

The feels. I honestly used to be part of several other groups that I completely regret being part of now. In hindsight I mean. I didn't even really contribute anything but satire. Since then I switched nicks a couple times. This nick actually has meaning. It was given by a trusted online friend that I looked up to and sadly she isn't around anymore. But she saw how well I infiltrated networks and stole information almost like I had knowledge of the insides before I even got into them. Hence the nickname "architect" which is short for network architect.

[0pt1musPr1m3]

I simply called dibs on mine for when they start turning us into robots. hah

http://2045.com/

[WillWeis]

I took my handle from an old cold war era russian spy. I hardly ever use it but I feel like it would be as fitting a name as possible for a place like EZ.

[Synfer]

My nick doesn't really mean something, I was wondering what I could choose a few years ago, came up with this and bam, I'm Synfer now.
I'm surprised, I thought a lot more peeps would just choose a random name and go with it but it seems like I was wrong.

[Katheudo]

My nick doesn't really mean something, I was wondering what I could choose a few years ago, came up with this and bam, I'm Synfer now.
I'm surprised, I thought a lot more peeps would just choose a random name and go with it but it seems like I was wrong.

Yeah same but it looks like others enjoy picking a name for a reason. I cannot believe how many responses this post got. Interesting though, I enjoyed reading why people picked their names.