Tavern of the Blue Hand

09-23-2002, 10:26 AM

According to my best friend Google, I (Ingham) am an US Costal Guard ship from 1936 but also a county in Michigan USA and a quite talented artist as well. Of course, this still leaves me as a retirement consultancy and last but not least, a company that sell frozen chickens.

So what else is there hidden in YOUR nickname?

PS,

For the curious, my nickname really came from the game Heroes of Might and Magic 3, where you can play a hero called Ingham (a priest)

KaVir · 09-23-2002, 10:54 AM

There are loads of "Kavirs" - fortunately I'm the only one with a capital "V"

http://520006811875-0001.bei.t-online.de/kavir.html

MetaMAgus · 09-23-2002, 11:01 AM

I'm scared. I looked up MetaMagus and found a bunch of German fantasy sites with "MetaMagus" in it. I have to wonder if any of you crazy Germanophones (yeah, it's probably not a word, but still) out there can tell me what it means? Cause I created the persona Meta way back when, and had no idea that it may actually mean something. Gaaah!

Yui Unifex · 09-23-2002, 11:11 AM

As far as I know, there is only one Yui Unifex =). A good idea is to take your handle, and then attach a prefix or suffix to make it even more unique.

Yui means 'Jade'. It's my wife's name in Chinese, and fairly common (I think). The unifex side is more interesting. I tried to get a company shirt from Unifex, Ltd., but they never responded to my inquiries (A shame, too, them being the biggest distributer of consumer goods. Particularly catfood.) I'm also a collection of tools for the ancient ircII. And a rather odd baby name. Some mathematical aides. And even another mud developer!

09-23-2002, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (Yui Unifex @ Sep. 23 2002,11:11 am)

And even another mud developer!

Are you sure you didn't look up yourself instead?

Neranz Laverani · 09-23-2002, 01:19 PM

The only places that Neranz shows up on Google are links related to me and a bunch of bookmark sites with 0 links for Neranz.

I feel left out.

Actually, this was intentional. I did a search on +Neranz and +"Neranz Laverani" before adopting the name. At that time, Google didn't return any results.

I'll have a good pretend sulk anyway though.

Neranz Laverani, Seeker of Knowledge

Mason · 09-23-2002, 01:45 PM

"Mason" turned up 3.630,000 hits on Google. Guess which reference I chose!

Orion Elder · 09-23-2002, 01:56 PM

Most instances of Orion Elder are about me... strange thing, though, is that there are a few that are not.

For instance, one is about an Academy of Orion, where everyone who becomes headmaster becomes known as 'Orion Elder.' There are only about three instances where it doesn't relate to me, though.

And for those wondering, no, my name did not come from that school thing. I just sort of stuck the two together.

LikitaRenn · 09-23-2002, 01:59 PM

well, Likita Renn was a char i made up for one of my stories that i was writing, but i thought i made it up... apparently "likita" is also a company that imports cat climby thingies ( *meow*), the misspelled name of an "inspirational performing artist" (actually Lakita Garth, apparently), the nickname of the "Number one horse in the NDA stable", and is also in a whole bunch of pages that are in other languages, and still are too confusing to decipher even AFTER you hit the "translate" button...:P
well, i suppose you learn something new every day...

though now i don't feel quite as original...

-likita

Santrilla · 09-23-2002, 02:24 PM

All Google found for my name was something in the Baptism Records of Salem Reformed and Lutheran Church, Chestnut Hill Twp., Monroe, PA.

Elizabeth Santrilla
Born 11-19-1855
Baptised 1-27-1856

Not very exciting, I know. However, one of my various alt names, Vitruvius, turned out to be an ancient Roman philosopher or something...

09-23-2002, 02:51 PM

Ummm... Yikes.

Sapphar is:
a biblical character
an ancient historical reference from India
the name of a erotic mind control story *boggle*
a small African kingdom
the last name of a spanish-language romance novelist

All this when I was just having fun playing with words related to gemstones for the name of a jeweler/merchant character I was going to create.

On the plus side, when I checked my own IRL name, it came up with all references to me. *cough* Okay, almost all references to me. One was a site for the "Most Gorgeous Woman in the World".

Sapphar

Samson · 09-23-2002, 05:09 PM

Heh. I'm not sure anyone needs much to guess what Samson would turn up, so lets do my alternate name instead: Aswerf. Pay close attention to where the keys on the keyboard are. Yes, that's how I chose the name over 15 years ago on a little known Commodore 64 game called Telengard.

Results from Google:

One reference to something in German. In the readme.txt file for a program called conkret.exe.

Nothing else though. Even this one link had never come up until just recently. So, if any Germans are reading this, any idea what "Aswerf" means in German?

CSmith_Fan · 09-23-2002, 05:53 PM

Well..my main character Sargtlin came up with 250 hits on Google but I expected that since it's a drowish name, so I decided to do an alt's name, Traeger and got 12,500 hits in 0.58 seconds! Woo! They include (and I wont put the links but) The Orginator of Wood Pellet BBQs, Some german guy that offers what appears to be Lineux and MS updates,a post-modern punk rock troubadour,a GBU070c CORN Furnace, and the list goes on and on and on..made me worried to look up my first MUD character, Legion...

Eadulf NightHunter · 09-23-2002, 06:13 PM

I got my name from a book about a ancient woman 'lawyer', with a Saxon manservant named...Eadulf. I searched on Google, and it mostly brought up my websites...but...

1. I'm a Earl of Northumbria.

2.Eadulf Evilcild, ealdorman of Bamburgh (ealdorman 963 – ca 994)

And thats pretty much it.

Wenlin · 09-23-2002, 06:43 PM

Do a Google image search on Wenlin and you get a bunch of Chinese people, oddly enough.

In fact, some mean invisible imm played a prank on me saying, "Wenlin means something in Chinese, you'll have to change your name"
I'm just like, "Make me, this isn't a Chinese mud"

Do a search on Kenthar and you get some of my LiveJournal stuff, and some German pages...hmm...

DSer · 09-23-2002, 06:46 PM

I am:
-a photographer
-a fashion fur coat designer
-a singer/artist
-"The Last Hearthrob" (www.geocities.com/angelus_mistress/ last_heartthrob____alecca.htm)
-a painter
-an author
-and a mud imp, so help me god (unfortunately this is the only true one)

I am Alecca.

smadronia · 09-23-2002, 07:07 PM

No one else. I'm the only smadronia as far as I know, and I hope I'll always be the only one.

My alternate name is Mooolady, and there's none of them around either.

Caledric · 09-23-2002, 07:14 PM

Looked up my name and only saw references to posts I've made on other boards :-) I am the one and only!

Euphrosyne · 09-23-2002, 08:16 PM

I chose Euphrosyne as my nickname because in Greek mythology, she is the Grace who represents Joy, and I like the symbolism. Plus it has a nice ring to it

John · 09-24-2002, 03:00 AM

I'm in court
I'm on the road
I'm giving new hope to cancer suffers
I'm John

Note: The above statement was the result of this link and should not be taken seriously. Well, except for the last point.

Dionae · 09-24-2002, 12:34 PM

I looked up Dionae and found a bunch of French sites, and links to an online quiz I made...

In actuality, I can thank Chade for helping me come up with the name. I had wanted Dione, after the Greek goddess, but since names from mythology aren't allowed, I had to alter the spelling a bit. It also happens to be an actual name as well.

Ashon · 09-24-2002, 03:44 PM

Well Let's see:

The First Hit I get is For my Importing Company, the second actually hits my webpage, Then I'm a football player, I'm a location in the Netherlands (Good for importing my own goods). Then I go on to Studying Psychology, from there I get a mix of IR Articles, Web-Forum Post, going on to be an Immigrant on the Ship Lord Clive, Then it goes on to describe certain Atheletes with incredible talent, actresses, and other types of people..... It's good to see though that the Mudding Ashon gets the highest ranking Google searches, I wouldn't want to be left out, now would I?

-Ashon, who got: 2,180 hits, which took 0.12 seconds

Enzo · 09-24-2002, 08:35 PM

My name comes from a character in the T.V. show "Reboot." The picture I have is the grown-up version of the character, but there is also a younger one.

Santrilla · 09-25-2002, 03:01 AM

I KNEW i recognised that picture from somewhere!

Seraphina · 09-25-2002, 03:40 AM

About six years ago as a new mudder I chose the name Seraphina as sort of a private joke on myself. My character wasn't an angel, but rather the fool that rushes in where angels fear to tread.

SoulTorn · 09-25-2002, 05:20 PM

Hmm.

As SoulTorn I'm a Swedish metal band

I'm also a series of items in various RPG-type games.(EQ, DAoC etc.)

Actually...I'm also a series of undead(I'm guessing...) on DAoC.

I'm also a poem

As Kilan(My main character in DragonRealms) I'm a mountain range

I'm also a Jedi Master

Fun stuff.

-SoulTorn

OnyxFlame · 09-26-2002, 09:59 AM

The REAL story of this name: Everywhere online I've always been Onyx, I have no idea why. Well on the first mud I ever played, I was always partying up with friends and we called our party Crystal Flame. So when I found a site where I couldn't use Onyx or any of the other permutations I had, I decided on OnyxFlame.

According to Google:
-I'm some other apparently prolific char in some RP thingie I know nothing about
-there's a link to an entry I made in an interactive story years ago (one part is at http://www.rpgstory.com/cgi-bin/stor...xt=5&chapter=2 but I'm pretty sure I wrote others when I was really really bored)

As Veia, I'm apparently a bunch of stuff in Spanish which I have no desire to attempt to translate. 60,500 matches, it must be a common word.

Neranz Laverani · 09-26-2002, 04:56 PM

My first alias is more interesting

Laurelin
The youngest of the Two Trees. (Silmarillion)
A string quartet in Glasgow
A knight in a fantasy renaissance group (surname)
A spiritual retreat
An author of Aparecium fanfics
A Norwegian forest cat
Numerous on-line identities
A mare
An artist on mp3.com
A character in the Iron Tower trilogy
The place where a royal's consort was from
A member of the Industrial Engineering department at a state university
A Scot

The list literally goes on and on

Amnon · 09-26-2002, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by (Ingham @ Sep. 23 2002,4:26 pm)

a company that sell frozen chickens.

Why would a company called IngHAM sell chicken?!

Shao_Long · 09-26-2002, 07:31 PM

My nick fortunately is quite rare, yet its very common name in China, as it turned out..
Shao - young... and I thought it was black but oh well..
Long - Dragon... Rawr !

And at all, I rule !

09-23-2002, 10:26 AM	#1
Ingham Posts: n/a	According to my best friend Google, I (Ingham) am an US Costal Guard ship from 1936 but also a county in Michigan USA and a quite talented artist as well. Of course, this still leaves me as a retirement consultancy and last but not least, a company that sell frozen chickens. So what else is there hidden in YOUR nickname? PS, For the curious, my nickname really came from the game Heroes of Might and Magic 3, where you can play a hero called Ingham (a priest)

09-23-2002, 10:54 AM	#2
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 1,952	There are loads of "Kavirs" - fortunately I'm the only one with a capital "V" http://520006811875-0001.bei.t-online.de/kavir.html

09-23-2002, 11:01 AM	#3
MetaMAgus New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3	I'm scared. I looked up MetaMagus and found a bunch of German fantasy sites with "MetaMagus" in it. I have to wonder if any of you crazy Germanophones (yeah, it's probably not a word, but still) out there can tell me what it means? Cause I created the persona Meta way back when, and had no idea that it may actually mean something. Gaaah!

09-23-2002, 11:11 AM	#4
Yui Unifex Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 323	As far as I know, there is only one Yui Unifex =). A good idea is to take your handle, and then attach a prefix or suffix to make it even more unique. Yui means 'Jade'. It's my wife's name in Chinese, and fairly common (I think). The unifex side is more interesting. I tried to get a company shirt from Unifex, Ltd., but they never responded to my inquiries (A shame, too, them being the biggest distributer of consumer goods. Particularly catfood.) I'm also a collection of tools for the ancient ircII. And a rather odd baby name. Some mathematical aides. And even another mud developer!

09-23-2002, 01:19 PM	#6
Neranz Laverani Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The States Posts: 116	The only places that Neranz shows up on Google are links related to me and a bunch of bookmark sites with 0 links for Neranz. I feel left out. Actually, this was intentional. I did a search on +Neranz and +"Neranz Laverani" before adopting the name. At that time, Google didn't return any results. I'll have a good pretend sulk anyway though. Neranz Laverani, Seeker of Knowledge

09-23-2002, 01:45 PM	#7
Mason Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 158	"Mason" turned up 3.630,000 hits on Google. Guess which reference I chose!

09-23-2002, 01:56 PM	#8
Orion Elder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 346	Most instances of Orion Elder are about me... strange thing, though, is that there are a few that are not. For instance, one is about an Academy of Orion, where everyone who becomes headmaster becomes known as 'Orion Elder.' There are only about three instances where it doesn't relate to me, though. And for those wondering, no, my name did not come from that school thing. I just sort of stuck the two together.

09-23-2002, 01:59 PM	#9
LikitaRenn Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: portland, oregon, usa Posts: 138	well, Likita Renn was a char i made up for one of my stories that i was writing, but i thought i made it up... apparently "likita" is also a company that imports cat climby thingies ( meow), the misspelled name of an "inspirational performing artist" (actually Lakita Garth, apparently), the nickname of the "Number one horse in the NDA stable", and is also in a whole bunch of pages that are in other languages, and still are too confusing to decipher even AFTER you hit the "translate" button...:P well, i suppose you learn something new every day... though now i don't feel quite as original... -likita

09-23-2002, 02:24 PM	#10
Santrilla Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 387	All Google found for my name was something in the Baptism Records of Salem Reformed and Lutheran Church, Chestnut Hill Twp., Monroe, PA. Elizabeth Santrilla Born 11-19-1855 Baptised 1-27-1856 Not very exciting, I know. However, one of my various alt names, Vitruvius, turned out to be an ancient Roman philosopher or something...

09-23-2002, 02:51 PM	#11
Sapphar Posts: n/a	Ummm... Yikes. Sapphar is: a biblical character an ancient historical reference from India the name of a erotic mind control story boggle a small African kingdom the last name of a spanish-language romance novelist All this when I was just having fun playing with words related to gemstones for the name of a jeweler/merchant character I was going to create. On the plus side, when I checked my own IRL name, it came up with all references to me. cough Okay, almost all references to me. One was a site for the "Most Gorgeous Woman in the World". Sapphar

09-23-2002, 05:09 PM	#12
Samson Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: United Socialist States of America Home MUD: SmaugMuds.org Home MUD: Arthmoor MUD Hosting Posts: 249	Heh. I'm not sure anyone needs much to guess what Samson would turn up, so lets do my alternate name instead: Aswerf. Pay close attention to where the keys on the keyboard are. Yes, that's how I chose the name over 15 years ago on a little known Commodore 64 game called Telengard. Results from Google: One reference to something in German. In the readme.txt file for a program called conkret.exe. Nothing else though. Even this one link had never come up until just recently. So, if any Germans are reading this, any idea what "Aswerf" means in German?

09-23-2002, 05:53 PM	#13
CSmith_Fan Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 90	Well..my main character Sargtlin came up with 250 hits on Google but I expected that since it's a drowish name, so I decided to do an alt's name, Traeger and got 12,500 hits in 0.58 seconds! Woo! They include (and I wont put the links but) The Orginator of Wood Pellet BBQs, Some german guy that offers what appears to be Lineux and MS updates,a post-modern punk rock troubadour,a GBU070c CORN Furnace, and the list goes on and on and on..made me worried to look up my first MUD character, Legion...

09-23-2002, 06:13 PM	#14
Eadulf NightHunter Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: EveryWhere Posts: 88	I got my name from a book about a ancient woman 'lawyer', with a Saxon manservant named...Eadulf. I searched on Google, and it mostly brought up my websites...but... 1. I'm a Earl of Northumbria. 2.Eadulf Evilcild, ealdorman of Bamburgh (ealdorman 963 – ca 994) And thats pretty much it.

09-23-2002, 06:43 PM	#15
Wenlin Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TopMudSites Posts: 315	Do a Google image search on Wenlin and you get a bunch of Chinese people, oddly enough. In fact, some mean invisible imm played a prank on me saying, "Wenlin means something in Chinese, you'll have to change your name" I'm just like, "Make me, this isn't a Chinese mud" Do a search on Kenthar and you get some of my LiveJournal stuff, and some German pages...hmm...

09-23-2002, 06:46 PM	#16
DSer Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 65	I am: -a photographer -a fashion fur coat designer -a singer/artist -"The Last Hearthrob" (www.geocities.com/angelus_mistress/ last_heartthrob____alecca.htm) -a painter -an author -and a mud imp, so help me god (unfortunately this is the only true one) I am Alecca.

09-23-2002, 07:07 PM	#17
smadronia Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Coeur d'Alene, ID Posts: 65	No one else. I'm the only smadronia as far as I know, and I hope I'll always be the only one. My alternate name is Mooolady, and there's none of them around either.

09-23-2002, 07:14 PM	#18
Caledric New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18	Looked up my name and only saw references to posts I've made on other boards :-) I am the one and only!

09-23-2002, 08:16 PM	#19
Euphrosyne New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1	I chose Euphrosyne as my nickname because in Greek mythology, she is the Grace who represents Joy, and I like the symbolism. Plus it has a nice ring to it

09-24-2002, 03:00 AM	#20
John Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 252	I'm in court I'm on the road I'm giving new hope to cancer suffers I'm John Note: The above statement was the result of this link and should not be taken seriously. Well, except for the last point.

09-24-2002, 12:34 PM	#21
Dionae Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Littleton, CO, US Posts: 119	I looked up Dionae and found a bunch of French sites, and links to an online quiz I made... In actuality, I can thank Chade for helping me come up with the name. I had wanted Dione, after the Greek goddess, but since names from mythology aren't allowed, I had to alter the spelling a bit. It also happens to be an actual name as well.

Tavern of the Blue Hand

Your nickname might be more then just a nickname

09-24-2002, 03:44 PM	#22
Ashon Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 75	Well Let's see: The First Hit I get is For my Importing Company, the second actually hits my webpage, Then I'm a football player, I'm a location in the Netherlands (Good for importing my own goods). Then I go on to Studying Psychology, from there I get a mix of IR Articles, Web-Forum Post, going on to be an Immigrant on the Ship Lord Clive, Then it goes on to describe certain Atheletes with incredible talent, actresses, and other types of people..... It's good to see though that the Mudding Ashon gets the highest ranking Google searches, I wouldn't want to be left out, now would I? -Ashon, who got: 2,180 hits, which took 0.12 seconds

09-24-2002, 08:35 PM	#23
Enzo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 342	My name comes from a character in the T.V. show "Reboot." The picture I have is the grown-up version of the character, but there is also a younger one.

09-25-2002, 03:01 AM	#24
Santrilla Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brighton, England Posts: 387	I KNEW i recognised that picture from somewhere!

09-25-2002, 03:40 AM	#25
Seraphina Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 49	About six years ago as a new mudder I chose the name Seraphina as sort of a private joke on myself. My character wasn't an angel, but rather the fool that rushes in where angels fear to tread.

09-25-2002, 05:20 PM	#26
SoulTorn New Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 13	Hmm. As SoulTorn I'm a Swedish metal band I'm also a series of items in various RPG-type games.(EQ, DAoC etc.) Actually...I'm also a series of undead(I'm guessing...) on DAoC. I'm also a poem As Kilan(My main character in DragonRealms) I'm a mountain range I'm also a Jedi Master Fun stuff. -SoulTorn

09-26-2002, 09:59 AM	#27
OnyxFlame Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 153	The REAL story of this name: Everywhere online I've always been Onyx, I have no idea why. Well on the first mud I ever played, I was always partying up with friends and we called our party Crystal Flame. So when I found a site where I couldn't use Onyx or any of the other permutations I had, I decided on OnyxFlame. According to Google: -I'm some other apparently prolific char in some RP thingie I know nothing about -there's a link to an entry I made in an interactive story years ago (one part is at http://www.rpgstory.com/cgi-bin/stor...xt=5&chapter=2 but I'm pretty sure I wrote others when I was really really bored) As Veia, I'm apparently a bunch of stuff in Spanish which I have no desire to attempt to translate. 60,500 matches, it must be a common word.

09-26-2002, 04:56 PM	#28
Neranz Laverani Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The States Posts: 116	My first alias is more interesting Laurelin The youngest of the Two Trees. (Silmarillion) A string quartet in Glasgow A knight in a fantasy renaissance group (surname) A spiritual retreat An author of Aparecium fanfics A Norwegian forest cat Numerous on-line identities A mare An artist on mp3.com A character in the Iron Tower trilogy The place where a royal's consort was from A member of the Industrial Engineering department at a state university A Scot The list literally goes on and on

09-26-2002, 07:31 PM	#30
Shao_Long Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: belfast, UK Posts: 505	My nick fortunately is quite rare, yet its very common name in China, as it turned out.. Shao - young... and I thought it was black but oh well.. Long - Dragon... Rawr ! And at all, I rule !