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[Tommytools]

Might as well... its an old one (lessee, oh around 15 years now)... Growing up in Sri Lanka I was one of the students running the games accounts on our school network. On a side note this was back in the late 90s; they had 3 labs with 30+ computers, something many modern schools in so-called developed nations don't even have today.

I used to code all sorts of little programs/hacks (for quake for example) that my friend Rajiv called the tools of Tom (yes, that would be my first name). I switched it around and started using Tommytools as my handle. Never had any problem with it being taken, so i've never had to take another.

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[FactorlanP]

Mine is a play on the name I use (and have used) in other games.

[Ronin of Ako]

mine came from feudal Japanese history....the 47 Ronin of Ako...their master was killed by a rival clan, so they became ronin, or rouge samurai...they went and avenged their masters death by killing the entire clan then commited seppuku in their masters honor...heard it as a small child and just thought it was bad*** and has been my online handle since the beginning of the internet....gawd I'm old...

[Kelindriel]

I found my name at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

[Cav Scout 85]

I was a 19d30 Bradley crew man in 1985 with the 1st Armor div and part of 5th cav divison at FT.Knox Ky,,nuff said,,call sign in the field was Hollywood due to a pair of dark lensed Rx glasses I had to wear during boot camp,,,liked CavScout beter than Hollywood,,,

[StarfyrGuns]

Mine came from my old MW4 days. Originally, it was "KH Starfyr_GUNS", but the registration engine here wouldn`t let me use it ." _GUNS" was a designation to the core members of out unit, the KellHounds.

[Mamushi]

When I started playing MW4 online (along time ago), I was part of Draconis Combine. I asked a Japanese friend for a name that was a deadly snake - looking to merge the Japanese influence of the house with the Dragon.

I have used the handle through most of my online gaming since - and it's always fun to catch up with someone from another time and place because they recognise the name.

Looking forward to catching up with them all again soon

[Precentor_Apollyon]

I called myself showers, to remember Ilkhan Leo Showers.

[Astto]

Letters from my first and last name. Combined them and came up with Astto, its unique, rythms with ******** and by pure fluke turned out to mean something in Greek (Leave it or Leave it alone) which i thought was pretty cool. Now everyone unless i grew up with them calls me Astto. So sometimes i will hear "Oi leave it!" being yelled at me haha.

[Sidra]

Sidra, it's my last name backwards XD

[SichoPhiend]

My name has existed for nigh on twenty years. It was a creation I took some time to create, I wanted something that no one else had yet used. So I decided on a different spelling of psycho-fiend.

[empath]

Mine's been my gaming 'handle' since the days of arcades and <INSERT COIN TO CONTINUE>; it is apt (I'm good at 'putting myself in the other person's shoes'), obscure (or at least it was at the time), and could easily be shortened to an equally meaningful three-letter abbreviation.

...though I doubt there's any cabinets left out there with high score lists with "EMP" on them anymore... *wistful sigh*

Edited by empath, 19 July 2012 - 04:10 PM.

[X Man]

I chose my name simply out of frustration after get that name is already taken so often. It really was very frustrating.......................

[Mr Sockpuppet]

Mine's my old callsign from when I used to play in the pods at Virtual World Pasadena back in the mid to late 90's.

Well technically its the second callsign I had, right before one of the tournaments I was entered in I decided to change it because though I was the frist "pilot" registered with that particular callsign at VW Pasadena other pilots started showing up with the same callsign so it started loosing its uniqueness.

[X Man]

If it was possible I would pay whoever has my prefered name to relinquish it.

[RuneStorm]

I have had my call sign for Decades.

[Soviet Alex]

I didn't choose mine. Like some of the forces players above, mine was chosen for me by my friends. I don't know how I first became known as Soviet Alex, but it was during my 1st year at uni. Been Soviet Alex ever since.

[Captaincoke]

Mine is my favorite drink

[S22]

Shon + favorite number = S22

[Skydrive]

I was using the name Skydrive back when halo came to the PC (very surprised when years later SkyDrive was being used for something else), due to how I would often drive the vehicles... namely the warthog, and... well in my book, I never saw anyone as good as me in driving there. I was one of the few, if not the only, that could get away with putting a warthog into this one tunnel, because most people would get it stuck, and block access. The penalty was a kick. As for me, I would drive a hog through that tunnel, and exit in the opponents base, get the flag, drive back the way I came, and score. The sky part was due to... well, lets just say I was rather lucky with how many kills I got from landing ontop of opponents .