# Do you use your username anywhere else? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899 "2000-08-18T19:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreatKingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@GreatKingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatKingRat)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/21 "2000-08-19T00:20:07Z")
I use this one almost everywhere, my alternate nic is MadTheSwine ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/22 "2000-08-19T02:26:59Z")
I use my “user name” everywhere, all the time, since it’s my real name. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/23 "2000-08-19T02:43:36Z")
My girlfriend’s nickname for me is andygirl. (Actually, she calls me andy, andygirl, andyasaurus… or just Kristen. ;)) I use andygirl on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer posting board, although I don’t go there much. I also use it whenever I’m registering any nickname. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/24 "2000-08-19T02:52:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baglady \* > \*\*Reading over the thread **usernames… vote most/least original** started by **ssskuggiii** and admiring all of the various and unusual names people use here, I couldn’t help but wonder if folks use their names anywhere else? I’m **Baglady** because I’m “Baglady” everywhere else. But some folks, like **Swimming Riddles** – is that your _NORMAL_ nickname? Do you use it for other discussion boards or lists? > > \*\* Excuse me, \*I \*didn’t start it. MSK did. I use some form of skuggi everywhere if possible. Most of the time the form will be ssskuggiii. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/25 "2000-08-19T04:04:33Z")
I’ve been slythe on the 'net since 1982. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/26 "2000-08-19T04:12:37Z")
I use this name everywhere. Actually, I use “evensven” everywhere, but I signed up with it and lost the password, hence, I am “even sven”. Oh well. I’ve been using this name for five years now, and everyone knows they can always find me by it. And I know that it is never taken (please, don’t take it) on anything. I despise numbers after screen names, so I am happy to have one that is totally origional. If I ever meet another evensven I think I’d faint. I went to a party for a friend held by some people I didn’t know. Since most of the planning for it was sone via email (it was a pretty elaborate surprise party, most of the people thought evensven was my real name! It was pretty strange. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/27 "2000-08-19T04:21:14Z")
I use a variant of Monster104 everywhere I go, with the exception of [battle.net](http://battle.net) where my account name is (V)onster ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/28 "2000-08-19T04:21:51Z")
The only other place I’m known as ‘mega the roo’ is [http://www.extremejerks.com](http://www.extremejerks.com). Everywhere else I go, I’m known as ‘i like trees.’. ---
**Author:** ![PowerpuffKue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@PowerpuffKue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PowerpuffKue)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/29 "2000-08-19T04:23:10Z")
Everywhere I’m either PowerpuffKue, or just Kue. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/30 "2000-08-19T04:23:10Z")
I just remembered that I’m registered somewhere as, “And the dream became a shameless awakening” and also as “Fat trees are the happiest trees.” ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/31 "2000-08-19T04:24:51Z")
I’m lunasea as much as possible. It’s usually got luna in there somewhere. My alternate is pgtips/pgtipz, for when I don’t want to seem to girly. ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/32 "2000-08-19T04:29:26Z")
Erika is my real name, so I use it offline all the time. The only IRL nickname that I willingly answered to was W, which tends to be rather short for online. Lots of places I’m “wardel” or “wardel8”, since that’s the particular arangement of last name/initals my school chose for usernames. It helps that it’s somewhat pronouncable. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/33 "2000-08-19T04:33:40Z")
I’m Commander Fortune even when it’s inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Tark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tark)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/34 "2000-08-19T04:39:05Z")
I’ve been Tark for a long, long time. Gawd, I just figured it out… almost 25 years. I use it everywhere that I can, though there are places that it’s already been snagged. Online? Most certainly. And most of my friends call me by both my real name and Tark… as a matter of fact, about 8 years ago my kids got me a t-shirt emblazoned with “Pop Tark” on the back… ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/35 "2000-08-19T11:35:37Z")
On the [BNL board](http://www.barenaked.net/), I’m alt\_girlfriend (BNL fans will understand the reference), but I haven’t been there since February or March. Otherwise, I’m a variation of my old nickname- Dweeb. Long story. This is the first place I’ve actually used my real name. ---
**Author:** ![blokeychap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@blokeychap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blokeychap)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/36 "2000-08-19T11:44:08Z")
I use ‘blokeychap’ everywhere coz it’s rarely taken by anyone else and I consider it all mine - However at the chat room in consumptionjunction I’m forced to use ‘blokey’ coz they only let you use 8 characters and I don’t like being ‘blokeycha’ ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/37 "2000-08-19T14:10:59Z")
Started using **yojimbo** as a Quake 1 handle and have used it ever since on the web for anywhere you have to use a usermane . ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/38 "2000-08-19T16:53:04Z")
Okay, not to nitpick, but, well, it’s a Saturday morning, I’m bored, and I have some time to kill. Cal, I have read the thread title, and have also read your reply, in depth, and I just don’t understand it. Maybe I’m a little slow, but… > [@](#): > > **Nope. Just here.** I take this statement to mean that you only use the handle, CalMeacham, right here on this MB. > [@](#): > > **Never had a nickname, and at this late stage I don’t want one.** This statement contradicts the previous statement. It says that you have never had a nickname, but the previous statement says that CalMeacham is indeed your nickname. So, I’m not following you here… > [@](#): > > **This is the only chance I’ve had to pick my own name since Confirmation.** This is the statement that led me to believe that CalMeacham is your real name. In it, it says that this (this, meaning, your SDMB registration, I presume) has been your only opportunity to pick your own name. Your own name being, CalMeacham. ---
**Author:** ![fredicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@fredicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fredicus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/39 "2000-08-19T17:14:12Z")
I started out trying to use “fred”, suffice to say that I wasn’t usually the first 😉 (sic) so, a minor modification and voila, not sure WHY I bothered, as my RL name is pete 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899/40 "2000-08-19T17:16:25Z")
Oddly enough, I almost can never be **Satan** , as the name seems to be taken quickly. All I can guess is that there are a lot of people who love Buffalo Sabres forward Miroslav Satan… My backup, Satan666, is also usually gone. As such, I have to assume that a lot of those hockey fans were born in June and are now 34 years old. My third choice, which I always seem to get no matter what, is NYCNative. This is my first choice if I am at a place (such as LBMB) where having the name Satan is not a great idea (ho hockey fans there). We won’t even _speak_ of the name Stan A, however… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-your-username-anywhere-else/29899.md?page=3)