# The definitive list of Dopers who have changed their usernames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540 "2007-12-10T21:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/41 "2007-12-11T14:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] Why do people choose to change screen names? I know one person (already mentioned) who changed because of her involvement in a controversial thread in which she caught a lot of heat, but I assume pragmatic necessities like that are rare. **Lib** changed, I believe, for philosophical reasons – also rare, right? So what is it? Isn’t it kind of a hassle to be suddenly anonymous again? Or is that the allure? [/QUOTE] My username was just a generic username I had from a job at the time when I first registered. It was fairly nondescript and also contained fractions of my real name, which I started to get uncomfortable with. When I bought a horse, a large life change, I decided to use her name as my user name. As she died suddenly in 2004, mu username is now her memorial. If my horse could have typed, she would have loved the Straight Dope (for a horse, she was a know-it-all of epic proportions). ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/42 "2007-12-11T14:32:51Z")
Long ago I used to be **Ryan Mahoney** , and actually still am IRL, but it was so long ago that it’s almost of no matter. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/43 "2007-12-11T14:48:26Z")
**C K Dexter Haven** started off as **CK DextHavn** or some such thing. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/44 "2007-12-11T16:13:38Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] 47, actually – you should have realized it was a prime… 😉 [/QUOTE] Hm, maybe if you gave it to me in the form of a clue. The answer to the great question of life, the universe and everything plus a touchdown minus the loneliest number. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/45 "2007-12-11T16:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=Fern Forest] Hm, maybe if you gave it to me in the form of a clue. The answer to the great question of life, the universe and everything plus a touchdown minus the loneliest number. [/QUOTE] Should we show our work? 42[sub]Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy[/sub] + 6[sub]American Football without the extra points[/sub] - 1[sub]Three Dog Night Song[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/46 "2007-12-11T17:50:25Z")
Well, I started out feeling public-spirited, but I never realized there would be so much paperwork involved. Anyhow, here’s the list as it stands now – alphabetized, even. I know there are still more out there, so, like the man said, bring it on. **Absolute/Mister V Aguecheek/NoLongerPatrick Alice The Goon/trublmakr Always Brings Pie/Purplkid\_Caterer Anaamika/Elenia28 Antigen/roxx222 Atreyu/Shy Ghost Autolycus/xabc\_Keitaro/Autolycus AwSnappity/FireUnderpantsBoobs Badbadrubberpiggy/tamaraqueenofgoths Batsinma Belfry/Hillbilly Queen bbs2k/BigBabySweets2000 black rabbit/black455 BoBettie/Zette Bosstone/BayleDemon capybara/M.K. Chanteuse/Mayflower Cluricaun/Ryan Mahoney CoBa/Captain Battery Acid Czarcasm/Slythe Dangermon/genie Demo/Democritus drm/mayberrydan Earl Snake-Hips Tucker/Mjollnir El\_Kabong/Rocket88 Electrical Storm/silver1 Electronic Chaos/xgxlx Esprix/Raymond Luxury Yach-t Eutychus/Eutychus55 Fern Forest/Osiris/Jinxie/Brother Rat Fionn/Ballybay fisha/dafisheroo Frank/This Years Model Fred/thegrimspectreofreddeath Freudian Slit/Zoggie G.B.H. Hornswoggler/Da Ace Gala Matrix Fire/bluethree Gangster Octopus/Tretiak Gazelle/Canthearya Go You Big Red Fire Engine/Who Stole My Name? Great Dave/BigDaddyD Gyrate/jr8 Happy Lendervedder/stv Helen’s Eidolon/LaurAnge Hello Again/rmariamp HeyHomie/rastahomie Hockey Monkey/pimaspinner Hostile Dialect/fetus Improv Geek/Ronincyberpunk Jenner/Devilman Palmer Kiki/Rachelle Kwyjibo/MaxOverride lel/panchitaville Liberal/Libertarian Lionne/LunaV lno/LNO Lobsang/lobley Lodrain/Redukter LouisB/Crystalguy Marconi & Schmeese/Alice in Wonderland Mississippienne/Nichol Storm MizGrand/RSSChen Morbo/Dooku Mr. Blue Sky/trumpy303 Mudshark/Mudshark2911 Nawth Chucka/Portia Northern Piper/jti00 Not a Platypus/Thorny Platypus Patty O’Furniture/attrayant Queen Bruin/The Sausage Creature raz/roadkiller ReallyNotAllThatBright/dutchboy208 Ringo/beatle rowrrbazzle/zgystardst Scissorjack/Case Sensitive ShelliBean/Rez Siddhartha Vicious/Elvis/Moebius Skald the Rhymer/Fabulous Creature Spectre of Pithecanthropus/javaman Stuffy/stuffinb Telperien/Harimad-sol The Asbestos Mango/agisofia The Chao Goes Moo/CURIOUS\_GEORGIE7 The Composer/iceman866 Troy McClure SF/jjtm Twickster/twickster47 Una Persson/Anthracite Uncommon Sense/whuckfistle Urban Chic/JuanitaTech What Exit?/jfranchi** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/47 "2007-12-11T17:51:41Z")
FTR, my name is all lower case. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/48 "2007-12-11T18:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] OK, I was bored… **Happy Lendervedder/stv** [/QUOTE] Wow, good find! How’d you figure it out? ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/49 "2007-12-11T18:16:08Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] FTR, my name is all lower case. 😛 [/QUOTE] Dang… I’ll fix it in the next update cycle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/50 "2007-12-11T18:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac] Dang… I’ll fix it in the next update cycle. [/QUOTE] Um, hate to nitpick after all the hard work you did but it’s **Mu** , not\*\* Moo\*\*. The list is great though. There were some dopers that I thought disappeared and they’ve been here the whole time, just under new names. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/51 "2007-12-11T18:21:27Z")
You can also add to mine: ShelliBean/Rez/ellykat I changed twice. And honestly, I’m at little touched that someone remembered! You like me! You really like me! ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/52 "2007-12-11T18:52:06Z")
Once upon a time I was **erie774** ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/53 "2007-12-11T19:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Wow, good find! How’d you figure it out? [/QUOTE] Searched for threads with “username” or “change” in the title, you mentioned it once in one of those. I did have a list with some old changes I’d compiled once, but I don’t think that I had yours listed before. Two I can now confirm: **DeadlyAccurate** was **throatshot**. **Ferret Herder** was **Denise V**. Add a couple more: **kanicbird** was **k2dave**. **tiny ham** was **jarbabyj**. and in the really old department: **Mockingbird** was **Hastur**. There are a couple that I’m not listing because they used to use their RL names or something close to it. Up to them if they want to bring them up. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/54 "2007-12-11T19:30:57Z")
I used to be **chaoticdonkey**. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/55 "2007-12-11T20:05:08Z")
Did **Jodi** used to be **Jodih**? No confirmation on whether **Eve** was **Flora McFlimsy**? Do any of the 99’ers remember this? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/56 "2007-12-11T21:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] There are a couple that I’m not listing because they used to use their RL names or something close to it. Up to them if they want to bring them up. [/QUOTE] I thought of one who fits that description, so I’ll follow your example. These three should be safe to post, however: **Johanna** was **JomoMojo**. **Red Stilettos** changed her username from **Dr. Scarlett**. **Liz** (who hasn’t been around in a while) switched from **chatelaine**. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/57 "2007-12-11T21:54:10Z")
All right, latest update: **Absolute/Mister V Aguecheek/NoLongerPatrick Alice The Goon/trublmakr Always Brings Pie/Purplkid\_Caterer Anaamika/Elenia28 Antigen/roxx222 Atreyu/Shy Ghost Autolycus/xabc\_Keitaro/Autolycus AwSnappity/FireUnderpantsBoobs Badbadrubberpiggy/tamaraqueenofgoths Batsinma Belfry/Hillbilly Queen bbs2k/BigBabySweets2000 black rabbit/black455 BoBettie/Zette Bosstone/BayleDemon capybara/M.K. Chanteuse/Mayflower chaoticbear/chaoticdonkey Cluricaun/Ryan Mahoney CoBa/Captain Battery Acid Czarcasm/Slythe Dangermon/genie DeadlyAccurate/throatshot Demo/Democritus drm/mayberrydan Earl Snake-Hips Tucker/Mjollnir El\_Kabong/Rocket88 Electrical Storm/silver1 Electronic Chaos/xgxlx Esprix/Raymond Luxury Yach-t Eutychus/Eutychus55 Fern Forest/Osiris/Jinxie/Brother Rat Ferret Herder/Denise V Fionn/Ballybay fisha/dafisheroo Frank/This Years Model Fred/thegrimspectreofreddeath Freudian Slit/Zoggie G.B.H. Hornswoggler/Da Ace Gala Matrix Fire/bluethree Gangster Octopus/Tretiak Gazelle/Canthearya Go You Big Red Fire Engine/Who Stole My Name? Great Dave/BigDaddyD Gyrate/jr8 Happy Lendervedder/stv Helen’s Eidolon/LaurAnge Hello Again/rmariamp HeyHomie/rastahomie Hockey Monkey/pimaspinner Hostile Dialect/fetus Improv Geek/Ronincyberpunk Jenner/Devilman Palmer jodi/jodih Johanna/JomoMojo kanicbird/k2dave Kiki/Rachelle Kwyjibo/MaxOverride lel/panchitaville Liberal/Libertarian Lionne/LunaV Liz/chatelaine lno/LNO Lobsang/lobley Lodrain/Redukter LouisB/Crystalguy Marconi & Schmeese/Alice in Wonderland Mississippienne/Nichol Storm MizGrand/RSSChen Mockingbird/Hastur Morbo/Dooku Mr. Blue Sky/trumpy303 Mudshark/Mudshark2911 Nawth Chucka/Portia Northern Piper/jti00 Not a Platypus/Thorny Platypus Patty O’Furniture/attrayant Queen Bruin/The Sausage Creature raz/roadkiller ReallyNotAllThatBright/dutchboy208 Red Stilettos/Dr. Scarlett Ringo/beatle rowrrbazzle/zgystardst Scissorjack/Case Sensitive ShelliBean/Rez/ellykat Siddhartha Vicious/Elvis/Moebius Skald the Rhymer/Fabulous Creature Slypork/erie774 Spectre of Pithecanthropus/javaman Stuffy/stuffinb Telperien/Harimad-sol The Asbestos Mango/agisofia The Chao Goes Mu/CURIOUS\_GEORGIE7 The Composer/iceman866 tiny ham/jarbabyj. Troy McClure SF/jjtm twickster/twickster47 Una Persson/Anthracite Uncommon Sense/whuckfistle Urban Chic/JuanitaTech What Exit?/jfranchi** No end in sight… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/58 "2007-12-11T21:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] Did **Jodi** used to be **Jodih**? [/QUOTE] Yes. > [@](#): > > No confirmation on whether **Eve** was **Flora McFlimsy**? Do any of the 99’ers remember this? Yes, she was. (Although I think it was actually **Flora McFlims_e_y** ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/59 "2007-12-11T21:58:17Z")
I used to be **yojimboguy**. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540/60 "2007-12-11T23:07:28Z")
Hmmm… **The Asbestos Mango** also used to be **Thea Logica** , not sure of the order of names there. **Master Wang-Ka / Wang-Ka** **Quartz / qts** **The Mad Hermit / Steelerphan** **Doomtrain / GMRyujin** \*\*II Gyan II / Gyan9 \*\* (hope I got that current name right) From the kingdom of the banned: \*\*Stage Manager / Mikie \*\* :shudder: **80sMetalHairMaven / I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys** **TVAA / The Vorlon Ambassador’s Aide** long ago and probably unlamented: **lynn73 / his4ever** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definitive-list-of-dopers-who-have-changed-their-usernames/429540.md?page=4)