Origin Story of your MMO Name

Whats the origins of why you are called what you are called?

Name: MrWaffles aka Waffles

I was 13 and it was 2001 and RuneScape was just released. I was creating my account and it asked me what I wanted to call my character. My family had a big breakfast every Sunday. My dad and I were the early risers so he came up to me and asked what I wanted to eat. I quickly said "Waffles!". This was what I always said and he replied "You and waffles...Okay Mr. Waffles I can do that."

Every since then I've been MrWaffles. My favorite memories were randomly running into other breakfast themed names and having a good laugh. Occasionally I'd run into MrPancakes or MrFlapjacks and we'd pretend we were archenemies.

Side note: I own 4 waffle makers and if you want to know why you'll regret me going off on a bunch of useless facts about waffles. I still eat waffles weekly, and my dad has a vintage 1960s waffle maker that made endless waffles as a kid and it is the only thing I asked to be put into his will

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Behague

I got rid of my surname irl, so now its my gamertag, handle, character names etc

Michael

My name is Michael.

Percimes

I have a bank of names that I recycle from games to games. They all started as D&D characters or npcs I've played or DMed since 2nd edition. I won't say I have favourites, but some are used more often, almost all of them have an archetype of preference (though casting against type happens), some name are more... prestigious, being reserved to mentor or master. Most names have both a male and female version to them.

Percimes was created has a dwarf fighter/rogue multiclasses character in 2nd edition. I was looking for a name sounding ancient greekish. Somehow he never went past the character sheet. To this day, that roguish or dwarvish element is present. Female alternative is Percima. She was my saracen mercenary in DAoC, black dye armour, short bow in hand while on the move, passing as a scout, a bait for stealthers looking an easy target.

Percimes became my online name to replace another that I didn't want to display too much anymore because it's tied to my main email. That one is reserved for special occasions.

Sholer

I don't know I just made it up 13 years ago for a Necromancer character in an older mmorpg.

It was like: "hmmm how about Sholer? That's sounds cool"

And that's it.

daveywavey

"Davey" rhymes with "Wavey". "Daveygravy" didn't seem to work quite so well...

Botagar

I rectally engineered mine...

daveywavey

Botagar wrote: »

I rectally engineered mine...

I can tell....

McShave

my first wow character was a female blood elf warlock in WoW named "MsDoom". I was at a friends house one day in high school and he showed me this cool game called World of Warcraft. He let me make a character and play for a couple hours, and I was hooked instantly. I kinda just thought of the name randomly, seeing as the blood elfs are cool and warlocks look badass with their pets and shadow spells. So the name just kinda fit and still to this day I think that was the best creative thing I've ever done lol.

Atama

McShave wrote: »

my first wow character was a female blood elf warlock in WoW named "MsDoom". I was at a friends house one day in high school and he showed me this cool game called World of Warcraft. He let me make a character and play for a couple hours, and I was hooked instantly. I kinda just thought of the name randomly, seeing as the blood elfs are cool and warlocks look badass with their pets and shadow spells. So the name just kinda fit and still to this day I think that was the best creative thing I've ever done lol.

You spelled it wrong when making your account though.

OnlyOne

It was around 2007/2008 when I created my onlyone character for the fist time in an MMO called Dead Frontier. For me it seemed to roll off the tongue easily... I don't know:P

xlangatangx

LangatanG or NubbY depending on the genre of game I play.

Langatang is a 20+ year old nickname dating back to grade school. It is used in any non-shooter game
Nubby is a variation of Noob. I use this in shooter games. I ran with some pro gamers back in black ops 1 days, and they were leagues better than me starting out. They all loved inviting a nub because it meant more kills and higher KDs for them. I adopted the nickname with pride, and soon made it my gamertag.

McShave

Atama wrote: »

McShave wrote: »

my first wow character was a female blood elf warlock in WoW named "MsDoom". I was at a friends house one day in high school and he showed me this cool game called World of Warcraft. He let me make a character and play for a couple hours, and I was hooked instantly. I kinda just thought of the name randomly, seeing as the blood elfs are cool and warlocks look badass with their pets and shadow spells. So the name just kinda fit and still to this day I think that was the best creative thing I've ever done lol.

You spelled it wrong when making your account though.

oh, McShave is more my internet handle. its a combination of my first and last name, and no Shave is not my last name lol

Atama

McShave wrote: »

Atama wrote: »

McShave wrote: »

my first wow character was a female blood elf warlock in WoW named "MsDoom". I was at a friends house one day in high school and he showed me this cool game called World of Warcraft. He let me make a character and play for a couple hours, and I was hooked instantly. I kinda just thought of the name randomly, seeing as the blood elfs are cool and warlocks look badass with their pets and shadow spells. So the name just kinda fit and still to this day I think that was the best creative thing I've ever done lol.

You spelled it wrong when making your account though.

oh, McShave is more my internet handle. its a combination of my first and last name, and no Shave is not my last name lol

I suspect you missed the intent of the OP then.

daveywavey

Atama wrote: »

I suspect you missed the intent of the OP then.

I may have done too, then.....

Are we just talking Characters?

daveywavey

mrwaffles wrote: »

Side note: I own 4 waffle makers

But, why do you own 4 waffle makers?

PlagueMonk

Atama wrote: »

Atama is the Japanese word for “head” and is part of my real life name. It was also my high school nickname, since I studied Japanese language for 3 years.

I guess that’s not as exciting as some other stories but it’s true.

HA, I wondered if you knew that or not. I see a lot of people use Japanese-ish names and if it's something funny I will tell them. Last one I saw was a tough warrior type calling themselves "Ninjin". When I told them it meant "carrot", they were totally, "WTF?! I thought it meant something else". At least it wasn't a tattoo

As for MMO names, I have to distinguish between forum name and game name.

In game I always go the extra mile and pick something appropriate to the class/race with the first name being personal and not usually a word/title. I DO have a list of used names so if I play an Elf type then I have about 20 I will pick from and hopefully they aren't ALL taken.

Example: For my Warhammer Empire Warrior Priest I did research into German names and came up with "Geron" which means guardian and the surname "SteinLowe" or StoneLion.

Now my forum name used to be Mongoose or Meerkat (love that family of critters) BUT when I joined the WAR forums many moons ago I did research into Warhammer and fell in love with the Skaven. I liked all of the deep lore for all the races and interactions but the Skaven and their clans were it. Clan Pestilens origin in the jungles of Lustria was my favorite (Eshin being a close second) along with the PlagueMonk description which described them as, "having to be literally ripped to shreds before they would stop coming at you." I respect tenacity

ok, I've probably shared too much

Dayuhan

I never make the same character twice, so my in-game character names are always different. My Forum name, Dayuhan, is Tagalog for Alien or Stranger, and was selected because it was the word I heard in reference to myself when I visited the Philippines (at least by those who didn't know me). I looked up the meaning of the word, liked it, and have used it ever since.

daveywavey

PlagueMonk wrote: »

In game I always go the extra mile and pick something appropriate to the class/race

Yeah, I usually spend at least 10mins trying to make a good character name.

Miinstrel

Mine's short and sweet.

I sing RL and love the fantasy genre. Minstrel is frequently taken, so I added a second 'i' because it looked neat and I've found is practically never taken in any game. Except occasionally by myself when I forget that I already signed up for something. Thus, miinstrel.

Atama

daveywavey wrote: »

Atama wrote: »

I suspect you missed the intent of the OP then.

I may have done too, then.....

Are we just talking Characters?

I don’t think so, since we have no way of knowing anyone’s characters yet (maybe not for years).

I do plan to name my main Atama though.

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