What is the inspiration behind your Username?
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So, in order to cheer myself up from all the depressing posts out here, how about this? Why did you create the Username you did?
I think @dolenz_psn 's name is a callback to Micky Dolenz from the Monkees (for those of you under the age of 40, they were a "TV" band in the late 60's). Mine? Simple. Again, for those of you under 40 (50?), Mario Mendoza was one of the worst hitting players of all time. Chris Berman popularized the phrase on Sports Center, and it referred to a player hitting under .200. When I'm playing online, I want to lull my opponent into thinking "oh, this guy must be hitting under .200." Joke's on them. I'm well into the .200's.
https://www.mlb.com/news/a-talk-with-mario-mendoza-about-the-mendoza-line
A few guesses:
@savefarris_psn - from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?
@spawnofditka_xbl - Chicago Bears / Mike Ditka fan?
@ericulous1_psn - Your name is Eric and you're ridiculous.
@teak2112_mlbts - If I remember, you're Australian? Maybe I'm hallucinating. Googling, maybe it's a tree reference? IDK.
@blaiseblaise_psn - maybe it's because you really, really liked the French Mathematician Blaise Pascal. Impressive choice if so.
@drbear100_psn - you're a vet that specializes in Grizzly Bear wounds.
@samguenther1987_psn - your name is... Sam.
@eatyum_psn - a reference to Homer Simpson.It's my name and the year I was born, super simple lol
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Mine is a tribute to goaltenders in hockey, although I'm not crazy enough to play the position irl! I wanted to take 'TheGoalie,' but it was taken. I play forward, and some defense irl, but goalie? Noooooo.
Whenever I would go into a lobby in EASHL in the NHL series(Online team play as yourself), people would laugh as I'd be wing or center! -
That's how I got my username y/n?
Yes
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I was called Virus in high school by my basketball team because I had a mysterious viral infection which caused me to miss almost the entire basketball season. It was like COVID now but in the 90s. I could hardly walk more than a few blocks without getting tired and I was an athlete. Doctors kept saying it was a virus so people started calling me virus and it was around the time Con Air came out with Cyrus the Virus.
I’ve had this virusts name since the mid to late 90s logging into AOL IM and message boards then
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I made my name in Socom early 2000's. Started with dr DemIsE (die capitalized). When Socom 3 came out I had a brand new HD TV that weighed 225 pounds. For some reason I was having trouble seeing the kill feed so I dropped the dr (no I'm not a Dr and this was well before Disrepect) and put _ in between each letter. For some reason I could immediately see the underscores so that has been my name for going on 23 years now.
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I’ve had this virusts
I've been reading this as "Vi - rusts" all this time
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Mine is just my last name with my initials and the year I graduated high school. I'm boring lol
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lol. Ts is my first and last initial
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I’ve always been on the larger side so Raiding Fridges just fit my persona.
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Mine obviously is for the super bowl champion eagles., a huge Philly sports fan lol
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My youngest son when he was 5-6 years old he created this ultra charismatic bombastic imaginary character. Now that he's older getting ready to go college in the fall, we still joke about that and have a good laugh.
The reason I chose that handle is because it's very easy to pretend to be something your not. Kinda satirical, maybe ironic.
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Unfortunately, I've little interest in the most famous Blaise, the French mathematician. It's just my name, twice. But, impressive that you even know Blaise Pascal. I was actually named after the saint.
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KenKen is the nickname 3 of my 5 kids gave me before I adopted them and THEY changed it to Dad.
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In the Magic: The Gathering universe, the Mycosynth is a strange organism created by Phyrexian corruption on the plane of Mirrodin. It spreads spores that convert metal into flesh and flesh into metal.
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KenKen is the nickname 3 of my 5 kids gave me before I adopted them and THEY changed it to Dad.
Love that! When I got married, my two stepkids called me by my first name (they were 2 and 5 at the time). Now they're in their 30's and they call me "Dad". Or sometimes "Hey you!"
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They stole it from me.
I ran out of upvotes today, so...
Another complaint I have... we're limited to 20 upvotes a day? What in the world can be the rationale behind that?
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KenKen is the nickname 3 of my 5 kids gave me before I adopted them and THEY changed it to Dad.
Love that! When I got married, my two stepkids called me by my first name (they were 2 and 5 at the time). Now they're in their 30's and they call me "Dad". Or sometimes "Hey you!"
Yes! My 3 were 3,4, and 6 at the time. Early to mid 20s now. But I still remember the day they started calling me Dad. It's not always been easy and they've called me plenty of other things, I'm sure. But, at the end of the day, they always come back to 'Dad'. Greatest feeling ever!
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This is one of the coolest posts I’ve seen during my time in this forum, I love it. @mariomendoza935_xbl Excellent!!!!
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They stole it from me.
I ran out of upvotes today, so...
Another complaint I have... we're limited to 20 upvotes a day? What in the world can be the rationale behind that?
So we cant invest in them.
