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Title: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: MASTER_RAGE3 on July 24, 2004, 04:02:16 PM
So we as proud Trinidadians, Tobagonians and other Caribbean islanders, are very creative. More so creative when making up nick names for we partners and friends. And apparently even more creative when making up names for ourselves.

That being said, how did you come up with your gamer tag/handle that you use in the various games you pwn through?

a show? a slang ? a car?

i had mine since i was a kid so it was meant to be.from since i small all my legal doc had master in it and my name filled the rest

master

R...rodney
A....anthony
G....gonzalez
E.....elemental      (long story)
3.....3rd october i was born

so plez share how u all got your name and dont just see a name and find it sounding bad and copy it scene                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AngryBastard on July 24, 2004, 04:22:59 PM
hhmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................this is a tough one..
i think i get my name because i have a bad temper and have bastidious tendacies.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: CrashKid on July 24, 2004, 05:23:17 PM
Well i love d game Crash but when i out crash someone had it already so i jus added on kid since am one n still kinda act like one                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Frozen on July 24, 2004, 05:53:59 PM
it had a thread like this already..i think [bleep] start it up..look up for it                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Reaper2051 on July 24, 2004, 06:24:12 PM
I got my name from a website and u stuck wit it since!!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TaC_uP on July 24, 2004, 06:27:32 PM
i got my name from ppl sayin dey get tac up wen i kill dem                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: PapaSmurf on July 24, 2004, 07:16:58 PM
Guess????                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: dax on July 24, 2004, 08:20:34 PM
I get my name from this guy on Punk'D on Mtv. I find The man act real dreasd like me lol. So I guess thats how my name came to be.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: CrashKid on July 24, 2004, 10:59:39 PM
Let me guess papasmurf from Powerpuff girls i get it right no its Hamtaro yes dats it                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: froggy on July 25, 2004, 10:54:34 AM
i have 2 name i dont know how i get froggy and my next name is (ah lizard does butt) i get dat one from talking sh!t                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: dax on July 25, 2004, 05:12:37 PM
Actually I had 2 other names called Psycho and Phantom. But those were taken already. steups.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: latoneyde on July 25, 2004, 05:27:13 PM
well... what can i say.... ah long time ago in the times of c&c tiberium sun i wanted to play online... time real chupidness on keyboard.. latoneyde had come up... so... ah find dat sound bad so ah keep it                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: dax on July 25, 2004, 05:31:09 PM
To tell u the truth it sounding real wierd. I don't even know how to pronouce it. lol.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: latoneyde on July 25, 2004, 05:46:53 PM
ok... time for lesson

latoneyde---la-ton-aid

now repeat......lat-on-aid..

nice... tomorrow is the big test... u will have to pronounce...

AND AH HUT NANA HUT NANA HUT NANA HEY!!!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: dax on July 25, 2004, 05:52:58 PM
WTF!!!!!!!!! Man giving me lessons. lol. Right and wtmc is that last thing. lol.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Hitman_Jim on July 25, 2004, 07:00:55 PM
well after the movie american pie came out ppl started calling me jim                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: ultramite on July 25, 2004, 09:49:49 PM
well i was sweatin some starcraft campaign nah, and i blow out de computer real bad so i was goin and type "ultamite" 4 de save file nah but i type "ultramite" instead.........and it look REAL BAD so i just stick with dat like yeah.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: LoonyToon on July 26, 2004, 11:01:23 AM
i was watchin cartoon net work while thinkin of a name and then i heard 'now back to loonytoons on cartoon network' and i was like 'perfect'                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Chedder on July 26, 2004, 11:36:48 AM
i get mine cuz i like cheeze
na i lie
i get it form the person in 8mile Chedder Bob (the dred one who shot himself in his leg)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on July 26, 2004, 11:38:11 AM
lol @ bastidious tendencies and lizards does butt.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TrinireturnofGamez on July 26, 2004, 12:52:35 PM
it always begins with [gatt]


Da Dude [ with this one i like to pretend i'm jamaican... quote bob marley and spam using his lyrics ]

Trini [ i complain about TSTT and say that trinidad 0wnzz j00 ]

Carbonated Vodka [ look closely at a can of XS ]                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: PapaSmurf on July 26, 2004, 12:57:36 PM
Quote
Let me guess papasmurf from Powerpuff girls i get it right no its Hamtaro yes dats it


I am willing to sponsor you for a frontal lobotamy....If anyone needs it you do.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Shinigami on July 26, 2004, 01:31:45 PM
Hmmm..My name, i get it from Gundam Wing de Gundam Deathscythe. In de japeneese one dey does call Duo Maxwell Shinigami.Shinigami means THE GOD OF DEATH. I find dat real bad so i  use it.

________________________
Shinigami-
    The God Of Death Is Back From Hell                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: SUPR3M3 on July 26, 2004, 03:06:14 PM
I stole mine from a guy on another forum cuz i liked it.
My real call sign is actually CLu`, but I didn't take this forum seriously in the beginning so I used SUPR3M3.
Then i got attached to the community and the name got attached with me.
No worries though I like it a lot more now. :)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: PsiVal on July 26, 2004, 08:21:44 PM
Psi - Mind
Val - Valentine
Together Chaos                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Mugsy on July 26, 2004, 10:10:42 PM
hmmm. this name came about because the name sandman was already taken and i had no idea what to put so i jus put my nickname                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Mugsy on July 26, 2004, 10:15:31 PM
Sandman was d original. that was partly from metallica and partly because the sandman jus so dread
" I AM THE KEEPER OF DREAMS. I AM THE SANDMAN"                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Arucard-D on July 27, 2004, 10:54:27 PM
ARUCARD - From the boss anime series called Hellsing. And the D part is from Vampire Hunter D.  Both combined names are from the two baddest vampire hunters in the business.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Rommel on July 28, 2004, 10:24:24 AM
the man was a dread soldier and general hence the name


as for Bubba....                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Zero-X on July 29, 2004, 09:58:19 AM
Zero...

self explanatory from the avatar and sig... :baa: :baa: :baa:                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: tim on July 30, 2004, 01:27:23 AM
i have many game names : d doubles man
                                       : patatoe
                                       :gurls dem sugah
                                       :bad ass
those r all my sof game names                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: unforgiven on July 30, 2004, 07:24:06 AM
i got mine from metallica's song unforgiven...the time when i started to give my self an internet name i was into that song                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: spinner on July 30, 2004, 11:26:44 AM
SpiderMan...the web [spinner]                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on July 30, 2004, 06:39:23 PM
Hmm....very intriguing thread.
Well, before I was initiated into Shadow Skill, I went by the arcade name 'NEO', in the Consort Mall arcade. I used to sign by my initials, 'RJR', but, after seeing the Matrix, I decided to pay homage to Neo by signing my name as such, to indicate that I was 'the One', when it came to games like Marvel vs. Capcom.

When I was about to be initiated into Shadow Skill, my fellow SS member Kaz told me that 'Neo' was already taken by somebody else, and that I had to come up with a new GATT name. I thought about it for a bit, and then told him 'No problem. Just call me the New Era Outlaw.' As you can see, it's a little acronym that I devised for myself. Now, not only do I have a snazzy GATT name that I can call my own, but in a sense, I also retain my old alias (My GATT name is also lengthy, so people call me 'NEO' for short.)

While it originated as nothing more than as a clever acronym for 'NEO', I soon developed it as something much more. As you can tell from my art, I've turned the New Era Outlaw into a character all on his own. I've also strived to separate the 'New Era Outlaw' from the Matrix 'Neo', to give myself some form of individuality....what can I say, you sort of grow away from these things after a while.

Now, in the present, I'm happy to say that the New Era Outlaw is truly breaking ground as his own man these days. People know me as the guy who kicks ass and takes names in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, the wise, all-knowing (underdog) sage in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and, unfortunately, in some cases, a pompous jerk at times, too. (sigh) I guess we all have our faults, don't we? But one thing is for certain, though....the New Era Outlaw is here to stay. 8)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: butter_knife on July 30, 2004, 11:44:27 PM
butter knife

how much times i hafto go thru this...

i'll make a long story short

butterknife = dull
if u keep cuttin u'll get thru
moral is Never give up

oh and...Stay in Skool...uh yea

but ppl start callin me butters since i dunno when...

tell me ppl what does me and the actual (http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/f/fd/Butters_South_Park.jpg) have in common?

but its cool, i like it. Bow before pro-professer chaos!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Mugsy on July 30, 2004, 11:53:56 PM
Quote


SpiderMan...the web [spinner]


spiderman was actaully called the web-slinger                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: butter_knife on July 30, 2004, 11:55:54 PM
Quote
Quote


SpiderMan...the web [spinner]


spiderman was actaully called the web-slinger
(chris rock) it's spinnin nig-...huh? woah...i would NOT  have noticed that                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: parboil on July 31, 2004, 06:02:02 PM
well my name sounds like 'rice' so ppl callin' me rice since i small...so i name meself PaRboiL...

but my real gamin' name i s DoomTacK....
i'll xplain...
if u ever played ninja gaiden2 when you're about to fight the boss the music sounds
as though it is going...doomtack,doomtack,doontack,doomtack...

so i used to call all d bosses in any game a doomtack...den evy body start callin' meh dat...                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: The_Falener on July 31, 2004, 06:37:44 PM
Well The_Falener came from that word Fal which everyone in my class at a point in time was always using. It was so freaking annoying that everyone was sayin "eh boy yuh fallen" so I say "I guess that make me a falener"  :idea: and then the world's newest superhero emerged, with the power (lower voice and say this dramatically) to Fal! (which is now my name for those games)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: ZUSE on August 04, 2004, 02:12:31 PM
ZUSE, cuz it's a powerful name, and it just stuck wit me over time.
(http://www.ppgworld.com/movie/art/bubbles-1.jpg)
Feel the power Mother @#$@$                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Kheulith on August 04, 2004, 02:27:22 PM
well umm honestly.....a girls told me this was my name in my past lifetime when she met me .....(no comment)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: hellfire on August 05, 2004, 09:47:02 AM
well my mom was a lover of mythology
esp greek and norse. (egyptian also) and well i was a really
harden and mischievious child
always quiet and plotting mischief
so she started to call me Loki

d name stuck since the person never change
i am the same way till to this date
gotten me banned from gatt n such
thats why i am on the hellfire acc
(kane's entrance music-- hellfire and brimstone!)                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: tim on August 05, 2004, 03:55:19 PM
my game name  iz      D Doubles Man   or just tim  or somtimes potato                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: latoneyde on August 05, 2004, 04:07:51 PM
^^^^^^
tim dont spam...

if u look up u would see that u already POSTED HERE!!!!!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: DARKGOHST on August 05, 2004, 04:24:18 PM
my game name iz shotta                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: carlsberg on August 05, 2004, 06:10:59 PM
i have no idea why i chose this name.
i guess i discovered GATT around the same time Carlsberg was introduced in T+T
captivated by their ads the name sounded kinda kewl.
G0t StuCk WiT It eVer SincE......o_0'

*this iz a bit off topic here: BUT did any1 else notice that hellfire has a post count of only 5!
wonder h0w He could have afforded 2 buy an AvAtAr and A SiGNatue?.......0_0....^-^                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on August 05, 2004, 09:17:22 PM
Quote
i have no idea why i chose this name.
i guess i discovered GATT around the same time Carlsberg was introduced in T+T
captivated by their ads the name sounded kinda kewl.
G0t StuCk WiT It eVer SincE......o_0'

*this iz a bit off topic here: BUT did any1 else notice that hellfire has a post count of only 5!
wonder h0w He could have afforded 2 buy an AvAtAr and A SiGNatue?.......0_0....^-^


Perhaps somebody donated to him?                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: CRaZyAnGeL on August 05, 2004, 09:43:22 PM
for the shizzle
crazy- figure it out
angel-sarcastic
idleness immc
but i making up names everyday so it doh matter lol                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: DARKANGEL on August 05, 2004, 09:46:51 PM
my game name iz apple                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: rb2k2 on August 05, 2004, 09:52:11 PM
rb = initials 2k2 = year i  joined gatt

other early gatt aliases - the zk maiden masher

like some other ppl i didnt think i would be staying long on gatt ( boy was i wrong) so i figured hey use rb2k2 , the maiden masher thing was because i was one of the only persons around here who used Iori and he became my signature character, his maiden masher super became my signature move also i was in zk at the time. Also known as Geese on the gatt irc chat , probably because i'm the only mofo you'll find playing with Geese Howard around here.                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: carlsberg on August 06, 2004, 10:24:54 AM
Quote
Quote
i have no idea why i chose this name.
i guess i discovered GATT around the same time Carlsberg was introduced in T+T
captivated by their ads the name sounded kinda kewl.
G0t StuCk WiT It eVer SincE......o_0'

*this iz a bit off topic here: BUT did any1 else notice that hellfire has a post count of only 5!
wonder h0w He could have afforded 2 buy an AvAtAr and A SiGNatue?.......0_0....^-^


Perhaps somebody donated to him?


i might be going out on the limb here........
but maybe[just maybe] he donated it to himself?.....o_0''                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: DARKANGEL on August 06, 2004, 11:51:47 AM
my game name iz night angle                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: starboy on August 06, 2004, 03:53:20 PM
my game name iz The Godfarther                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Evangelion_01 on August 06, 2004, 04:17:09 PM
Quote
Guess????


What he said..  ^
                       |                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: MASTER_RAGE3 on August 06, 2004, 05:09:59 PM
so u see its interesting to know how some of u got your name from but there are a few i dont even want to know                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: {L> on August 19, 2004, 03:57:43 PM
i get my name from a anime cartoon named gandum wing                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: ARCH_ANGEL on August 19, 2004, 04:14:18 PM
Well from the begining of my gaming days I always used th name ARCH ANGEL... I have always had a facination with theology and the development of a higher yet lower class of powerfull beings thats me i guess.. But normally when playing games i go by the alias St. Micheal my patron saint and leader of the armies of god
Christian Mytholgy ....

And no I am not religious !!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: nytemare on September 17, 2004, 12:11:24 PM
from whooping ass in soul calibur with ... guess who.

before that i would simply be refer to as

{insert real name here}  is a beast                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on September 17, 2004, 12:17:09 PM
I got mine as its a synonym for blizzard or extreme cold, just the way I like to be                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: PsiVal on September 27, 2004, 10:57:44 AM
My name is a word of my own creation made of 2 words:
Psi - meaning mind
Val - short 4 Valentiine thats when my birthday is supposedly meaning love
PsiVal - meaning Konfusion logic(mind, logical thinking) verses illogic(love, illogical or irrational thinking)

I joined gatt at a time that i was feeling philisophical cause some thing real bull$hit had happened between me and a good friend of mine(female of course)

P.S. - when i play any game game how i move is erratic or may seem so because i fine in most games ppl try 2 predict ones moves so i try 2 variate my movements as much as i can                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: cereal_killer on September 27, 2004, 12:38:20 PM
cereal_killer
friends in school started calling me kornflakes
so i decided to use cereal_killer                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AngryBastard on September 27, 2004, 01:37:31 PM
Quote
cereal_killer
friends in school started calling me kornflakes
so i decided to use cereal_killer


^^^^^ :lol:

yeah das true i now realize dat....
i think you shudda stick with cornflakes                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: DeadEyes on September 27, 2004, 03:17:28 PM
Well to those that played me in  COD and have fallen before my scope....ask them
they know

to look into my eyes
is death                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Rommel on September 27, 2004, 04:52:13 PM
I looked and I am still alive :P                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: mangoseed_89 on September 27, 2004, 04:55:49 PM
i use that name because
i really joined gatt as such around the same time as butterkinfe
and crazy samurai
so we all decided to get some funny name
that ppl would take seriously until we showed them our skill
and mangoseed just popped into my head
dont really now why ???                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Frozen on September 27, 2004, 05:39:11 PM
my game name is dot (.) simply because its short                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Minibob on October 09, 2004, 06:20:57 PM
Damn you rb2k2 and Bob because of the both of you and your bull@#!@ and too much Austain Powers I kept getting called Minibob and it got stuck (but now I am taller than Bob
MUHAHAHAHA) licks inhmc                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Bob on October 10, 2004, 12:16:13 AM
Where can I begin

My original screen name was Samanosuke (after the onimusha guy).But I changed it to Bob because

A) Nobody cud pronounce or spell samanosuke properly

B) Bob is Hwoarang's pet name on the Tekkenzaibatsu forums (guess who my fav character is in tekken)

Everyone saw my favoritism towards hwoarang and started calling me Bob and the name stuck.

Ironically people started calling Hwoarang, Bob because they cudden spell or pronounce his name either.


ILLITERATE BASTARDS!!!                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Jdcrys_Shinkuu on March 31, 2005, 06:43:00 PM
mine from the japanese word Shinkuu (as in Ryu's Super)
Shinkuu = Power
Jdcrys = My "Pen Name"

Shinachi Kuuchima

Heitatchi + Shinkuu in Blender!!!
:lol:                    
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: whiplash on March 26, 2008, 10:23:41 AM
I've been here a lil while and I came across some interesting names. Mine is simple, Im called whip by some home by me and so i wanted to keep that name so I made it into whiplash just for here...
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on March 26, 2008, 10:29:22 AM
I've been using w1ntry or wintry for a LONG time. I used to use it on MSN and thus when I came to GATT I kept it, but seeing as gamers tend to replace letters and such I thought well W1nTry would be more appropriate.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Crixx_Creww on March 26, 2008, 10:38:28 AM
every now and then some one comes along and makes this exact thread without ever searching to see if one existed lol sigh
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on March 26, 2008, 10:41:35 AM
every now and then some one comes along and makes this exact thread without ever searching to see if one existed lol sigh
and each time a staff member aware of the fact instead of redirecting will make that comment XD
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on March 26, 2008, 10:41:52 AM
every now and then some one comes along and makes this exact thread without ever searching to see if one existed lol sigh

Yup. I'll try to look for the old 'How did you get your GATT name?' thread and sticky it.
Probably not here, though, seeing as how we have too many stickies.


EDIT: Looking back, I realised that those old threads only talked about how we joined GATT, not really on the origin of our names. However, I could be wrong, because I do remember a thread where some of us talked about why we call ourselves so-and-so. And, if that's the case, damn, is it hard to find.

Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: whiplash on March 26, 2008, 10:56:40 AM
every now and then some one comes along and makes this exact thread without ever searching to see if one existed lol sigh
Hey i have searched but didnt find any threads like this..anyhoe my bad
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on March 26, 2008, 11:03:44 AM
Well, I found a thread on how people got their GATT names, but God DAMN.
OLD THREAD is OLLLLLLLLLLLLLLD.

http://gatt.carigamers.com/index.php/topic,3733.0.html


I suppose there wouldn't be any harm discussing this here, then.
So, I'll start with a quote from that very same page.

Hmm....very intriguing thread.
Well, before I was initiated into Shadow Skill, I went by the arcade name 'NEO', in the Consort Mall arcade. I used to sign by my initials, 'RJR', but, after seeing the Matrix, I decided to pay homage to Neo by signing my name as such, to indicate that I was 'the One', when it came to games like Marvel vs. Capcom.

When I was about to be initiated into Shadow Skill, my fellow SS member Kaz told me that 'Neo' was already taken by somebody else, and that I had to come up with a new GATT name. I thought about it for a bit, and then told him 'No problem. Just call me the New Era Outlaw.' As you can see, it's a little acronym that I devised for myself. Now, not only do I have a snazzy GATT name that I can call my own, but in a sense, I also retain my old alias (My GATT name is also lengthy, so people call me 'NEO' for short.)

While it originated as nothing more than as a clever acronym for 'NEO', I soon developed it as something much more. As you can tell from my art, I've turned the New Era Outlaw into a character all on his own. I've also strived to separate the 'New Era Outlaw' from the Matrix 'Neo', to give myself some form of individuality....what can I say, you sort of grow away from these things after a while.
             



Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Spazosaurus on March 26, 2008, 12:15:41 PM
Its amazing how many of those names have either become inactive or defected to other forums.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: rb on March 26, 2008, 01:23:50 PM
...not really

why is rb2k2 still active :S i changed that to rb when i was admin

were the databases merged ?
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Q on March 27, 2008, 01:28:01 AM
Q - Quicksilver

I was one of the first, if not the first, to consistently play KI2 on Ultra speed in the arcade. Not once in a while... CONSISTENTLY, and still perform like a maniac, infinite Ultra included (I think I still have the arcade record for that). My player of choice was Fulgore and I use to pick him in a kinda darkish, dull chrome. It's the colour right after the yellow-eyed Fulgore.

So, Ultra speed + Darkish chrome = Quick Silver. I just use to sign "Q" and ppl left it at that; The "Q" stuck. Now I even use it as my pen name in poetry and as my nickname when I did Kung Fu (Shui Yin). :awesome:
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AR!Ø on March 27, 2008, 01:38:42 AM
I tried a whole string of things and they were already taken, and couldn't come up with an original name so I picked my favorite Naruto character. 500+ posts down the road, I'm still wondering if I can change it. Admins?
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on March 27, 2008, 09:18:03 AM
sure you can. What name would you prefer to have displayed?
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Eroo on March 27, 2008, 09:27:31 AM
Eroo - the sound Blanka does make.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Silvaback on March 27, 2008, 11:34:48 AM
I get my name from 3 places
1. Meh bro used to call me silvaback cuz I had hardd back (after d gorillas)
2. My hair does sometimes shine on my arm and back when I by the beach an ting (again like a silverback gorilla..)
3. Sweating in cafe an some noob bawl out "weyyy like you is a Silverback or wah..how you playin wit dem guerrilla tactics" (from SoF 2 days)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Philosophical45 on March 27, 2008, 12:22:40 PM
Philosophical45; actually i have used this name in many forums and chat programs.. mainly related to music.. i first used the name when i started using SoulSeek.. and it stemed onto Paltalk when i participated in small sound clashes online.. now i just use it in any forum basically.. and sometimes i use it as my game id.. but i aslo use Shotology101
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Silvaback on March 28, 2008, 11:17:53 AM
Eroo - the sound Blanka does make.
ROFLLLLLL   Yuh dam right ...he does sound like he forcin ah load wee
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AR!Ø on March 28, 2008, 07:08:19 PM
sure you can. What name would you prefer to have displayed?

Sorry bout the late reply

If this can work, then : "AR!Ø"
If not then just Ario
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on March 29, 2008, 12:49:44 PM
And....done.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on March 29, 2008, 02:10:46 PM
quick response. show off NEO.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: WarOne on March 29, 2008, 05:45:56 PM
I have been using this name since Quake 3 days so from then to now still going strong in fps games online.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AR!Ø on March 31, 2008, 07:12:16 PM
Thank you
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: ~*Ashiee*~ on April 18, 2008, 10:34:58 AM
Let's see,
I choose mine because it was my email address, and for those people that know me they know I am a bit on the psychotic side, the "Split" part I don't know about, I joined GATT since I was in High School so I really can't remember what "phase" of life I was in, now I would love to change it to something a little bit more feminine or a little bit more to suit my personality but hey everyone knows me here as this.....so I don't know maybe one day I will beg an Admin to change it, not sure if I am ready to give up my "identity" here yet though....
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: JewishMonk on April 19, 2008, 09:11:28 PM
JewishMonk
Cuss no one eva thought of it in the entire WORLD POPULATION
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: alibaboolal on November 28, 2009, 10:54:15 PM
how did you come up with your username?

i got mine from the surnames of the first 2 persons in my facebook friends list

chad ali
sherece baboolal

hence alibaboolal :happy0203:
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Nephilim on November 28, 2009, 11:23:52 PM
i coulda swear there was a thread about this somewhere...

well had started listening to this band Fields of the Nephilim and googled 'nephilim' to find out what it was about ended up liking it so i took it up as my handle a while back

נְפִלִים - is how it's commonly spelled in Hebrew (given that there are like 5/6 different interpretations/pronounciations/spellings of the word)

i just went with the one that occurs first in the old testament as it's more commonly known among those of the Christian and Hindu persuasions

i liked it so much i have it tattooed on my wrist

(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/403597/nephilim.jpg)
sauwce (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/403597/nephilim.pdf)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Spazosaurus on November 28, 2009, 11:51:02 PM
There IS a thread about this already. Bye
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: alibaboolal on November 28, 2009, 11:52:45 PM
There IS a thread about this already. Bye

could you give me the link to the thread
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Archer on November 29, 2009, 12:23:34 AM
It's my gamertag. I tend to shoot ppl from long range. Besides Archer just sounds cool to me  :awesome:
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: rassmatic on November 29, 2009, 12:40:13 AM
I sign up so long I forget why I even chose my name. I'm actually a pretty laid back kinda guy. :lol: Guess it sounded cool at the time. Always wished I could change it though.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Berzerk on November 29, 2009, 02:33:42 AM
yea i watched sword of the berserker. was intrigued ay how epically awesometastic and dread guts (main character) was...the number 28 is my lucky number too. go figure..

that was ages ago though. think I should change ett now..


Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AIDS on December 04, 2009, 08:24:42 PM
I can't believe this thread has been around for so long and I have never posted on it, especially since I'm always answering this very same question. So here goes:

Back in the day when I first started gaming I was into racing games so I called myself "fast track" but I was playing this motor cross game that couldn't take a name that long so I shortened it to PHASTRAQ.

Then I started playing shooters, specifically Unreal and C.O.D. and the name Phastraq worked cause I was always the most agile but I noticed that when you killed someone the game said on their screen "You were killed by Phastraq" so as a joke I changed my name to AIDS and so it read "You were killed by AIDS"

Anywho, the name stuck and as I continued to play COD I developed a knack for being unkillable and even when killed I would respawn and instantly kill the person that killed me. People started using terms like "AIDS is a killer" and "You can't get rid of AIDS" so the name stuck.

Surprisingly, girls usually are intrigued by the name and it's a great conversation starter so if it aint broke why fix it. :)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Crixx_Creww on December 04, 2009, 09:12:10 PM
Surprisingly, girls usually are intrigued by the name and it's a great conversation starter so if it aint broke why fix it. :)


....Steuppsssssssssssssssssssssss
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Redlum08 on December 04, 2009, 10:06:19 PM
You mean to tell me, girls WANT AIDS?? O_o ROFL!!!
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on December 04, 2009, 11:05:55 PM
Argh. I am so sick and tired of this thread. It's like a frigging zombie....you think it's dead and buried, only for somebody to dig it up again.

I'm inclined to give this the 'What is Chakra?' treatment, to be honest.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: EmpireKing on December 04, 2009, 11:08:02 PM
o.O NEO noooooooooooooo

You mean to tell me, girls WANT AIDS?? O_o ROFL!!!

you must admitt....^^THAT was freaking funnay
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on December 04, 2009, 11:11:39 PM
What? Don't tell me you're attached to this thread or something, EK. Because if you must know, I really, sincerely HATE this thread.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: rassmatic on December 04, 2009, 11:15:06 PM
ROFL!!! This thread real ole in truth. Most of the ppl from page 1 haven't even been online in years. :lol:
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on December 04, 2009, 11:54:25 PM
wait nuh?? is 5 years now Master Rage on GATT??? I swear he was a new comer yes. Can't believe is since 2004 the man start this thread. That is Soldier of Fortune era.

lol @ NEO's hatred.

Why, pray tell? What's in a name?

Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on December 05, 2009, 12:26:56 AM
This thread must burn, and I shall be the gas-powered flamethrower that sets it alight!

......does anybody have a grand to lend me so's I can buy one?
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: woodyear99 on December 05, 2009, 01:38:24 AM
Lol this thread is Uber Necro hehe.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: EmpireKing on December 05, 2009, 04:37:41 PM
What? Don't tell me you're attached to this thread or something, EK. Because if you must know, I really, sincerely HATE this thread.

hahaha...nah.... i jus love that AIDS story....always cracks me up :/
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Guru on December 06, 2009, 01:10:36 PM
I didn't choose the name.. the name chose me.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: woodyear99 on December 06, 2009, 02:16:58 PM
In Soviet Russia... :p
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Nephilim on December 06, 2009, 02:32:38 PM
lolz
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: EmpireKing on December 06, 2009, 07:13:33 PM
i feel NEO gonnan come back here and share lixxx
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: New Era Outlaw on December 07, 2009, 09:25:00 AM
Only to the next buttmunch who starts another thread like this up again.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AIDS on December 14, 2009, 02:38:34 PM
I only posted in it cause I haven't posted before but I think there was another thread like this that I did post the story in.

P.S. Some girls just like dangerous guys and what could be more dangerous than a guy named AIDS?
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on December 14, 2009, 04:50:18 PM
lol, strange but true. Some women just like to flirt with fire.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Nephilim on December 14, 2009, 06:17:02 PM
P.S. Some girls just like dangerous guys and what could be more dangerous than a guy named AIDS?

a guy named Ebola?

:D
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: VirtueTT on August 01, 2011, 03:59:00 PM
So we as proud Trinidadians, Tobagonians and other Caribbean islanders, are very creative. More so creative when making up nick names for we partners and friends. And apparently even more creative when making up names for ourselves.

That being said, how did you come up with your gamer tag/handle that you use in the various games you pwn through?


I'll start. I pride myself on being somewhat of a virtuous kinda guy. For those who've interacted with me in on that level wud understand why. Belonged to the scout troop in my secondary school which had the motto, "V.I.C. - Virtue, Integrity, Consistency". Those watch words stuck with me, so thus VirtueTT popped into my head when i started playing SC2. And of course the "TT" to mark me as a Trini =D


Now.. who's next?

Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: UltimateGamer on August 01, 2011, 04:39:14 PM
My gamer handle is actually "shezie" and its that simply because its my nickname since birth.

UltimateGamer which i use here was as a result of my gaming prowess among my peers. They actually referred to me as the Ultimate Gamer - get it.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Redlum08 on August 01, 2011, 05:13:07 PM
My Gamertag is RedlumTT, actually came up with this when i set-up my Xbox Live account on the first Xbox when Halo 2 was the game to sweat online...it stems from one of my favorite TV shows back in the 90's...some of you might know it..The X-Files..hence my name Redlum, which is Mulder spelt backwards, I added the TT later on when I got my 360 and decided to change my tag from Redlum08 to RedlumTT...
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Berzerk on August 01, 2011, 05:14:09 PM
For me its two fold

1. Berzerk -(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzerk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzerk)) had an affinity for these types of games as a kid. Would sneak over to my neighbors home to play.  Heck one of my earliest memories was playing pacman on a mini arcade machine I had at home. Must have been three years old or so at the time. Since then Ive always loved aimlessly shooting stuff.  

Then there is Berserk. the anime.  http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=328

Watched it loved it, found the main character Guts to be the epitome of baddassery and just sheer brute force and ignorance. (somewhat juvenile but say what.)

Been considering a name change of late though... :lol:

Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: mailman166 on August 01, 2011, 05:49:05 PM
I'm the mailman because I deliver a hurting....Muhahaha......

No really I'm mailman because I wanted to just say something that delivers and 166 was my house number in Couva
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Reaper2051 on August 01, 2011, 05:51:38 PM
Originally came up with Reaper2051 an that stuck with me during the Euro+ days

Then i went with Immortal_Rites for a couple of days as a shout out to one of my favorite Morbid Angel songs of the same name.

After those days I ran with a crew on COD4 for a while an when we spoke on Vent and I use to laugh alot they sometimes call me Joker so I went from Immortal_Rites to Immortal Joker.

Now I go by EAGLE_66 as a member of the Eagles Squadron clan.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Redfish on August 01, 2011, 06:00:40 PM
I made mine up....yea.....I'm red, I like redfish......hence redfish.....yea pretty lame huh....lol


Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: AvatarTT on August 01, 2011, 07:39:23 PM
I usually go by AvatarTT on the PC. Started using that since 2008 in anticipation of the movie Avatar, being a James Cameron fan.

Unfortunately someone else is using AvatarTT as their PSN ID. So I came up with BloodyAvatar for that. The "Bloody" part comes from being a Dexter fan. "Born in Blood"
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Archer on August 01, 2011, 08:05:07 PM
Made up the name Archer whilst playing COD4/COD2 in internet cafes and the name just stuck. Also I kinda take shots from a distance...like an archer :D
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on August 02, 2011, 12:12:42 AM
I came up with W1nTry prolly 2006/7 when I got my xbox, it came from wintry (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wintry) (click for meaning) which I picked up for an msn handle since 1995 thereabouts. At the time I wanted something to convey the attitude of being cold (which I am apparently quite alot) so I chose wintry, when l33tsp3@k came my way and XBL it became what it is now.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Q on August 02, 2011, 01:03:16 AM
My name is actually Quicksilver. I was one of the first (if not THE first) to consistently and competently play KI2 on Ultra Speed in arcades and my character of choice was Fulgore in a dark, dirty-looking chrome colour, infinite Ultra combo included.

Ultra Speed + Dutty chrome = Quicksilver

Of course, that doesn't usually fit when signing for your score so I shortened it to "Q". I'm a bit of a combo nut and ppl liked to watch me play so they saw when I signed "Q" and I've been known as that ever since. Also when I was heavy into "gym-busting", I would go to a strange arcade, kick everyone's ass without saying a word, sign "Q" and then leave. As far as they knew, "Q" was my name.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Agokillya on August 02, 2011, 03:00:23 PM
My gamertag came about naturaly i believe. you shoot me, hence the expression "Agokillya" which in the latin term meaning:

"A" - I am, meaning me :D

"go" - goin to, at some point eventualy

"kill" - self explanitory

"ya" - meaning you, your split screen buddy and everyone else in your clan, maybe your dog too.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on August 02, 2011, 04:08:27 PM
^ LMFAO!!!
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: NDVenom on August 03, 2011, 09:56:36 AM
LoL @ Agokillya.
Venom from Spiderman is my favorite comic book villain and I just added my initials in front...NDVenom :)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Jarrox on August 03, 2011, 02:19:02 PM
I came up with mine back in 06 when I started playing CS...to many ppl hand my nickname froggy so I decided to make something new and while listening to some Bob Marley I figured I would use something with Jah in it and I played around with a few names till  i did a google on Jarrox and there was nothing using that name so I registered it on steam.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: LQDSNK on August 05, 2011, 04:18:43 PM
@ w1nTry i always read that as Win-Try, like a taunt: "I'll win...You keep trying"

@ o/c what does it stand for then?

Mine came from Metal Gear Solid, when i played it, it was one of the most amazing games i ever came across. I used to go by "liquid" and the character liquid snake really caught my eye. I changed it to "LiQuiDSNaKe" but that's too long to keep typing everywhere so i changed it to LQDSNK which is the same thing anyway, somehow people rarely recognise it as that though.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: madmunkie on August 05, 2011, 04:44:47 PM
Got mine from playing Unreal Tournament 2003. Allyuh remember the announcer used to say things like "DOUBLE KILL", "MULTI KILL" etc.. well one of the things he used to say was FLAK MONKEY! (activated after getting 15 kills with the flak cannon or something). I mistakenly heard "mad monkey" and adopted it as my gamer tag. When I eventually found out the correct thing I was like..."f*ck it, mad monkey sounds cooler anyway"
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Snowtiger on August 05, 2011, 05:06:23 PM
These are awesome :)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Doomtack on August 05, 2011, 06:25:40 PM
sure nobody wanna know where i get doomtack from...

but, in ninja gaiden 2 for the NES, when u go to fight the boss...
the song that is heard kinda sounded like
"doom tack doom tack doom tack doom tack"... (i was really young)
so since i was small i always called all bosses in any game,
a doomtack...
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Q on August 06, 2011, 02:30:32 PM
These are awesome :)

Indeed... We're like the Justice League with different origin stories, lol.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: W1nTry on August 06, 2011, 02:49:47 PM
@ w1nTry i always read that as Win-Try, like a taunt: "I'll win...You keep trying"

It works well as a taunt as well interpreted in different ways, such as what you said, also Win-in-1-Try
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Crixx_Creww on August 06, 2011, 10:55:29 PM
Ah boy, somebody delete meh post. Nice ness
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Philosophical45 on August 07, 2011, 07:41:09 PM
i remember there was a thread like this.

Philosophical45 - mostly used as my forum and chat room handle. Probably used it in a game once.

Bin Fraggin - Used this in my early quake3 and unreal tournament days. Just mocking Bin Landen. I was a run and gun addict, i still am.. lol

Shotology101 - my current handle, changed it from BinFraggin, i've used this since quake 3 and ut2k3 days, especially when guys in school used to run their mouth about being the best in UT. So i said, listen to me, i'll teach you how to shoot. Until i got banned from playing in the school lan sweat for being a show off, steups..lol. I wonder if i can get on nasty like that again..lol
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: shivadee on September 10, 2011, 04:29:40 PM
shivadee - first "version" of my gamertag. Came up because people in the US cant say "Deonarine" properly so they just say "shivadee"

shivad33 - second iteration of the first name

Xexyz - an NES game from "back in the day". Pronounced "Zex-is". People well ketch they @ss to say this right and used to say "XYZ"

X3xyz - current gamertage on LIVE. Changed it from "shivad33" because of an @sston of requests from my twitter page when i said i was on MW3.

finalb00st - the original old........OLD gamertag for PSN. I think I've been using this since 2005 on PS2. Used to be a big car man (not anymore) and was all about turbo...yeesh. Name stuck and just too lazy to change :)
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniDarkSlayer on December 01, 2011, 04:55:50 PM
My PSN name originated from my likeness of the Devil May Cry character, Vergil and his DarkSlayer style. Having played DMC 3: SE for years since its release, I've gotten really good with his gameplay and only have Dante Must Die to SS rank in completion. I added Trini because it will I'm proud of my nationality and the fact that I've yet to see anyone play DMC as good as I have.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Sesimie on February 25, 2012, 08:08:23 PM
Well once the Thread open oui!! ^^

I was Originally Forscythe on these Forumns.....Reel Metal Head.....but that is another story...

Real Name = Imran

When i was young i was called imie by family and Girls.....;)

Then i read Ali Baba and the forty Thieves in Primary school ...My Family happens to be Ali...so I kept going around and shouting "OPEN SAYS IMIE!!" (Early Dovahkiin shout FTW! ;)

Also I'm a Massive Muppet / sesame Street /Jim Henson Fanatic!! So i modified it to sesimie.

Recently i saw these awesome Pics of Sesame Street Fighter pics.... So I'm now known as [GATT]SesimieStreetFighter

http://technabob.com/blog/2010/05/17/sesame-street-fighter/
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on February 25, 2012, 09:25:18 PM
lol, yeah those sesame street fighter pics were epic
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: rassmatic on February 25, 2012, 10:35:30 PM
tbh, i don't really like my GATT name. i didn't put much thought into it when i signed up so many years back. if so many ppl didn't know me by it, i would have requested it changed. :(
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniLink on February 26, 2012, 02:04:43 AM
Trini=Trinidadian, 3 real life names are D's so in essence i'm 3D
Link= Legend of Zelda

Basically A Trini who is a huge Zelda fan.
ManaHero is from Secret of Mana SNES and it was my first RPG after Zelda that i liked. I AM THE ManaHero!!
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniXaeno on February 26, 2012, 08:35:20 AM
tbh, i don't really like my GATT name. i didn't put much thought into it when i signed up so many years back. if so many ppl didn't know me by it, i would have requested it changed. :(

People change their GATT names all the time Rage, lol

Feel free to request a new one if you wish. It will take us all of 5 seconds to modify your account.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: captainchris on February 27, 2012, 04:08:39 PM
capnchris is just a forum man

my real nickname is LTchineyTT

got the LT based on rank in Fear Combat and COD clan days.

Chiney....well lets go all the way back to the first day of high school when a certain ass said.. " Why dont you go sit next to that chiney guy there "

Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TriniGamerShaq on September 19, 2013, 01:40:24 AM
Hmm well de name ah was usin before was aceblazer13 cause ah love one piece,ace is meh favourite character,he power is fire and 13 is ah badass number.but ah feel like im no longer aceblazer so my new name is now trinigamershaq cause im a trini ah gamer and meh name is shaquille less meaning behind it but say what.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: MessiaaH on September 19, 2013, 10:46:33 PM
Din know this thread was around nah lol.

When i first joined gatt i used firstname+lastname format lol, accustom using that when signing up for most things.
 So how did i end up with my current name?

Well when i now join gatt, ah sweatty up d scene with ah beast machine that blow out everybody score. And certain men on here, cough, arcman, cough, captawesome, couhg couhg, and a few others, didnt believe meh lol. And wanted visual proof that the machine was indeed mines. Some serious validation checks was going on back in them days, things get rel lax now lol.

Anyways, i was required to take pictures of the rig, so as extra proof i write up meh name and the quote "believe in the messiah" on some computer page and stick it all over d machine / monitor. I then posted my photos.
Hell, look i just find said photos on meh gatt page:

(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5494/img5586ug7.jpg)

(http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/576/img5582id6.jpg)

...Memories, lol.

People start calling meh messiah and i guess it stick since then. My initials is MH, so i capitalize the MessiaH, and since messiah so common, had to add ah extra 'a' for most sites/games, so i end up with MessiaaH. I then started using the name for all gaming/tech oriented forums, and it became my tag for games as well, sc2, dirt, etc...
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: TheSpecialOne91 on May 28, 2015, 06:25:02 PM
Well as a gamer of many games,  I consider it a "special" trait for me. I even wowed a few of my cousins in playing certain games (by performs certain actions which is required, showing/improving my skills and adding more to my "Games Completed" list.  I also do believe that we, as gamers, are all special in some way, don't you agree. Hence, with a passion for gaming, combined with respect, humility, love for other gamers alike (and others in general) and unity in doing what I and many others do best, by the grace of God, TheSpecialOne came into GATT's (and the world's) existence. Peace, love, unity, loyalty and respect all the way!  :hello:
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: PsiVal on February 21, 2016, 03:50:49 PM
I came up with mine since 02, was feeling poetic and couldnt find a word that properly described the confusion i felt so i created one "PsiVal" - Psi to represent the logical thought of the mind and Val short for Valentine my birthday to represent the Heart and the illogical thought process. putting them together = Chaos or Harmony. So out of that i sued that as my callsign as when i entered a game (usually FPS at this time) i lived to screw with the enemy or cause Chaos and while playing game i was always at peace so it was my Harmony... It a Unique name that was never taken so i continued using it in most games i play.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Triniwebdiva on April 08, 2016, 02:46:09 PM
WebDiva was a job title I had when I worked for an internet company in Seattle back in the day.  It was printed on my business cards. I added the "trini" to distinguish myself from all the other webdivas out there.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: protomanex on April 16, 2016, 10:07:48 PM
My tag changes alot, but when it comes to original tags they are ProtomanEX and RockmanNT

Those who played any of the Megaman Battle Network games for GBA will know what I am talking about.
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: 1000ping on May 09, 2016, 07:25:06 AM
So I play this game called league of legends and back then my ping would round off to 999 on bad days and I had a previous gamertag called slimlix (still use from time to time), so, one day i'm stepping onto the battlefield after having a hard day at work and a beautiful break up and my net decides lets give him that 999 ping, i'm like wtf dan this is my reward for such a day PERFECT!!!! Back then BBM was the thing and my ex is pinging down my phone and after all the pings she types "so i have to ping you 1000 times to get a response" and from that day forward i was known as 1000ping
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: stunnakidtnt on September 29, 2016, 01:54:56 PM
hmmmmm kinda tough. I think it came about when i was registering for my psn account and I always had stunnakid as a nickname and well i guess i just added tnt lol
Title: Re: The Official "How I Came Up With My GATT Name / Gamer Tag / Handle" Thread
Post by: Corbiegoonta on March 13, 2018, 11:51:26 AM
My last name is Corbie and in school I was relatively big compared to my schoolmates so they used to refer to me as goonta therefore I came up with the gamertag Corbiegoonta.
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