• This site contains affiliate links. If you choose to make a purchase after clicking a link, Poker Chip Forum may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Origin of your Username (6 Viewers)

Mine's simple. Cali is short for my last name, and being from the east coast, the obvious oxymoron seemed to be a nice fit. It's become the immediate target of any bent out of shape gamers that are mad at me in fps type games. It's veeery entertaining to hear people attack my intelligence because Cali is on the west coast; they feel the need to enlighten me lol.
 
@merkong came about back in my competitive slow pitch softball days. Full dress uniforms (two per player), 3 hats per player (game hat, back up, bar hat), hoodies, windbreakers, cleats, bags, bats… We were heavily sponsored.

With a career 1,950 home runs, career batting average of over .725, and slugging percentage a whopping 1.379 I could really sting the ball. Roaming right center field with Buggsy to my right, K-Dog in left, and Dinner in right, we could all cover ground and had cannons for arms.

The name came about when I destroyed a pitch that was tape measured at just under 400’. Twice in back to back at bats.

“He hit that like King Kong” turned into Merkong as the “mer” part is the first half of my last name. Sometimes just Kong or Konger, I always answer to Merkong.
 
Lunettes=glasses. Back when I started to play I always laughed at people playing with glasses (sorry for those who do). So I thought it would be a nickname for my profil. Glassman kind of.
 
Digirati is a play on the term Illuminati, but for people in the Internet space.
 
Even if you're not giving me a good price to call....

Season 7 Reaction GIF by The Office


The 614 is part of the zip code where I live
 
I am Voldemort, once known as Tom Riddle, the orphan who rose to power on the wings of fear and darkness. My story is one of ambition and obsession, fueled by a thirst for immortality and dominance. Born of a union tainted by magic, I grew up in the shadows of an orphanage, where I first discovered my extraordinary abilities. Hogwarts was but a stepping stone to my ultimate goal, where I delved into the darkest arts and forged the Horcruxes that would tether my soul to the mortal world. My name became synonymous with terror, my followers bowed before me, and even death could not claim me entirely. But in the end, it was the boy who lived, Harry Potter, who brought about my downfall, shattering the fragments of my soul and sealing my fate in the annals of history. Yet, even now, whispers of my dark legacy linger, a testament to the power I once wielded and the fear I instilled in the hearts of wizards and Muggles alike. Oh, and I also like to play poker.
 
Lord_Foldemort said:
I am Voldemort, once known as Tom Riddle, the orphan who rose to power on the wings of fear and darkness. My story is one of ambition and obsession, fueled by a thirst for immortality and dominance. Born of a union tainted by magic, I grew up in the shadows of an orphanage, where I first discovered my extraordinary abilities. Hogwarts was but a stepping stone to my ultimate goal, where I delved into the darkest arts and forged the Horcruxes that would tether my soul to the mortal world. My name became synonymous with terror, my followers bowed before me, and even death could not claim me entirely. But in the end, it was the boy who lived, Harry Potter, who brought about my downfall, shattering the fragments of my soul and sealing my fate in the annals of history. Yet, even now, whispers of my dark legacy linger, a testament to the power I once wielded and the fear I instilled in the hearts of wizards and Muggles alike. Oh, and I also like to play poker.
Click to expand...
Hello, Tom.
 
Growing up, my family called me Johnny (first name is John) and one of my favorite baseball players was Johnny Bench (#5).
 
Long ago in my early 20's I was inspired to write about being uninspired and apathetic. I was still at that age where it felt like something was wrong because everything in life was so damned anticlimactic and adulting was revealed to be a slog and a grind. I'd spent so much time reading books, watching movies and playing video games in my youth... I didn't realize that I was subconsciously expecting to be a main character in a shared story with 7 billion other shaven monkeys. Writing this short story started me on the path to realizing that joy and engagement are where you create them, and the main character of that story was "The Grey Kin".
 
I've always been fascinated by the mythical bird phoenix. I actually have a tattoo of a phoenix. I think its pretty fitting, since I have gone through traumatic experiences, and have risen from them. I have grown, I have learned a lot, and am shining brighter than I ever have. Very fitting of the name I think.

That being said, I have used this username for other things, like playing CSGO. The spelling of my name comes from the fact that I don't want to have the same name as someone else. My favorite number is 9, so I thought it would be cool to incorporate it instead of doing something basic like replacing a 'o' with a '0'. There was a professional CS player named "XYP9X" and the commentators used to pronounce it "Zipnix", so I ended up with Phoe9x, pronounced Phoenix.
 
manamongkids said:
I don't think this thread exists, but if it does, please delete.

Some usernames are self explanatory IE. JButler. Some are not, like mine.

MAN AMONG KIDS originated from an XBox Gamertag I made 11 years ago when I was a freshman in college. I played entirely way too much Call of Duty my freshman and sophomore years. I got started on a dorm-mates XBox 360, then I got my own at the end of first semester of Freshman year for Christmas.

I was used to playing with very squeaky kids ages like 10-15, and since I thought I was much older, I gave myself the name Man Among Kids. Just enough allowable characters for gamertags.

That's it. No grand story.

I've actually met some really cool people via XBox and those who are close to me online call me MAK, for short.

So I welcome PCF goers to call me MAK as well. :p
Click to expand...
I of course, made my name after doyle brunson, but i assumed someone had already taken doyle brunson, hence the letter switch
 
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plaugus the Wise? The rule of 2 was created by my man Dessel Bane. A true inspiration
 
The name of my home game poker league is Kueen$Bees Hold Em Hive. K is my first name initial, B is my wife's first name initial (and her work mates called her Bee and Little Bit Bee), the dollar sign is related to the origins of our 35 year relationship. So, I am the Hive Kueen.
 
My first name is Damian and I grew up in the eighties with the specter of the movie series The Omen hanging over my head, so edgy preteen angst me leaned into it and used demonNIC for my dial up BBS handle. Eventually I stopped bothering to uppercase the NIC (network interface card) because nobody got the pun but I've been demonnic so long now out would be weird to change it
 
demonnic said:
My first name is Damian and I grew up in the eighties with the specter of the movie series The Omen hanging over my head, so edgy preteen angst me leaned into it and used demonNIC for my dial up BBS handle. Eventually I stopped bothering to uppercase the NIC (network interface card) because nobody got the pun but I've been demonnic so long now out would be weird to change it
Click to expand...
You had me at "dial up BBS handle".

Let me show you to your thread...
 
younger years working in restaurant kitchens, one of my old managers (who is now my best friend of 10+ years) decided my last name which starts with "Bro" and ends in "ski" with a bunch of letters in the middle, was too long to say. Therefore, Broski was introduced. Now more than 20 years since our first meeting, that is still all he calls me.
 
First name is Reza and my family calls me "rez" and my favorite basketball player is Magic Johnson and his number was 32
 
First name is Jeremy, but everyone calls me Jerm for short. Ferrell is my last name, and no I'm not related to Will Ferrell.
 
So my screen name…….. I had a 4-wheeling accident with my 4 year old red-headed daughter. It flipped and landed on us, sending us both to the hospital (separate ones). My older daughter, who was five at the time, witnessed the whole thing. They did not expect either of us to survive. I survived, She didn’t. I was unable to have anymore children. God knew I wanted more kids. It was several years later, that I was able to adopt a group of 3 brothers. I remarried a man (Mr. Bryson) that had adopted 3 children of his own. He also adopted my 3 little boys. Mr. Bryson had 1 bio girl and 2 adopted girls and 1 adopted boy. So our beautiful, blended family now has 8 kids. We have 2 grand sons. We are also a house for healing, so we have 2 young guys that live with us. They say they do not want to go home, because they are afraid they will make bad choices. So we let them stay.
So I was left with one blond-haired daughter…….. but GodStillBlesses and allowed me to have 7 more kids and lots and lots of add ons.
 

Create an account or login to comment

You must be a member in order to leave a comment

Create account

Create an account and join our community. It's easy!

Register

Log in

Already have an account? Log in here.

You have insufficient privileges to reply here.

Similar threads

jack_deuce_suited
Username Origin
Replies
0
Views
153
jack_deuce_suited
jack_deuce_suited
Hot Nuts
Post if your username is 2 words or more with space(s)
Replies
10
Views
669
Lil Tuna
Lil Tuna
WedgeRock
If your username isn't @Jeff...
Replies
0
Views
507
WedgeRock
WedgeRock
Back
Top Bottom