What does your ENWorld name mean?

[Shemeska]

It's the name of an arcanaloth from 2e/3e Planescape.

I originally snagged it as an online handle when I was posting heavily over on the WotC boards on the Planes (later Planes & Deities) sub-board where most of the content was Planescape and the 3e MotP. Around that time several other folks were using the names of characters from the setting and posting in-character every so often, so I snagged the Marauder and ran with it. It stuck, and I've been using it on a number of boards ever since.

Though since I've started writing for $, I've been using either my name, or characters that I created when I start a name somewhere new; just feels more appropriate. But I've been using it long enough, and have written so much storyhour/fiction that involved the character, it might be difficult to shake it. When you get mentioned by online handle on 4chan first, then by real name, you know you're probably stuck with it in some capacity.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Mine is from the early days of the internet, when browsers were basic. Was playing a computer game at that time called Dungeon Keeper (wonderful game) and needed a log in to get content from their site; I used my handle because it was the cuser used in the game to slap and pick up your monsters. When I found Eric's site and registered, the handle filled in itself, so I kept it.

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

(cross-posted from an old thread on the WotC boards)

Peraion is from a name generator in a CRPG (Drakensang) and also happens to be the name of an ancient town in Greece. According to some websites, peraion means carrying across.

Graufalke is German for Greyhawk. That's my shout-out to Gary Gygax and one of the 2e settings I owned but never got to run or play in.

 

[Gulla]

I for once remembered that a name should be with a capital letter, and as I said when I married: "I may change my name for you, but my user name is mine forever."

So it's the name that has been mine since the old BitNet days.

 

[Crothian]

Crothian is name of my second Rifts character who I played for a close to a decade. I alwaays liked the name, not sure why.

 

[Bingle]

One of my many nicknames. Plus, all the good names were taken. They always are. Fiddlesticks.

 

[Morrus]

Mine is quite boring - the first three letters of my surname, followed by the first three letters of my first name.

 

[Goblyn]

When I got my very first email address with hotmail, I was able to get 'Goblyn'. I thought that was pretty impressive that i got a hotmail address that was just a word with no numbers attached or anything and I've still got that address.

That and 'Goblin' was taken.

 

[Barastrondo]

Most of my professional work was on the World of Darkness, but I was also a participant in the Scarred Lands, and signed up for ENWorld while that was going on at White Wolf. One of my bigger contributions to Scarn was Hollowfaust, the City of Necromancers, so I took the name of one of the city's seven founders as my "D&D work persona."

At one point (contact) read the book and gave me a little hell for naming myself after a founder who gets killed off. These things happen.

 

[R-Hero]

Stolen from an old Atari game.
(H.E.R.O. Helecopter Emergency Rescue Operations I think was the name, Its been almost 30 years ago)

I had origianlly borrowed the name for a AD&D cavalier that was loads of fun playing because he was a little self centered and arrogant but with the polish and regalness of the upper crust.

"Hello, I'm Roderick Hero or R.Hero to my close personal freinds"

(R. Hero = Our Hero Get It??)

Its just stuck as a screen name ever since I got online.