Screen names and first impressions

[TarionzCousin]

Screen names can help with gender. Reading the names in this thread, I'd assume everyone is a guy except Jeysie and Pixie. (of course, pixie is a guy and a married one at that...but as he explained, the name comes from his wife.)

That's most of what I get from screen names, too: gender.

My first impression of "Bullgrit" was that it was a substitute for "Bullsh*t" and that the name indicated someone who was mocking himself at being a joker/kidder/obvious liar.

However, now I agree with stevelabny that you simply must chew tobacco.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I thought Bullgrit was a Discworld reference.

<---- EQ1 character name

 

[Kurashu]

To me names are just names. Girls do tend to choose girl names. And guys tend to choose guy names. But some times (read: most times) you get ambigous ones. Like, for instance, a board I post at (TDottle, I doubt any of you know of it), pretty much everyone has A) an ambigious screen name and B) changed it at least twice this week.

I am curious to know what you make of mine though.

 

[Nyaricus]

To me names are just names. Girls do tend to choose girl names. And guys tend to choose guy names. But some times (read: most times) you get ambigous ones. Like, for instance, a board I post at (TDottle, I doubt any of you know of it), pretty much everyone has A) an ambigious screen name and B) changed it at least twice this week.

I am curious to know what you make of mine though.

I figured you are either Asian or some sorta 30-something white middle American obsessed with Asain culture.

Something like that. I like the name though

 

[TarionzCousin]

I am curious to know what you make of mine though.

I figured you are either Asian or some sorta 30-something white middle American obsessed with Asain culture.

Or it sounds like a line from an old Schwarzenegger movie.

Arnold: "If you dohn't obey me now, I will kurashu later!"

P.S. "Get to the choppah!"

 

[BOZ]

i'd be lying if i said a screen name or avatar never colored my perception about a person. after all, the way you present yourself does color others' perceptions about you. of course, those are not the only ways i judge a person, but they can definitely make at least a small difference in the positive or negative.

 

[Sound of Azure]

But really, some names immediately evoke a sense of something. I remember when Sound of Azure first started posting here and I thought to myself "what a peaceful sounding name."
cheers,
--N

Awww...

I am a pretty peaceful person, I have to admit. I'm trying to be a good little buddhist.

From your name, I figured you had an interest in Roman culture (or something). When I found out your username was a scrambled version of your real name... I thought it was pretty clever.

To me names are just names. Girls do tend to choose girl names. And guys tend to choose guy names. But some times (read: most times) you get ambigous ones. Like, for instance, a board I post at (TDottle, I doubt any of you know of it), pretty much everyone has A) an ambigious screen name and B) changed it at least twice this week.

I am curious to know what you make of mine though.

I was thinking it was Engrish for "Crash"... or what Nyaricus said.

 

[Nyaricus]

Awww...

I am a pretty peaceful person, I have to admit. I'm trying to be a good little buddhist.

From your name, I figured you had an interest in Roman culture (or something). When I found out your username was a scrambled version of your real name... I thought it was pretty clever.

Are you actually buddhist? I was kinda wondering - your username has that sort of flair to it.

Funny story about my name, which I always forget. I knew a guy from my neighbourhood since he and I were in kindergarten and up to high school; he was chinese. His name was Tychicus, pronounced "tich-i-cus" or somesuch. Not really roman at all.

I was sorta friends with him back in the day, but by the time I was in highschool, I didn't even know the guy. Around that time, I was really getting into creating my homebrew D&D campaign setting, and I started to scramble up peoples names and other random words to get names and such - and I scrambled my own for a diety. Ironically enough, it's ending is the same as I guy I'd known for over 10 years. Go figure.

cheers,
--N

 

[Olaf the Stout]

In the vast majority of cases, I don't think that screen names or avatars have much effect on me here on EN World. Some of the usernames and/or avatars on Circvs Maximvs, on the other hand, have a bit more of an effect since some tend to be much more "out there" due to the looser level of moderation (Eric's Grandma, or most Grandma's for that matter, would have approved of a lot of them).

It is only when I see names like "Drizzt Pwns!!!" or "1337Ninja" or something like that where I form more of an opinion of someone based on their name. Even still, posting in ALL CAPS, withoutabreakbetweenwords or as though u r ritn a msg 2 sum1 has a greater effect on me than someone's name.

As for my username, like many others here, it is the name of one of my characters (actually, the first D&D character I ever created myself, hence the very unoriginal name! ).

Olaf the Stout

 

[Mycanid]

...Screen names from pop culture can give a clue as to the age. I would assume Mycanid has been playing for a pretty long time...

10 points for Mr. Holmes!