What does your ENWorld name mean?

[roguerouge]

A lot of people spell rogue wrong. Either that, or their character class is a color.

 

[malcolypse]

Malaclypse the Younger was the pen name used by Gregory Hill to write the Principia Discordia. Unless you believe the rumors that Gregory Hill was a pen name used by Malaclypse the Younger.

The story goes that he dissapeared in 1970. His last words were, "Come the dawn, the sun shall rise in the west." And then he walked into the Pacific Ocean.

In order to avoid confusion between us, I began using an altered spelling of the name in games and online (and I don't care what you heard, it wasn't because I was drinking heavily at the time.)

 

[Flatus Maximus]

Flattus Maximus is a guitarist for GWAR, the ultimate all-bard D&D adventuring party. I didn't like the double-t, so I dropped one.

 

[Graybeard]

Mine is quite easy to explain. My beard does have gray in it. I also feel quite old when talking to my 20-something and 30-something coworkers. I'm just an old graybeard. It also sounds like a pirate name which doesn't hurt either.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Erac's Cousin was written up in the original Rogue's Gallery book. I don't have my copy handy, but I think he was played by one of Gary Gygax's kids. The character never revealed his real name--and there was never anyone named "Erac" other. It seemed like a good concept for a username.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

My name comes from a poem. It's used in an anime called Ronin Warriors (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers in Japan) to describe the origins of the five mystical armors the main characters wear. Generally one line for each of the five, though my favorite character gets two:

"Floating amongst the eyes of ages,
Unmoored in the stream of the sky."

Referring to the stars/heavens.

EDIT: The full legend poem for the series:
[sblock]Torch of Spirit, sought through five,
Drinking strength from immortal fire,
Darkest prison sheds the light,
Churning beneath a swirl of salt,
Burning within a throne of rock,
Floating amongst the eyes of ages,
Unmoored in the stream of the sky[/sblock]

I cannibalize it all the time. I use another portion of the poem for my AIM screen name, I've used EyesOfAges a few times, and the forum I made for my houserules and game info is called "Torch of Spirit." So...yeah...

 

[Noumenon]

This one guy would shout 'Go on Alan', after about thirty minutes of this I was fool enough to ask- 'who's Alan?'

Twenty-two years later and I'm still stuck with it.

I don't get it.

My Morrus-name is "kovkar."

"Noumenon" is from Kant, it's the real thing in itself. Everything else is just phenomenon, as it appears to us. A weighty nickname for something I made up to play Wheel of Fortune online in 1999.

 

[FireLance]

You can blame G-Force (the anime, NOT the guinea pig movie) for my username. G-Force was an old Japanese cartoon featuring a group of five people protecting the earth and stuff (kind of like the Power Rangers, but less campy). Among the vehicles they piloted was this massive airplane/spaceship that could turn into a fiery phoenix-like blast of energy. Many episodes ended with them using this ability to blast through and destroy the threat of the day.

That image kind of stuck in my mind, and when I needed to name a phoenix NPC for a 1e D&D game, I used "Firelance". Since then, every time I needed to use a phoenix in the game, I would call it "Firelance". During 2e, I started creating a homebrew inspired by elements of the Death Gate Cycle, the Dark Sun setting and the Birthright setting. The basic idea behind the setting was that the world had been split into eight pieces because of a massive struggle between good and evil. Firelance became a hero of the old world who had best embodied the philosophy of Fire. Formerly human, he had evolved into a phoenix. His weapon, also called the Fire Lance, was what would be a holy, flaming lance in 3e terms. In 4e terms, it would be a spear that could convert the damage it deals to fire and radiant damage (and in line with 4e philosophy, since there's no official magic item that does this, I decided to create my own).

I have long abandoned that setting, but I'm still fond of the name and the (NPC) character and weapon who bore it. So, I've been using it as my user name on ENWorld and a few other forums I frequent.

And in case it isn't obvious, my avatar depicts both the phoenix and the weapon that shared his name. It was done by Sialia (also from ENWorld).

 

[falcarrion]

I was rolling up a elven thief and needed a good name. So I took Falcon and carrion crawler, combined them and formed Falcarrion. Once I started using Yahoo so many years ago, I used it for my name. Have used it ever since.
I am the first and only true Falcarrion. any others are just bad imitations.

 

[Ourph]

It's my real name.