Do you keep the same name on other forums?

Interesting question. Yes, I have the same name on other forums, and am probably registered on about 12 forums.
 
Call me Excitable boy everywhere but BFC. jmxcpter is a unique leftover from an earlier day on the net, but hard to remember for most folks. Excitable Boy is a tribute to Warren Zevon and makes it easy for most folks. It's kind of an isisde joke with most of my friends as I'm not easily excitable.
 
underaged! said:
Spyderco Forums-yes

CPF-yes (no "!" though)

BM forums-no (I don't even remember it)

My video game "clan"-no

JD-hell no*

Gixxer.com-no

Forumshawaii.com-no

[Edit] I've been trolling the Craftsman Club forum. :D :mad: :o




Just kidding that place is dead.
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*hell no! why I oughtta~
 
Ashes said:
The thread about why we chose our names on here got me thinking about this. I'm "Ashes" on three different forums, but I only post on two of them anymore. Same name, same avatar, same sig. I like to be who I am.

Do any of you post on any other web forums under a different name and/or personality? That kind of seems wrong...

~ashes
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I'm ZDP-189 (or ZDP189 where dashes are not permitted) an all knife and blacksmithing forums that I participate in.
 
Same name on knife forums. Known as hoss on candlepower forums (my very first joined forum several years ago.)
 
Heh, that's cool. I thought it would be the opposite, but it seems that most of us like to keep things simple and somewhat honest! :)

I forgot, on ebay I'm "Alice's Artwear" because that's the name I go by for the dog stuff I make. Still starts with an "A" though, so I get points for that! ;)

~ashes
 
There's a forum or 2 that I go to (completely un-knife related) where I go by the name of "Phydeaux". This moniker long predates my current one. Green chicklets to anybody that can figure out where I got the name (there's actually 2 sources). I also used to play online games under the name "Lumpy Gravy" (and prior to that "Uncle Meat"). When I first started OL gaming, I went by "Spiny Norman".

For the most part though, I just use this one now. Mostly because all the above ones were taken when I tried something new.
 
Planterz said:
There's a forum or 2 that I go to (completely un-knife related) where I go by the name of "Phydeaux". This moniker long predates my current one. Green chicklets to anybody that can figure out where I got the name (there's actually 2 sources). I also used to play online games under the name "Lumpy Gravy" (and prior to that "Uncle Meat"). When I first started OL gaming, I went by "Spiny Norman".

For the most part though, I just use this one now. Mostly because all the above ones were taken when I tried something new.
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A name that came to your dog in a dream and he's letting you use it? ;)
 
The only exception for me are forums where I had some sort of sign-in difficulties, as occurs generally. Usually a loss of the appropriate cookie, and then the thing won't let you sign in as your name is "in use".

I went round and round with admins on one gaming forum, and finally gave up and just made up another name.
 
I'm "Rugger" on a couple. Too hard to remember otherwise.
Isn't the "Phydeaux" a Zappa reference?
 
So, most of you use the same name because it's easier to remember? Or because it's become a sort of "identity"? I sometimes have to catch myself before I sign my emails "ashes" instead of my real name. :o

~l... or, I mean... ashes (We may have a wee bit of an identity problem. ;) )
 
Rugger said:
I'm "Rugger" on a couple. Too hard to remember otherwise.
Isn't the "Phydeaux" a Zappa reference?
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Be more specific. ;)
 
Yup..."m1marty" in all the forums I belong to. What's funny is meeting people in real life and them saying "YOU'RE M1MARTY!?" :D
 
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