Oct 16, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Join Date: Jun 19, 2008
Location: Arcane Sanctuary
Posts: 1472
Age: 34
What's the story behind your nickname?
So I searched a little, but didn't find any thread like this, so: How did you get your nickname? Did you make it up yourself, or did someone else give it to you?
My story is a rather boring one, really. It all started when I was young, 6 years old I think. I was jealous of my brothers' (9 and 8 years older than me) nicknames, "Ace" and "Rat" (their nicks evolved since then, just like mine did), and sick of using my own name to sign my highscores (which was about the only use for a nickname back then). So one day, when I was bugging them about it, they suggested a nickname for me and I liked it, even though I had no idea what it meant. So from that day on, I was known as "Rookie". Yeah, I love my brothers, too...
It wasn't until much later that I learned the word's meaning, but at that time, I've already upgraded to a new nickname, "Jackie". If I remember correctly, I didn't simply take the name, but I took the name Jack and added my last nickname's end. Only much later in school, specifically in one English lesson (it was about hide-and-seek), I realized how girly that nickname sounded, so I just ditched the "ie" and became known simply as "Jack". I bet you all can see where this is going.
So after an awesome but degratory nickname and a good but girlish nickname I ended up stuck with one so bland I sometimes fell asleep while typing it out. There were no further apparent steps I could take, so I sometimes used one of my old nicks just to break the stereotype. I was young and slowly invading the Internet, but without a good nickname I was destined to be an outcast forever. But then, something happened.
When I was 14 years old, some guys in my old school organized a CS tournament. Well, "tournament"... It was more like something you do to kill an afternoon. There were four four-player teams, one for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade each, and since our grade was missing one player, I signed up. It wasn't until after I got home that I realized: "Dude, I can't show up and use fucking Jack as a nickname! Everyone else has something awesome, I need that too!" (Please realize that I was young). The only problem was, I couldn't think of anything. Only when I was walking to the school for the "tournament", I had an enlightenment. "T-Jack". Perfect. I didn't know how I thought of simply adding the "T", and frankly, I don't care. Maybe the nick wasn't as awesome as I thought it was, I used it then and I'm still using it today.
So that was the story of T-Jack. Man, that was longer than I thought it would actually be. I feel so old right now...
So I searched a little, but didn't find any thread like this, so: How did you get your nickname? Did you make it up yourself, or did someone else give it to you?
My story is a rather boring one, really. It all started when I was young, 6 years old I think. I was jealous of my brothers' (9 and 8 years older than me) nicknames, "Ace" and "Rat" (their nicks evolved since then, just like mine did), and sick of using my own name to sign my highscores (which was about the only use for a nickname back then). So one day, when I was bugging them about it, they suggested a nickname for me and I liked it, even though I had no idea what it meant. So from that day on, I was known as "Rookie". Yeah, I love my brothers, too...
It wasn't until much later that I learned the word's meaning, but at that time, I've already upgraded to a new nickname, "Jackie". If I remember correctly, I didn't simply take the name, but I took the name Jack and added my last nickname's end. Only much later in school, specifically in one English lesson (it was about hide-and-seek), I realized how girly that nickname sounded, so I just ditched the "ie" and became known simply as "Jack". I bet you all can see where this is going.
So after an awesome but degratory nickname and a good but girlish nickname I ended up stuck with one so bland I sometimes fell asleep while typing it out. There were no further apparent steps I could take, so I sometimes used one of my old nicks just to break the stereotype. I was young and slowly invading the Internet, but without a good nickname I was destined to be an outcast forever. But then, something happened.
When I was 14 years old, some guys in my old school organized a CS tournament. Well, "tournament"... It was more like something you do to kill an afternoon. There were four four-player teams, one for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th grade each, and since our grade was missing one player, I signed up. It wasn't until after I got home that I realized: "Dude, I can't show up and use fucking Jack as a nickname! Everyone else has something awesome, I need that too!" (Please realize that I was young). The only problem was, I couldn't think of anything. Only when I was walking to the school for the "tournament", I had an enlightenment. "T-Jack". Perfect. I didn't know how I thought of simply adding the "T", and frankly, I don't care. Maybe the nick wasn't as awesome as I thought it was, I used it then and I'm still using it today.
So that was the story of T-Jack. Man, that was longer than I thought it would actually be. I feel so old right now...