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JcFerggy:
My initial username for stuff was computer_freak_####, because I was a stupid kid registering for a hotmail account and computer_freak was already taken a whole bunch. It sucks too because that is what I registered my Steam account as.

The need for my current name came about when someone hacked my old account. I decided to jump shift from hotmail to gmail, but I wanted something that was uniquely me. the J and C come from my first and middle name Justin Craig, while Ferggy is short for my last name Ferguson, similar to how Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas pronounces it, but spelled more masculine. I initially wanted it Fergy (Just one G), but that name was taken already. After adding the extra G I now have a name that is unique to me, and searching for it online will give results that all relate to me, which I find kinda neat.

Related to this, when I went to college, there were 5 other Justins in my dorm. As that obviously could not stand, I took on the name Ferggy to the extent where I would introduce myself as that. That was the first time in my life that I have had a nickname, and it is interesting to know that my name is different depending on who you ask. I had a friend come visit my place, and they called my name, but my grandfather answered as his nickname when he was younger was Fergy (He even has a custom licence plate with it).

RogerMooreSucks:
Well, the reason behind my name is plain and simple...."ROGER MOORE SUCKS." I hate him as an actor, he is a joke. All of his bond movies should be burned and should be remade due to him ruining those stories Ian Fleming wrote. They should should remove his Bond movies from all major retailers. His take on how bond should be was an absolute joke.

namajnaG:
The story behind mine is a bit silly, but it's still a story me and my friend hold dear. I was 15 years old at the time, and I was hanging out at the place where all my oldest friends usually reunited everyday for about 11 years by now. It was basically our niche.
 
Anyway, it was 2AM and only I and one of the two guys who we're living there was still awake. We we're playing Saints Row 1 on the XBox and smoking extremely unreasonable amounts of cannabis, and we decided to make a character called "The Ganjaman" and make it as perfect as possible (Which was an almost-exact replica of Dennis Brown, a Reggae singer)
We spent around 2 or 3 hours (Can't quite remember) to find the perfect physical appearance, clothes and car for him, we really put a lot of thought and time into it basically.

When we we're almost done, we entered the safehouse to go make some final changes to his clothes, but as we changed the clothes, the game froze. We stood there for 5 minutes, hoping for it to unfreeze at some point, but it didn't. As we stood there, we realized that we never saved the game once since we started. The Ganjaman was then forever lost.
In memory of this character, I took his name a week later as my permanent online alias to give tribute to this lost memory, and reversed the word a few hours later to give it a more unique twist and to confuse people in-game.

CCsaint10:

--- Quote from: Mangley on October 11, 2015, 03:48:23 am ---Finally I get to know the meaning behind your name. I asked you like 3 different times over the years lol.

--- End quote ---

I don't ever remember you asking me...ever. If I did, I would have told you, baby. ;) How about you post the meaning of your name? I would love to hear it as the meaning that comes to mind right now probably has nothing to do with the actual meaning.

Jonathon [SSL]:
When I was 12 I made the online handle super_smash_lover for an online forum some of my RL friends were on because I was obsessed with Super Smash Bros. Melee at the time. By the time I was 14 I realized how dumb that name sounded out of context so I just shortened it to "The SSL" (which is what it was on here for a while). As I got older I figured an unknown acronym was too general to be recognizable online, so I stuck my first name in front, making it jonathonssl. Since I now make my living as a grown ass man via online networking I just use my real name everywhere except Steam because I don't want to get doxxed by a 16 year old with behavioral issues on CS:GO.

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