How did you come up with your name?

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  1. artimus prime

    artimus prime Articulation Junkie... I'm a poser

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    Art... it's my talent. Artimus seemed like a good spin of Artemis since transformers have Greek-like names. Prime was a logical last name.
     
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  2. fschuler

    fschuler Post Count Inflated With Hot Air TFW2005 Supporter

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    Mine is the result of utter ignorance. My name is Frank Schuler. When I first signed up, I was...somehow...of the impression that my screen name could be different than my login name. And I was wrong. So here I am. I wanted to use "Ironhide"...so I just made him my avatar instead. I've had the same avatar ever since I signed up.
     
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  3. CoktimusPrime

    CoktimusPrime I see you ;)

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    Haha, funny that ...... I got banned from a site because they didn't like my username. Best thing ever happened because I ended up at this place. :D 
     
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  4. Blue Meanie

    Blue Meanie Hello from the Gutter

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    It was my cars nickname in the early 2000s. I can't remember my first account here for TFW, which was tied to my out of college work email and lost it. When I re-registered I used my car Forum name. My kids re-named my Camaro SS, "The MonSSter", so I am TheMonSSter on newer boards and Xbox live.
     
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  5. Jazzfan0217

    Jazzfan0217 Resident couch potato

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    Just decided to name myself after my favorite transformer that I'm a huge fan of.. because I'm so original when it comes to chosing usernames.. heh heh. The 0217 is also transformers, like ladiesman217 just with the added 0. I guess I used those numbers because ever since watching the '07 film, I can't count how many times I would look at a clock and it would almost always show either 2:17 am or pm.. it still happens.. it's weird lol
     
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  6. NemesisGamer

    NemesisGamer Bane of Your Wallet

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    Huge fan of Nemesis Prime, and I enjoy playing video games and have been called a gamer for years haha. Hence NemesisGamer was born!!!
     
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  7. TheIncredibleHulk

    TheIncredibleHulk Bad Luck Incarnate

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    I've been obsessed with the Hulk since I was 2.

    My other online handle is Ultron4898, used to be my name here. Back in 1997, when my family signed up for AOL, every name I tried gave me numbers at the end. I didn't want to be Hulk4788392020, so I chose a name that would make sense with numbers. So I chose Ultron and AOL assigned the 4898. So here we are, 21 years later, I still use Ultron4898 for most things.
     
  8. Inanimate Carbon Rodimus

    Inanimate Carbon Rodimus In Rod We Trust

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    Old school Simpsons reference combined with TFs.
     
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  9. Latooni

    Latooni Terrorsaur enjoyer

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    Mine comes from a Super Robot Wars character I like. I think the localized titles use "Latooni" as her name, but it's meant to be spelled "Latune"?
     
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  10. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    Marvel = I'm a decent fan of the comics, movies and games
    B = fun fact, it was originally BRICK for my PS3 account, due to how big I was into Lego, After Bionicle ended, I was in a lost and rediscovered my love of TFs. the B stands for BOT like my Xbox account, but i'm "Marvel B" because I wanted it to be open. Thus leading to my old avatar of Marvelbot being a banjo.
     
  11. AutobotSkids

    AutobotSkids G1/Bay Lover

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    I joined the boards when Revenge of the Fallen was going into production. Almost every day there'd be new images of the cast and crew on set, as well as sightings of the vehicles for the Transformers themselves. I thought Skids' green and black Chevy Beat alternate mode looked really cool, so he was the character I was the most excited for, and I chose my name accordingly.
     
  12. TF rocks

    TF rocks Try and stop me! Studio Trigger for Transformers!

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    My name is obvious. I love TF, and I say it rocks. Put those two together and you get TF rocks! :lol 
     
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  13. fourth_heir

    fourth_heir Battles for the fun of it!

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    I was looking for a name that would reference good ol' Optimus Prime that no-one else was likely to be using and this single throwaway mention of him being "Fourth Heir to the Matrix" from the TF:G2 comics seemed obscure enough for the part - and I was right! ;) 
     
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  14. Spiderus Prime

    Spiderus Prime TFW SpongeBob and TTV's MS 2.0

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    A simple answer: A Character from a old Nick Jr cartoon + Optimus Prime = My user name.
     
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  15. Lazerwave

    Lazerwave My Most Prized Treasure

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    Named after my favorite Decepticon Soundwave and his minion Laserbeak.
     
  16. Mako Crab

    Mako Crab Well-Known Member

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    Mako: taken from Final Fantasy 7. Mako energy can be turned into any of the various materia types.

    Crab: my love of crabs began with the Genki Battlemover “live crab” mech from Bubblegum Crisis 7: Double Vision. From there it was various crab things that kept popping up in anime, and then finally Rampage from BW that solidified my love for all things crabby.
     
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  17. BScorpinok75

    BScorpinok75 Squadron X #1 Consultant

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    Favorite color is black + Scorpio is my astrological sign + Scorponok is a favorite character + Birth year is 1975 = BlackScorpinok75...then sometimes I shorten it like on here...:) ...at which point the "B" becomes...more versatile...representative of mood (black, dark), size (big), temperament (bad) & race (black, African-American)...

    On a few old school sites where I ended up locked out...I used another favorite character in Ratbat...along with birth year to start anew as Ratbat75...otherwise...on on-TF sites I use Detroit Tyggah mostly...with Tyggah (after Poohs' buddy Tigger...I seemed to display Tigger-esq leaping ability in basketball...) being a nickname I inherited as a teen...and...I twisted the spelling (formerly Byg Tyggah) to my liking (...and...for differentiation from the radio personality Big Tigger)...and...an out of town friend started mistakenly calling me Detroit Tiger...thinking maybe I was a fan of my hometown baseball team...I explained Tyggah was like Tigger...Detroit prefix stuck except when I was back home...end of story...:) ...
     
  18. Meta777

    Meta777 Dr Pepper Fan

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    It's pretty meta.
     
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  19. QLRformer

    QLRformer Seeker

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    Used my e-mail address initials + Former.
     
  20. Allsparky

    Allsparky Bayou Buah/Ex cross-tie walker!

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    I am an electrician by trade. In construction, other trades call us electricians “sparky”. Just as the Allspark creates life for transformers, the ‘07 movie birthed renewed interest in me for all things transformers that I had abandoned since childhood. Hence the combo Allsparky!
     
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