Damn good thread, finally I´m through
Well, it started back in school in one of the first lessons in my latin course (which really sucked balls), where the teacher explained how the latin language developed and what meanings are in our names. When I asked if there is a latin version of "Niko" (RL name; at that time I was hooked on latin/greek names and mythology), she only answered with "Well, maybe Nike, but that´s the only name which could fit." I hated that, since a)Name of a Goddess b) Goddess of Victory. Come on, that´s lame
So I just took "Ikarus" (guy with wings who fell down n died lol) and changed it to "Nikarus". BUT: When I was playin cRPG for some months, I realized that, everytime when I was playing, from time to time some Russians tried to speak with me, because they thought that I was a girl called "Nika" from "RUSsia". Not joking here. Hideyoshi still laughts his ass off about this one.
So I got back to "Ikarus", but I was looking for a more unique name, so I just switched the "s" with a "z", very creative. Then some lousy rapper (and lateron other artists) came up with the same name "Ikaruz", pff. Tried to change my name again, but I was already known as "Ikarus" or "Ike" all around the interwebs and some old online friends, so I just finally switched to"Ikarooz" a year ago and that´s where I am now.
Hm, funny, actually never renamed myself in cRPG to the "rooz" version, but I guess people wouldn´t like it anyways.
Older Interwebs names:
spawnie (11-14, the "mini"-version of that super hero "spawn" I only knew from that old movie)
Dr.P0rn0 (CS only)
Nikodemus (greek version of Niko)
Nimh (Secret of Nimh, great movie)
ah yeh, and that avatar is "kitty amazing", the most ugly-and-cute-at-the-same-time cat I´ve seen.
Behold, my legacy: