Your b3ta username
where did yours come from?

I'm Becky and my favourite band is the Jon Spencer blues explosion
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 11:51, 34 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

well....
believe it or not I'm actually a pickle that had an unfortuante accident with a cactus.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 11:53, Reply)

It used to be my 'DJ' name
When I ran a clubnight in Liverpool. Mostly because other Industrial/Cybergoth DJs had pretentious names, but mostly because I like poon.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 11:53, Reply)

My birth certificate

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 22 Apr 2009, 11:58, Reply)

am boy
bit of a fud
( fudboy high ideals and crazy dreams, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:01, Reply)

I always wondered what the jsbx meant
Should have guessed really. Brilliant band!

Mine is boring as I have no imagination, and 'username' was taken.
(username1, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:02, Reply)

I had no idea
that Jon Spencer was the dude in Pussy Galore - I fucking LOVE them, and have done since I first picked up Sugarshit Sharp in the 80s. Su-fucking-perb.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:04, Reply)

I can get very very hairy.
And I like collecting pots.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:05, Reply)

Welll
When I first started being all internet like - I was very into the fantasy stuff (way more then I am now), and I wanted to give a slightly standoffish name so nobody would harass me too much. So Hence the Vampyre, and because I like cats (always have) the "cat".

I am Vampyrecat!
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:06, Reply)

Well Kaol seems to think he owns me...

( Captain V, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:11, Reply)

mine
is an old school nickname (one of the more polite ones anyway)
(Halfy By light alone, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:12, Reply)

I do, V!
You were "vrothvar" or something when you turned up here, still blinking in the bright lights of the internet, covered in goo from the nest.

I took you under my wing and gave you a proper name.
( Cawl, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:15, Reply)

I'm named after
one of these.

2k6 is shorthand for 2600...

/musical geek
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:19, Reply)

In theory
I'm named after Al2Si2O5(OH)4.

Short version of the story: I passed out in a bath/shower, clutching a bottle of Kaolin And Morphine.
Someone turned the shower on at some point.
I woke up soaking wet holding a bottle that said "Kaol" on it.
( Cawl, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:25, Reply)

It was Vrothdar
Which I used to use in videogames, other forums and crap but the only place I can be bothered to post these days is here. Captain V sounded cooler so I nicked it.

And quit your rubbish about blinking and goo. I'm an older b3tan than you and always will be!
( Captain V, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:26, Reply)

Hahaha!
You love blinking the goo :p
( Cawl, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:27, Reply)

B3taname
Mine is an old nickname from when the game Lemmings came out.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:28, Reply)

It's derived from my favourite euphemism for wanking*.

I bet nobody expected that from me, what with my usual highbrow discourse and all.

* Well, my favourite euphemism in 1996, when I started using the name.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:29, Reply)

The Light in Chains
Was the God of Law who would have appeared in the sequel to a short story I wrote, had I ever got round to writing said sequel. I was noodling around with it when I saw a QOTW answer I *had* to respond to, so was uppermost in my mind when I was creating the account.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:32, Reply)

Boaring as fuck
But it's my nickname from school.

(My surname is pronounced by anglophones as ship-ka -> shippy.)
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:35, Reply)

The Simpsons
Homer is watching a program called "Colonel Dracula Joins the Navy".

Made me laugh.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:38, Reply)

Friend of mine
and his uni mates had a madeup character called Tony Vipros that they would use for everything from computer games to ordering pizza to booking hotel rooms.

I liked the idea and stole the name, it's my hotmail address etc.

hence vipros.

gets confusing though. I once sent something in to private eye and got a £10 cheque back made out to Tony Vipros
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:48, Reply)

the baz part is obvious
The Morningstar or Lucifer or Lightbringer is how Milton referred to the devil in 'Paradise Lost'.

I always felt The Devils' intentions were essentially good and to the benefit of mankind but he is a tad misunderstood and has a tendency to get off on the wrong foot with folk which is something I am often guilty of myself.

rafter
baz
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:48, Reply)

It's a b3tardised version of my real name
cos I'm so bloody original.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 12:57, Reply)

A combination of things
Namely my rather obvious 'obsession' and a TV advert for a remote controlled armchair seen ferrying some dodery old dear around the house.

"She looks like Davros' Granny in that thing", I said. But obviously I'm a bloke, so I changed it accordingly.

Plus, I was pissed. Had I been sober I may have gone for Hugh Jardon instead.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:29, Reply)

Music creation for the Playstation
That was the full title of the first bit of music software I ever got my hands on. It was immense, it had loads of samples, instruments and a piano roll. I'm no expert/professional by any means but I'm reasonably accomplished at making music these days via a combination of music production software, recording software and playing the guitar and it all started from this PS1 game made by Jester and published by Codemasters.

I used to religiously buy the official PS magazine when I was younger and it had a cutdown version demo of this game and my mates and I used to create random and rubbish tracks. We all gave ourselves self deprecating DJ names because our tunes weren't that good. One was DJ Discount Superstore, another DJ Bargain Bucket and I chose DJ Trial Price.

I love my username lots.
( djtrialprice, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:51, Reply)

Ooh! Ooh! There's a story behind mine!
Not a great story, but a sort of a story nevertheless:
www.b3ta.com/questions/disappointment/post183886

...and also because I think crows are fascinating, intelligent and highly amusing birds.

EDIT: Kaol, I always thought yours was derived from 'Kaol' being Serbian for 'Badger.' Or something like that...?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 13:57, Reply)

Mine is pretty self-explanatory, I think.
I used to post in a Usenet group under my real name, and if I was bored I'd make up some goofy nonsense to mess with their heads. When someone started trolling us I told him to fuck off or I'd have my pet tyrannosaur eat him and shit him off the top of a cliff. Someone referred to me as a loon for that, and I liked the thought- partly because of my nature, and partly because where I come from there are loons on the lakes.

I had a different name once upon a time in here, but got bored with it as it's my name elsewhere, so I changed over to this one day. It's still rather fitting, I think.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:06, Reply)

I am a big girl and a bit of a wimp.
.
( girlinthehole, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:09, Reply)

Crow,
Er... I tell lots of different ones, but the medicine-bottle one is the true one :p
( Cawl, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:10, Reply)

Honestly?
How do I know you're not lying to me again, young man?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Mine is
Self-explanatory really. You know the plot of the film Killdozer? Just like that, but with a comedy euphemism for testicles instead.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 17:49, Reply)

Mine
One day, I had a story to post for the QOTW. I registered an account just to post the story, but did not give much thought to my username. I thought "now, what sort of person would do something like that"? And so, my username was born. See my profile for a link to the post in question.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 21:48, Reply)

I like Garbage
The band, obviously.
( GarbageFan didn't know what to have as a board sig on, Wed 22 Apr 2009, 22:21, Reply)

Monstrous Regiment
by Terry Pratchett, which I'd just finished reading when I signed up.
( Maladicta, Tue 28 Apr 2009, 20:06, Reply)