OT: How did you choose your Boneyard username?

[Phorcys]

Many are obvious—such as the multiple variants of UC9904111417—but others suggest either a good story or an interesting personal statement.

Alternatively, is there any meaning behind your choice of avatar? (Mau, you don’t need to answer this question; and I agree, by the way.)

 

[Stainmaster]

Escalators are for cowards: Kevin Ollie steals the show at Jim Calhoun's retirement party

"As I embark on this journey I want to just say we gonna take the stairs, and not the escalator, because escalators are for cowards. We gonna take the stairs, and we gonna get there one step at a time."

Re. avatar, Hilton was a) the first player I ever met in person, and b) the embodiment of what I look for in a player: patience and dedication to both the team and his craft.

 

[Phorcys]

To me, "Hilton Units" is all about measuring the size of his heart and effort, not his height.

 

[FartMan69]

I believe my username embodies the dedication to my crafts also.

 

[Bryan Lord]

When I was signing up and it asked for my name I thought it meant real name and later I would get to add my username. Turns out that wasn't the case.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Grew up in California. Went to UConn. CAHUSKY

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Submitted the user name "SimbaWalker" and it was not approved for some reason. So I went the more conservative route. UConn Grad + Hometown

 

[mauconnfan]

If you're not sure just drink heavily and sign up.

 

[Thirty Three]

In the early 2000's I think my screen name was Husky something. The board had a move and I changed it to Thirty Three (it has nothing to do with Larry Bird). Old school Boneyarders know the deal.

 

[CTMike]

My name is Mike, I live in CT, and Randy Marsh is my hero.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Dave was taken.

 

[dennismenace]

When I was a child and people asked my name and I said "Dennis" they would very often say Dennis the Menace and I hated it.
Later in life when people had any difficulty remembering my name (especially in a professional sense) I would say Dennis the Menace
followed by " Menace to Society" (before the movie) so I found that it was useful and brought some laughs. It kind of grew on me.

 

[Drumguy]

Lack of imagination. I had just taken up the drums way back in the early TOS board days and I am a guy (I think all the permutations were taken. "Ray" was taken and I couldn't think of anything else.

Should have probably been "ChangedMajors4Tinesandamluckyitonlytook5Years"!

 

[CTMike]

I've always been curious about @intlzncster and @Da_Aisijimo_Gou ... Probably some others that I'm forgetting...

 

[Dave]

mine is a reminder that I lack imagination, creatvity, and wit.

 

[Windsorlocks]

I'm on so many Internet forums, it becomes a case of "well, NOW what am I gonna call myself?" I went with the town in which my family settled when they arrived in America from Ireland.....

 

[Leebo]

My name is Lee. Leebo is my nickname in real life.

My avatar is from a video game trailer, but I liked it because it represents the lock-down defense we play against folding chairs.

 

[partyATkemba]

I thought Sean McDonough's call was Party at Kemba and not Cardiac Kemba. True story.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Every time i cut myself, blue comes out.

The section said "tell us about yourself", so i wrote ibleedhuskyblue (my space bar was broken at the time). Turns out, i put it on the wrong line.

I don't even like UCONN. I'm a Marathon Oil alum. I look forward to that game annually. Some day my drillers will pull one out.

 

[KingOPancakes]

Avatar is KO and Ray Allen chestbumping (more sidebumping I guess) during 2014-15 Midnight Madness. Username is the same username I've use everywhere on the interwebs for years. Plus, I like pancakes.

 

[polycom]

I was sitting in the office and looked at the name on my phone and that how polycom came to be.

 

[Adios]

Childhood nickname.

 

[Palatine]

I am Italian. The Palatine is neighborhood where Roman emperors lived. BTW, Palatine is the root of the word "palace."

My current avatar is a homage to the much underrated and often forgotten 2009 team.

 

[UconnAlum04]

I graduated from UConn in 2004 lol

 

[Sibeerian]

Mine is obviously a reference to two things I enjoy. When I did a google image search for something like 'siberian husky beer' I was surprised that something usable actually turned up. No need for photoshop - it is just a husky floating in space drinking a beer. Of course that image existed. (The only downside is, it appears to be a green bottle.)