Hey new people! Origin of your NS name?

[Stolitland]

"Stolit" is the all-cars, all-tracks cheat code for the Playstation 1 version of Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. I have been using that internet name, where possible, since that game came out some time in the mid-1990s. When registering for Nationstates, and being the remarkably innovative gentleman that I am, I added the word "land" to "Stolit." Thus, Stolitland.

[Molested Sock]

Trent Reznor.

Of course.

Sounds familiar, but who?

[Buffett and Colbert]

Well mine's pretty obvious. I wanted a name that incorporated Jimmy Buffett and Stephen Colbert but I could not think of a combination that was fitting (Colbuffett? No. Jimbert? No. etc.) But then I though of some island nations such as Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda. I thought, if they could do it, why couldn't I? Hence the name, Buffett and Colbert. It's not the most creative name, but it works.

[Gracefall]

Trent Reznor.

Of course.

Sounds familiar, but who?

Lead singer of Nine Inch Nails.

Mine was from snorting large amounts of crack.

Okay, not really. It's a name of a place from a novel I was writing, until I realized it was utter crap and went onto writing what I'm better at.

EDIT: Well, actually, Trent is the lead EVERYTHING of Nine Inch Nails, but it's simpler to say singer.

[Western Mercenary Unio]

It's from a book I'm writing. Which I lost when I switched to this computer.

[Pepe Dominguez]

Well mine's pretty obvious. I wanted a name that incorporated Jimmy Buffett and Stephen Colbert but I could not think of a combination that was fitting (Colbuffett? No. Jimbert? No. etc.) But then I though of some island nations such as Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda. I thought, if they could do it, why couldn't I? Hence the name, Buffett and Colbert. It's not the most creative name, but it works.

I had figured you meant Warren. But that's equally nonsensical. Kudos.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Well mine's pretty obvious. I wanted a name that incorporated Jimmy Buffett and Stephen Colbert but I could not think of a combination that was fitting (Colbuffett? No. Jimbert? No. etc.) But then I though of some island nations such as Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda. I thought, if they could do it, why couldn't I? Hence the name, Buffett and Colbert. It's not the most creative name, but it works.

I had figured you meant Warren. But that's equally nonsensical. Kudos.

I don't like Warren Buffett's concerts as much.

[Hayteria]

I'm not new to NationStates, but I guess I'm a little new to this new forum for NationStates; (I left the old one a while back and the new one was here when I came back, not sure when it changed) I basically took my surname and added "ia" to it so as to make it sound more country-ish...

[Iuxtim]

According to a English to Latin translator, Iuxtim means "equally", nation is Socialist in nature.

[Sirocco]

When I was a kid I used to write stories about odd creatures who lived on a planet called Sirocco which I had plucked from a dictionary. So... when I was shown NationStates, the name choice seemed obvious to me.

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

Oh, not this shit again.

The content of a poster's character is in how they relate to others.

Names, avatars, signatures ... they're fodder for prejudice.


*deep breath*

I hate Bugs Bunny. He's funny, but the egotism of BB is exactly what I hate about myself. That idea that being smart is the purpose of life, not one of the tools of life.

And what I most loved about myself, being young and "the underdog" in a world made by and for old people, is decreasingly true. I'm getting old, just like Bugs. I'm a dinosaur!

So that's the origin of my name. Despair.

Anybody who sheds a tear for me will get a punch in the face. Judge me by how I treat you, please.

[BunnySaurus Bugsii]

When I was a kid I used to write stories about odd creatures who lived on a planet called Sirocco which I had plucked from a dictionary. So... when I was shown NationStates, the name choice seemed obvious to me.

*dictionarys*

It's a pretty word ... but the meaning isn't very cool.

It's kinda evocative of Global Warming. Ten years from now, that will make it less cool than Hitler and the Nazis!

(Iz dinozaur)

[Colonic Immigration]

It's from a book I'm writing. Which I lost when I switched to this computer.

Were you far through? If so, bummer.

[Western Mercenary Unio]

Were you far through? If so, bummer.

Yeah, I was quite far, and I've got to start again when I can be bothered.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Mighty gravedig!

[Buffett and Colbert]

When I was a kid I used to write stories about odd creatures who lived on a planet called Sirocco which I had plucked from a dictionary. So... when I was shown NationStates, the name choice seemed obvious to me.

That explains a lot. Doesn't "sirocco" mean something like a duststorm?

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

When I was a kid I used to write stories about odd creatures who lived on a planet called Sirocco which I had plucked from a dictionary. So... when I was shown NationStates, the name choice seemed obvious to me.

That explains a lot. Doesn't "sirocco" mean something like a duststorm?

Weren't those the winds the Serenissima got in summer?

[Hamilay]

It's from a book I'm writing. Which I lost when I switched to this computer.

Was the last word in your book supposed to be 'union', by any chance?

[Western Mercenary Unio]

Was the last word in your book supposed to be 'union', by any chance?

Yeah, it was supposed to be Western Mercenary Union, but I ran out of space.

[Altergo]

My name is a mixture of diffrent words forming "Altergo"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

My name is a mixture of diffrent words forming "Altergo"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could it be alter ego?

[United Dependencies]

My name was born out of having only five minutes to make a name. I don't think the name turned out so well but I've used it for so long now I don't feel like changing.

[The Romulan Republic]

I'm not exactly new (having spent about a year on Jolt, give or take). However, my name was designed specifically for a Star Trek RP. I chose Romulans because they're among the most bad ass, and underused, of the major Star Trek factions. "Romulan Republic" also works well in that I feel it reflects both my interest in sci-fi and my political values. It eventually became my main nation for posting in General, and ultimately my only nation after I lost the first one due to a combination of inactivity while moving and password problems.

[Naughty Bits]

There was a skit on Monty Python where various trees and parts of the body were identified.

the most shown was 'the Naughty Bit'

and I've been told my many people that my mind tends to run into the naughty areas... so...

"#5... the Naughty Bits"

[Ifreann]

It's from a book I'm writing. Which I lost when I switched to this computer.

I figured it was just a truncated take on Western Monetary Union.