OT: The "why-do-you-have-that-nick-tread"!

[Pilotasso]

OK I got bored, I probably should be studying or working on one of my UNI projects, But I feel too tired, still recovering from a bike ride that was too long for a guy who hadnt for years...20 miles long under the heat on mountain bike (all of it clanking metal and in need of oil!).

 

I Noticed some of you guys had weird nicks and I wondered whats the reason for them, so let yourself be known better!

 

Im an University student and I play Lockon mostly at night, even on weekends. I have a brother wich is an AF academy cadette who aspires becoming an F-16 pilot. I shared this passion with him but I chosen another life style. We used to duel in SIM's to see who was better. I adopted my nick after that rivalry and it means basicaly bad a$$ pilot in 1 word. Doesnt sound too poetic but its practical in my language!

[DropZone]

Ages ago, me and a friend were starting up a team for a certain online game. He was the "leader", and decided we needed cool names. He chose mine after leafing through a bike magazine and seeing an advertisment for a bike called the "Dropzone", and I've used the same name ever since (even though that team never actually got started). Don't ask me where the capital "Z" came from, though! :)

[Skywall23]

...it means basicaly bad a$$ pilot in 1 word. Doesnt sound too poetic but its practical in my language!

 

Bad a$$? Phew...

 

Im going to you guys a secret...its not a bad a$$ ... it means great pilot. A really great one...and its not far from the truth... :tongue:

[Guest ruggbutt]

My nick was given to me by a stripper I used to date. :D I've been called this since 1989 and I answer to it IRL.

[23rd_Drago]

Got my nickname at the boxing gym I’ve used to go to. Got stuck with it ever since.

[britgliderpilot]

Got my nickname at the boxing gym I’ve used to go to. Got stuck with it ever since.

 

"If he dies, he dies . . . . "

 

Mmmn . . . Rocky.

 

 

My nick is because I'm a British Glider Pilot. Damn, that was a difficult one to guess . . . . . although lots people seem to mix up "Brit" nationality with "Britt" the name . . . . which is something that should never be seen in this country unless it's wearing a Kappa tracksuit and a burberry cap. And, hopefully, a noose around it's neck . . . . .

[Pilotasso]

My nick was given to me by a stripper I used to date. :D I've been called this since 1989 and I answer to it IRL.

 

LOL, as a matter of a fact when I started this thread I had Nicks like yours in mind.

Striper?Whenever my friends start with ideas when we get out weekends night, I start having these cold sweats as I cant bare sitting quiet while gorgeous women dance in front of me, its bad for my heart. I cant stand to resist the temptation of eating a juicy plate when its put in front of me.

 

Dating a striper must be an enriching experience! Women here are mostly too shy and reserved for my taste. Situation gets worse when I dont speak russian.

 

Now I have a good motive to learn!

[Guest ThomasDWeiss]

I got my nickname from my Mother.

[Capt.Instigator]

Back in the early days of Janes' US Navy 97 fighters I was called "Instigator" for the first time by a good friend of mine. We used to fly on-line on a daily basis F-22 Total Air War..and I used to shoot his ass down to provoke him and annoy the hell out of him.. I kept the name and have used it since mid 90's. Now, I add Cdr. or Capt. in front of it just for fun and to conmemorate 10 years of using it as my Handle..

 

Cheers...

[Guest ruggbutt]

 

Dating a striper must be an enriching experience!

 

It was 3 years that I'll never get back. It also broke me of dating strippers. Yep, she was hot but OMFG was she needy and mental. Most strippers are.

[S77th-GOYA]

My callsign is to honor the men of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. My father was one of the surviving members of the 551st, which was pretty much decimated taking Rochelinval during the Battle of the Bulge. The soldiers of the 551st were called GOYAs. It stands for Get Off Your Ass.

 

"During the Battle of the Bulge, the 551st was ordered to capture Rochelinval, where the bridge over the Salm River offered a last possible escape route for the German Army in the northern sector of the "bulge" that pushed into American lines. On Jan. 3, 1945, Company A of the 551st moved against the Germans, losing 40 percent of its men in the first two days of fighting. A desperate bayonet charge on Jan. 5 began to turn the tide, and two days later the troops took Rochelinval. Hitler's retreat began Jan. 8.

 

 

On Feb. 10, 1945, barely a month later, the 551st --whose commander, Lt. Col. Wood Joerg, had been killed in the fight for Rochelinval--was disbanded."

 

http://www.hcvc.org/lost_world_war_ii_battalion.htm

 

"551st PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION “GOYAS”

In June 1942, the first 84 men who had completed their 5 jumps at Ft. Benning, volunteeed for Panama duty to fill slots of the original 501st Prcht Inf Bn stationed there . Six months later, new trainees and assorted Officers would join the Panama bunch to form the 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Separate) . December 27, 1942, the 551st left the United States with 450 men for Panama aboard the liner USS Dickman . Officially activated at Ft. Kobbe, Panama Canal Zone November 26, 1942 (although the 551st only arrived in January 1943) . Never stronger than one Battalion, the 551st (now redesignated Battalion, in lieu of Regiment) was alerted to prepare for an invasion of Martinique May 13, 1943 – but the project was cancelled, by an internal coup on the island . On August 20, 1943 the “Goyas” boarded the Transport Etolin in Balboa and left Panama westward bound into the Pacific, via the port of San Francisco, for what looked like combat against the Japanese . The trip however would go to a new Training Base, called Cp. Mackall in North Carolina . There, they would conduct the first experimental and especially dangerous mass paratroop jumps from gliders ! The experiments began late October 1943, and the tests, if succesful, were meant to avoid loss of expensive transport planes (C-47) and troops, and also to increase the chance of closely-packed landings instead of widely scattered ones (as occured in Sicily), the method was however abandoned after a last series of test jumps November 23 . After a change of command, the Battalion only transferred to Europe April 22, 1944, leaving Hampton Roads on three ships, arriving at Oran, Algeria May 12, it further journeyed to Naples and Bari, Italy May 23, 1944 . In Sicily the “Goyas” learned of the Normandy Assault, continuing their own training, and setting up a Parachute School for French, Polish and Italian partisans at Trapani . Early July, the Battalion received orders to move to Rome, and were later told they would soon be in on a special mission . The 551st PIB assaulted Southern France August 15, 1944 in full daylight, under the 1st Airborne Task Force, and managed to capture Draguignan August 17 ! They then even captured Nice too August 29 . The “Goyas” later spent some time in the French Maritime Alps suffering from the severe cold and running ski patrols along the French-Italian border . After 96 days of combat duty, the 551st was finally withdrawn November 18 to Antibes for R & R; then it boarded 40 X 8s heading for northeastern France December 7 and 8, 1944 . The Battalion reached Laon after a 400-mile trip from the Riviera . It was there, they were told they would be attached to the 82d Airborne Division . December 18, 1944 (2 days after Hitler’s counter-offensive exploded in the Bulge), the Battalion’s destination would be Bastogne, Belgium … it left on December 19 bound for Neufchâteau, then suddenly detoured to St. Hubert and Givet, continuing on to Dinant, Marche, Barvaux, Basse-Bodeux, to end up at Ster where it bivouacked from December 20 to 26, before getting thru to Werbomont (where both the XVIIIth Abn Corps and the 82d Abn Div were headquartered) . Its first skirmish with German Fallschirmjäger took place December 21 . From December 26, 1944 to January 13, 1945, and again from January 21 to 27, 1945 the Battalion would remain attached to the “All Americans” . The 551st would undergo six attachments to various American units, before it would be taken apart,and the men began to feel like firemen . The 551st Prcht Inf Bn would in fact become the initial spearhead in the XVIII Airborne Corps sector on the northern shoulder of the Bulge, for its new counter-offensive – it started with a night raid against Noirefontaine December 27-28 . and battles to seize Mont de Fosse, Dairomont and Rochelinval . Almost decimated after the Battle of the Bulge, which for the “Goyas” culminated in their last attack against Rochelinval on January 7, 1945 – the last German bridgehead on the Salm River, in the 82d Abn Div sector . Relieved on Jan,uary 9, 1945, losses were counted – of 643 Officers and EM who went into the American counter-offensive on January 3, only 14 Officers and 96 men were left ! The 551st was to be disbanded, and most survivors would be going to other 82d Abn units, the XVIIIth Abn Corps, and the 17th Abn Div . On February 10, 1945, the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was officially inactivated ! The 551st Prcht Inf Bn participated in following Campaigns; American Theater w/o Inscription - Rome-Arno – Southern France – Rhineland – Ardennes-Alsace .

 

Remark : the “Presidential Unit Citation” for Extraordinary Heroism during the Battle of the Bulge was finally awarded to the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, at an official ceremony at the Pentagon, which took place February 23, 2001 ."

 

http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/page96.html

 

 

They took Rochelinval, which was well entrenched, attacking through open terrain with no armor or artillery support. It was suicide and the CO knew it. He asked to delay so that they could have some support but was denied. He died that morning with most of his men.

 

S!

 

[SAM-Smasher]

Mine is quite simple and does explain in my sig.

 

But the reason I have named myself that, is because I have always been excellent at striking SAM sites in flight sims, and ithe one thing I enjoy most is a good old SAM hunt.

 

Another point to make is I like to knock out SAM sites.. because it shuts the damn RWR up ;)

 

I have a tendancy sometimes to toy with them like a cat before striking, but that is probably more tactic than play :), the smoke tells alot about where a SAM launcher resides (obviously!)

 

This is my nick, and daft as it may sound it is the truth and I offer nothing else ;)

[Bigfoot209th]

I've been with the 209th Delta Hawks for, I don't know, nearly a decade or something, so that's where that part is from.

 

The other is a mix. When I served in the U.S.M.C. I was called Big Bird, but I'm also 6'6" tall, hairy, and I smell bad after I've had several pints of dark beer, so I thought Bigfoot (as in Sasquatch) described me better, and somehow they let me get away with suggesting my own name instead of picking one for me.

 

Now, back to :icon_jook

[firesoldier845]

I work as a firefighter\paramedic and my badge number is 845 so the nick.

[Cdr.Instigator]

Cdr.. Capt.. Instigator.. Is all the same thing !!!

[Nasder]

I think my nick has the worst reason ever.

 

I needed a nick, I scanned my room and took two things, beat them together and WHAM! I had "Nasder" If I only could remember what I used for items to get the nick it would be a bit nicer.

 

Anyways, Nasder is a silly nick, but it's not the nick who makes the person :)

[Raoul Volfoni]

Well as for me, it's just a character from an old french movie (Les Tontons Flingueurs, which could be translated as The Old Gunners), and played by a famous french actor, Bernard Blier...

 

Awful little man but great actor, playing a casino -not so clean- owner :

, with great ambition

 

I've been using that nick for the last 13 years, and naturally answer to it irl...

 

ps: I don't look at all like him but I luv the character he plays in that movie, angry, vindicative, more pitbull than diplomat, most of my evil side ^^

[ThirdELTPoznan]

Here in my city is "3 Eskadra Lotnictwa Taktycznego" so here comes my nick from- next year they will get F-16C Block 52+ :D

 

http://www.3elt.com

[Pilotasso]

LOL some of these replies... keep'em coming. ;)

 

Oh And I forgot to mention the nick I use here was chosen at the time I signed up aut UBI's forums, couldnt use my old one "Haderak" after the movie "dune". I Figured it out because I usualy like to discuss international geo-strategical situations wich sometimes makes me feel to go out there to slap people (politicians) in the face. The character in the movie fits this profile good even though David Lynch made it too narcisistic, still a good movie and a bizarre one, love the desert landscapes in Sci-fi motif.

 

I Used to be part of a MOD'ing team for the Freespace2 space sim after the babylon5 and Wing commander universes, but had toned down my participation on that old passion I have due to lack of time for 3D modeling and texturing.

[Villicus]

My last name in Latin

[VVanks]

Ho Ho, I have a LONG story about my nick. (No, it's not what you think) I'm too tired to write about it now. I'll write something later.

[SwingKid]

When I was a kid, I liked to play on the swings. I'd pretend I was flying an airplane.

 

-SK

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

BRIT - I'm a Brit.

 

RADAR - I've worked on Radars (Military and Civil - mostly ATC) for about 20 years.

 

DUDE - One of my favorite film characters is the Dude in The Big Lebowski, kinda sums me up.

Internet Movie Data Base details - http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/maindetails

 

TAGLINE -

They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right.

 

QUOTES -

Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation?

The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.

 

The Dude: Does this place look like I'm f*cking married? The toilet seat's up, man!

 

Jackie Treehorn: People forget the brain is the biggest sex organ.

The Dude: On you maybe.

[ZoomBoy27]

ZoomBoy stems from a RL nickname of Zoomie.

I was sitting in Mr. Hunter's Geography class in Grade 12 and Rick, class clown, was sitting in front of me. When the teacher was gone, he turned to me one day and said, "Hey, you need a nick-name. And it shall be Zoomie."

I don't know his source but I'd guess, as we lived near an enginering army base, sappers would have nicknames for people who were different. Zoomie is possibly space-cadet type of moniker - though I'm a serious type person. I modified it on-line to be more punchier.

 

The 27 comes from the 27th VFW that I was with when I flew LongBow2. They were a bunch of drama queens who were always talked about honour, commitment, etc. but they were mainly squabbling. :icon_roll

But sometimes I say I had to kill the previous 26 Zoomboys :tongue:

[hotray]

the first e-mail account I created was a hotmail-account.

 

I took "hot" from hotmail and my RL name and put it together.

 

I'm pretty curious what native english speaking people think when they read my nick. I have no idea if it sounds silly of nasty or... :icon_roll

(i remember the first traduction of Flaming Cliffs: Hot Rocks. that was not very well accepted by the english community :Flush: )