umm i had a "gamertag" that i always used but got sick of it and "gecko" sounded good, 1 cause i dont have to back it up e.g. if my gamertag was "ultimate sniper" and i couldnt use a sniper to save my life that would be stupid, yet theres alot of this going around lol.
and the "NZP" becasue everyone asks is becasue in the start "gecko" was taken so i used a "NZ" like all us New Zealanders but after the 9 month trial ran out (man that was back in the day when the first live accounts to come to new zealand) and i couldnt renew it so i stuck a "P" on the end.
nice
"Xtramalt" use to be "extramalt" for various PC games, it seemed natural to drop the "e" when Xbox first appeared (I didn't think of possible connections with Xtra - ISP).
"extramalt" came from my thrist for Mac's Extra Strong Malt Lager.
Xtramalt wrote: "extramalt" came from my thrist for Mac's Extra Strong Malt Lager.
Good man!
original name when i was like 13 was studlaman, and since i have a wonderful obsession with milk (and im pasty white :P) one of my geek friends renamed me to milkstud,
which i then grew up and dropped it to be milky... with the 0r falling into place a few days later :)
Mine came from my car (that unfortunately I had to sell before my son was born a few years ago). Was a 1992 VP HSV Senator (purple, 200kw), was an awesome car that had the most fantastic exhaust note (as only V8s do) especially in carpark buildings, would even set off car alarms.
I have the name Senator on gamespy (especially for BF2 on PC) but unfortunately when I went to register a gamertag, it was gone, so got "stuck" with NZSenator.
Sen
The origin of RacyDoodlebug:
Years ago, when working for *ahem* Telecom just after it became privatised, my deskphone display would show my name as below:
MacInnes Do
The guys at work noticed this when transferring calls to me or conferencing me into calls and started calling me:
Doodle / Doodles
After a few months, this then got expanded out to:
Doodlebug
As being vertically challenged, I can, when pushed or hacked off, be a volatile substance like the actual Doodlebug V1 missile that was used in WWII, built by Germans and used against the British in the London Bombings.
This then eventually got shortened to Bug which is what alot of my friends call me now, or "Aunty Bug" as I am known to my god-daughter.
When I finally got broadband in Sept, 2004 and got an xbox subscription, the first name I went for was: Doodlebug but alas this was already taken......
The alternative that was thrown up was "RacyDoodlebug" and since then it's been my gamertag.
Hmmm, but now everyone calls me either Racy or Doodles, argggghhhhhh!!!
Cheers,
-Racy.
shatterdreamz changed it to rico castell just made that name up
now MDB dr castell which afew from N.Z mates started so if you see
MDB we from new zealand the p.i boys yeah bro
Wugga wrote:I was determined to make an idiot out of myself regardless.
Brianemone wrote:Every one seems to think my name is Barry.
I just call you B. Hopnz you don't mind lol
Ryzza comes from my real name Ryan. Its my nickname and i just carried it across to the Live community.
what a brilliant read . . . .
GT's i use are as follows
Kumara Kid
KK NZ
KK the impailer
- reason for choosing, would like to tell tales of humour however it was a politically correct choice based on having something kiwi-ish and unknown to crazy americans back when we were testing live before launch, now its kinda stuck - more often than not peepz call me KK as opposed to my real name around the office, was a little strange to have work mates yelling KK at me accross a very crowded room of americans - about the only time i really feared for my life !
Little Fat Man
- ummmmm, go figure !
and a couple of super secret other ones that are know to pop up everynowe and then and smash you (never with voice on), just to maintain a little unknown-ness so people don't see its "that guy from MS" and go all "wierd crazy *** kicking smash him like".
Mine is fairly self explanatory. I like the colour yellow so therefore like kowhai trees.
Also like Kumara Kid, I liked the fact that it is distinctly kiwi so distinguishes itself from other GTs.
Used to be InvisibleA1 from Counter Strike glory on Xbox then when that ran out i needed a new one so i paid homage to my man Notorious and picked Mr Frank White.
Its alright, Americans love it, cos of the film "King of New York" Plus i emcee in my spare time, so people like to challenge me to a freestyle battle when we play! 5-0 and still the undisputed king of the Xbox live Freestlye battle circuit........... Mr Frank "just call me Franky" White Baby-baby!!!