So what's the story with your username?

[Yoeddy1]

Lotta folks think my name is Eddie, Ed, Edward...not the case, it's Jason.  Truth is, there was a mountain bike manufacturer that went under years ago called "Fat City Cycles."  One of their more popular hardtail bikes was called "YoEddy."  Always thought the name was interesting.   

Alright, spill it folks!

Jason

[golflover]

Well am pretty sure that there is not much that can be said about mine and it is hard to hide...   The warden though refuses to call me "golf"... Not sure  why

[stormrider]

I just recently changed my avatar from a slot belly glass anyway
mine comes for my love of riding Snowmobiles since I was a kid.
Polaris came out with a 800cc 3 cylinder sled in the early 90's named Storm
at the time it was the biggest and badest you could ride,of course I still have a 96 model
and so does the wife for that matter,we love to ride and are true snowbirds up here in the north.

Tim

[Ron (r273)]

Mine came about by using my radio unit number from the city 273 and I added the r for Ron

Ron (r273)

[TZtech]

Hi

Was technical manager for a route company in Tanzania when I found NLG (Had some really old stuff over there) hence TZtech
Current profile pic is Universal slant machine on its way to slot machine hell (Only some uprights go to heaven)

Ian

[StatFreak]

Now this is a cool thread    K+ Jason for starting it.

Like golflover, there's nothing hidden in my name either.  I have always enjoyed the math behind slot design as an extension of my interest in gaming math and statistical analysis in general, although my math skills have slipped as I have gotten older and CRS has set in.  

I used to study fractal geometry and chaos theory as a hobby, and wrote my own program to create computer fractal art back in the late '80s. Now I have trouble remembering a phone number. 

As I have come to discover, while standard reel slot math is not complicated, the math behind the design of modern games can be quite challenging and interesting. Games like Multi-Strike, or games that have open-ended bonus rounds such as potentially unlimited free spins can be very difficult to analyze, and even more so to design and test.

David
Stat

[stayouttadabunker]

I think it was sometime before Christmas time in 2001- I was looking for some
golf clubs and I chose "Stayouttadabunker" when signing up on ebay.

"Blackjack" was my name when I found NLG a few years ago.
That came from when I was a table dealer when I was younger...
Changed it to my present name after the infamous ebay bidding wars...lol
But ebay doesn't show our names anymore during the bidding's.

I'm presently known by many names...
SOB, Bunko, Stay, T.O.M., Stout, even one guy went so far as
to call me "Reknubadattuoyats" - try to correctly pronounce that one...lol...

but the one that seems to stick recently is "Bunker"...lol...

[rickh]

Got mine in the 70s.... within a group of guys I rode with, I belted out a loud fart.... one woman standing in the crowd yelled "you are a F'ing animal.... the guys said" hey, that works! You are now Animal!"... had that nickname ever since. When Gore invented the internet, I used this as a nickname there on anything I did... and still do. Outside of my bike circle, not many call me this anymore except the old time internet friends. Even here, I tried using "animal" but it wouldnt let me... thus "rickh"

Rick/Animal

[stayouttadabunker]

I remember when I was a kid - every once in a while my father used to call me "Jesus!"
It was not in the most friendly tone of voice however - he sounded a little exasperated...

[rickh]

haha

[FORDSBS]

Good thing you started Jason. 
Well mine stands for my business. Ford's Body Shop.
A lot think it stands for Ford's bull s***.  That could also be true.
Ford

[brichter]

Heh. My name... 

[golflover]

I remember when I was a kid - every one in a while my father used to call me "Jesus!"
It was not in the most friendly tone of voice however - he sounded a little exasperated...

yeah the warden always calls me an a$$..lol   I just tell her I used to be an a**h*le.....now I'm just a little behind  !

[brichter]

I remember when I was a kid - every one in a while my father used to call me "Jesus!"
It was not in the most friendly tone of voice however - he sounded a little exasperated...

My sister was Jesus Christ, I was Goddammit. 

[rickh]

brichter.. we must be brothers from different mothers, I was called by similar names....

[Neonkiss]

Many years ago I was selling bar neon signs on ebay.
I just added the first few letters from my last name.

Also in collage my major was Commercial Art. I did signed numbered series of my work and sold them. My last name was too long so I only signed them Kis

[Tilt]

My IGT M-slot (which also led me here) gave me mine.  For a couple of days after I picked it up all it did was scroll "Tilt, Call Attendant", but it never gave me the attendant's number    It also goes well with one of my other hobbies which is pinball.

[Foster]

About the age of 15 I quit using my nick name my parents, sisters, cousins called me by and orefer my middle name over my first name.
I use my Middle name even with all friends and at work.

I wouldnt mind having a username of Goldwing since that is my favorite Motorcycle.
Too bad Honda moved Goldwing production back to Japan!
A older lady not only tested the GL1800 engines but also owned a GL1500 she may even was the engine tester on the GL1500, not sure
IT was cool that Ron H. on History Channel's Hands on History did  a show about them being built.

[daddy2yea]

This was my original AOL username in 1998 The 2 in daddy2yea is because I am a stepdad.  I will share a email I sent to my sister back in 98. This was My respone to my sister after I sent her an email form daddy2yea, but  failed to tell her who I was, and she replied back asking who I was. Enjoy
Mike

Subj:   Re: test
Date:   10/27/98 4:34:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:   DADDY2YEA
To:   lisa.********@nationsbank.com

Ah, mystic yes yes, but who am I, WHO AM I. I'm but the greatest brother the world has ever know. So great that all other brothers should
bow before me, (but they don't).  So great that all other sisters should be consumed with envy, and jealousy for you, (but their not). For you are the sister of the greatest brother known as DADDY2YEA.  Why 2 because I wasn't the first. Why YEA because it is a CELEBRATION of daddynest. 
       sign.  Mike

[reho33]

I used to be a security guard for Master Card and we had an X windows system and my assigned ID was reho33 REed HOronick 33 (the 33 was arbitary). I have defined myself by that ever since.

[Brianzz]

My name is my first name and the zz's are added because once when working on a website I did a bunch of stuff in pretty short order so they said it was like having several Brians working on it and they called me Brians ever since, so I turned the s to 2 z's. Pretty mundane story but when there's something I don't want to do I'll usually bust rump to get it done and get the pain over with, was the same way in school, took the hardest classes as soon as I could.

[Neonkiss]

I'm really enjoying everyone's short history   

[Magicslots]

   Hmmm, well I  was a Magician for many years starting in my youth.  got good enough to make some money at it, and it became a
part time profession.  It paid for my hobby, my dates and a little extra.  As time went on, had to pretty much give it up due to my career as a Firefighter and Dad.
Now I collect vintage/magic items, and then I got Slot Fever    so the name seemed kinda natural.          "Poof"

[Brianzz]

But can your slots disappear?

[jay]

Jay
Just my first name, no pretenses, nothing to hide.

One of my early mentors used to call me JJ as he said, he used to have to tell me everything twice.
When I was working in Asia. It is proper to present your last name first, but most Americans who get their business cards translated do it wrong.
I had an asian friend do mine but the assumption that it was wrong was still there so I was known as Mr. Jay