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[thecasinoroyale]

Forgive me for this quiety absurd thread, it's just something on my mind and has been for a while. And feel free to link this to a strange '50th Anniversay' event thread.

The variety of people here on CBn is wonderful, but I awlays look at our Forum Names and wonder what the story is behind them. Well, maybe not so much a story, but where did it come from? What Bond moment from 50 years helped you choose a unique name? What personal event mixed with 007 memories led to that name?

Let's share the short or long reasons behind your Forum Name, if it's clean and you wish to share of course! I'll start the ball rolling...


As I joined in 2006, 'Casino Royale' was just around the corner from taking the world by storm and I plucked up courage to join CBn and so, with the revival of my Bond passion I wanted to honour the film, but not just CasinoRoyale.

I wanted to be what the film, and novel encapsulated - the elegance, the thrill, the danger, the espionage, the wonder of the great spy himself. And as I presumed you couldn't use spaces, capital letters or grammer I became, simply...


thecasinoroyale

[AMC Hornet]

As much as I coveted a Lotus Esprit in 1977, it was out of my price range by about $25,000.

So I settled for another vehicle Bond had driven. Mine was a '73, in a very unpopular shade of plum purple, and a mechanical disaster. No wonder America's #4 automaker got swallowed by Chrysler (and they only bought it for the Jeep line).

Could have been worse - imagine if I'd chosen the screen name "Ford Pinto' for the same reason?

[PPK_19]

Good thread TCR.

I just assumed that CR was your favourite Bond film! But i see it's actually LTK (one of my faves too!)

I was at university in 2006, drunk one night. And being a long-time reader of CBN forums, i decided it was high time i got involved.

To this day i still don't remember why i chose PPK_19, though i know i was 19 at the time of joining. And the fact that our favourite secret agent carries a Walther PPK, of course...

[Chief of SIS]

I'm actually Sir John Sawers.

[PPK_19]

I'm actually Sir John Sawers.

haha

[Trevelyan 006]

Surely, my choice is nothing too elaborate...

The first Bond movie and Bond game I ever owned was GoldenEye and GoldenEye 007 for the N64. With that in mind, along with Alec Trevelyan being my favorite villain of the series, it was only natural for me to choose a username that incorporated all those components. Thus, Trevelyan 006 .

However, this isn't my original CBn forum name. Originally, I used the forum name of S.P.E.C.T.R.E_Agent_44​. Seeing as I soon realized the name was a bother to remember and I didn't have enough posts to change it, I abandoned it.

Edited by Trevelyan 006, 19 September 2012 - 09:13 PM.

[MkB]

Funny thread

My screen name has no Bond connection, actually.

[Single-O-Seven]

Funny thread

My screen name has no Bond connection, actually.

Just your initials, Morgan?

[MkB]

Funny thread

My screen name has no Bond connection, actually.

Just your initials, Morgan?

Am I *that* predictable?!

[thecasinoroyale]

Great reads guys - plenty more to come I'm sure!

I suppose thinking about it, I should have been thelicencetokill!

[S K Y F A L L]

I joined the forums so I could read about all the latest SF news and its been an excellent experience. I haven't followed the production of a Bond film so closely before.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Chose mine after my Xbox Live Gamertag actually haha. 007 because of Bond of course. Ace Of Spades because Ace was highschool nickname and a play on The Ace Of Spies - James Bond.

x007AceOfSpades.

I remember reading posts back in 08, but never really joined until October 31st, 2010. Lots of great people on here!

[AMC Hornet]

Sidney Reilly was the Ace of Spies.

Do you remember Red Dwarf, when Rimmer tried to convince Lister to call him 'Ace'?

"The other boys in the Space Academy would never call me Ace, no matter how many times I let them beat me up."

Lister was at least willing to call him "Ace-hole."

No offence intended - I'm just sayin'. (I suppose I just blew any chance of being one of those great people you mentioned.)

[x007AceOfSpades]

Sidney Reilly was the Ace of Spies.

Do you remember Red Dwarf, when Rimmer tried to convince Lister to call him 'Ace'?

"The other boys in the Space Academy would never call me Ace, no matter how many times I let them beat me up."

Lister was at least willing to call him "Ace-hole."

No offence intended - I'm just sayin'. (I suppose I just blew any chance of being one of those great people you mentioned.)

My mistake, I don't know why I though It was only James Bond, funny enough I have heard that name Sidney Reilly before.

Now I feel like a damn moron.

[The Dove]

(Speaking of Red Dwarf boys, Season 10 out this fall on the U.K. channel "Dave" hoping to hear of when it hits the U.S...But I digress..) Great idea for a thread, thecasinoroyale!!

So.. The Dove...hmm... well I signed on way back in June of 2003 just after all the hullabaloo of Die Another Day.. Hmm.. guess I was struggling to come up with a good username..all the obvious ones like "007" etc. were taken when Columbo's nickname suddenly hit me as a good choice.. Not many people would immediately think of The Dove and associate it with the Bond films right off the bat. Plus, with a dove being a symbol for peace, I kind of felt it suited me.. I've mostly avoided getting involved with any little squabbles or arguments which occasionaly occur..think the post-Quantum of Solace era was one of the worst times here for that to my mind. Live and Let Live I say..hah!

[TheREAL008]

I wanted to be the only 008. It turned out i was the third.

[SecretAgentFan]

I guess my forum name explains itself. Why did I choose it? When I joined this forum it was my first internet forum at all and I actually did not have a clue how to do this (and how to behave - I shudder when I read those old posts... sorry, sorry, sorry).

[Bryce (003)]

I believe my reputation speaks many volumes. There are several lengthy "screen name origin threads" somewhere in the archives. Some may have been forever lost to cyberspace throughout the site upgrades over the years, but I'll do some digging.

As Fleming stole the name James Bond, I did the same in creating a role playing character back when RPG games were done with a character sheet, multi-sided dice and one's own imagination along with countless coca-cola and cigarette fueled gaming sessions.

John Bryce was (obviously) lifted from Bond's alias in LALD and the 003 a D-10 - ten sided die - (I did consider 005, but "life is gone with just a spin of the wheel" or, rather, a "roll of the dice"). Modeled off of Bond is some respects and the imagination of an eleven year old at the time. He is still my dark half/rough diamond of a character now some 33 years on.

On it goes....Wouldn't have it any other way and do love the fan-fic that's become a part of it.

[Jim]

I am a piece of diving equipment for salvage work.

[Messervy]

My real name and occupation is God.
But since I thought this would puzzle many on the boards, I decided to tune it down to just Bond's boss.

[thecasinoroyale]

Fascinating read chaps!

[JCRendle]

I'm one of the boring ones - It's just my first two initials and my surname. I could have chosen something more eye catching and Bondian, but I think when I become famous and a future Bond, people will look back and say "Rendle? Didn't he frequent those James Bond sites all those years ago? I remember having deep, philosophical conversations on such and such" etc.

[Dustin]

I already mentioned this. When I signed up I had just brought out the dustbin, but I'm a lousy typist and my spelling is less than convincing...

[Pussfeller]

"Krilencu" was taken.

[Vauxhall]

Vauxhall. It's my seventh favourite London station. More relevantly, it's the area of London where MI6 headquarters is located. Neither of those are particularly creative reasons admittedly, so I just assume it stuck in my head when I first logged in six years ago!

[Matt_13]

My name is Matt. I enjoy the number 13. And cake.

[Chief of SIS]

Matt_13_Cake is not your username...

[AMC Hornet]

...It's the area of London where MI6 headquarters is located.

I thought either that, or maybe from the same sort of origin as mine...

[Matt_13]

Matt_13_Cake is not your username...

I figured I might as well let everyone know anyway...you know...just cuz. But thank you for pointing that out all the same.

[OmarB]

Not hard to figure out, my first name and the first letter of my last name.