Mr. GOH! Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I loved xsbs for his continued proclamations that he only posted from work. What a winner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) Moment of silence for xsbs #1-7 Edited June 16, 2011 by P4: Man of the Cloth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Most of the time it seemed like xsbs was literally going out of his way to have the worst taste in video games. I can't remember very many specific instances (I'll chalk it up to repressed memories) but the one that really stood out for me was when he called The Last Guardian incredibly boring with bad graphics and the generic "brown-n-grey" color scheme. Basically, he was the proverbial Armond White of Kotaku. If there was a great trailer or a preview of a game that looked good, you can bet your ass he would say something terrible about it. Â He didn't come across as a troll, just as one of those poor people with unfortunately terrible taste in games. In many ways I find that far more pitiful than a guy spending all day trolling for no reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Most of the time it seemed like xsbs was literally going out of his way to have the worst taste in video games. I can't remember very many specific instances (I'll chalk it up to repressed memories) but the one that really stood out for me was when he called The Last Guardian incredibly boring with bad graphics and the generic "brown-n-grey" color scheme. Basically, he was the proverbial Armond White of Kotaku. If there was a great trailer or a preview of a game that looked good, you can bet your ass he would say something terrible about it. Â He didn't come across as a troll, just as one of those poor people with unfortunately terrible taste in games. In many ways I find that far more pitiful than a guy spending all day trolling for no reason. I saw him argue with a guy and spout some things like "stupid" and other terms that don't make for a good argument. The fact he was warned each time, banned numberous times, and still came back for more really made me wonder what went through his mind that made him want to be heard again. I picture the stereotypical guy behind a computer who has no friends, as no one can stand him, but still was lonely in his arrogant state. Â We all make our own fates when it comes to making friends. He just seems to have a self-destructive personality, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathorian Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Because Slagathore was taken. Â And Slag is the molten metal run off when welding two pieces of metal together. I think it sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathorian Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Most of the time it seemed like xsbs was literally going out of his way to have the worst taste in video games. I can't remember very many specific instances (I'll chalk it up to repressed memories) but the one that really stood out for me was when he called The Last Guardian incredibly boring with bad graphics and the generic "brown-n-grey" color scheme. Basically, he was the proverbial Armond White of Kotaku. If there was a great trailer or a preview of a game that looked good, you can bet your ass he would say something terrible about it. Â He didn't come across as a troll, just as one of those poor people with unfortunately terrible taste in games. In many ways I find that far more pitiful than a guy spending all day trolling for no reason. I saw him argue with a guy and spout some things like "stupid" and other terms that don't make for a good argument. The fact he was warned each time, banned numberous times, and still came back for more really made me wonder what went through his mind that made him want to be heard again. I picture the stereotypical guy behind a computer who has no friends, as no one can stand him, but still was lonely in his arrogant state. Â We all make our own fates when it comes to making friends. He just seems to have a self-destructive personality, IMO. Â yeah, I remember getting into a few "debates" with him about stuff like that. The one that I remember most, was him knocking the controls in Infamous. I nearly shat a brick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Because Slagathore was taken. Â And Slag is the molten metal run off when welding two pieces of metal together. I think it sounds cool. Â I always think of it as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_(slang) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slagathorian Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Because Slagathore was taken. Â And Slag is the molten metal run off when welding two pieces of metal together. I think it sounds cool. Â I always think of it as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag_(slang) Â Â "to describe an individual who engages in casual sex and promiscuous behaviour." Â Yikes! Yeah, that's definitely not me. Happily married now, it'll be 4 years this July. Funny how the same word can mean completely different things in different cultures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublethalend Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 When I swapped from my original Xbox to the 360, I had to create a new account because I forgot whatever info I signed up with my original Xbox Live name...so I sat at the "Microsoft Suggests" or whatever screen and was just typing in stuff to see what variants Microsoft would come up with. I forgot exactly what I put in there...could have been my last name, Bacon Bits, Brofist, or whatever. I don't remember...but anyone who is familiar with Microsoft suggesting gamertags is that they're all extremely....weird...they seem to just be a random animal and a verb. JumpElephat, CuddleKat, Giraffedropkick, etc etc. Somewhere in all of that I saw "Sublethalend" and thought it was too sweet of a name to pass up....and I've been using it for just about everything since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 xsbs... recently the guy's resurfaced. Keeps blathering on about how the Yellow Pages are still useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEffinChopin Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) It's one of my favorite lines from Doc Holiday, as portrayed by Val Kilmer in Tombstone. Here is the link (I even timestamped it for you!) for anyone who hasn't seen it and is curious. Edited July 6, 2015 by FredEffinChopin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 For the most part it's just a silly combination of 2 names I go by other places. PotatoSpork + Luftwaffles = Sporkwaffles somehow. I'm not sure how much I like it or if it even makes sense, but enough people know me by it that I've just stuck with it. Â As far as steam goes, same premise, but even though there's about 30something Luftwaffles's on steam I'm too lazy to change it and fairly apathetic about tons of people with the same handle as myself. Luftwaffles certainly appeals to the pun loving side of me as well, so that's another reason I kept it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I got banned from Kotaku under TheCheese33, so I quickly thought of a new name to start posting under. All I could think of is "LordOfPwn", but I figured that was way too "bro-y", so I decided to class it up a bit and call myself "DukeOfPwn". If I had actually put any time into it, I'd be called something entirely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoshuke Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 It's a combination of Sko and Shuke. Now, go look those up on urban dictionary. Â ... my most sincere apologies to those who looked. Â In truth, it was made in an attempt to think of a cool name for my group in a quiz. It was the product of combining the three things my fifteen years young self thought to be 'the most awesome things EVER!' (Skins, Smosh and Sasuke) Since then, that phase has passed, and I tend to just make up a combination to shrug the question off (as seen above) However, the word itself was so odd and unique I decided to use it as my alias, and like a bastard son, disregarded its roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnstableArk Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 The "Ark" part of my name comes from a character I developed years ago, which coincidentally resembled my generated name on one of my first MMOs. I use it pretty often for online screen names. Not quite sure where the "Unstable" comes from, might be related to my brother's XBL gamer tag. I also swap in some other stock character names I've come up with over the years in case Ark is taken, or if a game has no default character name in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunFlame Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 1 - Insert Guilty Gear  2 - Select Sol Badguy  3 - QCF + Punch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) Fuchikomas are versatile little tanks with AI from the Ghost in the Shell manga. They weren't in the movie or TV series, so the name's usually not taken. I always liked them because while they're effective combat machines on the job, out of use, they're silly and childlike and sometimes ramble on philosophically from a uniquely synthetic POV... I never capitalize it if it's not at the start of a sentence because as far as I know it's just a noun - like hammer, table, etc. There's a bunch of them and they're all called "fuchikoma" (and sync up to pool their experiences regularly so they're all the same one really.) Â They WERE also featured in the Ghost in the Shell PSX game, which I had a ton of fun with back when I was in high school - I picked the name then. Â Â My other one for PSN, XBL, Raptr, OpenFeint, Game Center, etc is "DojoMojoMofo." It was originally a battle acolyte I was making in Ragnarok Online, but I liked the name - it suggests a guy who's into... I don't know... The sort of style and feeling you'd find in a dojo? Maybe even someone who can use martial arts magic? I also really like it because I'm a language geek, and it has a bunch of weird rules to it - every other letter is 'o', it's 3 sections of 4 letters, and each section only changes one letter from the last. Yeah, I'm a nerd... Edited August 29, 2011 by fuchikoma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Oh, man, I remember playing the demo for that game all those years ago. Loved it because you could climb buildings and get the drop on guys and stuff; had never seen the anime or manga. And I never did get the full game in the end. Would love to see a new release like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloryfades Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Mines from a Brand New song, "Sic transit gloria (Glory fades)" Always thought it made for a sweet gaming nickname. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 It's a good song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pojodin Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 One possibility: Pojo + Odin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbz51FMw6Y 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 One possibility: Pojo + Odin. Â Awesome. I never knew of the might of Pojo before this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloryfades Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 It's a good song. Â Great song, even better Band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Heh. I never actually got into them. Listened to that album years ago but it was the only song I can remember so it must be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hot Heart liked them before they were cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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