Screen names that should be used

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:59 pm

I was just playing Dangun Feveron, and the name The Artful Dodger popped into my head. I realized that that would be a good screen name for the shmups forum, and was surprised no one was using it.

Any other screen names which you're surprised to see aren't used?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:09 pm

CaveDweller
Psikyopath
RaizingStar

Something along those lines, for fans of the specific developers...

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:45 pm

BulletMagnet...

I love that PsikyoPath screenname..i wish i could have thought of that one up first before I made my whacky Psikyo sn!

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:49 pm

Heh, thank you, feel free to steal it for a sig or the like.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:01 am

Hmm, is Raizing pronounced "rye-zing" . I always though it was "ray-zing".

dementia · Post by **dementia** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:06 am

Hmm, I'm pretty sure Psikyo is pronounced "Saik-You" as well.

I think it still works though.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:10 am

alpha5099 wrote:Hmm, is Raizing pronounced "rye-zing"

Yes.

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:51 am

Psikyo is literally "SAI KYO." (Pronounced with an elongated "O".)
Using my wife's dictionary, I would translate it as "Colorful/decorated capital." "Sai" is the onyomi for the verb "irodoru," which would mean to color or decorate. This is the same Kyo as in Kyoto or Tokyo, meaning "capital city." It's also the kanji for the name of Kyo from King of Fighters.

As for a shmuppy handle, I've considered going with Arthur Schmidt. Alas, I've always stuck with my given name.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:21 am

alpha5099 wrote:Hmm, is Raizing pronounced "rye-zing"

Sometimes an echoing voice actually says it out loud in the opening sequence to some of their games. In any case, the pun was more on the spelling than the pronunciation, but whatever, heh.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:15 am

Somehow the name Crash Test Dummy sounds appropriate for a screenname, IMHO.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:36 am

greg wrote:Psikyo is literally "SAI KYO." (Pronounced with an elongated "O".)Using my wife's dictionary, I would translate it as "Colorful/decorated capital."

Actually, now that I think of it, I wonder if it could be a play on "saikyo"; I think I heard that it means "the strongest" or something like that...someone more versed in Japanese could probably be a bit more enlightening...

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:54 am

BulletMagnet wrote:Actually, now that I think of it, I wonder if it could be a play on "saikyo"; I think I heard that it means "the strongest" or something like that...someone more versed in Japanese could probably be a bit more enlightening...

No, that would be "saikou" (elongated "o"), which means "the best." "Saitei" means "the worst." This is the word I use to describe my wife's boss, the owner of the sushi restaurant she's the waitress at. The guy is a total stingy jerk.

angrycoder · Post by **angrycoder** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:58 am

alpha5099 wrote:I was just playing Dangun Feveron, and the name The Artful Dodger popped into my head. I realized that that would be a good screen name for the shmups forum, and was surprised no one was using it.

Any other screen names which you're surprised to see aren't used?

Would be a good screen name, but I doubt Dickens was a shmup fan

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:23 am

Using my wife's dictionary, I would translate it as "Colorful/decorated capital." "Sai" is the onyomi for the verb "irodoru," which would mean to color or decorate. This is the same Kyo as in Kyoto or Tokyo, meaning "capital city." It's also the kanji for the name of Kyo from King of Fighters.

Yep. The characters shown on the screen(along with the leaves/flower petals floating by, and PSiKYO) means "colorful capital".

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:47 am

Which also happens to make no sense whatsoever like most shooter names...

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:24 pm

IlMrm wrote:
Using my wife's dictionary, I would translate it as "Colorful/decorated capital." "Sai" is the onyomi for the verb "irodoru," which would mean to color or decorate. This is the same Kyo as in Kyoto or Tokyo, meaning "capital city." It's also the kanji for the name of Kyo from King of Fighters.

Yep. The characters shown on the screen(along with the leaves/flower petals floating by, and PSiKYO) means "colorful capital".

Now you're making me think of Aine's bomb in Gunibrd 2...

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:20 pm

I would suggest:

GigaWinger
Black Deame (from the cool final form of your ship in Darwin 4078)
any suitable Darius boss

Don Pachi (someone had to say it)

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:35 pm

Tar-Palantir wrote:Don Pachi (someone had to say it)

Heh, even better, you could extend it into something like "Donald Pachington" or something like that, and see how long it's take someone to get the reference. You could even expand it to pseudonyms like "Axle A." or the like...

greg wrote:No, that would be "saikou" (elongated "o"), which means "the best."

Hmm, when I see that word translated into English it almost always has the "y" in it for some reason, even though the way you put it it seems that it wouldn't be there...weird.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:35 am

Tar-Palantir -

Noticed how his eyes are sparkling too. Hilarious!

Don Kingpachi.

He's my ship's agent.

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 2:01 pm

IlMrm wrote:Tar-Palantir - Noticed how his eyes are sparkling too. Hilarious!

Actually, I'm myopic

But Dong Kingpachi is eeevil. He'd better get a haircut.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:22 pm

IlMrm wrote:Don Kingpachi. He's my ship's agent.

I could see Don King sitting at the desk in the general's place at the end of DDP, with a big smile, rings sparkling...then he'd make you sign over 95 percent of the points you'd earned to him.

"Only in Americ...er, Japan!"

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:27 am

^^If you refuse, he'll unleash Mike Tyson, the true last boss, on you. Instant bite death attack.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:49 pm

Nah, he'd just take a wing off, and you'd win the game by default (and afterwards he'd be forced to apologize).

Tar-Palantir · Post by **Tar-Palantir** » Sat May 14, 2005 3:19 am

|Sui>.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:24 am

The again...there's always me. The last true hero for the people!!!

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sat May 14, 2005 10:43 am

alpha5099 wrote:I was just playing Dangun Feveron, and the name The Artful Dodger popped

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