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tfeign
Profile Joined June 2004
United States2980 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-08-11 13:03:23
July 14 2004 11:09 GMT
#1
This I've always been interested in. Although I only know a few, for example:

JulyZerg = Because he made his acct in July, and he plays Zerg

Grrrr... = [edited] Because that's the sound he makes/feel whenever he loses

Rekrul = Because he spelled Lurker backwards


Anyone know of any more? I'd be interested in knowing why slayers_'boxer' got his name
or what exactly does iloveoov love? (oov = ? )
chojja/nal_ra/xellos/garimto/nada/ -- do these mean anything in korean?
JJu = stand for anything?
What does [Oops] stand for?

etc., etc., etc.
User_2
Profile Joined March 2004
Russian Federation1020 Posts
July 14 2004 11:11 GMT
#2
I heard that Xellos got his name off a mousepad or somethin.
To my teacher: Sir, you are too tall.
DooMeR
Profile Joined July 2003
United States1519 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-07-14 11:14:26
July 14 2004 11:13 GMT
#3
Boxers was because he beat a gosu named "SlayerS" who was all the shit back in the day, and he beat him like 5-0 or something and the obs started saying "SlayerS_BoxeR kekeke we are korean listen to us talk in broken english" (j/k! ^^)
roSe[RaCe]
Profile Joined June 2004
Canada334 Posts
July 14 2004 11:17 GMT
#4
[Oops] is the clan not name and I dunno maybe cause they spilt some juice on their keyboard when thinking of a clan tag

JJu is Korean
but like chojja and all those I have no idea
but with Nal_rA just his name is rA and it seems to sound good

fisheye, not pro but WTF? fish eye?
chrh
DDang
Niza
PuSan
Mumyung
Sync
Legionnaire
a lot of weird and mysteries ones =P
http://cafe.daum.net/raceclan/
RuGbUg
Profile Joined June 2003
United States2347 Posts
July 14 2004 11:17 GMT
#5
On July 14 2004 20:09 tfeign wrote:
This I've always been interested in. Although I only know a few, for example:

JulyZerg = Because he made his acct in July, and he plays Zerg

Grrrr... = Because he wanted to resemble a leadership-image. and Grrr represents a sound of lions/tigers (leaders of the jungle)

Rekrul = Because he spelled Lurker backwards


Anyone know of any more? I'd be interested in knowing why slayers_'boxer' got his name
or what exactly does iloveoov love? (oov = ? )
chojja/nal_ra/xellos/garimto/nada/ -- do these mean anything in korean?
JJu = stand for anything?
What does [Oops] stand for?
ra is the sun god, i imagine thats where he got that from.

some people said garimto is the sound a probe makes (idk about this i've tried it )
anguish: its like that time i asked my bestfriend who happened to be black if his dick was bigger than mine anguish: he got angry anguish: and told me i was racist and gay
A3iL3r0n
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States2196 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-07-14 11:19:40
July 14 2004 11:18 GMT
#6
Nal is the clan, Ra is the Egyptian sun god. So Nal is really a tag.

Edit: I saw in another thread that Garimto means to hide, or guerilla style warfare.
My psychiatrist says I have deep-seated Ragneuroses :(
User_2
Profile Joined March 2004
Russian Federation1020 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-07-14 11:20:15
July 14 2004 11:19 GMT
#7
Isn't garimto "to hide" in korean? Think i read that in some other thread, which would make sense since he hides/proxies tech like a mofo.

Edit: Someone beat me to it =)
To my teacher: Sir, you are too tall.
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
July 14 2004 11:22 GMT
#8
I heard chojja was a slang for chobo.

But like what the hell is up with Yellow or HOT-Forever. OR nada.
We decide our own destiny
User_2
Profile Joined March 2004
Russian Federation1020 Posts
July 14 2004 11:26 GMT
#9
HOT-Forever is probably the easiest one to guess. I'm sure he was just a really really big fan of that korean group HOT.
To my teacher: Sir, you are too tall.
GTR-2-Go_au
Profile Joined February 2004
Australia315 Posts
July 14 2004 11:27 GMT
#10
On July 14 2004 20:17 roSe[RaCe] wrote:
[Oops] is the clan not name and I dunno maybe cause they spilt some juice on their keyboard when thinking of a clan tag

JJu is Korean
but like chojja and all those I have no idea
but with Nal_rA just his name is rA and it seems to sound good

fisheye, not pro but WTF? fish eye?
chrh
DDang
Niza
PuSan
Mumyung
Sync
Legionnaire
a lot of weird and mysteries ones =P


ddong/foru = ddong meant shit, cause foru used to be in [DaK] clan which means chicken i think in korean, so Chicken Shit
JoYo = means lets eat chicken i think
legionnaire = from the old centuries, there were guards called legion's, theres also legionnaire's diseise
PuSan = pusans home town, speaks for it self.
I got none.....
User_2
Profile Joined March 2004
Russian Federation1020 Posts
July 14 2004 11:32 GMT
#11
Does anyone else pronounce ForU not as "For You" but as a complete word? Like, for-oo (i have no idea how to type out that sound, but i think you guys get it).
To my teacher: Sir, you are too tall.
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
July 14 2004 11:39 GMT
#12
or what the hell is Chrh? that was the name i never got.
We decide our own destiny
ObsoleteLogic
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3676 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-07-14 11:42:08
July 14 2004 11:41 GMT
#13
Ddang means earth/land, so I'm pretty sure it refers to his reference of loving land units! I've heard koreans say ddang attack and such.

Edit: "I've heart"
sMi.Silent // Siz)Silent
x[ReaPeR]x
Profile Joined February 2003
United States3447 Posts
July 14 2004 11:46 GMT
#14
NaDa means "it's me" in Korean or something like that.

XellOs was a brand name on a mousepad.

[DaK]Ddong = Chicken shit

ILoveOOv ownZ everyone!!! ~ Lamer List: Mynock, naventus
bigMommA
Profile Joined March 2003
1985 Posts
July 14 2004 11:49 GMT
#15
chrh got his name from typing chogosu on his korean keyboard in roman fonts.

niza is scrambled as nazi?
mumyung means anonymous in korean
nada means "it's aah me!, Mario!" in korean w/o the italian accent and Mario
someone said nal_ra means to fly?

ilovoov - i have no idea
Tien
Profile Joined January 2003
Russian Federation4447 Posts
July 14 2004 11:53 GMT
#16
i heard iloveoov is from i love winning? OOv was apparently the term for winning??

or how about Yellow? fav colour?
We decide our own destiny
likeboxer
Profile Joined December 2003
Korea (South)465 Posts
July 14 2004 11:57 GMT
#17
oo<- eyes v<-victory sign or peace sign?
DooMeR
Profile Joined July 2003
United States1519 Posts
July 14 2004 12:01 GMT
#18
ooV = o(eyes) + V (Hair, yes hair)= oOV
User_2
Profile Joined March 2004
Russian Federation1020 Posts
July 14 2004 12:03 GMT
#19
Better yet, what does NaDa's aka ilovesil mean?
To my teacher: Sir, you are too tall.
NewbieMcNasty
Profile Joined December 2002
United States328 Posts
July 14 2004 12:03 GMT
#20
I thought 00v was boobs (the v is an arm).
yep
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