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Quincel
Profile Joined August 2012
119 Posts
April 19 2020 20:16 GMT
#1
I've been wondering this for a while and assumed a quick TL forum/Liquipedia search would reveal the answer, but I can't find it*. How did Serral choose his name?

*(This may just be a reflection on my searching skills.)
Hiisi
Profile Joined November 2018
14 Posts
April 19 2020 20:23 GMT
#2
Well its not like every nickname has some special meaning or story behind it. I have no clue why serral chose that name.
tigon_ridge
Profile Joined March 2019
482 Posts
April 19 2020 21:22 GMT
#3
Serral has said before that it has no particular meaning. He picked it at the same time he and his brother (Protosser) started playing sc brood war.
Quincel
Profile Joined August 2012
119 Posts
April 19 2020 21:28 GMT
#4
On April 20 2020 06:22 tigon_ridge wrote:
Serral has said before that it has no particular meaning. He picked it at the same time he and his brother (Protosser) started playing sc brood war.


Cheers, I knew he had to have been asked about it at some point. It's a great name, I'm going to steal it for my next cat.
nadavu
Profile Joined February 2014
44 Posts
April 19 2020 21:42 GMT
#5
It's Finnish for goat
UnLarva
Profile Joined March 2019
458 Posts
April 20 2020 07:06 GMT
#6
Little Joona took that name because it sounded good in his ears. It was just cool sounding name to him at age, what, when he has 11-12 years old. There was no particular meaning behind the name, or any deep going reasons for the choice then.

However, in a future entries of the history of esports the name will have certain meaning.
Part-time Serralogist
Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
1915 Posts
April 20 2020 07:50 GMT
#7
It sounds like a mix between Serious and Ferral. Good enough for me.
Buff the siegetank
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25249 Posts
April 20 2020 10:30 GMT
#8
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.

'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19234 Posts
April 20 2020 12:56 GMT
#9
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I was taking a stroll in the alley behind MBCGame studio when I saw a handsome man taking out the trash. Something about the large bags he was carrying seemed off. I waited till he returned and when I walked up to the dumpster and looked inside it was filled with bodies. One body had a toe tag and in the pale moonlight I could just barely make out, "March 3rd, 2007 R.I.P."
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Akio
Profile Blog Joined January 2019
Finland1838 Posts
April 20 2020 13:57 GMT
#10
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


But picking an animal like a wombat for your nick has a good unique flavor to it, it's not tryharding by throwing a dart at a wildlife predator issue of National Geographic.

I chose mine by looking at my birth certificate.
Mine gas, build tanks.
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
April 20 2020 16:48 GMT
#11
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I was in Combat-EX's clan but the whole shitshow happened with him ~2009 (him v. Chill still my favorite series in all of BW) and I dropped the EX off when making a new account. But I was also 13 so I thought clan tags were cool, so I just made up a new clan tag and slapped it on.
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3829 Posts
April 20 2020 19:28 GMT
#12
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I got mine from this video (I was 13, cut me some slack). Years later I found out there was an extremely questionable anime with a similar name and I've been moderately embarrassed ever since, but the_templar or kadaverbb smacked my alt account once so I've lived with my regrets ever since.
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
April 20 2020 19:29 GMT
#13
On April 21 2020 04:28 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I got mine from this video (I was 13, cut me some slack). Years later I found out there was an extremely questionable anime with a similar name and I've been moderately embarrassed ever since, but the_templar or kadaverbb smacked my alt account once so I've lived with my regrets ever since.

uwu
Нас зовет дух отцов, память старых бойцов, дух Москвы и твердыня Полтавы
catplanetcatplanet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
3829 Posts
April 20 2020 20:23 GMT
#14
On April 21 2020 04:29 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2020 04:28 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I got mine from this video (I was 13, cut me some slack). Years later I found out there was an extremely questionable anime with a similar name and I've been moderately embarrassed ever since, but the_templar or kadaverbb smacked my alt account once so I've lived with my regrets ever since.

uwu

wtf! leave me alone sentinel, back to the blog section with you!

Jk. How ya doin old buddy. Let's watch cat planet cuties together, loop in ninazerg and epishade too
I think it's finally time to admit it might not be the year of Pet
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25249 Posts
April 20 2020 21:04 GMT
#15
On April 21 2020 01:48 [UoN]Sentinel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I was in Combat-EX's clan but the whole shitshow happened with him ~2009 (him v. Chill still my favorite series in all of BW) and I dropped the EX off when making a new account. But I was also 13 so I thought clan tags were cool, so I just made up a new clan tag and slapped it on.

I couldn’t use my Wombat tag on Twitter so I used Wombat-Ex which my Starcraft buddies thought amusing at the time, although the reference doesn’t make much sense to other people
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Wintex
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Norway16838 Posts
April 20 2020 21:36 GMT
#16
On April 21 2020 04:28 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I got mine from this video (I was 13, cut me some slack). Years later I found out there was an extremely questionable anime with a similar name and I've been moderately embarrassed ever since, but the_templar or kadaverbb smacked my alt account once so I've lived with my regrets ever since.

cat planet cat planet cat planet cat planet cat planet

catplanetcatplanet's a fine id, I stole mine from my cousin, who wanted us all to have something something -tex as names. No shame.
The Bomber boy
Dangermousecatdog
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom7084 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-04-20 23:20:35
April 20 2020 23:19 GMT
#17
This name was chosen somewhat at random.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10673 Posts
April 21 2020 05:03 GMT
#18
On April 20 2020 16:50 Slydie wrote:
It sounds like a mix between Serious and Ferral. Good enough for me.

Nice word combo lol
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25249 Posts
April 23 2020 09:19 GMT
#19
On April 21 2020 08:19 Dangermousecatdog wrote:
This name was chosen somewhat at random.

Really? Would never have believed!

Catdog are one conjoined creature right? Is Danger Mouse just bolted on in addition to that?
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
April 23 2020 23:11 GMT
#20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_versus_NP_problem

What can I say, I'm not very imaginative.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
May 09 2020 19:46 GMT
#21
On April 21 2020 06:36 Wintex wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2020 04:28 catplanetcatplanet wrote:
On April 20 2020 19:30 Wombat_NI wrote:
Probably not worth an OP by itself but wonder why other users all you fine TLers chose your nicks?

I do use a others but Wombat I chose as a youngster and largely stuck with it since. As a youngling we didn’t have the internet so would occasionally go into the BBC where my dad worked to browse this new exciting thing in the mid 90s. Their work machine passwords rotated across Australian animals and wombat just stuck with me. Such a cool sounding animal surely must be badass right?

We got home internet and my first online experiences not too long after and despite discovering that wombats were not nearly as cool as my imagination had lead me to believe I stuck with it.

Also disillusioning was to discover my star sign of libra, which surely had to be some cool mythical creature, was actually a pair of fucking scales.


I got mine from this video (I was 13, cut me some slack). Years later I found out there was an extremely questionable anime with a similar name and I've been moderately embarrassed ever since, but the_templar or kadaverbb smacked my alt account once so I've lived with my regrets ever since.

cat planet cat planet cat planet cat planet cat planet

catplanetcatplanet's a fine id, I stole mine from my cousin, who wanted us all to have something something -tex as names. No shame.

I thought you drank windex
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[UoN]Sentinel
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States11320 Posts
May 09 2020 19:54 GMT
#22
No his cousin is CombaTEX
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UncleClimax
Profile Joined January 2020
18 Posts
May 09 2020 23:19 GMT
#23
UncleClimax earned his name
Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
1915 Posts
May 10 2020 22:38 GMT
#24
On May 10 2020 08:19 UncleClimax wrote:
UncleClimax earned his name




You asked for it!
Buff the siegetank
CoyoteCreed
Profile Joined February 2018
11 Posts
May 10 2020 23:00 GMT
#25
Because if he called himself GuMiho it would be confusing.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5502 Posts
May 11 2020 02:19 GMT
#26
On May 10 2020 08:19 UncleClimax wrote:
UncleClimax earned his name

hahahahaha
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland25249 Posts
May 12 2020 04:13 GMT
#27
On May 11 2020 11:19 jimminy_kriket wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 10 2020 08:19 UncleClimax wrote:
UncleClimax earned his name

hahahahaha

Fucking hell lmao
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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