Where did you get your AZ Handle?

As i have stated in this thread.

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=37691&highlight=screen+names+avatars

I was gambling cheap in a room i had never been to before in the middle of nowhere, had beaten one guy for $35 at 5 a game already, and was in the process of playing another, race to 11 for $50. The 2nd guy had seen me beat the 1st guy, and asked me to give him the 8. So having watched him play when i was sitting there hours before, i agreed.

So the usual small crowd develops, and right in front is this girl watching me. Pretty girl, nice smile and eyes sparkling.
So during the set, i had run a 4 pack which had gotten people whispering.
So right after that moment, another girl, a friend of hers comes in, walks up and asks her "Who's the hell is this guy?"
The girl who was smiling the whole time answered. "He's a F-ing SUPERSTAR, that's who he is"

How can someone NOT have a big ego about a moment like THAT! I liked it, so i use it.
 
A long time ago too I bet...

Jude Rosenstock said:
my mother picked out my az handle.
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Wow she even managed to pick it out before Azbilliards even existed, now that is some trick stuff there....
 
I have had lots of handles in the pool world. 'Instant action' "Angel" 'La Diabla'. Angel was taken so I went with what Keith McCready called me."Ltl Debbie" {In the late 70's and early 80's} It has stuck to this day. Oh, the late Hal mix used to call me 'Salem Slim".
 
I have told this story a thousand times. First of all, my last name is Crawford, so in high school I was referred to as the Crawfish. Here is the reason it became my calling card.

I was in Brass Tap, in the early to mid nineties, when a fellow came in and was talking to the bartender about finding some action. This poolroom, by the way (in the eighties and early nineties) was packed with good players. Names like Cliff, Johnny, Coltrain, etc.,etc. were an everyday occurrence. Anyway, this guy signed up for our weekly tournament and got beat out. So, he's over at the bar and talking about action. I, after quite a few, leaned in and offered some hundred or two hundred dollar sets. Hey, I didn't know the guy and there were actually three or four people in the tourney that played a little better than me. We often got guys drop in knowing this was the place for action. I offered. His reply,"But, I'm the Australian Oyster!" I answered back,"So are we in action?" "But, I am the Australian Oyster." It seemed like he was trying to talk me out of playing. "Am I supposed to know the Oyster?" I asked a friend of mine. With all of the players that frequented the Tap, we were used to ALL kinds of talent comin' through.

"So, we gonna play or not?"
"But, I'm the Oyster."
"Well, I am the Carolina Crawfish. You playin'?" The guys thought that was hysterical, hence, the name stuck. Until AZ billiards, I never even heard of the Oyster before except that one night. No, he didn't play. No, noone knew him, or his credentials. Now, I have everyone's view of the oyster. That was one odd dude.
 
Mine is a tribute to one of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut. It is the name of the first novel of his I read, which happened to be one of his best.
 
Mine will seem very narcissistic, but it has been my nickname since college. I have always been outgoing and have been known for some fairly exciting outings, and in college I was called by everyone in our co-ed dorm, the Pimp. Hence, iba7467, short for I am a pimp (numerically on a phone). I have used it online ever since.
 
I was looking for a unique name when getting on network when I was at Purdue pre-internet and I had been using Fontaine up till then when logging in on FTP sites and all that new at the time cool sites.

BTW - My name is Dana and people at the pool room were calling me Dana Dane Fontaine for some reason.

Anyway on one site someone had already taken that name Fontaine I think his real name was Jerry Fontaine so I tried to comeup with something original and I thought there are alot of Elvis's since there are so many impersonators and there is only one Johnny Cash.

Thus elvicash (multiple elvis one cash)

The i is long when pronounced.
 
Viking Fighter

Beside pool I also enjoy renaissance recreation. I belong to a world wide organization called the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronisms). I portray a viking fighter and my viking is Flettir (it means stripper/plunderer). I have always liked the ring to that so I use it on forums.

For a video of the SCA go here.
 
Mine is an homage to the most exciting spectacle in the world of sports, or perhaps the pinnacle of human achievement if you got a C-note on the light.
 
Mine's a two-parter.

8-ball has always been my game of choice. That's the game I remember TRYING to play as a little kid, and the game I started with when I began to take the game seriously a couple/few years ago. Until a certain tragedy occurred, everybody called me 8-ball. Even my wife.

Then...one fateful day...I was attacked by the biggest damned rat you've ever seen. While pulling down an access panel to an attic, a rat slid off of it and nailed me in the chest. I fell off the ladder, with rat still attached to me, and hit the floor like a ton of bricks. The scream that came out of me was the most horrific, high pitched, gut-wrenching noise known to man.

Obviously, everybody else thought it was hilarious....so "Rat" was added to my existing handle. Now, everybody....yes, including my wife, calls me Rat or 8-ball Rat.

Going back to therapy, now.....
 
When I was a stucco contractor, one of the guys in my crew always called me Raybo (my name is Ray) and 147 is the break I hit every time I play snooker. Well maybe every other time, one in ten, ok never.
 
raybo147 said:
When I was a stucco contractor, one of the guys in my crew always called me Raybo (my name is Ray) and 147 is the break I hit every time I play snooker. Well maybe every other time, one in ten, ok never.
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Yikes .. by that logic I should be davek1 ... occasionally davek6.

Dave
 
I'm a pretty big guy and used to wear Big Dog shirts at the poolhall. I am one of the better players in this area so people started calling me BigDog. The end is my name.
 
Life Is Good... imo

I like trivia and facts and reading and looking up 'stuff' and I had an Antiques & Collectibles shop. I didn't want to ever have to move up from 8 track and VHS and dial phones, but my wife bought me a WebTv in early 1997.

I signed up an account with my real name and went online. I discovered that the answer to EVERYTHING was online, if you looked in the right places. I stayed online for 72 hours straight. My wife would go to work, come home, go to work, come home, go to work, come home and finally she said, "DAMN, how long are you going to stay on that damn thing ?"

I said, "until I'm 'bored', it's like a smorgasbord of information and fun." I then changed my name to Smorgass Bored and I've been using it for 10 1/2 years now.
Doug
( even back then, I knew that SmorgASS Bored would elicit jibes at my choice..... and as recent as yesterday in RSB, one of the banned members from here was calling me Smogass "The Ass".... lol )


*Jibe: INTRANSITIVE VERB: To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks. :)



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the unit i was with for the south east asia war games was the 1st battalion 9th marines AKA the walking dead. good old general ho made a promise that everyone in the unit would be killed. anyway one9marine is my user name.
 

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