Tell Me! High score Initials!

[thebitterguy]

Once upon a time, the greatest way to make your mark in your neighbourhood was to get a high score on one of the games at your local arcade.

Of course, the high score only allowed three digits. Sure, you could fall back on your initials, which was a little boring. But you also had the option to pick something snazzier.

YHB, for example, would list himself as DDT whenever he ranked on a video game.

So, what did you list yourself as in those bygone days of arcade glory?

Comments

[chadu.livejournal.com]

ACE

[ludickid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I went for this predictable but appealing combo too.

[fossilapostle.livejournal.com]

WJW (my initials), and later BOB, once I discovered the Church of the Subgenius. I still put BOB in any retro games that we play nowadays.

The amazon uses PEZ, both in tribute to the candy dispensers, and because it's sort-of close to her initials, PAS.

[the-tall-man.livejournal.com]

I, also, put in PEZ. This has no relation at all to my initials, however.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

NIK

[sambear.livejournal.com]

I was boring: SAM :)

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

That's okay; I used IAN.

[thebitterguy]

The advantage of having a three letter first name.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I always went with FEN for fairly obvious reasons. :-)

[tfbretz.livejournal.com]

ZOD

[bald-ruminant.livejournal.com]

MUS - It was the closest I could get to "MOOSE."

[zenten.livejournal.com]

I was lame, and used my own initials.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Same here, except I don't have a middle name, so it was either T-W if the game allowed for spaces, dashes or characters other than an alphaset, or I'd do TWW (Terry W Wins!) if I did well or TWL (Terry W Loses!) if I didn't place well.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

Same here. DJS.

[tenzil.livejournal.com]

TRX

(D&D character's name)

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

My own initials: DAP

Doug.

[frabjousdave.livejournal.com]

DAV, but now I wish I'd thought of ZOD!

[(Anonymous)]

JAM. They're my initials.

I would sometimes do JOE, ASS or POO.

[thebitterguy]

Really? Those are my initials too.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

Your initials are POO?

[autodidactic.livejournal.com]

ASS for lower scores and LMP for the win.

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

I was lam I used RAC (the first three letters of my name) or RRY (my initials).

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

BOB

(I know, big surprise.)

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

I either used my initials (GCB) or later "LIZ" (short for Lizard), an inside joke that I'm the only one who fully gets.

[thebitterguy]

Speaking of Video games, did you get to play that new Aliens one yet?

[gwenix.livejournal.com]

GRS

Those are my actual initials. Boring, except that I'd read them as "GRRRRRs!"

[moondispatches.livejournal.com]

ILK

[zenten.livejournal.com]

That's what my son says when he's hungry!

[dawgstar.livejournal.com]

I used the exact same initials (Jake Roberts fans represent, yo). Nary a Rampage machine in southeast Alabama was not marked by yours truly. So... yeah, both of them.

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

I always put DNA, as both a science reference, and a D&D reference. Bonus geek points to anyone who can point out the D&D connection.