Pro nicknames?
It would be really great if someone knowledgeable (like Nix0n) could compile an article of all the pro player nicknames and the background & stories behind them. Players both past and present would be good.

It someone doesn't do it now, things will be forgotten and no-one will ever know. There are so many unusual names...some of which might be language-specific words, real life nicknames or just randomness that seemed to stick. Get_Right, Delpan, FRoD, rape (lol), Mangiacapra, aKuJii, ksharp, Sunde, cArn, face, f0rest, trace, jaegarn etc. It's amazing how much a recognisable name can do for a player - it helps them be remembered, build a fanbase and become legends!

If anyone knows the story behind a pro player nickname/alias, post it here and share the knowledge :)

I'll start off...

dsn - formerly of fnatic and all time legend CS
dsn is short for DeStructioN or DeluSioN, which apparently Harley used are nicknames in earlier days. He shortened it to dsn as this was the done thing to be eCool :)
(40 replies)
Created 2012-05-05 08:21 by: m0o
But i thought dsn is short for "design", isn't it?
Awesome thread btw. gl.

Post edited 2012-05-05 08:26:25
2012-05-05 08:26:11
hahaha

Post edited 2012-05-05 08:28:01
2012-05-05 08:27:38
design, he told it some years ago
2012-05-05 08:28:27
it is delusion my friend :P
2012-05-05 08:30:41
by: Aynes
#5
It is design, Harley said it years ago in some interview.
2012-05-05 08:39:13
mhm, i might be wrong then
2012-05-05 08:41:18
design = dsn
2012-05-05 10:37:48
dsn = delusion destination destruction and design
2012-05-05 10:50:03
+1
2012-05-05 11:43:48
by: d3c0
#17
or usp
2012-05-05 12:04:11
+1
I have seen Delusion and Destination in some frag movies.
2012-05-05 15:55:28
he kept Delusion whn he played in india b4 few years :)
2012-05-05 09:54:22
by: </3
#35
omg
2012-05-05 15:43:51
design? a bit weird huh
2012-05-05 10:37:27
but it is true, Harley said that years before.
2012-05-05 10:38:05
but he has also played with delusion in 2009 in some matches
2012-05-05 15:45:42
DSN it is DESIGN... HE SAID THAT IN SOME OLD INTERVIEW!


dsn - design. not delusion...
2012-05-05 10:37:35
thats why he got used to write his nickname as "fnatic.DeLuSioN" ?
2012-05-05 10:40:51
Get it straight - http://www.fnatic.com/feature/3709/Fnatic-Fantasie..
2012-05-05 10:51:17
Well Delpans nick was dlp and then he just make it longer with an A and E
2012-05-05 10:40:11
by: m0o
#18
ah right, I stand correctly (said the man in the orthopedic shoe)... what was dlp then? initials for something?
2012-05-05 14:14:04
by: m0o
#19
Good link - so that's:

dsn = Design, Destruction, Delusion - shortened to 3 chars for coolness
f0rest = variant of forest - used to be called TreeForest^ lol
cArn = cArnage - shortened the word for coolness
ins = insAne - shortened the word for coolness

Any others people? What about the polish guys? Danish guys?
2012-05-05 14:19:53
f0rest I think it's from WoW game.
2012-05-05 14:57:01
forest - for estonia
2012-05-05 15:57:39
HAHAHAAH U MAD?
2012-08-11 10:19:12
th3W is because his name is Matthew, and his parents used to say to him "teu". So its thew=th3W. Simple. He's famous guys.

Post edited 2012-05-05 14:40:02
2012-05-05 14:39:51
by: d3c0
#21
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Post edited 2012-05-05 14:45:11
2012-05-05 14:40:57
walle - from his surname which is Wallenberg
dennis - his name is dennis lol
manne - same as dennis
taz - someone said its from his surname. Wiktor Wojtas. TAS -s+z =taz
LUq - from his name which is Lukasz
kuben - from his name which is Kuba

Post edited 2012-05-05 14:46:18
2012-05-05 14:41:30
no shit sherlock. thanks for pointing that out
2012-05-05 14:45:59
I gave him what he wants. Don't be mad lol.

btw. Im kinda sure that you didn't know that Dennis and Manne is real names of these guys, but nevermind.

Post edited 2012-05-05 14:47:33
2012-05-05 14:46:48
taz=tasmanian devil
2012-05-05 15:08:16
Add sunde to the List.
2012-05-05 16:01:58
I will take the easy one...

"HeatoN" comes from his hockey equipment... he told it on "Kungar av Counterstrike" episode
2012-05-05 14:44:04
dsn:

I played under a lot of different nicknames during my years from a local cafe here in Gothenburg. I used everything from "harley" to "WinD-". When I got a bit more famous and started playing online, I used the ID "design". It was during a time when alot of players had nicknames consisting of three letters. Cool as I was back then, I decided to shorten my nickname down aswell - design became dsn. Nowadays I use dsn as delusion or something else that works, like destruction. Anyway, that was my story behind my nickname, I guess.

http://www.fnatic.com/feature/3709/Fnatic-Fantasie..
2012-05-05 14:46:33
by: Dare_Dev1L - HLTV.org
#27
Some names are just weird... minet means something in some languages doesn't it? :P
2012-05-05 14:51:03
"Minet(e)" means pussy licking here...
2012-05-05 14:54:42
The same in Poland.
2012-05-05 14:57:59
in CIS it means dick licking
2012-05-05 15:09:31
ahahah true
2012-05-05 14:59:58
Ohh and "j" in foxj's nickname was first letter of his girlfriend name or surname. And "fox" is obvious.
2012-05-05 15:07:00
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