The history behind the name

lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » 11 May 2006, 13:45

CATHEXIS (cathexes, to cathect): The libido's charge of energy. Freud often described the functioning of psychosexual energies in mechanical terms, influenced perhaps by the dominance of the steam engine at the end of the nineteenth century. He often described the libido as the producer of energies that, if blocked, required release in other ways. If an individual is frustrated in his or her desires, Freud often represented that frustration as a blockage of energies that would then build up and require release in other ways: for example, by way of regression and the "re-cathecting" of former positions (ie. fixation at the oral or anal phase and the enjoyment of former sexual objects ["object-cathexes"], including auto-eroticism). When the ego blocks such efforts to discharge one's cathexis by way of regression, i.e. when the ego wishes to repress such desires, Freud uses the term "anti-cathexis" or counter-charge. Like a steam engine, the libido's cathexis then builds up until it finds alternative outlets, which can lead to sublimation or to the formation of sometimes disabling symptoms.

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PaperCut · Post by **PaperCut** » 11 May 2006, 13:57

I get papercuts a lot so I thought this was a great way to get back at all those papercuts I've had over the years....

The 'P' in the AV & Sig stands for my middle name which coincidentally starts with a 'P'. 8O

PaperCut · Post by **PaperCut** » 11 May 2006, 14:03

Interesting

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 11 May 2006, 14:12

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lancelot wrote:CATHEXIS <snip>

opposite to catharsis? 8O
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lancelot · Post by **lancelot** » 11 May 2006, 14:21

catharsis, more like ecstacy, so yeah maybe

EvilCow · Post by **EvilCow** » 11 May 2006, 14:47

me and a couple of my mates where playing Quake 2, teams vs teams, so me and a mate thought it would be funny to call ourselves cow and chicken. Eventually after camping in a aera for a very long time i got bored and shot my mate in the back, and have been called EvilCow ever since.

-PhoeniX- · Post by **-PhoeniX-** » 12 May 2006, 09:16

been PhoeniX for a while. since boimenace and those games.

friend said that everytime i died i got better so naturally....

Ashley_Pops · Post by **Ashley_Pops** » 12 May 2006, 09:30

My first name is Ashley, the Pops part I dont know about it was a nickname given to me by my friends.

Retnev · Post by **Retnev** » 14 May 2006, 20:38

AkumA wrote:it's a character from Streetfighter, Akuma, he is cool...and like it coz it is a japanese name

Akuma is also evil, Google define Akuma : "The akuma is a creature of Japanese mythology, representing evil. It has an enormous flaming head with eyes like coals. It flies through the air brandishing a sword. Even the sight of an akuma is said to bring bad luck. "

I don't think that you are evil or bring bad luck, I just saw it once when I searched for a Japanese word for devil.

Zell · Post by **Zell** » 14 May 2006, 20:40

Hey, isn't the Akuma the demon that attacks innocent souls that haven't passed on, and thats why they have a festival to guide the poor souls to the next dimension or something?

Something like this is vaguely familiar.

Retnev · Post by **Retnev** » 14 May 2006, 20:41

Nera wrote:my nick is my first name spelt backwards

Mine is my surname spelt backwards

Zell · Post by **Zell** » 14 May 2006, 20:42

Lol... Retnev sounds Russian, while Venter is pure Afrikaans.

Retnev · Post by **Retnev** » 14 May 2006, 20:52

Zell wrote:Lol... Retnev sounds Russian, while Venter is pure Afrikaans.

Started using Retnev in the bad old days when the Rusians were the big bad enemy.

CountZero · Post by **CountZero** » 15 May 2006, 02:22

Mine is from a William Gibson novel.

ArmatageShanks · Post by **ArmatageShanks** » 15 May 2006, 06:59

Ashley_Pops wrote:My first name is Ashley, the Pops part I dont know about it was a nickname given to me by my friends.

-My first nick was xchuckx. chuck was a nickname given to me by my friends (dunno why...). My new nick is a song.

Ashley_Pops · Post by **Ashley_Pops** » 15 May 2006, 08:59

ArmatageShanks wrote:-My first nick was xchuckx. chuck was a nickname given to me by my friends (dunno why...). My new nick is a song.

Yes I'm sure you dont know why.

Post by **Kronos** » 15 May 2006, 10:00

ArmatageShanks wrote:... My new nick is a song.

I was wondering why you used it.

It is a slightly misspelled form of Armitage Shanks. Makers of fine White Porcelain trucks (Toilets)

ArmatageShanks · Post by **ArmatageShanks** » 15 May 2006, 10:01

Kronos wrote:
ArmatageShanks wrote:... My new nick is a song.
I was wondering why you used it.

It is a slightly misspelled form of Armitage Shanks. Makers of fine White Porcelain trucks (Toilets)

If I hear that 1 more time...

Black-Ice · Post by **Black-Ice** » 15 May 2006, 10:09

ArmatageShanks wrote:
Kronos wrote:
ArmatageShanks wrote:... My new nick is a song.
I was wondering why you used it.

It is a slightly misspelled form of Armitage Shanks. Makers of fine White Porcelain trucks (Toilets)
If I hear that 1 more time...

lol.... this is the 3rd time right?

r-it · Post by **r-it** » 15 May 2006, 11:05

lol, i just saw this guyz name in a toilet seat

ArmatageShanks · Post by **ArmatageShanks** » 15 May 2006, 11:08

**stabs r-it with a sharpened teaspoon**

You were warned

wizardofid · Post by **wizardofid** » 15 May 2006, 11:50

Wizardofid?The comic! Or some ppl here just call me wizz or wizzy for short.

My off screen nick in Mr Bean?

And now the slighty off center comic I love.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 15 May 2006, 12:14

HAHAHAHA!!! Good cartoon Wizzard.

I thought about my nick for a while. There were three that i wanted:

1) Ambrosia
2) Epiphiny
3) DAE_JA_VOO

I decided to go with DAE because it sounded cool, and people can call me DAE for short. I like it.

What do you guys think of DAE_JA_VOO?

Zell · Post by **Zell** » 15 May 2006, 13:05

Ambrosia would have sounded uber-ghey!!!

ArmatageShanks... I thought it was the toilet... forgot that it was ArmItageShanks... but now its too late to change your name! haha!

SoulBlade · Post by **SoulBlade** » 23 Jun 2006, 09:15

When I studied @ maties (2000) I used to play a lot of starcraft. Used some stupid nick. Decided to change.

I wanted to use Soul and Reaver (that protoss tank) but there was already a game going by that name. So I added blade which reminded me of Squall's gunblade in FF8. Plus it sounds cool...or to me at least.

1 year later my friends tell me that there's a game out there with the name SoulBlade. How dissapointed i was.

Just to clear the record, my nick's origins has got nothing to do with that game...