It started decades ago in my arcade hall and snes times. you were only allowed to enter 3 letters for your scores.
my name is alex, so i always had to enter "ale" and wasnt happy with it
![Dan.San :(](./images/smilies/24.gif)
until my sister came up with the idea to use "lx" due to the phonetic resemblance of the english pronunciation of the letters l and x
![Dan.San :hehe:](./images/smilies/4.gif)
that felt a lot cooler than ale
when i joined the sesame street seperatists clan playing call of duty and medal of honor i chose cookiemonster as my puppet. in astrowars it first was ccCookiEee (CookieMonster was too long and Cookie was already in use) and later Qki in rememberance of the old times
![Dan.San :]](./images/smilies/8.gif)