DBO Forums - I blame AOL for my 8 digit name

I blame AOL for my 8 digit name (reply)

unoudid — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:52:01 +0000

Back in the day when I setup my username on AOL, you could only have a maximum of 8 characters. Times sure do change.

I would have gone with Paniculatus then... (reply)

INSANEdrive — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:48:32 +0000

...or Shen.

I did, but it looks so wrong (reply)

stabbim — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:44:51 +0000

Huh. I did kinda wonder what that name meant. Mystery solved.

I did FFA contests in high school, too. Mostly dairy foods. People who know me now would probably find that surprising.

I did, but it looks so wrong (reply)

Schedonnardus — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:25:55 +0000

nothing really special about Schedonnardus, other than it is a cool to say latin word. Schedonnardus paniculatus is the sole species in that genus. I did plant identification contests in FFA and college. without the seedhead, this plant is commonly confused with Chorlis verticillata, as the leaves and growth stature are very similar. but Schedonnardus has a long ligule ("little tongue") at the base of the leaf.

Just seeing it misspelled irks me, b/c on contests, you got docked for spelling.

Battlenet usernames are 12 chars max :( (reply)

Schedonnardus — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:16:09 +0000

Blame Starcraft? (reply)

Blackt1g3r — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:39:54 +0000

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Drop an "n" (reply)

Ragashingo — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:45:13 +0000

Yeah, I was gonna suggest instead of being multiple Schedonnardus you could just be one Schedonnardu? :p

Drop an "n" (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:39:03 +0000

We'll know you know better.

Schedonnardi? (reply)

Beorn — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:24:29 +0000

Really, though… that sucks. Makes me wonder how much of the old Battle.net infrastructure is still hanging around.

Battlenet usernames are 12 chars max :( (reply)

stabbim — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:02:05 +0000

12 characters? What year is this?

Man, That Sucks. (reply)

Morpheus — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:16:24 +0000

Severe limitations there.

You can take off an 'n', that should be suitable.

:( (reply)

Ragashingo — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 04:10:10 +0000

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Battlenet usernames are 12 chars max :(

Schedonnardus — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:03:31 +0000

Schedonnardus is 13 characters :(