A thing about NickNames

[Opsinis]

Hey all! Quick, nice, post-provoking thread here.

What's your nickname? This can be your Elements forum (but most likely chat) nickname.
Also, do you like it? Would you rather be called something else? (If so, what?)

Mine: "Op" is pretty common. "Opsinis" doesn't get too many nicknames, but the shortening proves to be enough.
It's fine with me.

[Absol]

Absol from Absolute Zero.
Sometimes:
Abs, 'bsol (thanks jenky), Absolol - only variation of Absol.
Lorem, LoremIpsum - because my standard avvy contains the phrase "Lorem Ipsum blah blah"
InigoMontoya - HELLO! My name is Inigo Montoya.
KABOOM - F&H, when i used to spam Octane's Loose Cannon. Kev made it stuck with me.
AliceMargatroid - when fooling around with Z in chat, since she's my fav character from Touhou.
SethRosenwell, Seth - no one knows this beside Drake and Z. I think.

[Rutarete]

My name is often shortened to just Rut or Ruta, and I don't mind at all. I still like the sound of them both.

[Skotadi Phobos]

Where do I begin... Sko, Skot, Skota, Potato, SimonPetrikov, and Skub are the bearable ones.  Cullen, GlitterFear, and FrightBright kinda annoy me. Let me know if I missed any.

[Onizuka]

Where do I begin... Sko, Skot, Skota, Potato, SimonPetrikov, and Skub are the bearable ones.  Cullen, GlitterFear, and FrightBright kinda annoy me. Let me know if I missed any.

~Skullen

[Pella]

Mine's pretty short already, and no one's shortened it yet.
The word "pella" is an ancient Dravidian word meaning "elephant".  The Dravidian peoples live in the southern part of India.  I chose the name because elephants are my favorite animals, and because I have an affinity for India--including its people, its culture, and its religion.

All of which is probably more than you wanted to know. 

[Drake_XIV]

[...] GlitterFear, and FrightBright kinda annoy me. [...]

I try, GlitterFear, I try.

[Vineroz]

Vin: that sounds like short for Vincent or some other name that has nothing to do with my real name. But it is fine as short for my chat name of course.

Vine: *whip whip* yeah.

Viner: um no please. Sounds like "whiner".

Vinny: Errrr...it's ok I guess, although I think it is a bit too girl-y...

Viney: Is fine. Not girl-y.

[Kuroaitou]

Hm...

Kuro: The standard short-hand. Aside from this being commonly linked to me liking Darkness (...which now I'm starting to rethink >.>), it used to be a common and somewhat confusing nickname back when Kurohami was a frequent chat (and staff?) member. This is the most straightforward and appropriate nickname in my opinion.

Kurator: Please stop using this. I am not a curator any longer, so while amusing, it's not really applicable, and it feels awkward.

Kur: Also stop using this. Sounds weird and doesn't look right given the context of my name.

I'll leave my other nicknames out of this.

[Drake_XIV]

Drake
- Very obvious and straightforward 'nickname'

Kaito
- Only used primarily by ZBlader and maybe Absol in regards to a popular writing persona of mine

Drakku
- Another common way to modify my name [ドラック]

drak15
- Reserved for furball use only

[Pella]

drak15
- Reserved for furball use only

This confuses me, since your name reads as "Drake the Fourteenth".

[Drake_XIV]

drak15
- Reserved for furball use only

This confuses me, since your name reads as "Drake the Fourteenth".

Exactly