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Hehehe!
I just did a uh... I dunno, an internal wetware bogo sort of multi syllable male name suffixes, appended them to the first syllable.
Can't really predict what people will like when it comes to nicknames, but I'm glad you like it lol.
Now my name... yes, a ghost is one of the intended meanings of my name, but not a poltergeist... they make too much of a disturbance, leave evidence that they exist.
Me on the other hand... I like disappearing acts, though the last one I pulled off ... well, it nearly killed me.
Anyway, what do you mean you don't know how to be creative? That radio adspot thing you did was legitimately awesome, and nobody can do 100% creative flow state 24/7, I think you may be being too hard on yourself, Stammie.
I actually do random stupid ad things like that all the time. I just post them in the matrix general channel for dbzer0 for the sake of fuckin around a little bit.
And fair on the not being a poltergeist bit... I'm still waking up so I'm still trying to think of something. MY BRAIN ISN'T BRAINING.
Its ok lol, you're under no obligation to come up with a cutesy nickname variant, haha!
Besides, I already did:
speck
Implies smolness.
... After a long time on the web, using various monikers, I've found that anything that can't be easily shouted as an immediate, specific warning in an fps game, well, that's a requirement for my use case, lol.
So, stick with something that can be easily shortened to two syllables, max.
Then, from there, the harder part is to find something with as many intended layered or multiple meanings as possible, or a clever play on words... that last one is harder to do in a way that won't uh, cringe with age and time... culture moves in weird ways.
... So what better than a variant of spectrum, which literally means ... a wide variety of things within a defined category?
Oh right and I am literally on the spectrum.
And I have fun with optical physics, due to game modding / dev tinkering.
And when you shorten it to just spec, will, maybe I'm built to spec, or designing a new spec, which may be related to spec ops, immersive, tactical style gameplay...
And then of course there's the ghost stuff too.
And the l33t speak throw back spelling, yeah, that's part of what I unironically consider my culture.
... But hey, what's in a name?