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The origin of the username comes from his first few times on FTW, which had been recommended to him as a resource by his MATHCOUNTS team. As it turned out, playing as a guest was hugely inconvenient without chat, and people kept quitting on him. Thus, he created an account with AoPS. | The origin of the username comes from his first few times on FTW, which had been recommended to him as a resource by his MATHCOUNTS team. As it turned out, playing as a guest was hugely inconvenient without chat, and people kept quitting on him. Thus, he created an account with AoPS. | ||
| − | Now, he wanted to choose a username that sounded like most. Thus, since he figured that there were a bunch of 'pi' usernames, he would create a phi username, representing the golden ratio, <math>\phi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}</math>. | + | Now, he wanted to choose a username that sounded like most. Thus, since he figured that there were a bunch of 'pi' usernames, he would create a phi username, representing the golden ratio, <math>\phi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}</math>. Since the only reason that he originally had this account was FTW, he added the 'ftw' part, and for no apparent reason, put an underscore in between, not knowing how inconvenient it was to type an underscore. Then he appended the 1618, the first four digits of the aforementioned golden ratio. |
| − | + | The username is officially pronounced "phi-eff-tee-double you-sixteen-eighteen", according to him. Others have pronounced it "phi-ftw-one-six-one-eight" and "phi". | |
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| − | and | + | In fact, he is usually referenced as phi, and goes by such in most forums. Usage of his formal username is rare unless in a formal/official situation, which arises rarely. |
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==Vandalism Space== | ==Vandalism Space== | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 16 March 2016
Apparently I get a user page! Fun!
About Phi
Username Info
phi_ftw1618's username is unique in that he managed to insert an underscore into it, which makes typing his username (phi_ftw1618) a major pain to people who type less than 90 wpm (like most people). Thus, most of the time, people refer to him as phi, phi_ftw, or phiftw.
The origin of the username comes from his first few times on FTW, which had been recommended to him as a resource by his MATHCOUNTS team. As it turned out, playing as a guest was hugely inconvenient without chat, and people kept quitting on him. Thus, he created an account with AoPS.
Now, he wanted to choose a username that sounded like most. Thus, since he figured that there were a bunch of 'pi' usernames, he would create a phi username, representing the golden ratio, 
. Since the only reason that he originally had this account was FTW, he added the 'ftw' part, and for no apparent reason, put an underscore in between, not knowing how inconvenient it was to type an underscore. Then he appended the 1618, the first four digits of the aforementioned golden ratio.
The username is officially pronounced "phi-eff-tee-double you-sixteen-eighteen", according to him. Others have pronounced it "phi-ftw-one-six-one-eight" and "phi".
In fact, he is usually referenced as phi, and goes by such in most forums. Usage of his formal username is rare unless in a formal/official situation, which arises rarely.
Vandalism Space
Vandalism Space- this is designed to let edit vandals edit my page in a controlled environment. Comments made here will be deleted at phi_ftw1618's discretion. feel free to vandalize this as you wish.
Does everyone get a user page? ~Xinyan
- yeah.
