In the early days of internet on dial up it was cheaper to log in past 23:00
and log out before 07:00,... I was usually surfing 'till dawn
it became a habit and I was turning into a "Creature of the night"
In my personal life I was constantly tripping over the road to hell
(...paving it with good intentions)
So when trying to find an unused screenname (alredy almost impossible in 1996)
trying to find something I could "Identify" with
I came up with identifying myself with a "Misunderstood Nocturnal Animal"
Bat(0-9, a-z) was taken, if it was even possible to use a 3 letter screenname
any other variant as well (Thank god with all those Goth's today, I never
did succeed to register Vampirebat)
So, looking around in the dark, for ideas as pre/suffix to the 'bat'
with only the VCR as nightlight
...It's Dark
...What's the Time
...Night...? . ........... ..........Night!!!!
Hence: "Nightbat" was born