When I first signed up my name was op.pokemon. I almost never posted since I didn't have my own PC connected to the internet at the time. I chose that name since the OP Pokemo nsite was that at the time and I wasn't feeling creative. Then PokePop PM'd my account saying I'd need a different name since mine could cause confusion. So I told him to just close that one and I'd create a new one. So then later I just made this one. At the time Mew was my favorite, and the name Mew without any extra chararacters was taken. So I went with the * since it looked like a star.
Funny thing is that Jason used to have this name and I didn't' know it.