For the first time in the history of man, someone else has stolen the nickname/alias Lanlost leaving me with few options. One of these options, however, was to use Laniost. A capital i looks exactly like a lowercase L on most computers/browsers using a default font.
I've had screennames before where I didn't use Lanlost for various reasons and have run into other names being used but Lanlost was something I created back in the early 90's whlie using CompuServe as a young kid. I created it for a MUD (multi user dungeon, basically a MMORPG but without graphics)
The name I tried to use was deemed unsuitable as it was not fantasy (pretty sure I tried to use my real first name) and I was stuck not being able to play unless I came up with something.
Regardless, until now.. I never had a problem using Lanlost as a user name on any site until I got to YouTube and found that Lanlost had already been registered.