Do you "own" your username?

[Amnestic]

I seem to be unique, when I searched google I was the person in every link. Mind you, I now understand why I got the badge for posting in more than one forum...the part I don't understand, is that I actually haven't posted anywhere but here. I never realised joining up to here, meant other places as well.

When they say "Forum" in that regard they mean Forum Section I believe. Off-Topic, Religion and Politics, News, Featured Content etc.

Badges and accounts are shared with the Escapist's sister site WarCry which is centred around MMO games. That's generally how people grab up the Forum Vagabond badge (10 different forums)

 

[the1ultimate]

Well I almost have the entire first page of google. I'm not sure about the last one though.

I do have to enclose my username in quotes to get this result though, otherwise I get some lame ads with "ultimate" products.

 

[Random Argument Man]

I own my name and i'll damn the ones who tries to copy it.

Note* I didn't see someone else with the word "Random" before me. Does that means I'm the original randomness on this site?

 

[Georgeman]

Only 1 or 2 are me. More Georgemen exist apparently. We are a legion!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Yeah but the first result is "Oblivion:Onyx Caverns" on the UESP Wiki.

 

[AfterAscon]

I looked through quite a few pages and I can safely say that all 4,200 results are me or have me related to it in some way. Images are a bit random though, taken from pages I've posted on.

 

[rokshocka]

Yeah I'm the only person with this username. I've never met anyone with a similar one either in all my years of gaming.

 

[tanithwolf]

I definately own my username but I constantly get links to the writer Tanith Lee's book Wolf Tower in the search, personally I don't see the match. And no I did not know of her or her book when I made my username.

 

[postzit]

when you google postzit you mainly just get my other forum posts my photo bucket my wow char i think

 

[MadeinHell]

When I got idea for my nickname "MadeinHell" it was quite original. I remember googling it and finding 0 results (which was quite surprising) and it kinda stuck with me since then. Sadly now when I wrote it down I fund 19800 results... mostly bands, blogs and 2 or 3 sites selling t-shirts with "MadeinHell" written on them (damn I'm popular xD).

Thankfully most results on first 3 pages are me so I guess I'm not so "common". Still it makes me sad to see I'm not the only "MadeinHell" on the web .

 

[MentalBakura]

The results are pretty much all me. I've been using this name since 2003.

 

[Cavmatrix]

all mine and for some reason i turn up on pirate bay...does that mean im a pirate?

 

[Wormthong]

mine is mine never seen it before in my life anywhere else exept where i made it before

 

[Firenz]

I've used this user name since the first multiplayer game I ever played on the original Command and Conquer.

Unfortunately it's now ruined by some jumped-up author of children's books who decided it would be a great idea to name one of her characters the same as my username....

I now get loads of people asking whether I'm a big Harry Potter fan. The answer is no. I read the first one or two then got bored as, if you want a decent read when you're that 12-16 years old, there are far better books to be found (Terry Pratchett, Phillip Pullman and to a lesser extent Robin Hobb are just three I can name).

It also means that a lot of the time when I try and register on sites some kid's stolen it already!

Fun times!

 

[T5seconds]

Mhm...

T5seconds is all me baby...

You know it...

 

[lodo_bear]

I am Google's first result for both "lodo_bear" and "lodo bear". I am pleased.

I've used this user name since the first multiplayer game I ever played on the original Command and Conquer.

Unfortunately it's now ruined by some jumped-up author of children's books who decided it would be a great idea to name one of her characters the same as my username....

I now get loads of people asking whether I'm a big Harry Potter fan. The answer is no. I read the first one or two then got bored as, if you want a decent read when you're that 12-16 years old, there are far better books to be found (Terry Pratchett, Phillip Pullman and to a lesser extent Robin Hobb are just three I can name).

It also means that a lot of the time when I try and register on sites some kid's stolen it already!

Fun times!

I knew a woman who named her cat Simba. It was a clever and original name up until 1994 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/].

 

[TheColdHeart]

Apparently someone using IMVU has the same username as me and they have the top 3 search results. The rest are all me though.

 

[Paradukes]

I own my username completely. Googling it only ever returns stuff about me specifically. However, the reason I chose it was that my last username, "The Duke", was in use constantly. I was in a Halo game at one point with, I kid you not, seven other people called variations on a theme of "Duke". The Duke, Big Duke, Duke, Pirate Duke, Grand Duke, and two others I can't remember. So yea, I figured it was time for something unique.

 

[B4D 9R4MM3R]

Yes, I do. Well, according to Google at least.

All results involve me to some extent. Except when someone is being "1337" (that one example is actually using it mockingly).

 

[DomEReapeR]

I did, im the only DomEReapeR on the internet!

Ive been DomEReaper for like 8 years.