People becoming uncreative with screenames? (forum and gaming related)

[DirkGently]

I have a personal vendetta against tags with more than three numbers after it or is something like XXX5P4R74NXXX. I mean, how is that phoenetically possible? KsKsKsSpartanKsKsKS? I mean, really?

Actually, calling people with such names but how it's done it's kinda funny. xXxd34thki113rxXx "Ecks-Ecks-Ecks-D-thirty-four-Th-Ki-one-hundred-thirteen-Ar-Ecks-Ecks-Ecks" Is somewhat entertaining, if rather long winded.

 

[Metonym]

imgoingtokillyou

is the worst..by far.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I have never had anyone else use wasder. But the thing is, it is just a random few letters. Easy to type, I think it came from wasd controls. And I recently noticed that it was redsaw backwards, How sweet is that? Not very really.

 

[stormcaller]

I have 4 favourites: Bloodax(quick note all of these are fantasy gaming related, mainly WoW) Stormcaller, Bloodstorm, Stormblood and should all else fail Axcaller(last one is a joke)


If that fails I usually go for a generic, race specific name: Kagani for tauren, Ganjin for Troll, Rak'mar for an orc (Actually I named my WoW character Bloodax but later rectified it to being his families name so he is Rak'mar Bloodax)

So yeah you could call me un-original.

 

[Iron Mal]

My name on forums (Iron Mal) is a shortened version of my Xbox live gamertag (Iron Mal 777).

I chose Iron Mal 777 because a) my favorite superhero is Iron Man b) my name is Mal c) 777 is traditionally a lucky number and d) I happen to be the 7th child of the 7th child of the 7th child (feel free to hum the 'Twilight zone' theme to yourself).

It is almost hilarious how many times I see names with 'sn1per', 'HALOPWNS' or '1<3(insert object of affection here)' on XBL.

 

[Erana]

If possible, I use fairly retro female game character name.
Lets people know what I'm into...
If they get it.

 

[Bowl Full]

Honestly, I have no real reason for my name being "Bowl Full".
I couldn't think of anything else at the time.:|
Then again, there's always the quick witty joke about tits.

Although, I have to agree that some people are just being lazy with their screen names. Unlike me. Hurhur.

What really annoys me, though, is when some bloke uses a RIDICULOUSLY LONG NAME made of random numbers and letters that make some weird name that most (normal) people can't even pronounce. It makes them look like a bloody berk anyway.
Especially in a RPG game or something.
You spend 5 minutes attempting to type one part of their name to get their attention and by the time you've got it typed up, they're long gone. It's aggravating.

 

[The_General]

I really hate playing TF2, being medic, and suddenly a spy turns up behind the heavy you're healing. You want to warn him, but you can't because his name is filled with odd letters and can't be abbreviated properly, so it ends with him getting a knife stuck up the arse and me giving a blowjob to a crit rocket. All because of a crappy screen name.

 

[aussiesniper]

Most screennames are OK with me, but I do have less respect for people who use numbers and non-alphabetic symbols in their names.

That, my friend, is profiling, and profiling is wrong.

I could have said that better, because I was actually thinking of Leet-speak when I said numbers, not the trend of placing numbers after sensible names.

 

[themadhacker]

I can always take my name. my user name is a play on 'the mad hatter' but ever since i have to change my 360 gamertag, i use different spellings of 'the.' In desperate cases 't3h' and ive had no problem thus far.

 

[Chickenlittle]

I've come up with a couple unique names in my time. Chickenlittle was original when I first started it almost a decade ago.

My new persona, Zumbo Prime, has yet to be emulated by anyone, being that I made the first word up!