What's your opinion on numbers in gamertags and the like?

[OrdealByFire]

It just annoys and frustrates me that people are just that lazy that they can't come up with an original tag. I can't tell you how many times I've seen McLovin022941 and other variations. I'm probably overreacting as usual, but a person can at least make a name -whether it makes sense or not like mine - without numbers at the end. I should add that a name like BuRn7c4ke (?) isn't a bad name because at least it isn't a blatent cover up of a taken tag. (IE aL3x)

Opinions?

[Alright_Computer]

They don't piss me off as much as those damn "xXx0ASsAsSiN0xXx" gamertags.

[OrdealByFire]

Ah yes. And OMG iTz bArNeY tags.

[mimic]

I wanted mimic, it was taken, so I added a number to it. Eat me.

[Baanu_Rass]

I don't like them. The only time they are useful is when you are referring to person personally. Then they are just like last names.

[ffwarrior47]

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[OrdealByFire]

I also hate names with no meaning. qzazqwe, waaaaaaaaaaaaa, etc

[OrdealByFire]

.

You gotz teh 47. That's acceptable.

[TheClashTheClashTheClash]

I hate people who change their name a lot. They are just stupid for wasting money on that and I have no idea who they are since they get a new name like every 2 weeks. I've had the same gamertag for over 18 months

[ffwarrior47]

You gotz teh 47. That's acceptable.

okay, good. :D

[xTerp]

The worst is the gamertag that are just there to be cool. Pretty sure today in Gear 2 I saw S k iii LL z or something like that. I mean, seriously?

[CommonCriminal]

I refuse to put numbers in my name. YesMan was taken, so I took CommonCriminal.

[Cataclysmo]

Kind of bother me. Not too much, but just a little. Nothing I would call someone out on.

[FloodOne]

my GT is FloodOne. That has a number in it. am I subject to this hate as well?

[mimic]

The only number I hate seeing is 420. Yeah you smoke pot, you're so cool, good for you.

[Kreepman]

They don't piss me off as much as those damn "xXx0ASsAsSiN0xXx" gamertags.

this.

xXxS1L3NTSN1P3RxXx and all the likes are so 2001.

[thehunted616]

I like mine.

[Baanu_Rass]

I like mine.

Marvel reference or coincidence?

[thehunted616]

Marvel reference or coincidence?

XBL recommendation.

How do you get marvel reference out of it?

[HPLabonte]

mine's cKy517 because at the time, cKy was my favorite band, and 517 is a day that will forever live in infamy at my middle school. Yeah, that name is mad old.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Depends.

If they have it all caps and have numbers replacing some of the letters. That's Fine.

If they have it lowercase with numbers replacing the letters, they're stupid.

If they have their name in their gamertag (usually always ends with numbers), they're stupid and not creative.

If they have numbers at the end, yet again. They're not creative.

[zack10house]

I think one's like mine are fine (zack10house, Zack Tennenhouse, get it? I'm so imaginative and clever)

but if you have the letter x ANYWHERE it doesn't go, you lose

if you have "completelyunoriginalname54628937128649", you lose.

if you have numbers AND x's then we are no longer friends.

[rowtheboat]

The only thing I find annoying are CLAN names like, iPWN, iOWN,iMRC, then they actually suck.And with bios aswell, for example "i JUST PWNED YOU WITH A LONGSHOT" STFU

[zack10house]

The only thing I find annoying are CLAN names like, iPWN, iOWN,iMRC, then they actually suck.And with bios aswell, for example "i JUST PWNED YOU WITH A LONGSHOT" STFU

I'd say my bio is fairly epic [copy/pasted Sean's hot pockets speech]

[eringoesmoo]

I hate my GT.
It's atech96, I didn't have a choice because my dad created it, but numbers usually do annoy me.

[Blackjack041277]

People use them so often (*whistling innocently*) I don't even notice the numbers most of the time.

[TheGodFather73]

I guess mine would fall into this category, but it's the nickname I had in Iraq, and the number I used relates to me (my birth year, not the first available variation).

I wanted to use my nickname and tried multiple variations of caps and lowercase and it was either tack on "73" or have the caps/lower case mixed in so much it would look really stupid.

Hence, TheGodFather73.

[Renrock]

I hate it. Nothing worse than trying to communicate with someone whose name is 2h338ju3j.

[rowtheboat]

Sm0k3w33d4l1f3

[Mex]

I added a couple numbers to the end of my PSN because what I wanted was taken. Supameng. I was pretty surprised that somebody else had Supameng.

[Russian313373]

I dont mind it at the end... But if its like "Ug070w3ndz928342394" I get a head ache, and Burtcake's id annoying, sorry man, but, Ow!

Mine has my personality behind it, i would LOVE to be Russian, and 313373 contains my favorite numbers, and in 1337 speek, it says eleete and eleete is elite, and Elite is a race in halo, and he are teh bestorz, and thats why i had the lego Elite.

[Cpt. Overkill]

The only number I hate seeing is 420. Yeah you smoke pot, you're so cool, good for you.

I love seeing that.

"Beast420?" When I see those, its like free experience.

[Baanu_Rass]

XBL recommendation.

How do you get marvel reference out of it?

That's the multiverse number for the main Marvel universe.

[OrdealByFire]

OT but I got banned from getting XP in Halo 3 for two weeks for NO REASON

[Cpt. Overkill]

OT but I got banned from getting XP in Halo 3 for two weeks for NO REASON

Did you repeatedly leave games or something?

[Aingeala]

Depends.

If the nickname I want to use is already taken I just paste my full birth year behind it but if it looks like it's clearly generated (aka meaningless), it seems kinda silly to me.

[hawkofva]

OT but I got banned from getting XP in Halo 3 for two weeks for NO REASON
I find it funny that you're not only rather abrasive on this forum, but you EXP boosted in Halo 3. :rolleyes:

You're like the embodiment of the reasons I left the Halo Forums. :D

[harbingerofdoom]

doesnt bother me nearly as much as 14 bazillion unrelated x's strewn throughout their tag...

[jeccaneko]

I don't really care. A gamertag is a gamertag.

But this is coming from someone who most people don't know how the hell to say their gamertag or what it means, and has been told before that they must've put together random letters. By someone who has a ton of Xs in their gamertag. :rolleyes:

FWIW, I wanted to make my gamertag NekomimiMode (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWr_Jlx6p0) which is a reference to an anime theme song (link is reference to the song) but also due to fact I like cats and catgirls in anime are awesome (nekomimi means cat-eared). But that was taken.

Japanese refer to the sounds cats make, meow, as "nyao" or "nya". My gamertag is referencing little things that meow, or cats.

Pronounced as nyaa-n-ko-me-me-mode. This is why I tend to go by my character's name or Jecca in Rock Band/Xbox Live. Don't feel like explaining that to everybody I meet in a game but I still like my gamertag. Also, couldn't make it jeccaneko because at first I shared my gamertag with another person. Not anymore though.

[zeldazeppelin]

I don't like them. The only time they are useful is when you are referring to person personally. Then they are just like last names.
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They don't piss me off as much as those damn "xXx0ASsAsSiN0xXx" gamertags.
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I wanted mimic, it was taken, so I added a number to it. Eat me.
I think that is a different story

[Inca586]

It does bug me, but I dont really mind it. What I really hate is when people mispronounce gamertags. I.e. my gamertag is ChihuahuaMoose(dont ask) and people always call me ChinchillaMoose. I dont think it's THAT close.

[DarkEternal37]

Most of my feelings have already been iterated:

-A number or two is fine. Three is pushing it and after that it's pretty much asinine.

-Names with crazy XxX's and capitalization in them are far more obnoxious.

-Putting 420 in your name instantly makes me wish you would perish.

I'm pretty sure that I could have had my name without the 37 on XBL/PSN but I've just always had them there so I stuck with it.

[OrdealByFire]

I've been called OrderByFire about 100 times. It's like are you ****ing blind?

[Elegy]

Clan names annoy me. It's actually, really funny though. My friend and I play Wingman on Gears 2 a lot, and always kick the "clan" players asses.

Once, we played Annex, haha, and we def. had a clan. The gamertags?

Bear_Stalker
Eagle_Stalker

annnd

Rabbit_Stalker

Where.The.Hell would someone come up with Rabbit_Stalker? That's a very out of place name, haha.

And mine's relatively simplistic, yet it makes it all the more better when I lead the match in points at the end, haha

[tridentgum0]

I hate people who use 666 after it. Not to mention any gamertag with Spartan(insert random nonsense number), they are uncreative as S@!&.

[HeyRiles]

Number at the end bug me so much if it's a name that's already taken.

Just pick an original name, jerk. Make one up that sounds awesome and is original at the same time. That's how I got HeyRiles at this forum, whichever one I wanted was taken already (I can't remember it now)

[ultimatespidey81]

my psn has my birth year at the end. sue me :D

but i generally dont let trivial things such as this bother me or annoy me. guess im in the minority lol

[Ragin_Caucasion]

Does it count if I was an idiot during the PSN sign-up process and didn't realize you couldn't use spaces till after tacking on 47 to my account name (and switching out a space for an underscore, which I don't know why I made that connection but not to try it without 47)?

edit: And yeah, my PSN is actually Shark_Tank47, not Ragin_Caucasion. Like I said, I was an idiot during the sign-up process. I mean, my Steam ID and the Gamertag I made on my friend's 360 were Ragin_Caucasion and I made them before I got my PS3.

[kiggidykev]

Sometimes it's unavoidable that two people use similar handles, so it doesn't bother me.

[SonicRocker15X]

It really all depends.
Like my name, I first was going to be "sonicrocker" over at GHC. But it was taken, so I added 15 randomly. Then added my favorite letter. Then it stuck after GHC. Does that make my name unoriginal?

[jrcronlakers]

Never cared. It is not me having to explain the number to every one who asks.

[DarkEternal37]

Does it count if I was an idiot during the PSN sign-up process and didn't realize you couldn't use spaces till after tacking on 47 to my account name (and switching out a space for an underscore, which I don't know why I made that connection but not to try it without 47)?

edit: And yeah, my PSN is actually Shark_Tank47, not Ragin_Caucasion. Like I said, I was an idiot during the sign-up process. I mean, my Steam ID and the Gamertag I made on my friend's 360 were Ragin_Caucasion and I made them before I got my PS3.

Should I even throw in the fact that it's spelled Caucasian and not Caucasion?

[Apples]

It's not something I would ever do.

People put so much emphasis on names that it pays to make up something unique, fun, and creative.

Imagine if my username here was "Mike123701" There would be a serious lacking in fruit based humor on this forum.

[Alright_Computer]

It's not something I would ever do.

People put so much emphasis on names that it pays to make up something unique, fun, and creative.

Imagine if my username here was "Mike123701" There would be a serious lacking in fruit based humor on this forum.

Scott87?

[BuRn7 CaK3]

You know what's funny? Every time i see a gamertag have "ii" in it. I always say, "I knew there was people who actually liked the Wii name"

Maybe i'm one of the few who LOVED the name "Revolution" I mean saying "Nintendo Revolution" is so ****ing much better than saying "Nintendo Wii."

[comorbid]

Every time I see a 420 nickname, I kill Tony Danza.


What I really hate is when people mispronounce gamertags. I.e. my gamertag is ChihuahuaMoose(dont ask) and people always call me ChinchillaMoose. I dont think it's THAT close.

People have trouble pronouncing mine, too. Although, sometimes I think that's from trying to read it on a small SDTV. My favorite variation so far is "Comma Bird." :rolleyes:

Still, I would have thought people would have immediately recognized the "morbid" and just added the preceding syllable in their head. But then, when has thinking ever been a productive endeavor?

[BuRn7 CaK3]

People have trouble pronouncing mine, too. Although, sometimes I think that's from trying to read it on a small SDTV. My favorite variation so far is "Comma Bird." :rolleyes:

Still, I would have thought people would have immediately recognized the "morbid" and just added the preceding syllable in their head. But then, when has thinking ever been a productive endeavor?

Mine is hilarious for people to pronounce. Usually every game that i'm not in a party i always here someone say "Neptune" always. It always cracks me up. Seriously, is "Nepenthe" THAT hard to pronounce? My goodness, just sound it out and you can simply get it.

[Kreepman]

Mine is hilarious for people to pronounce. Usually every game that i'm not in a party i always here someone say "Neptune" always. It always cracks me up. Seriously, is "Nepenthe" THAT hard to pronounce? My goodness, just sound it out and you can simply get it.

I haven't tried to pronounce it yet.
Mainly cause I call you "Mr. Burnt Cake" xD


You know what's funny? Every time i see a gamertag have "ii" in it. I always say, "I knew there was people who actually liked the Wii name"

Maybe i'm one of the few who LOVED the name "Revolution" I mean saying "Nintendo Revolution" is so ****ing much better than saying "Nintendo Wii."

Revolution > Wii

[Elegy]

Mine is hilarious for people to pronounce. Usually every game that i'm not in a party i always here someone say "Neptune" always. It always cracks me up. Seriously, is "Nepenthe" THAT hard to pronounce? My goodness, just sound it out and you can simply get it.

I'll call you, and raise you one

"My gamer tag is a freaking easily understandable word, dammit"

seriously...if I had a dime every time someone called me

"O-Q-LANCE"

gah.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I haven't tried to pronounce it yet.
Mainly cause I call you "Mr. Burnt Cake" xD

Revolution > Wii

True to both parts!

BTW, you should totally check out that awesome profile comment i left you just a little while ago.


I'll call you, and raise you one

"My gamer tag is a freaking easily understandable word, dammit"

seriously...if I had a dime every time someone called me

"O-Q-LANCE"

gah.

I read your gamertag just fine. :D

[Ryuzaki]

The only time a gamertag catches my eye, is when it's so awesome that it's ingenious.
Otherwise, number or not, I don't really notice them. ^_^;

[xXjAmEZXx]

i hear the guy with the gamertag xXTwistDjAmEZXx is really cool

[JuJuBee]

It's not something I would ever do.

People put so much emphasis on names that it pays to make up something unique, fun, and creative.

Imagine if my username here was "Mike123701" There would be a serious lacking in fruit based humor on this forum.

Hey, I think there was a guy here named Mike123701. He had an alt named Me+random#s, and an alt named Ma+random#s.

[trench762]

Not a big deal, I admit people should be more original, but online originality only takes you so far. My GT is unique but my forum name I add the same number every time, 762 = full metal jacket. I thought trench was a unique s/n but apparently there are a few of them out there. Some screen names although original are far worse than adding a number, I played a guy one day with the gt someone farted....or maybe it was f4rted, whatever the case a lame tag.

[Sarge51]

Took me forever to come up with mine... Sarge51 was taken, and you can't really add numbers to that. Plus I'd be mad if I picked that and still had it right now. lol.

I dislike them, but it's not as annoying as other formats, like said before.

[CycoMiko138]

Cyco Miko has been my nickname for a while now. When it was taken, I added the 138. They're both music references, Suicidal Tendencies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VQDGi6u__E) and The Misfits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhYmuyig3b4), btw.

To anyone who gets annoyed by my "unoriginal" name...I'd say "I'm sorry", but I'm not. I do get annoyed by pointless or obnoxious threads, though. Surprisingly, I'm on the fence about this one.:D

[Aragha]

Cyco lives near meh!


The only time I'd add numbers is if it was 52, 'cause 52 is an awesome number.

[ryan219]

well some of the numbers mean something. e.g. a birthday. hint hint :)

[OrdealByFire]

i hear the guy with the gamertag xXTwistDjAmEZXx is really cool

Worst. Tag. Ever.

[CycoMiko138]

Cyco lives near meh!


The only time I'd add numbers is if it was 52, 'cause 52 is an awesome number.

What about 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwUSekFXwOU&feature=related)? It's a magic number, you know.;)

[Aragha]

What about 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwUSekFXwOU&feature=related)? It's a magic number, you know.;)

The Ask A Ninja ninja agrees!

[JukeBoxHero]

I don't really care. A gamertag is a gamertag.


Same here.

Sure, I've had people criticize my name for uncreative but I could care less about that any more.(Spartan DC 17, combination of Halo and Star Wars in this case. Unoriginal? Maybe, but I have had more original tags in Cycnus Unggoy, but the Spartan DC 17 name fits after so many years of XBL. Most of my friends call me DC).