DISQUS

Addicted Gamer` · 2 years ago

I change my name from game to game. I have a ton of alts because I prefer to be lost in the crowd. I'm tired of being identified. =) Silence is golden but duct tape is forever. hehe

James · 2 years ago

I keep my name from game to game, forum to forum, and even xbox live. I like to be identified, and it's fun to get in touch with people you may have played with 2 or 3 game generations ago.

-Nikmis

Cameron Sorden · 2 years ago

This makes me wonder why more games don't use global identifiers for players. I mean, I know it's nice to be anonymous sometimes... but there could be an /anon switch for players if they're really concerned about privacy, and then you don't have to update an entire friends list with your new character every time you roll up an alt.

Psyae · 2 years ago

Different game, different name.

For the most part.

I recycle names about every 2-3 years, when it's fairly guaranteed that anyone remembering the old name will have long forgotten it or has moved on.

I also rarely play a single game for longer than a full year.

WoW is an interesting and twisted rarity.

The Hiram Key · 2 years ago

I tend to get stuck on a name for a few months (or years) and when I get tired of it, I swap off to a new one. It usually depends on what I can get on the chosen server, it has to be neat, spelled correctly, instantly recognizable (celebrity, pop culture reference etc) and easy to type, and if more then four letters, easy to truncate down to four letters.

I would be great to keep the same name from game to game, but the name is almost never available on the new chosen server / game. I like the global identifier though, if there would be a way to make that unique, say "Hiram of Florida" or something along those lines, I think it could work.

Adele · 2 years ago

I try to keep the same name. When I first started using Adele it wasn't ever used, but now there are tons of them in game with different spellings! I do try to use some form of Adele, Adelian, Adel, Adal, ect. If not I use Caelia. I do this so friends from other games can find me easily:)

Huxley · 2 years ago

Ever since I started playing rpgs (of any kind) I always name my character something which seems unique and appropriate for that particular character. I have given up trying to role-play in an mmog because the environment just doesn't work for that but I now have a tradition of never using the same name twice. I can't imagine that I'm alone in naming my "character" and not naming myself?

Akileese · 2 years ago

I've used the alias Akileese since back in Diablo II LOD (my buff barb). It's just familiarity. I use it for forum names and what not so I figured I'd keep using it.

Cuppycake · 2 years ago

Thanks for all the comments guys, great information here =)

darrenl · 2 years ago

I've kept the same name since 2004, Belmirus usually...or some sort of derivation with "Bel" in front. Common ones are Belsirus, Beldarthus. I read David Eddings books, and the prefix "Bel" stuck with me. It means "Lord" in some old language I think.

Random Poster · 2 years ago

I tend to use the same names in a game even for my alts. My main is Karnak and every single alt I have has a variation of "Karn" at the beginning. I like people knowing its me. I hate when someone pops on in the guild on an alt and I have no clue who the hell it is.

Maybe if I were more into RP they would all have different names but aside from my dwarves having a strong disdain for elves and bows (a holdover from D&D days gone by) I don't RP anymore.

All those names though can be construed as "real" names though and I actually do put a bit of thought in to them for the character. So they don't "jar" someones perception (people running around with names like Ipwnyou and the like irritate me no end).

wilhelm2451 · 2 years ago

I tend to use the same names over time, though certain names are always with certain race/class combos. I have had some sort of barbarian/human warrior/paladin named Vikund in games for the last 12 years or so.

Occasionally the whim will strike me and a new name will enter my list. Some others have faded away with time. I had a series of dwarves named Adek though into EQ, but never used it after that.

Leonai · 2 years ago

I honestly had never thought too much on this, but it's definitely something that I've done myself. At first when gaming and creating a character, I used to create a character by a name that suited my mood and the look of the character, but then I fell in love with a character and ended up playing that particular one more and more often. Once an alta-holic, always an alta-holic, but at some point a person naturally grows attached to a favorite.

What I've encountered in the end though is that when I go to another game, I will create a character with the particular name that I'd used from a prior game, but end up falling in love with another of my alts and end up back in that cycle. The only identifier I have now is my online profile name and the different game companies now syncing the game character names to associate with your online persona.

Leonai · 2 years ago

Wow - that was a very disjointed post of mine. Uhm... directly from the brain to type. :/ *shrugs* ah well. I hope you get what I meant in all of that.

kimry · 2 years ago

HEY!!!! Do you remember me? I saw your post on the LoL board and I thought I'd pop by. I was Kimry on EQII -- eeek, I hope you do.

I just thought it was TOTALLY IRONIC about your new moniker, you know why?

;) I started going by Cupcakemonster or Cuppycake last February.

Clearly brilliant minds think alike.

Faltigoth · 2 years ago

I've been using the same name since I started playing EQ in early 2000, whether its my toon in game or forum handle, always the same.

Why? Its hard to say. I like the name; its become as much a part of my persona as my real name. I certainly never have to worry about cases of mistaken identity, heh...if someone has run into a Faltigoth over the years, whether in game or on a forum, then they ran into me. :)

DM Osbon · 2 years ago

Always keep my main as the same name, Liber with variations on that for alts. Nice & short, easy to remember & type...

Ogrebears · 2 years ago

I used Ogrebear in everquest 1, since i liked the name i used it in everquest2 (but had to pick Ogrebears as Ogrebear was a reserved name.