Does your online name affect you in real life?

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:13 pm

My name is Andrew B.

I dont know when it started, but from as long as i remember Andrew_b or Andrew_B has been all my screennames (except runescape...i tried it for a day

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noscottno · Post by **noscottno** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:51 pm

Srsly Xiion, don't name one of your kids an online screename >_<.

I usually do a lot of stupid things with my friends, and they got into a habit of saying "No! Scott! No!" Thus my screename.

Vaati · Post by **Vaati** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:02 pm

My old name, Masta, was chosen because I pretty much always had most kills in the Halo system link games I would play with my friends. So I decided that I was the master at killing.

Vaati (Vah-Tee), my current name, was chosen because he is a cool Zelda boss.

Doctor · Post by **Doctor** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:16 pm

Andrew_b wrote:My name is Andrew B.

My first name happens to be Andrew aswell, and my last initial is also a B.

I use different names for everything, so no, they don't really cary over at all. My gamertag is imagine28, and some people at school who I played w/ called me that... but only to make fun of me.

foxfanatic23I7 · Post by **foxfanatic23I7** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:16 pm

Xiion wrote:only one person i know has pronounced it right without me telling them how to pronounce it.

I would think that it is Ex - Ee - On.

WarHampster · Post by **WarHampster** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:18 pm

Weeelllll.... my sisters hamster was a little hyper, it ran on it's wheel so fast it flew off, hit the side of the cage and died. So I, WarHampster, am the ressurected soul of that hamster, returned to earth from the deepest pits of hell to get revenge on humanity!!!! MUUUUHHHHAAAHHAAA!

Yeah and my friends call me warhampster or warry.

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:19 pm

No.

But I would thoroughly enjoy being referred to as "Admiral" in real life.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:48 pm

No, nobody even knows what my screen name is in real life, as I don't even really have one I consistently use. This is the only site my name is Kirk, another site is the only place i'm something else, etc etc. So no, it's not effected at all.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:26 pm

I've been ScottyGEE with my friends for about 6 years...Longer than having any kind of e-name. So I guess so...But yeah my ename is derived from my nickname not the other way around.

0m3g4Muff1n987 · Post by **0m3g4Muff1n987** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:30 pm

My name definitely isn't Muffin, or omegamuffin, but that'd be cool if people started calling me muffin

Everyone does online

It turns out my real name is John, which is a happy coincidence because Master Chief's name is John too (read the excerpt from the halo novels, it's included in your halo CD in the "goodies" folder, it says in there some where "spartan 117--John--walked in".) Cool eh!? I am the man who has pwned countless souls up and down the walls!

StalkingGrunt911 · Post by **StalkingGrunt911** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:33 pm

Not a chance. I took StalkingGrunt from my older brother when he use to play Halo 1. Then I decided to just add 23 but then he stole my xbox live account and so I decided 911. Then I realized during Halo 2 that it was stupid and at the time I was only 13. For some idiotic reason I used it here and then once I saw you can get your name changed I decided it to be SG911 because people would refer to me as Grunt, Stalking, or SG.
I sent a message to an admin because my name hadn't been change yet to just make it Terry my real name but I guess they never got it or it didn't send.

turk645 · Post by **turk645** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:49 pm

Not yet but then again i dont talk to many people at school cause frankly i hate most of my classmates. Ive only been called turk at school once and i dont know how much it would even catch on seeing as how im going into senior year and oddly enough some people in my nct class already know a guy who uses turk as a nickname. Its odd cause i chose turk cause its not a common name.

HPDarkness · Post by **HPDarkness** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:14 pm

My friends have called my HP since the days of Super Smash Bros. (N64) and Pokemon Stadium. It means Hit-Points, I was the master at destroying people in those games, and I'd always yell "HIT POINTS!" Every time I'd destroy them. Darkness just comes from games, My name would always be Darkness. Then I just changed it one day to HPDarkness, and by Halo 1 it was set in stone. I AM HPDARKNESS THE ALL POWERFUL GOD.

-Treetoad- · Post by **-Treetoad-** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:51 pm

Yes, people have always bugged me for my obsession for amphibians, thus the creation of my name, a mix of treefrog and just toad.
I get called toady alot

Pretty much that was my nickname before I even used computers

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:00 pm

Every other site I'm at, I use Umberger. It's my last name and part of my screen name. It doesn't really affect me, but people on Phantasy Star will usually either call me Umberger or GT (character name is GTAF).

D4rkFire · Post by **D4rkFire** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:56 pm

LOLZ I got my name cause one day I decided that the oxymoron darkfire was cool, also I added the 4 cause I didn't think it looked cool as Darkfire or someone already had that username. I don't really remember.

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:02 pm

I am a Civilian and I am Armed, what more is there to say??

xlRainlx · Post by **xlRainlx** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:04 pm

My nickname in real life is Rain. My asian friend had trouble calling me Efrain so he called me Rain instead and it kinda stuck. Besides, Rain is a cool stage name.

jks · Post by **jks** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:09 pm

<- my initials.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:28 pm

People at school call me Caboose. >_>