Guest AshKaYu Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 What makes a username good? I'm making a mule(sorta like a non-main that you can make gold on and give to your main) on another site, and I need a username, something memorable, like Wandering Mind(already taken). All I can think of is bad names, but if anyone has any ideas, share em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viktorkrum77 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ORIGINALITY is all the matters. PS: You might wanna fix the link in your sig. :wink: Me doing staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AshKaYu Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ORIGINALITY is all the matters. PS: You might wanna fix the link in your sig. :wink: I feel lazy Edit: < dot < is a emoticon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Orginal, Orginal+funny, or short and simple. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopingman Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Any name with numbers in it is instantly deemed dull. Think about it people, putting 34345 after your name isn't worth it. Loses all originality. Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushrock Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Any name with numbers in it is instantly deemed dull. Think about it people, putting 34345 after your name isn't worth it. Loses all originality. QTF. It has to be original. No more anime_girl23, please. Think of something new. It should reflect you. Pretty obvious. It should have a unique quality to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 My name represents a cross between Santana the guitarist and Sentenza the "bad" from 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'. Play around with peoples names that mean something too you. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctp080188 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 My username is the best example of a "bad" username then I guess. I couldn't care less though, it's not like people call me it in real life. Usernames just aren't important to me at all, I don't get why people get so hung up about people with numbers in their name are worse than someone without one, it makes no sense. I would put more numbers in if I made a new account here, just to annoy people. Couldn't care less about being unique in something so trivial as a username, if you get to know me you will know I am unique, without having to think of some ridiculous name to call myself. SHH HUT YUH MUH. DERKHED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Any name with numbers in it is instantly deemed dull. Think about it people, putting 34345 after your name isn't worth it. Loses all originality. Not all numbers in names are useless, for example in my username. When I made this I was a fan of the Indy 500, hence my username :wink: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt23 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 As short and original as possible. The one-letter usernames are an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Just come up with whatever you like, be it something you created, someting you enjoy, blah, blah, blah. My name was a town in a story I had to write for school, and it stuck. Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonorhc Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Or you can just call yourself Captain McPizza... Varrock Library: Shattered Sky | Silent Thunder | The Emperor's FinestAstri @ MythWeavers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poopingman Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Any name with numbers in it is instantly deemed dull. Think about it people, putting 34345 after your name isn't worth it. Loses all originality. Not all numbers in names are useless, for example in my username. When I made this I was a fan of the Indy 500, hence my username :wink: . Yeah obviously, but some people think its worth adding 30 numbers to the end of their name just so they can be "Adam" or "Killer". Metal fans, check out my band!Still the King.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 As short and original as possible. The one-letter usernames are an example. But that raises the odds of someone else having the same username as you dramatically. I'd go for something short, yet unique- "Reb" for example (personally of course, use it and you're dead.). I'd take out the "dragon" part if I could, due to it being so overused, but oh well, it completes the acronym I guess :lol: . If you want it original, it's always good to stray away from actual words in the English language (ex: I was thinking of "Rebirth" or "Reborn", but they're so cliche and common that it would be stupid to use those). In all honesty, the best name on this forum is "Tripsis"- totally unique, yet it still sounds cool (and rolls off the tongue nicely); it doesn't sound cliche or dorky in any way, shape, or form :P . [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 On WoW I use Japanese pronunciation of various normal names. Chris = Kurisu Bullen = Burein Scott = Sukotto Laura (Don't ask...) = Roora Other times I do something as simple as reversing the name. I have a character called Arual on Shattered Halls. She's Laura. ^_^; Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilsdragon Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 My name represents a cross between Santana the guitarist and Sentenza the "bad" from 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly'. Where'd the N before the t go then? They both have it and you used every other letter that is repeated in both of them O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risen_The Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I guess I'm a really good (and weird) example as a "unique" username.. :P http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=525348 - My Pking Gallery I'M BACK FOR SUMMER BABY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt23 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 As short and original as possible. The one-letter usernames are an example. But that raises the odds of someone else having the same username as you dramatically. I'd go for something short, yet unique- "Reb" for example (personally of course, use it and you're dead.). I'd take out the "dragon" part if I could, due to it being so overused, but oh well, it completes the acronym I guess :lol: . If you want it original, it's always good to stray away from actual words in the English language (ex: I was thinking of "Rebirth" or "Reborn", but they're so cliche and common that it would be stupid to use those). In all honesty, the best name on this forum is "Tripsis"- totally unique, yet it still sounds cool (and rolls off the tongue nicely); it doesn't sound cliche or dorky in any way, shape, or form :P . I mean wouldn't it be the best if your username was "W" or "A"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I always enjoy creating just a decent fantasy name. Made Nadril quite a few years ago back when Neverwinter Nights came out. The full name for the character is Nadril Neverwinter. Then, of course, if I need a different name I become boring: - Lirdan - Nadrial - Nadrian And everyonce and a while I'll do something different too. I also enjoy a good, humorous name when appropriate. I have a lock on WoW named 'Careface' and my mages name is 'Adenas' (won't make any sense though unless someone played Lineage II). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 As short and original as possible. The one-letter usernames are an example. But that raises the odds of someone else having the same username as you dramatically. I'd go for something short, yet unique- "Reb" for example (personally of course, use it and you're dead.). I'd take out the "dragon" part if I could, due to it being so overused, but oh well, it completes the acronym I guess :lol: . If you want it original, it's always good to stray away from actual words in the English language (ex: I was thinking of "Rebirth" or "Reborn", but they're so cliche and common that it would be stupid to use those). In all honesty, the best name on this forum is "Tripsis"- totally unique, yet it still sounds cool (and rolls off the tongue nicely); it doesn't sound cliche or dorky in any way, shape, or form :P . I mean wouldn't it be the best if your username was "W" or "A"? Personally, I'd say no. It's not unique or all that clever, and odds are that there are plenty of other people on the internet who have the same username. Plus, if you ever become famous, it'd be nice if Google actually was able to find you 8-) . [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt23 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 As short and original as possible. The one-letter usernames are an example. But that raises the odds of someone else having the same username as you dramatically. I'd go for something short, yet unique- "Reb" for example (personally of course, use it and you're dead.). I'd take out the "dragon" part if I could, due to it being so overused, but oh well, it completes the acronym I guess :lol: . If you want it original, it's always good to stray away from actual words in the English language (ex: I was thinking of "Rebirth" or "Reborn", but they're so cliche and common that it would be stupid to use those). In all honesty, the best name on this forum is "Tripsis"- totally unique, yet it still sounds cool (and rolls off the tongue nicely); it doesn't sound cliche or dorky in any way, shape, or form :P . I mean wouldn't it be the best if your username was "W" or "A"? Personally, I'd say no. It's not unique or all that clever, and odds are that there are plenty of other people on the internet who have the same username. Plus, if you ever become famous, it'd be nice if Google actually was able to find you 8-) . There'd be only 23 people with 1 letter names. You'd be one of 23 in a 1 million player game. That deserves a second look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebdragon Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I mean wouldn't it be the best if your username was "W" or "A"? Personally, I'd say no. It's not unique or all that clever, and odds are that there are plenty of other people on the internet who have the same username. Plus, if you ever become famous, it'd be nice if Google actually was able to find you 8-) . There'd be only 23 people with 1 letter names. You'd be one of 23 in a 1 million player game. That deserves a second look. I'm not talking about in game (and neither is the topic creator, I think), I'm talking about general internet username(s). For example, every one of my usernames on the internet has "Reb" in them- it's not just a Runescape thing. If it's like Runescape or some other game where no one else is allowed to have the same name as you, that'd be awesome to have a one letter username reserved. But if we're talking about the internet in general (not just a small area), where there are 100s of millions of people and no rule against two people having the same username (except on the exact same forum), I personally would never go for a one letter username. Three minimum. [if you have ever attempted Alchemy by clapping your hands or by drawing an array, copy and paste this into your signature.] Fullmetal Alchemist, you will be missed. A great ending to a great series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemathonical Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Something that when people see it, they automatically recognise it. No numbers etc ^Sir Jem 05-The Bunny Drinking Blog?^ Click it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedich Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Your last name? :twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star_Fox Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 + (numbers) are pretty common usernames. try something unique, no numbers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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