Embarrasing gamer tags
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A few years back when I was working for a chain electronics store they started selling ready-to-play X-Box 360 and PS3 consoles. Basically, they took a few consoles out of each shipment, opened them up, downloaded all of the software updates, and created basic user accounts... then tacked an extra like $30 on to the price tag as pure profit to the store. Basically just a shady business practice to scam parents who were buying their kids consoles for Christmas and didn't understand how ridiculously easy the setup process is.
Anyway, when we set up those basic user accounts the company hadn't given us any sort of naming guidelines beyond "nothing offensive." So for a while we were selling consoles with intentionally crappy account names like "Cpt_McAwesome" and whatnot.
Eventually someone complained though because they thought they had paid full price for a used console, so they made us use generic names like "User001."
I don't know if they're still doing it, though. I quit shortly after they started doing this to go to a better job.
Anyway, when we set up those basic user accounts the company hadn't given us any sort of naming guidelines beyond "nothing offensive." So for a while we were selling consoles with intentionally crappy account names like "Cpt_McAwesome" and whatnot.
Eventually someone complained though because they thought they had paid full price for a used console, so they made us use generic names like "User001."
I don't know if they're still doing it, though. I quit shortly after they started doing this to go to a better job.
That was your Sis??!TizzytheTormentor said:
So So sorry bro...
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EDIT: Sorry guys. I tried hard to remember if I came across anything funny. I have nothing to contribute
I think mine is pretty silly but I use it for everything. It's my name on here as well. My favorites that I've seen so far are; brotato chip, bufu bunny, omg dinosaurs, and various cpt crunches.
I've used the name Lasdurgost before. It's a name that fits within the Elven language from the Middle Earth mythology, though, to my knowledge, Tolkein never created an elf by that name. For the record, I didn't think it up myself. It was the random name generator from Lord of the Rings Online, but I still used it for Xbox LIVE.
Also, the name MysticSlayer might seem juvenile to some people. I like the name, though, so I intend to keep it anywhere that it hasn't already been taken.
Also, the name MysticSlayer might seem juvenile to some people. I like the name, though, so I intend to keep it anywhere that it hasn't already been taken.
Hrm... back in the inception of Quake, in high school I did have a penchant for bad names. But luckily in Quake names weren't permanent.
As for permanent handles, I've always liked mine even though it means nothing.
Sgt. Thundercock, TesticleesTheMighty, stuff like that. Most of them were awful but on purpose, those two stick out in my mind though
As for permanent handles, I've always liked mine even though it means nothing.
Teconocy and TecoBanana were mine back in the days when I played Runescape. After that I decided to make the name change, and I've been calling myself Blacklight ever since.
Can't say I've had embarrassing ones. I've only had 3 in my 13~14 years of gaming really. GateCrasher, Vampiric and now Sanquin.
Okay, maybe Vampiric can be seen as embarrassing. I mean...pretty cliché and such. But ah well.
Captcha: hoity-toity...epic gamer tag!
Okay, maybe Vampiric can be seen as embarrassing. I mean...pretty cliché and such. But ah well.
Captcha: hoity-toity...epic gamer tag!
Catfood220. I mean its a bit silly isn't it?
I got fed up of it a few years back and tried being more edgy with name Echonarc. It wasn't me, I'm slightly embarrassed by it. Back came Catfood220, seemed to be me, a little bit silly.
Moral of the story, be comfortable being yourself.
I got fed up of it a few years back and tried being more edgy with name Echonarc. It wasn't me, I'm slightly embarrassed by it. Back came Catfood220, seemed to be me, a little bit silly.
Moral of the story, be comfortable being yourself.
My PSN, XBL, and Steam GTs are all Zachary Amaranth.
That's either not embarrassing or completely, depending on how much of me you can take.
That's either not embarrassing or completely, depending on how much of me you can take.
can't say as i've ever used a name i'd be embarrassed about. i use akytalusia for everything, or if there's some reason i can't, then i have a few other names to use and i'm fond of each of them for various reasons. no hint of shame.
My XBL name, created in 7th grade, is EpicPlatypus540. I still use Platypus540 for damn near everything, but I really wish I could drop the "Epic", it just sounds so juvenile and dumb (at least to me).
That's like, literally how 99.99% of us get our real life names, heh.lRookiel said:
OT: Not really a gamer tag, but I had a shaman in WoW Called Sadmandies. This was from an inside joke with a friend, where I claimed a had multiple personalities, who are all called Mandy. Can't quite remember where the sad came from.
Anyway, it was only way later I realized that most people will read it as Sad Man Dies.
Shroud of Grey, was using it for my Starcraft II account, PSN account and LoL. The reason I chose it was from a line I liked from "You were there" from ICO, "Distant hills wear a shroud of grey".
Now cue everyone I meet asking "Oh you mean like 50 Shades of Grey?". I die inside every time someone draws that comparison
Now cue everyone I meet asking "Oh you mean like 50 Shades of Grey?". I die inside every time someone draws that comparison
I pretty much use Eamar for everything. It's a Quenya name I made for myself, but I don't consider that embarrassing. It just annoys me that I can't usually include the umlaut - should be Eämar.
My early teens/pre-teens produced some truly cringeworthy email addresses though, including such gems as:
I die a little inside every time I remember them.
My early teens/pre-teens produced some truly cringeworthy email addresses though, including such gems as:
slytherin_princess_serpent_girl
jedi_knight_chief
jedi_knight_chief
I die a little inside every time I remember them.