The Commandments for Making Gamertags, Screennames, ect.

[Bling Cat]

If you're going to put your name in it, don't question how people know your name.

Example from experience:
Me: Hey, George, can you cover me?
xXKingGeorgeXx: How do you know my name?!

It just makes you look stupid.

Actually commenting on your guidelines:
They're all pretty good, though I would say that they are maybe directed at the wrong crowd here. I mean, most of the people here are mature enough to know these guidelines already.

Except for Max, but then again he goes out of his way to be the exception.

 

[teisjm]

Using your real First and Last name; what is the point of even having a screenname / gamertag then?

Uhm because you sortof gotta have a name for your account? I use my first name and the initials of my last name, cause no matter what I come up with it seams like something fake anyways. And i can't just leave it blank can I? I'm not trying to create an alternate personality for when i'm online, same reason i use my own face as my avatar (though it's currently consealed by a paint-added ninja mask cause of genre wars)

To the OP.

Seeing that you slign arround the word immature as a reason not to use stuff in your gamertag several times i've gotta ask you this: You are aware that many gamers are NOT adults right?
I would rather play with a guy who has say 97 in his name and isn't ashamed of beeing 12 years old than i'd play with someone who goes over the top to hide his age, cause fake maturity is 100 times worse than immaturity.

 

[wgreer25]

Why is X considered the coolest letter anyway?

It's got nothing on D.

This has potential to be the best flame-war ever.
I think A is bitchin'.

I like T... and A...

 

[Nomad]

I'd like to add one. Admittedly, I didn't scan all the posts for it, but since I didn't see it in the original post (which you're obviously updating), I'm going to assume noone's mentioned it so far.

Don't put special characters in your name if you don't actually mean the sound they symbolize. Don't call yourself "Hëllø" if you mean "Hello". Because chances are you'll run into someone who actually has those letters in his or her native language. And then you'll look stupid.

 

[Arrers]

I was going to post somthing along the lines of "You can tell me how to choose my stupid screen name" but it transpired that my name obeys all of the OP's commandments.

 

[ryai458]

I hate those damn posers who put X's infront and in the back of their names. Like they own the freaking place!

*facepalm*

ya those people are infuraiting *good job you fail at life* its just sad also you may of left one out dont use one from movies or games do you have any idea ma5t3r ch31fs are out there?

 

[sooperman]

Cheif, do you think you you can edit Rule #8 to include "sniper"? There are at least as many people named asfter sniping as there are assasin.

 

[Xanadeas]

I use Xanadeas pretty much everywhere anymore. It's a completely original name and as far as I know no one else has it. I'm quite happy with it that way.

 

[YTOfficer01]

Why is X considered the coolest letter anyway?

It's got nothing on D.

Its a well known fact that B is the coolest letter given that the answer to the question is always B.

 

[APPCRASH]

I used to make people who actually took tags seriously really annoyed with my old CS name. Being killed by xVaMpIrE.NiNjA.SaMuRaI.KiLlEr.UKx really got to some people!

Heh, did the same thing in TF2 and L4D I was xExtremeCobraSniperReaperKillerx. I prided myself in having the longest name in any match. It was really great when in the L4D loading screens when my name would cover all the other characters.

 

[Argentavis]

(Related to Rule 1): Make your name READABLE. This includes words in another language (like 蓬莱山　輝&#22812

 

[L33tsauce_Marty]

My friend was playing some COD4 recently and I saw someone with the name "Sk8terboy1221" and I just laughed.

Oh and,

Rule 12: GOOD GOD, DON'T PUT MLG!
By calling yourself MLGKillamon, you have now successfully labeled yourself as a wannabe. Even if you really are MLG, you should be able to show it in the game, instead of having it stamped onto your gamertag.

I hate idiots that do this, you never see people from real leagues like CPL or CEVO with those letters stamped on them.

 

[zenoaugustus]

I have decided to make a guide for making gamertags, screennames, ect. to try and improve the quality of the future ones.
Rule 8: Stop the assassin/shadow crap.
Stop making your gamertag _____assassin. This crap is every where. In about half the games I play, there will be someone with assassin or shadow in their name. It is just so unoriginal.

Could you possibly add killer or sniper to that. I don't know how many different combinations of shadowsniper65 or killerassassin72. It pisses me off when someone puts in l33tstalkersniper76 and they suck at sniping, or stalking or just playing the game for that matter.

 

[Chiefmon]

Don't put your gamertag lIkE tHiS where it hurts my eyes to the point of blindness.

You have been added to the list.

 

[Chiefmon]

Rule: Space the name where appropriate.
Which is more legible? Mynameisfrank, My Name Is Frank, Myn Am Isfr Ank.

Rule: If a name you wanted is taken, don't add a 1 to the end. Don't modify it barely so it's acceptable.
If you meet the guy with the original name, it could be awkward. And you could be classed as a poser.


Wrong. 9 is the best letter ever. ^^[/quote]

I've seen someone who had their credit card number as their GT. At least, I assume it was, it was three quadruplet numbers.

Rule: Space the name where appropriate.
Which is more legible? Mynameisfrank, My Name Is Frank, Myn Am Isfr Ank.

Rule: If a name you wanted is taken, don't add a 1 to the end. Don't modify it barely so it's acceptable.
If you meet the guy with the original name, it could be awkward. And you could be classed as a poser.

Why is X considered the coolest letter anyway?

It's got nothing on D.

This has potential to be the best flame-war ever.
I think A is bitchin'.

Wrong. 9 is the best letter ever. ^^

You've been added.

 

[Chiefmon]

You'd be suprised at how many original and good names exist. To me, if you can't put in the effort to search for a proper name then it's just rude to other players. A slightly cursory complaint, but a complaint it is.

Rule: If it took you less time to think of your name than it does to type it, you lose.

You've been added.

 

[Chiefmon]

I approve of this topic being stickied on the front page of all online games.

Thank you.

 

[PersianLlama]

What if, for some absurd reason you have "pH" in your name. It's odd capitalization, but that's the way it's done.

 

[Johnn Johnston]

"Falcon" and "Wolf" are not orignal choices for names. This goes double for "FalconWolf".

 

[War Chief Will]

It ain't really a commandment until you've put "thou shall..." at the beginning of each rule but thanks for the pointers anyway.