The Commandments for Making Gamertags, Screennames, ect.

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KarumaK

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Rule Whatever: If you have something to say do not call it a rule, law, commandment, or anything of that nature.

It makes you appear to be a know-it-all and generally douchey(<-Not a word) person.

P.S. Aware that this starts with Rule.
 

Chiefmon

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KarumaK said:
Rule Whatever: If you have something to say do not call it a rule, law, commandment, or anything of that nature.

It makes you appear to be a know-it-all and generally douchey(<-Not a word) person.

P.S. Aware that this starts with Rule.
By calling them commandments, I am showing how important it is to follow them.
 

RagnorakTres

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Chief, I'd just like to say that
a) I love your avatar. Soul Eater is one of my favorite anime.
b) If you were to continue to draw up commandments for other parts of gaming, it would be a very good thing.
ygetoff said:
It looks really weird with caps: Ygetoff. See what I mean?
Actually, I think it looks vaguely Russian...which is awesome...
 

KarumaK

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Chiefmon said:
KarumaK said:
Rule Whatever: If you have something to say do not call it a rule, law, commandment, or anything of that nature.

It makes you appear to be a know-it-all and generally douchey(<-Not a word) person.

P.S. Aware that this starts with Rule.
By calling them commandments, I am showing how important it is to follow them.
The fact that you consider personal opinions on personal monikers that important to follow is what makes it know-it-all...ey(<-No idea).
 

ygetoff

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RagnorakTres said:
Chief, I'd just like to say that
a) I love your avatar. Soul Eater is one of my favorite anime.
b) If you were to continue to draw up commandments for other parts of gaming, it would be a very good thing.
ygetoff said:
It looks really weird with caps: Ygetoff. See what I mean?
Actually, I think it looks vaguely Russian...which is awesome...
I was sort of aiming for that effect... I mean, even if someone doesn't get the stupid pun, they'll get the awesome.
 

wordsmith

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Your name WILL be shortened, so make sure it can be recognisable from a short part of your name. My name breaks to "Words" or "Smith", but "Words" is usually what is used. The time that it takes to type "wordsmith" is half a second more getting injured.

*hypocrite's hat on* Do you really need to frame your name? Does *(Gerald)* really look better than Gerald? (I say this with my hat on because my steam/IM name is, and has been for a while, {{~The_Wordsmith~}} )
 

Taniquel

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teisjm said:
Taniquel said:
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.
I feel the need to clarify: I said First AND Last name. Personally I think that there is nothing wrong with using one or the other, but what does it say about your creativity if that is all you use?
 

Iskenator67

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My Comfy Chair
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After reading all the rules, I'm glad to know my GT is safe.

On a side note, Wouldn't 23 commandments be hard to carry down a mountain?
 

KXZ501

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Excellent work on the commandments - I tip my hat to all the fine folks who came up with these guidelines.

Personally, I can't stand people with things like "xX_____Xx" or "xXx_____xXx" in their bloody Gamertags. That, or the ever insufferable "MLG". Drives me up the wall to no bloody end. [¬¬]
 

quiet_samurai

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Draxis said:
No, dont make rules, let people do what they want - it makes it so easy to separate the mature gamers from the rest at just a glance.
That is exactly what I was going to say.

Also are people really so lame that they let a persons screen name piss them off? Who gives a shit! If you get butt hurt over something like that go swallow broken glass.
 

Yog Sothoth

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Those are good rules, too bad there's no way to enforce them....

My gamertag is Johnny Buttrock (my Rock Band & Guitar Hero alter ego) and I think that I did well to choose that name, though some people snicker at it... Can't imagine why.....
 

Novacain4862

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Have it not be Leroy Jenkins.

My SteamID is Frozen_Napalm

Also, keep it simple and short. Nothing over 15 characters
 

Sir_Nolan

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Darth Mobius said:
My friend and his whole clan changed their names to infectious diseases.

AIDS killed Johnny!

Stuff like that is funny, for a little while, but after the first ten minutes, IT STOPS!
Yeah, an X-box at my old dorm had lots of non X-box Live names like "a55 kicker" and "a small child" The best was playing Halo and reading "a small child beat you down."

In all seriousness though, I read a lot of these posts getting at the same thing: What some people take as random numbers at the end of a name often mean something to the creator of the name; they're not so random. This is the case with my own Gamertag.

But beyond that, I don't think the numbers at the end mean much cause most people are just going to shorten the name down to 1-2 syllables, if possible. The Rule should be something like "Put in enough letters to form a readable name" and an addendum: "don't be offended when people shorten your name."
 

Cobelo

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I agree with these commandments wholeheartedly, and from what i see, my tag fits the bill, as well as some other tags i have (ex. Lariato, WanderingRonin, Ryysk)
 

Mrsoupcup

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MaxTheReaper said:
Chiefmon said:
MaxTheReaper said:
Anyway, I like these, but I do not take kindly to being told what to do/how to do something, so I'm going to dedicate my next screenname: "xxmaxassassinxx92MLGidfu(khitlern00b" to you.
You're going to screenname hell
You sent me there.
I think I may be joining you.....