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WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
December 14 2010 11:06 GMT
#1
Hello Teamliquid!

I have used my name WarChimp for awhile now, probably a good 5 years at least. I have used it in StarCraft BW, StarCraft 2, World of WarCraft (Yes I played that) and basically any other online game Basically my name started when my friend decided to use to name warox, I thought that was kind of cool so I improved it to WarChimp.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter how it came to be, but at this present time, I need your help to help win an argument. The argument is that, is WarChimp is a good avatar name? My friend however, she believes that WarChimp is a lame avatar name.

So my Teamliquid friends, I need to know, is WarChimp a lame name?


Poll: Is WarChimp a lame name?

Yes (109)
 
76%

No (35)
 
24%

144 total votes

Your vote: Is WarChimp a lame name?

(Vote): Yes
(Vote): No




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vGDaverave
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland110 Posts
December 14 2010 11:07 GMT
#2
what does war chimp mean? how did you get it?
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
December 14 2010 11:09 GMT
#3
On December 14 2010 20:07 AlexLawrie wrote:
what does war chimp mean? how did you get it?


My friends name was warox. In that name I saw WarOx, I thought that I could improved that and thought that a Chimp of War was kind of cool, so I got WarChimp.
pevergreen
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia252 Posts
December 14 2010 11:19 GMT
#4
Yeah its pretty lame.

WarMonkey. Does that sound good? Anything with war in it. Anything with a animal in it...

Its hard to think of a good one. So steal a name from somewhere. Pick a character from an obscure fantasy novel with a cool name.
Dagobert
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Netherlands1858 Posts
December 14 2010 11:20 GMT
#5
WarBonobo, much better, you should go with that.
PhatCop
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia70 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-15 05:32:53
December 14 2010 11:20 GMT
#6
Unfortunately you didn't really outline the reasons why you think your online name isn't lame. You only gave a brief history of its origins, and hence I am not surprised that you are having this argument with your friend in the first place.
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 11:21:43
December 14 2010 11:21 GMT
#7
It's better than WarMonkey but worse than WarTuna or WarWalrus

edit: the WarBonobo suggestion two posts above me is pretty good too.
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meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
December 14 2010 11:24 GMT
#8
not a bad name, but not too good either.
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caelym
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6421 Posts
December 14 2010 11:24 GMT
#9
who cares? it's your avatar, you should call it whatever you want.
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EPO
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada341 Posts
December 14 2010 11:40 GMT
#10
This is subjective... as you said you like it so go with it, shouldn't matter what others think.

But yeah it's lame.
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
December 14 2010 11:41 GMT
#11
WarChimp is ok. WarChipmunk would rock.
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Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
December 14 2010 11:42 GMT
#12
Monkeys are very silly animals. Therefore WarChimp is a silly name.
Uranium
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1077 Posts
December 14 2010 11:53 GMT
#13
Yeah it's pretty lame. But losing to someone whose name was "WarChimp" would make me rage at least 2 or 3x as hard as a normal loss. So maybe it's good for something.
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
December 14 2010 11:57 GMT
#14
Monkeys (and especially chimps) are frigging awesome. So it's decent.
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Schplyok
Profile Joined June 2010
64 Posts
December 14 2010 12:03 GMT
#15
The more ridiculous the name the more awesome.
So, yeah... definitely not lame.
TheGrimace
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States929 Posts
December 14 2010 12:15 GMT
#16
On December 14 2010 20:21 SpiritoftheTunA wrote:
It's better than WarMonkey but worse than WarTuna or WarWalrus

edit: the WarBonobo suggestion two posts above me is pretty good too.

Warlrus. That would probably impress her. Go with that instead.
vGDaverave
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland110 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 12:24:39
December 14 2010 12:23 GMT
#17
if you like your name you use it :D if you do not like it change it i would not ask other people for an opinion about your on name i think you can only decide that
KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
December 14 2010 12:26 GMT
#18
WarChimp sounds super stupid, change it to something that actually sounds like something you could use as a alias
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zak
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1009 Posts
December 14 2010 12:27 GMT
#19
lol im sorry but it is pretty lame. Your girl would probably like something low key and not so obnoxious. Something simple and classy.

But I like WarChimp

Would hate losing to you though
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BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50114 Posts
December 14 2010 13:28 GMT
#20
WarChimp sounds like a Gamer's alias,so yeah stick with it.You are the MAN,don't let a woman get you down.
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Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 13:36:32
December 14 2010 13:36 GMT
#21
At least you're not called Plexa
That's up there as one of the worst IDs ever.
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Thrill
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
2599 Posts
December 14 2010 13:40 GMT
#22
Is this some joke paraphrase on the 'create a Korean sounding nick'?
MoreFaSho
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1427 Posts
December 14 2010 14:00 GMT
#23
It's actually a fine name, but this one time a gamer with that handle went onto a forums to ask if it was cool which is obviously a pretty lame thing to do, so I don't think you should use it... Oh shit, it was you.
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flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
December 14 2010 14:02 GMT
#24
flamewheel is worse really. Who wants to be named after a pokemon move?
In my opinion WarChimps is no worse than other animal-related names with "War" appended to the front.

WarDog? WarCat? WarOstrich? WarPlatypus? WarKookabura? WarAye-Aye? hWarangdo? Okay that last one's not even remotely related to the others but you get the point.

BattleChimp... Hmm...
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puckstop101
Profile Joined September 2008
Canada132 Posts
December 14 2010 14:08 GMT
#25
sound like a online gamer name, w/e works for you. Mine is the same name i use for everything, "puckstop101", not only is it never taken anywhere, i reflect who i am
plated.rawr
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway1676 Posts
December 14 2010 14:09 GMT
#26
Monkeys are silly. Adding 'War' as a prefix doesn't make it any more intimidating. You might be the baddest, most awesome chimpanzee in the world, but you're still hanging from a branch flinging your own poo at your enemies.

Terrifying, yes. But also not cool.
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Wenbobular
Profile Joined October 2009
United States49 Posts
December 14 2010 14:09 GMT
#27
On December 14 2010 20:41 Golden Ghost wrote:
WarChimp is ok. WarChipmunk would rock.


WarChimpmunk?
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20012 Posts
December 14 2010 14:12 GMT
#28
WarBadger
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
pileopoop
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada317 Posts
December 14 2010 14:13 GMT
#29
WarTortle
selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
December 14 2010 14:20 GMT
#30
definitely lame... But who cares? If you like it, then that's all that matters.
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VarmVaffel
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Norway378 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 14:21:10
December 14 2010 14:20 GMT
#31
It works, but I probably wouldn't mention it if I saw it online.

If you really wanna change I vote for WarChimpmunk as mentioned above.
scDeluX
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada1341 Posts
December 14 2010 15:04 GMT
#32
It's ok, I'd stick with it
Brood War is forever
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32049 Posts
December 14 2010 15:20 GMT
#33
warchimp is cool, maybe people forgot that chimps have no problem mauling your face and gnawing on your genitals for simply looking at them wrong
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Metronome
Profile Joined October 2008
United States98 Posts
December 14 2010 15:52 GMT
#34
If you want to stay with the animal theme, I find that SAT word + animal is a good convention. My name in LoL is Hyperbolemur.

more examples:

magnamimoose
reticentipede
torpidgeon

etc
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N3rV[Green]
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
December 14 2010 17:07 GMT
#35
I also support WarBonobo

Maybe more like waRbOnObO

make is korean people!
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Liveon
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Netherlands1083 Posts
December 14 2010 17:09 GMT
#36
Warchimp is kinda lame imo. But who cares? You are known by this, you decide what people think when hearing this name by your actions.
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Enervate
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1769 Posts
December 14 2010 17:20 GMT
#37
Don't worry. Just mix in some random capitalization in your name and it will be cool again.
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
December 14 2010 19:13 GMT
#38
Haha, well thanks guys for helping with my argument, I am not gonna tell her about the results, and tell her to suck it haha.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
December 14 2010 19:22 GMT
#39
terrible terrible name
sl
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada239 Posts
December 14 2010 19:44 GMT
#40
On December 15 2010 00:52 Metronome wrote:
If you want to stay with the animal theme, I find that SAT word + animal is a good convention. My name in LoL is Hyperbolemur.

more examples:

magnamimoose
reticentipede
torpidgeon

etc


New Pokemon names imminent.
WarChimp
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia943 Posts
December 14 2010 22:03 GMT
#41
On December 14 2010 22:36 Plexa wrote:
At least you're not called Plexa
That's up there as one of the worst IDs ever.


I don't know man, I thought Plexa was a pretty damn cool name.
numLoCK
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1416 Posts
December 14 2010 22:34 GMT
#42
Most akas are terrible anyway, don't worry about it.
WarChimp isn't that bad.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-14 23:06:06
December 14 2010 23:03 GMT
#43
your name not being something ridiculously obnoxious like xXxDaRkAvEnGeR666xXx already makes it better than half the game handles out there so who cares

EDIT: i still voted yes though
ulszz
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
Jamaica1787 Posts
December 14 2010 23:18 GMT
#44
you say u improved upon warox with warchimp? you are mistaken sir
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vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
December 14 2010 23:24 GMT
#45
i would make it all caps
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vGl-CoW
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
Belgium8305 Posts
December 14 2010 23:24 GMT
#46
WARCHIMP
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Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
December 14 2010 23:28 GMT
#47
On December 15 2010 08:24 vGl-CoW wrote:
WARCHIMP


I would also add something that looked like a clan to the beginning.

TyS_WARCHIMP
KiK_WARCHIMP
ORLY_WARCHIMP

Then you know you're awesome. :p
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LlamaNamedOsama
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1900 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-15 00:34:13
December 15 2010 00:33 GMT
#48
As long as its yours and unique, who cares? The only name not worth having is "generic name(random string of numbers)" like "killer146"
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