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Millz
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada30 Posts
December 05 2010 23:49 GMT
#1
Over the years I've gone threw maybe hundreds (slight exaggeration) of different names. There hasn't been one that I've ever had that stuck and I've used long enough. I want a name that no one has ever really thought about something original and won't be taken most of the time, a name that won't get boring...

How do some of you do this?
IamBach
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1059 Posts
December 05 2010 23:51 GMT
#2
it just came to me in a dream. OtheR...
Just listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lCZeePG48
ieatkids5
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United States4628 Posts
December 05 2010 23:51 GMT
#3
i've used ieatkids for a few years, then i used swamp for a few years and im still using it.
5ahj4g
Profile Joined August 2010
72 Posts
December 05 2010 23:52 GMT
#4
-something on your desk
-name of an sc pro you look up to
-name of some character in some drama you like
-your initials

all i can think of atm, feel free to contribute :D
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
December 05 2010 23:53 GMT
#5
I've gone through I couple names as well, all of which i still like. How I do it is first find a single syllable that sounds good to you. Then you make a huge list of every single other syllable that sounds remotely good, and then add it as a prefix and a suffix to your chosen syllable. Keep going until you find something you like.
Dark.Carnival
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5095 Posts
December 05 2010 23:53 GMT
#6
I use song titles/parts of song titles. I'm terribly uncreative when it comes to names, both in writing (characters) and game names.
@QxGDarkCell ._.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-05 23:56:55
December 05 2010 23:54 GMT
#7
Look for a random page on wikipedia. =]

Here, I did it for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thitson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decamethyldizincocene


I think Decamethyldizincocene is the best.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
Ryalnos
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1946 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-05 23:55:40
December 05 2010 23:54 GMT
#8
I was making an account for this browser-based strategy came called Utopia and figured I should roleplay. After trying account names of darklord, darclord, darklor, etc and finding them claimed, I settled on 'darclo'.

But then 'Ryalnos' just popped into my head randomly for a character name. Used it ever since.
Kibibit
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1551 Posts
December 05 2010 23:56 GMT
#9
On December 06 2010 08:54 Sufficiency wrote:
Look for a random page on wikipedia. =]

That's actually precisely where mine comes from. :D
R.I.P. 우정호 || Do probes dream of psionic sheep?
Millz
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada30 Posts
December 05 2010 23:57 GMT
#10
It's funny I post this on a SC forum because most Korean pro gamers have really generic names, lol.
Spazer
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada8033 Posts
December 05 2010 23:57 GMT
#11
Reversing the spelling of stuff seems to be popular.

eg. Rekrul, Grobyc
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
December 05 2010 23:59 GMT
#12
how about IGN
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 00:02:16
December 05 2010 23:59 GMT
#13
On December 06 2010 08:57 Spazer wrote:
Reversing the spelling of stuff seems to be popular.

eg. Rekrul, Grobyc

omg
blew my mind
omg and i just realized orb backwards is bro.

My username just comes from my childhood stuffed animal. Just pick a name that is aligned with something about you, whether it be an inside joke, one of your interests, or just be epicly normal with a username like Chair.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
December 05 2010 23:59 GMT
#14
On December 06 2010 08:57 Millz wrote:
It's funny I post this on a SC forum because most Korean pro gamers have really generic names, lol.


I got a good name for you: Brisk. Now it's your job to become a pro gamer and have a rivalry with Nestea.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
December 06 2010 00:01 GMT
#15
listen to tastosis, they have a knack for coming up with some pretty sick ids.
TRUEESPORTS || your days as a respected member of team liquid are over
pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
December 06 2010 00:01 GMT
#16
Haha this brings memories on old IDs. In the early tween/teenage years I used to make ID's to things that are "dark_____ (fill in the blank)", something I really like ("lakerfan90") or something korean like "koreanperson"<- actually had that ID on bnet hahahaha, someone took it now . Then I thought up of "pinenamu" which I thought up from my name 진솔 (JinSol). My mom told me that it meant honest pinetree so my ID is pinetree where namu is tree in Korean. I used it since forever now.
Phos
Profile Joined April 2010
Iceland106 Posts
December 06 2010 00:01 GMT
#17
do a faceroll
Mashes
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada441 Posts
December 06 2010 00:02 GMT
#18
On December 06 2010 08:59 Chairman Ray wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2010 08:57 Millz wrote:
It's funny I post this on a SC forum because most Korean pro gamers have really generic names, lol.


I got a good name for you: Brisk. Now it's your job to become a pro gamer and have a rivalry with Nestea.


hahahaha well played sir!
"life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery"
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
December 06 2010 00:03 GMT
#19
On December 06 2010 08:54 Ryalnos wrote:
I was making an account for this browser-based strategy came called Utopia and figured I should roleplay. After trying account names of darklord, darclord, darklor, etc and finding them claimed, I settled on 'darclo'.

But then 'Ryalnos' just popped into my head randomly for a character name. Used it ever since.


O wow. That game is still going on?
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
HazMat
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States17077 Posts
December 06 2010 00:04 GMT
#20
I like my aka ShakeDrizzle that I use a lot now. Just took 2 names from an Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode.
www.youtube.com/user/ShakeDrizzle | League and SSBM content creator | Armada's Youtube Editor
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