I use my ID for most of my online presence.
It was my main character in WoW.
It is my Xbox live name
It is my SC2 name on SEA and NA

I found a song by my friends band called "Mediaocrity" and it clicked.
The mediocre nature of todays media is ridiculously obvious and just sad.

Therefore, i found my name

PS i think it sounds cool

Datalore

United States3 Posts

July 11 2011 06:15 GMT

#2142

I used to be MadMob. I was pretty young when I picked that name and I first made it for Warcraft III. I wanted AngryMob but that was taken so MadMob was pretty close.

I still use MadMob for some things but it just seems kinda dumb so I've been switching over to Datalore which is the name of an episode of Star Trek TNG. Datalore also rolls off the tongue really well

kalany

United States149 Posts

July 11 2011 06:17 GMT

#2143

kalany=khalani which is the Protoss language but I anglicized it in a sense....but it's not really my i.d.

AGIANTSMURF

United States1232 Posts

July 11 2011 06:24 GMT

#2144

This name was created before i got into SC2 or SC in general... I was big on FPS at the time (Call of duty etc.....)

I used to use my initials followed by my last name as my id (Ex: BWayne) and i decided that was lame. I asked my older bro to help me pick a new name that would seem very funny each time i scored a kill

(because the game would always say at the bottom of the screen: You have been killed by(insert name here))

So i wanted a name that would make people either laugh or feel bad about themselves each time i killed him

You have been Killed by A_GIANT_SMURF seem to fit there pretty nicely so I stuck with it. Its a shame that SC2 doesnt allow underscores......

Jacopana

El Salvador210 Posts

July 11 2011 06:26 GMT

#2145

My full name in short: Josué Antonio COto PANAmá = JACOPANA

AmericanUmlaut

Germany2579 Posts

July 11 2011 06:28 GMT

#2146

I'm an American, but when I married I took my German wife's last name of Stürmer. When I wanted to start a blog shortly therafter, I decided to go with The American Umlaut, and I've been using that as my online identity ever since.

On SC2 I go by Capybara, which I switched to after seeing the capybaras at the Duisburg Zoo and realizing that they're the coolest animals ever.

Andolini

Sweden25 Posts

July 11 2011 06:29 GMT

#2147

Pretty easy really, Vito Corleones(You know, the dude from Godfather) last name was actually Andolini. Since i really liked the movie when i started traversing the web, i went with that.

Fecalfeast

Canada11355 Posts

July 11 2011 06:38 GMT

#2148

Was playing Halo in computer class in highschool (Class mainly consisted of us getting around the restrictions and playing games)

I went though multiple names trying to find one that is offensive/gross but not appear that way at a glance.

And no, I'm not poopfeast420, as I get asked often on HoN

jaminski

England84 Posts

July 11 2011 07:32 GMT

#2149

jaminski is a mix of my nickname "jamin" and my friends messing around with russian and polish accents hence "ski"

but my IGN name MAcrophobia which speaks for itself im not one to cheese but im not very good at macro games :D

JamesJohansen

United States213 Posts

July 11 2011 07:41 GMT

#2150

"JamesJohansen" Is my go to fake name/alias for things when I'm not feeling creative (if im creative, itd be something like Ben Dover).

Used to be random pink floyd songs when I was much younger.

Runaground

Moldova36 Posts

July 11 2011 07:48 GMT

#2151

I'm just in love with "James - Runaground" song

And it sounds so cool!

Avidkeystamper

United States8554 Posts

July 11 2011 07:49 GMT

#2152

I stamp keys avidly.

modesttoss

United States221 Posts

July 11 2011 07:52 GMT

#2153

I google searched my current ID Asteria. It was back in the beta and I wanted some greek goddess name that wasn't too common like Aphrodite or something. Looking to change it soon though.

Zenaton

United States16 Posts

July 11 2011 07:55 GMT

#2154

My first online id was DMAN7001 back when I played runescape which makes me think wow just looking back at the name. My current name was my WoW not much thought went into it just thought paladin=a ton of zen so Zenaton came out.

Danglars

United States12133 Posts

July 11 2011 08:11 GMT

#2155

Back in my middle high school years, playing a popular MMO, I was at the character screen thinking of what to name a character I would seek to destroy other people with in 1v1 or team settings. The thought came of the villain from "The Count of Monte Cristo." He was crafty and evil. His greed and pride eventually led to his downfall. What a perfect name for a character whose profession was assassination behind the scenes and racial background selfishness and patient evil?

Name was coined. Became good at the game and got known among that community. Stuck with it when I found an RTS to get back into (Only did MMO because my past RTS community was dead)

dbddbddb

Singapore969 Posts

July 11 2011 08:11 GMT

#2156

awwwww yeah

zeOllie

Australia486 Posts

July 11 2011 10:22 GMT

#2157

Was thinking of a new ID that incorporated my name: Ollie
then I was like I'm "theOllie"

was like that's too corny

ok, what about zeOllie? like the with a french accnet (lol)

the rest is history...

Hassybaby

United Kingdom10823 Posts

July 11 2011 10:45 GMT

#2158

Hassybaby

When I was in the first year of A-Levels (11th graders in America?) I was in my Further Maths class talking to my friend Tim. I can't remember what the conversation was about exactly, but he randomly called me Hassybaby for some reason, then went on to say "Hey, that should be your new nickname!"

I hated it at first, but Tim was one of those guys whom everyone knew, and within about a week, he pretty much had the entire college calling me Hassybaby. I just accepted the inevitable and went with it, but I quite like it now

Its got to the point that people don't know my actual name, they just call me Hassy or Hassybaby......