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Hi
I've been wondering why we are using nicknames at major tournaments (example MLG) instead of real names? I mean for a normal guy who havent never heard about Starcraft 2 or other video games it sounds kinda stupid that they are calling each other by their nicknames, example Huk instead of Chris Loranger.
Nickname thing is kinda useless, because at lan events no one is not basicly hiding behind their nickname so why to use them? So why don't we use Greg Fields instead of Idra. If people wants to make StarCraft 2 bigger, I think that the major thing is to start calling people with their real names.
Is there any other "sport" that uses nicknames over real names? Well ofcourse there are some, but example when you are watching news at TV, they never call sportsmen/sportswomen by their nicknames. Or if you are watching football broadcast from TV, they rarely call players by their nickname. But in esports we are doing it all the time!
By short, I just think that nicknames are slowing Starcraft / esports!
Poll: Nicknames or RealnamesNicknames (1054) 58% Realnames (379) 21% Both (283) 16% I don't care (97) 5% 1813 total votes Your vote: Nicknames or Realnames (Vote): Nicknames
(Vote): Realnames
(Vote): Both
(Vote): I don't care
Edit. New poll =)
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All of you people realize that in the Korean scene, players are known and referred to by their real names *only* . . . never by their nicknames.
Almost no one in Korea knows who "SlayerSBoxeR" is, but Lim Yo Hwan . . . he's a national celebrity. In all Korean casts, players are referred exclusively by their real names that their mommies gave them.
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Because that's what they're known by?
And good luck remembering all the Korean names.
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Well..nicknames are a big part of videogames in general, making each player unique. I don't think it really matters, unless the nickname sounds excessively childish.
i.e the protoss master, K1LL3R_d@-pr0l0rD or something like that
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When we play video games we dont use are real name. We then become identfied with the fake name we make up.
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Yeah, it's a little strange that foreigners go by their handle. In Korea, nobody calls Flash, Flash. They call him Lee Young Ho, or Kim Taek Young for Bisu.
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I think it's just a result of gaming culture nowadays. In most online communities, members are known by their handle and not their name (notable exceptions being social networks like Facebook, Myspace, etc).
Also yeah, it would be a LOT harder to follow the Korean scene without nicknames.
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IdrA sounds SO much cooler than Greg.
And have you seen all the Korean names?! I mean, I like to think I'm not a xenophobe but a lot of the foreign names get REALLY confusing for me.
When you don't understand a language all the words can look the same, names are no different. By divorcing player identification from any single language it makes it easier for everyone to identify them.
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Would you rather the casters say
And coming up next we have Lee Jung Hoon vs Kim Hammar
Or
And coming up next we have MarineKingPrime vs. QIMSase
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Nicknames are what they are known by and sounds better imo, plus it makes it easier on casters. You have to remember that some people have some difficult real names to pronounce.
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Calling players by their nicknames is only common in the West. In Korea the players, fans and casters are more likely to refer to the players by their actual names.
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I think at least casters should use real names.
I was at barcraft and idk why it changed anything but I found it really weird that someone calls a guy right next to him husky or day9 
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On November 22 2011 12:09 theBALLS wrote:
Because that's what they're known by?
And good luck remembering all the Korean names.
Basically these two points sum it all up.
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cause nicknames are awesome!
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Which is going to stand out in your mind more, Tastetosis, or Nick and Dan?
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Because using nickname is organically part of the gaming culture and it has always been for decades.
If expanding esports means to compromise certain fundamental culture of gaming then Imo it's not worth it.
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I usually refer to players by their real name in my head.
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SC1 pros had handfuls of usernames each. Imagine calling Hiya all of his different usernames instead of just Magikarp or Hiya. Nobody would know who the fuck who was talking about.
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I think nicknames are fun, but I hope in the future we start just using their real names.
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Nicknames - typically they are more memorable and unique than "rael names" and it definitely helps recognize across language barriers.
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