EPTWe even have multiple nicknames for some BW pros. Like Revolutionist or Beesuit for Bisu.
Nicknames? Why? - Page 14
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
We even have multiple nicknames for some BW pros. Like Revolutionist or Beesuit for Bisu. | ||
digmouse
China6331 Posts
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Geophagus
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DarK[A]
United States217 Posts
Like someone said... IdrA........or Greg.... =/ | ||
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elKaDor
Sweden376 Posts
Made my day  | ||
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
i think player intros like in some IEMs are the perfect thing with the Picture - Nickname - Real Name - Country Flag - Age. | ||
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Jinsho
United Kingdom3101 Posts
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TAAF
Switzerland226 Posts
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neo_sporin
United States516 Posts
Magneto: What's your name? Pyro: John Magneto: No whats your real name Pyro: Pyro Our online ids are the names we give ourselves and are our persona. If people want to be known by their real name (at least in our current esport western culture of going by screenname) they can change their bnet name to be their real name. | ||
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divito
Canada1213 Posts
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KDot2
United States1213 Posts
On November 22 2011 13:55 cabarkapa wrote: Don't forget the genius of the XFL in using nicknames. He Hate Me is forever immortalized as a true hero. this ^^^^^^^^^^ | ||
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Diks
Belgium1880 Posts
So do people want to be called like they want to ? Yes of course, if you are proud of your name, it can be your nickname. And saying "Huk" is so much easier than "Chrise Loranger" I really don't know what are the positive point of the OP for using real name except the "other sports do so". May I remind this is ESPORTS. EDIT : When the nickname is just bad we may use the real name. Exemple : Killer / Sang Ho | ||
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sol_
United Kingdom5 Posts
Nicknames is a fundamental part of gaming and the eSports culture. On a slight side note, there are other more "accepted" sports which do the a similar thing (in the UK, at least). Things like snooker and darts include "nicknames" in their coverage. Admittedly, they do use real names primarily, but you'll quite often see 'Ronnie "The Rocket" O'Sullivan' for example. I don't see anything wrong with it. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
Edit: Because it's hurting esports *trollface* | ||
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marttorn
Norway5211 Posts
Oh, and for foreigners, korean names are really hard to remember edit: Also, JP has said "sean" enough times to compensate for all of this | ||
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Trang
Australia324 Posts
On November 22 2011 22:01 DarK[A] wrote: Like someone said... IdrA........or Greg.... =/ Well, if real names were used, then they wouldn't say 'Greg'. They would say 'Greg Fields' or 'Fields'. So it really isn't the right comparison. As for my personal opinion. I like it when casters use both. Saying Greg 'Idra' Fields when introducing players and so on, so that we can get to know the names of the real people behind the alias, meanwhile using 'Idra' during casting/analysis (because it flows more smoothly than saying a full name). | ||
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HMzK
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ElegantSolution
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MangoMountain
Norway2044 Posts
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Tofugrinder
Austria899 Posts
On November 22 2011 22:38 MangoMountain wrote: I don't understand why people think that in order to "legitimize" esports you need to take away everything that makes esports unique. Having an online alias isn't a hard concept to comprehend, even for people who've never been in touch with esports before. for "us" (people involved in esports in any form) it's normal. For others it is really strange and I personally heard about 10 times up until now "why is this commentator called tasteless?". It's not normal to "them" and it makes esports weird for them | ||
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