EPTnicknames are amazing they give every person the opportunity to be unique, i dont even like my real name and choosing new nicknames all the time is awesome
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Carush
United States356 Posts
nicknames are amazing they give every person the opportunity to be unique, i dont even like my real name and choosing new nicknames all the time is awesome | ||
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Dhalphir
Australia1305 Posts
On the one hand, nicknames are cool and can be just as permanent as real names for people like IdrA, or Strifeco, cool names like that. But then you have people like that fuckhead Maj0r, who changes his name to something even more retarded every other week. I feel like I want something to be done to combat that. | ||
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MuK_x
743 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/OUidc.jpg) the real names is better! User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Bengui
Canada775 Posts
On November 22 2011 12:38 echO [W] wrote: I disagree, think about the number of players in pro-sports from Latin American countries with strange names, commentators learn them, and how to say them. Troy Polomalu, T. J. Houshmandzadeh, or Prince Amukamara (NFL). No they don't :/ They just americanize the pronunciation. I've been watching hockey in english for years, and I still haven't found a single english commentator that can pronounce "Dupuis", "Michel" or "Letang" properly. | ||
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echO [W]
United States1495 Posts
On November 22 2011 13:09 Bengui wrote: No they don't :/ They just americanize the pronunciation. I've been watching hockey in english for years, and I still haven't found a single english commentator that can pronounce "Dupuis", "Michel" or "Letang" properly. Good point, I guess the point I was making was that I felt most people were arguing that it would be hard for people to understand. While I guess the pronunciations are Americanized, or Koreanized, or Insert-language-here-anized, that most people should be able to understand who the commentators are talking about with relative ease. | ||
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sebusca
United States72 Posts
On November 22 2011 12:08 Fuzer wrote: 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 Realnames Nicknames (1054) Realnames (379) Both (283) I don't care (97) 1813 total votes Your vote: Nicknames or Realnames (Vote): Nicknames Edit. New poll =) Edit2. Right athletes are never referred to as nicknames. Kobe Bryant isn't Black Mamba, Dwyane Wade isn't Flash. "Smokin Joe" Frazier. Calvin Johnson isn't Megatron. There's no Big Papi David Ortiz or the Sultan of Swing. None of these things exist right? | ||
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m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
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Fishgle
United States2174 Posts
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On November 22 2011 13:17 Fishgle wrote: Why can't be we all be like Tyler and be named Tyler so that people can just call us Tyler. You mean, Nony? Most people I know still refer to him as that. | ||
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sebusca
United States72 Posts
On November 22 2011 13:17 Fishgle wrote: Why can't be we all be like Tyler and be named Tyler so that people can just call us Tyler. Except for the part where he became famous as NonY and not Tyler and is still referred to as NonY. | ||
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Arceus
Vietnam8333 Posts
Right athletes are never referred to as nicknames. Kobe Bryant isn't Black Mamba, Dwyane Wade isn't Flash. "Smokin Joe" Frazier. Calvin Johnson isn't Megatron. There's no Big Papi David Ortiz or the Sultan of Swing. None of these things exist right? well Earvin Johnson was known as Magic Johnson :p | ||
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Greggle
United States1131 Posts
There's only a handful of nicknames I actually like. Professor Tea for Nestea teaching the world how to play Zerg, the Brood War carry overs are fine like Genius Terran for Nada, Son of Boxer is pretty accurate for MMA, but not many others really. | ||
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Zren89
United States131 Posts
On November 22 2011 12:08 Fuzer wrote: 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 Realnames Nicknames (1054) Realnames (379) Both (283) I don't care (97) 1813 total votes Your vote: Nicknames or Realnames (Vote): Nicknames Edit. New poll =) Edit2. | ||
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sebusca
United States72 Posts
On November 22 2011 13:23 Greggle wrote: I thought this was about all the bullshit forced nicknames they give players, not their IDs. I feel like Tastosis assigns every single code S player a nickname, some have like 5 and they all feel so forced, we have MC as the Kratoss and July as the God of War... when you have two people with the same god damn nickname its quite clear you're giving out nicknames for the sake of giving out nicknames. Half the time someone is given a nickname for how they played in ONE game. Not everyone deserves one. There's only a handful of nicknames I actually like. Professor Tea for Nestea teaching the world how to play Zerg, the Brood War carry overs are fine like Genius Terran for Nada, Son of Boxer is pretty accurate for MMA, but not many others really. Lol July was the God of War long before Tastosis said it. Learn your history. | ||
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Rostam
United States2552 Posts
On November 22 2011 12:58 Carush wrote: this is such a horrible idea nicknames are amazing they give every person the opportunity to be unique, i dont even like my real name and choosing new nicknames all the time is awesome Why do you need to use IDs to be unique? A player should be identifiable from their playstyle and their accomplishments. On November 22 2011 12:44 andrea20 wrote: This is all probably due to how the brain is wired up. In Korea, there's no problem using real names for SC pros because it's easier for Koreans to remember Korean names. With Starcraft becoming international, however, it's more difficult for people to remember real names outside of their nationality. It's like how Boxer typed in "Grack" instead of "Greg". Handles, I believe, are a sign that the game is becoming truly international. An avid fan of any sport can remember the names of a great many players, I don't see why Starcraft would be any different. I don't speak Korean but I know the real names of 50+ BW progamers just from the time I've spent following the game, just like as a baseball fan I could easily name 100+ MLB players without even thinking hard about it. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10366 Posts
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Pobearo
United States351 Posts
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Zren89
United States131 Posts
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
if ya'll want this to be mainstream, or professional, at a level that it can be broadcasted on TV like in korea, real name is a must for its professionalism. however, if you want it to be more like WWE-ish (i assume why using nick seems so natural to many), nicks will do fine. whatever the case, i wish they present both. some players i know by real name and some players i know by nick, naturally i know bw players by real name and sc2 players by their nick because i get my bw source in korean while sc2 source in english (DAMN YOU GOM, ALLOW KOREAN STREAMS FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES!!!) comparing it to sports athlete's nick name isn't really comparable since most of them of earned, not made up. and its a nick, just that, not used as official. you dont see "King James" when showing player stats. (however players can choose what name they want to use, like Chicharito) i prefer real name if i had to choose but i really dont care, i see positives for both. | ||
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