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How long have you kept the same online name / tag.
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Triggerhappytel
Member
I've been Triggerhappytel since I first joined forums in 2004, I think. Unfortunately that user name wasn't available on PSN, so I had to go with Telminator-2. No idea what my XBL user name is, as I've not had an Xbox console since shortly after Halo 4.
djcatskratch
Member
I have had mine since about 2000 or so when I got this sticker as a git:
sixpackrules
Member
this one since i´ve read hitman years ago, the nick i use/ used in the spanish language forums (comic related) is been the same for years, the one i use now in steam another comic book reference is been going for years too
DriftedPlanet
Unconfirmed Member
Ever since modern warfare and halo 3 multiplayer. The name comes from my misinterpretation of a halo 3 spoiler.
"The game ends with Chief getting stranded on a planet drifting through space!"
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
I've been the good doctor for several years now. Before that it was more reflective of my "angry atheist" phase.
IDKAboutThat
Member
First one was JollyMr Penguin on Xbox, then I switched to cavanmiller13 for a great many years, and now I'm SickWheelchairCombos.
LoserMakesGood
Member
1998
I've been using this (Gaf name) as an alt or secondary account since about 2004. since sometimes the original is taken.
I've been using this (Gaf name) as an alt or secondary account since about 2004. since sometimes the original is taken.
serversurfer
Member
I've been serversurfer since I was a freshman, so for about 30 years now, I guess. Back in the day though, most places I had to call myself SrvrSrfr. Anyway, I get called silversurfer a lot, but he's my namesake anyway. I used to get called sonyserver a lot back at Ars, but I'm pretty sure that was intentional. 
brandonh83
Banned
I change mine too often because they're either bad or my interests shift. I wish I could come up with something that works for any situation, but I think that I need to just realize that pretty much all "tags" are lame/nerdy and to just roll with it. Being a bit OCD about it doesn't help either.
I've used this handle since first trying Counter Strike in 2000, so near 15 years. I'm impressed with how long people in this thread have been commited to their handles. I know quite a few people who chop and change all the time and it's confusing!
Muffdraul
Member
Since 1998, I think. When I first went online in 1994 I was Dan Druff, a nickname my friend's dad gave me as a little kid. When Star Wars Ep. I details and set photos started to leak I was amazed to see Ewan McGregor as a young Obi-Wan Kenobi so I changed to Obi-Druff for a while. Then Darth Maul was revealed, and I changed to Druff Maul which became Druffmaul. There used to be a Druffmaul on neogaf, but some hilariously lame draconian bullshit happened to him... so I decided to carry on his spirit as Muffdraul. *shifty-eyed nervous glances*
Jesus, hmmm... well, UT was '99, but I know I was using it before then. When did the first "use your own domain (for free) that wasn't @aol.com" come out? Had to have been around then.
My guess '95-'96. Somewhere in there?
Never mind, it would have had to have been since Xenogears came out. So 1998.
Never mind, it would have had to have been since Xenogears came out. So 1998.
Ramzastrife
Member
I have been Ramzastrife since 98. AOL had a 10 character limit originally so I omitted the 't' but most people read it correctly even without it.
Aeriscloud
Banned
I've been using this one since I was 12 or 13, 98 or 99. It's just kind of stuck. The unoriginal nature I mean, even at 29. I get messed with a lot for using it in MMOs especially the Final Fantasy ones, it's sort of funny to see some of the shitty reactions I get from it now.
DidntKnowJack
Member
I don't know, the early oughts...? Around 2000 or 2001.
Pocky4Th3Win
Member
This one is about 10 years or so, I actually go under |MaguS| in most places and that has been going for 18 years or so.
radioactivez0r
Member
It wasn't my first name online, but radioactive or the more likely radioactivez0r have been in use since about 2000 when I needed to think of a name for a CS scrim and all I could think of on the spot was Radioactive Man.
First name I used online in Q3 was squirreljizz.
First name I used online in Q3 was squirreljizz.
Palom
Member
I don't remember what I first used, probably my Prodigy user ID, but I went by Kaeru for a short time after Chrono Trigger came out, and then changed to this. So, it's been since 1996. There's a good chance the name's already taken when I have to make accounts on other sites, and I don't even care for the Final Fantasy series any more, so I kind of want to change it, but I'm so used to this and I can't come up with anything else that sounds okay to me.
Muffdraul
Member
I just wish I had a nickle for every time the cliche occurred where someone with a handle like "SSGouku247", gets ad-hominem'd and piled on for being a DBZ fan, and then says "i made this account when i was 11 i fuckin hate dbz now."
SOME-MIST
Member
nice! you guys played against DW. they're one of the only UK-based TFC teams I know other than SHS.
I played TFC myself from 2001 - 2009 in NA leagues using the handle "scaringthekids" in TFL/STA/OGL/UGC for an array of clans such as [bM], [D.v.S]. {GTO}, [NIL8], etc..
actually played/led a team in 2012 and 2013 in the tfc.wireplay.co.uk TFC worlds tournament for one of the two US teams.
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I only started using Some Mist when I started playing hidden: source back in 2006. Some Mist is actually a behold... the arctopus song but seemed fitting for the type of game hidden was.
DurielBlack
Member
My actual default username for everything is "Moofaa". I've used it since the mid 90's.
I'm using DurielBlack because I think either I forgot my password or my old gaming-age forums account got hacked or something. Been so long I forget.
Never understood the people that seem to need to change their usernames frequently. Lost a lot of online friends because of that shit.
I'm using DurielBlack because I think either I forgot my password or my old gaming-age forums account got hacked or something. Been so long I forget.
Never understood the people that seem to need to change their usernames frequently. Lost a lot of online friends because of that shit.
Kor of Memory
Member
Lets see, I got my first PC in 1998, and Warcraft II and Starcraft were both super fun.
I enjoyed Warcraft more and came up with an Orc like name for myself that I would use as a campaign name/online handle.
I came up with Kor'malod. I don't think apostrophes were allowed so Kormalod it was.
I remember going to my first LAN party in 2004 and I was asked what my handle was. Kormalod was the first thing that popped into my head but I realized that it was too much of a mouthful. Needed something short and sweet, so I was shortened to Kor.
When World of Warcraft actually came out I made my Orc Shaman by the name of Kormalod. People still called me Kor anyway. I began to really enjoy that hard K sound for my name. It would leak out to other games as well. I would later name my Blood Elf Paladin Korim. In pokemon I would name my female character Kori.
One day I finally gave up WoW and bought a 360. While trying to figure out a gamertag I just kept throwing Kor and variations thereof into the gamertag field, and watched as Microsoft would offer me alternatives. I refused to take anything with a number or framing letters on it.
Eventually I settled on "Kor of Memory"
This is sort of a play on many things, but the most important one is how my wife and I agree that I've filled up too much of my brain with useless video game information/trivia/controls/strategies/etc... and I no longer have brain space to remember things that I should.
I enjoyed Warcraft more and came up with an Orc like name for myself that I would use as a campaign name/online handle.
I came up with Kor'malod. I don't think apostrophes were allowed so Kormalod it was.
I remember going to my first LAN party in 2004 and I was asked what my handle was. Kormalod was the first thing that popped into my head but I realized that it was too much of a mouthful. Needed something short and sweet, so I was shortened to Kor.
When World of Warcraft actually came out I made my Orc Shaman by the name of Kormalod. People still called me Kor anyway. I began to really enjoy that hard K sound for my name. It would leak out to other games as well. I would later name my Blood Elf Paladin Korim. In pokemon I would name my female character Kori.
One day I finally gave up WoW and bought a 360. While trying to figure out a gamertag I just kept throwing Kor and variations thereof into the gamertag field, and watched as Microsoft would offer me alternatives. I refused to take anything with a number or framing letters on it.
Eventually I settled on "Kor of Memory"
This is sort of a play on many things, but the most important one is how my wife and I agree that I've filled up too much of my brain with useless video game information/trivia/controls/strategies/etc... and I no longer have brain space to remember things that I should.