toastyToast
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I didn't know psn names could have spaces. Every time I see my name with an underscore I get mad
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Who else is plagued by an absolutely ridiculous name on PSN?
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AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Mine is quempfq and I shall never regret it, it just rolls off the tongue so baller-like.
RageWaffles
Member
Mine is both dumb and includes a nickname-version of a (my) typically-female name. So until Sony lets us change them, I'm just using a second account for multiplayer stuff to avoid bullshit from randoms and so I don't have to feel the shame of the lame name.
super-famicom
Member
Uh, I'm pretty sure they can't have spaces. Maybe you're just seeing a Real Name?
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
I like my Xbox Live (and Steam) username: it's an Asterix-style pun on what I do for a living. I can't even remember what my PSN name was, but I don't recall it being too bad on the whole. My GAF username, on the other hand, is a daily reminder of why you shouldn't register on a website when you've just staggered home after a long, stupid, drunken conversation with your friends.
adamsappel
Member
You do understand that, while that X may represent something meaningful to you and your friends, it just looks like every other idiotic X in people's usernames?
Nice tumblr.
I meant for his 12yo comment. I'm sure he wasn't serious.
Baron Von Beans
Member
Man this thread took me back to all my gaming names...
In CS & UT days I was AC-13057, however, the numbers were purely intentional. I dunno why, but I thought it sounded robotic, and I was obesessed with Armored Core at the time. I would get things from my name being 13057 and my clan being AC, to having clan mates follow suit with AC-11111, AC-6969lol, AC-SL8ER. I still love robots, and would likely use this again were I to ever get back to PC gaming. I graduated to [KKB]BisWombat (KKB = Kappa Kappa Blauw) for more UT and Quake.
First PSN name was Kroktu, and I bought 2-3 games on it, since then I have repurchased those. I needed a new name, since everyone would have such a hard time with my name. Friends started calling me Beans. Saw something that had a Baron in it, really liked it, then started listening to Victor Vaughn, and those two things lead me to my current, and wide reaching name, which is my Gaf name. I'm pretty happy with it, I don't plan on making a change any time. If for some reason BvB can't be used for space reasons, I go with Baroness if I am playing a female, or Garbanzo for a male.
In CS & UT days I was AC-13057, however, the numbers were purely intentional. I dunno why, but I thought it sounded robotic, and I was obesessed with Armored Core at the time. I would get things from my name being 13057 and my clan being AC, to having clan mates follow suit with AC-11111, AC-6969lol, AC-SL8ER. I still love robots, and would likely use this again were I to ever get back to PC gaming. I graduated to [KKB]BisWombat (KKB = Kappa Kappa Blauw) for more UT and Quake.
First PSN name was Kroktu, and I bought 2-3 games on it, since then I have repurchased those. I needed a new name, since everyone would have such a hard time with my name. Friends started calling me Beans. Saw something that had a Baron in it, really liked it, then started listening to Victor Vaughn, and those two things lead me to my current, and wide reaching name, which is my Gaf name. I'm pretty happy with it, I don't plan on making a change any time. If for some reason BvB can't be used for space reasons, I go with Baroness if I am playing a female, or Garbanzo for a male.
Not at all, I personally really like it!
Oh boy does it ever!
Chain15 for me...tried for Chainsaw...got that....I think I was maybe 8 or 9?
Linkenski all the way since 3rd grade because we played RS Classic.
The name was a mix of Link from Zelda and something along the lines of a Dragon Ball character. When I started RS I wanted to call my character "Son Gaiski" (I thought that sounded like a good DBZ name at the time) but forgot my password, redid the thing from scratch and ended up with Link + ~Gaiski = Linkenski
When I look at it now, I just think it sounds Icelandic or something, lol.
The name was a mix of Link from Zelda and something along the lines of a Dragon Ball character. When I started RS I wanted to call my character "Son Gaiski" (I thought that sounded like a good DBZ name at the time) but forgot my password, redid the thing from scratch and ended up with Link + ~Gaiski = Linkenski
When I look at it now, I just think it sounds Icelandic or something, lol.
Clockwork
Member
Nah, mine is the same as my name here.
Now if we were talking about XBOX Live I would shake my fist in anger.
I have had live since the original XBOX when I bought the Crimson Skies bundle with the headset. At the time I had to register as Clockwork2004 because I could not use Clockwork. Apparently it's not because Clockwork is being used, but because some jerkoff registered Clock Work.
*sigh*
Now if we were talking about XBOX Live I would shake my fist in anger.
I have had live since the original XBOX when I bought the Crimson Skies bundle with the headset. At the time I had to register as Clockwork2004 because I could not use Clockwork. Apparently it's not because Clockwork is being used, but because some jerkoff registered Clock Work.
*sigh*
Burgess_101
Member
Burgess_101 always with everything, forever.
He's probably referring to the "xXNameXx" trend. Also, my condolences.
My username is Spedfrom, as in "sped away from somewhere at high speed". It's an anagram of my first name and the initials of my other names and surname. I hate it nowadays as it seems to imply I can't hold my ground and feel the need to escape, which is not how I feel at all. So yes, need to change it on PSN and wherever else I use it.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Thats real?
Didnt know that... Well, then its possible, they should have made it avaiable to western users also.
I dont know... Sometimes I love Playstation, but sometimes it really get on my nerves to see how careless Sony can be with their consumers necessities and requests.
That wouldnt even be a tough thing to fix though.
Hero of Legend
Member
DaxterBoom25, had to create specifically since all my traditional ones were no-goes.
I like it.
I like it.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
Mine is The_Wise_Alaundo ... I only got a PSN account less than a year ago and I was quite surprised to be able to get that without having to have any numbers in or anything. Then I considered how fucking obscure it is, especially for a console username, and... well... yeah!
My PSN is my full name; TiemenMeijer.
I intended to use just 'Tiemen' or 'TiemenM', but they were already taken, and instead of going Tiemen1994 or something stupid like x_Tiemen_x, I went with my full name. I don't really have an issue with this being my PSN, but if I could I'd try and shrink it down a bit by removing my last name and doing something else to differentiate me from other Tiemens.
I intended to use just 'Tiemen' or 'TiemenM', but they were already taken, and instead of going Tiemen1994 or something stupid like x_Tiemen_x, I went with my full name. I don't really have an issue with this being my PSN, but if I could I'd try and shrink it down a bit by removing my last name and doing something else to differentiate me from other Tiemens.
Proposed Law
Member
Yep, wish I could change it. In college it was funny to be Punch The Clown, but now I have to try and explain to my kids why I want to punch a clown so bad. /:
This is extremely easy to fix though.
flatearthpandas
Member
My PSN ID is silly, but I like it. I'm more concerned with ditching my Backloggery (and gaf) name, honestly, but not excited at all about re-entering all of that data.
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh that really depends. steam had/has the same issue?
LithiumSpade
Member
I've had the same username on nearly every website and service for nearly two decades. My memory tells me that you could create a random team name on the original Worms on PS1, but honestly it could have been any PS1 game from around that time. Either way it pumped out LithiumSpade, and I liked it so much (aged 6) that I've kept it ever since. No regrets. Although for some reason my PSN name has an underscore in the middle. Pretty difficult to explain why I have it to random people who see me signing in on my Xbox tho.
On odd occasions I have mixed it up a bit, on Guitar Hero and Rock Band my bands were always called Lithium & The Spades and I've used Spade of Lithium on a couple of occasions. I like it.
On odd occasions I have mixed it up a bit, on Guitar Hero and Rock Band my bands were always called Lithium & The Spades and I've used Spade of Lithium on a couple of occasions. I like it.
Emperor Bohe
Member
holy shit, has it really been that long? fml. fuck time.
Just_myles
Member
There are a lot of ways of going about that kind of change, but I bet they're wondering if it's even worth it at this point if nobody is really making noise about it. They should've used an regular table_index column for an unique identifier for starters that way you can update your psn 'name'. Maybe they did but, still don't want users to change their psn names? Who knows I still use Johnnydange12 and it's embarassing, that was my CS name back in the day.
I don't get people who have names like 011144588897.
It has SARS in it, though.
AdmiralMikey
Member
I named mine after the Venture Bros villain, SergeantHatred
I was happy I could grab it at the time, so I took it. Now it's years later and I wish I had just picked the same damn thing I use on Xbox Live, Twitter, Nintendo ID, etc...
I was happy I could grab it at the time, so I took it. Now it's years later and I wish I had just picked the same damn thing I use on Xbox Live, Twitter, Nintendo ID, etc...
Daniel Jackson
Member
Happy with name there, it's the same name as here
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Ok, which one are you:
If I were one of these guys I would be absolutely embarrassed and ashamed.
SpongeBob NoPants
Member
So sayeth you.
Allforce
Member
I had had Allforce on 360 for years, then signed up for a PSN account when I got my PS3. I tried "Allforce" on there and was told I couldn't use it as it was graphic or offensive. What?
So I'm AllforcePSN now on Sony's platforms, which sucks but I guess it's not offensive when you shill the service at the same time...
So I'm AllforcePSN now on Sony's platforms, which sucks but I guess it's not offensive when you shill the service at the same time...
Metaternal
Member
I use Metaternal almost everywhere, but for some reason PSN wouldn't let me use it. It wasn't taken either (it never is), just a plain error message. So I stuck with the good ol' M-TRNL. But dammit I want the whole thing, M-TRNL is for when it doesn't fit! And I couldn't even use a tilde like I usually do.
Darkspineslayer
Member
Only thing that changed between my then current Xbox Live gametag and the PSN name I signed up with was an underscore between the "DSS" and the "64"
Still good with that.
Still good with that.