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[Celcius]

A lot of folks chose their online usernames over a decade ago and use the same or similar username on all of the sites and services they use.

Have any of you decided to completely change the username that you go by online after having your old one for a long time? I’d imagine most sites won’t let you change it without starting a whole new account. I was just thinking about how once you pick a name to go by, it’s hard to start over later in life without losing a lot of things attached to existing accounts like purchases, conversation history, stats, etc. Thoughts?

 

[AJUMP23]

Ajump23. That’s the username.

 

[BigBooper]

I barely play multiplayer games, so it's no big deal keeping up with people I played with a decade ago.

I use different names. With the way things are going, everyone will be wishing they did, with the talk of universal bannings and such.

 

[haxan7]

I used to be AnalMaster69 but I changed it. It was really embarrassing when I had to apply for jobs.

 

[dr_octagon]

Not mine but I remember 'aidsfacecinderalla' and 'gaybacon' during videogamering.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Sepirothfucksblazeit_420 was my username for years.

 

[haxan7]

Ajump23. That’s the username.

Stalk complete

 

[Mistake]

I have many different forum names, but usually stick to the same stuff for games. My online name here changed a lot just because it took me a while to decide. Fine as it is now though

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I'd actually signed up to this site previously under a different name, but I always had the avatar of Sidney from Scream.

So I naturally just sorta became Sidney on here and I enjoy rocking this name. I've got a bunch of 'Surprise, Sidney' posts as well from other users.

 

[Kev Kev]

every 13 year old on AIM circa 2001: xVxXxBigPimpinxXxVx

or some variation of those x's and v's. lol why tf did we all do that?

 

[haxan7]

every 13 year old on AIM circa 2001: xVxXxBigPimpinxXxVx

or some variation of those x's and v's. lol why tf did we all do that?

The more x’s you had the bigger a badass everyone knew you were

 

[Rest]

I'm using a different one than I used to. I used to always use the same one, not I use different ones all the time.

 

[AJUMP23]

Stalk complete

Haxon recon

 

[Catphish]

I chose Catphish back in the mid 90s, as a reflection of my favorite animals; cats and dolphins (also favorite football team at the time).

Kinda sucks now, because I think catphish is the name of a computer virus, phishing is a criminal act, and catfishing is being a piece of shit to other people. I now have to explain myself more than I would like.

But fuck it. I ain’t changing it. I was here first.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[p_xavier]

I used to be AnalMaster69 but I changed it. It was really embarrassing when I had to apply for jobs.

You were just incompetent.

 

[TGO]

My username on most sites use to be The Great One in the early 2000's ( ala The Rock )
But most people shorten it to TGO when referring to me so in the mid 2000's I ended up using that and have done ever since.
My PSN name hasn't changed.
But my original online PS ID before PSN was Solid_Snake or SolidSnake...I think.
Definitely Solid Snake is some capacity.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Herbie Hancock is always appropriate.

 

[MGHA]

I use to be known as Peephole Surprise.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Why would I change my username? I'm GAF's longest surviving publicly known alt account. Despite mods purging my brothers and sisters, I'm still here.

 

[Dark Star]

I use a bunch of different usernames online and across every social media (Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, etc). I do some musician/band stuff so I use the stage name/production name a ton, like as my go-to login name. But on forums/message boards especially I always use random/different names. I’m not Dark Star anywhere else besides here.

 

[jason10mm]

I picked this username at random just for this site. I'm sure all sorts of totally different, completely unrelated people use it as well on other sites. Absolutely anonymous

 

[nush]

I never use the same handle across different platforms, that's a sure way to get doxxed if you do.

 

[Star-Lord]

every 13 year old on AIM circa 2001: xVxXxBigPimpinxXxVx

or some variation of those x's and v's. lol why tf did we all do that?

My username on the original Call of Duty was xXLameSniperXx.

I lived up to the name.

 

[GymWolf]

I had different variations of wolves in the past.

 

[Ailynn]

ShinRyoga > ShinSamus > (Real name)

 

[West Texas CEO]

Never considered it.

 

[p_xavier]

ShinRyoga > ShinSamus > (Real name)

I always used a moniker of my real name myself.

 

[Bartski]

Usually my childhood nicknames, or permutations of my real name initials I used to run music scene projects under. Most are long retired so I don't really care.

"Bartski" is a nickname I was given while living in the Netherlands by the locals, I use it mainly for gaming-related accounts and somehow Instagram.

 

[STARSBarry]

ChiefEngineerScotty, I changed it when it turned out i was a shit engineer for Team Fortress Classic competitive and had recently replayed Resident Evil, suffice to say as a Heavy Weapon Guy for league play, the guy packing the Magnum as the weapon stuck with me, so I was S.T.A.R.S.Barry for few years, but most username don't accept .'s so it evolved into STARSBarry ever since and has been for over 18 years now.

Steam Community :: STARSBarry

My account is old enough to drink.

steamcommunity.com

At least that's what steam tells me, no known aliases.

 

[Jooxed]

My username was always Bookkoo from an energy drink i used to drink and a username block for something and a can of it was on my desk. However once I started a Monk in World of Warcraft when I was younger I wanted to name it Juked...which was taken so I settled on Jooxed and that has been my username ever since.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

It seems like a terrible idea to compile a thread of all our past usernames because of the potential of adversaries having a list of easily googleable bullshit to fine tooth comb our entire internet history with.

That said, I used to go by Punkstatik35 and Agent666E4 because I was so edge that I was in the corner getting ready for a spear.

 

[Tams]

I have a an Xbox username and a Google Play username that for whatever reason I let the systems choose for me. They gave me some pretty funky ones, both with numbers on the end for whatever reason. I guess I just wanted to play whatever it was.

 

[Kev Kev]

my username used to be buttsizzle on here. i stole it from some douche that came over to my apartment and played halo (someone else invited him). it was his nickname and every one got a chuckle out of it. so i decided to make a gold account after he left that night just to be a dick. fuck you james, you were a prick lol

 

[*Nightwing]

Used to be *Robin

I grew the fuck up

 

[GymWolf]

My username on most sites use to be The Great One in the early 2000's ( ala The Rock )
But most people shorten it to TGO when referring to me so in the mid 2000's I ended up using that and have done ever since.
My PSN name hasn't changed.
But my original online PS ID before PSN was Solid_Snake or SolidSnake...I think.
Definitely Solid Snake is some capacity.

For the longest time i thought your name was refered to the famous anime with the teacher but just now i remember that the anime name was GTO...

 

[TGO]

For the longest time i thought your name was refered to the famous anime with the teacher but just now i remember that the anime name was GTO...

Nah, sorry to disappoint