In real life, you don’t get to choose your own name. Sure, once you’re an adult you can legally change it, but by then, you’ve already spent a large chunk of your existence already being called something.
But thankfully for the internet and video games, we are all given a second chance.
The opportunity to fully rebrand – the power to create an alter-ego that can express our identity and tell the rest of the world what we are all about.
A gamertag.
Written by: Josh Bury (@ThrownGauntlet)
Edited by: Chris Barrow
Hosted and produced by: Miles Hacket (@miles_hackett)
Graphics by: Diego Bernal Gómez (@diegomographics)
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41 comments
1337 gamer is me. Xbox1030 is my gamertag on xbox. Might stream this weekend on mixer
DONT BE NICE FLAME THE COMMENT SECTION
Pentakill To Balls
I know a guy whose tag is "Stove"
Best nicknames will be always belong to Quake legends Thresh, fatal1ty, makavell1, cooller, Cypher, vo0, say this names in arena and u will be rewarded by the elder gods.
Cameraman is right, being a Manu fan is embarrassing.
Liokardo. I tried changing it, then modifying it, but I didn't like that.
It fulfilled its purpose. It is original and simple.
It is recognizable, thus I will use it for a very long time.
My most used gamertags are Falunkas and Falikosek, often with PL or 2000 (not my birth year, more of a thing like "Destructor 5000")
I know PL sounds stupid to other Poles, so I started adding some sarcasm…
Therefore, my most recent nickname (in Dauntless) is…
FalunkasNiePL.
basicaly means "not PL".
Im not sure how I came up with Falunkas and Falikosek (sometimes I shorten these to Falunk and Falik) but I know how I came up with my other nick, Falip1.
I simply decided to change one letter from my name and add a number.
The nick you see above this comment is actually my real life nick and my birth month.
Who here is just using default xbox live account name?
My 1st online game was J3R1Ch0… yes 2002…
"Oh the arrows gonna connect on my nuts"
I'm dying
I’ve always taken the gamertag, Lem0nDr0pz. I love the number zero, the letter zed, and my favourite candy is the lemon drop!
My league name is in l33t 5p3ak but my others are similar to my YouTube name. Think you guys forgot xX names. xXEdgelordcuckXx, also the people that toss random ass symboles in their names like crescent moons and shit. I'm a tick guilty for my Japanese brackets 『』
There is no secret to 133t 5p3@k. We thought it was cool…that's about it
I'm glad that awful jersey was addressed during the video. Take that stupid thing off miles!
Yep, my handle is basic 1337 and I offensive but I have a major objection, we already use the gamer handles in names for bands and sports teams. You can see hundreds of people in media that in essence use gamer tags with any person that has a public alias. It is a name that they picked and now use.
Ez 4 ence
theScore esport.. enough said
While you get to choose the tag, you never know which tag is the one you will be know as.
PPMD Kreygasm
I love my gamertag/username it has personal meaning to me. Sure numbers might not be that cool but it's better than using a 0 instead of an O or a 1 instead of an I/L. My number has a meaning and I love it
Don't know when I started to use my battletag literally everywhere where I go. It just grew onto me and I see it as my 'gamer identity', lol. It's Fuhila btw. But I prefer to get called 'Fuhi' over voice. It's just sounds so cute!
My friend's gamertag is Flyingpussy
My ign is ETERNALeffect what's yours
People who want gamertags gone in esports probably don’t feel the culture and have never had classic experiences with gaming online
why are they so bad at anything with esports or gaming… this is just sad
My names over the years
Waringkoh(for my main until my current one)
Kailan
Kylar
Artan
Artan Blacknight(first one that’s not an mmo character name)/ArtanBNight for when my name is too long
1 question. Why are you wearing a ManU top from about 5 years ago? Joking loved the video man
THATS IT I’m naming my self Patient_Pencil
If you think ESports gamers are the only "sport" with inappropriate names.
Look up some of the crazy shit horses get named in horse racing.
Those poor announcers.
Doctor PeePee
For my name AG which is too small ;-; which make it easy to call
but companies dont allow it so have to use AG.1436 -_-
i dont think tags will ever die, its almost like a jersey number, people buy a C( shirt with mang0 on the back instead of 18
There are quiet alot of people who call me by my online username
Yeet speak (meme speak)
It's annoying to get called "sadly" in public by some friends
Nonono, sponsors aren't gonna ruin this one too
I think my gamertag ‘Xenots’ is pretty unique ??♂️
Are you saying my name is stupid!?
At least the guy is good at his job
al0t in rocket league