Board 8 > When asked to enter a name for a game do you use your real name or a screen name

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ScareChan
12/29/17 7:16:23 PM
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it just kind of clicked me for that whenever it asks me for a name I just put Scare. I think back in the day if I would just leave it blank or deafult but everything is Scare now. What do you guys put?
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greengravy294
12/29/17 7:18:52 PM
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i always put in gareth elton even when it doesn't specify a last name field
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Mobilezoid
12/29/17 7:18:57 PM
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Depends what it's for (any website that's going to get my credit card info I may as well be honest) but if it's just some BS website that needs a real name for some reason it's usually random. I've used Rob Oid in the past.
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XIII_rocks
12/29/17 7:21:32 PM
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I've never used XIII in a game before iirc

Always Matt
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Mobilezoid
12/29/17 7:22:46 PM
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Oh I missed the 'in a game' part. I never use my real name for those, it's always a screen name
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SaveEstelle
12/29/17 7:23:00 PM
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I always leave everything to the default but if it absolutely has to be my name then yes I am Quinton
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Zyxyz0
12/29/17 7:39:14 PM
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always screen name, I haven't used my real name in a game since my age was in single digits prob

though tbh, lately I've felt like I identify more strongly as/refer to myself in my own thoughts as "Zyxyz" moreso than my actual real name? maybe it's because of how much of my social life/activities are online now, idk. how weird is that
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BlueCrystalTear
12/29/17 7:42:24 PM
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Neither.

In Zelda, always Link, because it's canon and feels wrong to call him anything else. (same goes for FFVII, FFX, and Persona [with Minato and Yu. P5 was Akira in my first playthrough and a half, but future ones if I do them will be the canon name Ren Amamiya])
In Skyrim, I create a character, usually female (for eye candy purposes, lol), to fulfill the playstyle I am going for.
In Stardew Valley, I'm not playing as myself.

...it's weird. I never play as myself in any game. Perhaps it's because I want to create someone else's story and not extend my own. And what's really weird is that I get more invested in crafting a story if the character is female despite being a guy.
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SaveEstelle
12/29/17 7:44:33 PM
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Oh, we've got a canon name for P5 protagonist now? Awesome. He was originally Akira for me too.
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Arti
12/29/17 7:47:05 PM
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I used to use my real name but now I use my screen name instead.
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Grand Kirby
12/29/17 7:47:06 PM
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Most games don't let me use my real name because it's a swear word.
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Steiner
12/29/17 7:53:41 PM
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greengravy294 posted...
i always put in gareth elton even when it doesn't specify a last name field


same
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SaveEstelle
12/29/17 7:54:29 PM
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I used to put Gareth Elton for the name of my rival but nowadays I just put JoshImABlogger2
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X_Dante_X
12/29/17 7:57:34 PM
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i put gareth elton as the name of my party member with the highest int stat
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ScareChan
12/29/17 7:58:25 PM
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Zyxyz0 posted...
always screen name, I haven't used my real name in a game since my age was in single digits prob

though tbh, lately I've felt like I identify more strongly as/refer to myself in my own thoughts as "Zyxyz" moreso than my actual real name? maybe it's because of how much of my social life/activities are online now, idk. how weird is that

BlueCrystalTear posted...

...it's weird. I never play as myself in any game. Perhaps it's because I want to create someone else's story and not extend my own. And what's really weird is that I get more invested in crafting a story if the character is female despite being a guy.


this is the kind of discussion I was hoping things would gear towards

I think too because nick names are pretty dominant that we kind of end up making our own names amongst our friends that we just change how we mentally id ourselves.
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ScareChan
12/29/17 7:58:55 PM
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I dont get the elton thing, someone enlighten me please
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greengravy294
12/29/17 8:00:28 PM
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then the inside joke is ruined
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Solioxrz362
12/29/17 8:01:08 PM
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Depends on the game. In games with a canon name for the character like Final Fantasy, I'll just leave the canon name in there (so I suppose the answer would be neither my real name or my screen name). In games where there's no official name, I either try to find one that's appropriate, or I'll rarely use my own if I really can't think of anything and it seems like it'd fit decently.
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Johnbobb
12/29/17 8:02:49 PM
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Always just make up something

My protag in Bloodborne was Mr. Spoopypants
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kateee
12/29/17 8:03:19 PM
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if it is an already established character, i go with that name

for created characters i use kate. i used to use Wes for male characters but now i just use kate for male too. neither of those is my real name.

i am never playing 'myself' (self-inserting) in any game.
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MrGreenonion
12/29/17 9:16:33 PM
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I used to use my name in Pokemon but it started to get confusing trying to remember which game a given Pokemon came from, so I started using different names. Since then I've been CM Punk, The Miz, Obama, Spider-Man, Little Mac, Space Jam, and The Flash.

In other games I usually either make up a name or, more often, can't think of a name I like and turn the game off forever.
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Omniscientless
12/29/17 9:29:11 PM
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I don't like my name so I don't think I have ever used it or even thought about using it. I always name the women protagonists Gauny and the males something related to sharks or dogs or both (i.e. my Skyrim guy is called Left Shark Dancer, Persona 5 dude is Sharko Doggo).
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MZero11
12/29/17 9:30:46 PM
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Never use my real name. Usually use the canon name if there is one or I just make something up
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KJH
12/29/17 9:31:01 PM
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If it's one name I'll use my real one, or my online one as a nickname. But if it's gotta be a first and last name, it's Donovan Doinkler all the way.
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tcaz2
12/29/17 9:39:41 PM
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BlueCrystalTear posted...
In Zelda, always Link, because it's canon and feels wrong to call him anything else. (same goes for FFVII, FFX, and Persona [with Minato and Yu. P5 was Akira in my first playthrough and a half, but future ones if I do them will be the canon name Ren Amamiya])


You do know that P3's MC canon name is Makoto Yuki and not Minato Arisato right

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Se7enthrust
12/30/17 1:00:43 AM
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I use Se7en in a good 90% of the games I play that require character naming.
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Lopen
12/30/17 1:08:41 AM
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Changes a lot. It's usually Lopen or X-Death if the character has no real defined appearance (Monster Rancher 2, Fire Emblem 7) but I'll usually make a unique name up for each character otherwise, based on what comes to me from how they look or how I made them look. Or I'll often use the default name.

Haven't used my real name since Final Fantasy 1 on the NES as a kid where I was always the Thief.
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foolm0r0n
12/30/17 1:09:08 AM
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fool
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Colegreen_c12
12/30/17 1:21:59 AM
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Cole is my real name and I use that.

I will use Green as a last name if needed (which isnt my last name)
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Lolo_Guru
12/30/17 1:32:47 AM
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one third my first name (Ian)
one third Lolo
one third whatever random name feels right at the moment
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MrGreenonion
12/30/17 1:52:36 AM
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The first time I played FF8 I named Squall

21?? :B

They just had all those non-alphabet characters and I felt like they should see some use for once.
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