OXM UK: Gamertags We're (Still) Sick of Seeing

You might remember that OXM previously ran an article called Gamertags they're Sick of Seeing. Sadly, the situation hasn't improved much since then. If anything, it's actually worse. As the cool Live tags start to run out, there are ever more increasingly desperate variants to get the unique tag you love.

[MSpence516]

Come on, everyone can't be %100 original. Even I have "king" in my tag, I'm sure there are plenty so called "king's" on XBL.

[Honky Kong]

if you have king in your tag your a loser, thats not just an opinion its a FaKt!

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

I still hate the ones with capital and lowercase letters mixed up like:

ThE jUGgErNAuT 420

[FreeWillow15]

Well at least on xbox you can put spaces in your name.

[PS3 FanBaby]

I agree with THE BEST MAGAZINE EVER! OXM is 100% about almost everything, including Xbox 360's superiority.

[MicroCost]

On XBOX LIVE We Want Our Members To Have Complete Freedom When Choosing To Have Their Own Original Name That Expresses Them.
Only On XBOX

[thorstein]

420. lulz. I get high at 420. I am 1337 p0th34D. Durrr....

People who really smoke marijuana don't advertise it on their gamertag.

[RockmanII7]

Did you steal that from Digitalph33r?

[MSpence516]

Ok, there is a difference between me and the other "king's" on XBL. My tag has had king in it since day one, I didn't change my tag because I thought "king" would be cool.

[TenSteps]

:P

[militant07]

true,Im mostly sicks of no. 2, i dont see how OO or XX will make your gamerstag looks any better

[Rocket Sauce]

Best articles ever! I want to kill when I see "xXx blahblah xXx"

I love ridiculous names, though. The best one I ever saw was someone named "BurningHerpes" playing Uncharted 2.

[LoLZoRz]

this article made me laugh lololololol

[PirateThom]

What annoys me more is when the username is completely unpronounceable.

[Raf1k1]

There's nothing wrong with that as long as it's a decent username. It could be someone's name for all you know.

edit: Yeah I'm not too keen on them too. I had a feeling you might say something like that so I added the 'as long as it's a decent username' before posting :D lol

edit2: my username was a bit of a mistake on this site. It was intended to be 'Rafiki' (as in the baboon from The Lion King) but since it's a popular sight I made the assumption it would be taken so I added numbers without checking.

[PirateThom]

Someone's name is still pronounceable, I'm talking about a random mess of charcters.

[tdrules]

iTz is/was a very good Halo:CE clan called In The Zone, and some stupid children decided it looked cool so stole it, a lot like the F34R clan tage (the F34R clan are big on the MLG scene).

the rest i think look daft though, all lower case names ftw ^^

[FreeWillow15]

agreed

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

Seeing some of these don't really piss me off, it just makes me feel bad for em. Like "eLiTeSnIpEr45633" or something like that. Basically these kids picked the most unoriginal name, combining two of the most used words in username history.

Clan tags don't really bother me, I've spanked some randoms sporting the F34R tags, and a ton other nameless wannabe MLG kids.

What does bother me, are the unpronounceable names, because I like to let people know if theres an enemy behind em, and it'd be a lot easier if I could say their name.

Honestly, what people need to do is spend the time thinking of their own original name. If its already taken, don't slap on some numbers and call it a day! Think of something original, hit the thesaurus or something! SilentShank took me all of 4 seconds, and since then I've only seen one guy copy me, and he plays WoW -_-

[STICKzophrenic]

I don't feel like my gamertag (same as username here) is hard to pronounce if one knows how to read, but soooo many people on Live can't say my name.

"Hey yo STICKzo...whatever your name is, you're a retard (or some other unimaginative insult)!"

"It's STICKzophrenic, dumb*ss. Maybe if you knew how to read, you would be able to say it properly."

[DARK WITNESS]

I always thought my name could not be any easier to say, but for some reasons US players still have trouble with it. I keep hearing dark...whah ? ... dark..white-ness ahhh... dark..

then i am like; It's dark WITNESS !

[chewmandinga]

but the US playaers always pronounce it "chew-mohn-dinga".

What's that all about?

[Entei_7]

How did they miss Fusions? Everyone on Live is called fusions :s

[josh14399]

i hater people with sniper or some crap like that in their name the most because it is really unoriginal. i just stick to josh14399 online because its easy to remember and people can just shout josh online if they want me rather than having to shout eLiTeSnIpErHeAdShOt (i struggle to read gamertags like that due to stupid use of captials)

[Revvin]

Yeah kids forget that their 'kewl' gamertag is often going to get them killed because people just won't shout warning or can't read their gamertag because of the messy upper and lower case characters mixed with numbers. In the middle of a game I'm more likely to called out 'hey Josh there's a sniper in that tower' than feel a right plum shouting 'hey...<pause while I decipher their gamertag> l33tSn1q3rurm0m there's a sniper in that tower' also sometimes I target players just because they call themselves elite this or elite that just for the fun of it.

[Got2bemad2behere]

It is kinda funny that after talking about the misspelled tags there is an error in the next paragraph.

[BX81]

I don't mind people who use a really lame unoriginal gamer tag because when they camp you can see this big 11 letter name hanging over their head. What I really can't stand is when players put something racist in their gamer tag and or clan tag. It's just ignorant. I play MW2 frequently and I'm guaranteed to at least run across 1 racist gamer tag a day and the same "N*GR" clan tag. How is that even funny? I'm sure they do think it's funny, I do the majority of my gaming on XBL and let's just say the majority of people you come across aren't the smartest in the world.

[DiLeCtioN]

i kinda feel sorry for those kids who keep repeating the same crap.

eg. sniper xx
sniperking xX
Xx Sniper XXXL

sooo ugly to look at

[4pocalyps3]

and idiots that have their name like:

I4ML3374TMW2

its like wtf good for you, but what are you going to do when the next cod comes out? change your name again and again?

loser ¬_¬

[danielle007]

I really don't add people who have annoying gamertags, just since they'll pop up on my screen and i'll just cringe. danielle007 is a winner, though, I have it for most things. this, 360, and some cntbag stole it on PSN, so I replaced one of the Ls with a capitol i.. Cheap, yes, but I'm good with it. haha. Except I have no actual clue which one is the l and which one is the i ..woops.

[thebudgetgamer]

i went with something simple, monkeykarate on psn (dont have a 360 yet)

[danielle007]

dragon nirple. well, you won't forget their gamertag any time soon, I'm guessing.. =P

[Aleusia]

any ID or Gamertag that has to do with balls...im getting alittle tired of that.

[whitesoxfalife]

this article aint sh1t,i have four tags and they have meaning to them

1. hood gangstaz- well its personal

2. hoodnjapan- so i can have a Japanese account

3. hood n da uk- well i played in that game for food charity game

4. realtalkgaming- well that is the website come holla at us

5. and last but not least Markedlil bone- this was my first on xboxlive back in 04 and i hated my tag cuz it was not an original tag and they put the "marked" in front of it

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