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How frequently do you change usernames?

I have one username which I have always used.
- 76 (40.6%)
I have a set of usernames which I have always used.
- 52 (27.8%)
I have changed my username(s) one time.
- 27 (14.4%)
I have changed my username(s) two times.
- 9 (4.8%)
I have changed my username(s) three times.
- 6 (3.2%)
I have changed my username(s) four times.
- 5 (2.7%)
I have changed my username(s) five or more times.
- 12 (6.4%)

Total Members Voted: 186


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MorleyDev

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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #135 on: August 23, 2012, 01:19:52 pm »
I tend to cycle between TheMotleyBrit and MorleyDev nowadays, but I've had at least four user names before those in my times on the interwebs. I change when I get bored of one :)
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #136 on: August 23, 2012, 01:23:09 pm »
this is my first internet name.. i it is so named because "Urist Mcsafety Is Doing The SAfety Dacne!"
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #137 on: August 23, 2012, 01:30:20 pm »
I picked Blizzlord as my username by pure chance. Even if I've wanted to change it many times the chance of me coming up with something better and original is very slim.

Still, I had a great time killing people in TF2 under the very unoriginal guise of Floccinaucinihilipilification.
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Reudh

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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #138 on: August 23, 2012, 07:02:43 pm »
Quote from: MorleyDev on August 23, 2012, 01:19:52 pm
I tend to cycle between TheMotleyBrit and MorleyDev nowadays, but I've had at least four user names before those in my times on the interwebs. I change when I get bored of one :)

I thought I recognised you! :P


I'm beginning to start using a name other than Reudh on new areas I register with... That new name is Kenozi, which I got from the If Bay Forum Was A Mountain Hall thread; one of my characters is called Kenoziathe-Zikelid. An elf who had his eyes torn out and replaced with stone; my other character who could shape stone and have it function as what it looks like made his eyes work.

Kenoziathe is DF- Elven for 'fierce rock', and Zikelid is the DF- Dwarven equivalent.
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #139 on: August 23, 2012, 07:08:04 pm »
I've pretty much stuck to one username for forum purposes - if you see a crazysheep somewhere else, chances are it's me. Although there are some places where I abandon the crazy sheepiness and use a Kyp-derived username instead (eg. fantasy football league)
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #140 on: August 23, 2012, 08:31:15 pm »
Mine started as a joke in Halo. Then got raised to NobodyPro when a character limit wouldn't accept Nobody. I then extended it to NobodyPrototype because it doubles as the origin story of my avatar too.
My avatar...

...the avatar never changes.
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Bdthemag

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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #141 on: August 23, 2012, 08:38:50 pm »
My username is basically a nickname my dad would call me when I was younger, basically with "BD" being my initials and "The Mag" standing for the magnificent. Kind of stupid, but I used that username in practically every online game and forum I have been for as long as I've been on the internet.
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #142 on: August 23, 2012, 09:08:08 pm »
Huh, I always thought themag stood for "the mage".
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #143 on: August 23, 2012, 10:18:28 pm »
I thought it was 'the magazine'
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #144 on: August 23, 2012, 11:41:06 pm »
I tend to use some variant of Xantalos, often with a ridiculous number of titles and stuff affixed to it.
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Bdthemag

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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #145 on: August 24, 2012, 12:13:52 am »
Yeah, I got multiple interpretations of my username. My dad wasn't really that great at coming up with nicknames, but hey it stuck with me.
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #146 on: August 24, 2012, 12:21:33 am »
Picked lemonade10 a decade ago (holy shit it has been a whole decade since I have started using the internet for real stuff), changed it to lemon10 when I lent the account to the friend and he forgot the password when I wanted it back like 6 months ago E: six months later, not 6 months ago. After that I used lemon10 and have pretty much stuck to it for the past decade.
Occasionally I also use greenmeanie when a longer name is required or I just feel like it.
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Re: Username Permanence
« Reply #147 on: August 24, 2012, 12:33:02 am »
 I have three: one for games, one in forum of people whom I met in real time, an my own name which I use for serious businness

Mine was given to me almost twenty years ago, after one hell of a drinking session
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