Identity Crisis

[caveman]

hey all,

so I have gone through some identity crisis with my forum name. I have done this before. I create an alias, post, lurk, post some more, then think "damn...I wish I had a different name..."
So, here goes with a new start (again)
I'm also planning on getting more involved and being less of a lurker (look for some incoming drawings in the concept tag thread)

caveman (old -> chill_lair)

[Autocon]

Why dont you just use your name if you cant come up with an avatar name that works for you on this and other forums alike?

[Racer445]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.

just pick something and stick with it. mine isn't good but it functions.

[TomDunne]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.

This is true. Before I started using my real name, people had to get to know me before they knew I was a douchebag. Now they can tell right away!

[crazyfingers]

maybe try a variant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg5gPnUdbc8

*Chorus* He used to be "caveman", but now... he's a lawyer.

It just dawned on me the gieco caveman commercials were a total ripoff.

[Martin Henriksson]

This is true. Before I started using my real name, people had to get to know me before they knew I was a douchebag. Now they can tell right away!

Saves alot of time doesnt it :D

[Snefer]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.

just pick something and stick with it. mine isn't good but it functions.

....wait, what? :D

[Dylan Brady]

Ive been using bonebrew22 since I was 17 for like erry thing,
Shits never taken.

[[HP]]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.

just pick something and stick with it. mine isn't good but it functions.

Wtf? Why? Is this some kind of trend I'm not aware of?

[Racer445]

xxxBlUNTFAcE420xxx is a decent, professional username if you are looking for a new one.

[[HP]]

:P

[scotthomer]

I'd have to disagree, making me look like a douche anyway. By that logic you are saying that Kevin Johnstone and Emil look like douches too?

The idea of using a real name is that you are made completely accountable for what you say, no hiding behind pseudonyms. It is surely more professional to use your full name, its never done me any harm.

Meh, I am abit of douche in retrospect.

[Krypteia]

I'd have to disagree [denial], making me look like a douche anyway [anger]. By that logic you are saying that Kevin Johnstone and Emil look like douches too? [bargaining]

The idea of using a real name is that you are made completely accountable for what you say, no hiding behind pseudonyms. It is surely more professional to use your full name, its never done me any harm.

Meh [depression], I am abit of douche in retrospect. [acceptance]

It's good to see you work through that quickly. ;-)

Just kidding, some of those don't fit well/at all anyhow. Oh well, for the sake of the joke!

My username on here is something I've used for a couple of years in a variety of things - but I've done the variant idea before (adding "monkey" to a descriptive word; i.e - surfmonkey, etc.) and also a "professional/portfolio/brand"-type name of ahkdigital.

[scotthomer]

It's good to see you work through that quickly. ;-)

Just kidding, some of those don't fit well/at all anyhow. Oh well, for the sake of the joke!

My username on here is something I've used for a couple of years in a variety of things - but I've done the variant idea before (adding "monkey" to a descriptive word; i.e - surfmonkey, etc.) and also a "professional/portfolio/brand"-type name of ahkdigital.

Ahaha I pretty much had an argument with myself. Might change my username to tylerdurden.

[[HP]]

emo666!

[Neox]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.

just pick something and stick with it. mine isn't good but it functions.

Yeah man! what happened to this Vig guy?:poly141:

[Fomori]

Bwahahaha!

[r_fletch_r]

You might start to like a name if you build up a decent rep with it. Make some nice art and help folks out! Online identity is going to come from what you do and say, not some shitty name.

Stick with Caveman and go make some nice art :)

[Shammii]

Who else read through this thread looking at each username and deciding "douchebag"... "douchebag"... "not a douchbag"... "semi-douchebag" using the new unwritten rule? hahahaha

[Wahlgren]

I'm half a douchebag! :D
Anyway. I find changing my online name to Wahlgren has helped with people knowing who the fuck I am / remembering it. It's not the most common of last names so yeeeh.


EDIT: It's a bit odd when people call me by my first name here tho since it's not in my username... oh well! Now i'm gonna go pound some coffee!

[seforin]

you know regardless after a few years people will know your handle and know who you are, hell 3 quaters of polycount call me my real name when I post now days...I suppose I should change it eventually...I think when im finally a senior somewhere I might do the handle change...for now you deal with Seforin, you jerks!

[Pedro Amorim]

I'm full douche!

[conte]

hahah
http://imagemacros.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/successful-troll-is-successful.jpg

[TheWinterLord]

Haha you guys are funny!

I'm half a douchebag! :D
Anyway. I find changing my online name to Wahlgren has helped with people knowing who the fuck I am / remembering it. It's not the most common of last names so yeeeh.


EDIT: It's a bit odd when people call me by my first name here tho since it's not in my username... oh well! Now i'm gonna go pound some coffee!

They call you by your real name to let everyone else know you are a douche! :P jk

[Wahlgren]

Haha you guys are funny!

They call you by your real name to let everyone else know you are a douche! :P jk
Could be! :poly142:

It's a step up from Notorious P.I.G tho, That was quite a douchey name. It's now reserved for gaming! :D

[TheWinterLord]

Gah i was meant to copy/quote seforins post, not yours Wahlgrens, but i guess it works on anyone....

[r_fletch_r]

Could be! :poly142:

It's a step up from Notorious P.I.G tho, That was quite a douchey name. It's now reserved for gaming! :D

I kept mixing you up with Jon Rush becasue of your old name.

[Jason Young]

Just another douche checking in, though I'm only partially douche-y.

To the OP, no need to announce a name change especially when you're a lurker.,

[Japhir]

Is it douchy if your middle name is actually your forum user name?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDj8kkVwisY

[glynnsmith]

Try to pick something you're not going to be embarrassed with in a year's time.

Which is when you unlock higher levels of confidence and maturity, stop being a kid hiding behind a silly username, and are able to use your real name to maximum effect, to woo members of the opposite sex, to buy alcohol without needing ID, to get into parties, etc. All the important stuff.

My first username was "defaulthuman". I think I was going through an existential phase with that one. Within a year of that, I'd figured that if you act online as you do in RL, then it's pointless having a fake name to hide behind.

D-d-d-dooouche powerrrrr!

[[HP]]

poopinmymouth beats all tbh.

[adam]

lol @ racer saying using your name is douchey. I thinking giving a shit what other peoples names are is unfortunate.

Anyhoo, I use 'adam' because thats my name and I'd like to think that being transparent is a good thing - even when it comes to who I am on Polycount :)

Outside of Polycount, where I am not talking with colleagues, artist friends, or other professionals my user name is 'MANCHiLD'. I'm an adult who loves videogames. Manchild seemed to have fit.

2 points to anyone who can tell me what my original Polycount user name was back in 1998-1999.

[[HP]]

Mmm... using wayback machine didn't work so well, but for the sake of lulz, check this out! :P

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815070639/http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/

[MikeF]

Adam, if i remember correctly there was joi & milk
Amirite?

[equil]

i do my best to hide my real name

[ENODMI]

;1361006']Mmm... using wayback machine didn't work so well, but for the sake of lulz, check this out! :P

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815070639/http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/

Wow, that old Polycount wasnt hard on the eyes at all. Douchbags, all of you :thumbup:

[dustinbrown]

;1360985']poopinmymouth beats all tbh.

True, but that name is like spandex....or a mustache...or both. Not everyone could get away with it and still have respect. We can't all be Ben :)

[haiddasalami]

Im a terrorist :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XMr3QO2Sbc

[adam]

Adam, if i remember correctly there was joi & milk
Amirite?

Ding! milk was the original name I registered with.

[EarthQuake]

oh lord, milkjoi, lololol

please post some of your terrible milkjoi comics

Luckily for me the great purge of 2004 wiped away most record of my posts from the ages 14-19, otherwise I probably would have changed my name by now.

[ZacD]

Try this http://www.bandnamemaker.com/

[pear]

my name is the best

[adam]

oh lord, milkjoi, lololol

please post some of your terrible milkjoi comics

Luckily for me the great purge of 2004 wiped away most record of my posts from the ages 14-19, otherwise I probably would have changed my name by now.

dumbJoi fool. And lotsa people liked em!

[r_fletch_r]

were there this many Emos back in the day?
I dont recall there being so much 'OH MY FEELINGS' on the net in the 90's

[EarthQuake]

Honestly my name is just boring, people always think I made it up when I tell them: Joe Wilson

Here are some dudes I work with:
Joao Filipe Sapiro Vaz Josue
Per Normann Abrahamsen
Benedict Charles Orlando Garnell the Third, Earl of Gloucester

oh and also there is this guy:
Pedro Hilário Ferreira De Amorim

[Adam L. Gray]

Hmm, I'd say using your real name as a user name rather than an alias would be more professional even. Not saying using an alias is unprofessional, but if you got your real name up there you have nothing to hide behind. If you mess up, people are sure to know who you are, and so you also got to be more careful instead of dicking around and then changing name every now and then.

Also, if you want a new name.. there's no need to create a new account... I hear some people (admins) can change that for you. Not sure what polycounts policy is on it though :)

I've been thinking of changing mine to my real name as well.. But I've always been using Tiros, even when I played wow, so it has a bit of sentimental value. So for now I've just stuck it in the sig instead.

Cheers

[Andreas]

using full, real names as usernames on forums make people come off like douchebags, just sayin.


Full name maybe, but I feel that if you use your first or second name as a username, you are less likely to act like a spastic in case it comes back on you :)

[Autocon]

I like having a different user name then my real name but I have always had my real name in my sig if people want to know who I really am.

For the whole "oh it makes you look more professional" crap, I say, who really cares? This is an industry where we wearing tshirts to work, power down soda like theirs no tomorrow and geek out over video games and tech alike. I dont see it helping or hurting you to have your real name or a user name. In the end if you are a talented individual people will know you despite what name you use on the forums.



Like Adam F (Trios) my user name has sentimental value to me and I dont mind keeping it. Just my 2cents :)

[pior]

I think I still have some DumbJois printed out somewhere!
Especially the fighting games one with the motion blur :D

[Andreas]

I wanna see Adam's comic now...

[dustinbrown]

So do I! I was considering shortening dustinbrown to drown. Not terribly clever, but who cares.

[Justin Meisse]

I changed my domain name from ysgalon.com to artbyjustin.com a long time ago so I wouldn't have to spell it out for people and explain what the heck a ysgalon is. When polycount reset I just felt like retiring the whole YSG name all together.

[Talbot]

For some reason I saw this thread and was just thinking about the game crysis. Kinda like when you get the slightest hints of the food you are craving. Apparently I should go play crysis.

[perna]

I have 8 user accounts on polycount.

[almighty_gir]

Honestly my name is just boring, people always think I made it up when I tell them: Joe Wilson

Here are some dudes I work with:
Joao Filipe Sapiro Vaz Josue
Per Normann Abrahamsen
Benedict Charles Orlando Garnell the Third, Earl of Gloucester

oh and also there is this guy:
Pedro Hilário Ferreira De Amorim

there is no current earl of gloucester...

that said, my friend "Becko" has an interesting full name:
Benjamin Charles Bronson Beckett, the Third.

[TheWinterLord]

I have 8 user accounts on polycount.

7 actually, Taylor hood is banned...

[glynnsmith]

I've always wondered if Earthquake is named after the WWF wrestler.

[Yes]/[No]?

[sneakymcfox]

7 actually, Taylor hood is banned...

I think you'll find Taylor hood was mine, was a strenuous time for me. I Have matured a little since then.

[Mark Dygert]

I'm still an unapologetic fucktard, even after my name change. The only difference is I open my snail mailbox a little more carefully these days.

[b1ll]

lol what was that movie where they put theses weird alien in peoples mailbox? I tell ya since ive seen that, i have never open my mailbox standing infront of it, Always carefully on the side.

[TheWinterLord]

I havent seen that movie. :P

I think you'll find Taylor hood was mine, was a strenuous time for me. I Have matured a little since then.

Haha excellent!

[EarthQuake]

I've always wondered if Earthquake is named after the WWF wrestler.

[Yes]/[No]?

No, just a dumb nickname, I used to play quake2/3/etc, that's pretty much it.

[Autocon]

I always thought it was because your brain will have an EarthQuake of sorts after EQ drops some knowledge on your ass.

[Rick_D]

lol fagets

[perna]

My other six accounts is belias