I think the fact that the last option has 23 supporters is absolutely hilarious. Also, what's wrong with me name, huh?

Eldritch Warlord:

But numbers with a meaning are fine as long as the the number isn't 117.

What if I don't know what that meaning is?

You have to remember that gamers who do this, offensive names and names with numbers in them really think they are being clever... We don't have to punish them, make them change their names or do anything to bug them about it in any way...
...They just have to live with the fact that they live and game in a community of fellow gamers who have no respect for them...

I don't understand really. I get the point of the thread, but the first point kind of throws me. T3chn0s1s was a pretty well known DJ, and T3chn0s1s has been my handle for... Well, since I was a script kiddie messing with people in 3.1. Just because my handle has numbers in it doesn't mean it's any less thought out, nor that it's any worse than what anyone else uses. By this same logic, I understand that 'poopking' can be a bit ignorant on the surface, but when you go talk to poopking the guy could be a flippin' English major. That's the beauty of our internet isn't it? Whether you like it or not, console gamers, you are using the internet when you get on your network of choice. Whether you like it or not, PC gamers, those 'gamer tag' folk are on your interbuttz as well, and they're in it for the lulz just like quite a few of you. Don't be so rough on people because they chose a dumbass name. Be rough on them because they're fucking imbeciles. There are way too many GOOD reasons to hate people to hate people over what they call themselves.

The ones I find most irritating are the needlessly try-hard badass ones like "DARKBLOODSLAYER" OR "DEATH_KING 13" and shit like that. It just really annoys me and I don't know why.

I once played GTA4 and encounted a guy online with the tag "Jesus". Originaly I was like WTF? But then I realised what was going on.
"Jesus shot up Dinker34"
"Jesus steamrolled Ederker"
"Jesus 2nd amendmented 44rerward"

The only thing that could have been funnyer was if somone with the tag "An angry Jew" showed up.

"An angry Jew ran over Jesus"

Also, I met a guy named Balonge_Boobies. I immediatly said "YOUR NAME MAKES YOU AUTOMATICLY WIN!!!!" Added as friend.

I think the only ones that should be changed are the offensive ones. Like in CoD 4 online I was in a game were there was 3 "Nazi" and 2 "KKK" clan tags, and I think stuff like that shouldn't be aloud.

Also numbers make me unhappy, especially when it something like "Pro67438" because they can't me original

Nyxos:

Janus Vesta:

3. Anyone who has more than 10 XBLA games.

None of these people go on my friends list.

I'm somewhat confused. What's wrong with having a handful of XBLA games? I've had my 360 for almost 2 years now (Never RRODed, lucky me) and I own 5 XBLA games: Castle Crashers, Cloning Clyde, Geometry Wars, Hexic HD(Free of course), Schizoid, and Small Arms. I can see someone collecting over 10 XBLA games without much effort. Why the hatred of arcade games?

Indeed... when I bought my 360 I got the Arcade Unplugged disc as one of the included games, so I have 12 Arcade games right there. Add in Undertow (the freebie Live gave to apologise for the bad service last Christmas) and RezHD (zOMG awesome) and it looks like I'll never be considered for Vesta's Friends List.

As for "stupid" tags, I don't object to them so long as they don't venture into the realm of offensive. I stay well clear of players with them, as stupid tags are (to theive from a friend) "like the stripes on a wasp's arse, Nature's warning that the creature is poisonous", but I'm not going to do much other than shake my head about 'em.

-- Steve

Nyxos:

Janus Vesta:

3. Anyone who has more than 10 XBLA games.

None of these people go on my friends list.

I'm somewhat confused. What's wrong with having a handful of XBLA games? I've had my 360 for almost 2 years now (Never RRODed, lucky me) and I own 5 XBLA games: Castle Crashers, Cloning Clyde, Geometry Wars, Hexic HD(Free of course), Schizoid, and Small Arms. I can see someone collecting over 10 XBLA games without much effort. Why the hatred of arcade games?

Because everyone I sed to have with arcade games would constantly invite me to online games, even after I told them I can't afford to buy a lot of games and wouldn't be buying arcade games.

I think there are some insulting ones, but most I see are good. Mine came out of a typo that looked cool.

RoundhouseR:
2 words: comic relief. Plus then you can judge someone as a fool before they even speak, so you can know in advance to discount everything they say.

I don't know if it's comic relief, really. Any time I played against someone with an offensive or borderline offensive gamertag someone was called a "nigger fag jew cocksucker" during the course of the game by the idiot with the offensive tag.

I think the offensive tags serve a great purpose, they let those of us who want to enjoy gaming without hearing the ravings of the insecure, racist, homophobic teenage boys an easy way to identify and avoid them.

Lol at everyone being sad enough to actually get wound up at people having something so trivial as numbers in their gamertag

Well, numbers are totally out of the question, but I've never had a problem with my screen name

(espically considering the way I spell Sergeant)

i think i might be going ever so slightly against the grain here.
offensive GTs then yes (the nazi one for one) and stupid 12 year olds calling themselves "1337snipern00b" also deserve anal raping.
but names like ninja_manxXinsertclannamehereXx dont. sometimes people do the same thing to their GTs to show they are in a clan.
and i think mis-spelling is okay as long as they do it on purpose. mine (airsoftmanic) came to me when a guy at my airsoft club shouted "your manic at this" which inspired my name. yes, its spelled wrong, but at least its on purpose. not like the legions of spertons i see (supposed to be spartan)

GuerrillaClock:
The ones I find most irritating are the needlessly try-hard badass ones like "DARKBLOODSLAYER" OR "DEATH_KING 13" and shit like that. It just really annoys me and I don't know why.

I remember back when I was playing original Halo on PC. Every other player had the word 'Killa' in their name, spelt just like that. This combined with the fact that every game was just a 'spawn with rocket launcher frag fest' made me lose all hope for humanity.

I hate numbers too, it's not really that hard to come up with an original, clever name. And if the one you want is taken, try another one. Don't attach 999 or 123 to the end of it. I also have an issue with Xx_____xX names. It didn't take me long to come up with Xalmar, it shouldn't take others much time either. And don't even get me started on names like FartMaster2000.

I've still yet to get any direct feedback on whether my name falls into this 'kill on sight' category everyone's so worked up about. Am I unoriginal because I use numbers?

I think offensive names like(i've actually seen these) Jewkiller or Niggerstar or fagg0th8ter should obviously be stopped but, if their name's just dumb like N00BthtPWNZ0RZ or something then it's actually convenient 'cause i don't have to spend time listening before i mute them. I do find Numbers irritating but mostly just because it's hard to translate.

T3chn0s1s:
I've still yet to get any direct feedback on whether my name falls into this 'kill on sight' category everyone's so worked up about. Am I unoriginal because I use numbers?

I'd find your name less irritating if it didn't have the numbers but at least it dosen't have any l33t speak.

Not a Spy:

T3chn0s1s:
I've still yet to get any direct feedback on whether my name falls into this 'kill on sight' category everyone's so worked up about. Am I unoriginal because I use numbers?

I'd find your name less irritating if it didn't have the numbers but at least it dosen't have any l33t speak.

I'm just saying y'know... Everyone here has their name for this reason or that reason... I have my name from an underground DJ that I happened to listen to when I was scripting back in the day, that lost his will or somesuch and just ceased to be, and I kind of hold onto it as a lasting impression of how awesome he was, and a reminder of the anonymity of the internet. Everyone can cease to be at any time on the internet, without a trace.

GuerrillaClock:
The ones I find most irritating are the needlessly try-hard badass ones like "DARKBLOODSLAYER" OR "DEATH_KING 13" and shit like that. It just really annoys me and I don't know why.

Well, I guess that applies to me, but I've had this name since I was 12, and I've just kept it ever since.

GenHellspawn:

GuerrillaClock:
The ones I find most irritating are the needlessly try-hard badass ones like "DARKBLOODSLAYER" OR "DEATH_KING 13" and shit like that. It just really annoys me and I don't know why.

Well, I guess that applies to me, but I've had this name since I was 12, and I've just kept it ever since.

lol I think my name GideonB is the most unoriginal thing ever but the only thing that ever goes on it is a clan tag like MK3 (with colors obviously) but i have seen some really screwed up ones like GayBoy3000, and some unpronouceable ones like ahfgiualkgakf and UrBiGl33tard and ihatelife!

GenHellspawn:

GuerrillaClock:
The ones I find most irritating are the needlessly try-hard badass ones like "DARKBLOODSLAYER" OR "DEATH_KING 13" and shit like that. It just really annoys me and I don't know why.

Well, I guess that applies to me, but I've had this name since I was 12, and I've just kept it ever since.

Another very good point. ^_-

Get to know your fellow gamers, guys! Don't get to know your whiny ass kids and frat boys screaming into their mics. Get to know other gamers. Gaming used to be a hobby, and it could be again if we'd start talking to each other instead of sitting around talking about how other people aren't like us and that's icky.

"Eewww... PC Gamers have cooties."

"Yeah? Well... Well console gamers suck!"

"Nuh uh! Only people with PS3s!"

"Hahaha! Yeah!"

"Shut up wii, you're four."

"The voices..."

Nah I don't think gamertags should be forcibly changed. It really doesn't matter to me what someone's online handle is.

My Xbox tag is 'klotetags' which translates into 'shitty tags'. When I registered for Xbox Live I tried several names, which were all taken already. As a joke I entered klotetags, only to find out it costs money to change your tag. So now I'm stuck with it.

What drives me mad is the Huge Influx of Anime-Of-The-Year names In Tags and MMO Usernames. Coming across Four Sesshomarus or Narutos on the walk between towns is painful. Seeing the X-Frames, Numbers, or horrid misspellings are worse.

Also, odd story...I was gonna be a Priest on WoW, but had bad experiences with people wanting me to heal them at the cost of my own life (Literally, I cast a healing spell, I will be killed) So I was gonna name myself NotUrSavior (Misspelling needed to stay under their Character limit). I worried that'd be offensive and get me in crap, so I changed it.

3 Minutes into my Priestly life I met IJerkedUrMom, DPSNazi, and DoItFrmBHind.

I shoulda stuck with my idea.

I think there is a big difference between immature names that are vulgar, cliché or controversial (like "poop_muncher", "spratan300" and "gay_jesus") compared to clearly offensive and sick like racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic that only deeply disturbed individuals choose.

"but how come these guys can say such dumb shit but I can't be racist" says Mr Racist, well immature kids (and adults with the mental age of children) can only annoy us or maybe slightly gross us out. But racism and violent threats make what should be a fun online game an unpleasant experience for the targets of the verbal attacks and all those who have to listen to it. I don't like being on those servers and most people leave.

So to maximise the number of people on a server then you have to exclude the haters who want to use the game as some podium for a foamy mouthed hate speech yet still let in the nice-but-stupid gamer-tags as they hardly drive people away from the server the same way violence does, well except the 'BOOM head-shot' type violence which is all good sporting fun.

I hate this display of retardation as well! Death to stupid name tags! What's wrong with a funny name like Lord of the biscuits, or drunk pickle? But NOOOO! You have to conjure up a name like : "PWN00Bz0Rrr Ch@pakiLl4 Teh B@CH&%&$@#!!!111" !!!! God, I have to take a cold shower to calm down...

I'm fine with the excessive numbers and stupid names, they just make the person look stupid. The racist, sexist, etc. names do annoy me.

Mine is simply Super Jesus or some form. What's odd is when there's an idiodic name that comes about because me and my friend are playing a game and they're playing a game that they are dead serious about. Like super jesus suked muy dick onc3.

T3chn0s1s:
I've still yet to get any direct feedback on whether my name falls into this 'kill on sight' category everyone's so worked up about. Am I unoriginal because I use numbers?

Yours is fine because it's Technosis, a unique and original word, spelled with numbers. A name like n00b5N1P3R (noob sniper) is just wrong.

Slightly ironic when the TC is called Crazybuddha.

I think gamertags should only be changed if they are blatantly offensive, if someone decides to have a silly gamertag and look ridiculous it's their prerogative.

The only thing that really irritates me is stuff like xxPRINCESSxxOOxx the things with the hearts. They are sort of stupid.

i just hate it when a person has so much s**t goin on in their gamertag i have to actually look at it for a couple of seconds

i know someone whos gamertag was "Mr Gaymer" because Gaymer is in fact his surname. Microsoft Deleted his account with stating he was violating terms of service for the offensive name and refused an appeal. he lost all his achievements and had no refund for the several months he had remaining on his live subscription. Ridiculous. microsoft didnt even wanna know.