2011-05-09, 08:08 PM
tl;dr - How did you come up with your IGN? Is there a story behind it?
How do you go about figuring out your IGN for a character? Do you base in on the class of the character? Do you just want a unique IGN? An IGN that says something about yourself? Basing it off of a character in a video game or anime? The list goes on.
I usually like my IGNs to be unique names that have been largely unheard of, usually with an "x" somewhere in there. I like the IGN to be somehow related to the class/character to give it a little meaning. I like trying to make the names clever one way or another.
Xarukas (134 Dark Knight) - This IGN was based off of my old IGNs in Beta and early "oMS", XxSakuraX/xSakura. Xarukas is an IGN I wanted similar to xSakura, but with the X pronounceable. If you look closely it's "Sakura" backwards with an X in front. My interest in Sakura itself started off due to my favorite song in DDR being Sakura, but eventually I ended up liking the name itself.
xSevlesruo (110 Nightwalker) - "Ourselves" backwards with an x, the character's look was supposed to vaguely mimic that of a video by Ayumi Hamasaki called Ourselves.
xAvahoza (162 Mechanic) - My Mechanic. I hated just about any IGN that had had the word "Mech" in it no matter how clever they thought they were being, however I wanted this IGN to be exclusive to the class. A year or two back I got a virus on my old computer and there were many files appearing on the computer called "Avahoza". I searched it on google but nothing at all came up. I thought it would be a good name for my Mech. Even though "Avahoza" wasn't taken, I'm obsessed with the letter X.
Xephia (34 Cleric) - A random name I thought up one day for my defame Cleric mule on Scania (not to defame others, but to be defamed. Has -1480 fame last I checked in like '07). The name was partially influenced by "Sepia", and I enjoyed it because while it has a pronounceable X, it's also a name in itself and not an anagram of anything. As far as I know, no fictional character has this name which I like (but if it somehow is the name of a fictional character that I don't know about I'd like to know).
xSacredxX (181 Buccaneer) - I've often used "Sacred" for my male alias and "Sakura" for my female alias. This character was basically a male reference to my first IGN back in Beta MS, XxSakuraX. "Sacred X" was the first real user name I've ever had and thought it up about a decade ago. Needless to say the name grew on me.
tl;dr2 - What's the story behind your character's IGN?
How do you go about figuring out your IGN for a character? Do you base in on the class of the character? Do you just want a unique IGN? An IGN that says something about yourself? Basing it off of a character in a video game or anime? The list goes on.
I usually like my IGNs to be unique names that have been largely unheard of, usually with an "x" somewhere in there. I like the IGN to be somehow related to the class/character to give it a little meaning. I like trying to make the names clever one way or another.
Xarukas (134 Dark Knight) - This IGN was based off of my old IGNs in Beta and early "oMS", XxSakuraX/xSakura. Xarukas is an IGN I wanted similar to xSakura, but with the X pronounceable. If you look closely it's "Sakura" backwards with an X in front. My interest in Sakura itself started off due to my favorite song in DDR being Sakura, but eventually I ended up liking the name itself.
xSevlesruo (110 Nightwalker) - "Ourselves" backwards with an x, the character's look was supposed to vaguely mimic that of a video by Ayumi Hamasaki called Ourselves.
xAvahoza (162 Mechanic) - My Mechanic. I hated just about any IGN that had had the word "Mech" in it no matter how clever they thought they were being, however I wanted this IGN to be exclusive to the class. A year or two back I got a virus on my old computer and there were many files appearing on the computer called "Avahoza". I searched it on google but nothing at all came up. I thought it would be a good name for my Mech. Even though "Avahoza" wasn't taken, I'm obsessed with the letter X.
Xephia (34 Cleric) - A random name I thought up one day for my defame Cleric mule on Scania (not to defame others, but to be defamed. Has -1480 fame last I checked in like '07). The name was partially influenced by "Sepia", and I enjoyed it because while it has a pronounceable X, it's also a name in itself and not an anagram of anything. As far as I know, no fictional character has this name which I like (but if it somehow is the name of a fictional character that I don't know about I'd like to know).
xSacredxX (181 Buccaneer) - I've often used "Sacred" for my male alias and "Sakura" for my female alias. This character was basically a male reference to my first IGN back in Beta MS, XxSakuraX. "Sacred X" was the first real user name I've ever had and thought it up about a decade ago. Needless to say the name grew on me.
tl;dr2 - What's the story behind your character's IGN?