Topic: I want to change my screen name.
I really hate my screen name, tenny1028. To give some background information, I created the name on the LEGO Messageboards when I was ten years old (hence the "tenny" and the "10" part), and at that time the oldest of my sisters was 8, and the oldest of my brothers was 2 (hence the "28" part). It has been almost six years since I joined the LMBs, and for some time now I have become very embarrassed by that name. It is very very childish, and might not help me very much in job interviews if I need to give certain information like my Skype username.
Therefore, I want to change my name. However, in a somewhat recent conversation with Squash on the IRC, he said that people know me as tenny1028 and it will be hard to get used to whatever new name I choose, since most of you have been introduced to me as tenny1028. Also, it causes much confusion, especially on Youtube. If I change my name to whatever, I will somehow have to let my subscribers know I have changed it. I could say something like "formerly tenny1028' in the description box, but nobody reads the description box anymore. So my question to you is: Should I change my name?
If so, I have a few ideas for a new name, so pick your favorite, or suggest something else. I want it to be short so as to fit Twitter's character limit, so TwoGuysBrickfilms (my youtube channel) wouldn't work. I know that you don't know me IRL, so I'm not asking you to suggest new names, but it's okay if you want to. I'm really bad at coming up with names, but you probably know that considering all the dumb titles of my brickfilms and the generic names of my characters. My first idea was to just use my real first name in lower case, like Jay does, and since my real name is already out there in public, I'm not concerned about keeping it private anymore. Here are some other ideas, and the reasoning of it, if any. I'll be adding to it if I get anymore ideas.
SilentComment (Inspired from a random name generator. It fits because of my lack of posts here, and my lack of activity on the IRC)
AlternateVader (Darth Vader is my favorite character, and when LEGO ruined his scary personality by making The Empire Strikes Out, I liked him even more)
TheOddWarrior (My name in LEGO Universe)
OctanGuy or octanguy (One of the characters in my logo wears an Octan shirt)
So again, should I change my name? And if so, which of the above do you like best?
Last edited by jasper (January 27, 2015 (09:50pm))