Thoughts on usernames?

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I personally feel that a good username comes from your heart. It should be something which, in one word or phrase, sums your self-image up. Therefore I find the use of random numbers (the numbers in the range of 1970-20xx, where xx is the final two digits of the current year, is acceptable) to be nothing short of sloppy and well...not very well thought out. Though I do admit, using a year at the end of your username is fine (since a given year can hold special meaning to a person)

Another thing that gets me is excessive usage of symbols. Rather than converting any of the letters to a look alike unicode equivalent so you can have a name which is already taken is nothing short of rude and well...it shows lack of will to innovate, which is kinda important if you ask me.

Finally, using common sense, Don't load your username full of characters you cant easily type on your preferred keyboard layout. So if you have a US qwerty keyboard...stick with what you see on that please, dont bother trying to hax in your unicode crap with alt+<key value, typed on the number pad>
 
I like original names, particularly pretty or clever ones mashed from multiple words or that just look/sound cool that define who you are.
I don't mind the length, but I hate names with numbers or those frilly decorative symbols in it (~*~).
I also really hate names of overrated characters followed by numbers or something like 'boy', 'girl', 'fan', 'lover', etc.
 
Actually, I have a special program to type Asian characters out (usually to do my homework). The first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth character in my username are Asian characters, to be more precise, Chinese characters. It's not hard for me to log even if I have to log in manually. Copy and paste.
 
It takes cool people to have cool usernames, thus why I am now 'the triangle'.

Any usernames with 'emo', 'demon', 'ash', 'pikachu', 'dude', or 'is' in them can go right away. They all fail. I also am VERY impartial towards underscores...tildes, on the other hand, are cool.

EDIT: I'm not really one to talk about usernames with characters that aren't letters or numbers, but Asian character-filled usernames are annoying...mainly because they usually can't be read or are nonsensical.[/inspiredbypostabove]
 
What usernames do you think are good?

Any names that do not sound nooby. Like "pokemonpkmn12345", "Pokemon Master", "grandadvanceshipper"

Oh god, I feel hypocritic.

What makes a good username?

A mixture of words that sound cool, or a random word you stuck out of the blue that has a nice ring to it. Like mine.

What makes a bad username?

Improper use of numbers (unlike mine), overuse of lowercase, over use of UPPERCASE, and words so common and annoying, they make the member look like a 9 nine-year old.

BTW, my username is not only awesome because of the ring, but because everyone keeps confusing the Non-keyboard double dashes for a keyboard dash XD.
 
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It takes cool people to have cool usernames, thus why I am now 'the triangle'.
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Okay. And I thought your custom title is "Agent Zero forever". Ah yes, you are the one who tries to fill your friend request to the max, IIRC.

Any usernames with 'emo', 'demon', 'ash', 'pikachu', 'dude', or 'is' in them can go right away. They all fail.
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I agree

EDIT: I'm not really one to talk about usernames with characters that aren't letters or numbers, but Asian character-filled usernames are annoying...mainly because they usually can't be read or are nonsensical.[/inspiredbypostabove]
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Are you sure you cannot read my name? Try not to read the characters like you know Chinese.
 
Usually, I don't like usernames with underscores. Some can pull them off though, I'll give them credit for that. I also hate the *~ blah blah thing like some people already stated. Also, I don't dig the periods at the beginning of usernames. It's just annoying for me. No offence to anyone!

For a good username.. In my opinion, it should be just one word. I also like a capital letter at the beginning of a username, although some usernames look really good without the capital. An example of a username that looks great without a capital is noxious. I looove this name! =D if it was Noxious. it just wouldn't have the same effect.
 
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