Comments on: What’s In A Name?

By: The Playing Field | HomeStation Magazine

The Playing Field | HomeStation Magazine — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:05:40 +0000

[…] for a one-time fee by other users.One privilege that HSM team writer Femaelstrom mentioned in a recent article is the ability to change your user name. This has already been implemented in Japan, so we know […]

By: Bobsfed

Bobsfed — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:41:06 +0000

It’s hard to say. It depends if there was a price involved. On Xbox live you could change your gamer tag for about $8. This name I have now I kind of thought of really quick. I was playing around with different names but a lot of them were already used. So I just kind of came up with this one on the fly, because I was really anxious to get my account started so I could log onto Home. But everyone knows me as Bob now so it would be pointless to try and change it.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:17:28 +0000

Oh! Not the date for the end of the world then!?

Hahaha! Sorry Ted, I couldn’t resist. : P

By: ted2112

ted2112 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:18:27 +0000

I love my on-line name. My real name is Ted and the 2112, come from a certain Canadian band’s 1976 album, that I love.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:16:11 +0000

I think that would be a great feature to implement!!

By: SEREENA

SEREENA — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:46:16 +0000

I THINK PS HOME SHOULD ALLOW A ONE TIME CHANCE TO CHANGE OR ALTER AN AVI’S NAME, C’MON SONY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?……………….

By: Krinedawg

Krinedawg — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:03:25 +0000

I have often thought about changing my name. But I don’t know for sure if I would. I received my nickname, back when I was in the police academy. The first part of it is almost my last name, and the second well I guess it speaks for itself. My fellow officers, thought it sounded like McGruff the crime dog. But I get people who can’t pronounce it and end up saying it like corn dog, which I despise. I too spend hours trying to think of a “cool” name and once it hits me I put it in only to find someone else had the same idea. I remember when I was having my first child my grandmother told me,”when you’re picking your child’s name, go outside and yell it at the top of your lungs three times and if you like the way it sounds then use it, but remember, you’ll be yelling it for the rest of your life”. I don’t go to that extreme when picking a name for a video game, okay, I do scream it in my head, but I like to have names that fit my character both in game and real life.

By: KLCgame

KLCgame — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:58:29 +0000

I would probably change my psn id in a heartbeat, i originally wanted KLCgame but 4 and a half or so years ago it was taken & I picked KLC_KILLER, unfortunately I never knew that the prefix KLC_ was for Kings of Liberty City (aka GTA4) so i used to get bugged from messages all the time. But really what I’m trying to say is this, any name that you go by you have to “own it” even if you are a 40 year old man with the handle of “Pony_Princess469″ because you were drunk when you made it.

By: BONZO

BONZO — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:48:56 +0000

I would change my name if I could. I’ve spent too much on my account to just start over in another one. But I would only remove the numbers that follow. Actually my name sort of came by accident. I wanted Bonzo, after the Drummer from Led Zeppelin, but it was taken, I’ve learned Home has a lot of Zep fans -- I tried multiple variations. even with the last 4 numbers I have now, so at the last minute I had to switch the z to an x. I tried so many variations that as soon as it told me it was available I just proceeded without removing the numbers. I wish i had tried, but I am stuck with the 4 numbers after the name. Now I actually like bonxo better than bonzo, but I’d like to remove the numbers at least. I like the various shortcuts people take with my name. Bon. Bonx. I just want to drop those darn numbers. I guess if you can’t change names, would be cool to at least transfer account inventories from one account to another.

By: Godzprototype

Godzprototype — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:29:17 +0000

I wouldn’t change my name either. I take time in deciding a name for whatever. I think the names have as much meaning as the way we dress our avatars. Or in games, a play style. You have the freedom to spend some time thinking about this before you go into a thing. Take it.
Above all be true to yourself in what you call yourself. It is very possible you will have to answer to that name more than once.
I think Terra once wrote something. It caught my eye. Becareful of what you pretend to be….I wished she would finish that, as my memory slipped.~TERRA~
But that was such a true thing to say.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:45:31 +0000

My name was thought out and it is one I have used for many other things before I came on Home or the PSN. It has to do with a few things, one, I live in the suburbs, hence Burbie and it is also a part of my real last name as well. The 52 is simply the year I was born and that has come in handy a few times when people don’t believe my age when I tell them. It is easily remembered and simple to type, with Burbs or just Burbie being the predominant usage to shorten it.
I can see where some people might want a name change though and this option, if already available on PSN elsewhere as you say, should be available everywhere. Great read as always Strom.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:38:53 +0000

I wouldn’t. I’m one of those guys that will sit at an input screen for an hour (if I have to) to come up with a decent name for something. Names to me are VERY important, this was a harsh lesson learned from Sim City when I was a kid. I just wanted to play my new game see, so I hurriedly called my first town (and main game file) PoopTown. Boy did I regret that after 50 hours of growing my city.

When I was asked to provide a name for my PSN account all those years ago, I managed to stay my eager gaming fingers long enough to think of KrazyFace; a description my best friend used for drunk people (really me) and a homage to his dyslexia (spelled with a K). I’ve been using this name EVERYWHERE online since, and even accept it as a nickname in real life too now!

Another good read from HSM, well done.

By: DaMiGiSan

DaMiGiSan — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:32:35 +0000

For myself, I wouldn’t change it. It’s an acronym of sorts that takes the First 2 Letter’s from my First, Middle & Last name along with the Japanese honorary “San” added on the end of it. A friend & I were joking around one evening some years back about Hideo Kojima & the name just conjured up out of nowwhere, I used it on GameSpot.Com as damigi*****, then modified it after I purchased the PS 3. To this day, I don’t regret my choice of my Playstation network user ID; DaMiGiSan. Some people say DaMi, some say MiGi, some have even said DaM & one has even said MiG. It works for myself & I’m proud of it cause, not only is it my user ID, but it’s my actual name of sorts.