Comments on: How to choose a Second Life avatar name: 10 tips

By: Buckdawg5809 Paine

Buckdawg5809 Paine — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:50:48 +0000

Also, numbers after your name are out. I learned this after I chose my name of course, but don’t make my mistake.

By: Buckdawg5809 Paine

Buckdawg5809 Paine — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:49:29 +0000

Another example of a very interesting/original name was Fantastic Calamity, It was my pleasure to be good friends with him during my time in SL.

By: Seraphina Teardrop

Seraphina Teardrop — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:56:01 +0000

Maybe this should be titled “How to choose your SL name NEXT time.” Since I have never knowingly met anyone who does SL, I had no warning that it was the name I would be literally walking around with. *Fortunately* when I saw the last names, I decided not to use my usual screen name of ganmerlad, and use something that flowed instead. It was also lucky for me that I was not feeling particularly clever that day so just used the first interesting name that popped into my head. Otherwise it may have been MsTick. :-p

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By: Vint Falken

Vint Falken — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:51:10 +0000

Trackbacks are working perfectly, but Miss Kimbal’s got stuck in askimet. As askimet reads ‘Akismet has caught 73,239 spam for you since you first installed it’, I’ve given up on checking those for errors manually. ;)

But trackback approved, and blogpost asking for added votes ready. Although, already assigned to WorkingOnIt Linden, so yeeeey! great idea, Miss ‘Dandie’! ;)

By: Wordfromthe Wise

Wordfromthe Wise — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:05:41 +0000

amidoinitrite ?

By: beatrix

beatrix — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:49:57 +0000

I have to say that I disagree with some of what you’ve written especially your assumptions about names that evoke things - like I don’t think of Pamela Anderson when I hear Pamela or think of Margaret as being “chilly” . Actually when I see Pamela I think of a co worker and then Pam from the office.

Obviously those aren’t your associations. And I don’t see the problem with Nevar Blackmountain.

I do think the no numbers thing is a good idea.

By: Kate Amdahl

Kate Amdahl — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Great post, hon! This will be a good one for the new resi resources page I’m working on (and if anyone has any other suggestions for good new resi resources, I’m wingedkate at GMail!).

Personally I tend to prefer names that sound like people and not things…I always feel like there’s a little extra layer of distance with anyone whose name doesn’t sound like a person (like “Walk Gingerly” or “Mighty Piles” or something). But then, I’ve always liked very down-to-earth first names, too, so I’d be more interested in meeting someone named “Dave” than someone named “Galahad”, for instance. Creativity is fun, but for me it gets old quickly if it’s a name.

^^^\ Kate /^^^

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:01:52 +0000

Since trackbacks are not working…..
I had my share on this and put up a JIRA for including this set of advices on the registration page….
http://metaverse.acidzen.org/2008/choosing-name

By: Uccello Poultry

Uccello Poultry — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:20:02 +0000

You write: “… Good examples: Tender Littlething, Coke Supply, Lovely Person and Totally Unsustainable. Of course, remember you will go by your first name most of the time …” Hmmm… all people I’ve met or know well. You peeked back to February 29, 2008 9:29 pm, didn’t you? My ‘Really Great Avie Names list is expanding and has been posted on my blog. Click on my name above to see it.