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Happily married to Macheteman 🖤

It was a nickname from the army and honestly I love Pringles. When I was deployed I probably got sent care packages filled with Pringles.

@just5moremins • 5d

because I'm still asking for just 5 more minutes of game time even in my thirties

@lightwork • 69d

I used to work at a car rental place, and my supervisor couldn't believe my colleague and I cleaned around 10 cars (inside and out) in 30 minutes. So, I told him...."it's Lightwork."

@levityomeh • 73d

I needed a new tag recently and was watching Attack on Titan so I had Levi on the brain. My last name is Tyo so I did a play on words of sorts to combine them into a “Leave it to me” slur. “Levi...more

@aerialapostle • 82d

My gamertag is mildly simple: Aerial: means "of the air", and I'm in the Air Force Apostle: ties to my goal of becoming an esports chaplain (similar to a sports chaplain, but for gamers) And I like...more

@revelijahb • 82d

Lemonhenry My great grandfather was Henry Lemon and I didn’t get to know him much. But from stories I heard and what I understand about him I believe he would have supported me as a transman. So...more

@chrisiusx • 82d

A tribute to my nephew who passed at a young age. His name was Christopher. Chrisius was actually an attempt to use a name from greek mythology but I actually got it wrong. I thought it was Chrisius b...more

@yeckler • 83d

It is a version of my last name just sounds cooler

@captaincraash • 83d

In 2006 I was in a bad car accident, a one vehicle roll over and the head of a guardrail came through the windshield and hit me square in the face at 70 MPH. If I had been wearing my seatbelt, doctors...more

@friz • 92d

Frisbee.. Friz? Makes sense.

@suromike • 116d

As I'm so laid back & take my time with literally EVERYTHING, I never rush! (Which growing up my mum hated & now me & my son annoy my wife with it 😂) so i am often called slow. I wanted a unique ha...more

@gabriel • 126d

I used my name because I really like it! Why do people make up gamer tags? Are they mad at their parents for giving them their names?

@tiffers • 140d

…well, what has happened was… o tiffers o When the very first Xbox came out, I needed a name…and I’m not very creative on the fly, so I immediately went to ‘Tiffers’… but, was app...more

@quinnvortex • 147d

I use QuinnVortex nowadays. It was one of those suggested usernames when I got my Xbox one and made an account. I used to use GhostMachine on the Xbox 360, which was inspired by a band I liked at the ...more

@grimmgamer • 147d

Grimm (Wrath in German), and literally just "gamer" at the end, because GG.

@highflyinpenguin • 158d

A lot of people think I got mine from my affinity for King Dedede both in general and as my smash Bros main. It really was just something I came up with when I was younger, as penguins have always...more

@ryansvikingbeard • 158d

I mean… it’s my Viking beard.

@scriptdogplayz • 182d

I like scripting and doges

@kelseyb • 184d

I wasn’t sure what it should be, so I asked my five year old, who is obsessed with FNAF, and she said exotic butters. So exotic butters it is.

@kathutet • 185d

When making my characters in World of Warcraft, almost all my names were generated from me picking up a strategy guide I bought for Elder Scrolls Oblivion (and later Skyrim), me opening the book to a ...more

@esperance • 187d

stole it tbh

@malfurious • 188d

I had been creating an idea for a Childrens TV show or Comic in my brain. It was going to be centered around a Mischevious little Dragon child who desperately wanted to be a noble knight. He was alw...more

@anaskhole • 209d

getting married to my husband and it just fit me.

@veranza • 230d

My first one Swimmer631 was based my sport in school, swimming. Now, Veranza is a combination of my first, middle, and maiden names.

@gooby2moms • 242d

Gooby came from my dog (and 2moms comes from my lovely two moms)! I made a little video describing the full story.

@daddymang • 258d

AchieveMANG on xbox because I was the mang who hunted achievements... then TrophyMANG on playstation... then I had my son! daddyMANG till I die now

@calli • 269d

It used to be Rusty Shackleford, then Rusty Shack. Now I go by my high school nickname Calli (last name is Callaghan)

@c3dr4c • 275d

My name is Cedric, favorite number 34 so C3dr4c, that's it no fun story... Why 33, it was my number growing up in hockey because I was the biggest and tallest and 34 was always the only XXL they had �...more

@nono • 276d

TheDude13 already was my switch username but i changed it to @nono

@justsayingsoican • 277d

I tried Danny, Daniel, other things and then just saying so I can play but we had to shorten it to justsayingsoican

@bloodangel2890 • 278d

I am a United States Navy vet. I was a Hospital Corpsman and during Vietnam, Corpsman were know as BloodAngels. Thus, getting my GT and brand.

@raddad • 278d

RAD is my initials. DAD is what I am

@saturnrogue • 281d

I liked the Star Wars title, RogueOne so I wanted something with Rogue and what planet I was from. Hence, SaturnRogue 🪐

@buster • 289d

My mom... that's literally it no story she just made it

@teets • 293d

You want the truth?!?

@wheezybatman • 299d

Not much of a story here. I was doing what I do best: procrastinating. I'd found an app for my phone that would let me use GIFs as live wallpapers, so I was on the hunt for a really badass Batman GIF....more

@castorgarden • 304d

DestroyTheGrave was my mark as a Christian, I had just entered the faith and when a Pastor mentioned that Jesus "destroyed the grave" by rising on the 3rd day....I took that as inspiration for the nam...more

@shartbus • 323d

Used to always be "ShortBus" or some variation thereof. Registering for Mojang, name was taken. Roommate says "don't use an at symbol for the O, or you'll be 'shartbus' instead." ShartBus wasn't...more

@markacashion • 325d

It was a mix between my 2 favorite games, Halo & Minecraft. In the Halo universe, you go into Slipspace to go faster than light, so I thought of it as going at "Slip Speed", & miner because... well, M...more

@dennis • 332d

2130 was my phone number in college. I used it for emails, IM accounts, and all gaming. I’m usually Dennis2130 or Dio2130, short for Dionysus, the Greek origin of Dennis.

@ohmyfavourite • 334d

Long story short, I needed to create a new account during the halo3 /cod4 boom and my name was kind of a shot at "oh, this map again, my favorite" cut out the middle bit and added the brit/canuck U ju...more

@kalai21 • 339d

My gamer take is Maile21. It’s my middle name and the age I could start drinking.

@elblanconino • 343d

This is probably a contributing factor I loved these spoofs back in the day (and still do!) and thought it sounded funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chZsmKZ9Rjw

@angryaussie3 • 356d

When I was drunk screaming obscenities at a streamer on twitch, who was American, he said shit you're one Angry Aussie...... and AngryAussie was taken so I added the 3

@redbeardrik • 356d

I'm called Rik, I have a beard. Red sounds better than ginger.

@fl3rk3n • 362d

My gametag was actually made by my mom and dad. If your a really big marvel fan then u might know that a flerken is the cat from captain marvel and the fury came from nick fury. And the flerken actual...more

@falkrons • 362d

I actually sat down and took time to roll through ideas and started putting letters together and figuring out what sounded good (that wasn't taken lol). I got serious about this in 06 for WoW and have...more

@damnravi • 364d

Since Ravi is thrilled in french, my gamer tag is a short version oh being like “damn, I’m thrilled” but in a sarcastic way if that makes sense 😅

@cknbromein • 364d

Take a seat and gather round time for the journey of how the chicken came around….. Worked for a 3rd Party Logistics Company and was cubicle mates with a guy during the height of bro culture. So ...more

@jpegmario • 365d

When I joined TDG-Mario Kart I had just started listening to JPEGMAFIA for the first time & it seemed right

@mcitaly • 367d

Very short. I am Irish and Italian.

@bammonty • 367d

Always wanted my name to be around my name but seem cool and my initials add up to bam and part of my last name is Monty so Bammonty

@codyb • 368d

My original Xbox gamer tag that I still have is NumberHorizon80, which was the name it assigned me when I got my Xbox One. On the Switch I just use CodyB, because just basic. My Epic gamer tag and al...more

@seth • 371d

Woody is always taken, so to be a true gamer I replaced a "o" with a x. Rest is history.

@mulligan • 371d

He's actually a character in one of my favorite movies, Kelly's Heroes. I occasionally have to prepend "darth_" when it's taken.

@infiniticubed • 373d

It's the name of the narrator for a really bad/funny 90's movie. It stuck with me and I adopted it and have been using it since I saw the movie in the early 2000s.

@spinit2winit • 374d

I couldn't think of a gamer tag for the longest time until I was watching Lord of the Rings (for the millionth time) one day and Aragorn's horse's name is Brego and I was like "oh snap, that's a cool ...more

@izimmbiplays • 376d

My last name is Zimmer. People started calling me Zimmbi. I thought iZimmbi was catchy, and then I added plays to the end to make my gamer tag after one of my favorite streamers started a “plays” ...more

@sprondeau • 376d

just my first two initials and my last name

@legodad • 377d

I love Lego and love being a dad. LegoDad! Boom!

@commandernici • 378d

sooo my name is Nicole, Nici for short... bc I am short (literally just 5ft) and I made this username when I was at peak obsession with the show The100 and Lexa (Commander Lexa) was my fave character...more

@dinthe6o3 • 378d

My answer is pretty simple: My name is Derek and I live in New Hampshire (area code: 603).

@trashdoc16 • 378d

I'd never really done any online gaming before Rocket League, and I was trying to think of a name. So after much deliberation, I realized I should use "trash" in the name, because I consider myself t...more

@jobn • 378d

My name is Jon and the B is near the N on the keyboard...and I didn't pay attention when I typed

@barelyhare • 379d

So, I used to be 'RabbitsBark' because, you know, rabbits be barking and whatnot. I decided to change it to this name, however, because the old one was sort of tied to a lot of bad vibes if you know w...more

@buddhastank • 379d

A middle school bet gone wrong. In gym class I was given a bet to not wash my gym clothes for the entire semester. My shirt had a small little Buddha logo on it. Hence BuddhaStank, because my clothes ...more

@nasko0406 • 380d

My game tag is easy bc of my last name and the years my kids were born. Twitch tag and on here is my kids telling me you need something funny that will make people look.

@alden • 380d

How many other Aldens do you know? (TheAld3n… 3 for the freaking best gaming community around)

@infocynic • 380d

Cynic is fairly self explanatory for anyone who knows me. Info was a play on Data from Star Trek TNG, who I've always liked.

@jaimecitoamor • 380d

So, I have two depending on length 1. When I was in swim lessons there was this cooler than life lifeguard named Jayce…and I just liked the name and adopted for less than 8 digit tags 2. In high s...more

@mariomaestro • 381d

The first part of my last name is pronounced Mac. And uh, so there you have it. As for “MarioMaestro”, I literally never used it or heard it before until I signed up for C3 and wanted to try s...more

@uxorcist • 381d

Okay so I have two. My original gamer tag I got from trying to convert my name into Japanese in middle school (and doing it incorrectly). Not surprising - I've always been a weeb. And my current gamer...more

@notjosh • 381d

I have zero creativity in my brain but wanted it to be known I’m not Josh.

@themadbombchu • 381d

TheMadBombchu came about in High school when I started playing Star Craft with my brand new shiny high school friends. It was the first time I needed a gamer tag, and I couldn’t think of anything. M...more

@darthsmeagol • 381d

As I explained on my @whatareyourthree episode, my two favourite franchises are Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. I also had people IRL call me Smeagol because I can do a good impression of him. I al...more

@mynamematt • 381d

Well my Xbox is beardedfatguy61. Because… well I’m a big ol bearded fella. The 61 came from the Mickey mantle/roger maris chasing babe Ruth’s 60 hr record in 1961. Even though I hate the yanks, ...more

@tootslaroo • 381d

I thought it would be funny in games like halo or call of duty to best people as Tootsy_LaRoo. When I needed a name on the switch I had to shorten in to TootsLaRoo. I'm glad I had to do it because I ...more

@ottozone • 382d

6th grade me wanted to make a pun with my last name.

@mikboy018 • 382d

The first three letters of my first and last name. I've been using since playing Jedi Knight on the MSN Gaming Zone.

@lionofthewest • 382d

It was a combination of Simba, Fire Emblem’s Radiant Dawn Skrimr, & then Escanor from 7 Deadly Sins, one of the only anime’s I’ve actually seen 😂 plus being in the West it all just came toget...more

@madharryrackham • 382d

So, as you heard, got mine from a pirate name generator on Myspace way back in the day. I read somewhere once that Harry was the crazy son of John "Calico Jack" Rackham and Anne Bonny, but I can't fin...more

@rusty6713 • 382d

I was a big fan of Rusty Wallace back in the day. This was the time of original AOL screen names. Think floppy disks, not AIM. Rusty by itself was taken but the number 13 is big in my family so I foun...more

@funkstylee • 382d

I’m a musical person and my OG AIM screen name was ButtholeSurfer13. Eventually I recognized that as much as I love their music, young teenage me was not benefitting from their moniker. So, I pu...more

@zonkedwheat9999 • 382d

Stole it from a bot

@danioverhere • 382d

Honestly, I was just tired of spelling out my original tag when I did guest spots on podcasts. 😅 “Dani Over Here” is easy to find, and like… I’m here! If you’re seeing the tag, I’m h...more

@froggy • 382d

When I was in gr 6 or 7, I really liked having prepared “random” answers to make people laugh. My main joke was to say something with “mosquitoes” in it. Someone would say “what were you doi...more

@enderphoenix • 382d

There's been so many. Rattler_Kerensky was a mix of my favorite snake and a legendary Battletech surname. Then I used Venom until I realized EVERYONE used it. Then it was Phoenix Griffin because I lov...more

@evolvixon • 382d

When I was an emo teen I realized that love spelled backwards was "evol" XD I wanted to be a clothing designer back then, so I decided to use it to come up with a cool sounding clothing brand name. Th...more

@geodad • 382d

My name is George. I'm a dad and an old school Pokémon fan. Hence, geodad... not geography or geometry sorry folks.

@whitethunder • 382d

back in 2007 facebook let you change your name to whatever you wanted (kinda like they do here). they started dialing it back till eventually not letting you have any nicknames at all. when that cha...more

@joob • 382d

I was out to lunch with my in-laws. One of my sister-in-laws was talking about Jenny McCarthy’s boobs, then attempted to ask “Hey Jeff, could you pass the soup” but the words mushed together to ...more

@wiifu • 382d

my xbox ps gamer tag changed and came from apex with lifeline and gibby and my buddy always saying yeah give me that good suck bc of her health drone and i played gibby alot and he always said brudda ...more

@jackalope • 382d

My old gamertag was werepanther from a series of books I was reading. I thought that a pather would be the coolest animal that you could change into...come to find out they were portrayed in the books...more

@dan • 382d

I made my PS3 tag back in 200-whatever before these things got all cutesy. Rey is baffled every time dant comes up and is annoyed by whoever this poser DanT1018 is. When I finally broke down and set...more

@badintel • 382d

I forget the random stuff I was using prior to this one, but when I joined the military, I was intelligence for a Marine Force Recon reserve unit. Any time we'd go out to train, it was always the joke...more

@bitzdad • 382d

Bitz is just the beginning of my last name and Dad for obvious reasons. Not very creative 🤣 Although in my younger days I went by BeerLovinFool 🍻

@rey • 382d

Rey is the singular to Reyes. That's it 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

@thunder • 382d

Fun fact, when I created an xbox live account, I was given the GT: FearfulBeef1942 (numbers may be wrong) and then in C1S5 Fortnite added Shockwave grenades which created the so called "thunderpump". ...more

@blockmamba • 382d

Huge Kobe Bryant fan my entire life (with some personal connections) hence the Black Mamba. I was playing Minecraft at the time, hence BlockMamba. But typically just shorten it to Mamba.

@gongshowdad • 382d

Geez, where to begin…it all started with Drummer829, because I was 16 and unoriginal. Then it changed to SnippinTopTitty, and Xbox said no (even though it’s just a hockey reference). Then I chan...more

@ohtwotwo • 382d

TL;DR - My roster number in Basic Training was A-1 022. My first Xbox gamertag was "aMonkeyOnHeroin" then Xbox made me change it so I went with "aMonkeyOnKush" (my friends & I all were "a(animal)On...more

@joel • 382d

I created a website called channel3.gg and I really wanted the world to know about it and sign up and use it every day, so I made my gamertag channel3.gg

@laughatbrian • 382d

It's what I made my Twitter handle early on in stand-up and it just kinda stuck with me. Plus I'm just super funny.

@dosandres • 382d

My tag used to be Los Andres a few years ago. The mother of my children would call me Andres (last name is Andrews) when yelling at me in Spanish so I made it my gamer tag. When me and my daughter sta...more

@jklein8383 • 382d

Nothing too interesting. Needed a gamertag, went with the college I root for and the state i live in. I was not a member of a band of antislavery guerrillas in Kansas before and during the American Ci...more

@jedijohann • 382d

I was always the nerd wearing star wars tees even back when you would get beat up for doing so. When we would go bowling in high school we would always use fake names. Mine was always Jedi Knight. As ...more

@nanner • 382d

My name is Brennan. Spell it backwards and you get NannerB. But everyone just cut off the B when saying my name. So the B is silent and that’s how I became a Banana.

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