Fang-tans last blog post..200th Post!

I got into anime and manga soon after and joined Gaia. I had started drawing and I did a lot of Chibi drawings so instead of just “meower” I went with “Chibi-Meower”, which is also my DeviantART name. Following that I kinda got sick of the username and around the time I joined a Tokyo Mew Mew Forum I started using “Nya-Chan”. Quiet obvious how it evolved, since “Nya” is Japanese for “Meow” and I just tacked “-Chan” to the end to make it sound more like a nickname. xD; Now I use it without the dash either because a lot of sites were like “NO DASHES RAWR” So I got into the habbit of not including it. Also some places (anime related and whatnot) have “Nya-Chan” and “NyaChan” taken, thus I’ve warped it into “NyaronChan” when I need to.

However, all my online game sign ins are “meowerchan” for what reason I don’t recall, but it does make a nice nod towards my old incarnation of my nickname. In the games themselves I used to use “Kisemi” (A warped version of “Kiseki”, a RPG character I had at the time I started MMOing), while now I’ve settled more on “Natsuko”. I don’t use NyaChan as IGNs because I dislike seeing non-name sounding IGNs for characters.

NyaChans last blog post..Gamer Talk [01.11.09] — Persona, Persona, Persona!

jennkeis last blog post..Touhou Anime Musoukakyo’s Seiyuu – How??

However, I do not limit myself merely to single handle – I create multiple ones in order to act out different actions that would not be possible for my normal handle such as roleplaying other ages, genders and even personalities as a form of expression I cannot do so in my ordinary handle which is linked to the persona I show the real-world as thus limited by that face.

This specific handle is use now is because it represents a fictional character which may not much to most but I feel that share a great number of similar traits.

As for my opinions on other peoples handles – I believe a great deal of users choose a specific handle since it has a connection to them no matter how vague it may be. For why others choose handles that are not connected to the creator it is likely they wish to become a different being to that which they show the world.

(If anyone was weirded out by my post – I’m not thinking about what I type here ^_^’)

But for me the most important thing about creating a name to use on the internet is that it would be something unique. Something I could use everywhere without adding on some stupid numbers or something. No one else has come up with “FuyuMaiden” and now I’ve used it so much that it’s something that belongs just to me. If “Fuyu” alone wasn’t popular, I probably never would have even picked up the Maiden part. But adding on another word assured me a one-person name so I’m satisfied.

To put it simply, mine evolved over the course of a couple of years. Once I found something that worked I stuck with it and used it everywhere. For no reason other than it makes registering accounts and socializing easier.

FuyuMaidens last blog post..Weekly Anime (12/29 – 1/4)

super ratss last blog post..Unity Yuno

I try to spell people’s handles correctly. I respect people online like I would in real life.

I like handles, because they’re mysterious and make me feel cool :P.

Even with handles, people always show disrespect on cyberspace. There’re usually no consequences, that’s why. People forget that there’s a person behind that handle. If you say mean-spirited things, you’ll hurt him/her. It’s depressing, really.

M12s last blog post..3koma – Walking on Water

I’ve definitely noticed that while I had changed my name a lot when I was younger (in IRC, forums, etc), I’ve generally stuck to this one for the past 3-4 years. Names evolve and change over time and after a while, you’d become attached to one.

Regarding exact capitalization, I prefer to write things like AIR and CLANNAD the way that I treat all titles, which is capitalize first letter and lower case for the rest (and italicized). I feel that the excess caps are too annoying. Maybe because of too many forum trolls with their caps lock perma-on. Funny thing is I’d stick with things like sola and true tears though. I just don’t like caps. I think it’s not a big issue as it doesn’t detract from the reader’s understanding of what you’re referring to.

Interesting thing though is since I’ve played many MMOs and have lots of friends who know me using different names (I use different names for every game for creativity’s sake), not that many actually call me as Micchi aside from my closest friends and people who meet me via forums or my site. I guess in the end, you usually call someone by the first name you knew them as.

Micchis last blog post..Nendoroids to Celebrate the New Year

For myself, I’ve had my current handle for almost a decade. Before that, I had maybe a half dozen or so switched up over the course of two or three years. The thought I put into the actual name was minimal and mostly irrelevant now, but the word to me has become as much my identity as my real name because I spend so much time with it. Internet culture is a funny thing, I guess.

Kiriskas last blog post..I Had a Dream in Japanese — With Subtitles