How to make a more visually appealing username online.

This is a little bit of notes to my classmates. If you do not wish to read keep scrolling.


Dear Doc and Doc’s class,

I have had a short yet fun ammount of time with you all. I am appreciative of all of you and feel as if you are all my new friends that I may never see again. I wish you all good luck in your studies. Due to complications in my life as of 3rd quarter I will most likely be leaving public schools and be homeschooled to further my advancements and start college early. I hope you all have enjoyed my company although I have been a burden on many. You guys make me feel at home.

Thank you,

Travis

I plan to upload a blog every now and then to talk to you all. So please stay tuned in.


How to make a more visually appealing username online.


Everyone has seen “that” guy with a name like xXKingKillerXx while playing online. Every single name online expresses a person in there own different ways. It can become an eyesore everytime you see the same type of name. Some of the most common names start with King, xX, Ninja and Killer so I recommend to try and avoid those terms. Here are a few ways to make yourself look more creative and unique while playing online.

 

Step 1. Be Uncommon

When creating an online username you should fine subtle ways to express yourself. Are you crazy? Are you passionate? Are you strong or weak? What defines you? It could be many words but you should select your favorite out of them. Once you’ve characterized yourself a little bit get more creative. My favorite thing when characterizing myself if looking up synonyms for a words and finding the most uncommon one. Here are some examples.

  • Passionate = Fervent
  • Crazy = Deranged
  • Fast = Swift
  • Strong = Sturdy

Step 2. Be Unique

When creating an online username you should use more words. The more words you use the more unique you become. Although at a point using longer words can become a hassle. Here is a quick example using my online username.

✔ FerventOrange or 🚫 FerventedOrangling 

Your name should be quick and unique. It should also be able to characterize yourself a little bit.

For example…  Fervent means Passionate and Orange is my favorite color. Therefor I have a passion for the color orange.

If your name is too long it can be harder on your team or friends to give call outs or helpful advice quickly. I would always recommend 2 short worded names.

Step 3. Subtle facts

When online you should express yourself. Give everyone a small taste of what you like. For this step I would always recommend something that you like, It either being a treat, a color or even an animal. Hence the word orange in my username. This gives your prior characteristic something to characterize. Here are some examples…

  • DerangedTiger
  • SturdyGrape
  • SwiftTurtle
  • FerventOrange

Although these are all pretty simple they are still examples of characterizing an object.

Step 4. Play around

When creating your final name play around with it. Make something unique or weird. You could even characterize something with a characterization it should not have. From the prior examples be a little bit deranged. You could even make something that doesnt make sense, like…

  • SwiftTurtle (Fast Turtle)
  • DerangedSloth (Crazy Sloth)

Then you can question yourself. Why would there be a fast turtle? Or a crazy sloth? Its not about a fast turtle or a crazy sloth. From those names I could figure out that you like to be fast and your favorite animal is most likely a turtle.

Step 5. Check if anyone else has the name

How much would it suck if you spent many minutes coming up with the most perfect name just to find out that it isnt unique. Mess around and look for your new name on the internet and see if anyone else uses it. If it is found in many places then I suggest you find a new name.

When I looked up FerventOrange only 6 versions of my names popped up. BUT all of them were owned by me. 2 being my youtube channels, 1 being a game website, 1 being a forum and 2 for online social club accounts.

Step 6. Be SAFE

In this step you NEED to be safe. When creating your name do not give out your name, location, age or year you were born. You should do a google search to make sure your information IS SECURE.

 

Thank you all for reading, If you’d like go ahead and create a unique name and leave it in the comments.

~ Travis 1/10/18

Team Fortress 2 VS Overwatch (Comparisons)

Team Fortress 2

Released October 1oth 2007 by Valve Corp. Team Fortress 2 took the world by storm with Valves remake of the 1999 classic “Team Fortress Classic”.  When the game was originally launched over 20 thousand players bought it on its FIRST day for $20. Within 2007 TF2 Claimed over 5 awards including, Best Artistic Design, Game of the year and Best Multiplayer experience. The game is a Team VS Team game averaging over 20 people per match with the choice to play 9 different and diverse characters.

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During mid 2011 TF2 was starting to hit an all time low and Valve decided it was time for it to become “Free to play”. When the game first became free to play the game started to hit over 60 thousand players a day. Since the game was free to play Valve had also added in Micro-Transactions or the ability to purchase cosmetic items either off auction on Steam or loot boxes in game. With the new micro-transactions the TF2 team released hundreds of new items from gun skins to hats. Along with all of the new items Valve also opened the ability to create custom hosted servers that you could run from a computer for you and your friends to play on. With all Valve added after 2011 the game started to grow in popularity due to the allowance of diversity ingame, different strategies and new custom maps that we’re added.

Here is a quick rundown.

  • $20 / Free
  • Micro-Transactions
  • Thousands of cosmetics
  • 9 “Heros” or characters
  • Custom Games
  • Custom Maps
  • Over 5 Awards in 2007

Overwatch

Released May 24th 2016 by Blizzard Entertainment for $40-$60. Overwatch was the #1 biggest competitor with TF2 after it was announced at Blizzcon 2014. Overwatch was the product of a past games by Blizzard called “Titan”. Midway through modeling and testing Blizzard shutdown Titan and recycled it into Overwatch keeping a small baseline from the past game. During 2016 Overwatch had also gained many awards including Multiple Game of the year awards. Overwatch was a 5v5 Team fight that consisted of 21 original characters. Each team could only have 1 of each character until custom games were added. Currently as of Blizzcon 2018 (That I attended in Anaheim, California) they added the 29th hero “Ashe” (I was in the first game EVER to play Ashe).

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Overwatch has had a steady stream of updates that include, New gamemode, new heros, new maps and new buffs/nerfs. Overwatch came with lootboxes and cosmetics for each of their heros allowing players to change up what they look like. The game is always changing its M.E.T.A or Most Effective Tactic Available and is staying mainstream even in late 2018.

Here is a quick rundown.

  • $40-$60
  •  Micro-Transactions
  • Hundreds of Cosmetics
  • 29 Diverse heroes
  • Custom Games
  • Multiple Game of the year awards

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By simple comparison you can tell that each game has its ups and downs. If you are ever interested in playing either of the games I will personally recommend TF2 before Overwatch. This is mainly just due to costs and the fact that TF2 (in my opinion) is more difficult. If you enjoy TF2 then I will almost assure you that you will enjoy Overwatch. up till now the gaming communities of each game had been at each others throats but as 2018 started each group had become more hand in hand. Each game had its good moments and each had their bad.

 

-Travis Kirk