This is a bit of a different video but I hope it helps you while you're starting out! A few people asked for advice on branding, and some streamers I know mentioned when they changed their usernames they noticed they got more growth! So I wanted to cover this to hopefully provide some help! The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme 🕘Timestamps: 0:20 Introduction 1:30 How To Use Twitch Username Generators 2:30 How To Check Username Availability 3:15 How To Make A Twitch Username Memorable 4:30 Avoid Using Numbers and Underscores 5:45 How To Futureproof Your Twitch Username
This is seriously the only helpful naming tutorial that I’ve seen. Everybody just tells you to be creative but doesn’t actually give any tips. Thanks for the help!
I think another thing to think about with usernames is accessibility - including leetspeak and number substitutions makes your name much more difficult to recognise for less internet-savvy users, non-native speakers of your language, and anyone using text-to-speech!
Been using JaySkott for a while & I like to think it worked with your video. Short, sweet, & easy to just go by Jay. Another tip I would add is making sure the first 6 characters of your name are unique if you can. When you get affiliate your emote prefix on Twitch will always be the first 6 characters of your username unless it’s taken, in which case it will follow the prefix with a number. Being “GamingGodKiller” might be cool until you realize your emote premix is now ‘gaming529’ I got extremely lucky that ‘jaysko’ wasn’t taken. Your videos are always super helpful! Thank you!
@@StreamScheme haha thank you! Feels great coming from you. It's an (albeit weird) nickname for one of my cats that I just yanked over to the internet.
The amount of people you respond to in the chat is amazing! I'm just barely starting to respond to people in the RUclips comments on my videos, and learning the power of it. Thanks for making these videos! I learn quite a bit from them!
The username I wanted is gone already and all variations that were remotely acceptable are also gone.. Super discouraged right now.. But thanks for the great video again
after you made the bootyyman69 joke a show that was loading finished loading and said "mankind is on the brink of extinction" and i thought it was an edit until you started talking again and it kept playing. lol
"Make sure it is pronounceable" well people say my name wrong and it is literally made from 2 words that are very easy to read and names of well known things.(I didn't make it cause of those things just that 10 year old me thought it sounded cool and I liked the name Rex as a dog name.)
I’ve had many names in the past but recently in been trying to rebrand myself As BelowAverageGamer or some variation of that. I’ve been liking it because I feel like it’s unique lol
TBH. I was struggling to come up with a IGN almost a year, until I watch this video. And I found a unique IGN everybody wouldn't imagined. And thanks to you I found that unique IGN
I honestly don’t remember when or how I got the name I use right now (BongoToucan) but it seems to fill out most of the criteria in this video and I’m almost entirely sure that I’m the only one that uses it. It’s not restrictive in the content I could make, it’s reasonably simple and I’ve found that it sticks in people’s minds because I’ve had multiple people question me about what a mix of a bongo and a toucan would be like, and it isn’t a one off thing that they mention, it’s brought up a few times over time
watching these back now and the point where you research and realised it was you all along who owned the original account, I am writing this laughing out loud, oh man been there done that!
I just wanna say I really like your videos. IDK what it is about you but there so relaxed and full of information and good content. Jeez ive never said that about a channel before
I feel like I got pretty lucky with my username I’ve had it for 12 years it’s a Litlle Rock abbreviate into Litlle with no numbers no underscore nothing it’s my username I have it on every platform
Been using mine since the Xbox 360 days. It’s lengthy, but it’s also easily abbreviated to Badger, which I don’t mind at all. Just glad I’ve never had to create new ones
i have mostly 3 usernames uncausedunicorn as my main, nekroz if i could not use uncausedunicorn due to letter restrictions and if both are unavailable i have used possessed as a username
I know the pain of trying to find a decent username. It took me over a month when trying to rebrand to find a new name. To those looking for new names: you can find inspiration from the most random things in life, when at a wall just take a break and do something else to get your mind off. You might be surprised what you can find.
i've had exactly one gamertag since 2004, that i've claimed on the larger social media sites, and that I'm not too embarrassed about beyond it harking back to my weeaboo days. It's a bit longer, but I like it
My username always gets a laugh when I follow a channel, used to be my military nickname but changed it to Skinniestfatman after a while as I wasn't too keen on my first choice. Everyone shortens it once they get to know me in chat so I'm either skinny or fatman
I watched this as I already have a username im happy with so was intrigued to see if I hit a lot of these needs and am happy to say I do! Makes me glad as I'm normally terrible at naming my socials! Eldegold, if anyone was interested 😁 amazing vid by the way and thanks always for the content!
Great video! I chose my name as just a collection of syllables I liked and it's apparently hard to pronounce for many streamers? :D Probably because it's not an existing word and they're afraid to say it wrong but oh well. I like it and since I don't plan on becoming a big twitch streamer it doesn't really matter.
Advice needed! I came up with Sixtymime awhile ago. I feel like it's pretty creative and slightly eludes to 69. however, it's just a mime. People could call me sixty for short. Opinions?
This is a great help. Thanks for sharing! I can tell my username can be a bit of a mouthful, but it is important to me and I have no plans of changing it any time soon.
I went with luuniaa, I was originally going to have lunia but its mostly taken. The name i go by is loo, I combined it with luna and changed the letters in loo to u since it still sounds the same. and I think its pretty cool.
Just a heads up! I checked my username and noticed that tiktok wasn't marked off, even though I definitely have it and the link. www.tiktok.com/@kingartsie If you need your username for tiktok, be sure to manually check it!
Great again! Question: I'm planning to start streaming more on Twitch as an extension of other marketing for my podcast and business because mixing business and fun sounds like how I want to run my company. So, do you have any safety tips for someone whose name is incredibly easy to find?
I am getting ready to start streaming and at the moment coming up with the name on twitch is a bit of a challenge. I have one, that is really confusing to people and impossible to pronounce :D Thank you for a very useful video!
My twitch username is the same as on here: ughlygirl. It's a pun on "ugh" but most people don't get it and I have to explain it to them. I'm worried I'm driving people away because they're thinking "I don't want to watch someone who's ugly." Is this a legitimate concern or am I overthinking it?
I agree with eljay, you're overthinking it! I think your username's great, and you even have it in your icon lol Some new viewers may miss it, but I think it's very memorable, and will be easy for your returning viewers to come back to imo
And here i sit using the same name for everything since I was 16. Just a nickname I had and still use. ;D like... I played around with it a bit like HarlesCBK at one point.
Good news is. I'm the full front page of Google when searched. And. Clicks to stream from Google is at 33% currently. Gotta say. I was shocked to get direct traffic from there
I had "Foxy" For the longest time back when I was a kid because I was obsessed with Foxy from FNAF and mentioned it every chance I had -,.,- Username tip I would give: It doesn't have to be completly abstract, you can use a name that haves something common in it, if it holds meaning for you or if it sounds cool or cute with the rest of the username. My username is made of two common words and yet it sounds nice. About my username: Muffin is a name I had for a very long time, and back when I met my boyfriend he said one of the main reasons he was interested in meeting me was because my username was cute, so it holds a soft spot because if I didn't have this name maybe we wouldn't have met. The shy part is something about me, I am introverted and shy and well it looks cute when you mix Shy and Muffin (I mostly only use ShyMuffin for gamertag and Muffin for social media but in cases like youtube I use ShyMuffin) It is also easy to remember and I can be called both Shy or Muffin. Which are both cute and easy to say.
I always use WizGuardian for all my accounts but when I started trying to stream I felt like the name didn't fit. I don't know if my nickname is easy to read/spell it...
@@StreamScheme I try to use the generator but it not fit for me .-. I even try to use my name in generator but nothing good... since couple months I have been thinking about what name is suitable but I still haven't thought about it until now because I have been using the name wizguardian since 7 years ago.
I have had such a hard time picking a username and have changed it so many times. Right now, I'm going for LisaMachine, but haven't set up any channels just yet.. Would like your honest opinion on the username. I'm not feeling confident about it, but maybe that just always going to be. Tips?
It's not a bad user name, and I can think of some fun branding making you a robot and what not, but at the end of the day you being happy and confident with it is important. Have you tried the generators? Or have other ideas?
I’ve used a bunch of account names, my longest being ADirtyHobo77. I found that that one is hard to accurately tag for RUclips hahah. Some of my others are Crisiskiller77, MasterBaiter77, and who could forget the greatest COD name being Longus Dongus. What classics!
Since college my username for everything (Twitch, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter) has been Big Ol Tumnus. it came from one of my friends saying I looked like Mr. Tumnus from the Chronicles of Narnia cause I could only grow a billy goat beard 😂 I’ve loved the name ever since. I feel like it flows well, and people call me Tumnus for short.
My twitch name for my first two months of streaming (Nov 2020-Jan 2021) was Micrs0ftw0rd and it was awful for a streamer. It was funny when I was a viewer and the streamers would always get a kick out of reading it in chat but I made the decision to change my name once I hit affiliate and honestly, best decision I made. That fact that I made affiliate at all with that name is amazing lmao. It is kinda funny though 'cause I have a bunch of people in my community that call me McSoftie because of my old name. It's a nice little inside thing I have with them! As for the name now, Tomas is my actual name then TDE stands for The Dank Engine. Figured I lived with those jokes my whole life why not embrace it!
I have two usernames I use for everything. I like Novastitous. It’s like a combination of Super Nova, and Superstitious. Novastitous just has a ring I love. But sometimes, games or apps will block it because novasTITous is inappropriate. So on those cases I use CosmicCowling, this keeps the space theme, but also uses part of Full Cowling from My Hero Academia. I went through this video, and I was glad to know my usernames fit all of these marks.
"hiver is a bit gross" french speakers: ☃️👁️👄👁️☃️ seriously tho your video was very helpful, and it reminded me that i need to look at how everything would be pronounced by normal english, because when i see hiver i read "eve-air" which sounds a lit different than "hive-er"
I'm a bit late to this comment section lol--just wanted to say that I've binged a few hours of your videos now and I'm just. Floored. By how helpful it's been to get someone who doesn't say the same five words of advice. Seriously, kudos to you dude. Also wanted to ask if you think the name Calikova isn't too complex/wordy if you have the time to give feedback! Keep up the good work either way!!
I flipflop between a WoW BC character's name shortened, or WoW Legion shortened version of another character name. Right now, it's either Khay85 or Jugs85. Points to Gryffindor if you can figure out the numbers.
The only problem I have with my username is pronunciation Naes_TCK Sean backwards and TCK stands for The Cookie King, a nickname I had in highschool. The underscore here isn't much of an issue as it makes it less confusing to pronounce because people will try to pronounce the TCK if there wasn't an underscore. Overall whenever someone tries I just say it's "nay es"
Yo can i get your thoughts on Badmouth? This has been my tag for like 4 years but now i want to brand around my personality (just chatting and variety streamer) and i dont feel like it suits my personality. Am i overthinking?
Tough to say if you’re overthinking, I don’t know your content so I can’t tell if it fits. Overall, it’s not a bad username, it fits well with something that’s easy to remember, it’s unique as well. Tough to say though on if it fits you.
I used to go by lostboysandneverland on twitch and the small following i had were actually really upset when i said I was going to rebrand since i was small enough to do so without major confusion. I even explained that I was doing it because the name was too long, hard to navigate and just didn't have any way of nicknaming outside of "lost" or "lostboy"...a few stayed after the rebrand but I definitely lost a good chunk of viewership over something that I personally felt was so simple. That said, I'm noticing people seem to be far more likely to click onto my streams now with a shorter name that also has an implied nickname "Fritz" I also am so much happier with it which makes me feel a lot more confident when I greet new viewers and introduce myself. So while I lost some viewers, I gained confidence which, personally I feel will help me in the long run anyways.
Fourth link from the top will give you a page that has heaps of different generators on it :) We wanted to provide options, the one in the video is on the page as well.
I've been using the same nickname (not this one) for almost 25 years, often not taken when only Dutch people are involved, but add English and it's gone most of the time. So I started adding a hobby, that went well for a while, but these days that option is gone too, so now I added a 3rd part and I've been in luck so far. Everyone knows me by my nick and/or the 3rd part, so the positive side is that everyone knows me, the negative side: everyone knows me...
I'm on my personal account right now, but I'm curious to get some feedback on my current name/theme. My handle is KainDrago. It's based off of two of my favorite characters in fiction. Kain from Legacy of Kain and of course, Ivan Drago. My theme is the Kingdom of Kain. My intro isn't hard written yet but the rough draft is essentially we share the kingdom, so be good to each other and let's have fun. And my "ranks" are royalty based. Duke, Earl, Lord and Lady, that sort of thing. My new dynamic scene collection is medieval looking. The background looks like a stone wall and the motion cuts for scenes are flames. The pre stream and BRB/break scenes have some royalty free medieval sounding music at a comfortable volume. Thanks one and all for the input!
I went from using a character name (Revan24), to making one using Tolkien’s languages (Isilothar, nobody understood that so I just dropped it) and now I went back to take a character’s name with Ace Tamer Marth, I kind of like that last one but I’m a bit afraid that it is to long.
@@StreamScheme wooow, first of all, thanks a lot for replying, I was really not expecting it, I have recently discovered your Chanel and I have learned a lot, I can’t thank you enough, your content is amazing. And yes, is a mixture form Ace Trainer (Pokémon) and Digimon Tamer (Digimon), I think I should go for something less specific, again thanks a lot!
I remember when I was choosing a username I was going between Fxnelle (Fxn = Function in Nursing / Fx = Video effects, sounds like "Fictional") and RoyalsPoison (the OG gaming handle)... I was going back and forth on them for so long, even made a whole concept for both XD Which one would you have chosen? :D (also i subbed
This is a bit of a different video but I hope it helps you while you're starting out! A few people asked for advice on branding, and some streamers I know mentioned when they changed their usernames they noticed they got more growth! So I wanted to cover this to hopefully provide some help!
The timecodes are below and if this video helped let me know in the comments! If you want to join our growing community check out our other content: bit.ly/JoinTheStreamScheme
🕘Timestamps:
0:20 Introduction
1:30 How To Use Twitch Username Generators
2:30 How To Check Username Availability
3:15 How To Make A Twitch Username Memorable
4:30 Avoid Using Numbers and Underscores
5:45 How To Futureproof Your Twitch Username
I've been using WoodlandDust as a twitch name for a while now... do you think its a good name?
@@WoodlandDust Seems fine! Are you happy with it?
@@StreamScheme Yea I am :) I think its my favorite name i've ever come up with.
@@WoodlandDust I really like it too TBH!
Well, I wanted to be called JJ, but that was taken, so jsttsj, but that was taken, so jsttsjistaken
This is seriously the only helpful naming tutorial that I’ve seen. Everybody just tells you to be creative but doesn’t actually give any tips. Thanks for the help!
Glad it helped! Thanks for the kind words!
yeah this really helped you Rock bro
I've used so many handles. They're all decent, but I just don't feel like I've gotten the one yet.
You’ll get there! It can take a lot of time to find the right one but once you do just be confident! I believe!
same i’ve changed my name like 5 times already just i feel like it’s not good enough
Me too it’s tuff
I’ve changed my handle two times. I haven’t found the one yet.
I have had like 100+ names, I feel you.
I think another thing to think about with usernames is accessibility - including leetspeak and number substitutions makes your name much more difficult to recognise for less internet-savvy users, non-native speakers of your language, and anyone using text-to-speech!
Very true!
I've changed my name like a thousand times but after watching this I finally found a name I can use that isn't taken thanks to you
I am so glad!
your username has helped me come up with a name therefore you are a god
I change my name a lot of time.
*and a lot I mean*
Been using JaySkott for a while & I like to think it worked with your video. Short, sweet, & easy to just go by Jay.
Another tip I would add is making sure the first 6 characters of your name are unique if you can. When you get affiliate your emote prefix on Twitch will always be the first 6 characters of your username unless it’s taken, in which case it will follow the prefix with a number. Being “GamingGodKiller” might be cool until you realize your emote premix is now ‘gaming529’ I got extremely lucky that ‘jaysko’ wasn’t taken.
Your videos are always super helpful! Thank you!
Great tip my man! Seriously, that is such a good tip! Hope the videos help!
I somehow found Jaysko cooler
I love having a really weird name because it's pretty unique to me, and I think that could help people remember it better!
Oh I really like Puddintoast as a name hahaha
@@StreamScheme haha thank you! Feels great coming from you. It's an (albeit weird) nickname for one of my cats that I just yanked over to the internet.
Nice! Mine is after my cat Mina, who got changed to Meana since she's so mean-a to other cats. ^_^
The amount of people you respond to in the chat is amazing! I'm just barely starting to respond to people in the RUclips comments on my videos, and learning the power of it. Thanks for making these videos! I learn quite a bit from them!
Oh hey thanks :) just doing my best!
i’m about to get my first ever pc setup and i can’t wait to start streaming. your videos are so helpful, thank you so much!
dude if you wanna start streaming it will not be easy keep going even if it starts going bad itll come back up dont worry man just keep going :)
Same bro goodluck😎
@@stronkgeorge thank you!!
@@christianwallace1147 thank you! good luck to you too :D
The username I wanted is gone already and all variations that were remotely acceptable are also gone.. Super discouraged right now.. But thanks for the great video again
You'll find something! I believe!
after you made the bootyyman69 joke a show that was loading finished loading and said "mankind is on the brink of extinction" and i thought it was an edit until you started talking again and it kept playing. lol
Man this guy has a video for everything. So glad I found this channel.
I didnt think of these ideas. Thanks!
Hope they help!
"Make sure it is pronounceable" well people say my name wrong and it is literally made from 2 words that are very easy to read and names of well known things.(I didn't make it cause of those things just that 10 year old me thought it sounded cool and I liked the name Rex as a dog name.)
I’ve had many names in the past but recently in been trying to rebrand myself As BelowAverageGamer or some variation of that. I’ve been liking it because I feel like it’s unique lol
If you like it, and you make great content! Nothing else matters!
TBH. I was struggling to come up with a IGN almost a year, until I watch this video. And I found a unique IGN everybody wouldn't imagined. And thanks to you I found that unique IGN
Smashing it man! Sorry to hear you struggled for so long!
I honestly don’t remember when or how I got the name I use right now (BongoToucan) but it seems to fill out most of the criteria in this video and I’m almost entirely sure that I’m the only one that uses it. It’s not restrictive in the content I could make, it’s reasonably simple and I’ve found that it sticks in people’s minds because I’ve had multiple people question me about what a mix of a bongo and a toucan would be like, and it isn’t a one off thing that they mention, it’s brought up a few times over time
There ya go! It's easy for you hahaha I do quite like the name as well honestly!
watching these back now and the point where you research and realised it was you all along who owned the original account, I am writing this laughing out loud, oh man been there done that!
Hahahaha Yeah, I think it is disingenuous not to point out my own flaws and mistakes hahaha
Loved the video lj! It's nice that even though I have to miss most streams now, I can still watch these, great content! :D
Thanks Beth! You've been missed!
I just wanna say I really like your videos. IDK what it is about you but there so relaxed and full of information and good content. Jeez ive never said that about a channel before
I appreciate that! I just hope they help everyone watching them! Just doing my best! :) Good Luck!
Liked this video a lot so thank! You really helped me out. One of my first usernames was TheHornyDevil so yeah needed something more mature haha.
Glad I could help! And also, we've all been there with those usernames hahaha
Thumbnail: The worst username!
Title of the video: The best username!
Me: Ok so who is telling the truth
The titles how to pick a good one! Something I learned after picking a kinda bad one hahaha
I feel like I got pretty lucky with my username I’ve had it for 12 years it’s a Litlle Rock abbreviate into Litlle with no numbers no underscore nothing it’s my username I have it on every platform
I love it, simple and unique!
Been using mine since the Xbox 360 days. It’s lengthy, but it’s also easily abbreviated to Badger, which I don’t mind at all. Just glad I’ve never had to create new ones
It looks like an autogenerated from the 360 days! I love it!
4inchpounder
what do you think about chaning user names afther u get like 400 followers?
My username is same in every place. Everyone thinks OMG stands for Oh My God but its actually One More Game and Saku is just my first name :D
Hahaha seems solid!
The amount of subs this guy has is enough to make me sub.
My current one is fault games and I'm not happy with it I'm trying to find one that's short and memorable
Good luck! Hope you find something!
i have mostly 3 usernames uncausedunicorn as my main, nekroz if i could not use uncausedunicorn due to letter restrictions and if both are unavailable i have used possessed as a username
I've always been bad at sticking with one, let alone having backups! hahaha
I know the pain of trying to find a decent username. It took me over a month when trying to rebrand to find a new name. To those looking for new names: you can find inspiration from the most random things in life, when at a wall just take a break and do something else to get your mind off. You might be surprised what you can find.
It's so tough! But when you find the right one, it's amazing!
Hell yeah, I got a real naming crisis lmao. I can't stop thinking about it and switching my handles to something more personal and identifiable......
Love the forgotten account twist XD. I feel you man.
I think I've managed to snag a pretty unique username. Too bad I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it means.
It's a Fish.... impending .... Seems straightforward to me! hahaha
Maybr you could chop some letters out and make it like "PendingFish" or "Fishpend". just my 2 cents
i've had exactly one gamertag since 2004, that i've claimed on the larger social media sites, and that I'm not too embarrassed about beyond it harking back to my weeaboo days. It's a bit longer, but I like it
My username always gets a laugh when I follow a channel, used to be my military nickname but changed it to Skinniestfatman after a while as I wasn't too keen on my first choice. Everyone shortens it once they get to know me in chat so I'm either skinny or fatman
I actually love it, good work!
My really old user name was the mastercooker but I didn't know how to spell cook so it was the mastercock. Good job old me.
Mine is simply "That Lad You Know" , which sums me up pretty well
Well, there ya go very simple!
Hmm I swear I saw a comment with this username before lol
my one : did you get a whoppa. yeah im embarrassed too
I watched this as I already have a username im happy with so was intrigued to see if I hit a lot of these needs and am happy to say I do! Makes me glad as I'm normally terrible at naming my socials! Eldegold, if anyone was interested 😁 amazing vid by the way and thanks always for the content!
Elde! Good to see you, you're great at naming! Eldegold is a great one :)
Great video! I chose my name as just a collection of syllables I liked and it's apparently hard to pronounce for many streamers? :D
Probably because it's not an existing word and they're afraid to say it wrong but oh well.
I like it and since I don't plan on becoming a big twitch streamer it doesn't really matter.
Advice needed! I came up with Sixtymime awhile ago. I feel like it's pretty creative and slightly eludes to 69. however, it's just a mime. People could call me sixty for short. Opinions?
Pretty solid honestly!
@@StreamScheme Okay, word. Thanks for the affirmation. Much appreciated! Love your videos btw
This is a great help. Thanks for sharing!
I can tell my username can be a bit of a mouthful, but it is important to me and I have no plans of changing it any time soon.
It seems fine to me!
@@StreamScheme Thank you for that!
wow you are very active in the comments
I reply to every single person :) If they chose to support me or engage, I think it would be rude to ignore them!
My ideal name needs an underscore at the end but I got rid of all of the underscores in the name itself. great video!
My Twitch name is PartTimeToaster, I’m not sure if it’s good but I think it’s pretty catchy
I quite like it honestly hahaha
That's a great username, fun to say out loud and memorable lol
After watching this video it helped me change my name to an anagram of my actual name, which really helped out. Thanks!
Mine would be Lord Heart:
My first name means lord.
My surname means heart
But ATM I use Tenkai. It is taken a lot
Seems fine to me! It really is the content that matters at the end of the day!
I went with luuniaa, I was originally going to have lunia but its mostly taken. The name i go by is loo, I combined it with luna and changed the letters in loo to u since it still sounds the same. and I think its pretty cool.
luunia
Would be perfect.
I’ve just always used Baysidegalaxy23 because that’s what Xbox gave me when I first signed in and I liked it
Love a classic Xbox generated name! They were actually great often!
I got my name from a designation of a OC that I made years ago. Which is the only reason the numbers are included. Cuz it pertains to the character
It is still a good idea to drop the numbers for a brand :)
Just a heads up! I checked my username and noticed that tiktok wasn't marked off, even though I definitely have it and the link. www.tiktok.com/@kingartsie
If you need your username for tiktok, be sure to manually check it!
Good shout!
Great again! Question: I'm planning to start streaming more on Twitch as an extension of other marketing for my podcast and business because mixing business and fun sounds like how I want to run my company. So, do you have any safety tips for someone whose name is incredibly easy to find?
Mine is unique and by default the best name in existence, fight me.
Hey if you like it that is great! :)
I am getting ready to start streaming and at the moment coming up with the name on twitch is a bit of a challenge. I have one, that is really confusing to people and impossible to pronounce :D Thank you for a very useful video!
Mine used to be xxlittlemissjemmaxx 💔💔💔 it is most definitely not anymore
The reminders of the early 2000s internet usernames!
just curious. ive been going by Undead Eagle for the longest time do you think that sounds decent?
It’s not bad, certainly feels unique!
My twitch username is the same as on here: ughlygirl. It's a pun on "ugh" but most people don't get it and I have to explain it to them. I'm worried I'm driving people away because they're thinking "I don't want to watch someone who's ugly." Is this a legitimate concern or am I overthinking it?
You're overthinking it :)
I agree with eljay, you're overthinking it! I think your username's great, and you even have it in your icon lol
Some new viewers may miss it, but I think it's very memorable, and will be easy for your returning viewers to come back to imo
@@kingartsie9962 Thanks for the reassurance! It's very helpful to get an outsider's perspective :)
@@StreamScheme Whew ok good, thank you!
Ughlygirl is cool!
5:30 I did the same thing with my tik tok account and I was very confused and thought there was an imposter
Every time man, every time!
My Twitch is “L4ama” right now do you think it’s a good name?
Seems fairly solid! Short, sweet, easily remembered, and people can easily say Llama when talking to you.
And here i sit using the same name for everything since I was 16. Just a nickname I had and still use. ;D like... I played around with it a bit like HarlesCBK at one point.
Good news is. I'm the full front page of Google when searched. And. Clicks to stream from Google is at 33% currently. Gotta say. I was shocked to get direct traffic from there
Nicknames tend to be the best way to start as long as they don't dox you, that is if you're trying to stay private! :)
@@StreamScheme for sure. But, in the end, we all will be doxxed anyway so not a big worry.
When I was 8 I used to be called "Golden Watermelon"
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Well.... maybe not every nickname is a winner!
😂
I had "Foxy" For the longest time back when I was a kid because I was obsessed with Foxy from FNAF and mentioned it every chance I had -,.,-
Username tip I would give: It doesn't have to be completly abstract, you can use a name that haves something common in it, if it holds meaning for you or if it sounds cool or cute with the rest of the username. My username is made of two common words and yet it sounds nice.
About my username: Muffin is a name I had for a very long time, and back when I met my boyfriend he said one of the main reasons he was interested in meeting me was because my username was cute, so it holds a soft spot because if I didn't have this name maybe we wouldn't have met. The shy part is something about me, I am introverted and shy and well it looks cute when you mix Shy and Muffin (I mostly only use ShyMuffin for gamertag and Muffin for social media but in cases like youtube I use ShyMuffin) It is also easy to remember and I can be called both Shy or Muffin. Which are both cute and easy to say.
Hungmonkey69 🤷🏾♂️😂😂
Amazing hahahaha
I had Shooter596 as a child and totally regret it. I enjoy my new name now so yeah love it.
Glad you’re happy with the change!
I always use WizGuardian for all my accounts but when I started trying to stream I felt like the name didn't fit. I don't know if my nickname is easy to read/spell it...
Any luck with the generators?
@@StreamScheme I try to use the generator but it not fit for me .-. I even try to use my name in generator but nothing good... since couple months I have been thinking about what name is suitable but I still haven't thought about it until now because I have been using the name wizguardian since 7 years ago.
If you find a name that's available, but you change your mind there's a *2 month cool down period* (for some reason) so choose wisely.
5:30 the same thing happened to me and I got do annoyed when I found out
Thank you very very very much for this great video! It really helped me find a new name for my Twitch account.
I have had such a hard time picking a username and have changed it so many times. Right now, I'm going for LisaMachine, but haven't set up any channels just yet.. Would like your honest opinion on the username. I'm not feeling confident about it, but maybe that just always going to be. Tips?
It's not a bad user name, and I can think of some fun branding making you a robot and what not, but at the end of the day you being happy and confident with it is important. Have you tried the generators? Or have other ideas?
I’ve used a bunch of account names, my longest being ADirtyHobo77. I found that that one is hard to accurately tag for RUclips hahah.
Some of my others are Crisiskiller77, MasterBaiter77, and who could forget the greatest COD name being Longus Dongus. What classics!
Ahhh the beautiful days of not caring! Thanks for giving me a laugh mate!
Since college my username for everything (Twitch, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter) has been Big Ol Tumnus. it came from one of my friends saying I looked like Mr. Tumnus from the Chronicles of Narnia cause I could only grow a billy goat beard 😂
I’ve loved the name ever since. I feel like it flows well, and people call me Tumnus for short.
There ya go! Solid!
I love my name. Same here as on Twitch.
my worst one was Gucci-Emrald, it was for a cod clan
My twitch name for my first two months of streaming (Nov 2020-Jan 2021) was Micrs0ftw0rd and it was awful for a streamer. It was funny when I was a viewer and the streamers would always get a kick out of reading it in chat but I made the decision to change my name once I hit affiliate and honestly, best decision I made. That fact that I made affiliate at all with that name is amazing lmao. It is kinda funny though 'cause I have a bunch of people in my community that call me McSoftie because of my old name. It's a nice little inside thing I have with them!
As for the name now, Tomas is my actual name then TDE stands for The Dank Engine. Figured I lived with those jokes my whole life why not embrace it!
There ya go then! hahaha
I have two usernames I use for everything. I like Novastitous. It’s like a combination of Super Nova, and Superstitious. Novastitous just has a ring I love. But sometimes, games or apps will block it because novasTITous is inappropriate. So on those cases I use CosmicCowling, this keeps the space theme, but also uses part of Full Cowling from My Hero Academia. I went through this video, and I was glad to know my usernames fit all of these marks.
Hey I like your banner how did you make if
"hiver is a bit gross"
french speakers: ☃️👁️👄👁️☃️
seriously tho your video was very helpful, and it reminded me that i need to look at how everything would be pronounced by normal english, because when i see hiver i read "eve-air" which sounds a lit different than "hive-er"
I'm a bit late to this comment section lol--just wanted to say that I've binged a few hours of your videos now and I'm just. Floored. By how helpful it's been to get someone who doesn't say the same five words of advice. Seriously, kudos to you dude. Also wanted to ask if you think the name Calikova isn't too complex/wordy if you have the time to give feedback! Keep up the good work either way!!
Glad you like them! Calikova seems fine to me, everyone will either call you Cali or Kova but that is a great shortened nickname!
when i was younger i really liked pickles, so i called myself pickle sucker. nobody stopped me because i wouldn’t have understood why it was so bad.
xxl33tg4m3rxx is the rainbow dolphin tattoo of gamer names. 😆
Hahahaha Truer words have never been typed!
One of my names used to be called Yyuuuuuuuupp on the xbox 360 🤣
I flipflop between a WoW BC character's name shortened, or WoW Legion shortened version of another character name. Right now, it's either Khay85 or Jugs85. Points to Gryffindor if you can figure out the numbers.
I'm wondering if I should change my name and I wanted your opinion on this. Is LokiEml a good branding name or should I change it?
If you are a happy with it I think it is fine, people will nickname you Loki and you'll be all set :) Go with something you like!
@@StreamScheme it's a gamertag I have had and used since the regular xbox days lol
The only problem I have with my username is pronunciation
Naes_TCK
Sean backwards and TCK stands for The Cookie King, a nickname I had in highschool.
The underscore here isn't much of an issue as it makes it less confusing to pronounce because people will try to pronounce the TCK if there wasn't an underscore.
Overall whenever someone tries I just say it's "nay es"
Flormop is my current Twitch name. I had a similar problem where Flormp was taken by myself but I think Flormop works just fine
Seems fine to me!
thank you very much keep te good work !!
I want something simple and unique but it's still hard to find or choose some name ideas
It can be tough! Just do your best!
@@StreamScheme What Do you think of rainZzzzyy, it's easy to pronounce and it can be shortened to rainz or rain
@@wiggo8124 too many letters
Thanks for the guide, it helps alot.
Yo can i get your thoughts on Badmouth? This has been my tag for like 4 years but now i want to brand around my personality (just chatting and variety streamer) and i dont feel like it suits my personality. Am i overthinking?
Tough to say if you’re overthinking, I don’t know your content so I can’t tell if it fits. Overall, it’s not a bad username, it fits well with something that’s easy to remember, it’s unique as well.
Tough to say though on if it fits you.
I used to go by lostboysandneverland on twitch and the small following i had were actually really upset when i said I was going to rebrand since i was small enough to do so without major confusion. I even explained that I was doing it because the name was too long, hard to navigate and just didn't have any way of nicknaming outside of "lost" or "lostboy"...a few stayed after the rebrand but I definitely lost a good chunk of viewership over something that I personally felt was so simple.
That said, I'm noticing people seem to be far more likely to click onto my streams now with a shorter name that also has an implied nickname "Fritz" I also am so much happier with it which makes me feel a lot more confident when I greet new viewers and introduce myself. So while I lost some viewers, I gained confidence which, personally I feel will help me in the long run anyways.
Sorry to hear that happened! But that’s great it’s working out for you! I really like the concept!
@@StreamScheme thanks! It definitely took a hit to my pride but was so clearly needed! Love all the advice you've been giving out :)
@@LostBoyFritz Keep it up! And appreciate the kind words!
I would like some opinions on SerenityScratch? I like my username but I feel like it can be too long?? What do you guys think?
Not bad honestly, it is a bit long but its better to be long than have numbers and such.
@@StreamScheme thanks for the advice!! I’m looking for ideas to shorten it actually
What is the username generator you were using in the vid I Checked the link in your bio but I couldn't find it
Fourth link from the top will give you a page that has heaps of different generators on it :) We wanted to provide options, the one in the video is on the page as well.
I’ve had so many bad usernames
These are all that I remember:
Crazylemons629
PerkyWolf380739
Ctabstract (this one was decent)
M4nagrmr
I've been using the same nickname (not this one) for almost 25 years, often not taken when only Dutch people are involved, but add English and it's gone most of the time. So I started adding a hobby, that went well for a while, but these days that option is gone too, so now I added a 3rd part and I've been in luck so far. Everyone knows me by my nick and/or the 3rd part, so the positive side is that everyone knows me, the negative side: everyone knows me...
Keep up the good work🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks Zand!
My twitch name is the same as here just with a underscore at the end.
Probably way too long. Lmao.
It is a tad long but hey! Auto finish is in almost every typing bar these days!
I'm on my personal account right now, but I'm curious to get some feedback on my current name/theme.
My handle is KainDrago. It's based off of two of my favorite characters in fiction. Kain from Legacy of Kain and of course, Ivan Drago.
My theme is the Kingdom of Kain. My intro isn't hard written yet but the rough draft is essentially we share the kingdom, so be good to each other and let's have fun.
And my "ranks" are royalty based. Duke, Earl, Lord and Lady, that sort of thing.
My new dynamic scene collection is medieval looking. The background looks like a stone wall and the motion cuts for scenes are flames.
The pre stream and BRB/break scenes have some royalty free medieval sounding music at a comfortable volume.
Thanks one and all for the input!
I went from using a character name (Revan24), to making one using Tolkien’s languages (Isilothar, nobody understood that so I just dropped it) and now I went back to take a character’s name with Ace Tamer Marth, I kind of like that last one but I’m a bit afraid that it is to long.
Ace Tamer is from Pokémon right? It might limit you a bit in the long run!
@@StreamScheme wooow, first of all, thanks a lot for replying, I was really not expecting it, I have recently discovered your Chanel and I have learned a lot, I can’t thank you enough, your content is amazing.
And yes, is a mixture form Ace Trainer (Pokémon) and Digimon Tamer (Digimon), I think I should go for something less specific, again thanks a lot!
I remember when I was choosing a username I was going between Fxnelle (Fxn = Function in Nursing / Fx = Video effects, sounds like "Fictional") and RoyalsPoison (the OG gaming handle)... I was going back and forth on them for so long, even made a whole concept for both XD
Which one would you have chosen? :D (also i subbed
Not sure! Usernames have to fit the person, I do think Fxnelle is better though!
is superweapons a good twitch name?
Thanks for the advice MM ;)
Thank you mystic mast.. I mean Elijay!