Why do people put xX at the beginning and end of their names?

lerodemmy · July 2, 2018 9:16AM

Is this some sort of self-motivating attempt at intimidation?

Spiito · July 2, 2018 9:26AM

Someusernamethat'salreadytaken298478624840950875
Vs.
xXSomeusernamethat'salreadytakenXx

UNLIMITED_P0WER · July 2, 2018 9:28AM

It makes me laugh

MC_XIX · July 2, 2018 9:29AM

Lol, I remember when I posted the exact same question topic on the PS4 gameFAQs board, and everyone went crazy at me for having the opinion that it looks childish. But it does! They must think it looks cool. I suppose it's just a border around an ID that's already in use.

IronSoldier · July 2, 2018 9:31AM

Moved to off topic...

In my former life modding on previous EA titles IronSoldier was taken. IronSoldier123 was also taken so I ended up being called ironsiolder123. Not a day went by where someone didn't make fun of it. I guess otherwise people think the XxXXx look cool when the name is otherwise taken.

rollind24 · July 2, 2018 2:51PM

Aliens

Empire_TW · July 2, 2018 3:09PM

They wanna be just like da cool kidz

LaurenXIV · July 2, 2018 5:59PM

Its a good method of highlighting who is 8 years old.

My guide to usernames:

Xx_____xX - 8 years old
Pro_Killa (an example) - 8 years old.
Yo_Mama (another example) - 8 years old
Killer_HD (another example) - 8 years old, also maybe a YouTuber.
erjir[insert letters here]3443 - Probably a teenager or a child. Their lack of a capital letter gives it away.

HOWEVER

[insert pun here] - Is probably a nice person.
[insert anything with a capital letter] - At least has a basic knowledge of language
[name with only 1 part/word] - is most likely an adult
[name containing roman numerals] - has good taste :P

johnny_mercury · July 3, 2018 12:23AM

A composite of tryhard wannabe user names

xXMLGxDopeSkywalkerXEliteSnypeXCOD420Xx

Vespervin · July 3, 2018 3:05AM

I was going to change my username to xXVeSp420ErViNXx but after reading this thread, I have changed my mind.

PlayersPurity · July 4, 2018 11:30PM

Some kind of fashion trend created by some random popular youtube gaming channel or a noob?

Evazan127 · July 5, 2018 3:46AM

Yea I never got it

Evazan127 · July 5, 2018 3:49AM

We don’t have much of these on the forums.

Emperor_Flowey · July 5, 2018 8:47PM

...Really? Some names are already taken, so people do some XxX instead of the random numbers at the end of their name, but w/e- really desperate for an whinge here?

EA_Cian · July 8, 2018 4:59PM

Hopping in here and closing this. Yes, there are different naming conventions out there but some of the comments here are super dismissive of folk using those using conventions. Let's keep it respectful.

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