I get kind of pissed whenever anyone decides on a Japanese name for their alias.

I like plenty of cosplayers who do it--Hatsuu, Katsu, etc.--but I almost always call them by their real first names, which I don't necessarily do with other cosplayers.

AnimeAngel has one of the worst. "look at me! i'm the anime angel! i love anime and angels so much that i decided to put them together! lololol im' so spiritual and random."

i don't know if this is what she's really like, but that's what i think anytime i see her name.

I see a lot of name with 'neko' in them. Also, a lot of 'xxxinsertnamexxx' for the 'harcore' kids who like anime and cosplay. lol
All fucking retarded.

Anything with an honorific.
Just. Goddamn.

I get kind of confused whenever someone calls themselves after a particular character.

Do you identify with that character so strongly that you think your alias should be their name?

Do you think you're the only cosplayer qualified to represent that character in a stupid costume?

Jesus.

Pretty much anything long or weeaboo-ish. I also dislike ones that are hard to remember.

>>5012324
...gonna have to agree, animeangel's is pretty bad, but i also understand wanting to keep it. she's got a reputation, and if she were to just change her handle, a lot of her reputation wouldn't follow her.

>>5012357

Dominic Sorel from Kcon this year was my first ever con / cosplay. Went with Dominic so a few people from the con would recognize me and stuck with it ever since.
Most people probably think it's my real first name, but whatever.

>>5012324
>>5012453

I've had my screen name since I was 11. I know how retarded it it. Also, I did change it. It's now RuffleButt on ACP.

Any number of 'x' '~' or numbers before and/or after the name.
"THE (insert character here)" Really? You're the best and only cosplayer of that character? Or do you really think you're so-and-so?
Anything with anime, shadow, vampire, wolf, goth, kawaii, uguu etc... Barring the usage of such as satire.

Any of those that are easily forgettable and interchangeable. I mean, if your name is xX0Kawaiixanimexshad0wxgoth65Xx I'm not going to WANT to remember you.

>>5012473
That exactly what i meant! you've had it for so long and have built a reputation on that name, it's hard to change. obviously your current followers will go with the change, but lots of people who only know you by name and dont follow you will just keep using the name.

..i am also relieved to know you were young when you made it

I picked my handle when I was like 13. I used it for online Oekaki boards and Neo Pets and Gaia Online. When I went to my first anime con I used it as my handle for that too. Looking at it now, it probably comes off as a little weeb and I would probably pick something else if I were new to the scene but I've had it for so long I don't really care.

I guess for me the worst ones are when they just use the character name. You sit through the cosplay contest and it's "Next up is Naruto cosplaying as Naruto from the series Naruto!"

>>5012537
To be honest, I'm terrible at making screen names. I remember thinking I was SOOOOOO creative for coming up with "AnimeAngel". I was young an dumb and thought that only ten people liked anime at the time. Rufflebutt is the nickname my friends have given me recently because of my Madoka and Msyu costumes. I can't change it on dA though an I haven't used Coscom in years.

But yes tl;dr children are stupid.

Me at 16: "Cardcaptor Sakura is AWESOME, and I like fairies and sparkly things, so I'm going to be HanyaanFaery!"

Me a while later: "Let's just drop the "faery" because it sounds dumb and nobody can spell it..."

Me now: "Why was I such a weeaboo at 16 and why couldn't I have picked a cosplay name that people can actually spell?"

I don't exactly want to use my real name online, but I have a few other aliases I use other places which I like better. Hell, I even prefer my pretentiously-hipster-sounding-as-fuck Tumblr name to "Hanyaan". (it's "silencedrowns" and it is proof that i listen to dadrock constantly. oh my god all the king crimson.)

I don't know if I could ever get away with really changing "Hanyaan" though. Not only am I shit at coming up with screennames, but I've had this one long enough that it may be a pain to change. I'm not as badly off as AnimeAngel, but... yeah, I've definitely outgrown this name.

I wish I could add an addendum to this thread:

"How/why did you choose your cosplay handle?"

>>5012711
i've already explained mine on here a few times to people who asked. i was in a cosplay event in japan, and two girls from my class who brought me there realized last minute that i didnt have a handle, since no one uses their real names. they came up with "ten-chan" on the spot, i have no idea why. i think it was one of the names one of the girls originally wanted.

the next day at school we sat around and tried to make it longer, and somehow ended up with tenleid. they originally got lied since one of the girls loved Elfan Lied, and we changed it to Leid. thas the name i ended up using in all the events in japan,and it stuck.

i actually went by a different handle before this, and used it as my trip for about a month, but decided to go with my name in japan instead.

>>5012356
Thank you for pointing that out.

My cosplay name has been Death-chan for years. But that's only because a dear friend gave it to me. I've been thinking about changing it as of late because it sounds so weebish. But Lady Death is already taken by an animated title and it sounds so snobbish. Everything just sounds awkward. Guess I'll stick with my weeby name until I think of something better.

>>5012711
My main handle is just the name I've gone by for years and years and years online. Its actually kind of 13 year-old, goth kid lame when you get to the root of it, but to me its kind of moved past the how of the naming and has its own definition now.

For this name, I just didn't want to go by my usual name here. Had recently cosplayed Mad Moxxi, and fell in love with the name Moxxi. Add that to how much I love the 20s and the slang from that era, and there you go.

worst alias I've heard: Helia Mitarashi

Girl's a retard too.

I'm only Enver on here, I use Tamerlane pretty much everywhere else. Problem with Tamerlane is, EVERYONE shortens it to Tamer or Tam, and I've gotten people thinking I'm a girl because of it for some reason.
Enver is short and easy to pronounce and I like the way it sounds. I got both names from historical figures because I'm a nerd like that.

This is all just online, In terms of cosplay, I just use my own name.

>>5012711
Because I have a thing for angels. I developed this imagined hierarchy of angelic culture when I was younger, and among my favorites of the angelic subtypes were the "sen'il." Seeing as I liked the word and the concept behind it, 'Senil' sort of became my name for all things internet. It vacillates between Senil and Elohiel, the latter being a combination of the word "Elohim" and the "-el" tag frequently added to the names of angels (Azrael, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, etc etc).

But basically, it's because I was a kid with an overactive imagination, a deep love of angels and a passion for making up words.

But I think you knew most of that already, my dear Kafka. The angel part, at the very least =)

>>5012852
also to keep it related to the thread, anything with "princess" in it is dumb

as well as most names taken right out of anime/manga

cool names; anything norse or slavic

>>5012853
I would also like to add that cosplay names with honorifics bring me back the days where my friends and I used to call each other stupid weeaboo names. As such, grown men and women that continue to use names that sport honorifics just... disappoint me, I guess. It's like looking at something that's just completely developmentally challenged, except that it's completely by choice.

Japanese names don't bother me so much. Yeah, it's a little weebish, but come on - we're cosplayers. There's at least a small trace of weeb somewhere in all of us. If the very worst of that is someone choosing a traditionally Japanese handle (without the honorifics, mind you), well, then - feel lucky, I suppose.

>>5012763
>>5012797
>>5012811
>>5012852
These are awesome (and sometimes embarrassing) stories! Keep 'em coming, guys!

>>5012853
I did, but it still makes for a good story.

One day, I will send you a stripper in full angel gear. Gender of your choice.

I've been through about 4 different online handles since I was 14, not including my trip which is different again. My current (and favourite) is Fables, it was a nickname given at work based on the fact it's an extention of my real name. I don't think anyone even calls me by my real name now, in favor of my nickname!

As for my trip. Fluttershy is my favourite pony, and I was watching MLP when I decided to start using a trip properly.

Names I don't really like; things with honorifics, crazy symbols and x's in names... Pretty much what most others have said.

>>5012522
>(insert character here)
>my trip

I came up with my trip because back when I was anon, a friend recognized it was me who posted because it had to do with Boris. So then so she would know who I was here in the future, I just decided to stick with it. The "Militsiya Officer" part was just added because hey, it's what he is. But people have just taken to calling me Boris and I'm alright with that. Though everyone is always surprised to find that I'm a female because of the trip and avatar. Sorry guys, it's really not my intention to fool anyone.

But the thing is, I just go by Boris here. I go by other names on other websites. It gets a bit overwhelming sometimes trying to tell someone that I'm x, y as well as z. Then again, that was my fault.

Maybe I should just be BORIS everywhere from now on.

The only place I actually go by Gakupo is here, because of some stupid thread a while back.

My actual cosplay handle I picked because I really like Gulliver's Travels and I really liked the name.

>>5012938
Thats more for cosplay names/handles like on deviantart or where ever to me. If thats going to be your tripfag name, thats fine! The addition of "the" in front of the name really pisses me off, and a profile full of annoying, shitty "in character" answers to questions no one asked.
Thats like, I've cosplayed a shit ton of Harley Quinn outfits and costumes, and am fairly obsessed with her. But I don't run around claiming to be her, or to be the best cosplayer on DA or coscom. Its silly.

>>5012357
>Do you identify with that character so strongly that you think your alias should be their name?
Not really.

>Do you think you're the only cosplayer qualified to represent that character in a stupid costume?
Not at all.

In fact, so many people were calling me this before I began cosplaying, that once everyone at a con began calling me it, in costume or out, I just kept it.

I couldn't be taken seriously if I went with my other handle.

>>5012986
Mr. Freeman's an example of this that is acceptable, because it's almost a nickname. Gordon Freeman's name isn't actually Mr. Freeman.

>>5012711

Magical Machete is my online handle. I choose it cause I got my grandpa's machete/sickle/farm tool collection after he died.
Weird, but yeah, I managed to get my first job using the tools I got from him. I'm never working for a tree trimming company again though. lol
But machete's are magical. I trimmed trees with chainsaws and machetes for an entire summer. Made almost $200 every job.
I learned how great having money is, and that I actually liked working as hard as I could to get something done.

Gaia is the only exception to this handle. My Magical Machete account got hacked by a friend I was fighting with.
So now on Gaia I use Conceptual Misconception. And yeah, I am still on Gaia... And I enjoy it.
TL;DR - Machetes are magical. lol

I dunno. I don't really think about internet usernames.

I hate my username that I made when I was like 12.... but unfortunately, it has become somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophesy as of late. when I was 12, I made up "Ninjagal6" because a) I was a complete Narutard at the time b) I thought "girl/gurl" sounded ridiculous, and I like the number 6.
but now I keep choosing Ninja characters.... I guess I still have a thing for ninjas hahahah. and I agree with everything people say about its too hard to carry your rep to another name. I had a chance to start over with my trip, but I guess I kinda messed that up too. I hand out contact cards when I cosplay so I can stay in contact with people I meet, so in Japanese, Business card -> Meishi. It also sounds like my name a bit.
but most screen names are pretty geeky. I'm a little uncomfortable that there is like... weaboophobia. I really enjoy the Japanese language and if I like a word, then I'll use it.

My trip/cosplay handle is doubly weebtastic and idgaf! My most frequently used handle on places is 'battlements', but it doesn't really work as a nickname or cosplay name. If it bugs people, so be it. I realize it's not the most creative, but I like it. I never actually went through a weeaboo phase so in a way it's making up for that.

As far as other cosplayers' handles go, I guess I don't really like when people use "x" a lot or numbers in their name. To each their own, I guess.

Cause I'll never keep you waiting, In ultra-chrome latex and steel~

It literally makes me day when people recognize/like my handle.

DEAREST RUFFLEBUTTS.

PLEASE BE RESPONDING TO MY CORDIAL INVITATION OF TACOS AND BATHROOM SEX. MY GIRLFRIEND IS THREATENING TO DESTROY MY ANIME DOLLS IF YOU DO NOT COME. PLEASE WE WEIILL PROVIDE THE TACOS AND BATHROOMS FOR SEX, JUST COME. YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO ENJOY THE SEX JUST BEING THERE AND EATING THE TACOS IS ENOUGH

>>5013180
I RECOGNIZED IT THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT.

Best Duran Duran song. I mix with that shit all the time, there's so much good stuff going on in that song.

my alias? meh, it's not bad. At least it's not weeaboo-ish. For nickname created from drunken spontaneousity, it's not so bad at all.

My old alias I made up forever ago while creating my first email address. I invented a name that had a Mortal Kombat sound to it (these were the mid-90s). Current one is based on Aquaman's favorite yell in Batman:BatB. I REGRET NOTHING.

Also, I hate honorifics in an alias as well. Stupid is stupid yo.

Yeaaah the name I first started using on cosplay sites was really, really dumb. For the most part I can't really change them unless I make a new account and I really don't feel like doing that. It was just a user name I've had for a long while.

Now I go by a country. I think my ACP has Ukraine now, but everything else is my old name.

i used to be Umika but it was too weebish for me so i cancelled all my old accounts and stuff over to Sunbeemz. now its my main handle for everything and its still lame, just not so much.

also me and my 2 best friends used to call ourselves Bananacatspro on youtube.
stupidest name ever haha.
but my friends had huge fights and we stopped the account & deleted the embarrassing videos thank god, the name plus the videos were so embarrassing, they were mostly naruto.

oh 2008, you were such a delusional, weebish year

>>5012853

I don't know what I hate but this one is beautiful. Nice choice, angel anon.

I don't have a cosplay name. I use my real name because I just dgaf.

I usually just go by my real name, or the short form of it..
Badr is really only used on /cgl/, I go by different names depending on what board I'm on...

>>5013235
Dude, I LOVED YOUR VIDEOS *atthetimeahem*

Mucho gusto, me llamo Bradley.

My old handle was Boogiepop. I loved it because it was weeaboo but hardly anyone knew that it was~

I changed it to PiggyNukka for some reason, I can't remember why. BUT HERE I AM AS A PIGGYNUKKA.

>>5013353
haha omg thanks!

This isn't an actually cosplay name, but I use "Hiki-kun" for my dA. Hiki because it's short for Hikikomori, and Kun because it's gender neutral. It's pretty weebish but I don't really care all that much.

>>5013413

Ms. Piggy thighs

Unfortunately, my cosplay alias- ViperSneeker- is pretty stupid. I made it several years ago, and I don't have the heart to change it because I think it'd create a lot of confusion. I made it based on a fox character I had at the time that I wrote short stories about. I later changed the focus of my dA from writing to drawing, and then to cosplay. I really should have just abandoned the account and made a new one for cosplay, but oh well. More often than not, I go by Mizza (an intentional 'illiteracy is cool' misspelling of a real-life nickname) on actual cosplay sites instead, though I do get people asking if I'm Viper. And my trip is Raticate because I never thought to trip until everyone was clambering to 'claim' trips when /vp/ opened up. So I adopted a trip for fun, eventually stopped visiting /vp/, and just kept using it here. The 'How are you going to wear that cosplay? You're a Pokemon!' comments in the progress thread make it worth keeping.

Yep.

Gonna echo everyone else in this thread and say that it kinda hurts when someone's handle has an honorific in it. But aside from that, I can understand cosplay handles being a little derpy- we pretty much all made them when we were younger and don't feel like changing them.

I just didn't feel like hiding behind a fake name anymore. Not saying that using a handle is being fake. It was kind of a personal thing. I kept the BFI because it was kind of a persona I had built.

I could never decide if fatwetdog was an awesome or terrible name.

>>5013478
>hiding
I use a handle because there are millions of other people with the name Sarah in the world. It's not about hiding, it's about being identified. lol

Take PT for example. Her name is Sarah. My name is Sarah. She is Pixyteriyaki. I am Magical Machete.

Handles are sometimes very necessary.

I actually used to go by the handle "DerKraken" until I went to register with a few forums when I first started getting into cosplay. On a couple, this name was already taken, so I went to an old standby I had since 1999 when I first registered for AIM: "Volpinorosso"

Volpinorosso stemmed from a series of dreams I had for around 3 or 4 years which all featured, in one way or another, a red fox. When trying to think of a decent name to come up with on AIM that wasn't "XxnamexX" or chock-full of some number crap, I decided to see what "Red Fox" looked like in some other languages. "Volpinorosso" is a bastardization of the Italian translation of red fox, volpe rossa.

Eventually I dropped the "rosso" and have been going as Volpin ever since. Its odd sometimes to think how more people know me by the name I gave myself than the one I was born with.

>>5013478
Friendly advice - don't use dictionary words for your trips. There's a plugin that reveals them.

In person I introduce myself by my real name, but I answer to my handle.

It is what it is and I like it to this day, 5 years later.

>whose names are dumb as fuck?

Anyone that acts like an asshole. Masa, Maguma....mostly ones that start with "M."

The name I've always used some variation of in every con I've ever been to, which I've cosplayed to all but one, is intentionally outrageously idiotic.
I think it represents me. The format is (Noun) Mc(Noun)kins

>>5013519
i immediately thought of this guy

>>5013528

People confuse me for an asshole, and that's perfectly fine and you're entitled to that, however Maguma is most definitely not, hahahaha. You are smoking crack. Straight out of compton.

>>5013528
Maguma's pretty much the nicest guy you can meet.

wh... what about my name?

>>5013528
maguma's definitely a ham, but he's pretty far from an asshole...

sage for no contribution

I was always paranoid that people could find my real name online so I used various handles. I'd picked up my handles by using real words like Unfrightful. Before I even got into cosplaying seriously, I had a fake Facebook name because I was a very private person. I didn't even like giving my real name to people I met in real life.

So as I got more into cosplaying and having other cosplayers on my Facebook, everyone has known me to be Trick from the word Tricksomely. I like the name Trick because my birthday is actually on Halloween, plus being called a slang for a prostitute is also funny. Tricksomely came from being androgynous, some people can't call my gender from a glance.

>>5013564
AY KAY FORTY SEVEN IS THE TOOL
DON'T MAKE ME ACT A MOTHERFUCKIN' FOOL

>>5013413
Fuck yeah Boogiepop Phantom! I actually have that on DVD.

I prefer to go by Kitty Anne, but most just call me Kitty. It's my real name, because I lack inventive brainpower, but it's somewhat unique in a way. Kitty is one of the more old fashioned nicknames for Katherine, so while I have met tons of Kates, Katies and Kats in my life, not quite so many Kittys.
Lord only knows why the fuck I made my name Yazoo the Kazoo on coscom. I had just finished my Yazoo costume, which wasn't even that good, and my nickname at the time was Kazoo, so I guess I was like "hurr durr, they rhyme."
Now I have to stick Kazoo on then end of my user names for people to make the connection.
Next chance I get, I'm changing that fucking screenname.

"Sniper Shark" is my alias. Partly because I play the Sniper-class (or just use a sniper rifle) on any FPS I play, and partly because someone compared me to a shark (ambush people during said FPS-es) one fine day.

Stupid? Of course, I wouldn't have chosen it otherwise.
Weeaboo/Japanese? Nope.avi

Pic related. I drew it.

I've used a few different ones, but I've sort of left my more weeb ones behind just to stick with my real name. Which is actually convenient since I dont have the confusion of some one calling me something other than Jillybean or Jill when they meet me at a con.

My real name is just Jill, but I've been called Jillybean by almost all my friends, and family. My big bro, who got me into video games which lead to my getting into anime and cosplay, was the first that I can remember to call me that. It's just stucked with me since then, even if I dont tell new friends that's my nick name sooner or later they ask if they can call me that.

I feel bad for folks who pick a weeb one, but gain some reputation with it so their reluctant to change it, or people whove tried to change it with little success. I'm not a huge fan of when cosplayres use a characters name for their 'cosplay name' either, it seems a bit pretentious to me.

>>5014190
YOU GET THE FUCK IN THERE IN THE BATTLE WITH YOUR TEAM, AND YOU KNIFE SOME FUCKING NIGGERS. YOU ARE THE SCUM OF BAD COMPANY 2

My name is just some inside joke from my friends back East, derived from this horrifying and somewhat sexual video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps-IQi8f3oI

Anime + Girl + Numeral

Shut up, I was 13. I want to change it, but it's been my handle for so long. I recently changed my LiveJournal name, though, so I might start shifting my cosplay alias to that as well. I don't think a ton of people know me by my cosplay handle, anyway.

My cosplay alias isn't actually my trip.

I picked my trip because I love the fuck out of ontological paradoxes, but my cosplay alias I just sort of drew out of the ether when I was trying to think of an AIM name back in like 2008. Since then it has been cited as the onomatopoeia for someone popping a boner. Multiple times. By multiple people. Apparently 'fashwiing' is the sound a boner makes.

I would change it but like half of my friends call me 'Fash' as a nickname now and it would just be too much trouble.

I've had the same nickname since I was 11, and it's also my cosplay nickname. Not sure if people think it's to do with cosplay/anime/the character with the same name, but it really isn't

One of the stupiest nicknames I can think of is Sparkle_Princess... especially because the person who is called by it is.. more on the depressive, even sucidal side.

My nick here is a variation of a nick that consists from parts of my real name.

My normal Cosplayer Name is actually latin, but people are mostly surprised if I tell them the translation, because it appears like a normal slightly modified Name.

I'm quite content with Fapstaff_Crotchlurker.

>>5014484
For some reason, someone even made terri-bad fanart.

When I was a young-in, on my cosplay badge I'd put actual character names.

Now I have a bit more creativity, thankfully, but I usually stick with keeping everything to one word (whether on a cosplay badge or another site or whatever) Just because it's closer to a name I guess? I dunno. Sometimes I'll cite famous people, my most recent is based on a Belgian romantic painter, and other times I'll just throw some shit together. I don't really have anything too permanent right now, but then again I'm not doing a lot of cosplay right now either, so it's not necessary. Maybe when I hit up a con again I'll look for a more "static" name.

That being said, seeing shit like "blah-chan" is kinda dumb.

All ones contain "baka", "neko", "kawai", "desu", caract name...srop with those fucking japanese nickname!
Especially if you don't know what the word said/spell.

Go for more funny or simply name.
And please, when we meet IRL, use our real name.

>>5014504
>Complaining about spelling.
>Can't spell or use correct sentance structure for shit.

>>5012866
my DA of 5 years has princess in it....I'm in the 'whatwasithinkingthatssostupid' mindset now. But creating and moving my 500+ deviations would be a lot of hardwork and a piss off for people watching me.

I don't use it to define myself as a cosplayer. I use my actual name because thinking of a clever and witty alias is really hard these days.

One of my friends is one of the most amazing illustrators I've ever met. But I can't take her seriously sometimes because her handle is something like madhatter5479568966666425321

During my weaboos days I tacked -usagi onto my name. Nothing to do with Sailor Moon I just like bunnies.

>>5012617
Confussioonnnn will be my Epitaph!! ... Yes Excellent...

>>Also to contribute. I agree with the whole Japanese honorifics. Just because you add a suffix to your name doesn't make you any more adorable or 'kawaii'.

>>5014510
>sentance

>>5012866

my gamertag has had princess in it since last year, it was something a friend said as i joke and i wanted something new so it stuck

I used to use an old nickname from school that was a play on my name for forums, gamertags etc. Since I started cosplaying I've used moogle names and actually my current cosplay/con name originally had princess in it too, princess agitha was my first cosplay i made from scratch and i couldn't be bothered to come up with something imaginitive, but now its just abreviated to agi, which no one ever uses, most people know me by my real name

I'll be honest. My name right here is kind of weebish, but has nothing to do with a cosplay alias. I only use this name online; cons and cosplay, I use my real name.

Uh, full retard here, but what exactly is a cosplay handle, and how do you get one? Are these just SNs on deviantart or whatever?

>>5014601
you have to apply to the Grand Cosplay Council to get one.

My name is Alison and I like dinosaurs. Thus, Alisaurus.

>>5014601
It's an alias you use instead of your real name. You use it on your convention badges, websites, ect. In Japan you absolutely do not cosplay without an alias. It may be borrowed from that, I'm not really sure.

A lot of people just like to keep their more personal information private from the entire cosplay scene and an alias makes that easier.

>>5013518
Yes I know. That's why I kept the BFI.

>Not saying that using a handle is being fake. It was kind of a personal thing.

See that there? You seemed to have missed that part.