Screen name

[HR-Beau]

Quite interesting, because um....my personal SN is one that used to be an AOL SN way back in the day.
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[HR-Trevor]

I love their age verification program. If you say you're < 13 yrs/old you can't use AIM and you have to give a CC for verification if you claim you entered the wrong date.

However, if you lie and you're 10, it's okay, come on in.

Moral of the story for kids is apparently lying is better and honesty just hurts you. WTG AOL!
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[HR-Beau]

Heh, and its not like kids can't go out and buy a Visa GiftCard....good anywhere.
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[TienaRhyker]

Using and AOL screen name for AIM once you cancel AOL is NOT a new ability. I had AOL back around 1998 and cancelled it after about 6 months. I have been using my AOL screen name on AIM since then... oh 4-5 years.
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[SolitaryTurnip]

I think they meant that the fact that you now can't use your old AOL name on AIM is a new thing.

[HR-Beau]

Hmm, I still am quite traumatized by AOL because they won't let me have such simple screennames as... Beau, its VERY diffcult to get an AIM name without having to put a number or somethign equally silly in it! And I KNOW that some of the weird stuff I come up with cannot be taken.
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~ Adam ~

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[HR-Trevor]

Only because I have some history with AOL beyond just a former customer, I am willing to bet that anything you've tried to use that was rejected was a valid rejection, be it due to actually being in use, formerly in use but not cleared out for use, or blocked due to filtering rules.

Additionally: I actually once had a very obscure SN that I couldn't fathom anyone else ever picking. I ditched AOL and some time later (maybe a couple of years, I forget) I actually found that the SN had been cleared for use again and someone was using it (that is, I saw them online. I don't recall WHY I even looked, but it's a true story!)
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[winddancer]

I will spend hours thinking of a funky name just because i hate putting something like Bell122 just to get bell in there.

I usually don't really like using my character's name as an SN because I always see myself using the SN long after I stop playing some character. The fact that I still have about 5-7 SNs active notwithstanding.

Of course, now everyone in HR meeting me on AIM for the first time and sees my SN will think I'm a ho, because everyone's minds are in the GUTTER!!!

::glower::

~SugarPopNymph~

Whee! Derail the thread one spoke at a time!

[soundless]

My two AIM screennames were easy to get.

One was a phrase, one was engrish.
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[Durinthal]

I was somewhat surprised that I got Swordskid as a name, but then again that was also about 7 years ago.

Durinthal's almost completely unique; I saw one other instance of the name on Google that wasn't me and that was some dwarven paladin in EQ (and the site has since disappeared from Google).

Unfortunately both of those are now locked down due to AOL's stupidity, so I made a new screen name: KiltedContra. I play the contrabass and contra-alto clarinets and our marching band wears kilts.. It's also unique as far as I know.

[SolitaryTurnip]

My name is awesome. I think I got it from a random name generator thing when I needed to sign up for Zone, like, 10 years ago.

[Durinthal]

[HR-Beau]

And then he was never able to post again. Until one day, then he forgot and posted anyhow. And he cried.
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~ Adam ~

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[Brokyn]

I don't think Vhen will get an ape. Aw, poor Vhen.

--William
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[SolitaryTurnip]

I'll get something cooler, I'm sure.