But what if my original name was a retarded name with a bad history? I think starting fresh shouldn't be hated on.

Do you really think the alias of an open player is going to seriously impact the decision of a sponsor that is going to put money into a game?

Mind you having sponsor names doesn't actually do anything for the players. If a sponsor is seriously considering actually SPONSORING a team (read as: Not some bullshit Quantic sponsorship) something like an open player changing their name has such a miniscule effect it may as well be completely discounted. I doubt any sponsor actually putting money into the game would be interested in open to begin with, let alone on the aliases of the players playing there.

DarkNecrid wrote:

If you change who you are constantly, this doesn't really work at all because you just become a guy who blends in, rather than stands out to the greater community.

"are you the legendary tf2 player kwazi"

why yes
yes i am

So change your alias in lobbies/pubs and leave it the same for the ESEA client.

And June's right, this really doesn't matter to sponsors at all. Once TF2 gets to the point that viewership can generate significant returns for sponsor money, that's what matters. If he's popular enough and enough kids want to emulate him/buy the gamer gear he promotes, I doubt a player with a name like "shitonmyfuckingchest" would even need to change his name.

OK maybe he would.

I wouldn't buy the gear. The shirt? Definitely.

Schnell wrote:

rk wrote:

Completely agree - and I could very easily see a scenario where the ESEA brass take a harder stand on this stuff as we start to explore a more active role in weekly casts.

As if ESEA gives a shit about anything TF2 related.

I feel like this is an out-dated opinion.

High Rollers Gaming TF2

Also, for new players getting into the game, it makes it a lot harder to learn who people are with constant alias changes. Lots of Invite (back ups) and IM players change their aliases all the time, and if someone has a favorite player, or is just trying to be a fan of the game, aliasing makes it about 10x harder.

rip FukMGE

i can see not knowing the rosters of teams if you're casting open or ugc or somethin, but if it's a low level match like that then who cares if you say someone's alias instead of their name

for IM and invite though its not like there are a lot of teams/players to know, presumably if someone wants to be taken seriously as a TF2 caster they should probably be familiar with the rosters of the premier tf2 teams and it shouldnt really require "research" to figure out that moose is dabes or what have you

oh and yea offensive names are dumb that should probably go without saying

Low-level players don't always stay low-level.

to elaborate on what PETE said, esea has a list of previously used aliases as well if you dont know an alias

unf wrote:

to elaborate on what PETE said, esea has a list of previously used aliases as well if you dont know an alias

Yeah, I have started to use this before I cast ESEA games to make sure I get some more focus on the players and their histories.

does this mean i should stop being fobiabscared

It took me long enough but I finally checked history to see who you are, so I normally just call you ghost now.

in a way i kind of have to agree with sal that there should be a degree of self-censorship, but at the same time tf2 isn't really family-friendly to begin with.

rehash_oldarguments

It's not about being family friendly, it's about acting professional.

It's not about either of those things. The entire thread is really just "if you want your game casted by me, here's the minimum requirement."

why not change them yourself
like 69heyniggas could be 69heyfriends while you're casting

The issue with that is that the name still appears on stream/in the video.

it's not being shy to say these words, it's making the viewers get a bad first impression on the scene...

everyone pronounces my name wrong anyways

Luciious wrote:

everyone pronounces my name wrong anyways

how's it pronounced?

instead of saying niggas say ninjas