~*xX The great 2000s screen name Xx*~ and how to pick yours

Your screen name in 2004 said everything about you. Mostly that you'd just discovered the tilde key.

The classic formulas

• The bracket: xX_name_Xx
• The sparkle: name
• The year: name_1991, name04
• The hobby: sk8r_name, footy_name, guitar_name
• The mood: sad_name, emo_name, name_is_bored
• The place: name_chch, wgtn_name, akl_name
• The deep one: a song lyric, a sigh, and three full stops...

Picking your username on Chatroom

Usernames here are 3–20 letters, numbers or underscores, so the tildes and sparkles have to live in your display name (which you can change any time) or your personal message. A few ideas in the old style:

Vibe	Username ideas
Nostalgic	class_of_2004, burnt_cd_queen, dialup_survivor
Sporty	footy_mad_04, netball_legend, surfie_sam
Musical	mixtape_mia, playlist_pete, emo_em
Gamer	lan_party_liam, n64_kid, snake_champ
Kiwi	jandal_jen, pavlova_pete, chch_chris

A few rules

• Keep it friendly. No one else's name, no rude words, nothing that pretends to be staff.
• You can change your username once every 30 days, and your display name whenever you like.
• Don't put your full name, phone number or address in it.

Then do the personal message

The screen name was only half of it. The other half was the line underneath. Here are 50 personal message ideas.

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