Whats in a name?

[gingerwerewolf]

Just discovered that someone else is using the name Gingerwerewolf online. sometimes goes by the name g1ngerwerwolf, but has started nabbing the gingerwerewolf name too...

Trying to work out how I feel about this, as this is the second name related stress Ive had in a month.

Opinions?

Comments

[photofishboy]

TAKE HIM DOWN!

[novafix]

There are more people out there called Jon Telfer.

Noone has an embargo or bagsy on what name other people choose to take.

http://www.telfer.org/~stig/JonStag/ par example

aussi

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jon-Telfer/543222758

and here's that g1ngerwerewolf character -> http://twitter.com/G1NGERWEREWOLF

I wouldn't worry at all.

[gingerwerewolf]

Dont care about the Jon Telfer. Dont care about the G1NGERWEREWOLF

I guess its that the same guy Paul Cornwell has used Gingerwerewolf where he can get away with it, and then resorts back to g1ngerwerewolf when he cant get it.

My thoughts would be, make my name unified, and use the same username everywhere.

Also he's used the username gingerwerewolf on some sites that I wouldnt join and I dont want my good internet name being slandered ;)

I think I was more bothered last night when I couldnt sleep and found out about it.

[novafix]

I just discovered a company called Novafix

and it's also the name of a flow switch

amongst other things.

Don't worry about it.

[digivamp]

I'd go round snapping up all the gingerwerewolf domains, then start sending emails to him from the 'REAL' gingerwerewolf.

[gingerwerewolf]

well Ive had the 2 main domains, gingerwerewolf.com and gingerwerewolf.co.uk for a couple of years now, so they are safe.

How you doing bud?

Incidently I should be getting DoW II Chaos Expansiony pack soon... :)

[gingerwerewolf]

Yer I dont think Ill go down that line... ;)

If I set up a company I can get it Trademarked cant I? How much does it cost to start up a company?

[crookedmonkey]

Somebody in the states nicked crookedmonkey and opened a T-shirt company with it. I was miffed. I came up with that when I was all teenage angsty writing out marilyn manson lyrics. This person even had the cheek to email me and ask me to give it to them so they could have it in their webmail address.

It's an identity thing innit. Sounds daft, it's just a name, but its something you cam up with for you. It's like someone copying your exact clothes and hair.

[gingerwerewolf]

Thats exactly it.

Its that I came up with that name years ago (was told I was like a werewolf, and I replied "Im a gingerwerewolf" and it stuck) even before the werewolf movie Ginger Snaps, and this guy only started trying for it November last year.

Im going around snapping up the username as much as possible now anyway.

[crookedmonkey]

Yep - the evil T shirt people beat me to it on Twitter. Which makes me furious every time I log in.