Anyone who has played any sort of online game, or even been on a website with any sort of community integration, knows about the “username” or in the case of gaming the “in-game-name”, more aptly known as an IGN.  Over time, most people grow an attachment to said names. (Much like myself and the names “Moofey”, “Dah-BAM!”, or one that would fit one of the ten I’m about to mention, “musicman2059″)

Unfortunately, too many of those names are based off of well-known fads. These names are usually taken by people that have no sense of netiquette and in some cases only want to cause problems.  Of course, not all are like this and they don’t influence my list in any way, but after seeing so many names of the same, it starts to get really annoying.

This is a list that has been done by people before.  Some of mine might be similar to those lists with a difference: This is my list.  The following ten IGN fads are all things that I think need to be put to rest ASAP.

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