Streamers...To Be (your current Summoner's Name), or Not To Be (your current Summoner's Name)?

EntropyHavoc·Jun 29, 2018·1 votes·768 views

Hi friends, I am new to streaming and I am interested in hearing your thoughts on this. I feel this might be convoluted, so please let me know if you cannot track me. Here it is. I have played on this account for a few seasons, and now I would like to share my fun. However, my online persona is a different name due to the community I want to build and in twitch TV-land, it is different than this one you see me typing under.
Question: Do you think it is best to

Start a new account with the Summoner name to match my online persona
Stream under my current one, even though my brand is of a different name
Buy a Summoner Name change to convert this one to my online brand

Thanks for your help, League fam. Just trying to think this through. Any examples of what you have done would be very appreciated.

Hugs,

6 Comments

TheEvilQueen135Jun 29, 20181 votes

I just used my current summoner name... but i feel its a personal preference.

EntropyHavocJun 29, 20181 votes

Thank you for your insight. Maybe I will keep my current one, and then do a name change later. Question, how do you protect your friend's list from accidentally being noticed by the stream? This is the biggest reason that I do not want to use my current one - I want to respect their privacy.

ZackTheWaffleManJun 29, 20181 votes

You'll get called edgy if you use that name.

EntropyHavocJun 29, 20181 votes

Oh, thank you ZackTheWaffleMan for showing how EH may sound to the community. Would being called "edgy" be a good or bad thing? New to the interweb's jargon ;)

ZackTheWaffleManJun 29, 20181 votes

IIt's generally a bad thing.

EntropyHavocJun 30, 20181 votes

I am not surprised that this handle would come across this way. Question to you, in all honesty, why would this give you the impression that I would be a try-hard? I mean, it is better than using my first name - which I did and had to grind out the IP to change it.