Bet you dont have a good one.

My username may seem normal to you, but in Türkiye, it causes many people to make fun of me because it looks like a Youtube channel name used by kids aged 12-14 and making jokes about it which I don't like all.

My excuse for not changing my name is that I'm known by that name. Some examples:

  • I have a large-scale game server that also shares the same name and did well in their category
  • I fixed a game that had over 10 million downloads, and the developer put my name into the game(for over one year, then the part that I fixed is deleted from the game, along with my username).
  • I'm an active(some of them semi-active) contributor to these platforms by using my nickname: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Github, Heavens-Above(as translator), Hypixel(as translator), Reddit(you know the link), and some other small platforms.

Even though people in my country make fun of me for that username, I got respect from the people outside of my country and this is why I still kept this username and will keep it. If it made me stop being productive, which is a high possibility in my country, I can look at what I've done before with that username and be proud of myself. Also will look for opportunities from abroad countries if this happens anyway.

I hope this was a good excuse for your question.

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