Anyone use the "Set Nickname" function?

I never do. What sort of nicknames do you use?

yes i call jimmy calderwood tangoman

renamed Mario Balotelli to Super Mario

Always use this for nicknaming my scouts so I know who to send on what assignments eg JPA17 JPP9

I nickname players I don't like. I call them rude names.

I use to nick fierce rival managers so I remember to play the media against them, even if they moved to another team.

I´ll just hate them for life.

I use it to alter names like adding Sergio Kun Aguero

In FM 08 I renamed one of my scouts "Sir Wants-alot"

I had to double his salary to make him stay. (damn blackmailers...)

always set sammy lee's nick to fat face......dunno why but makes me and my brother laff.....im 31 he's 33 4 kids between us.....should grow up but fat face makes us laff

I use nicknames for my decent youth team players to I don't forget who are the good ones. Currently "Mr Potato Head" is progressing well.

I've renamed one of my strikers "Pointblank Barndoor", because he couldn't hit a... well, you know.

I am using nicknames when I have few players with same name (I have 2 Diego and both are strikers )

I nicknamed all Arsenal present and future managers.

i don't know why...

I'll nickname some people if I really like their names or if I think it's easier to call them a different name. For example, I called Francesc Fabregas "Cesc" because it's one syllable and it's still pretty obvious who it is.

I cant stand players with single names.So I check their personal screen,and add their surname in it too

If I start calling a player something as I'm watching him play, the nickname sticks. Also, if a name is too long or unpronoucable, I'll shorten it to something more managable.

I just use it for my scouts

e.g

Spain Scout

France Scout

England Scout

Germany Scout etc

so on, then

France U18 Scout

England U18 Scout etc

renamed jonas -jonas guttierez cos it was gettin on my nerves as just jonas

Should nickname him 'Spiderman' - I'm still waiting for his first Toon goal just to see that mask!

My friends and I began calling Adebayor "The Togolese Thunder". I couldn't resist changing it

I nickname Dennis Wise, he is the only one i do but i couldn't possibly mention on here what i call him.

I will give nicknames to the brazil regen players as there are too many Fabio, Rafael, Alexandre, etc.

I use it to name my manager 'dafuge' as it won't accept a single name when I set it up.

At lower league clubs, when I can only sign two scouts I usually have to sign one with good potential judgement and one with good ability judgement. As a result, I need to know which one is the "potential" scout and which one is not, so I call the potential scout "Insert Name + Potential Scout"

ofcourse i rename c ronaldo "diving poncy tw*t f***ing cheating b***ard...etc"

I nick myself, for the dafuge reasons.

I nick Brazilians when they deserve it.

I nick Spaniards because there are only so many Sergio Jiminez's you can have.

I nick certain players that I dislike (akin to bobinskis).

I nick players with blatantly obvious nicknames (Spurs reserve player "Broadway" Danny Rose).

And I nick my most promising youngsters with a star or two.

VB

I use them on my scouts, for example "Steve Rowley P" and "Terry John A" using the P and A to judge whether they would be better suited to scouting older players who are already near their prime or young players so I can tell if they are worth snapping up for pennies

I also do the scout thing: I change David Johnson to Dave JPA9 JPP14.

I also use it to change my manager name to 'canvey!!' for when I take screenshots to post on the forum. No one can know my real name as I am a spy .

Yeah, aside from own name changes (which is kind of useless for me, to be frank, since I always use a pseudonym when playing FM and rarely use my own name), pretty much only if I need to disambiguate between single-named players.

I use it the whole time.

Certain famous players get nichnames.

Jermaine Defoe = JD

Keane = Keano

Sol Campbell = ****

John Terry = JT

Frank Lampard = Fat Frank

and many more.

I also use it for my own players.

Players that have performed well are often given a nickname that relates to a shortened version of their forename of the surname or both.

I also use it to tell me what I think of a player at a glance.

a "." after a players name means that he should not be considered as a new signing or that he should be released/not offered a new contract if he is already at my club.

"SELL" after his name is self explanatory.

"(2012)" after his name means that this player was the brightest prospect promoted from my youth acadamy in 2012.

"*" means that the player is a bit special, (if he is at my club) and means that he is either a threat or a potental transfer target, (if he is at another club).

It helps me see at a glance who I have scouted/looked at before and saves me time.

Ah yes, *. How I miss * from CM01/02.

Ah yes, *. How I miss * from CM01/02.

Why do you miss it?

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Oh yeah. The best 3 players at the club or something like that.

renaming fitz hall to "one size" was a must for me in every game

Why do you miss it?

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Oh yeah. The best 3 players at the club or something like that.

Yep. Always knew who to watch out for/who to buy.

I just use it for my scouts

e.g

Spain Scout

France Scout

England Scout

Germany Scout etc

so on, then

France U18 Scout

England U18 Scout etc

Yes, use it for this.

Also when taking over at a new club I add some symbols to indicate if they are good, bad, new contract etc , like Jimbokav1971

I've never used this function and don't think I ever will. If I feel like making a note of something I use a pen and pad. If I have an extraordinary player and deserves some sort of nickname, then I might think about it. It just doesn't catch my fancy, although it's nice to see others using it.

I played a game in the BSS/BSP on FM08, with most of my players Polish.

I couldn't pronounce half the players names, so I just shortened them. Wojciech Jurak was one, I nicknamed him Wodjy Jurak:)

And Alexandre Tomosiklis, nicknamed him Tomosa.

But I dont often use this feature tbh.

I nicknamed my player Nathan Cartman to Nathan "Eric" Cartman.

Also as manager of Staines Town, a player came through the youth from Staines. He had a Afro and was tanend. Looks promising too. He has been nicknamed Ali G

I will always set Japan's Kazuyoshi Miura to his well-known nickname "Kazu" in the days when J.League was still one of the playable leagues.

luiz felipe Scolari- Gene Hackman

Rooney- Shrek

I use it when I scout players. Forexample in Brazil there are more that one Rafinha or victor etc. So if I find one worth keeping an eye on I'll rename him Rafinha - decent amc or something similar.

I only tend to set nicknames for referees based on their performances. An example would be 'Card Happy' for referees that book quite a number of players in a match. I don't really nickname players.

I used to nickname referees, such as "Celtic-supporting ****" or "Bluenose b*****d", or "clown".

I don't like referees, every decision they make against me is wrong, in my opinion.

I use nicknames for my decent youth team players to I don't forget who are the good ones. Currently "Mr Potato Head" is progressing well.

Haha outstanding! I'm gonna start doing that!

At lower league clubs, when I can only sign two scouts I usually have to sign one with good potential judgement and one with good ability judgement. As a result, I need to know which one is the "potential" scout and which one is not, so I call the potential scout "Insert Name + Potential Scout"

Good Idea, never thought of doing this. I always forget which one is which.

I cant stand players with single names.So I check their personal screen,and add their surname in it too

same here pal.

eg - guilhereme = guilherme santos

eg - teixiera = alex teixiera OR alex santos

thought i was the only one LOL

Barry Ferguson = Square pass

Barry Ferguson = Back pass

I fixed it for you.

I nick myself, for the dafuge reasons.

I nick Brazilians when they deserve it.

I nick Spaniards because there are only so many Sergio Jiminez's you can have.

I nick certain players that I dislike (akin to bobinskis).

I nick players with blatantly obvious nicknames (Spurs reserve player "Broadway" Danny Rose).

And I nick my most promising youngsters with a star or two.

VB

I use them on my scouts, for example "Steve Rowley P" and "Terry John A" using the P and A to judge whether they would be better suited to scouting older players who are already near their prime or young players so I can tell if they are worth snapping up for pennies

I use it the whole time.

Certain famous players get nichnames.

Jermaine Defoe = JD

Keane = Keano

Sol Campbell = ****

John Terry = JT

Frank Lampard = Fat Frank

and many more.

I also use it for my own players.

Players that have performed well are often given a nickname that relates to a shortened version of their forename of the surname or both.

I also use it to tell me what I think of a player at a glance.

a "." after a players name means that he should not be considered as a new signing or that he should be released/not offered a new contract if he is already at my club.

"SELL" after his name is self explanatory.

"(2012)" after his name means that this player was the brightest prospect promoted from my youth acadamy in 2012.

"*" means that the player is a bit special, (if he is at my club) and means that he is either a threat or a potental transfer target, (if he is at another club).

It helps me see at a glance who I have scouted/looked at before and saves me time.

I only tend to set nicknames for referees based on their performances. An example would be 'Card Happy' for referees that book quite a number of players in a match. I don't really nickname players.

I've never used the function but I may now. There are some good ideas on this thread.

I nickname spurs players and former spurs players like that arrogant idiot chimbonda.

I went the manager of Steaua Bucharest just to test out the Romanian league and Dan Petrescu was a manager so i changed his name to Agent Mulder LOL