Tenz – he played COD when he was a kid, his name was ZZZZZombieZZZZZ (with 10 zs), that was changed to ten z zombie and then to Tenz (ten Z).

Asuna – when playing CSGO with his friends he came up with the theory that an anime name and picture resulted in playing better. He picked Asuna which is a character from Sword Art Online… he ended up keeping the name.

Hiko – named after a character from an anime called Rurouni Kenshin. Interestingly, Hiko has never seen this anime and only started watching anime a year ago (despite going by this name for many years in CSGO). \*edited for accuracy.

Shahzam – his real name is Shahzeb. When he was in elementary school his favourite teacher drew a picture of him as a superhero called Shahzam.

Stewie2k – when he played FPS games with his friends they all had names based on Family Guy characters. His was Stewie after the baby Stewie Griffin.

Wardell – named after his favorite basketball player Wardell Stephen Curry.

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