I started gaming in 1997, played Red Alert a lot. Then I got a copy of FEAR and really got into multi-player FPS. I joined my first clan, Pirate's Insane Posse and being naive used my real name, Katharine. After many games of little boys asking me to "cyber" and bothering me to the point where it was almost impossible to game, my clan had a meeting and renamed me Cpt. Janeway. (they were really into Star Trek, as am I) which eventually shortened into Janey.. When I moved on to CoD4 I played using public online name of MetryKat. (I live in Metairie, abrev Metry and my name is Kat.) Well, that came with it's own set of problems, like... "oh, have you tried Kat?" and "Are you gay? I can fix that." I joined a clan called AWI, and everyone had to have a name of a revered military leader or for the females a woman who was outspoken in civil rights. I played as Mae West, whom I admire. When AWI disbanded I decided to go back to that first name of Janey.
I still which I had a cool or sexy name, like KillerKitty or Sex Panther, but I'm a plain Jane in real life so it fits. I plan to game until I'm an old woman and someday I'll change my name to Grandma Chainsaw.....lol