<p>My last name is hyphenated, so I requested for first name + initial of first bit + initial of second bit. I would have preferred initial of first name + 7 letters of last name, but this is fine as well. As long as they get all the important bits in.</p>
<p>thanks for the info cev! :)</p>
<p>cevonia, when you asked for a new ID did you get to say which one you wanted or was it just assigned?</p>
<p>I got the one of the two I suggested.</p>
<p>I've decided to be stoic about my Net ID -since my name sucks I can't expect it to be any better :p</p>
<p>;), sucharita. It really is a perfectly fine netID</p>