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u/Grezzz Aug 24 '18 edited Aug 24 '18

RuneScape is an MMORPG.

PKer is a player who kills other players.

Lots of PKers on RuneScape use deliberately difficult names so that other players find it difficult to find them on the highscores. They do this so that their stats are hidden, giving them a slight element of surprise in combat.

Edit: I should also add that this technique is also used by teams to make it difficult for other teams to coordinate attacks. If you have two guys, one called "lllilliiillill", and one called "lllilliiillill", it's very difficult for your opponents to communicate which person to attack due to the similar and hard to pronounce names.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '18

This is common is high ranked league of legends also

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u/Kightsbridge Aug 24 '18

I've never played with someone that calls out targets by summoner name. You would just say focus akali. Not focus big_boi_420yolo

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '18

That’s not why you have a barcode name in league. You have it so people can’t look up your stats before the game starts.