What's so special about 3 char tags?

[Boy]

What's so special about them?

Thanks,

 

[Hyperlite]

There more rare to get then 4 letters, 5 letters etc.

 

[Gift]

just hard to find them... and 3 letters go for more than 3 chars.

 

[Pepsi]

Well im not sure why 3 letters go for more than 3 characters when in all actuality 3 characters are more rare :/

 

[Tepn]

Well im not sure why 3 letters go for more than 3 characters when in all actuality 3 characters are more rare :/

The man has a point. Good job pointing that out
Never realized it myself.

 

[Cole]

The man has a point. Good job pointing that out
Never realized it myself.

but 3 letters are 3 characters .... lol and 3 letters are worth more than 3 characters because those most of the time have numbers in them.

 

[ShamWow]

Well for one, they are short. Alot of people like a short, clean gamertag.

 

[Junior]

Nothing they all suck balls.
Edit: i just realized I have 2 3 character tags but they are both spaced but 2 letter/character spaced tags are pretty sick

 

[Kev]

3 characters are short and look nice in lobbies.

 

[Dynamic]

I think 3 letters are hard to come by because lots of people are using them as initials and acronyms. Mathmatically speaking though a 3 number would be more rare because 0-10 is less than A-Z.

but 3 letters are 3 characters .... lol and 3 letters are worth more than 3 characters because those most of the time have numbers in them.

 

[Pepsi]

I think 3 letters are hard to come by because lots of people are using them as initials and acronyms. Mathmatically speaking though a 3 letter would be more rare because 0-10 is less than A-Z.

you mean character right? and I can see how letters could be just because of a stupid as accronym but in actuality 3 character including numbers are more rare.

 

[Dynamic]

^ yeah thats what i meant... ill edit it

 

[Shadow]

Theyre rare because when the 360 came out they switched the min number of charactersfrom 2 to 4. The only way to get a 3 character or less is A for one to get reset, or B for someone to change their GT.

 

[Fluffee]

but 3 letters are 3 characters .... lol and 3 letters are worth more than 3 characters because those most of the time have numbers in them.

Bahhahahahahaha, I love this post. Not to be mean or anything, but it's hilarious. On topic, 3 characters theoretically should be worth more due to the lack of combinations. However, people usually prefer 3 letters, because they can give them stupid acronyms, to make them more "legit".

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Theyre rare because when the 360 came out they switched the min number of charactersfrom 2 to 4. The only way to get a 3 character or less is A for one to get reset, or B for someone to change their GT.

This has nothing to due with the minimum number, they're just all taken, which is why someone has to change their tag or a reset has to occur for you to get one. If the minimum was 4 you still wouldn't be able to have the tag even if someone changed their name.

 

[Pitbull]

nevermind mis read..............................

 

[Fluffee]

how is that when 3 char you can add #'s nd stuff to therefore making it a lot more of them hence makes it easier to get

Wrong, in the alphabet there is 26 letters. Therefore a 3 letter has 26 x 26 x26 possible combinations for a total of 17576 combinations. A 3 character like NL8, has 26 letters for the first digit then 26 again for the second and then 10 for the final digit. So 26 x 26 x 10 = 6760 possible cobinations, or maybe it's a tag like H71 which is 26 x 10 x 10 = 2600 possible combinations (26 letters, 10 numbers, and 10 numbers).

3 Letter (HBA) = 26 x 26 x 26 = 17576 Possible Combinations
3 Character (NL8) = 26 x 26 x 10 = 6760 Possible Combinations
3 Character (H71) = 26 x 10 x 10 = 2600 Possible Combinations

TL;DR There's less numbers then letters therefore 3 characters should have the higher value on paper.

Note: He mis-read, but I'm leaving it here anyways just for any ones use.

 

[Cole]

3 Letter (HBA) = 26 x 26 x 26 = 17576 Possible Combinations
3 Character (NL8) = 26 x 26 x 10 = 6760 Possible Combinations
3 Character (H71) = 26 x 10 x 10 = 2600 Possible Combinations

TL;DR There's less numbers then letters therefore 3 characters should have the higher value on paper.

Note: He mis-read, but I'm leaving it here anyways just for any ones use.

I like how you mentioned my old HBA tag up there

 

[Fluffee]

I like how you mentioned my old HBA tag up there

It was my tag first, they were all my tags

 

[Cole]

It was my tag first, they were all my tags

well did you trade a $5 tag for it then sell it for HBA for $75?

 

[Fluffee]

well did you trade a $5 tag for it then sell it for HBA for $75?

No I traded it for the AIM Parallel, which was taken from me. Looks like you got the good deal on that tag.