What's a Gamertag?
A gamertag(GT) is a name you create or want to be identified with. Xbox Live asks you what Gamertag you wish to be identified with when you sign up with them. It is really up to you. It could be your actual name, part of your name, or a fictitious one. For example, my Gamertag for Xbox Live is Turkeypirate14. As long as it is available (no one else took it first) you can use it as yours, you can also change your Gamertag for 800MSP(Microsoft Points) or $10
What's a "Rare/OG"
Words When I say words I mean root words/commonly used words. Majority of the rare/og tags you will see are words that have an actual meaning.
-Examples: Black, Smoke, Steal, Remote, etc.
Two(2) Characters These are rare/og because there is only a few thousand possible combinations, and millions of gamertags. The rarity of each 2 letter is varied by how common it is. For example Hi would be considered an extremely rare gamertag because basically everyone uses the word Hi.
-Examples: Lo, JJ, Tn, x8, etc.
One(1) Characters Cant get rarer than this. There is only 26 of these bad boys and a few are owned by Microsoft employees. Not much to say about this. If you have one then you are simply godly.
-Examples: A, B, C, G, H, etc.
What's not "Rare/OG"?
I's for L's, 0's for O's - Examples are: Sm0ke or RoyaI. These names can be cool in some cases, but in no way are they Rare/OG.
Made Up Words- Example: Pwnzilla, Killzor. Cant really blame you for making them to just screw around on Xbox Live, just dont go around saying theyre rare. Some exceptions.
Dictionary Words - Example: agoraphobia, narcolepsy. Again, cant blame you for making them, but it doesnt mean you have a OG tag just because its a word. I mean seriously majority of us who play are 13-18. most aren't going to know the meanings of the words.
Past(ed), Present Tense(ing) and Plural Forms(s) Examples: Bewildered, Checking, Advisements. They are pretty tough to make but there is so many accounts like this around. we consider these Semi-OG, unless you have something like Owned or Killed. alot of exceptions.
Accounts With More Than One Word Examples: Pro Scoper, Sniper King, CoD Legend. These kinds of names arent rare. There's few exceptions to this, but 9 times out of 10, it isn't rare.
Any Account With Numbers In Them - Examples: Coolkid224 Owner353 Not rare at all. It has extra characters in it that aren't necessary or replacing vowels. Exception for something like l337 or ub3r as those are used a lot. But no l33t speak that could use normal letters.