I happen to have a (nick)name that I simply cannot register - ever.
It happens to be one of the biggest keywords on the web.
I didn't invent it, my brothers did - when I was 7 years old. I was born in the early 70s - that word is a made-up word that you'd never even think of registering as a domain as it's not even a word that exists in English, and yet today it sits below 1000 in Alexa for traffic for the single keyword domain.
Everyone I know has always called me by this name. I may aswell be called "Google" as I will never be able to register or use it. CCarter's methods would be well tested against this - in fact it would be a bastard challenge, but rest assured - he'd win, if not through anything but the right mindset and determination.*
The point is - if you have any thought for your future get all your bases covered now. I could be worth billions if I had just registered that single .com many years ago when I started registering .com domains. So while I was happy buying and working on domains like space.com in 1997 I just didn't think about my own ID as I didn't think it would be worth anything. Now - as it turns out, it is worth an enormous amount, just not to me any longer.
Ok - tl/dr blah blah - It costs you fuck all to register your name now. Seriously fuck all. Why would you not do so?
*actually I don't think even CC would be able to fight this one as it happens.
