Numbers work very rarely.

I wouldn't say that they imply noobishness.

But utilizint letters can be done just as easily or easier, and that iws where true creativity comes from. Your screen name is, after all, the thing that makes you individual among everybody else, and it must be different. So make it different.

Jess1, your name drives me nuts.

In some circumstances, like Roto13 or maybe Nik0tine, I seem to be able to accept it. But I don't like it. I don't think it helps. I think it's a mess.

(SPOILER)Numbers are messy. That's the only bottom line and anybody who tries to defend it is WRONG!