I'm trying to buy Minecraft for my son and I've spent an hour typing in random letters and numbers and every single one is taken.
All over the internet I see people talking about how many people are registered for Minecraft as an excuse, but I don't have trouble on ANY popular site finding usernames, especially typing in random characters. It's impossible to believe every single username is taken on Minecraft but not on other popular sites.
So are there any generators out there that can make available names? My son has been asking for PC version since he got red-ringed on X-Box so I really don't want to let him down, but I've spent over an hour now and there are no names.
Best Answer
Judging by the influx of "I'm having this problem too" answers, the problem is not with the usernames you're trying being taken, but with the website erroneously reporting it as such. Your best option at this point is to wait a day or so until Mojang fixes their system. You might try sending them an email, but they are likely already aware of the issue.
In the inexplicable case of you actually not being able to come up with an original username, try entering random characters or using a dictionary and avoiding "cool" words like "shadow", "dark", "demon", "stalker", "ghost", etc.