1) Myth: Caedrel is called Sally because it is his actual legal middle name.
Why it spreads: People often assume that unexplained or randomly assigned streamer nicknames are derived from their real legal names.
2) Myth: He got the nickname because he used to main a champion named Sally before they were deleted from League of Legends during the alpha stage.
Why it spreads: New players often believe old rumors about removed alpha-stage champions and associate them with veteran players.
3) Myth: Sally was the name of his childhood pet dog that he talks about frequently on stream.
Why it spreads: Streamers frequently name their alternative gaming accounts after their pets, leading viewers to make false assumptions.
4) Myth: He lost a bet to another professional player and was forced to temporarily change his in-game name to Sally as punishment.
Why it spreads: Twitch streamer culture heavily features punishment bets, making this entirely fabricated origin story sound highly plausible.
5) Myth: The name comes from an autocorrect error when a famous esports caster tried to type 'Caedrel' on a Twitter broadcast.
Why it spreads: Famous typographical errors in esports broadcasts often create permanent memes, causing people to guess this was a typo.
6) Myth: Sally is an acronym for 'Super Aggressive League Lane Yasuo', reflecting his historical playstyle.
Why it spreads: The gaming community has a strong cognitive bias toward creating logical backronyms to explain random or silly nicknames.
7) Myth: He used to regularly crossdress on stream and his female persona was officially named Sally.
Why it spreads: He has dressed up as a maid on stream before, causing viewers to mistakenly conflate the nickname's origin with the cosplay.
8) Myth: Sally was his very first World of Warcraft character name before he transitioned his career to League of Legends.
Why it spreads: Many gamers carry over their original MMO character names to new games, making this a common assumption for veteran streamers.
9) Myth: He was given the nickname directly by Faker during a highly publicized solo queue game in Korea.
Why it spreads: The League of Legends community loves attributing random streamer lore and nicknames to Faker, the most famous player in the game.
10) Myth: The nickname originated because he constantly played the song 'Mustang Sally' on loop in the background of his early streams.
Why it spreads: Music choices often define early streamer identities, leading older viewers to misremember his early broadcast habits.
11) Myth: The word 'Sally' is a direct English translation of his original gamertag from a regional European language.
Why it spreads: A misunderstanding of linguistic translations and the origins of European player names in the competitive scene.
12) Myth: He illegally bought a high-ranked account named Sally to practice secretly and the name just stuck with him forever.
Why it spreads: Account buying is a controversial but known topic in League of Legends, leading to rumors about the origins of smurf account names.
13) Myth: Sally is a reference to a specific macro strategy he invented in competitive play that casters named the 'Sally maneuver'.
Why it spreads: Viewers often confuse a personal community nickname with actual tactical esports terminology used by analysts.
14) Myth: The name was originally a typo of 'Silly' created by fans because he frequently made silly mistakes in his professional matches.
Why it spreads: Haters and critics have a tendency to retroactively invent derogatory origins for popular, lighthearted streamer nicknames.
