Title Fairy: Out With The Orca, In With The Moogle

[Ythill]

I heard that DGB needs her title changed to

"Lesbian Cougar Stalker"

Lescougtapus was better. Had to get that in before Oman either learns the rules or stops liking me so much.

Anyway... I'm here to nominate Ythan for

The Hormel Kid

, which refers to his hyper, spammy posting style both in and out of games.

For those who don't know, Hormel is the company that produces SPAM. In a recently completed game, Ythan was told jovially by several players to "Stop spamming!" When I added my voice to that group, I did so by promising to nom him for a spam related title and he seemed to approve.

[Ythill]

As for DGB's. I'd really, really prefer it wasn't a "mash-up" of 17 different jokes. I think one or two (like the early ones) works, but 7-8 references in 13 letters? Not where I want it to go.

I wasn't so much suggesting the title as referencing the thread where it was jokingly suggested in response to equally bad suggestions from that thread. My serious suggestion was for Ythan. This thread needs more

The Hormel Kid

love. Note that Ythan is even spamming here.

If the spam reference isn't desirable, maybe some pun of "signal:noise" that puts the emphasis on noise?

[Ythill]

It makes for a high post count and an iso that's a bitch to read

Yeah, trying to read Ythan in iso is like using a porcupine to sew on a button. Neto said it's an insult title but that was not at all intended, nor do I believe Ythan sees it that way. Otherwise I wouldn't have suggested it. Also, I don't think Ythan's playstyle is anti-town and comparing it to lurking is just wrong. Anyway, it seems like there's enough support for a title related to this habit, but The Hormel Kid is not good enough, so I did some brainstorming this morning and came up with a short list. I won't bother y'all with the whole thing. Instead I'll just revoke the Hormel nom and...

Nominate Ythan for

welcome to the haystack

.

On other topics: I agree that Sudo should get a title based on his ongoing best newbie status but I haven't seen one yet that really stands out to me. Forever Young is my fav so far but I think we can do better.

[Ythill]

What? Shaft... buddy...

welcome to the haystack

totally rocks. I dare you to come up with a better one.

Sudo's needs to be better. He's been here long enough to deserve better. Also, he's been in my house, and likely will be again. I can't have people with bland titles in my house. It's on the lease.

[Ythill]

Oooooooo, is that a second? My life's work is nearly complete.

[Ythill]

I

nominate not giving Ythan a title until he does something, y'know, noteworthy.

Have you played with him? His spamming is noteworthy. Error, too many posts is okay but I like the haystack one better. Egomaniac don'tcha know.

[Ythill]

But a title should come naturally. This blatantly doesnt, all the titles thus far are almost hitting "its smells like shite but is it?" on the crap-o-meter.

I disagree. I think that the reasoning behind this title came very naturally. Now we're just trying to find the best words to communicate that reason. In fact, I think if this sort of thing happened more, we wouldn't have so many obscure titles.

[Ythill]

Doing a happy dance. That's actually the third and forth for Ythan's title.

[Ythill]

The tide is turning. I don't find Ythan's playstyle anti-town so much as I find it pro-meta. Also, once we're done with this can we get back to coming up with a good title for Sudo? Poor guy was crying last night and asking why we love Ythan more than him.

I learned something interesting about Sudo. Not only did he have the newbie scummy for a long time, but he plays almost exclusively in the newbie queue as an IC. Certainly there's a title in there somewhere.

[Ythill]

'Forever Young' or 'Peter Pan' or maybe one of the better pun titles from last thread?
I think I liked 'Pseudo Newbie' the best.

I like Forever Young better than the other two, but I still think we can do better. And by we I mean the rest of MS, because I can't think of any... I'll put some more thought into it.

No title for wacka. Even if it's loaded with contempt he'll still be happy about it and I can not abide that.

If he stays long enough to qualify for a title, and is well-liked enough to get one, I will still disapprove of any title except Sky Bolt.

Just to be clear, that was someone's username.

There seems to have been a site-wide purge of the user name. Go Mith!

[Ythill]

Pun titles are lame. What's Reck's playstyle like? Surely we can come up with a title that references it

and

his trend of drunkposting before embarassing sex.

[Ythill]

The list is very helpful. My favorite is:

Newbier then You

. Not only does it play on the scummy glitch, but it provides an interesting play on words for all the newbies Sudo ICs for.

I had a moment of inspiration about Reck's title. It's not really funny or unique that Reck is bi, or that he gets drunk and has embarassing sexual experiences. What's funny and unique about Reck is that he gets drunk and still manages to post in GD moments before having embarassing sexual experiences. Right? So here are some suggestions:

Posting = Foreplay
GD is my Wingman
Hold that Pose

I'm sure there are a ton of good ones if we brainstorm it from this angle.

[Ythill]

You will soon be drunk with illusionary power.