Dance of the Title Fairy: ORCA's Greatest Hits

[shaft.ed]

the title is bad
I think that is all the argument that is needed
Don't know why RECK is posting paragraphs when he could just say, bad title is bad

[VisMaior]

I agree that that one title does not hit the spot, but it should not be taken as a general avoidance of meet based, or single-thread based titles.

[Cyberbob]

"how far can we bend over backwards to make sure this title goes through and still be able to pretend like we are vaguely consistent"

[Nexus]

When I see "singersigner" I don't think drunkposting.

I think Newbie Queue. I think Quadz (sorry!). I think LoL. I think scumchat. That's at least four things that come to mind before "drunkposting."

[Oman]

To put it another way, Singer's joke is like "Where do cows go for entertainment? The mooooovies!" Whereas Pie's feels like "Why do lions get lost? Because Jungle Is Massive."

The second joke is funnier than the first.

God I hate it when people run through an entire post and just spin out on one topic.

I'm not sure that's the case, re: secondary meaning. If we're looking for titles to be accessible to the whole site or etc, while that obviously makes for a holy-shit-omg-this-title-is-perfect kind of thing, it's just not realistic in the majority of cases. I don't think there's anything wrong with letting down our hair a bit on titles.

I agree that not everyone will understand a title these days, we're a little too big for that.

"how far can we bend over backwards to make sure this title goes through and still be able to pretend like we are vaguely consistent"

Considering there have only been two meet-ish titles in my time, and neither of them actually had any policy written around them, there is no "consistency". I think you're just being silly again. It's not necessary in this thread.

He didn't stop posting completely and once again I am on this site like all the time and I don't ever see singsigner drunkposting and the title doesn't make any sense to me. But I accept the ruling. Now, the title...

She's better than everyone? Why? Because she posts drunk just like TONS of other people do?

I just don't get how this isn't a blatant attempt to shoehorn a title because she hosted a meet. I think singsing has a big site presence but "she drunkposts and this title comes across as kinda arrogant" is NOT the title I would pick.

I agree, I'm not a massive fan of this title myself. That said, the discussion was about the "meet-ism" of the title, which I don't think is the problem.

[xRECKONERx]

I'm not sure that's the case, re: secondary meaning. If we're looking for titles to be accessible to the whole site or etc, while that obviously makes for a holy-shit-omg-this-title-is-perfect kind of thing, it's just not realistic in the majority of cases. I don't think there's anything wrong with letting down our hair a bit on titles.

I can't see any titles that wouldn't at least have a secondary meaning. I think the double innuendo is prevalent among most accepted titles.

[xRECKONERx]

I agree that that one title does not hit the spot, but it should not be taken as a general avoidance of meet based, or single-thread based titles.

The issue isn't single-thread, it's community-wide acceptance

that's why Brandi's 3 page thread that has already died is different from GP2 taking over 3 years to reach what it is now, and it taking 1.5 years of the thread being active to consider me for a title based on it

show me another non-mafia related discussion thread that has warranted a title

[Oversoul]

I liked Saulres's constant vigilance...

[saulres]

<3

[izakthegoomba]

Yeah, did Oman ever make a call on that?

[saulres]

No, but I don't think there was enough support for it. I figured it was just dropping due to lack of interest from the board members.

[Mr. Flay]

scumchat titles have gotten through before. They have also gotten pushback before. Like so many things, it's situational. There has been no Skittles Ruling on meet-related titles, despite what Reck thinks.

are you just incapable of reading comprehension or are you just being overly facetious when you imply I've stated I think the admins have made a ruling on meet-related titles

ok... emphasis mine:

Wait are we really considering meet-based titles after being told point-blank last January that meet-based titles

weren't allowed

?

I wouldn't be so adamant if this exact same thing with the exact same reasons hadn't come up 6 months ago and The Reckoning peeps had been told "nope, not allowed, suck it up"

I totally support a

policy change

but it needs to be applied evenly and not just to people who happen to be buddies with those making the decisions.

I tried to get the

policy

changed in January and was shot down. I also don't think anyone is "punishing" you, unless you think not getting a title is "punishment".

[Mr. Flay]

Back on topic, I think we liked constant vigilance but were just divided on capitalization. Oman can probably just declare one option best (we can also shrink font size a bit if ALLCAPS is gonna be too much).

[Oman]

Allcaps is super obnoxious in titles, what I wanted to talk about was whether we wanted to take something so inherently "sitewide" and apply it to one guy.

I'm happy with the idea, but like...that tiger joke has been around for years.

[xRECKONERx]

scumchat titles have gotten through before. They have also gotten pushback before. Like so many things, it's situational. There has been no Skittles Ruling on meet-related titles, despite what Reck thinks.

are you just incapable of reading comprehension or are you just being overly facetious when you imply I've stated I think the admins have made a ruling on meet-related titles

ok... emphasis mine:

Wait are we really considering meet-based titles after being told point-blank last January that meet-based titles

weren't allowed

?

I wouldn't be so adamant if this exact same thing with the exact same reasons hadn't come up 6 months ago and The Reckoning peeps had been told "nope, not allowed, suck it up"

I totally support a

policy change

but it needs to be applied evenly and not just to people who happen to be buddies with those making the decisions.

I tried to get the policy changed in January and was shot down. I also don't think anyone is "punishing" you, unless you think not getting a title is "punishment".

oman is a skittle now?

[LlamaFluff]

Back on topic, I think we liked constant vigilance but were just divided on capitalization. Oman can probably just declare one option best (we can also shrink font size a bit if ALLCAPS is gonna be too much).

I dont think CAPS is a good thing for the title. Even the CAPS players titles are just jabs at being those players and not in all caps. Unless it makes zero sense in lowercase, its the right choice easily.

[Rhinox]

nom callforjudgement for Secret Scum Mod

for the 50 player game which i'll find the link to the reference when i'm not phone posting.

[callforjudgement]

Game-specific meme, not sure if those are disallowed (or good ideas either way). Here's the link, to save Rhinox from having to go post it. It is a reasonably fitting meme in the context of that one game, but might give the wrong impression when applied to modding more generally.

[Rhinox]

POWERFUL WIZARD was single game specific when spy got the title.

But ultimately up to you if you like it or not

[MattP]

I like this title, I like it a lot.

[theamatuer]

2nd

[Lady Lambdadelta]

the Mod being scum secretly is not a new thing.

Reckamonic did it, Tarlihundr did it.....

Bastard games rule of thumb: Always vote the mod.

[Mastermind of Sin]

LLD, the point is that CFJ wasn't actually the mod at all, he was a player...

Also, game-specific references are totally allowed, I don't know why anyone would think otherwise. At least the title suggestion is related to mafia.

It's not the best title ever, but compared to the trash that usually gets suggested in here, I'll

3rd

[Rhinox]

References:
http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 9#p4178819

http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 4#p4184574

LLD:cfj wasnt actually the mod tho, he was a real play who was scum scum and posted VC's throughout the game even after death with myko's blessing. This wasnt a bastard lol mod is scum situation. But it was spy's first reference to secret scum mod that had me rolling and i couldnt wait for the game to end to nom for it. Idk maybe its not that funny to everyone else or i was just in a weird mood when i first read it.

Pedit what mos said

[animorpherv1]

LLD, the point is that CFJ wasn't actually the mod at all, he was a player...

Then it's worded wrong.