Titling Discussion

[xyzzy]

add a title at 420 posts that says "hehe this user has the funny weed number as their number of posts". it only lasts for post 420 and immediately reverts back to Mafia Scum at 421 posts

edit: oh fuck I didn't realize this would be pagetop. this is my worst pagetop ever

[BuJaber]

You're newer to the site so you probably don't know that originally, there were only three titles. People think of Mafia Scum as having staying power from being the traditional title, but they don't realize that Townie and Goon have been around for just as long. Townie was, if I recall correctly, 0-50 posts; Goon was 51-100 posts, and Mafia Scum was 100+ posts originally. I could be misremembering the post numbers, but they have that history and culture behind them.

That explains it then.

[Aristophanes]

add a title at 420 posts that says "hehe this user has the funny weed number as their number of posts". it only lasts for post 420 and immediately reverts back to Mafia Scum at 421 posts

edit: oh fuck I didn't realize this would be pagetop. this is my worst pagetop ever

But really fun single numbered titles are little site easter eggs that I think people would appreciate

[Maruchan]

add a title at 420 posts that says "hehe this user has the funny weed number as their number of posts". it only lasts for post 420 and immediately reverts back to Mafia Scum at 421 posts

edit: oh fuck I didn't realize this would be pagetop. this is my worst pagetop ever

But really fun single numbered titles are little site easter eggs that I think people would appreciate

how do you know they don't already exist? O.o

[vonflare]

Just throwing out a suggestion that seems kinda fine:

0	Watcher
1	Ninja
2 - 99	Townie
100 - 499	Goon
500 - 999	Capo
1000 - 4999	Mafia Scum
5000	Jester
5001 - 9999	Mafia Boss
10 000+	Survivor

that's how mafia works

we can't use 'Consigliere' or 'Godfather' because those are already custom titles

also I'd be interested to see how many people stop at 5000 posts lol

[Aristophanes]

Yay I'm still in survivor range then!!!

[Aristophanes]

Should there be a tier for 20000?

[BuJaber]

Should there be a tier for 20000?

Yes.

Like Ali said. People are already there, and there is a full page of players above 10k.

If we're going for a revamp, might as well future-proof it.

[BuJaber]

Have something new for 10k and survivor be 20k

[Alisae]

yeah, thats good for like, 5-10 more years?
If more people do reach the 50k post mark, which they probably won’t anytime soon, then they should probably have their own title by then

[vonflare]

something like

0	Watcher
1	Ninja
2 - 99	Townie
100 - 499	Goon
500 - 999	Capo
1000 - 4999	Mafia Scum
5000	Jester
5001 - 9999	Underboss
10 000 - 19 999	Mafia Boss
20 000+	Survivor

[McMenno]

yeah, thats good for like, 5-10 more years?
If more people do reach the 50k post mark, which they probably won’t anytime soon, then they should probably have their own title by then

rc and titus already have more than 50k posts

[Alisae]

yeah, thats good for like, 5-10 more years?
If more people do reach the 50k post mark, which they probably won’t anytime soon, then they should probably have their own title by then

rc and titus already have more than 50k posts

hence the word more
hence them already having their own titles

[Irrelephant11]

add a title at 420 posts that says "hehe this user has the funny weed number as their number of posts". it only lasts for post 420 and immediately reverts back to Mafia Scum at 421 posts

edit: oh fuck I didn't realize this would be pagetop. this is my worst pagetop ever

Stopping in to say this is my favorite thing

I also think Jack of All Trades is weird
Imo the other titles are intuitive for a certain amount of posting (watcher watches w/o posting, ninja goes undetected, townie dies N1, goon endgames, Mafiascum is website (and most people who get to this point are part of the community), Survivors *need* to endgame)
But jack of all trades is just there
Replace it with serial killer imo
Might just be me though

If you add jester I think it should go between ninja and townie

[vonflare]

yeah honestly the only current default title i have a prob with is jack of all trades it dosent fit within the logical progression of default titles imo

[northsidegal]

i like all the default titles as is. my preference would be to only add ones to the end / perhaps shift survivor to a later post amount and replace the slot with something else, and to not change any of the lower ones.

[Aristophanes]

JOAT is the weird one but also the one I like best...

Would it be a logical 30k title?
Like you not only survived but grew a set of skills that allowed you to stick around for so long?

[mastina]

i like all the default titles as is. my preference would be to only add ones to the end / perhaps shift survivor to a later post amount and replace the slot with something else, and to not change any of the lower ones.

My thoughts are along the same lines. I like all the current default titles, and don't want to get rid of any of them--I'm perfectly open to shifting their positions/numbers/etc., and to adding in new titles, but I'm not going to replace any of the existing ones.

I also think that mafia scum should retain its status as being a fairly long-lived title that takes some amount of time to get to. 1000-5000 posts, as is, is perfect.

I also like that each title is progressively more difficult.
Watcher to Ninja is one post.
Ninja to townie is one post.
Townie to Goon is 98 posts.
Goon to Mafia Scum is 900 posts.
Mafia Scum to JOAT is 4000 posts.
JOAT to Survivor is 5000 posts.

Whatever system we end up using, I feel should retain that progression of each being more and more work to obtain.

vonflare's proposed position for Capo wouldn't break the scale (it'd simply shift it to be 98-->399-->499), and having Jester be the current Survivor with Survivor moving to 20000 would also keep it, as the progression would go from 5000 to 10000 necessary posts.

That's what I'm favoring, but I'm still open to feedback.

[northsidegal]

i don't like capo or jester as default titles. purely personal opinion

[Cheery Dog]

Should go higher still though, at least 25,000

[Irrelephant11]

i don't like capo or jester as default titles. purely personal opinion

Agree

[Alisae]

Capo makes no sense with the theme of the titles.
The titles are based on mafia roles (except for mafia scum), and Capo makes no sense in that context.

[vonflare]

Ugh now I have to design a Mafia game with a role called capo

[Annadog40]

something like

0	Watcher
1	Ninja
2 - 99	Townie
100 - 499	Goon
500 - 999	Capo
1000 - 4999	Mafia Scum
5000	Jester
5001 - 9999	Underboss
10 000 - 19 999	Mafia Boss
20 000+	Survivor

Mafia Boss should be replaced with The Don

Survivor and jester should swap places.

[zoraster]

Witness Protection comes at 30k along with a free rename.