Dance of the Title Thread: Resurgence in wild?

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nth polymath

hi mastina

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Nominate mastina for

Soap Box

nth

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If I was around I would have nth'd the Mathblade title fwiw

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I'm defs disloyal

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nth incredibly bold

anti-chill is cute for the discord server joke but not descriptive of his mafia playstyle nor onsite composure at all

this one's groovy.


(something something nom everyone for 'taly' something something)

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kinda think this is less of a personality thing and more acknowledge his posting style. why compromise one when it can do both? just a title including "bold" is great.

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nth

something something layers something
Boon has the kind of big personality which is deceptively harder to capture than it seems. this kind of title is the way to go, like I'm not sure there's a "perfect title" which encapsulates his essence wittily

this one is rly good


pedit: he has a few accounts, flavor leaf is his mafia playing main I guess and has a kinda different style. Boon he uses more to mod. I think FL is the one with SE access fwiw

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Post!e

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i cant think of any distinctive schaddposting characteristics . . . .

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nth creative commons very assertively

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I don't mind ; but I feel like schadd_ is more titleable for other things I'm just not witty or sure what the other things are quite yet

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like the semicolon more than the underscore I think

the motif of an underscored title under an underscored username probably won't look as cool and it's more reflective of his username and less reflective of his posting style

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the using semicolons to bump thing is a neat +1 for using it in the title imo, compare to e.g. queen shifty

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Hey chennis, if the title isn't a serious nom,

Don't nom it

nth-- wait

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nth microprocessor

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Strictly Uncool

this is such a good title
I just think its a good title for anyone
if that makes sense

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i think it's unique because we already use it (thinking back to keyser soze's "wolf in sheep's clothing")
that being said i actually think i like it a little and the alliteration of Dannflor/Deepwolf is kinda snazzy

let me meditate on it

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i like it!! it suits sausage better the more you think about it


he's regularly that townie voice of reason, as town. i can dig through games if you need but i see him often telling his townmates to focus and stay on track. even when not correct, nudging the game in a direction where it'll become more solvable. an example that leaps to mind (only time we've both been town smh) is psyche's liars and millers game where we were on trajectory for a d2 town win. people started getting all paranoid and stuff. sausage swept in with the "don't panic friends, [the last scum] is the last scum". he was right. his continued positive assertion of that read was a large part of what kept us from flying off the rails in that phase, and it's something i've seen across games i've modded/backup'd for sausage as well.

the subtle humour and ambiguous-ironic vibe in the title suits his general posting style/sense of humour extremely well imo. like it's like, something you can safely take at face value as i'll detail. but it's also a kind of funny thing to just, say out of the blue. like outside of sausage popping into sitechat with the phase, i can't really imagine somebody saying it conversationally without being at least slightly funny. but it's not really important whether it's ironic or not, it's kinda just a funny-but-nice thing to see, y'know?

that humourous vibe also lends really well to his scumgame which is equally social, and extremely cheeky. he's capable of being simultaneously that "townie voice of reason [tm]", absolutely hilarious, and looking like he's positively reinforcing the gamestate, while being scum.


different pros & cons, but i'm seeing a similar energy here to what struck me about "for the homies" for enter--i accept it's a meme/catchphrase but until i saw von's nom i hadn't even considered it as a title and now that i'm thinking about it i'm like nodding along a little

i don't wanna start a war if people are passionate about anti-nomming; just ~felt~ it and wanted to drop some earnest commentary. this might also help mastina consider the title (if she chooses to)

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Firebringer I won't labour the point, but that is why I made a nice shiny wall. I think there's more to it than first meets the eye.

worstie out

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> I don't think he is regularly voice of reason? Never seen him in game be this.

if it'll help i'll collate examples, at some point - one included in my writeup. don't have the time at the moment.

> the subtle humour and ambiguous-ironic vibe. What?

talked about in the write-up. it's simultaneously sincerely sweet, and also a slightly funny thing to say (subtle humour).
it's a quirky enough turn of phrase that it may be read as ironic, and may be read as sincere. i don't think that's important; it's quite cool either way (ambiguous-ironic).

> that humourous vibe also lends really well to his scumgame which is equally social, and extremely cheeky. Is it supposed to be funny, social or cheeky? How is it all three....

yes.

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I think it straddles the boundary between irony and sincerity. I'll try and do a more thorough write-up (no idea on an ETA for this due to travel etc.)

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nth

that's a good story. Kodak nom might be appropriate maybe

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nth creative commons

busboy revolutionary

I do like this too

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I will re-issue

Busboy Revolutionary

as the most balanced of all suggested options.

Nth. This keeps popping into my head. I like it more than I thought I did.

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don't vibe the ellipsis, nth tho

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well, like, you're funnier, but you don't have any catchphrases.

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Nth the nomination already went through.

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dann is the WORST
still think the elegant "deep wolf" is ideal tbh

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don't think i associate still waters with being secretive; more being calm/collected. i think that resonates with dann. he's not a reserved or secretive person, but he's got that actor energy you know? he rarely misses a beat, and while he is pretty open and v fun, it's pretty rare that he's ruffled.

Rolling in the deepwolf

have i mentioned lately that i love you

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Nominate

RadiantCowbells

for a return to

Smooth Criminal

Nominate

Dannflor

for

DannWolf

Nominate

PenguinPower

for

GIFsmith

nth rc, pp

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Dannwolf is part deepwolf, part username pun
Let's just keep the good part of that ;] deepwolf is good!

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Wolf pup is kinda adorable

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the more I think the more I align myself with the Tree's post.
sorry dann this is difficult

pedit: he's not always which is kinda part of the joke; I swear he's subject to three times as much deepwolf paranoia while kinda obvtown within meta than he is scumgames in which he's actually endgame scum

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Saruman

The og deep wolf

not nthing this but this is such a good call

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I kinda feel like this conversation might have gotten a touch detached from the reality of what we're debating here

could we have a conversation about whether mastina/everyone likes the conceptual title derivative and make a call based on that? imo attempts to expand on "deepwolf" have basically been either username puns or convoluted/detracted from the quality of the original nom

I'll concede "the deepwolf" actually flows better and better evokes the meme (i.e. "

what if Dann is the deepwolf.....

"), but this is probs my last comment on a Dann title in this vein

I pioneered Keyser Söze for wolf in sheep's clothing for his hedgy intangible playstyle btw and I think the idea of titling Dann deepwolf or similar is umpteen more times relevant for a specifically different reason. this vein *should* probably pump out a good title but maybe it's just not quite the fit?

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nth Schrödinger's Deepwolf

that gets the meme across perfectly!

Schrödinger's Scumbag is kinda cute too from an alliteration/site lingo pov but the former is probs better :>

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It was a cute suggestion and nobody should feel bad for liking it

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nth sorting hat

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W alliteration I think there's better terms than princess I just can't find the right one. like you've got a vein somewhere around peaceful/placid/pragmatic which should have a word in it I'm just not smart enough to conjure it

I like the title conceptually but something about referring to nsg as a princess doesn't quite hit the mark fmpov

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wtf

that's a creature meme

what does it have to do with norway

How can we solve how this nom?

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Actually the more I think about it the more I disagree about only "Schrodinger Wolf".

It gives the impression that Dann is someone you can't get a firm read on and I don't think that's true.

The title gimmick should probably be "you can't be confident that dann isn't the super secret deepwolf!" rather than "you can't be confident about Dann alignment"

Yeah this one

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I think playing w dann is totally a matter of there simultaneously being a reality where he is just town and a reality where he is the deepwolf tbh, I specifically very much like the quantum aspect

he is also the tenth doctor as the lovely popsofctown observed but that feels auxiliary imo

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nth recommeneded for you

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nth

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i actually like kitten caboodle more as i think about it

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i actually think plotinus' posting pretty regularly radiates thoughtfulness and thoroughness. like his modding style is incredibly detailed and immaculate and his perspective in discussion forums (from what i've seen) seems to be regularly really well considered with a pretty detailed thought process - the whole "kit & caboodle" wordplay is something i think resonates pretty well

other than that plot pretty regularly carries the kitty avis and a love of cats is definitely something i associate p heavily with ploti

i guess it comes back to the calibre of title you're seeking, and i'm not going to wave my stick any harder than this post. i don't think that there's this spectacular multilayered resonating truth under this title, no. but i don't think there are spectacular multilayered resonating truths under many titles at all. it's appropriate to plot's onsite presence, notes his love of cats, and is cute/punny. that's about it. not a great title, but few titles are. it's a good title.


snuggly duckling is probs a reasonable comparison; it reflects my fluffy posting style / approachable/friendly nature i project onsite and references my love of ducks. this isn't me insinuating "you must pass it because my title was passed" or w/e, just like, a comparison for perspective

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for posterity...

nth Kitten Caboodle

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HEY

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this thread is not allowed to be run by a duck (unlike the replacement & gtkas queues).
it's mastina's last stand against my gradual assimilation of all purple/musk stick roles.

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she can't due to irl stuff atm - i just stepped in today

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this is definitely not a cover for the greater bird insurgence in 2020, definitely not.

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i think skygazer's title is very much skygazer-centric. i'll run with a lot of her innovation but it's still that: her innovation.

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i'd probably rather anti-nom

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I think it's a whole big grey zone which might be better to just avoid
Sala seems like a fun guy - he'll do something else noteworthy which earns a better title than this one imo

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that's the correct way to submit a nom but it kinda just seems like a username pun (which are boycotted) - is there any other reasoning behind it?

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mmm there's something in this

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I'm basically in the same boat but pops' silver tongue is quite striking, imo. I'm gonna take some time to think about it and see if I can passionately case it (or an adjacent title)

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Silver tongue lends well to her eloquence too - she explains things well and afaict pretty regularly knows what to say. But yeah it's hard encaspulating pops in a couple of words.

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Aggressively beautiful

I like this turn of phrase a lot.

Not sure I've been sold on a pops title yet just felt this needed a call-out

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Postie!

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that works quite well with her lolreadlists* and a lot of her hers playstyle as well actually I think?

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* for those unfamiliar Mastina has a tendency to drop fully tiered readlists like 8 seconds into the game as either alignment - they're not necessarily manipulative but they can definitely be misleading. Based on this & her "speak first reevaluate later" style she strikes me as the type of player who... either fabricates or at least really blows up her reads early in the game in order to get conversations going and get better reads. (i.e. better to call a super weak scumread just "a damn scumread" & get a reaction, rather than hedge on them)

Is it just me or does her not-always-necessarly-manipulative-but-regularly-misleading style thing add a layer of kinda comical sincerity to the nom?

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and the scum playstyle side is pretty self evident I think. scum!mastina rarely goes with the flow unless town is charging off a cliff. she regularly plays faux town leader in her own realm, even if it flies in the face of consensus and gets largely ignored she'll use her posting trajectory to pivot to something else, etc., etc. fakeclaims are consistently really very good. I think cheeky's nom is really solid

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As soon as I saw the word choice I felt like I could see a screenshot of your mind. Haha. Glad we were on the same page.

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my prior account's title

oh wow this didn't occur to me at all 'til you mentioned it

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my prior account's title

oh wow this didn't occur to me at all 'til you mentioned it

I LITERALLY SAID IT A FEW POSTS BEFORE

hahahaha i'm sorry
i didn't read the end of the previous page
just kinda assumed there were a bunch of great nths

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That would've been much cooler if you said "false profit" ;P

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Oh yeah I'm sold. The aesthetic of uppercase is much nicer.

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That's excellent.

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I feel like I would be confused if I was on the forum ~1-2 weeks and seemed to find out the top of the pyramid in proactive site administration is best understood as "disorganized crime".

for this reason i think "organized crime" is more apt

while the subforum thing is fresh in everyones head it will simply be ironic. which i think was ariels intention

this is from inside my brain

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Nth flash forward

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I like Monty. Ariel's write-up is on point.

edit: I also like Monty as a title

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that's wild
wooper's current title is perfect

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:<
but I was talking about wooper..

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nom hectic for

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My toes hurt just from opening this thread.

nth

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nth

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pro-nomnomnom
which is to say, antinom

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that's both a username pun and the opposite of NAJON

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Got it thru an event tho

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I'd never make the association without him having randed cult leader 140 times.

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mad hatter is great!

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also incredibly unique to pants

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it's an anime girl.
to paraphrase drk: even in the absence of my avatar, i am still irreparably a duck.

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you just need to get to know her...probably?

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That's a good title.

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Nominate PrivateI for The Real Friend

Didn't read the description, this is a top shelf title.

nth

edit: ok read the description, well done

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Both great, I like friend a bit more than title but like, strong yes.

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I'm going to nth a better variation but I'm not very witty

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very strongly nth drawn from memory for datisi

the double entendre is really strong. his art skills are very notable, and the memory thing manifests in a way that I don't think really reflects onto other players! the recall thing isn't an element which is like, explicitly unique to datisi and only datisi, but there's like. there's a different thing here. bear with me.

he's not a meta heavy solver, but the way he's able to draw linear comparisons to past games where the bulk of players don't see them is fairly effortless IME.

there are some of players who are unfun meta tryhards - datisi isn't that.

any d-list player can ask "why are you different in this game than you were in mini normal 192737 or whatever" - datisi isn't that.

there are plenty of players who can say "I read this person this way for this reason but I am hesitant because they have a wide scumrange" - datisi isn't that

when he talks through reads and publicly solves it isn't like he's necessarily using his power of memories to snow players down in meta. it's not like he's metacasing stuff just because that's a thing he can do to be cool at mafia. there's an absolutely natural way that he draws from his impressions and experiences with other players bleed into his interactions with them - and THAT is the quintessential datisi experience.



Noraa title is definitely accurate, and pretty adequate.

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good lord, I pagetopped it too

I need a gif of a duck climbing off a soap box like I need oxygen

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nth obtusebear

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It's not a good look to celebrate tilting another scummer.

well said, agree strongly

always Andy is rly cute, clone Andy is cool too, I'd nth whichever goes down better

if the Andy avatar legacy thing is true think this is probably one of those things which surpasses "title based on avatar" and enters "title based on Andy being associated with forum identity" which totally checks out (see: duck)

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Really good noms.

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I like that.

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Rise of the Phoenix is excellent.

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That is excellent. I think I like Bullet Trains slightly more but both are great.

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Both of those (Shrek and CM1) are brilliant.

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I'm inclined to trust that mastina is right to mininise the number of people who are aware and that it doesn't need to be public.

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Also Ariel your nomination chain lately has been incredible. I'm surprised that someone can nominate such quantity of well-considered, cool titles. Thank you.

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Zee retiree is brilliant.

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I love both of the original noms, I feel like Silver Lining has been slept on as a kind of semi-abstract painting of both noms. All That Glitters is really good too.

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as a child of the southern hemisphere, i'm disappointed to report that i've never even seen santa.

all the DV titles are good honestly.

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again, both of those are fantastic. crime of passion really resonates from my impression but like, 2/2.