July Title Event: Title Troll

[mastina]

This is the title event thread for July.
To make a normal nomination using the usual standard title nomination metrics, go here.
To discuss events, go here.

Title Troll:

AKA, "Post ITT to receive a title"

For the duration of this month, players may post in this thread and ask to receive a title.
In contrast to the April Entitlement event, instead of the scummer themselves asking for a specific title, I, mastina, the title fairy, will bestow upon the user a title.

Scummers are not allowed to request a specific title; if you ask for something specific, I will just not give you a title at all.
Scummers are not allowed to request

not

having something as their title; if you ask to be titled but specify "just don't give me X", I will just not give you a title at all.
Unless I specifically request the help (I may run into situations where I lack inspiration), scummers are not allowed to suggest titles for other scummers.

For the duration of this event, scummers that have requested titles may have their title changed by me multiple times, if on a whim I decide on a different title being a better event title for them.

Scummers are not allowed to request a different title, however, once they have received an event title from me. The only options a scummer has are "opt in" or "opt out" (having their event title removed); once they opt out, they can't opt back in.

Scummers who already have a title may or may not receive a new title, depending on my whims. I might give them an event title based off of an alternative title suggestion (e.g. Aristophanes-->Mr. Brightside, Aristophanes-->Mr. Blue Sky, Chickadee-->Pew Pew); I might just leave them with their current title because they already have one; I might give them an entirely new title. So if you already have a title, you may end up sorely disappointed.

In short:

What differentiates this event from Entitlement?

In Entitlement, YOU got to chose YOUR title. During Title Troll, it's ME choosing your title. Your ONLY feedback is whether you decide to drop the title early or not; you get no say in what title I come up for you whatsoever. If you don't like what I come up with, you can ask for it to be removed, but I'm not going to then allow you to get a different one.

I may change titles I've already given, but IF I do so, it'll be on my own whims, NOT because of scummers complaining/giving feedback.

In short, this event is far more dictatorial; I hold absolute power over all the titles given out.

Until:

What happens after the event has finished?

From the week after this event ends, August 1st - August 7th, there will be a review period.
During this review period, if enough people vote to keep a title and the person still approves of the title, then it will stay. (About five votes will be needed to stay.)

You may only vote to keep 1/6th of the total scummer titles generated from this event. (If 6 scummers, you get one vote; 12 scummers, two votes; 24, four votes, etc.)

You

may

cross-vote

.

If a scummer has more than one event title,

voting for more than one of them will

not

count as one of your votes

. (I.e., if for Aristophanes there were the titles "Mr. Brightside", "Mr. Blue Skies", and "Bust so hard", voting for all three would count as

one

vote, not three.)
That is to say, how many votes you possess are per scummer, not per title. (The scummer will keep whichever gets the most votes, unless more than one title crosses the threshold, in which case they get to choose which of the ones with the necessary votes to keep. So if Aristophanes got seven on Mr. Blue Skies and only 3-4 on the others, he'd be offered Mr. Blue Skies; if he got 6 on Mr. Bright Side and Mr. Blue Skies but only 3 on Bust so Hard, he'd get to choose between Mr. Brightside and Mr. Blue Skies; if all three got 6 votes, he'd get a choice between all three. And, of course, regardless of all this, he could at any time opt out and not receive an event title.)
Otherwise, voting remains the same as in Entitlement.

Titles not receiving sufficient support will, on August 8th, be removed.

Event End: (expired on 2019-08-01 03:07:43)

Event Titles:

Krazy

- Kat

Zaphkael

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Gamma Emerald

- Undiscovered

Firebringer

- Roar

(From "Trail Blazer")

RedFlavor

- You Better Know

SleepyKrew

- Did His Job

(From "Snark Attack")

---

Creature

- Of Habit

(From "Transparent")

Errantparabola

- Jacket of All Trades

(From "Composed. (COTM winner.))

singletonking

- Plays Mafia

Ankamius

- Taking Back the Town

Ankamius

- Stop Killing Yourself

Cheetory6

- Colorful

McMenno

- Aren't we all
---

Annadog40

- All Work and Roleplay

(From "Waiting in the Sky")

Pine

- Chopped Down

(From "In Your Head")

Skygazer

- Let's Get To Know...

Maruchan

- passportent

TheWayItEnds

- Someone Dies

Irrelephant11

- In the room

(From "COTM 2018 Winner")

---

Ircher

- What A Grand Idea

Inferno390

- Host of Hosts

vonflare

- d00t

(From "doot")

Chemist1422

- Stable Reaction

Oversoul

- I tried to say

nomnomnom

- Title Title Title
---

PenguinPower

- Pongwin

xzzzy

- xwvut

(From "comical third option")

RadiantCowbells

- Beat It

(From "Smooth Criminal")

RadiantCowbells

- People tried

(From "Smooth Criminal")

the worst

- That's me?

(From "Snuggly Duckling (Rising Star)")

Raskolnikov

- Thanks

BulletNLynchproof

- Mods/Reviews Games

(From "Micro Madness")

---

animorpherv1

- No longer mostly noise

(From "Honey Trap")

Elbirn

- Content Aficionado

BuJaber

- Not Even My Final Form

Nancy Drew 39

- Passionate

Gorkington

- Better than Cheetory6

Pink Ball

- Better than pinturicchio

Pink Ball

- pint-sized powerhouse
---

Niko

- Still Discovering Myself

Severa

- Better than RadiantCowbells

Bitmap

- Old, not Outdated

TemporalLich

- Lavos

Vengaboys

- Up And Down

Katyusha

- Red Death
---

Tsuchinoko

- Venomous and Dangerous

Jingle

- Ring a Bell?

xofelf

- Generally an Angel

(From "Miss Mash")

Bins

- Not Trash

RCEnigma

- Not the Cowbell

Blake Belladona

- Taking Back the Town
---

Mumble

- Hardly Heard

MaryJoLisa

- That's Not My Name

momo

- Most Mislynchable

INAUFTA

- INATFTA

Keychain

- Creates Words

Vijarada

- Grumpy
---

Something_Smart

- Somewhat_Balanced

Plotinus

- Wise Words

Bambi Jay

- Confusion and Chaos

Yume

- Can I Be Here?

Nimueh

- Siren Song

Fire Assassin

- Lava Plume
---

MewThree

- Better than Mewtwo

itlepip

- It'll click

123456789

- Numbers

T-Bone

- Spites the haters

T-Bone

- disappointed

T-Bone

- Has a steak in the site

T-Bone

- A Cut Above

Iconeum

- Spy

Jesus Louisus

- Soulreader
---

chennisden

- not to be taken seriously

Fluminator

- Peace-loving Police Officer

(From "Best LSG/MishMash Player (Mashtermind)")

CheekyTeeky

- Sneeky

Korina

- Recruiter

Aronis

- Just here fore the Pagetop!

mastina

- Mason
---

Alisea

- Is A Username Pun

Prince of Renais

- Restoration King

mallowgeno

- Not late to the party

[mastina]

/in

For the time being until I can think of something better--and don't get me wrong, I do think I need to think of something better--I'm just going to take a Kop-out and give you back the April title event of

Kat

, because it was a title which when you know the story behind it is something somewhat appropriate.

Yes, you're no longer wearing the avatar of that crazy cat which is your most well-known avatar, but I really enjoyed it when you explained why you held that avatar and why you thought it was an appropriate avatar to hold so I don't think it's actually the worst title in the world. It's not the best title in the world and I do think I can do better, but it's one which can kick the even off at the very least.

[mastina]

Sure /in

When I think of you, the first thing which comes to my mind is how incredible a writer you are. You also have a knack for setup design even if you haven't run a game in years, but the thing which sticks out the most is how

beautifully

you write. Unfortunately, I have to admit, I don't really know much about you beyond that. I do remember your prior account, but I know you had your reasons for moving on from it.

The best title I can come up with is

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

, but it's not one that I'm happy with and in this case I'd welcome opening the door to the public for a better title for you.

[mastina]

/in

So I tried searching for something which I vaguely seem to recall having read from you at some point about the origin of your username (I vaguely remembered it being something about predicting the title of a pokemon game), which I seem to recall you describing in a normal game, but I spent half an hour searching through every normal game you've played and I can't find it so maybe I was mistaken there.

Since I couldn't confirm that story/couldn't reread the details of it, I can't make a title off of it even though that was my first inclination. I can't really think of a title which would be, 100%, unique to you describing your traits as a mafia player, but what I can do is make a title relating to it. I believe I've told you this before, that I think you're a usually underestimated town player who kind-of goes unseen in spite of doing a fair amount of good; rarely if ever one of the power-town players, but usually still contributing positively to the town.

This is another one which I'm opening up for better possibilities, but lacking them for now, I'm going with

Undiscovered

.

[mastina]

sure lets see what u can do to troll me mastina

To be honest your current title's perfect for you in my opinion. Anything I would give would be inferior to it. But since you did ask, I'll go with

Roar

because it's a Growlithe move and still vaguely fits. (But really, your current title is leagues better.)

[mastina]

/in

So I read on your GTKAS that your name comes from the song by Red Velvet. I considered taking a lyric from that song to be your title, but while I got an English translation of the lyrics, none of them seemed to be something I could put a spin on being even remotely related to mafia. However, I did read that The Red Summer EP had as its very next track,

You Better Know

, which I felt like has at least a vague mafiaesque feeling to it.

This is another one I'd be happy to get more ideas for since I don't really know you well enough to do you proper justice.

[mastina]

/in

Personally I like your current title more than your other titles, but hey, let's give it to you anyway; return to form,

Did His Job

.

[mastina]

/in

Well since we talked about this title in the thread, let's try out

Of Habit

for you.

[mastina]

In

Honestly I think your current title's better than anything I could give you. (I guess I

could

default to the original title suggestion(s) for you, but they evolved within one page to be Composed for good reasoning.)

For the time being, I'll re-give your event title,

Jacket of All Trades

, even though I know it's one you wouldn't want to keep.

Because it's one I know you wouldn't want to keep, though, I'll open this one up to suggestions for one which you very well just might.

[mastina]

Can I give ideas?

Per thread rules,

Scummers are not allowed to request a specific title; if you ask for something specific, I will just not give you a title at all.
Scummers are not allowed to request

not

having something as their title; if you ask to be titled but specify "just don't give me X", I will just not give you a title at all.
Unless I specifically request the help (I may run into situations where I lack inspiration), scummers are not allowed to suggest titles for other scummers.
Scummers are not allowed to request a different title, however, once they have received an event title from me. The only options a scummer has are "opt in" or "opt out" (having their event title removed); once they opt out, they can't opt back in.

You're the one person who for this event and for yourself cannot.

If you want to get your own title, btw, I'll be rerunning Entitlement next April and you can request a title of your own design then!

[mastina]

/in

To be honest, most of what I know about you is that you review/backup mod/mod a lot of games, that those duties are mostly done on BNL even if you're beginning to transition to using this account fully, but that singletonking is the account which mostly plays mafia. So this is another one which I'll be opening up to suggestions but for now,

Plays Mafia

it is.

[mastina]

/in

This is slightly cheating since it's a title based around your Blake Belladonna account, but the immediate thought which comes to mind is

Taking Back the Town

.
This is a title which is in part a reference to her last line in one of the seasons (at least my

memory

of her last line in one of the seasons, "No. We're going to take it back."), but I feel it's actually a title which works for you on two levels:
-You love to replace into scummy slots (or if in them from the beginning, to try and be deliberately scummy), so that you can have the valuable information of knowing that they are town, and to then turn it around. You can turn a slot which was seen as a likely lynch into an automatic nightkill in no time flat. So it could be said that you're taking back the sentiment of a slot being town which was previously lost.

-You are literally one of the best town players on site and whose presence pretty much demands a nightkill lest scum fuck themselves over and doom themselves to a loss. You may not always have the best reads, but you don't

need

to have the best reads; your gamestate reads are threatening enough where you can take back the town from the scum, turning a scum-favored gamestate into a town-favored one.

So I think it fits/works.

[mastina]

i'd like to go back to my old title please, sorry

Sorry I couldn't do you justice.

[mastina]

/in

There's no way I'll be able to do a title for you justice since you're literally one of the best people on site period and in spite of me knowing that I know I don't know enough about you to give a title with any real depth to it.

The best I can come up with on my own (this is another case of being open to suggestions) is

Colorful

;
-It references your Paint Mafia series of games
-From this dictionary definition, "full of interest; lively and exciting" which I feel applies to Cheetory. You're someone who's full of interest (SUPP winner and all that), and whose presence brightens up the site. (Which also fits the first definition.)

The main reason that this one's open to suggestions is that I know the term can have negative connotations to it and those negative connotations while not the intended meaning are enough where I'm dissatisfied with it as a title.

[mastina]

give me a title

There's only one title which I can bestow upon you.

Aren't we all

[mastina]

sure /in
Also can I in someone else?

You can't /in someone else; this is purely a voluntary thing.

But as for you, for the time being unless I think of something better, you can go back to

All Work and Roleplay

for now.

[mastina]

Come at me, Mastina. Do your worst.

Well since you specified me doing my worst...how's

Chopped Down

sound? You always could use to be knocked down a couple of pegs...

(Seriously tho, your current title's perfect so anything I can give you would explicitly be a joke.)

[mastina]

/in !!

In honor of your new position and your new contributions to it,

Let's Get To Know...

seems like the most obvious choice. (I admit this one won't age well most likely, but given Skygazer just got her position, for a month this seems like it'd be a neat form of advertising of sorts.)

[mastina]

this seems fun

It would be if I were actually competent at this but the more I'm trying the harder it's becoming for me to do it right.

On that note:

/in so hard

There was a title nominated for you which I believe never got discussed at all,

passportent

, so let's try that out.

[mastina]

wtf I already alternate between the two

I missed this post earlier. But I did give that disclaimer; people with titles already might not receive anything different because their current titles are already good.

Also, that's half the joke.

[mastina]

pls count that as an /in from me :c

I'll get to you in a bit, then.

I need to take a break; I've been trying to title people for over two hours now and I'm running low on already-stressed creative juices.

[mastina]

in

Man you deserve so much better than this, but the pun's too much of an opportunity to pass up on in reference to mafia games;

Someone Dies

. Because that's the way it ends in almost any given game; someone, beit town or scum, dies.

(Since you deserve better tho, opening this one up to the community.)

[mastina]

I mean sure let's see how this goes

I know it's repeating the April title event, but...pun...too hard to resist...

In the room

[mastina]

/in

I realize you're not the only one who runs these games.

But when I think of these games.

I think of them as they are modded by you.

So:

What A Grand Idea

[mastina]

/in

I actually thought that your moderator society thread was a brilliant idea, so in honor of that:

Host of Hosts

because another word for moderator is 'host'.

[mastina]

fine ill in

I'm really not sure what I can give you beyond returning to the April title of

d00t

, so that it is!

[mastina]

/in

When I think of you as a player, I think of someone who is usually fairly calm, given the sort of situations you usually find yourself in. You're fairly new to mafiascum, and yet you handle theme game shenanigans really well, not to mention mafiascum antics; when you're pressured, you stay on path and don't cave in, so the best I can think of is,

Stable Reaction

.

[mastina]

/in

I'm not quite sure if I ever told you this, Oversoul, but for the longest time, whenever I heard your name, all I could think of was a particular Red Hot Chili Peppers song because I could've

sworn

that song actually contains as a lyric, your username.

It doesn't (it's 'of her soul', not 'oversoul'), but the mental link is SO STRONG in my head that I just

can't

pass up on the opportunity for

I tried to say

as a title.

[mastina]

/in
I like roulette

Okay.

You

had

to know it was coming.

Title Title Title

[mastina]

/in

You know.
I know it's a copout because it was done in the previous event.

But I actually kinda really like

Pongwin

as a title for you. Yes, avatar/username pun, but it just seems so appropriate for you; you are a penguin and you are made of win.

[mastina]

/in
(you'll have to come up with something

really

good for me to not return to "comical third option" at the end of the month, but I can't resist seeing what you come up with.)

Ehh...best I can come up with is

xwvut

off of the idea that your username goes xyz and then loops backwards into zy and thus the logical chain would continue...

Opening this one up to the community for a better joke.

[mastina]

pls count that as an /in from me :c

Sure.
I actually think that you're currently better known for your towngame than your scumgame, so let's reverse your title. How's

Beat It

sound, to represent how threatening you can be?

[mastina]

I like this event but I will be keeping my current title since its special to me.

If you had asked for a different one all I'd have done was rainbowtext your current one.

/in

I want to give you a Whoesque title referencing how people use 'the worst x' or 'x is the worst' and references you, but I can't figure out how to make that pun work properly.

Best I can come up with is

That's me?

, though I'm open to better suggestions.

[mastina]

inn

I'm going to go with the title of

Thanks

, in reference to how when you requested a title for the April title event, after having received it, you edited your post to be that word.

[mastina]

/in
I can do this on multiple accounts if I want to right?

Much as that'll create extra work for me and can potentially be problematic if the title I gave the first time references an alt which then wants a title...you can indeed do it on multiple accounts!

Still only get one vote, mind you, and people voting for titles on different accounts DO need to use two votes (a vote to keep your title and a vote to keep singletonking's titles are two separate votes rather than one combined vote), but it's allowed all the same!

Anyway, to continue the theme of your other account's event title...

Mods/Reviews Games

.

[mastina]

/in, let's see what you can do.

Best I can think up is, in reference to your growth,

No longer mostly noise

, to pay homage to your original title but demonstrating how since then you have grown and matured to be a different person.

[mastina]

/in
I did it I finally get a title and all I have to do is cheat

How's

Content Aficionado

sound?

[mastina]

/in
The effort you're putting into an event titled "Title Troll" is astounding.

In reference to how your other account is NERFED BuJaber...

Not Even My Final Form

.
Which is also a pop culture stock anime reference. (I considered something like "Not Even At Full Power", but it didn't quite flow the same.)

[mastina]

/in

Do me.

Honestly I know it's not much of a title, but literally I don't think any other title is better suited for you than just

Passionate

.

It is literally what I think of when I think of you, in a single word. Other players can be passionate so I know that passion isn't a unique trait to you, but you're like the living avatar of passion; you constantly, neverendingly, ooze pure passion in your play and even outside of mafia play with your approach to everything.

[mastina]

someone mentioned alts?
/in

I can't pass up on the opportunity.

Better than Cheetory6

.

Because I'm pretty sure that was a running joke at some point.

[mastina]

/IN TO BE ROASTED MY GODDESS MASTINA

Honestly the best title I can think of is in reference to how much of a surprise it was to me to learn that you were pint, since there was just a sudden level of

competence

that blindsided me.

So.

Better than pinturicchio

.

[mastina]

/in

I like the title of

Still Discovering Myself

for you, because it references not only the number of accounts you have, but also to how you're growing as a player that I consider quite skilled.

[mastina]

HA?
I'll /in for this as well.

I have to do it because of referencing how you play differently (and sometimes better?) on that account, so:

Better than RadiantCowbells

it is!
(I SWEAR NOT EVERY ALT WILL BE "Better than (main)" OKAY.)

[mastina]

/in
Been on the site for awhile but recently came back. I wanna snag a nice title.

How's, in honor of this while also being a username pun (referencing the file format),

Old, not Outdated

sound?

[mastina]

/in

Okay so I gotta admit: I got nuthin'. Not anything I can think of which would be good for you, so I'll open this up to the community but for now, will go with

Lavos

to fit your name/avatar/signature theme.

[mastina]

(I SWEAR NOT EVERY ALT WILL BE "Better than (main)" OKAY.)

Let's test that! /in

Up And Down

is the first name to pop to mind for you!

[mastina]

*cough* /in

How's, in honor of how you're an incredibly competent scumhunter,

Red Death

sound?

If terrible, community feel free to let me know.

[mastina]

/in

In reference to how you're a hydra, and you're a snake:

Venomous and Dangerous

.

[mastina]

As insulting as possible, if you please

I don't do requests, remember?

I will however make it as almost cringeworthy as is possible with a simple

Ring a Bell?

title.

[mastina]

fine ill in

I'm really not sure what I can give you beyond returning to the April title of

d00t

, so that it is!

Hi can I reject this

i'd like to go back to my old title please, sorry

Same here.

Back to your old titles it is!

/IN TO BE ROASTED MY GODDESS MASTINA

Honestly the best title I can think of is in reference to how much of a surprise it was to me to learn that you were pint, since there was just a sudden level of

competence

that blindsided me.

So.

Better than pinturicchio

.

We have our first title fairy whimsical change, folks!

I decided that I missed out on a perfectly good pun:

pint-sized powerhouse

!

I realize I have a shitload of /ins to do, so I'll be doing them as I can! (Sorry for falling behind; been busy.)

[mastina]

Is the event over?

No, I've been on V/LA.

I've been thinking of titles while V/LA, it's just that accessing the title fairy panel is something that's difficult to do when most of your posts are phoneposting.

[mastina]

I do love my title, but I am curious what you'd give me mastina, /in.

I have a fairly high opinion of you to say the least. I agree that your title's pretty darn perfect, but I'm going to give you the event title of

Generally an Angel

. <3
(General referencing the full name of the Mish Mash forum.)

[mastina]

/in

It's not much of a title, but I like

Not Trash

for you.

[mastina]

/in

I realize it's largely a username reference, but something which I tend to see fairly frequently when you and RadiantCowbells play the same game is confusion over 'Which RC?', and this is something that tends to happen a fair amount. I realize he's also not the only scummer who your username abbreviations can be confused for, but I still think it appropriate to go for

Not the Cowbell

for you.

[mastina]

Much as that'll create extra work for me and can potentially be problematic if the title I gave the first time references an alt which then wants a title...you can indeed do it on multiple accounts!

That's my cue!
/in

I'm gonna cheat.
You? You get

Taking back the Town

.
Ankamius, the previous holder of that title?
Ank gets a new one! Ankamius's new title is

Stop Killing Yourself

.

That title isn't quite as good in my opinion, but is based around the same general theme.
1: Ankamius is, quite often, ridiculously obviously town, even when she intends to scum it up. She attracts early nightkills, often, even when not intending to, so it could be read as, "Ankamius, stop killing yourself by being so town!"
2: As per the previous title, Ankamius is

ridiculously

good at reading gamestates and seeing just exactly how the town is imploding in on themselves. So the title can be read as, "Town, stop killing yourselves!"
3: Ank can on occasion have some self-depreciation from time to time and this title pays some homage to that as a message that, "Ank, stop being so hard on yourself." <3

[mastina]

I would like to in.

I realize it's a bit of a username pun, but I also think it fits your playstyle. You're getting

Hardly Heard

, because when you play, you tend to typically blend in. You typically have a lower post count in your games, and while they are based in fairly sound reasoning, they aren't often commented on--as if nobody heard you. Almost as if you mumbled when speaking it.

[mastina]

/in

To reference how your name isn't actually your username even though apparently you do use your real name on many websites,

That's Not My Name

. (Okay, I admit. It's mostly because of the song reference. )

[mastina]

/in

Well it's in your signature and it was your April title event, so sure. Let's give you

Most Mislynchable

.

[mastina]

I heard Mastina needed more alts to in.
(And I don't want a new title on my main)

Well then. I debated

I Need A Title

,

INAT

, or

INATFTA

; I'm going with that third one for now but might change it to one of the other two later.

[mastina]

/in please

So this might seem a little bit unusual, but it's the best I can come up with;

Creates Words

.
I know that, at least in 2017 if no other year, you participated in NaNoWriMo (and maybe you've done it more than that), and also that you have that whole degree in linguistics thing going for you. It seems to kinda click for me from what little I know about you (although I admit I don't actually know that much). Also it's a bit of a subtle reference to a webcomic I like.

[mastina]

/in

I realize it's not much of a title, but when you asked for an April title, you selected 'no'. Your current avatar is of an old man. Your current signature looks like it's spoken with a bit of a disgruntled tone. Altogether, what this tells me is that there's a certain vibe to be had that you're trying to give off, and that vibe:

Grumpy

.

[mastina]

/in

This one's fairly easy for me;

Somewhat_Balanced

(the only thing which I can think of which would make it better is if I could keep the S alliteration going on, but oh well).

Obviously, beyond the whole "is a NRG member" bit, I feel like it is an apt description of you as a player. You have a fairly 'balanced' style, where you have a balance between content and fluff, and a balance between longer posts and shorter posts, and a balance between highish activity and lowish activity, and also a balance between how you play as town and how you play as scum.

[mastina]

/in

I had the perfect title for you in mind earlier, one which would've paid homage to both your role as a newbie moderator and yet also the wise sage who gives out counsel to users and whose words are always worth listening to, one referencing not only your role in said newbie moderation but also the types of posts you make in the speakeasy where you are always a voice of reason providing objective, logical reasoning in everything you post.

Unfortunately, I've since forgotten what that title was.

For now, until such a time as I can remember what it was, I'll give you

Wise Words

, even though that feels so inadequate and doesn't feel like it hit the mark of my original idea.

[mastina]

/Nani
(Nani backwards is Inan, which has In in it. I am the smarts)

I feel like it needs to be done:

Confusion and Chaos

, referencing how you

do

occasionally get confused with Elsa Jay.

[mastina]

Winter is coming.
/in

I'm going to go with the title of

Can I Be Here?

. It references Faraday's "should I be here?", because Yume has a

ton

of alt/hydra accounts and also references how many games Yume tries to play--and how she doesn't always get to play in all of them. (I realize, however, that's a touchy subject--please do not discuss this as we want to keep things relatively positive here, thankyouverymuch.)

[mastina]

/in

Honestly? I really really really REALLY liked your April title event title, so you get

Siren Song

again!

[mastina]

/in

I'm pretty sure that I'm identifying the pokemon of your avatar wrong, but I went with the Cyndaquil evolution line and decided on

Lava Plume

as being the title most apt to use.

[mastina]

/in

You know I literally read literally every post you have on site to try and come up with anything else but I literally found nothing I could use here. So you get the lazy title here;

Better than Mewtwo

.

[mastina]

/in

I realize it's a username pun. But it's too hard to resist

It'll click

, especially since it fits with what I remember of you as a player, how you approached things and how to read you; in both cases, your reads would click into place and reads on you would click into place given sufficient time.

[mastina]

/in

I believe your nickname in games is

Numbers

, yes? So that's your title now!

[mastina]

/in to spite the haters

Okay.
I can't resist.
I

know

I shouldn't do this.
That I should give you a real title.
That I shouldn't set this example.
And so on and so forth; there's dozens of reasons why this is a bad title to give.

But fuckit, I want to give it.

Spites the haters

it is!

[mastina]

Also, changing RadiantCowbells's title to

People tried

, because why not.

[mastina]

What's the webcomic?

A discontinued one, sadly, called Keychain of Creation; it basically started off as essentially "Order of the Stick, but for Exalted instead of D&D".

Anyway, will get to titles in a bit, but first gotta make an announcement:
Hey guys, letting you know now that I'll be

V/LA

from circa August 7th - August 15thish.

And by V/LA, I mean literally on vacation, limited-access-at-best, literally-zero-access at worst. I might have complete and total radio silence during that time.

I'll be traveling with my family to what I believe is a family reunion. (I honestly don't care to know the details because truth be told it's a pain in the ass and I'd honestly rather just not go but I don't have any choice in the matter, so.) If it is a reunion, would be either Burns (maternal grandfather surname) or Tuttle (maternal grandmother maiden surname I believe) reunion I believe.

Butyeah--will be traveling straight there (not sure where exactly; I seem to have caught reference to it maybe being somewhere near the boarder of Nebraska and Kansas?), then straight back. Driving entire time, days straight. If we get to stop in a place with an outlet and wifi I can use my laptop; if all I have is my phone charger I'll be phoneposting; if I can't even charge my phone...welp, silence it is.

Since the end of the event is at that timeframe, that's relevant to here because I won't be able to approve--or remove--any titles during that time; if you want me to remove your event title, you need to do so by August 6th or so, or else it'll happen like a week and a half later.

[mastina]

I think Chennisden should have the title "He who uses the large font."

I have a title in mind for chennisden and since he has /inned, I should get around to it today!

/in to spite the haters

Okay.
I can't resist.
I

know

I shouldn't do this.
That I should give you a real title.
That I shouldn't set this example.
And so on and so forth; there's dozens of reasons why this is a bad title to give.

But fuckit, I want to give it.

Spites the haters

it is!

Yeah, you should have put more effort in, I'm disappointed.

THAT'S PERFECT!

disappointed

for T-Bone it is!

(I'm sorry. If you don't get too tired/annoyed/frustrated with me giving you a troll title enough where it causes you to out, I promise that sometime soon I'll actually give you a real one, but for the time being thought it'd be okay to have a little fun.)

[mastina]

/in

While I wasn't quite fond of the pun in Spyconeum (shock! mastina, not fond of a pun!), I did like the general idea behind your entitlement title. I'm going to set it as just

Spy

, which is occasionally the name of a (usually mafia) role that has fulfilled like half a dozen functions before (every usage of the role 'spy' functioned differently; some have it as an alternative name for something like a tracker, some have it as a special theme game mechanic, etc. But the point is, it's an occasionally-featured role name which thus fits loosely into our title progression structure).

[mastina]

/in

So I've taken a look at your posting style; from what I can tell, it's a little bit on the minimalistic side in terms of reasoning; you do give reasons in your games but sparsely so and usually don't go into much depth; it could be said that you rely a fair bit on gut. And what would the ultimate form of a gutread be? A soulread! A read that you don't need reasons for, you just have a natural knack for always knowing what their alignment is. And thus, you are now a

Soulreader

.

(Okay I admit this was mostly for the pun.)

[mastina]

hmm
/in

There is only one title that I thought appropriate for you;

not to be taken seriously

.

This is largely a reference to how your RC title nomination was a joke which was taken seriously, but also a bit of a reference to the "size=500" thing you have going on; it's not to be taken too seriously. It can maybe also apply to specific situations like when you were posting in xyzzy's game; as someone who wasn't a player and who trolled around a bit, for quite a while (though I admit some of your later posts did look serious), you looked like your posts weren't meant to be serious.

[mastina]

/in
mainly just curious what mastina will come up with when I think we only ever played 1 game together years ago.

Played, sure, but you were also in a game I modded! And actually, it was two games. Inorganic Chemistry and Steven Universe. (You replaced out of both. )

The modded game has the best reference tho;

Peace-loving Police Officer

would be a nod to your absolutely ridiculous fakeclaim from said game.

[mastina]

/in

I kinda want to continue the trend in your username. There's the cheekiness of it and then teeky invokes for me imagery along the same lines of someone who is...well,

Sneeky

.

It's not the best I can come up with tho, so I'm opening this one up for suggestions.

[mastina]

I'm late, but /in

Oh this one's ridiculously easy:

Recruiter

.

[mastina]

oh i'll take one

I'm going to give you

Just here fore the Pagetop!

for a few reasons. One, you're basically the scummer who invented the trend of players trying to steal pagetops from the mod--I literally can't think of a player who deliberately tried to do that prior to you. Two, it's an apt descriptor of a lot of what your posting style was in games when you played more often; you were fairly light in content and were there just to have fun...and one of your ways of having fun was to try and grab as many pagetops as you possibly could.

[mastina]

In honor of my birthday overlapping with this event, I am going to /in for it myself.

And since I am the title fairy, that means I get to decide my own title.

I'm going with the title of

Mason

for multiple reasons.

1: Masons have an association with architecture. Believe it or not, this has relevance to me in real life. I have a college degree in CAD software. While this manifests as a specialization in Mechanical Engineering (basically, part design), CAD software (for instance, AutoCAD) is also used to make architectural drawings and I received some basic training in that field and theoretically am capable of doing that job. (In theory.)

2: As mentioned, masons have an association with architecture. What is part of any given building you'd construct as an architect? A Wall, of course.

3: Masons are a common role on the site; titling myself as Mason would fit along the same lines of 'Goon', 'JOAT', 'Survivor', and the likes.

4: I am the most prominent user of (and basically invented) the Mason Gambit, where I fakeclaim mason(izer) as a neighbor(izer). Even in games where I don't do it in spite of being part of a neighborhood, I will at least reference it in large part to this fact/history. More than that, masons are my favorite role of all time and I tend to get great mileage out of both masonries and pseudo-masonries.

5: In spite of how notoriously paranoid people are of 'scumastina could do that' and of "this could be scumastina" and the like, despite how few things are out of my scumrange...I am still fairly good at obvtowning as town in most occasions. In many situations where by all rights I should be mislynched I can end up power-towning and even if I do get mislynched it's often with good scum effort and many people having stated how stupid the lynch was because of how obviously town I was--as if I were town enough to be a mason.

It works on multiple layers as a title for me, so giving it to myself as a birthday gift. (Hey, I'm the title fairy; what kind of title fairy would I be if I didn't have at least

one

instance of ABUSE OF POWER? )

[mastina]

/in

Y'know.

All I see

Is A Username Pun

.

[mastina]

/in

Restoration King

For lack of better ideas right now? Yep!

Restoration King

it is.

[mastina]

/in to spite the haters

So I promised a serious title for you and it's about time that I deliver. I wanted to pay homage to how you've been a listmod for so long and have contributed a great deal for that volunteer position, where you have helped out where needed, and so on and so forth. I realize that it might not be the most noteworthy thing about you, but I genuinely feel like the service you've given to the site is quite noteworthy and worthy of recognition.

On that note, I have to apologize because literally the only way I could think of to put this thought into a title is with a pun, since you deserve better, but until such a time as I can think of a better title (and this one's open to the community to think of something better),

Has a steak in the site

.

Sorry for the wait for what's ultimately a let-down of a title, but I did try. (I just suck. )

[mastina]

Btw, for my title, come times for voting, my title will require double the votes (10) to keep; if someone anti-noms it, it'll require 11 to keep; if two people antinom it, it'll require 12 to keep; three people antinom it, 13 to keep, etc.

The reason's obvious enough; while I like the title enough to wear it for a few weeks, it's too much of an abuse of power. It's fine for a bit of fun, but unless there's

overwhelming

community support for the title, I'm just not comfortable keeping it even if I like it. So in all likelihood, will be dropping it once the event is over.

[mastina]

/is it too late for this? :/

At the time you /inned, no, it was not!
So as a result, you're the last person to get a title! (Not the last title given, but last PERSON.)
It's not much of a title, but to mark it:

Not late to the party

.

[mastina]

but what great event lies in store later down the line?

It's a secret.

[mastina]

A Cut Above

?

This is just way too good of one to pass up on, so yes. T-Bone gets

A Cut Above

as his final title for the event.

And with that, titles wrap up for the event.

Stay tuned for the follow-through.

[mastina]

First off, I would like to apologize for being a week late in ending the event. Lots of shit been going on. Been busy, been sick, been in a mentally poor state (really really mentally bad state), combined to be incredibly busy. However, while it is a failure on my part to be this late, ending the event right now is the perfect timing, actually.

I never got a real title

Second off, to everyone who didn't get a better title: I also owe you an apology. I did try, but often I couldn't come up with anything more.

Third order of business:

Ty for the title event, but I would like to go back to my old one

Oh I'd like to go back as well, please. No rush or anything. Thanks for organising all this.

I would like my title to be reverted as well now that this is over

These should be set to what they were before.

If they weren't...well, you'll have to wait for a week for me to fix them since I'm going on vacation. But, I'll fix them as soon as I can.

And now...

Does the voting phase happen in this thread or somewhere else?

In here.

The window to ask for titles has been closed!

You may now start voting.

Spoiler: List of Scummers/Titles Votable

Krazy

- Kat

Zaphkael

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Gamma Emerald

- Undiscovered

Firebringer

- Roar

(From "Trail Blazer")

RedFlavor

- You Better Know

SleepyKrew

- Did His Job

(From "Snark Attack")

Creature

- Of Habit

(From "Transparent")

singletonking

- Plays Mafia

Ankamius

- Taking Back the Town

Ankamius

- Stop Killing Yourself

Cheetory6

- Colorful

McMenno

- Aren't we all

Pine

- Chopped Down

(From "In Your Head")

Skygazer

- Let's Get To Know...

Maruchan

- passportent

TheWayItEnds

- Someone Dies

Irrelephant11

- In the room

(From "COTM 2018 Winner")

Ircher

- What A Grand Idea

Inferno390

- Host of Hosts

Chemist1422

- Stable Reaction

PenguinPower

- Pongwin

xzzzy

- xwvut

(From "comical third option")

RadiantCowbells

- Beat It

(From "Smooth Criminal")

RadiantCowbells

- People tried

(From "Smooth Criminal")

Raskolnikov

- Thanks

BulletNLynchproof

- Mods/Reviews Games

(From "Micro Madness")

animorpherv1

- No longer mostly noise

(From "Honey Trap")

Elbirn

- Content Aficionado

BuJaber

- Not Even My Final Form

Nancy Drew 39

- Passionate

Gorkington

- Better than Cheetory6

Pink Ball

- Better than pinturicchio

Pink Ball

- pint-sized powerhouse

Niko

- Still Discovering Myself

Severa

- Better than RadiantCowbells

Bitmap

- Old, not Outdated

TemporalLich

- Lavos

Vengaboys

- Up And Down

Katyusha

- Red Death

Tsuchinoko

- Venomous and Dangerous

Jingle

- Ring a Bell?

xofelf

- Generally an Angel

(From "Miss Mash")

Bins

- Not Trash

RCEnigma

- Not the Cowbell

Blake Belladona

- Taking Back the Town

Mumble

- Hardly Heard

MaryJoLisa

- That's Not My Name

momo

- Most Mislynchable

INAUFTA

- INATFTA

Keychain

- Creates Words

Vijarada

- Grumpy

Something_Smart

- Somewhat_Balanced

Plotinus

- Wise Words

Bambi Jay

- Confusion and Chaos

Yume

- Can I Be Here?

Nimueh

- Siren Song

Fire Assassin

- Lava Plume

MewThree

- Better than Mewtwo

itlepip

- It'll click

123456789

- Numbers

T-Bone

- Spites the haters

T-Bone

- disappointed

T-Bone

- Has a steak in the site

T-Bone

- A Cut Above

Iconeum

- Spy

Jesus Louisus

- Soulreader

chennisden

- not to be taken seriously

Fluminator

- Peace-loving Police Officer

(From "Best LSG/MishMash Player (Mashtermind)")

CheekyTeeky

- Sneeky

Korina

- Recruiter

Aronis

- Just here fore the Pagetop!

mastina

- Mason

Alisea

- Is A Username Pun

Prince of Renais

- Restoration King

mallowgeno

- Not late to the party

Each scummer gets

13

votes.
If I missed a request for a title to be removed/to not be considered, let me know.

You have

7 days

to vote:
(expired on 2019-08-15 04:16:12).

[mastina]

mastina, what is delaying this change back?

I've been really swamped with life. Been meaning to get if nothing else the requested reversions done but have by the time I had the free time been too exhausted to function properly (tired to the point where I wouldn't trust myself to carry out the task without error, basically).

Apologies for the delay in that.

Those who I saw asking for titles reverted should have it done and I should have the time to compile the votes to see which ones stay.

[mastina]

mastina will (probably) still accept it.

I'll accept all votes prior to this post for a combination of two reasons:
1: In spite of this event allowing for double the number of votes, we had half the number of voters as we did the previous event; I want every vote to count.
I also feel responsible for this, because the lack of votes is in part my fault; I didn't advertise it was voting in the title or my signature, and I started voting before leaving on vacation rather than the day of. Not to mention there was some trouble with the sticky of the topic; it unstickied before it was meant to, and I did not catch this for some time.

2: Because I am basically a month late in ending the event, I figure that allowing as many titles to go through as is possible is the best way I have of making an apology for dropping the ball on the event.

[mastina]

Creature - Of Habit : 9 (Korina, Jingle, Errantparabola, Firebringer, Plotinus, popsofctown, Pine, Bitmap, Nancy Drew 39)
T-Bone - A Cut Above : 6 (Alisae, Korina, Ircher, Gamma Emerald, Pink Ball, Pine)
Something_Smart - Somewhat_Balanced : 6 (Alisae, TemporalLich, Jingle, Plotinus, Pink Ball, Inferno390)
Aronis - Just here for the Pagetop! : 5 (Alisae, TemporalLich, Ircher, Gamma Emerald, Jingle)
Korina - Recruiter : 5 (TemporalLich, Ircher, Gamma Emerald, singletonking, Inferno390)
1234567889 - Numbers : 4 (Korina, McMenno, singletonking, Pink Ball)
Ircher - What A Grand Idea : 4 (TemporalLich, McMenno, singletonking, Inferno390)
Bins - Not Trash : 4 (Alisae, TemporalLich, Jingle, Inferno390)
Jingle - Ring a Bell? : 4 (Korina, Plotinus, Pine, Inferno390)
Prince of Renais - Restoration King : 3 (TemporalLich, Ircher, Jingle)
RadiantCowbells - People Tried : 3 (TemporalLich, Gamma Emerald, Pink Ball)
Skygazer - Let's Get To Know... : 3 (Korina, Ircher, Inferno390)
BuJaber - Not Even My Final Form : 3 (TemporalLich, Korina, Inferno390)
PenguinPower - Pongwin : 3 (Jingle, Pine, Inferno390)
Bitmap - Old, not Outdated : 2 (Alisae, TemporalLich)
RCEnigma - Not the Cowbell : 2 (Korina, Jingle)
Bambi Jay - Confusion and Chaos : 2 (TemporalLich, McMenno)
Irrelephant11 - In the room : 2 (Korina, Plotinus)
McMenno - Aren't we all : 2 (Plotinus, Vijarada)
Chemist1422 - Stable Reaction : 2 (TemporalLich, Inferno390)
momo - Most Mislynchable : 2 (Gamma Emerald, Inferno390)
Gorkington - Better than Cheetory6 : 1 (TemporalLich)
Nimueh - Siren Song : 1 (TemporalLich)
Inferno390 - Host of Hosts : 1 (Korina)
Mumble - Hardly Heard : 1 (Korina)
Zaphkael - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle : 1 (Ircher)
Ankamius - Stop Killing Yourself : 1 (Gamma Emerald)
Cheetory6 - Colorful : 1 (Gamma Emerald)
mallowgeno - Not late to the party : 1 (Gamma Emerald)
Jesus Louisus - Soulreader : 1 (Gamma Emerald)
Ankamius - Taking Back the Town : 1 (Jingle)
RadiantCowbells - Beat It : 1 (Jingle)
Elbirn - Content Aficionado : 1 (Jingle)
Yume - Can I Be Here? : 1 (Errantparabola)
Plotinus - Wise Words : 1 (McMenno)
INAUFTA - INATFTA : 1 (singletonking)
CheekyTeeky - Sneeky : 1 (Pink Ball)
Gamma Emerald - Undiscovered : 1 (Pine)
Pink Ball - pint-sized powerhouse : 1 (Pine)
Katyusha - Red Death : 1 (Inferno390)
Severa - Better than RadiantCowbells : 1 (Inferno390)



I'm going to lock this topic now. I don't have the time for the writeup of which titles I'll be keeping and which ones I'll be reverting and why, so that'll have to wait for about 14ish hours (when I get home from work tomorrow). But suffice to say: votes are locked; I can't really justify keeping titles which didn't get at least three votes so the writeup will cover those with 3+ and why I'll keep some and not others.

[mastina]

Assuming the title holders are okay with their titles staying...

Approved Event Titles

:

Creature

- Of Habit
The people have spoken, and overwhelmingly they want this. This title was already in consideration in the title fairy thread, so if Creature wants this, it's absolutely his.

T-Bone

- A Cut Above
This title is just so overwhelmingly good and appropriate. This would've hands-down gotten approval through the normal title fairy process. It's just a stellar title all-around, so if T-Bone agrees, it's his.

Something_Smart

- Somewhat_Balanced
Personally, I wasn't sure if this was a quality title--but I'm going to trust the community on this one. It was a reasonably decent title, I just wasn't quite sure if it was good enough to stay. But, plenty of people voted for it so presumably the community believes it is, so if Something_Smart shares that stance, it's his.

Aronis

- Just here for the Pagetop!
I said it in the writeup when I gave it for part of the event; I think it is highly appropriate for him and nods to a memorable contribution from him to site culture.

Korina

- Recruiter
When I gave this title, I was aware that it was probably an appropriate title for Korina to have, and the community gave it enough votes that they apparently agreed.

1234567889

- Numbers
Numbers is the nigh-universal nickname given to this account, and there is an established existing trend of giving titles to users who are nigh-universally referred to by a specific name. (TSQ's Shea springs to mind.) I realize that those users having a title referring to their specific name carries a greater significance than this one does, but I feel like it's a strong enough association to stick around as a title. It received enough votes where while not overwhelmingly in support, there's enough where I feel it's worth keeping.

Ircher

- What A Grand Idea
Another title which, while not receiving overwhelming support, still received a rather notable following. I feel like while it might not be THE most unique attribute specific to Ircher, it is still strongly appropriate and associated with him.

Bins

- Not Trash
I was a little worried that this was a little bit of a weak title, but I still like it. It's got enough of a following that I'll risk keeping it, assuming Bins wants it.

Jingle

- Ring a Bell?
I know it's a bit of a username pun, but it's something which just feels SO appropriate for Jingle. I've known Jingle for a long time and interacted with him a ton, and this title is something I feel just is ridiculously well-suited to him. I was not alone in thinking this, so if he wants to keep it, it's his. (That having been said, I should point out that there's other options available beyond this title.)

Skygazer

- Let's Get To Know...
This one, I am not so much approving, so much as going to ask Skygazer what her opinion on it is. I'm iffy on it, really really iffy on it, but if SHE thinks that it's a good title to keep, then sure, she can keep it. I trust her to have an objective, fair opinion on the subject in spite of it being a title for her. Plus, it being a title for her, she'd get the final say anyway.

PenguinPower

- Pongwin
This one I am equally as iffy on. I'm really really REALLY not sure it's actually a good title (I almost just outright rejected it), so I want to ask PenguinPower his thoughts on the subject.

RadiantCowbells

- People Tried
I'm kinda assuming that RC's gonna want his old title back instead of this one, but if he wants this one, sure, he can have it instead. It's a fairly appropriate title suiting his personality.

Not Approved

:

Prince of Renais

- Restoration King
Honestly, I gave this title just because it was the title given during the April title event and I couldn't think of anything better to give. I realize some people gave support to it, but I legitimately don't understand it. If there's some sort of actual good reason for it to make it a good title, nobody's explained it to me, so feel free to fix that issue, and if you do a good enough job to rally the community (and me) to it, then we can revisit.

BuJaber

- Not Even My Final Form
Honestly while it wasn't the worst title ever, it wasn't really a good one in my opinion. It was

okay

, but I don't think it was actually one which was worth keeping, and by the community's reaction (where it got some votes but not many), it seems they agree.

Every other title not listed

Regardless of how good the titles might've been, they just didn't get the necessary support.

If you feel like a title that didn't get approved should've been approved...well then, feel free to nominate it in the main thread!

NEXT TITLE EVENT: Title Council -

starting October 1st

!

(expired on 2019-10-01 16:42:22)

[mastina]

All event titles which haven't been approved (and the ones which were approved that the users rejected) should be removed now.
Let me know if any title is not as it should be (I know there's one or two I almost missed switching back to what they should be, so it's possible one slipped through the cracks).

Topic will be destickied after 24 hours or so.