Dance of the Title Thread: Resurgence in wild?

[Psyche]

congratty mastina u were in the final 3

[Psyche]

i agree w kublai khan! capitalize the M in polymath!

[Psyche]

It occurs to me I maaaaaay need help with the technical aspect of a title plus banner; I don't want to fuck that up. (I think I have an IDEA of how to do it, but I'm not SURE.)

(I'm learning the ropes, so some things might not come as smoothly as they should.)

i made a video
did zoraster send you the video???
tell me he didn't ill be so mad if he didn't

also i made these:
How to change titles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fAQIiC ... sp=sharing
how to ban: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1apxLsd ... sp=sharing

nice!

that patronizing shit

[Psyche]

you shouldn’t accept a title you dont at least quite like

[Psyche]

I want the “be” capitalized as is practice for idioms

[Psyche]

it's not a very good mix of movie reference and pun(?)
i mean - is "i make fetch happen" even a line in the movie? replacing fetch with another word like "fun" makes the reference largely unrecognizeable without explanation

[Psyche]

you cant force something no one else likes nancy

[Psyche]

nth technical support

[Psyche]

i just love understatement in titles, yknow?

[Psyche]

titles noms these last ten pages have made me wonder if people have forgotten what titles are

[Psyche]

a title
is more than a title
rather like a kiss
a gangbang of kisses

[Psyche]

yah a lot of good riffs on the theme have come up (inc the above) but idk if the theme is a good match anyway

[Psyche]

i like the stuff on that other page more

[Psyche]

more evil than neutral

[Psyche]

think havoc doesn't sound or read similarly enough to habit for casual readers to reliably pick up on it months down the line

[Psyche]

transparent is a pretty bad title though imo

[Psyche]

sorry but what does that have to do with habit? isn't everyone describable in terms of which roles they're good at and how often they post? for "of habit" to be appropriate doesn't there need to be evidence of especial adherence to some specific routine?

[Psyche]

are you insane

[Psyche]

His routine is one which is incredibly predictable and easy to lock down on.

that's not even a routine you're describing! it's a playstyle! and not even a very distinctive one!

[Psyche]

fourteen question marks

[Psyche]

nth

but let's not be hyperbolic; it's alright

[Psyche]

sry, "platinum is one of the pokemon games" just doesn't sit well enough as a title justification, and i feel the same way about the other rationales too. Seems too arbitrary on the one hand and the ideas won't be clear enough to new readers later on.

[Psyche]

i feel like we're missing the opportunity for a worthwhile pun here but i can't quite place it

[Psyche]

"anti-bully ranger"

[Psyche]

I DISLIKE IT

[Psyche]

ok fine i think its on the same tier as other titles

[Psyche]

all my wit is prosey

[Psyche]

it doesn't but i hope it helps you understand why your argument isn't persuading many people itt
the creative commons is a very leftist concept/movement

[Psyche]

well maybe check out the related wikipedia page

[Psyche]

ima

nth

it

[Psyche]

ive gotta hear this

[Psyche]

manga's better

[Psyche]

a lot is overstatement
big problem w nom is that the reference is niche

[Psyche]

not the fandom

[Psyche]

so much off-putting on mafiascum today

[Psyche]

ok why

[Psyche]

can you point to posts mentioning snowglobe maybe
really good, maybe even funny, posts

[Psyche]

don't even get me started on that trash explanation for it. That was literally just for drama shit.

eek barble durkle!

[Psyche]

hey animated comedy is a great way to seriously explore stuff

[Psyche]

doot is the best title ever
no title could ever match up to the title of doot
if you think otherwise you can fuck off

ty

[Psyche]

anti-nth

hey i like content too

[Psyche]

original rolls off tongue better

[Psyche]

I think revolting is a lot worse!

[Psyche]

wouldn't be too nonchalant about it - the privacy expectation of the speakeasy definitely means you should avoid talking about speakeasy posts in this subforum, especially the personal ones
safe (and imo necessary) move is just to get the relevant people's consent before you bring their shit up in a public thread
if you do and someone complains, you deserve whatever comes to you

[Psyche]

no small mercy

[Psyche]

NTH

[Psyche]

only trouble is that this title places her opposite to letterman rather than as letterman himself

[Psyche]

maybe just include the "For", like

For My Next Guest

[Psyche]

is it too long?
could cut the the

[Psyche]

I remember beating myself up a lot for tuning out the title thread when I was fairy, but it's only natural that you'd ebb and flow over such a long run. Don't feel bad.

[Psyche]

if chasing perfection is a real systemic problem then why do most titles suck

[Psyche]

the monthly titles are permanent????

[Psyche]

yeah it's a gerund

[Psyche]

feel sure that the GIF pun has already been done

[Psyche]

oh great someone already pointed that out
feel that it would be bad form to have more than one title with the *exact* same rationale
even if the username pun is opportune

[Psyche]

u can ban people!
i sent zoraster a video!

[Psyche]

i can't remember the rationale anymore

[Psyche]

guys it's

titles

we don't need to be cunts over titles
let's be cunts over politics instead at least politics matters

[Psyche]

uh what if it's just Schrodinger's Wolf? I feel like the "Schrodinger" already conveys the ambiguity about dann's scumplay that "deep" is doing. So "deep" might be redundant and obscuring ok wordplay.

(And is dann a physics guy or is that just what came to mind?)

[Psyche]

if dannflor picks the wrong title i will feel obligated to put him on my ignore list forever so that i'm never exposed to his blight

[Psyche]

Contacting Dannflor, PenguinPower, and nsg now!

apologies, going to decline this

hero

[Psyche]

i do not think it's a good title

[Psyche]

think elbirn's post sort of proves the video thing is a good premise for a title even while his sentiment about it isn't really relevant to the discussion

[Psyche]

i think ill nth recommended for you

[Psyche]

someone call guinness

[Psyche]

Psyche-ick

man what did i do to you

[Psyche]

so you dont think im nasty

[Psyche]

i dont remember what it means

[Psyche]

i dont nth i guide the conversation

[Psyche]

we must cast him down now before he grows too powerful

[Psyche]

Yeah, but even assuming her beliefs align perfectly with the current speaker, which is not something I care to investigate, AND pops is pro politicians in general, what happens if the next Speaker is an entirely different person?

I just personally feel that any title tied to a real life position for which the connotations could (and frequently do) rapidly swing around is at best risky. People who feel like Pelosi is a favorable comparison would not necessarily feel the same about Gingrich, for example.

PEdit: I kinda like that one, tbh.

maybe compare her with palpatine or some other well-known "political figure" instead

[Psyche]

antinom a

[Psyche]

nth

interesting followup on second coming

[Psyche]

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

[Psyche]

oh i would very much like that

[Psyche]

aw shucks

yes that seems a balanced response

[Psyche]

I think Organized Crime is more apt but that's why Disorganized Crime is so fantastic. It pokes fun and even people months down the line who don't know the origin of the title but are acquainted with zoraster's personality will still be able to grasp the joke.

[Psyche]

How about I open up it to an ironic Organized Crime or more direct Disorganized Crime, leave the choice up to zoraster? Leave him the choice of either.
Extending deadline due to extra option, for further discussion on the matter. (Basically, to give him the choice of either instead of forcing one.)
(expired on 2020-02-18 18:05:20).

NO

[Psyche]

lol the hypocrisy of saying that in a post so openly whiny and reproachful

[Psyche]

is the pun of assassin and asian on purpose

[Psyche]

I never asked for a specific title though.
I even added some suggestions of titles for other users specifically so i wouldn’t anger the cranky boomers. But i suppose some people just have a compulsive need to complain about everything.

By asking for a title I am now honour bound to anti-nom all titles at you forever.

Titles are a gift. Treat it that way.

Ok, but all in all it's literally just a piece of text under one's username. I get this is feudal Japan and titles are apparently the most honourable thing in existence around here, but no need to get so vindictive just because someone asks if it's cool for them to get a title too.

it's in the op that you shouldn't ask for one

[Psyche]

we should have even stricter standards for titles and a more orderly process for assigning them

[Psyche]

it's not!

[Psyche]

no
you are branded best mish mash newbie for life. and it doesn't stop there
soon it will even replace your avatar, your username
in time even your own family will forget you had any other identity
and after that - eventually
so will you

[Psyche]

i mean it was his whole personality

[Psyche]

i tend to not like nero but i do think its a good title

[Psyche]

we dont really have to get into whether he's a good guy or not; would be unfair to him given title discussion rules
just trying to contribute on the basis of the category jingle specified

[Psyche]

schadd i swear

[Psyche]

it's not tip top tier but nth

[Psyche]

I think we should both have high standards for titles AND give out a lot of them!

[Psyche]

needs clearer connection with forum activity, and more specifically with community impressions about forum activity

[Psyche]

that robbed goddess is an actual term in survivor lang gives it more credibility; would be awkward otherwise

[Psyche]

threw away a perfectly good opportunity to make an ariana reference

[Psyche]

are they?
also what does that have to do with mist7676?

[Psyche]

??? ythan's title is italicized

[Psyche]

i dont like it though

[Psyche]

thats rllly vague

[Psyche]

im sry but it's just that "does a wide range of things" characterizes lots of people on the site
to the extent that the title's only charm is its fit with his username

[Psyche]

it's another military reference!

[Psyche]

those are some neat puns! i hope the case is just as good

[Psyche]

afraid i don't think the nom matches my memory of nancy's play either tbh
i just haven't noticed much of what shiki's saying

i also don't think the phrase "reconsider it" connotes empathy in the way shiki outlines either

she's definitely passionate and i think a nancy title should reflect that for sure

[Psyche]

it'd be a nice pun if it were well-justified but i feel like "scent" is shoehorned in there

[Psyche]

i was trying to brainstorm but i think

Emotion Picture

might be it? it does a good job of capturing a lot about nancy and is a pretty pithy pun that anyone can figure out w a little thinking and experience with her

I'll

nth

that.

[Psyche]

still don't think "scent" connects very well w detective in the way people have been alluding

[Psyche]

i still don't think "scent" connotes what people are saying it connotes

[Psyche]

Why is it a shit argument?

[Psyche]

"Perfection is the enemy of progress" again misrepresents the position. The position is that the current noms are still not so good that we should feel comfortable just calling it a day. Honestly, I agree with it. Both Recommended for You and Not So Inno Scent are pretty forgettable imo, and amorphous enough that they'd be applicable to broad swaths of the community. Not So Inno Scent in particular forces a pun that doesn't make sense in its context.

The idea that we should approve or throw our hands up about mediocre and/or impersonal nominations just because even after lots of discussion no one's come up with anything better imo if taken for granted would depreciate titles and makes them a less special experience to give and to get.

The whole "best title ever" thing was made to avoid stagnation and it was almost a week ago.

Also, when you post something here, people are going to assume that you mean what you are saying and are arguing in good faith. Imo it's pretty rude not to honor that assumption in kind, even to counter something like stagnation.

[Psyche]

You can disagree that the noms are mediocre/impersonal. That's fine and normal for aesthetic discussions. But I really dislike the approach of dismissing legitimate reservations about noms either just because people have been discussing noms for a while, or just because the reservations are being misinterpreted as a call for perfection.

[Psyche]

yeah i mean i won't throw a fit if the noms get approved; they aren't like bad per se
sure wish it were as easy for me to come up with noms as it is to whine about them

[Psyche]

i'm feeling very jealous cant hear or smell isis's post at all

[Psyche]

oh now i get ythan's post

[Psyche]

i am self-banning from this thread for a week

[Psyche]

wow

[Psyche]

god bless my dragon's breeding odds

[Psyche]

or perhaps
for anyone

[Psyche]

finally got titlebot but nothing to use it for

[Psyche]

think viking vigor has the same connotations as for valhalla that people object to. imo it's just a less iconic way to convey them. "viking" reads as kind of warrior/pirate.

[Psyche]

I'm gonna

nth

all these variations, supposing the 1v1ing pattern (and being from norway) is real

[Psyche]

"Still Smiling" might start to capture spirit of both noms, but maybe discards some flavor/specificity

[Psyche]

ooh i just thought of a pun

Serial Filler

see you all next wednesday

[Psyche]

i just spit out a pun that occurred in my head!

[Psyche]

so i really like pod person. should be someone's title eventually. there seems to be a lot of different ways to make replacement puns.
maybe we can find some other striking attribute of enchant to play off of to narrow options down?

[Psyche]

"sane scientist" could be more recognizable as a twist on "mad scientist" but honestly "normal scientist" is fine. something feels off though

[Psyche]

ok ok i admit it i want it back

[Psyche]

i am in my prime!

[Psyche]

i would be happy with the old one

[Psyche]

am i the only one shocked given how long psyche been here he is still Jack of All Trades

i have trouble staying committed to things. so even when i do get in the mood to play it usually feels more moral to stay out

[Psyche]

so i really like pod person. should be someone's title eventually. there seems to be a lot of different ways to make replacement puns.
maybe we can find some other striking attribute of enchant to play off of to narrow options down?

the thing that sticks with me regarding enchant is he likes magic I'm pretty sure

Elvish Impersonator?

Maybe one of the magical words for transformation? Transmogrify? Transfigure? Maybe those are better for later too.

[Psyche]

i think i like Normal Scientist as a reference to the scummies award

[Psyche]

person who would get it doesn't seem to *love* it so i prefer we keep cooking

[Psyche]

yay im ok giving one user two titles. one singular user

wait woah is that cheetory6

[Psyche]

i agree w the critique of for science.

also twilight princess ideally goes to someone tied to zelda franchise. otherwise the allusion feels a little dropped in.

but idk. titles are easy to fault

[Psyche]

could also just do "Something Wicked" if string length is issue
but am still struggling to see where this is all going beyond "good scum player"

[Psyche]

the prophecy...

[Psyche]

am ambivalent about the stylize but as a whole this is the best nom in a while