Dance of the Title Thread: Resurgence in wild?

Nahdia · Post Post #2150 (ISO) » Mon May 18, 2020 5:48 pm

ego. firebringer & alisae are right, 22 faced feels a tad awkward.

alternate angle for a MariaR title is her ridiculous SK winrate.

is

The Villain with a Thousand Faces

too long?

Nahdia · Post Post #2151 (ISO) » Mon May 18, 2020 5:50 pm

hmm now that i wrote that out idk if i like it.

Alisae · Post Post #2152 (ISO) » Mon May 18, 2020 6:00 pm

i think anyone with "faces" just seems wrong

Alisae · Post Post #2153 (ISO) » Mon May 18, 2020 6:00 pm

idunno that might just be me
/shrug

Aristophanes · Post Post #2154 (ISO) » Mon May 18, 2020 11:42 pm

I was considering Janus too!

Zaphkael · Post Post #2155 (ISO) » Tue May 19, 2020 12:41 am

What about

Shapeshifter

? It has the idea of being so good at disguising yourself (and deceiving others) that you're quite literally someone else, and fits the many alts just as well.
I think it has the extra layer of how MariaR is usually very nice and banter-y but can get really serious when she needs to, though I guess that is not as specific to her

Aristophanes · Post Post #2156 (ISO) » Fri May 29, 2020 1:32 pm

@mastina

When you get to it, I think it's time I switched back to Mr. Blue Sky if you could.

I really appreciate it, and all the work you do for us <3
Thanks!

gobbledygook · Post Post #2157 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:10 am

Nom skitter for Ms. Mafia

Nahdia · Post Post #2158 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:15 am

gobbledygook · Post Post #2159 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:21 am

She’s too damn good at being mafia

Isis · Post Post #2160 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:40 am

Yeah that's gonna be too generic

Aristophanes · Post Post #2161 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 4:54 am

animorpherv1 · Post Post #2162 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:56 am

That tells me literally nothing about skitter. Why them, and not any of the other incredibly prolific scum players?

gobbledygook · Post Post #2163 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:52 am

In post 2162, animorpherv1 wrote:That tells me literally nothing about skitter. Why them, and not any of the other incredibly prolific scum players?

That’s the thing. There aren’t other prolific scum players.

animorpherv1 · Post Post #2164 (ISO) » Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:02 am

In post 2163, gobbledygook wrote:
In post 2162, animorpherv1 wrote:That tells me literally nothing about skitter. Why them, and not any of the other incredibly prolific scum players?
That’s the thing. There aren’t other prolific scum players.

The fact that the scummies exist tells me otherwise.

Enter · Post Post #2165 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:29 am

In post 2163, gobbledygook wrote:
In post 2162, animorpherv1 wrote:That tells me literally nothing about skitter. Why them, and not any of the other incredibly prolific scum players?
That’s the thing. There aren’t other prolific scum players.

Lulwut

Enter · Post Post #2166 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:31 am

Well ok, let's start with what you mean by prolific, because I'm pretty sure that word is being used incorrectly here. I looked it up in the dictionary to make sure I wasn't misreading your post, and I still couldn't arrive at a solid understanding, so help me figure out where you're coming from before I say something stupid

Enter · Post Post #2167 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:34 am

Eh, I guess the discussion is probably a waste of time. I don't think there is any way you could classify Skitter's scum play that justifies Ms Mafia as a title that fits her uniquely, so I'm going to

anti-nom Ms Mafia

Enter · Post Post #2168 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:38 am

In post 2155, Zaphkael wrote:What about
Shapeshifter
? It has the idea of being so good at disguising yourself (and deceiving others) that you're quite literally someone else, and fits the many alts just as well.
I think it has the extra layer of how MariaR is usually very nice and banter-y but can get really serious when she needs to, though I guess that is not as specific to her

What about "Veiled?" Or something along those lines. Veils have cultural ties with innocence which is a pretty typical read for MariaR even when she's scum, and also physically hide distinguishing characteristics, which somewhat related to how MariaR seems to be somewhat reserved when it comes to revealing her opinions and reasoning

Aristophanes · Post Post #2169 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:44 am

Don't worry Enter, there's no way a title like this ever gets approved.

Gobbldy, think a little more unique. What makes Skitter Ms. Mafia? Why is she so prolific? What about her play makes her stand out?

Enter · Post Post #2170 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:00 am

In post 2168, Enter wrote:
In post 2155, Zaphkael wrote:What about
Shapeshifter
? It has the idea of being so good at disguising yourself (and deceiving others) that you're quite literally someone else, and fits the many alts just as well.
I think it has the extra layer of how MariaR is usually very nice and banter-y but can get really serious when she needs to, though I guess that is not as specific to her
What about "Veiled?" Or something along those lines. Veils have cultural ties with innocence which is a pretty typical read for MariaR even when she's scum, and also physically hide distinguishing characteristics, which somewhat related to how MariaR seems to be somewhat reserved when it comes to revealing her opinions and reasoning

"Mask," "masked," and "masque" all work along this train of thought as well, to varying degrees of success.

gobbledygook · Post Post #2171 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:59 am

In post 2169, Aristophanes wrote:Don't worry Enter, there's no way a title like this ever gets approved.

Gobbldy, think a little more unique. What makes Skitter Ms. Mafia? Why is she so prolific? What about her play makes her stand out?

She’s the only player on the site that still reliably wins as scum anymore.

Jingle · Post Post #2172 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:03 am

Madame Masque is a marvel villain whose main shtick is manipulation. Notably she has multiple versions of herself running around and is functionally the leader of the Marvel mafia, which could be a reference to Maria's skill as antitown, although I'll admit I'm not sure the Marvel angle fits her.

animorpherv1 · Post Post #2173 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:08 am

In post 2171, gobbledygook wrote:She’s the only player on the site that still reliably wins as scum anymore.

The fact that you have people disagreeing with you on this tells me you're wrong.

Equinox · Post Post #2174 (ISO) » Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:44 am

In post 2171, gobbledygook wrote:She’s the only player on the site that still reliably wins as scum anymore.

The thing is that "excellent scum record" is not a distinguishing feature in and of itself. It may be an exceptional quality in someone in a given generation, but there's usually at least one of those players in each mafiascum.net generation. Having a title strictly for being good at playing scum doesn't make those users stand out from the other top-tier scum players of mafiascum.net history unless there is another well-known defining characteristic. That may be why you are getting push-back on this title specifically.

In my time, the user best known for phenomenal scum play was Sotty7. She was known for being reliably good at scum, but the game that gave her notoriety was one where she played against her husband, who was town, while they were in the same house. Despite living together, she managed to completely fool him, and he did not find out that she was scum until he died in that game. Even then, her title, "That Damn Good", incorporates this level of excellence and her renowned love of wrestling.

If you want to nominate skitter90 for a title to commemorate great play, then that's a perfectly valid criterion; you just need to find something snazzy that captures something unique about skitter90, too.