Dance of the Title Thread: Resurgence in wild?

[Nancy Drew 39]

the reasoning for Gamma's titling seems pretty wonky.

I know you guys aren’t currently on the best of terms but I don’t honestly get why you’re framing what I consider his principled stances as “tilting”?

[Aristophanes]

the reasoning for Gamma's titling seems pretty wonky.

I know you guys aren’t currently on the best of terms but I don’t honestly get why you’re framing what I consider his principled stances as “tilting”?

I think you misread, Nancy. He said the titling reasons seem off, nothing about him or his stances being tilting

[Nancy Drew 39]

the reasoning for Gamma's titling seems pretty wonky.

I know you guys aren’t currently on the best of terms but I don’t honestly get why you’re framing what I consider his principled stances as “tilting”?

People might be unaware of this but Gamma has gone out on a major limb for me awhile ago when I was being unfairly anonymously blacklisted from a few games, so definitely not “tilting”. He didn’t have to do that for me but he did it anyway, so I hope you two can work out your differences and hopefully clear up any misunderstandings you might have.

[Nancy Drew 39]

the reasoning for Gamma's titling seems pretty wonky.

I know you guys aren’t currently on the best of terms but I don’t honestly get why you’re framing what I consider his principled stances as “tilting”?

I think you misread, Nancy. He said the titling reasons seem off, nothing about him or his stances being tilting

I don’t understand then because my reasoning has zilch to do with tilting. He takes principled stances which I haven’t necessarily always like or agreed with but it’s a longstanding characteristic of his posting.

[Jingle]

People might be unaware of this but Gamma has gone out on a major limb for me wrt to extremely upsetting onsite things that happened to me awhile ago, so definitely not “tilting”. He didn’t have to do that for me but he did it anyway, so I hope you two can work out your differences and hopefully clear up any misunderstandings you might have.

That's not what Ari is saying. I know you have some degree of dyslexia so I completely understand the mistake.

What Nero said is titling, as in the process of receiving a title.

What I think you're reading is tilting, as in being put off center.

Nero isn't making aspersions about Gamma's character here, just saying that the reasoning on these particular titles seems off to him.

[Nancy Drew 39]

People might be unaware of this but Gamma has gone out on a major limb for me wrt to extremely upsetting onsite things that happened to me awhile ago, so definitely not “tilting”. He didn’t have to do that for me but he did it anyway, so I hope you two can work out your differences and hopefully clear up any misunderstandings you might have.

That's not what Ari is saying. I know you have some degree of dyslexia so I completely understand the mistake.

What Nero said is titling, as in the process of receiving a title.

What I think you're reading is tilting, as in being put off center.

Nero isn't making aspersions about Gamma's character here, just saying that the reasoning on these particular titles seems off to him.

Oh sorry Nero. I obviously misread.

[Jingle]

How about “righteous jewel” then?

but I also like “rare gem” too.

I think the 'rare gem' loses the ethics/morality connotation you were going for and is mostly a username thing which makes it kinda meh. Not opposed to Righteous Jewel.

[Nancy Drew 39]

How about “righteous jewel” then?

but I also like “rare gem” too.

I think the 'rare gem' loses the ethics/morality connotation you were going for and is mostly a username thing which makes it kinda meh. Not opposed to Righteous Jewel.

nom Gamma for “righteous jewel”

[House]

How about “righteous jewel” then?

but I also like “rare gem” too.

I think the 'rare gem' loses the ethics/morality connotation you were going for and is mostly a username thing which makes it kinda meh. Not opposed to Righteous Jewel.

nom Gamma for “righteous jewel”

2nd

[Cook]

nom Cabd for The Archivist

Do I need to explain further? Cabd has spearheaded the QT archival project and preserved a significant part of site history.

[Gamma Emerald]

I’m good with that one but I know he has an existing title but not why/how he got it

[fferyllt]

Saving Quicktopic is a title-worthy endeavor, but I feel like there's a lot more to Cabd's contributions to the site since he joined. He's done a lot of work to help renew/update the newbie game experience, for instance. His skills and tools were the absolute right tool for the job of rescuing MS's vast number of QT threads from the jaws of death, though.

His original title was given to commemorate his extremely meta-heavy playstyle in his first few years on site. He literally read every ongoing game, and had a binder(s) of observations about player specific scum/town markers. I'm not sure, but I think he originated the phrase "burn the tell".

Archivist is kind of dry, too? I'm thinking back to Tierce's title "cache me if you can", that commemorated what she was able to restore from the horrors of the Tigers during the 2012(?) site crash.

Anyway, a fresh title is probably in order, and I like the direction of Archivist, but maybe we can come up with something a little punchier?

[Gamma Emerald]

Archivist or something like it does feel in character with the original title’s reasoning

[Cook]

some pun about databases?

[fferyllt]

The Wayback Kid?

[Aristophanes]

I want to make this something referencing the Library of Alexandria, but I'm floundering. Help?

[fferyllt]

I want to make this something referencing the Library of Alexandria, but I'm floundering. Help?

I was thinking the same, actually! But haven't hit on something good yet. Alexandrian Preservationist? Saving from the Flames. They're very specific to the QT project. :/

Was also thinking about something knowledge entropy related, but coming up empty so far.

I feel like a new title shouldn't be just about the quicktopic project, though. His site history goes back to 2013 and he has a distinctive playstyle.

[Ythan]

It Belongs in a Museum!

[Cook]

Nth It Belongs In A Museum!

[Aristophanes]

Oh, oh that's good!

Nth

[Ircher]

Nth

[Alchemist21]

Nth

[Nero Cain]

antinom? I suspect he'll want to just keep his original title and that one is more about HIM rather than what he's DONE. I will say that the Indiana Jones reference is funny and if he just rather have that he can so we'll see what he picks.

[Silverclaw]

antinom? I suspect he'll want to just keep his original title

Unless you've talked to Cabd directly, what you think he'll choose isn't what he will choose. Besides, we've had plenty of other titles for one-off events. The rest of your stuff if fie, but "I think he'll do this" doesn't count as a point.

For the sake of letting Cabd choose.

Nth

[fferyllt]

Nom Cabd for Quicktopic Sniper

As well as the one off, this captures one of Cabd's strongest attributes as a player, especially his scum game.

He can brutally abuse neighborhoods like nobody's business. I can provide receipts going all the way back to 2013 for those who have never had the experience of being neighbors with him.