Neon Genesis Orca Title Fairy: Dance Like You Want to Win!

[Thok]

Thok is the current TitleFairy and is the sole judge on who gets a title and what it shall be. See the wiki for TitleFairy policy.

You may make suggestions for titles for people other than yourself here. You should not nominate yourself from a title.

I will be keeping a list of approved titles in the first post, as an easy reference for admins to update periodically. Typically Jeep updates titles once or twice a year.

I will generally ignore any request for a title for a person with less than 100 posts in mafia games. Titles in general should be mafia related.

If you are thinking about suggesting a title based on an ongoing mafia game, please wait until the game is over. If it's a good title, it will still be good a few months later.

In general having three or more people show support for a title is sufficient for me to consider it. A post whose only purpose is to fifth or higher a title will be deleted. (Posts that continue discussion of the title, by either suggesting possible tweaks, or giving further reasons for the title will not be deleted.)

Previous versions of this thread can be found here, here, here, and here.

Approved Titles-Jeep can update these.


QUEUED (Add new ones above this. I'll be updating and deleting these soon.)


COMPLETED: (Delete these if they check out ok)

imaginality-Restricted Townie
SpyreX-POWERFUL WIZARD
Max-Mafia Scum (remove current title)
Hoopla-

is having a birthday!

millar13-Who dunnit it?
kloud1516-Executioner
OhGodMyLife-Silent But Deadly
Mastin-Unabridged
Kmd4390-I lost a bet.
zwetschenwasser-Doktor der Musik
Citizen Karne-rossobud
MiteyMouse-He's too nICe
Trojan Horse-Oldest Trick in the Book
Charter-Beware of Dog
Looker-Stenographer
BridgesandBaloons-Shea it ain't so!
Rosso Carne-

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Haylen-Life of the Third Party
Plum-Forbidden Fruit
UncertainKitten-Maid In Japan
KittyMo-Too Sparkly
Kast-tl, dr;
Drench-Like a fat kid likes cake

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I don't care for the alvin nom. The Panzerjager nom actually works for me, mainly because Pink Kitty Tank actually is a decent indication of Panzer's personality (basically what hasdgfas said). Or at least I think so.

Monkey hasn't responded to the PM I sent him, although he has picked it up. I'm tempted to just give him his title.

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I really like the Panzer or alvin noms as a title for pickemgenius.

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Don't our current signatures already suggest the connection?

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Is oman a thok alt?

No, he's a ChannelDelibird alt.

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I'd abuse power to clean up the last page or so with a split to GD, but at this point I'm not sure where to start.

Remember guys and girls, it's about the titles.

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Don't kick the horse skeleton?

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do you people understand the word no?

No

Paradox!

Edit: This isn't going to be NK Immune Miller Vigilante all over again, is it?

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Not Worth Spamming for animorpherv1?

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nominate chenhsi for "grammar police"

or something similar.

No explaination needed.

Hey...

I'm more of a spelling police than a grammar police...

Wie wood yu bee ay spelingh palees?

I have no idea what you just said.

Eye sed whye wood yu bee a spelin polise.

Oh... "I said why would you be a spelling police."?

Because I get annoyed whenever someone spells something wrong? And sometimes corrects them? Even if it happens in a mish-mash game that I'm not in?

Eye cee.

What does spelling have to do with Newbie games?[/joke]

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Huh?

Don't force me to explain the joke.

IC and I see sound the same.

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Nominate

PockerFace

for Ape Focker

Rejected, for the sake of young children and Thesp. This is non-negotiable.

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Would "!xmafia in" be good for Xylthixlm, or is there a better way to say something similar?

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and

can

we do the animated title for Kison?

I can ask jeep, but I'm 100% certain the answer is no.

[Thok]

ITT we learn Thok is a Jeep alt

Wait, I thought I was a ChannelDelibird and Oman alt.

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Catching up on stuff:

Titles that will be added unless people object

Panzerjager: Pink Kitty Tank
Oman: Disgrace to NK-Immune Miller Vigs everywhere
Xylthixlm: !xmafia win
Empking: Empking's Alt's Alt

Is there anything to this other than the anagram?

Natirasha: Satan hair

None of the Kison or animorpherv1 suggestions particularly appeal to me. The ones that come closest are clearly too long (the Kison gif, in particular) or have been rejected the person question (a lot of animorpherv1's noms.)

Similarly, not a fan of the Ythill nom's.

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I've added a few titles to the first post.

I'll accept crywolf's title if he doesn't have a problem with it.

I'm also PMing Incognito, Fuzzyman, and populartajo about their nominations, although the last one is a bit meh for me.

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CAY does not have a problem with CAYKE i can assure you

I'm sending him a PM anyways.

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I prefer Not Rex to Not Caesar also. I prefer Indeed Insane of the Fuzzyman options.

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Populartajo's title is approved.

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I'm thinking something like "Mafia Troll" for Zorblag.

Pond Scum for GoatRevolt is accepted if he wants it. I'll send him a PM.

ZEEnon is

not

getting a title for Necroing threads. (It's not even worth an

A

)

I like the idea behind the Ythill titles, but not the execution.

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Why do we think Foreskin is a good idea for a title?

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@Thok: There's a foreskin vs circumcised debate thread in GD. Apparently Cybele has made a large contribution on the foreskin side. I'll have to take another look at it, apparently it's gotten interesting.

I'll rephrase my comment as "I'm sure there's a funny story behind the Foreskin suggestions, but that's sort of gross and I wouldn't want to read it every time I see one of Cybele's posts."

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So Troll's suggestion of

95.7% Noise

for animorpherv1 was a serious one. It got up to a fourth (from Korts, Kmd4390 and BlakAdder) pretty much immediately, animorpherv1 said him was fine with it and the only other discussion was an alternate suggestion from Mr. Flay. Thok seems to have ignored it though. Does this be because him dismissed it offhand without comment or because him missed it?

It's more laziness/considering the alternate suggestion. It probably should be approved, unless somebody has a major objection.

The mafia bit of that seems unnecessary to Troll. But it no be Troll's job to pick Troll's title.

Mafia Troll seems to me to have less negative connotations than Troll (which could be taken as a sign that you were an Internet Troll, rather than a mythological one.) Troll Scum (which is an alternative) would fit in with previous titles like "commie scum" and "vampire scum".

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Playing catch up.

I can ignore the Cybele requests since she doesn't have 100 posts, which means I don't have to continue with a "Foreskin is probably inappropriate for a title" comment. At least try to keep it subtle.

Titles that I'm mostly happy with and will bug the relevant people about tomorrow if nobody objects

animorpherv1: 95.7% Noise
Zorblag: Troll
xyzzy: comical third option
Ythill: That one time at band camp (see, subtle is good)
GIEFF: Internet Superstar

For a Fonz title, maybe something involving sports teams? "New England Expatriate"?

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shark jumper?

Our Fonz doesn't jump sharks, he punches them.

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Put a few titles in the first post. Sent a few PM's out (to nureins for "100% pure", to DGB about "Mafia Pinata", to GIEFF about "Internet Superstar" and to animorph about whether he prefers "95.7% Noise" or "Anix Jr."

Not fond of the xyzzy suggestions.

I'm sure I've missed some stuff.

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Why isn't Ythill "Fabio"??? This is so obvious...

I knew I forgot something. PMing him.

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... I've noticed that Thok is starting to do the Oman thing in different threads. I think they are now entangled on a quantum level. The state of one corresponds to the state of the other, regardless of distance.... that would explain Thok's drunken posts.

nominate Oman 2.0

for Thok, and keep "Thok 2.0" for Oman.

Nah. It's more lack of attention than drunkenness. I don't think I've had any alcohol in the last 6 months or so.

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More updates

I found it quite funny, haha. In addition to the joke, I have to admit that my purity might had been of a more serious level, as I am only interested in the newbie format of the game. However, I committed the sin of playing one non-newbie game

The title is ok, thanks for writting me.

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I've sent a PM to forbiddanlight.

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Splitting of the grades discussion to GD.

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I like the ideas for kloud. Grim Reaper seems to be the most popular, although maybe something like "Tales of the Cryptkeeper" might work better?

I would be willing to go with something like "Just one more post" for Cybele.

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Catching up again.

There seems to be a consensus for these titles. I'll PM them/update the first post soon if nobody objects (except for Korts, who's already accepted.)

Hoopla-

is having a birthday!

millar13-Who dunnit it?
Korts-That other guy

kloud1516 probably will get a title. If you decide on what version of executioner works.

I'm tempted to give Cybele "Not eligible for a title" as a title.

I'm not going to change DGB's title until she actually gets Mafia Pinata updated as her title. I think that's a reasonable request.

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I'm going to probably catch up on the thread May 23 or so. The earliest I would do it May 20th.

(It's been a really rough month or so for me.)

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I'm past the worst part of my month, so expect a bunch of titles stuff to happen sometime this weekend.

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Massive Title update stuff:

I see Jeep's reverted Oman back to his old title. This might affect the Pokerface suggestion.

These seem to be good ones, a * means that the person in question has given their tacit approval and I don't need to PM them.

Hoopla-

is having a birthday!

millar13-Who dunnit it?
kloud1516-Executioner
OhGodMyLife-Silent But Deadly
*Mastin-Unabridged
*Kmd4390-I lost a bet.
*Pokerface-Won't you be my unconfirmed mason?
*zwetschenwasser-Doktor der Musik

Could somebody do a quick explanation of Mafia Ghost/Wraith for Cybele? I think I understand it, but I want a refresher course.

I sort of like DayVIg for Vi, but I also like Not a Village Idiot.

As always give me comments on stuff I've missed.

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I've added a bunch of titles to the first post and sent out a bunch of PM's.

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Thok, we might as well drop mine. Its too long to be functional anyway.

OK, done.

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I mildly prefer "Too nICe" to "He's too nICe", but not by a lot. I'll be putting the "He's too nICe" in the first post in about a day unless there's a strong consensus in favor of the other version.

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I agree with Kmdmyxlm about the potential title for Looker.

Beware of Dog seems decent, but I know know if it fits charter well enough. Lots of people get angry in games.

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I agree with Kmdmyxlm about the potential title for Looker.

You might want to add this to the rules since it is policy and it would keep people from making recommendations that won't get used anyway.

Rewarding bad play and bad sportsmanship with a title is a bad idea.

Since there are titles like "Disgrace to SKs everywhere", this policy was not obvious to me.

Reading the already existing rules is tech. (Said rule has been around since I've been Title Fairy.)

Titles are meant to be good fun; don't use the Title Fairy thread as a place to insult people. Similarly, if you are truly unhappy with a suggested title, it will not be assigned. Moreover, we will strongly consider either changing or removing a title if you feel it is no longer appropriate. (However, in general we will not change a title if you are merely bored by it.)

In particular, using my title is a poor example, since I've always been happy with it.

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Heh. I'll wait until VKR actually posts a night scene before making Troj's title official. I'll send out PM's about titles in this post once that happens.

Titles I'm happy with:

charter-Beware of Dog
Looker-Stenographer

Imaginality's title needs to be punched up a notch IMHO. Amished's title also feels a bit meh to me, but I'll send him a PM about it.

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I prefer "Oldest Trick in the Book". I've also sent out PM's to the relevant people.

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I'm planning on given imaginality "Restricted Townie" as a title (this had been previously discussed), unless people object.

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Thok isnt here. I am taking over the thread. For tigers. Possibly Asshat or maybe myself. Look trhis thread is mine now.

I'm still locked in a cell from the events of the last scummies. If that didn't keep me from being Title Fairy, I'm not sure what will do so.

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In this thread, JDodge defines himself.

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you that I'm not going to accept that, and Thok certainly won't go for it.

nominate ZONEfACE for

Hag Free Fag

A slightly less perverse version of the title might work for Adel, but he doesn't seem interested in it.

Not a fan of that ZoneAce nom either.

Like Brandi's if she doesn't mind, need to spend a moment when I'm more awake to deal with Vi's (and to go back and deal with imaginality's).

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Maybe "Overeager IC" works better?

(Also, does this count as discussing an on-going game, given that the player isn't actually involved with the game? It feels weird to bring that topic up with the Newbie List Mod suggested the title.)

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Maybe "Overeager IC" works better?

(Also, does this count as discussing an on-going game, given that the player isn't actually involved with the game? It feels weird to bring that topic up with the Newbie List Mod suggested the title.)

Actually, he

is

in that game, making it even more awesome. And I don't think this falls under "discussing an ongoing game" - we're not talking about the game or anything happening in the game.

"Overworked IC", then?

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I'm catching up on titles. I'm happy with Kmd's "I lost a bet" title. I've added imaginality.

I so want to give Quagmire the title "Son of samhorn".

Brandi-"Unkept" if she's OK with it.
Vi-"Village intellectual" seems the best of the ones I've seen.

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I honestly prefer "Pink Kitty Tank", as I feel it reveals Panzer's Pink Kitty Tankness. He'll be cute and harmless for a while, then suddenly attack like a tank.

I also think the stranger is a really obscure reference, as I'm not sure how many people have heard of that joke. There are multiple things that come to mind before that (just the term stranger, Albert Camus's novel, etc.)

I'l bug Panzer about it if you want.

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Is there anything in those Mastin suggestions that isn't covered by the "Unabridged" title he's already getting?

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1. CJMiller isn't getting a title at this time, as he hasn't really done anything to warrant it. Don't feel bad, lots of people with many more posts than you also don't have a title. Go do something interesting in a mafia game and make friends with other mafia players, and they'll nominate you for a title.

2. The last couple of pages (everything from about post 1617 on) are IMHO,

exactly

what mith is talking about when he's asking people to stop trolling. It was enough to say that CJMiller wasn't getting a title; there wasn't a need to keep pushing his buttons after that happened.

(Before 1617 it was mostly civil with an obvious joke. Once CJMiller reacted poorly to being called Bi, there wasn't a need to keep bringing that up.)

3. There are better places to discuss what happened to FL than this thread; talk about bans or Anix's Awesome Thread would be more relevant.

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Thok, with all due respect, I feel this is important enough to go over your head if you don't alert CJMiller's offensive Homophobia to mith by COB tomorrow. I'm sorry, its just the way I feel.

You should not make any post, or start any thread, with the intention of abusing, ridiculing, insulting, offending, or upsetting any other user on this site.

CJMiller didn't have the intention of abusing, ridiculing, insulting, offending, or upsetting any other users for being gay, but was rather reacting to a vaguely perceived attack on his own sexuality and self-image. If you can show me any users CJMiller was specifically intending to call out, then there's a complaint. I don't actually see any such users; he was only deriding the use of the word gay to describe him.

I consider it the equivalent of jokingly giving Oman the title "New Zealand boy" and having him freak out because he's Australian and not from New Zealand and then claiming to be insulted that people want to claim that he's from New Zealand.

(Perhaps a better hypothetical example would be trying to assign the word "Virgin" to a user who's annoyed that people try to give him that title.)

Yeah, CJMiller's response was either not particularly enlightened or not particularly well-worded. And mith may feel free to overrule me. But in my reading of the rules, CJMiller didn't actually break them.

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ITT tajo fails at comedy.

I laughed.

Also, I've sent a PM to mith, so he'll be taking a look at it.

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Look at this, whether or not a single person takes offence isn't the point. The point is it was an insult (i.e. that being homosexual/bisexual is something to be angered/ashamed of).

As I interpret this rule, what it's trying to prevent is the following statement.

Person A: "Person B is an <insert offensive term here>."

It doesn't matter how Person B reacts, but there needs to be a Person B that can react to it and there's no reading of CJMiller's post that has such a Person B. It's all about him being insulted by other people's comments, not him trying to insult others.

(Note that there can be multiple people in person B; statement like "Gay suck" would apply to every gay on the site.)

There's a distinction between saying "Being gay is an insult" and "I find it insulting when other people call me gay because I feel it misrepresents me." Neither is a particularly enlightened view, but the second one is more a statement about personal identity than gays in general.

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If a user had been nominated for the title "Straight" and he responded "I'm insulted that people would call me straight! I like men! Calling me straight is an insult!", I'd be defending user's right to make that statement and I'd be annoyed by people who seconded and thirded him for the title "Straight" or offered up the title "Nate Straight" as an alternative once he already said he was insulted by the original title. I don't think anybody would be claiming that user is heterophobic in that scenario. I would be OK with people who politely asked user why being called Straight is an insult and tried to talk calmly with him and assure him he's not getting either title.

(I realize that there are cultural reasons why the two scenarios aren't symmetrical [specifically that people have never very rarely straight as an insult and have commonly used gay as an insult.])

Editted at a request of a user.

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I am aware of the BridgesandBallons suggestions and I've sent him a PM. There's no need to express your support for it anymore.

(I think it's clever, but it's also clear that BridgesandBalloons wants to build up his own identity on MS.)

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Sho it is done.

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@Thok, is that Ted bundy in your avy? what a disgrace

Close but not quite. Look here for an explanation.

Oman, see the first post about how you can reject a title if you find it insulting. That said, BridgesandBaloons is a weird case.

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But "hammah bros with kscope" is such an inelegant title.

(On a more serious note, unless anybody has a problem with it, I'll do something like KScope's suggestion later today.)

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For Khan, what about

"The wrath of..."

(with Khan at the end?)

If we're doing Star Trek, I could go for "KIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!!!"

But that doesn't really say anything about his personality.

Khan Artist sounds the best of the options given, and I'm not even fond of that.

Edit: Also, I agree with FaerieLord

Shea's current one is perfect.

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The Khan discussion has been split off to GD.

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Maid in Japan sounds the best to me, IMHO. Or we can just harass forbiddanlight to change her avatar back.

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Where's Thok?

I'm going to get myself to spend an hour catching up either later today or tomorrow.

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MOS has repeatedly said he doesn't want Creepo. If you can get MOS to post in thread that he will accept it, I'd wonder why he suddenly needs the negative attention.

(Yes, I know I need to catch up on this thread.)

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I'm going to catch up on this thread tonight if the site decides not to suck. I figure I need to work from page 69. I'll keep a progress report as it goes.

(That said Haylen's title sounds good if she likes it.)

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@ Thok: She already approves it. I told her what she was nom'd for on AIM.

I need to hear directly from the person in question that they approve it, either by post or PM. I'll be sending her a PM soon.

Interesting titles

Cybele-If people are over the drama, something like "Weep Not" or "Weep Not Since I am Undead" works for me.

Looker-"The Stenographer", I don't know if this still applies, but sounds fine

I don't know if "tl, dr;" still works for Kast, or if "I AM TREESTUMP" works for charter (or if that's better than Charter's current nomination.)

The Plum suggestion for "Jailbait" would work better as "Forbidden Fruit", IMHO.

I need to figure out what I'm doing with Forbiddanlight/UncertainKitten (which I think is "Maid in Japan" or nothing, but whatever)

"Too Sparkly" seems good for KittyMo.

Let me know if there is stuff I've missed that you think I should discuss, with the caveat that some stuff I haven't mentioned I've ignored rather than missed (say, for example the whole CSL discussion.)

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I blame Bluehost.

I mean, it's not a bad title for Cobalt. But I feel like there are better ones.

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Um...did

Maid In Japan

ever go through? Or did it not have enough support?

Post 2237 has most of my recent thoughts, and I'd like people to comment on stuff that hasn't been added to the first post. That said, I'll add Maid In Japan to the first post.

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Added titles for KittyMo (I prefer "Too Sparkly", as it doesn't repeat the Kitty part), and SpyreX. Removed a title for Cybele (we had mafia ghost for a while.)

Looking at my previous posts, I'd still like comments on

I don't know if "tl, dr;" still works for Kast, or if "I AM TREESTUMP" works for charter (or if that's better than Charter's current nomination.)

and

I mean, it's not a bad title for Cobalt. But I feel like there are better ones.

with respect to the "rifle with cork in it" suggestion by DGB.

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Antigun control?

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If I was ever going to change my title, it would be to "Abuse of Power"

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Nominate Max for Mishmash Whore

I can't imagine that Max would want that if he has a problem with Munchkin.

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OK, that's clearly over the line.

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Hey I only did that once.

You still make 5 posts in a row 90% of the time in games.

Whereas x 5

as a title?

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Seems like we're not talking about titles any more.

So, are people happy with "Over The Line" for Ythan?

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Meh, it was a joke originally, and I think that the ensuing discussion sort of ruined it.

Hence why I asked. It seemed weird to reward Ythan for his comments about Max.

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GOGO WEIGH IN THOK!

I've sent a PM to Drench to have him clarify how he feels about the various suggestions.

(Yes, I'm dodging the question. But I'm not dodging the fact that I am dodging the question.)

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I knew about the orca threat when I put it in the title, just like I knew about the Eva threat when I put it in the title.

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Adel's seems like the best of the xRECKONERx bunch to me.

Also, have we tried "Vigilante intellectual" for Vi yet? Or is that trying to hard?

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I'm going to have to rule against that one; it's about 4-5 times as long as can feasibly be a title (in terms of actual character restrictions, not just me being obnoxious.)

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I think Vi was referring to <placeholder>, Thok.

Oh, that. "Too Many Gimmicks" is the better version of that.

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BTW: Thok, is Drench getting added to the front page?

Yes, thanks for reminding me.

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Velociraptor Intimidator?
Vegetable Illustrator?
Vulgar Insect?
[size=0]None of these are serious suggestions. Except for Velociraptor Intimidator.[/size]

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Nominate VP Baltar for

Generally Accepted

, based on this post.

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After 92 pages this seems like a good time to start a new Title Fairy thread. Jeeps updated the last batch of titles.

The next round of title updates will come roughly when the Scummies happen, aka in the next week or so. That's the right time to start a new thread.

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I've decided to be Thok again for a bit. Because he's got his hands tied due to being the administrator, he's got to focus on actually running the thing. I'm here to crack skulls.

So, does that mean people will beat you up for looking like me at tonight's Scummy ceremony, just like last year?

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Unstickying the Title thread. As per mith, a new one will go up March 15th.