Yet Another Dance of the Title Fairy: Change Up

[TheButtonmen]

Title Fairy Policy:

1. Accounts must be at least six months old before they can be nominated.
2. There is no requirements for nominating someone.
3. Self nominations will not be accepted.
4. Nominations based on avatars will not be accepted.
5. Recipients must approve of the title.
6. This thread is for title discussion only.

How Titling Works:

Step 1: Somebody posts a nomination
Step 2: Scummers discuss the nomination and think of alternatives.
Step 3: Once a nomination gets five supporters I will either approve it or explain my issues with the title.
Step 4: Once I approve a title I will contact the recipient confirm that they approve of it.

What's a Good Title?

A title should subtly or not-so-subtly reference an amusing incident, playstyle or characteristic that the entire community can understand.

What's This Thread For?

This thread is only for the nomination and discussion of titles. I will be deleting any off-topic posts and will remove any repeat offenders from the thread.

Titles:

Kdowns - Goddammit
Mr. Flay - Metatron
Nicholas1024 - The Ides of Mash
Korts - Luddite
CooLDoG - Wanker
Chevre - Honourable Mention
MattP - Dr. Feelgood
Majiffy - Go with the Flow
UberNinja - Jekyll and Hyde
RachMarie - HUGS ♥
Tazaro - Selfie
Ms Marangal - We the Purple
ChannelDelibird - Card Czar
DeathrowKitty - Frog
hitogoroshi - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Varsoon - Scatman
SleepyKrew - Snark Attack
Quadz08 - Representative Weiner
Cabd - Every Breath You Take
Bert - Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Mastin2 - Second Coming
Tantalas - Too Much Game
pirate mollie - thingmaker
Metal Sonic - Orange in Sharp Contrast
Who - Yes?
AngryPidgeon - Glenn Peck
xofelf - Miss Mash

[TheButtonmen]

Alright I'll make a post outlining my view on titles and where I want to go with this position but for now unless anyone has further feedback or suggestions I'm approving of the title

Goddammit

for Kdowns.

The other ongoing discussion was for GreyICE who has the current nominations of

Micromanagement

,

Micromanager

, Microfuse and

Shortfuse

.

Thoughts?

[TheButtonmen]

Buttonman needs a title himself.

Mission Accomplished.

I feel so fabulous.

[TheButtonmen]

Kdowns title is done.

[TheButtonmen]

Shit posts removed, don't reshit or I'll start removing posters rather then posts from here.

[TheButtonmen]

Nominate: Klick for

Born Again

Explain it to me.

[TheButtonmen]

I'm debating keeping a counter for the shitposts removed, they do accumulate.

[TheButtonmen]

You know that's actually not too terrible but can we do better?

What do you think of it and any other suggestions about how could we could change it up?

[TheButtonmen]

UberNinja - Quality over quantity. If you nominate a single title and take the time to explain it, discuss it and propose alternatives if the community isn't sure about the original it is much more likely to go through then if you just nominate multiple titles with one liner posts you never mention again.

Umbrage - Improve your posting, just posting a gif might cut it in 62 but not in my thread.

Everyone - Stop circle jerking and teeheeing about how much you dislike a poster, the next person who nominates someone for a title as an insult is getting removed from the thread for a while. We have 62 for that the general herpderping and feeling clever this thread is for title suggestions and discussion.

[TheButtonmen]

Uberninja is getting a 48 hour temp ban from this sub-forum.

Unlike Oman I'm not willing to deal with the same shit month after month. This thread isn't for personal pissing matches, shape up or get out.

[TheButtonmen]

That being said this last page has been fantastic! If you ever want to know what a good nomination and title discussion look like KillerJester, Oversoul and Llamadash are all providing great examples.

[TheButtonmen]

And before I get banned for trolling, let me assure you that I mean it as a real nomination.

For better or worse, you're part of this community. But an all-positive title doesn't suit you, and I don't think your past should be whitewashed like that. If your title is to be a fair representation of your on-site presence (as is the purpose of titles in my mind), your divisive persona should be referenced.

Asstoot was meant to do that while giving you credit. You don't have to like it, but I think that it's the best title you have been nommed for thus far.

I'm okay with the suggestion and explanation titles do not to be entirely positive in nature, for instance Ani's title has a decent bit of a self-deprecating humour in it but is over-all a good title. However UN has since then stated that at this time he doesn't want that type of title as it well in his rights so leave it be for now and either propose different styles of titles for him or just drop it and move on to someone else.

[TheButtonmen]

Last couple of posts have been purged.

Shamrock / AngryPidgeon that sort of posting may cut it in 62 or GD but not here.

[TheButtonmen]

Cyberbob glad to see you're unbanned again but don't shit up my thread.

[TheButtonmen]

At the moment the rational for the age requirement on titles is that we want posters to establish themselves before we start titling them, it also provides a check for staying power of a title. If a title is good now and it won't be relevant for them in a month or two when they hit the six month mark I'm doubtful that it's a really a good title.

Thoughts?

[TheButtonmen]

Let me mull it over, of all the requirements it's the one I am least attached to and if anyone else has any feedback on the age requirement I'd love to hear it.

[TheButtonmen]

4. Nominations based on avatars will not be accepted.

Explain it's other merits.

[TheButtonmen]

Umbrage is getting a 48 hour temp ban from this sub-forum.

You've already been warned, this thread isn't for personal pissing matches, shape up or get out.

[TheButtonmen]

I am not opposed to this title.

Thoughts on

Stranger Danger

vs

Stranger

?

[TheButtonmen]

kanyeknowsbest

is getting a 1 week temp ban from this sub-forum.

Get out.

[TheButtonmen]

Would you accept it as your title?

[TheButtonmen]

People not getting titles they don't want?

Yes.

[TheButtonmen]

Since everyone seems to be really slow on the uptake I'm going to make this clear the next person who comes here solely to complain about someone being nomed or to use my thread to oh so cleverly be passive aggressive towards someone is being removed. Zoraster and Izak speak words of wisdom you should all listen to them, this thread is for titling I don't care about whatever drama or ill-will you feel towards each other.

[TheButtonmen]

Mykonian

is getting a 1 week temp ban from this sub-forum.

How droll.

[TheButtonmen]

I really like it.

They can at least be good.

What do you dislike about it, do you think the core idea is good or do you have any suggestions about other ways to take it? I appreciate all feedback but feedback without context is pretty useless.

[TheButtonmen]

Mr. Flay -

Gabriel

vs

Metatron

I approve of both of them on several levels, thoughts on which works better?

[TheButtonmen]

Metatron

also would be my choice, it might not be factually accurate but dammit it sounds cooler.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power invested in me by a possibly drunk Oman and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Mr.Flay the title of

Metatron

!

[TheButtonmen]

I didn't chose the title fairy life, the title fairy life chose me.

[TheButtonmen]

I think that's the fastest new title I've ever seen on this site.

As I outlined when I took over the new process is extremely simple and streamlined, I'm just here to do the final paperwork. After people finalize one or two variation for a title it only takes me about ten minutes of work to make a call, pm the recipient and setup the custom title. I have no qualms about increasing the rate at which we give out titles. I think of the whole title fairy business as a fun, community driven side event for the site rather then some super serious and prolonged process.

[TheButtonmen]

TBM, too quick though? The suggestion wasn't even 12 hours old.

Enough discussion to reach a consensus on one or two variations of a title, five scummers supporting it and my approval are the only requirements for a title, time isn't a factor at all.

[TheButtonmen]

Nominate TBM for

Clapping Optional

I will be declining any and all noms of a title for me as I think titling myself would be a conflict of interest.

[TheButtonmen]

I think people are taking the EGOT thing way too literally but whatever

How else do you think we could play it out? I agree that the current iteration of his title isn't really a very good execution so I'm open to alternative suggestions if people have other ideas.

[TheButtonmen]

I like the Not Here to Make Friends angle more then the Backstabbing Batman one.

[TheButtonmen]

Et tu?

is short, succinct and works amazingly,

The Ides of Mash

amuses me far more then it should and also works amazingly.

Hats off to both of you for some great title work!

[TheButtonmen]

Knife target is far too literal and boring and terms like merge and FTC don't mean anything to non-mishmashers (imo).

[TheButtonmen]

That's 5 supporters for Ides or Mash and as previously stated it has my approval which means it's hit critical mass.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power invested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Nicholas1024 the title of

Ides of Mash

!

[TheButtonmen]

fun to give someone with 0 posts a title!

Zero to hero!

[TheButtonmen]

I personally just thought it wasn't a very good title.

[TheButtonmen]

Also it's not that I'm doing a fantastic job as Title Fae it's that you guys are making fantastic titles, I mean Metatron for Flay and Ides of Mash? Anyone can look good with that material!

[TheButtonmen]

I'm not opposed to giving Umbrage a title, I'm opposed to bad titles.

[TheButtonmen]

Propose

new rule to the title fairy thread: If your argument for/against a title is "but, but, but what about <existing title>" then don't bother. Precedence doesn't/shouldn't exist in a title thread. Titles must be good for their own sake.

I agree with this.

I don't really care about the rule, but you will not effing take away puns. Nonnegotiable.

My terrible sense of humour agrees with this.

[TheButtonmen]

*sigh*

Overuse will become a problem.

lol

[TheButtonmen]

Good discussion on the Om title, I just did a light pruning of the most side tracked posts. Om just chill out you won't get a title you don't want the final product will be run by you before I do anything with it, judging each step along the way just sidetracks stuff, delays it and builds ill-will.

[TheButtonmen]

Deltawave is getting a 48 hour temp ban from this sub-forum.

This isn't 62, a one liner post of "haha homo" doesn't cut it here.

[TheButtonmen]

Not feeling the Andy shoutout as I honestly wouldn't get the connection if it wasn't explained to me.

[TheButtonmen]

Dolorus means grief though not pain so I'm not really seeing the connection unless we're going for the Umbrage makes everyone mourn route.

[TheButtonmen]

TheButtonmen: Dolorous
TheButtonmen: referres to sadness
TheButtonmen: not pain
teresavneves: (For Dolores Umbridge, Harry Potter.)
TheButtonmen: he isn't even using old english properly
TheButtonmen: what?
teresavneves: But it's still bad.
teresavneves: Name of a character.
TheButtonmen: Listen Tierce
TheButtonmen: You kids
TheButtonmen: and your hip hop
TheButtonmen: and rap

I have been informed there may be another layer to this title I previously missed?

[TheButtonmen]

As Advertised amuses me more then it should but I'm unsure of Umbrage's willingness to accept a title with negative conentations.

[TheButtonmen]

Shit posting removed.

Cyberbob I actually can't be arsed to deal with your shit.

[TheButtonmen]

Well it's christmas so why not go the distance and give him a full one?

Cyberbob take a week off from my thread.

[TheButtonmen]

I've got to say for someone as memorable as korts these titles really suck.

[TheButtonmen]

All right abuse of power time.

I'm stopping you all here and shelving all discussion of a Korts title for now because frankly it's starting to hurt to read. If a title isn't working just let it go, Korts is a colourful enough fellow that sooner or later someone will think up a hilarious and amazing title for him and I'd much rather give him that then whatever comes out the current ham handed attempts to knock square pegs through round holes.

[TheButtonmen]

I've deleted seven more posts about Korts title and you guys keep going eh?

If you guys want it so much well fuck who am I to impede the will of the community? If doing it though we're going with the best of the bunch, it previously got the required amount of support, I like it and Korts liked it.

By the power invested in me by my delusions of grandeur and these fancy dancy wings I hereby give Korts the title of

Luddite

!

[TheButtonmen]

The issue is it's only said in real life, there isn't a pattern of that being said on the forum.

If I've missed out on it being a thing on MS then please point me to appropriate threads because I'd happily be proven wrong but while I'm not a stickler about titles started on off MS meet things as some previous Fae have been (see Kdowns getting Goddammit) I still want titles to be based off stuff that is at least some relation to MS.

[TheButtonmen]

I did my research people.

There was only a single occurrence of it being said in relation to pie.

[TheButtonmen]

I know it's been said more than once...

-shrug- As I said I'd happily be proven wrong but as of now I could only find a single usage of "Except when he does" on MS for Pie and I used both google and built in site search tool.

[TheButtonmen]

The evidence for the Pie title just really isn't that strong (nor is the title itself) IMO.

I'm pretty sure our reasons are very similar (if not THE EXACT SAME) as kdowns' title.

People at least said Goddamnit on the forum though.

[TheButtonmen]

Outside of the TF thread the phrase except when he does has been said in relation to Pie exactly twice, it might be extremely popular in the scumhouse in NC but until it carries over to the forum it's not really falling under my jurisdiction.

[TheButtonmen]

I don't understand why it has to be said on the forums?

There is no community accessibility or buy in for titles which are based on things which don't involve Mafiascum. It would be like me just giving titles to the people I know in scumchat based off our own inside jokes.

[TheButtonmen]

I would.

What's a Good Title?

A title should subtly or not-so-subtly reference an amusing incident, playstyle or characteristic

that the entire community can understand

.

[TheButtonmen]

I'm not rejecting it because it's forced.

I'm rejecting it because nobody uses it on MS.

[TheButtonmen]

If it was actually being used on MS for an extended period I'd accept it as a title.

[TheButtonmen]

Thread purge occurred, I can confirm that deserves a title is not a criteria I use and if you're going to use reaction gifs at least make them funny.

[TheButtonmen]

For the nth time, there is no such thing as deserving or not deserving a title.

Also I am okay with titles using content from SE because scummers can read it if they so chose to even if it's a "hidden" forum.

[TheButtonmen]

Cybele has been on this site for a long time, has been loved by many, has been amazing in many different ways. The only title we ever got something of an agreement on he didn't like (and for good reason).

Pretty sure he deserves a title.

Nope.

Nobody deserves a title just as there aren't any scummers who don't deserve a title.

[TheButtonmen]

Off topic discussion removed.

If you think the thread is full of bad noms the solution is to make good noms, not clog my thread up with complaints.

[TheButtonmen]

animorpherv1 gets a week long vacation from my thread.

Let me be very very clear folks because obviously some people are pretty slow on the uptake.

Anyone who comes here just to say that someone doesn't deserve a title or to argue that titling someone will encourage bad behaviour is going to removed with extreme prejudice.

[TheButtonmen]

That's the required support and it passed my chuckle test, if he'll take it it's his.

[TheButtonmen]

CoolDog is now officially a

Wanker

.

[TheButtonmen]

We don't do reports here, we do frontier justice.

[TheButtonmen]

You can't out gunsling a reality distorting Fae.

Not here.

[TheButtonmen]

Shit just got deleted.

[TheButtonmen]

Two pages of grammer discussion have been moved to a more appropriate thread here.

[TheButtonmen]

mykonian ->

Shoot the Messenger

Just because he played the scum messenger role far better than anyone I've ever seen. (In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Legacy)

TehButtonmen (9:26): shoot the messanger has meanings
TehButtonmen (9:26): which don't apply here
TehButtonmen (9:26): it wasn't like myko flipped out at being told
TehButtonmen (9:26): eh I'll see if other people from the game come to support it
TehButtonmen (9:26): and bounce stuff off them
TehButtonmen (9:26):

slacking

 delegation
quadz08 (9:28): I think he's just trying to fit 'messenger' in
quadz08 (9:28): and this is the only way he can think of to do it
TehButtonmen (9:28): Devil on your shoulder
TehButtonmen (9:28): for the whispering bad things into your ear aspect
….
TehButtonmen (9:30): Poor tipper
TehButtonmen (9:30): leading astray
TehButtonmen (9:30): going with that angle
TehButtonmen (9:30): might work
TehButtonmen (9:30): devil on the shoulder angle or leading you astray
TehButtonmen (9:30): work better for me then shooting the messanger
TehButtonmen (9:30): Laid off guidance counciler?
quadz08 (9:32): lol
quadz08 (9:32): Frisian Shoulder-Daemon
quadz08 (9:32): just do it

Quadz noms Myko for

Frisian Shoulder-Daemon

.

[TheButtonmen]

Myko is a Frisian is the context there.

[TheButtonmen]

Nominate gorkcat for "

Happy as Fuck

" based on his overall general level of cheerfulness, even when discussing heated matters or interacting with people who have their panties in a wad about nothing. There may be some small part of me which wants this title based on the fucking happy little water droplet in his avatar, but I feel it fits his overall personality and persona on-site as well.

Just stepping in to say that I'm not entirely comfortable with Fuck in a title, I'm not saying I won't approve of this title but I'm somewhat leery.

Let me think about it some more and I'll get back to you.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright;

A) I quashing the

Happy as Fuck

suggestion.
B) I'm still anti-avatar titles however I'm open to being convinced that the

These are Happy Tears

suggestion is strong enough to work even without considering his current avatar.

[TheButtonmen]

Purged some recent posts.

This isn't the place for sharing your thoughts on the merits of a video game series.

[TheButtonmen]

Anyone got any compelling arguments about Daemon vs Demon for this title before I run with it?

(It looks cooler is an extremely compelling argument.)

[TheButtonmen]

tehbuttonmen (11:38): Myk would you describe yourself as benevolent or malevolent?
themykonian (11:41): uhm, yeah, that's a hard question tbm
themykonian (11:41): for purposes of the title, malevolent is more fitting.

By the power invested in me by a farcical aquatic ceremony and my delusions of grandeur I hereby give Mykonian the title of

Frisian Shoulder-Demon

!

[TheButtonmen]

Not a fan of the the Noraaa title nom because putting someones name under their name really just doesn't look very good.

The quadz title appears to be unfounded and dead on arrival unless anyone else wants to chime in?

[TheButtonmen]

I'm enjoying this current discussion and am copasetic with most of the title ideas being tossed about.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright I really like the idea behind the Chevre noms, they've gotten the support but it's scattered across multiple titles.

I'd love to hear some feedback on what you guys feel the top 2-3 possibilities are before I make a call.

My one problem with mastermind, is that we have a scummer names mastermind.

We've had overlap before, it's not really a big deal.

[TheButtonmen]

He likes it and we like it.

By the power vested in me by my Faustian bargain and ritualistic sacrifice I hereby give Chevre the title of

Honourable Mention

!

[TheButtonmen]

This again eh?

[TheButtonmen]

Purged the recent posts.

At this point the only person who's opinion on the title matters is Chevre.

[TheButtonmen]

Are you discussing the punctuation at the end of the title or after relax?

[TheButtonmen]

Alrighty so no punctuation and the discussion is now;

Dr. Feelgood

vs

Relax, I got this

[TheButtonmen]

It's gotten the required support, he likes it more then the alternative and we've settled the pressing punctuation issues!

By the power vested in me by three small rodents and one large marsupial I hereby give MattP the title of

Dr. Feelgood

!

[TheButtonmen]

mcqueen

is getting a 2 week temp ban from this sub-forum.

Get out.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright my vacation is over so I'm back at my office (aka back to having MS open more regularly).

Catch up time.

It was my understanding that he wasn't opposed to a title, he just didn't want to title himself. Correct me if I'm wrong tbm.

I'm in no rush to get a title and I'd be uncomfortable giving myself a title even if it was community supported.

I'm declining the Bad/Hardass title noms;

TheButtonmen (7:21): I'm declining hard/badass
TheButtonmen (7:21): one of my standing policies is no profanity in titles
TheButtonmen (7:21): I already quashed happy as fuck when it was brought up for gorkat
TheButtonmen (7:22): I had a good discussion with korts/shea back then about profanity in titles
TheButtonmen (7:22): and my policy now is titles are't the time or place for it
TheButtonmen (7:22): also mith put the pg rule into effect for sigs so I assume that means titles too
blargerer (7:23): that is the policy supported by us too. I'm just not sure I count hardass or badass as being particularly profane.
TheButtonmen (7:23): if it was someones title who wasn't me (aka the Titlefairy) and it had lots of support I'd let badass slip under the profanity barrier
TheButtonmen (7:24): but as tf I don't want to ever have any ambiguity / it used as an example

[TheButtonmen]

He tends to start with pronouns in his posts. You can isolate him if you want . I mean, it's not SUPER significant, but enough to warrant a little ribbing about.

Something tells me that the name is not the problem though. Sorry, do you want me to delete the request? The thread seemed so informal, so I didn't realize it was important.

I can confirm this thread is quite informal and I encourage you to keep getting involved in it!

As for the nom if he keeps it up and it's a noticeable trend then by all means feel free to rib away, I'm happy to give out pretty much any titles that get the required community support and isn't too odious.

[TheButtonmen]

Why does Fate have :Happy: again?

weird. I thought it got changed to Capital Punishment. When did it get changed back?

( :HAPPY: is totally better)

Fate asked to have his title reverted a month or so ago.

[TheButtonmen]

You guys really like talking about my butt eh?

[TheButtonmen]

I've got no real complaints with the Buns of Steel nom and I feel like it's been dragging on too long so I'll accept it.

Maybe he should just have a coloured name.

Naw us TF's aren't staff we're just crazy folk with big dreams and delusions of competency.

[TheButtonmen]

Purged recent posts to an extent that's zealous even for me.

I'm going to make this clear the next person who comes here solely to complain about someone being nomed or to use my thread to oh so cleverly be passive aggressive towards someone is being removed.

Umbrage you don't seem to be getting the message so I'm repeating it and I've put it in bold for added clarity. I do not care how annoying you think a poster is, how bad you think their avatar is or even what kind of cereal you had for breakfast, either shape up or get out.

[TheButtonmen]

Nope.

[TheButtonmen]

You've been busy I see, catching up now.

It's Title Fairy, not Title Dictator.

Counterpoint.

[TheButtonmen]

I've got no issues with it and Kurbio approves of it so let's do it up.

By the power vested in me by rye, corn mash and fermentation I hereby give Kurbio the title of

Fire and Brimstone

!

[TheButtonmen]

You only got three noms, nobody explained the context and you just asked for it.

[TheButtonmen]

I mean I'm still willing to give it if you can get the required five noms but that's just tasteless.

[TheButtonmen]

Bold or GTFO.

It got five if I'm being generous sure but nobody explained the context yet.

[TheButtonmen]

I think it's hit the required five supporters so I'm by the power vested in me by the administration control panel I hereby give Majiffy the title of

Go with the Flow

!

[TheButtonmen]

Dross posting purged.

[TheButtonmen]

Any further ideas for ActionDan's title?

Right now it's got the support and it's got some basis but it feels very superficial and unattached. While it's factually correct and he has posted about going to Princeston / being gay neither of them are defining qualities which I associate with him or his play/posting style.

[TheButtonmen]

Yes.

I don't think it's too good of a title at the moment so I'm seeing if anyone wants to propose any alternatives before I finalize it.

[TheButtonmen]

Thread purged.

Umbrage is taking a week long break for continuing to repeatedly post in my thread solely to express his dislike for certain scummers.
The red thing is well above my pay grade.
The sins thing for ActionDan makes zero sense.

[TheButtonmen]

I preferred the beauty and the beast train of thought for UN rather then focusing on a one of april fools joke.

It gets at what UN is rather then jut one humourous incident.

[TheButtonmen]

The spelling thing will not age well.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright the discussion has pretty much died off so I'll mull over the UN titles and should have it good to go when I'm free tomorrow evening.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright finally got some free time to catch up.

1) Thread purged.
2) By the powers vested in me by my delusions of competency, Oman's lack of foresight and my ability to access the ACP I hereby give Uberninja the title of

Jekyll and Hyde

!

[TheButtonmen]

Fun is prohibited.

Thread purged.

[TheButtonmen]

Titles are like sex, only the cool kids get it and your account has to be above a certain age or else it's illegal

It's the 60's now, free love and all that jazz.

[TheButtonmen]

Zzzzzzzz

[TheButtonmen]

Woooo activity and good stuff too.

Normally I'd be all over this but unfortunately I'm posting from my phone and on the road until tomorrow afternoon. Keep up the good work and I'll be around to finalize stuff as soon as I get the chance!

[TheButtonmen]

I like, you like it and she likes it, pretty much a slam dunk of a title right here.

[TheButtonmen]

Alright by the power vested in me by farcical aquatic rituals, the number J and Oman I hereby give RachMarie the title of

HUGS ♥

!

[TheButtonmen]

I'm putting it live with the ♥, I'll revisit it later if it turns out to not really not look as good as a title.

[TheButtonmen]

Titles under TBMfairy have ignored the "does this user deserve a title?" question.

I'd title the devil himself if you guys came up with a good one for him. Instead of wasting time and energy debating who deserves a title I'd rather just spend my time handing out as many good titles as possible.

there're lots of people who have defining characteristics in threads or as a part of their online persona ("schtick", if you will), but you don't see them getting nommed or title

Then nom them, I'd love to hand out more titles!

[TheButtonmen]

Of the current bunch I like

Ridiculously Photogenic

the best of the lot,

Duckface

seems lacking and

Obnoxiously Photogenic

just seems bad.

[TheButtonmen]

I'll address Tazo's stuff and start the finalizing process tomorrow evening, I think we've hit the stage where we're just going in circles at this point.

[TheButtonmen]

Bizarre Britishness discussion has been purged.

PMing Tazaro about his willingness to accept a title.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by Arche, Metis and Atë I hereby give Tazaro the title of

Selfie

!

[TheButtonmen]

Is the the card reference for CDB just from meets?

[TheButtonmen]

What's the story behind Beloved Princess, I feel like I'm missing something (unless it's just referencing the SE poll)?

[TheButtonmen]

I'm slow, explain the connection between beloved princess and bisexuality to me because I'm afraid it's gone right over my head.

[TheButtonmen]

[Repost due to rollback] I'm in the Hydrated looks better then Hydraeted camp as well.

What's the history of Morlock nom for quadz?

[TheButtonmen]

Whats the story behind the sudden purple references?

[TheButtonmen]

We've gone from the happy medium of brainstorming to death by committee so it's time for some

autocratic leadership

abuse of power.

I'm ending the discussion here and offering Mara the option of

We the Purple

and

Hydrated

.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by my own abuses of power and a lack of oversight I hereby give Ms Marangal the title of

We the Purple

!

[TheButtonmen]

One person does not a hydra make, I will not be titling all of her hydra accounts.

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It's been brought to my attention the nom of Card Czar for CDB reached the required five supporters.

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It's been brought to my attention the nom of Card Czar for CDB reached the required five supporters.

And he approved of the re-titling!

Out with the old and in with the new, CDB is no longer Thok's Puppet but is now a

Card Czar

!

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I'm pretty okay with the

Frog

nom for DRK, I'm finding it a lot harder to grok the

Cheezborger! No Coke!

nom but that may have to do with the fact the linked clip doesn't work in Canada.

I'll let the DRK nom sit overnight and see if anyone has anything else to toss in and go find a work around to the Hulu nationality restriction and return tomorrow.

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Since no alternative suggestions popped up and I've got no glaring issues with the title I'm pushing the

Frog

nomination for DRK forward.

Sudo's nom hasn't hit the five threshold yet so I'm going to let it lie for now.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in by Nun, Amen, Heh and Kek I hereby give DRK the title of

Frog

!

[TheButtonmen]

Given how much of an aesthetic difference there was between this nom and the regular text titles I did a mock up to see how it looks (click to embiggen it).


You may draw your own conclusions.

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I've got no strong objections to it personally.

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Well that was simple.

Edit: Sadly I was mistaken.

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You ate my scummies though

I am a jealous God, thou shall have no other titles before me!

I didn't handle handing out the scummie images so let me go muck around in the panel / bug Flay.

[TheButtonmen]

Problem fixed.

Now of course I will inevitably forget to remove it next scummie cycle because it's now attached to a non-scummie title so expect to have to bug me in another 9 months but until then everything should be good.

[TheButtonmen]

That's the required five and I've got no issues with

Scatman

, much better then the previous noms for him. I'll get the ball rolling on my end.

We replaced Goon?

Nope.

[TheButtonmen]

By the powers vested in me by Ski, Ba and Biddy Bop I hereby give Varsoon the title

Scatman

!

[TheButtonmen]

Uh, guys.
I hate to break it to you but we're breaking the first rule of

fight club

title fairyness.

Unless that's been overturned/completely ignored in which case I have a title nom of my own.

He joined in Feb, it's the end of July.

Yes by just counting the months not the days he snuck in to the title club a week or so early but I'm not too worried.

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I'm in the same boat as KKhan here, SK is a memorable guy and none of these are really clicking.

[TheButtonmen]

All that spinning finally woke you up eh?

[TheButtonmen]

Re SK:

Snark Attack

or

Snark Attack!

?

Re Snake: Is there a preference to

Stayin' Alive

or

I Will Survive

? Off the cuff impression is that the second looks better.

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Re SK: Snark Attack or Snark Attack!?

It's not too avatar-dependent?

You stopped coming to scumchat back when you were still Rick, I didn't realize your new avatar / gimmick was sharks tbh. The snark is strong in you even when you're not a shark.

[TheButtonmen]

my title is no less good or bad because more people are getting titles.

This man gets it.

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shea's already got a title that he likes, I think?

This is inaccurate, Shea currently has the default Mafia Scum as his title after asking to have his old title removed.

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I've got no major qualms with the SK nom, it's got the required support and it's starting to look like the discussion is going in circles.

I'm pushing it forward.

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By the powers vested in me by a lack of exclamation points, old memes and Oman's tarnished legacy I hereby give SleepyKrew the title of

Snark Attack

.

[TheButtonmen]

I like it.

Rep. Weiner

vs

Representative Weiner

?

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by democracy, illicit sub-forums and also cocks I hereby give Quadz the title of

Representative Weiner

!

[TheButtonmen]

likeabauss is over three years old?

[TheButtonmen]

Thread purged.

[TheButtonmen]

UT is highly flexible and is best used rectally?

[TheButtonmen]

Counterpoint: I understood the reference.

[TheButtonmen]

What's the story behind Archivist for Cadb?

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I'd have no issues at all with awarding that title to UT.

Bert's got the required support for

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

but

Metaphorically Speaking

was getting some support when the discussion died off. I'm going to wait a day or two to see if anyone wants to make any last second suggestions / arguments about it but if not I'm going to move forward with the original suggestion.

What's the story behind Archivist for Cadb?

I read (and keep current) on every single game in coney island, theme park, road to rome, mayfair club, and new york. I keep up on about half of little italy and central park. I've read almost every post in mafia discussion. When a game ends, I'm already talking about the results before the players themselves are.

Also it's "Cabd"

If you're bothering to correct my spelling clearly you haven't been reading everything!

Archivist

still seems pretty lacklustre as he's not actually archiving them but instead just reading copious amounts.

Every Breath You Take

has also gotten support and I like it a lot more so in a stunning abuse of power I'm going to unilaterally decide to push it forward.

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Every Breath You Take has also gotten support and I like it a lot more so in a stunning abuse of power I'm going to unilaterally decide to push it forward.

I initially didn't like it, but it's grown on me. I'll be all for it if we go that route.

Let's do it up then.

By the power vested in me by Cassiodorus, Gracián and Sarbiewski I hereby give Cabd the title of

Every Breath You Take

!

[TheButtonmen]

Temba, his arms wide!

[TheButtonmen]

I dream of the day I get to award this title to mastin.

[TheButtonmen]

Thread purged.

Ani don't post like that.

[TheButtonmen]

I'm really not a fan of how the Mastin thing has kept playing out given that my entire stance on the titling process was to make it quick and easy to avoid long drawn out discussions going in circles. However at the moment given that it's the only game in town and not drowning out other title discussions I'm not quite at the abuse of power point at the moment.

[TheButtonmen]

Actually I miscounted!

Safe Behind My Walls

hit the required 5 supports and Mastin seems to be okay with it.

3rd Safe Behind My Walls

because it made me smile when I thought about Mastin triumphantly standing on a wall of walltexts, Jesus-hair and all.

(I can't unsee that image, either. ) Though the meaning behind the title might not be immediately obvious, it's there. It

does

define me a lot. It's not obvious, its first meaning can send off the wrong impression, but if you get the actual meaning...you GET it. So, probably not the best title...but one which I am quite willing to accept.

So we're going to run with it.

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There's been some interesting comments made here recently about title policies, my role and how the process is working which I'd like to address.

For what it's worth--I like The Second Coming as a title, and if Buttons decides to go that route, it's good, but Buttons contacted me about Safe Behind My Walls (and not The Second Coming), and I said that would be okay.

So basically, not my choice at this point. Buttons gets to make the final call on the matter.

That's not entirely true, each title fairy has their own vision of how this whole thing should work. When Oman handed the reigns over to me one of my goals was streamlining the entire titling process to help get titles handed out a lot quicker and with less discussion. As part of this I made it so any title which got five supporters and the recipient's approval was pushed forward rather then having the title fairy make the final call about each individual title.

I think Buttons needs to exercise his authority. Abuse of Rule #5 is causing the spirit of Rule #3 to be violated. People, like mastin (& there have been others), are constantly refusing perfectly fine titles because they want to nudge towards a preferred title.

The Titling on his site has been a fine tradition of "hey, we as a site recognize you as having made a great, funny, and/or super interesting contribution to this site. Here's a title!" to which the recipient responds with "Hey! I don't find that title insulting! So be it!" Then the Title Fairy acts and all are happy.

Now lately it's a series of manipulative jockeying of "no.. that's not quite right. Try again, peons! I DEMAND BETTER!" and the fun is dead.

This happened on your watch, Buttons. Either fix it or let it be your shameful legacy.

However KKhan isn't wrong here, in my attempts to address some of the previous issues which lead to title nominations stagnating I've opened the door to others. While minimizing the role of the title fairy in the process has worked fantastically at times (we've had multiple titles go from initial nomination to me pushing it live in under 48 hours) it has also also let to situations where we've had title nominations going nowhere because nobody made the final call to end the discussion.

Hence why we should stop renomming people right after they reject one. Okay, you didn't like it, see you in six months when you've done something new and different for us to title off of.

This would certainly solve the problem and isn't the worst idea but I agree with Faraday that there are better ways of addressing the issue then making this an explicit rule.

Overall I don't think that these issues are a symptom of an inherent flaw in the current titling process or the result in scummers trying to have too much control over their title but rather it's a failure on my part.

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Going forward from here I need to be more proactive in ensuring that the thread isn't preseverating about a scummers nomination and in reminding myself that the perfect is the enemy of the good when it comes to pushing titles forward.

On that note I'm happy to award Mastin2 the title of

The Second Coming

!

[TheButtonmen]

Why does KK's negative post get to stay and everyone else's gets deleted.

The criticism in this thread re titles was for being too lenient in this process, and now stuff has swung you've swung COMPLETELY in the opposite direction and and negative post is being deleted willy nilly.

WTF.

KK's post was his opinion about one of the titles mastin was nom'ed for, your post was an attempt to be funny.

However feel free to PM me if you've got any further questions, comments or concerns about any acts of moderation I inflict upon this thread.

[TheButtonmen]

Kison ->

#import "haiku.bribe"

What's the story there? While I'm down for revamping old titles I must admit I'm a fan of Kison's current one.

[TheButtonmen]

If you honestly believe that someone noting that you are often debating things is an insult, you should stop doing it.

If you won't or can't stop doing it because "it's just part of who you are", I reckon it's a perfect title.

I agree with Mr.Flay.

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Overall I don't think a nomination being similiar to an existing title disqualifies it and I don't generally agree with the rewarding bad behaviour argument against titles. However given that the extreme similarity to an existing title does somewhat weaken the nomination and we are discussing violations of site rules rather then posting or playing styles I'm not exactly awed by the nomination.

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This thread isn't the place to argue about the merits of lurking.

I'm not thrilled by the title not because of any concern about rewarding bad behavior but instead because it's just decidedly mediocre. A lot of people lurk and simply putting lurker in his title seems incredibly unindividualized and bland.

[TheButtonmen]

Too Much Game

is probably my favourite of the bunch.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by questionable decisions, senses of humour and Oman buggering off I hereby give Tantalas the title of

Too Much Game

!

[TheButtonmen]

What's the story behind

I am the Waffle

?

[TheButtonmen]

Mina what did you name your pets?!

[TheButtonmen]

Flay is absolutely correct on both points there.

[TheButtonmen]

thingamajig

or

thingamijigy

sound better?

[TheButtonmen]

That's five so barring any last second additions I'll run with

Thingmaker

for mollie once I'm home.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by a lack of capitalization or punctuation I hereby give pirate mollie the title of

thingmaker

!

[TheButtonmen]

Eh?

[TheButtonmen]

Cfj ->

Good in Moderation

There a story here?

[TheButtonmen]

Hammered

vs

Hammering Hammered

?

I think I prefer the latter.

[TheButtonmen]

Barring any last second suggestions I'm going to run with

Hammering Hammered

later tonight or tomorrow morning.

[TheButtonmen]

By the power vested in me by some farcical aquatic ceremony, Atë and delusions of competence I hereby give Guyett the title of

Hammering Hammered

!

[TheButtonmen]

Double double is an in'n'out reference?

You would all make for terrible terrible Canadians.

[TheButtonmen]

/in

For what?

[TheButtonmen]

That wouldn't look the best under a name.

[TheButtonmen]

That's a no go, titles must remain profanity free I'm afraid.

That being said I'm sure there's other ways you could communicate this idea.

[TheButtonmen]

My fault when I was resetting Scummies, it's fixed now. Hoopla's birthday title has that icon instead of words so it shows up on the list as a blank spot which makes it identical to the no custom title option (see figure 1).

Figure 1

[TheButtonmen]

Background?

[TheButtonmen]

Anything that involves getting rid of "GD is my wingman" seems like a terrible idea because that is one fantastic title.

[TheButtonmen]

Sadly people don't generally tend to notice when I abuse of power their titles.

Takes a lot of fun out of it.

[TheButtonmen]

I'm still around!

There's just been a complete dearth of new noms and ironically the one we did have people just kept waffling on.

[TheButtonmen]

How can one cats name be so complicated?

[TheButtonmen]

Skullduggery seems to be off point a bit, it sounds more unscrupulous then being tricky.

[TheButtonmen]

Aside from an amused bystander: technically Wet Blanket for FakeGod got five supporters.

No, I don't have anything helpful to say.

In my defense five is a very hard number to count to.

I've got no huge issues with it so I'll run with it when I'm home tonight.