I've thought this one through and I think I was wrong. Clearly there was a lot of support for the title and a lot of reasoning behind it. I think I've made a mistake by not accepting it the first time around, so I'm
accepting
it now. But I maintain that we shall not go willy-nilly with first-name titles and the like in the future.
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Nominee:
GreyICE
Title:
50 Shades of NICE / Fifty Shades
Fairy Opinion:
Eh? All these really do is attempt to enhance or improve the current title. I agree with Psyche in that 50 Shades of NICE could really be taken out of context a few more months away from ChicagoMeet. It may seem to some that 50 -> Fifty is a small change, but I like it. "Fifty Shades" is just better-looking to me than "50 Shades". So InflatablePie's slight amendment of Fifty Shades is
accepted
.
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Nominee:
Ranger
Title:
{Top, Tier} and variations
Fairy Opinion:
I'm not really familiar with Ranger, but I like this title! It's pretty signature and representative of her reads, and if they are truly good reads, then it's a very worthy and fitting title. I like it with the brackets because that makes it more unique. I'm
accepting
{Top, Tier}.
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Nominee:
Flameaxe
Title:
This 7
Fairy Opinion:
We had a nice discussion about this title and Flameaxe's current title in the SUPP Discord chat. Ether was there to discuss the old one, "Comma Police"; it's from a post restriction in a marathon game. On the other hand, BPC and Shadoweh (and Reck in thread) have explained "This 7" and how it pertained to SurvivorMeet.
I mean, I had no idea how "Comma Police" was relevant to Flameaxe. And I know we're in the moment of SurvivorMeet, so who knows how quickly this will fade, but I think it is most certainly more fitting than the current title. I also like that "This 7" seems sort of clunky when an outsider looks at it, but it's really easily explained. I'm
accepting
This 7.
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So yeah. Everyone has 48 hours to approve and further discuss these titles!
In post 699, Chevre wrote:Nominee: Flameaxe
Title: This 7
Fairy Opinion: We had a nice discussion about this title and Flameaxe's current title in the SUPP Discord chat. Ether was there to discuss the old one, "Comma Police"; it's from a post restriction in a marathon game. On the other hand, BPC and Shadoweh (and Reck in thread) have explained "This 7" and how it pertained to SurvivorMeet.
I mean, I had no idea how "Comma Police" was relevant to Flameaxe. And I know we're in the moment of SurvivorMeet, so who knows how quickly this will fade, but I think it is most certainly more fitting than the current title. I also like that "This 7" seems sort of clunky when an outsider looks at it, but it's really easily explained. I'm accepting This 7.
As someone who mods this board, and has met Flameaxe in person, I have no idea what "Comma Police" or "This 7" refer to.
This is from the mafia PT of a game that just ended. Read the thread up to that point. One of his scumbuddies called him Shea and he was so uncomfortable with the situation that his behavior in response to it caused his scumbuddy to replace out. Giving him a title that encourages more people to call him Shea seems like an absolutely awful idea.
In post 715, DeathRowKitty wrote:At the risk of taking all sorts of ire for this, Shea is a terrible title.
In post 14, Thestatusquo wrote:I am deeply uncomfortable with you having enough familiarity with me to call me by my first name but not being able to tell me who you are.
I'm not going to tell you to replace out, but I
am
uncomfortable playing under those circumstances.
This is from the mafia PT of a game that just ended. Read the thread up to that point. One of his scumbuddies called him Shea and he was so uncomfortable with the situation that his behavior in response to it caused his scumbuddy to replace out. Giving him a title that encourages more people to call him Shea seems like an absolutely awful idea.
I don't understand how it is relevant that I was uncomfortable with my scumbuddy being unwilling to tell me who they were when they clearly knew who I was.
Shea, DRK is not trying to be an asshole, it's a valid point. I get both sides, and I understand why you were uncomfortable in the situation, but this is should be discussed.
I agree this needs to be discussed. It is a bizarre title on its own being just a first name but with the addition of that incident just makes me feel uneasy about it.