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UN, there is not a problem here for your solution. This thread would be boring as hell without the occasional joke title nom and etc.-
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In post 584, xRECKONERx wrote:Wait are we really considering meet-based titles after being told point-blank last January that meet-based titles weren't allowed?
And, also, I'm not sure I think of "drunk posting" when I think of singer. Hell, there's a "drunkposting" thread in F62, and the people I think of posting in that thread are Korts, Ythan, and sapo. I don't know if singer has even posted in that thread.
And if she's a notorious drunkchatter in Skype or LoL or scumchat or whatever, that's cool... but I distinctly remember a conversation in this thread about how titles that come from off-site events/groups/communities/social circles can't really work with what titles are supposed to be.
btw, can I be on record as thinking these are silly rules?
As the community both grows and ages, many of its older members are retired from mafia and only exist on the site to interact with the other members socially. There is an area in North Carolina where scummers are slowly but steadily moving to, partially (but probably not entirely <.<) to be with other scummers in real life. As the community matures and we reach the point that many of the people on this site have been friends with other scummers foryearsand might date or even marry these scummers, the site is no longer so easily contained within the bounds of mafiascum.net.
A title doesn't have to just be about something memorable that happened on the site. It has the capacity to be about friends bestowing an acknowledgement on other friends about an aspect of their personality that might not even come through on the site as well as it does outside of the site, but might be a truer indicator of their individuality than "posts one-liners a lot" or "did that funny thing in that game that one time". It has the capacity to acknowledge the way the site's userbase has become more familiar with each other, both offline and on.
Why, then, might someone want to give someone a title on the site for something that happened off-site? It's a way to honor the starting point of the relationship, if nothing else. Many couples return to the place of their first date on anniversaries; it's not so unusual that friends would want to acknowledge their friendship by giving them a title on the site they met on. Personally, I know that if mafiascum.net were to be completely decimated tomorrow with no opportunity for any recovery, there are still people I met on this site whom I would talk to on a daily (or near-daily) basis by means outside of the site. That's more than I talk to many of my real-life friends. And if that's the case for me, than I'm sure it must also be the case for at least some other scummers (hi scumchat).
Titles are not for the people new to the site, and I don't think anyone who's been here a while even really cares if people new to the site will be able to understand an older user's title. It's not there for their amusement. There's even a wait time before anyone can receive a title. We don't waste the effort of coming up with a title on someone who's only going to stick around for 8 months, usually. Maybe it's time for the title rules/guidelines to reflect the way people who've been around a while and are committed to the site's community engage with others of the community, because these are pretty much the only people nommed for titles in the first place.
(P.S. In case it wasn't obvious, I support the singer title effort)-
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I'm with you on that. They're not so casual that we let users make their own titles (and I'm of the opinion it should stay that way), but I feel like trying to go all the way to the other end of the spectrum and make it super formal is no good, either.
As with many things in life, we need a happy medium.-
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well duh. that's what I brought my torch and pitchfork for.
just in case >_O-
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In post 799, MattP wrote:I like it-
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I'm kind of fond of the "Somebody Special" title that was proposed a few months back...
although I might just be overflowing with sappiness lately.Last edited by esuriospiritus on Mon Aug 20, 2012 3:59 am, edited 1 time in total.-
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<.< there, I edited it so it's bolded. So yeah, consider that a nom from me.-
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uhh what.
rach and NS are a thing, yes. I am not involved in that particular thing, I just nommed a title for rach.-
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In post 894, quadz08 wrote:No more with Somebody Special. Please. Stopit. Yes it's adorable, but jeebus, what if they split up? Come on now. Use your brains.
Noooo don't say that, I'll have a sad.-
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In post 911, shaft.ed wrote:its more that he is constantly raging for the last number of months
he seemed to be a lot calmer back in the day
not really sure what happened
people stopped accusing him of being an RC alt...?-
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yesssssssssss
2nded
no fucks given that this probably won't happen and this post was a waste of time-
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bleh,-1.
Nomming someone for a title like a page after they ask for one sets a bad precedent. I also don't think the suggested title is that funny (sorry, zor).-
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In post 1007, Ythan wrote:It's like none of you remember any of the pages before the current one.
hay guise let's give parama a title about how he doesn't want one, THAT'LL BE HILARIOUS-
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Nominate kdowns for Goddamnit
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I was. Or at any rate, tipsy-me thinks sober-me was serious.
I almost accidentally a word there.-
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welllll he kind of has a point, spamming isn't anything original. we've given plenty of people titles for it before and IDK why if it's not something we want to encourage.-
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I was agreeing with you, KK, I guess I just worded it awkwardly.-
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yay, oman likes goddamnit, kdowns :3
actually scratch what I said pre-edit if anyone saw that, just "goddamnit" is slightly better imo <.<-
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yeah,goddamnit,sounds good.
EDIT: er, either spelling. I just tend to type it with the n, myself :X-
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He has a point.
PS: When is kdowns gettingGoddammitalready?
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