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Yes, i would like custom titles
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No, i wouldn't
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03-12-2006, 12:09 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Look behind you!
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seeing as a few people seem to want these back, i decided to post a poll/petition (you listenin' buck?) for all those that would like to cast off the generic "member" and "exalted member" titles and get something with a little more...originality.
so post whether or not you'd like this to go ahead and answer the poll above. and maybe if we get enough names then buck will pay attention to this thread.
so get posting!
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03-12-2006, 12:19 PM
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| | | I already posted my view on this in the postcount thread.
But, to add, I really think it would be fair to allow everyone to create a custom title.
With some people having taken advantage of this feature several years back, something of a 'distinction' has been created, and it is only natural that others have been interested in coming up with their own titles.
I suppose the other option is to take it away from those of us who have it, but that is not something I would voluntarily give up. I simply feel the option should be available to all.
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03-12-2006, 12:22 PM
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| | | that's two, now we just need the other 20 gazillion GB members to agree!
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03-12-2006, 12:25 PM
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| | | Not sure if I can actually vote this, being a mod and all. But if I can, you have mine for yay. |
03-12-2006, 12:25 PM
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| | I swear I just saw a post in here about not bludgeoning Buck with polls.... odd.... 
Anyway, if that is a concern, I'd just like to say that petitions are a time-honoured tradition in democratic societies  
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03-12-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench I swear I just saw a post in here about not bludgeoning Buck with polls.... odd....
Anyway, if that is a concern, I'd just like to say that petitions are a time-honoured tradition in democratic societies | Haha, just what I was thinking, DW... 
I like this idea. It just adds some flavour, as said in the other thread. |
03-12-2006, 12:27 PM
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| | That'd be "time honoured ineffective tradition" I think |
03-12-2006, 12:29 PM
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| | | I didn't know you use to get custom names. Is that why dragon wench is a "twisted sister"?
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03-12-2006, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Fiona That'd be "time honoured ineffective tradition" I think | Don't shatter my illusions, isn't SYM a place of absolute and idealised democracy?
@Magelord,
yes
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03-12-2006, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench Don't shatter my illusions, isn't SYM a place of absolute and idealised democracy? | If you say so. *looks dubious*  |
03-12-2006, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon wench Don't shatter my illusions, isn't SYM a place of absolute and idealised democracy? | i was thinking mental institution.
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03-12-2006, 12:32 PM
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| | | On one hand, sure it's nice. If you're really good, you might even succeed at making someone smile for a second with your custom title. But on the other hand: why would you want to customize everything around your post? It's the post that counts. In fact, it wouldn't be horrible if posts had only a name, avatar and join date above them.
What's the point of surrounding your messages with all kinds of texts, quotes and what not? It's really only the name/avatar and message that counts when posting here.
So, while I think a custom title is really nice, I don't think it'll add anything. |
03-12-2006, 12:35 PM
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| | | Umm....people seem to like it? |
03-12-2006, 12:37 PM
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| | | custom titles is another way for us to distinguish ourselves from everybody else, having everybody posting with "exalted member" just makes things boring.
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03-12-2006, 12:38 PM
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| | | It's because you become a conformist to posting, everybody thinks that it's ONLY the post that matters, when I can gain a bunch of images and attitudes from people with different signatures, with more of a post count, with there own title.
For instance, moderator is rather dull if EVERY Mod is named that. But, "Moderator and board bimbo" is a little more unique, thus bringing in the diversity.
Sigs and titles aren't there to make you smile for a second, as a lot of the time you can get what kind of guy/girl that person is just by there sigs or by there custom titles.
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