How about substituting "pants" as in the long running LoTR thread game?
"Istanbul got Pantsed!"
I like books. I just don't want to take on too much. Do they have an introduction to the modern blurb?
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Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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DavidS - Feb 25, 2004 12:39:17 pm PST #6906 of 10005
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aims - Feb 25, 2004 12:51:36 pm PST #6907 of 10005
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like "Istanbul got Spazzed." It's total context. Like "foamy" as someone brought up earlier.
kat perez - Feb 25, 2004 1:27:21 pm PST #6908 of 10005
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I love all the verbizing of nouns going on in here. Döppelkat would be so proud. I also love "Istanbul got spazzed." but if it's going to ruffle a lot of feathers, I'd just as soon go with "Istanbul got pantsed." (Keep the verbize alive)
Kat - Feb 25, 2004 2:40:00 pm PST #6909 of 10005
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Döppelkat would be so proud.I am so proud!! But I'm against spazzed, though less than spaz (the non-verbed form) for all the reasons stated.
I'm also against the announcements in press, not because of tedium, but because of redundancy. There's few other instances where we post "Hey! We're talking about this in this thread right now!"
DXMachina - Feb 25, 2004 3:12:01 pm PST #6910 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
There's few other instances where we post "Hey! We're talking about this in this thread right now!"
Yeah, but in the case of the deathmatches, they work better if as many participants as possible are in the thread while they are going on, so it's a little different than the rest of the threads.
The notices don't bother me much.
RobertH - Feb 25, 2004 3:37:48 pm PST #6911 of 10005
Disaffected college student
The notices don't bother me much.
I'll write this real tiny, in the hopes that it will convey my meekness and desire for not angry-making:
The last 25 posts in Press span 8 days--the 25 before those, 9 more days. Amongst all the threads here, it's one of the easiest to keep up with, even with the deathmatch notices.
P.M. Marc - Feb 25, 2004 3:45:51 pm PST #6912 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The last 25 posts in Press span 8 days--the 25 before those, 9 more days. Amongst all the threads here, it's one of the easiest to keep up with, even with the deathmatch notices.
My issue with it isn't the easy-to-keep-up-with aspect, it's the irritation factor of clicking press (because that's where Important Announcements live, so in theory, all of us should be checking Press) only to find that it's another Deathmatch notice.
I can understand announcing it when one character starts, but for continuing an ongoing match, NSM.
This has come up before, when people were posting every single possibly interesting news item in there, but there are people who don't keep up with the board, but keep up with the community, and who ONLY check Press and Beep Me. So, sure, it's the easiest thread to keep up with, but there are good reasons for keeping the signal to noise ratio low, and we know there's a thread where deathmatches occur, we can figure from the rise in post count that they're going on, and we really don't need to have it announced every single time, because at that point, it's noise.
RobertH - Feb 25, 2004 3:54:59 pm PST #6913 of 10005
Disaffected college student
My issue with it isn't the easy-to-keep-up-with aspect, it's the irritation factor of clicking press (because that's where Important Announcements live, so in theory, all of us should be checking Press) only to find that it's another Deathmatch notice.
Ah. I think of Press as Just Another Thread to Read--not to mention that most of the actual Important Announcements have no bearing on me personally, anyway.
P.M. Marc - Feb 25, 2004 4:00:44 pm PST #6914 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Ah. I think of Press as Just Another Thread to Read--not to mention that most of the actual Important Announcements have no bearing on me personally, anyway.
See, and it (and Beep Me) are specfically designed to NOT be JATtR. Which is why when (Press in particular) they slide that way, I at least get a skosh uncomfortable.
Wolfram - Feb 25, 2004 4:12:32 pm PST #6915 of 10005
Visilurking
I am a little fuzzy on the difference between Press and Beep Me even though one says General Announcments and one say Personal Announcements. Where would a birth announcement go? A barbecue invitation? A link to pictures from W&HAR?
But I do know they're both tread-lightly, natter-free, not-just-another-thread threads. :)