Twei
I have a face!
- Location
- the land where they write things
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Shh! You're ruining my strategy of quietly voting for whatever he votes! D:
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Dragon Quest Online (SAO/Worm)
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
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I see absolutely no problems with this course of action. Nope, seems totally reasonable. Totally not going to backfire in interesting ways. Nope. Not at all. Continue doing so.
*begins making popcorn*
- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
Personally, I've always thought that combining beta and cheater to get beater was really, really stupid. I mean, why would you let Cactus of all people give you a nickname?
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Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I know, right? Honestly, it sounds more like he's accusing Kirito of something COMPLETELY different. Well, it seems like that to my juvenile mind, anyway.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Relevant:
Article: Narm
Using "Beta Tester" as some sort of derogatory term. Even worse is when it gets mixed with cheater to make "beater", which... sounds like something else. Also, their reasons for hating "Beta Testers" make them come off as overly-vocal scrubs more than anything given the MMORPG setting.
EDIT: In all seriousness, see also: my signature. I know pretty much nothing about most things and I expect many of the things I do know to be revealed in the next few posts.
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Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I beat you to that one.
...I'm not sorry, and nothing you say will change that.
I am now also tempted to come up with a new version of this insult. And I'm not just going to use 'beta', either, that's just lazy. Hm. I'll get back to you on this.
Edit: Okay, this is what I've come up with as options so far:
-Testee
Accurate, and also somewhat juvenile.
-Guniea Pig
Again, going more with the 'test' part of the theme. Can also be shortened to 'Pigs', if you really want to.
-Lab Rat
See previous. Seems somewhat more derogatory than the prior.
-Respawner
Because they could actually, you know, respawn and try again?
-Easy-Moder
Similar reasoning, it's a lot easier to play a game if you can incorporate trial and error into your results.
-Spoiler
They had information ahead of everyone else, and 'spoil' the game for others. Actually, I think I like this one the best so far. It captures the original intent of the insult a lot better than 'Beater' does, or most of these other ones I've come up with.
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LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
Can we cut down on the snark please? It's already made one person leave.
As for influencing the lexicon, well, the first boss fight was kind of a Big Deal, yo. It stuck in people's memories, even if it is a stupid term.
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
I came to this thread specifically to say this, because it was among the first things I thought of when I saw the change in Alivaril's...sig? That box at the bottom of all his posts. When I asked him, and found out none of you had said it, I was disappointed in you, so I came to thread specifically to post this and did not read anything before it, aside from a few bits on page 14 and the very first story post. As such, I did not know that we had lost someone to a snark attack. My apologies.
Can we cut down on the snark please? It's already made one person leave.
As for influencing the lexicon, well, the first boss fight was kind of a Big Deal, yo. It stuck in people's memories, even if it is a stupid term.
For my snark, not for the pun.
I am also unsurprised by the kvetching. SAO does that to people. On the other hand, this version of SAO seems to be a little different from the original. I suspect Vebyast has modified enough to things to make it interesting.
On a completely unrelated note, if we decide to form a guild, we should totally call it the Debauchery Tea Party. Because Log Horizon reference, and also because I like the name, mostly due to how bizarre it is.
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LostDeviljho
Flame Dragon Princess
- Location
- The glorious Pacific Northwest
- Pronouns
- Any
I'm against that. Not because I dislike the reference, but because I don't like the meaning of the name.
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Technically, the literal translation was "Tea Party of Libertine", which isn't much better, but is slightly better. I'd be cool with any of the guild names from that, I just like the DTP's name for it's bizarreness and how unfitting it is.
BBBence1111
Harbinger of Bad Luck
- Location
- Magyarország
If we make a guild, my vote is on "Test Guild Please Ignore".
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Ah, man BBB, it's been a while. Nice to see ya again! Still love your sig. Anyway, if we're going that route, I.E. silly troll names, how about 'Guildless'?
Jeboboid
Draconic GM
- Location
- United Kingdom
If we do start a guild, (and I hope we will, because what better way to gather a group of friends and have a big house where we can all have shenanigans) we will need to think long and hard about the name, because there are so many directions we could go in with regards to general tone and how others see us.
For example, we could go super serious mcseriousface, and have something utilitarian like "The Clearers" or something. Purely descriptive and straightforward, it would be the serious face to a guild full of derp, or the serious face to a serious guild (though I have no desire to have a serious guild if I'm being honest)
Alternatively, we could be hammy as fuck edgelords and have something like "The Slayers of Sunlight" or "The Dawn Brigade" this idea also amuses me, but for different reasons, because hamminess always amuses me when it's done well.
Finally, we could be abstract and weird by naming our guild something bizarre or confusing, like "Bread" or "Idiots Anonymous". This would put a silly face on what could be a serious guild, and having the most powerful guild in the game named something ridiculous or strange gives me warm feelings inside.
All that aside. We should probably hoard a bunch of prospective names that we like and have a chat if/when we actually make the guild.
For example, we could go super serious mcseriousface, and have something utilitarian like "The Clearers" or something. Purely descriptive and straightforward, it would be the serious face to a guild full of derp, or the serious face to a serious guild (though I have no desire to have a serious guild if I'm being honest)
Alternatively, we could be hammy as fuck edgelords and have something like "The Slayers of Sunlight" or "The Dawn Brigade" this idea also amuses me, but for different reasons, because hamminess always amuses me when it's done well.
Finally, we could be abstract and weird by naming our guild something bizarre or confusing, like "Bread" or "Idiots Anonymous". This would put a silly face on what could be a serious guild, and having the most powerful guild in the game named something ridiculous or strange gives me warm feelings inside.
All that aside. We should probably hoard a bunch of prospective names that we like and have a chat if/when we actually make the guild.
Nixeu
Lord of Madness, Harbinger of Llamas
- Location
- Your nightmares.
Dawn Brigade is more nerdy than edgy, given that it was the name of a small rebel group in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, but meh, I think we should go for something a tad edgy/hammy that is also silly. 'Guildless' kinda fills both, while also trolling people.
Yeah, pretty much my line of reasoning. Similar to the Debauchery Tea Party, even if they were never a guild, per say. I swear they just called themselves that for sh*ts and giggles.
*begins pulling up a word doc*
On it.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
I want this one. It works because we're an AI, which makes us an NPC even though we're actually not.
- Pronouns
- Exist
We're a PNPC! (Player-Non-Player-Character)
BBBence1111
Harbinger of Bad Luck
- Location
- Magyarország
Hello and (armoured fighting vehicles+h)! I'm usually around, just lurking or being too busy to answer something.
(Subtly points out the links in the Sig)
That's a good one too. If you're thinking names like this, "Guild Name" or "None" could also work. Or an empty space if we can do it.
Cat said:
Boring names work, but.... Noone wants to be in "Clearers" or "DPS Guild".
For edge, I'd say something stupid like"Knights of the Blood Oath". Just screams Edgy Kid.
For Ham, call ourselves "Sherwood Archers". Are there archers in this game? Probably no. Should that stop us? Most definitely no.
"Kayaba's finest", "Jackass", "NPC", "Shipping Chart la fathagn"
Gave you a bunch.
Dragonloli123
Bonedad
- Location
- Fifth Layer of the Abyss
What's our gender? I ask because it's been a week and there's still no character sheet.
Jeboboid
Draconic GM
- Location
- United Kingdom
"Hello I'm Dragon and this is Jackass" *jumps off building into bossfight*
Vebyast
Nascent Transhuman
This is a canon character drawn from another setting, specifically Worm. Dragon is an AI but identifies and is recognizable as - and was likely designed to be - female.
I'll paste Dragon's in-game status screen into one of the opening posts when I post the next update, which shouldn't be too far off. I don't expect to have a particularly solid meta-level character sheet.
Dragonloli123
Bonedad
- Location
- Fifth Layer of the Abyss
Well balls I was hoping we were an actual dragon.
- Location
- A single human dimension
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Parahuman Response Team" 
HoratioVonBecker
Imperfectly Aligned
Who is this @Alivaril, and why should I refer to him by such a title?
EDIT: Ah.
For the guild name, I submit Edgelords Anonymous, The Cavalry, Sixth Rangers, and The Blatant Cheaters.
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Liquid Ink
Contains Sleep Deprived Rambling
"The Guild""Parahuman Response Team"
Or how about "A Realistic Guild". Then our acronym can be "ARG", for maximum recursive meta.
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