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Title: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Invalid on September 14, 2011, 23:12
I actually made my account on this site specifically to submit names to the name rater, I'm not a little kid I just have name ideas that I really want to share, he may decide to flame me, but there are some names that I have noticed he liked and I wanted to see if mine sucked or not. Anyway I've tried to submit before but every time it says he isn't accepting submissions. I guess there's not really anything anyone can say, I just wanted to express that I hope he starts accepting submissions again soon.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Ledyba on September 14, 2011, 23:14
too be honset, we're probably not feeding the Name Rater enough, we've decided to give him a Pot Noodle per 100 names rated~
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Zombiekiller23 on September 17, 2011, 15:18
I put names on here as soon as I got on here, and the names still haven't been rated! grrr :mad:
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Liam on September 17, 2011, 15:35
The name rater has a life and other things to do other than rating nicknames! Be patient because he has LOADS of other nicks to do!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Zombiekiller23 on September 17, 2011, 15:42
The name rater has a life and other things to do other than rating nicknames! Be patient because he has LOADS of other nicks to do!
Yes, I realize that Liam, but it can't possibly ake that long to make fun of someone. Of course I would know....lol!  :tongue2:
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: boyereli4299 on December 11, 2011, 16:02
I have his card! you want one
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Crystal Walrein on December 12, 2011, 17:28
Hey, I submitted some names yonks ago, but knowing him, he's unfortunately (and somewhat by way of his job) a very busy man. Let's all be patient and stop writing letters of complaint, shall we?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: lugia95 on December 12, 2011, 20:40
Last time I checked, you can submit names again.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: IScout0324 on July 07, 2017, 22:34
Strange... It always seems to be full when I try to submit a nickname... Is there any other way I can share my Nicknamed Pokémon?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 07, 2017, 22:39
You just posted in a five year old thread.... :/

You can only wait.... Or give them to me!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: DraconicWings on July 08, 2017, 16:38
I think that the more obvious solution here would be to contact the staff and request that other people be appointed to do the job. This is a good database, but if it's not going to be managed at all, it's kind of a waste. The Name Rater hasn't dive anything in over a year now. Isn't it about time that a few other people get appointed to moderate this aspect of the site?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on July 09, 2017, 20:19
I understand your complaint, but keep in mind that the previous name rater has been ridiculously busy with their own life and some other members have been as well.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Nyanchan on July 10, 2017, 06:08
@the name master: i've noticed that there are at least 1 entire gen of pokemon not even on the list. Honestly, though i wouldn't want to admit it, the site seems rather dead.

Maybe you could make your own name rating thread in the meantime?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 10, 2017, 07:17
@the name master: i've noticed that there are at least 1 entire gen of pokemon not even on the list. Honestly, though i wouldn't want to admit it, the site seems rather dead.

Maybe you could make your own name rating thread in the meantime?
I have in the past. Would everyone be OK if I made another one? *Pushes the people who aren't to the side*
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 10, 2017, 15:20
I mean the attempt was made to such, but for some reason (that I plead the fifth on) it died out. Meanwhile about the new gen of pokemon not being in, the people who update the site also have lives outside of it, meaning you may have to wait a while before that happens. However, if all you're looking for is someone to call you an idiot for naming a pokemon something, I am always happy do that.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Captain Jigglypuff on July 10, 2017, 21:12
I have in the past. Would everyone be OK if I made another one? *Pushes the people who aren't to the side*

I second that suggestion!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on July 11, 2017, 02:24
I mean the attempt was made to such, but for some reason (that I plead the fifth on) it died out. Meanwhile about the new gen of pokemon not being in, the people who update the site also have lives outside of it, meaning you may have to wait a while before that happens. However, if all you're looking for is someone to call you an idiot for naming a pokemon something, I am always happy do that.

It's not so much we have lives outside of it, though we are all busy, but it's also a matter of motivation. The forum does seem dead, and I'm honestly too exhausted (and I have a million other hobbies I want to pursue outside of my work) to really do much with it, on top of being afraid to really do anything with site UI. There's a million other Pokemon sites with raw information.

However, just to avoid being a downer and seeing what can get done, I will make a thread this weekend about activity and what you can do to help. We can definitely add the new generation of Pokemon easily, but getting someone to rate them will be difficult.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 11, 2017, 04:31
That last statement is a bit of a fallacy. Anyone can rate them. Getting someone decent to rate them is the tricky part.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on July 11, 2017, 09:31
It's not. Getting someone to rate them will prove difficult -- because there's a relatively large backlog, and nobody's going to want to work on this that much.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 11, 2017, 10:14
It's not. Getting someone to rate them will prove difficult -- because there's a relatively large backlog, and nobody's going to want to work on this that much.
How about this? Find a new name rater (me) delete all the nicknames waiting to be rated, solving the backlog, then people can start posting again and actually get them rated!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Joeno on July 11, 2017, 10:26
That wouldn't be fair to anyone who has already submitted and has been waiting for ages. Plus the backlog, based on previous experience, will fill up in a few days anyway.

I've added the new Pokemon to the database. I don't have graphics you, so those may look odd for a while.

The job is pretty exhausting and time consuming - you can't just keep repeating the same rating, it's also about being entertaining.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The Hooded Trainer on July 11, 2017, 11:11
Well then maybe get more than one person? Even two or three would lighten the load a good deal. The trick is, of course, finding two or three witty enough people...
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 11, 2017, 11:32
Well then maybe get more than one person? Even two or three would lighten the load a good deal. The trick is, of course, finding two or three witty enough people...
Yeah. I noticed a few names have been rated by someone called "the johto name rater" so we could have a name rater for each region (one for Kanto, one for Johto and so on) so we can have seven name raters!

I think I'd be a great Kanto name rater because I'm a genwunner!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Nyanchan on July 20, 2017, 15:40
Yeah. I noticed a few names have been rated by someone called "the johto name rater" so we could have a name rater for each region (one for Kanto, one for Johto and so on) so we can have seven name raters!

I think I'd be a great Kanto name rater because I'm a genwunner!
That is an idea i second very much. i'm not creative enough to be one, but if there were 7 different raters, things would go much more quickly.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 20, 2017, 15:53
Make me the Kanto name rater! Make me the Kanto name rater! Make me the Kanto! I can dream, can't I?

So who should be the other regional name raters?
Who is Sentret? I've seen him rate a couple of nicknames!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Captain Jigglypuff on July 20, 2017, 18:14
Make me the Kanto name rater! Make me the Kanto name rater! Make me the Kanto! I can dream, can't I?

So who should be the other regional name raters?
Who is Sentret? I've seen him rate a couple of nicknames!

I think Sentret is dead. The Ask Sentret section hasn't been updated for over six years now.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on July 20, 2017, 18:58
I think Sentret is dead. The Ask Sentret section hasn't been updated for over six years now.
What's that?

???

(Don't actually know if punctuation counts as a third word, but this will make it 3+ words)
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Captain Jigglypuff on July 20, 2017, 19:27
Sentret hasn't been active since about 2011. Meaning updating the Ask Sentret section of the site and answering questions. The site's Name Rater must have followed through with his plan to get rid of Sentret.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: blastburnman on August 29, 2017, 05:38
If you guys are still considering the potential of doing Regional Name Raters, I'd be happy to volunteer to be the Hoenn Name Rater. I probably wouldn't be able to get through all of them in a day (probably 5-10 names at a time), but Pokemon Ruby was the first Pokemon game I ever got, and I'd be happy to at least see what other names people come up with (That, and if this would help get The Name Rater actually start to function again, I'd take even more regions to help get some openings...).
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on August 29, 2017, 08:37
I don't mind who the other name raters are, as long as I'm the Kanto name rater!

BTW, what would happen if I came across one of my own nicknames? I can't rate it if I'm a name rater!

EDIT: Don't know if you worked it out yourself, but I wasn't very clear.

The Kanto name rater rates the nicknames of pokemon 1-151, the johto name rater rates the nicknames of pokemon 152-251 and so on.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The Hooded Trainer on August 29, 2017, 10:45
^I dont think thats such a great way of doing it, simply because theres going to be way more people wanting first gen pokemon rated than say 7th gen. It just doesnt seem the best way to split up the work. Honestly, it could be good to have a namerater named after each region, but they should be able to rate any gen and the work should be split up equally between them to really save time.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on August 29, 2017, 11:44
^I dont think thats such a great way of doing it, simply because theres going to be way more people wanting first gen pokemon rated than say 7th gen. It just doesnt seem the best way to split up the work. Honestly, it could be good to have a namerater named after each region, but they should be able to rate any gen and the work should be split up equally between them to really save time.
OK.

The name master as Kanto name rater!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: blastburnman on August 29, 2017, 14:25
^I dont think thats such a great way of doing it, simply because theres going to be way more people wanting first gen pokemon rated than say 7th gen. It just doesnt seem the best way to split up the work. Honestly, it could be good to have a namerater named after each region, but they should be able to rate any gen and the work should be split up equally between them to really save time.
That'd probably be a good idea, actually. After all, there's a lot of Gen 1-3 nicknames, but some of the Kalos Pokemon have no nicknames whatsoever, not to mention the Alola Pokemon which still need to be added. Having the workload split equally between the name raters, either as a 'first-come, first rate' policy or the mods assigning names to them either manually or via program, would work out a lot better.
BTW, what would happen if I came across one of my own nicknames? I can't rate it if I'm a name rater!
As for coming across your own nickname, I think that if you see a nickname you submitted, you could just have another Name Rater rate it. That way, it'll be kept unbiased. (Of course, we still need to wait for the Mods to approve the idea, let alone us becoming the name raters, so... *Shrugs*)
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on August 29, 2017, 15:53
(Of course, we still need to wait for the Mods to approve the idea, let alone us becoming the name raters, so... *Shrugs*)
Do it! Just... DO IT!!! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0)
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: blastburnman on August 29, 2017, 17:11
Do it! Just... DO IT!!! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0)
Oh, I would. It's just that I don't want to end up getting my account banned from the site for jumping the gun.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on August 29, 2017, 17:51
Oh, I would. It's just that I don't want to end up getting my account banned from the site for jumping the gun.
That was more directed at the mods, but OK.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: blastburnman on August 30, 2017, 16:04
Oh, sorry about that, then. Wasn't exactly sure who you were talking to, especially thanks to you quoting me before posting it.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Weepiinbeell on February 19, 2018, 18:32
so... There's no name rater?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on February 19, 2018, 19:44
so... There's no name rater?
Do I count?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: lets all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes on February 19, 2018, 19:49
the original name rater died of extreme loose poops caused by a bad case of name poisoning. the name master is our outsider artist volunteer name rater now.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on February 19, 2018, 20:13
the name master is our outsider artist volunteer name rater now.
At least I would be if people actually posted their nicknames, lol
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on February 20, 2018, 18:48
More like he retired to sunny Ireland Monaco.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Captain Jigglypuff on February 20, 2018, 21:27
What ever happened to Sentret now where on the subject of missing contributors to sections of the site? Sentret rated nicknames a few times. All the info pages are severely outdated and the news section hasn’t been updated since ORAS were announced. Heck even the Caption Contest went untouched for nearly two years. Who is supposed to keep that stuff up to date? The Pokémon of the Week section not being updated I get since Ritchie became busy with other things irl but the rest ii don’t get.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on February 21, 2018, 03:26
^Could be a reason. I thought Rich left because him and Raven got into it (yet again) . When I asked them both to back down, he (Rich) wouldn't and left.

Mostly everyone just has too little time to spend updating everything, and by now we're uber behind.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on February 22, 2018, 03:52
Please don't focus on drama.

Pages will not really be updated in the near future unless a user really wills it. As it stands, I don't know anyone who is willing or able enough to bring news. We pretty much need someone young and energetic that's willing to work with us (and more or less for us and for free, or I could shell out money but I'm not sure I make enough to do that) because I have very little ability to work behind the scenes with our website.

I also don't have the energy to do anything but post sometimes, but I am willing to work with people.

The other admins are older than I am so basically everything I go through but worse.

At this point, we need a niche because there are other websites people will use for information. There is absolutely no competing with that no matter how much we try. We need to seize upon quirkiness and more or less "alternative" content.

Some examples are well written fanon articles, cool conspiracies and articles about Pokemon, cool nitbits about the history of Pokemon, etc. Just fun little fan entered things would be pretty cool to put on the site. That's kind of what I've had planned but not really had some of the time or energy to fully execute. I've also generally only written about it a few times in passing.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Joeno on February 22, 2018, 07:56
Yeah, available time has always been the issue. We had plenty when we were young, still in school and with long holidays to work. I'm at the place now where I have a job that I love, but that eats up a lot of the creative energy that I used on my projects for the site.

I'm happy to try and help out where I can, show people the ropes on most systems, and I'll keep running what we have (I checked the caption contest and it looks like that's completely up to date again) - I have been trying to keep on top of all discussions - but for anything new, we'd need someone who can keep things running, has the time to do so and is able to.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Captain Jigglypuff on February 22, 2018, 22:09
I’d help us I only have an iPad to work on and I don’t have the time to work on the site.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: jeremy1555 on March 08, 2018, 18:43
I hope he answers them all soon I have some ideas too!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on March 08, 2018, 18:47
I hope he answers them all soon I have some ideas too!
I'm always free, though you'll have to look for the thread in general pokemon discussion.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on March 10, 2018, 18:37
Well, I've been secretly in the process of making some hires. They could introduce themselves as early as tomorrow!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on March 10, 2018, 20:42
Well, I've been secretly in the process of making some hires. They could introduce themselves as early as tomorrow!
I wonder who it'll be!

I won't be dissapointed either way!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The Name Rater on March 11, 2018, 00:04
Well, I've been secretly in the process of making some hires. They could introduce themselves as early as tomorrow!

Oi! You right there! You're a Senior Staff Member? I quickly checked your history and you submitted this nickname on April 26th, 2007:

Vanguard Ike the Tyranitar
Simply because Tyranitar is my favorite Pokemon and my current name is Vanguard Ike. Also, for your information, my current position is name rather hater ;)

And you think YOU can choose my replacement?! The nerve of this man! Or this manlet resembling a man! He names his favorite Pokemon after himself because his life has gone so horribly that he wishes he were a 2D dinosaur. That, my friends, is who you all trust to interview and pick a new name rater?

Oh you... wait, I remember you now. You were the third or fourth runner-up of the Name Rater contest. I did not want to dedicate my memory to remembering which one you were. Hahahaha! I rejected you and you couldn't wait to replace me! It all makes sense.

Fun fact: I vouched for him, not because I thought he was funny, but I thought he was so unfunny that I would make it seem like he had a chance... so I could crush his dreams.

Time to pick up where I left off.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on March 11, 2018, 09:37
^OMFG! The name rater! His first time back in ages and the first thing he does is insult someone!
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on March 12, 2018, 00:22
Well that's his job. Just saying. I just find it funny that Raven got it this time considering usually he's the one dishing out wit and judgement.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: The name master on March 12, 2018, 07:32
Wait! If the name rater's back, does this mean I'm not gong to be rating anyone names anymore? T_T
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on March 12, 2018, 23:55
Well time to hit the classifieds for another job then.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: sylar on March 30, 2018, 02:31
cant believe i wasnt contacted for this so i can bully teens online again. i cant do it as a hobby anymore i need a reason.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on March 30, 2018, 15:51
Why wouldn't you do it as a hobby?
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on April 01, 2018, 18:07
cant believe i wasnt contacted for this so i can bully teens online again. i cant do it as a hobby anymore i need a reason.
sadly the name rater yelled at me when i only tried to find people to help lol, I'm kinda mad but at least he's doing stuff again
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Sappy on April 03, 2018, 01:06
That name rater contest was awesome! I was in the final of that too, I think.. - oh the good ol’ days.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: DraconicWings on April 20, 2018, 19:18
What authority does he have over you if you're a senior staff member? Besides, there are times that he… well, goes way, way too far. There need to be some rules.

Example:
"You have inspired me to name my Lucario, "Loba1024's mom," because they're both full of fur."

That is genuinely horrifying, not to mention disgusting.

And honestly, it would be worth going back to leaving honest reviews of decent names in the (unfortunately relatively rare) event that there's actually some good reasoning behind the name itself. There are more than enough bad names for him to insult without actually roasting good names.

While some of his insults are funny, many are tedious, some aren't fair, and some, like the one listed above, are just unacceptable. Just because he's a mod doesn't make that kind of insult, or racist slurs okay. I can't remember where it was, but I recall him making an antisemitic comment as a rating. It's also not good when he actually does something malicious like leaving something up because he hopes a spoiler will ruin someone's day. If anyone else did things like that, it'd be a bannable offense. But since people can't respond to his ratings, no flame wars can start at least, but does that give him the right to do that?

The Name Rater doesn't own the site, and you shouldn't act like he does. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against him, but there has to be some sort of limit on what he can say. Starting with sexual implications involving members of the user's family, racism, and sexism.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on April 20, 2018, 23:16
I understand your complaint, but the name rater has been snippy and willing to go beneath the belt since inception. In fact, the name rater is "punching someone in the crotch" personified, and that is something that he will not be able to change anytime soon. Especially since that is the reason the majority come here.

That is also not racist or sexist (at least in a discriminatory way.)  That is just low hanging fruit, and calling someone's mom a furry isn't...  Really that bad. I'm not sure if you've ever looked through the ratings through the history of the website, but there hasn't been that much better.

If there is racism in any way, you can check my internet history and you will see I am the first to jump on it. The name rater has actively had to report actually offensive nicknames with slurs and everything to administration.

It is a stylistic choice, and those kinds of jokes happen by design. There's nothing really blatantly sexual in the name raters ratings and if you can point to actual examples of racist, sexist, or sexual name rater ratings and PM them to me I am more than happy to look it over and discuss with him.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: DraconicWings on April 22, 2018, 14:58
You sound kind of naïve if you actually think that he meant the guy's mom was a furry. There's a blatant innuendo there.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: SirBlaziken on April 22, 2018, 16:40
To be fair, if your mind goes there, it's your fault for seeing the innuendo. While there are some instances where it's obvious, many cases that are questionable are left to the reader and most of the time it isn't always the worst.
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: sylar on April 24, 2018, 15:45
You sound kind of naïve if you actually think that he meant the guy's mom was a furry. There's a blatant innuendo there.

whats the innuendo
Title: Re: Name Rater Too Backed Up
Post by: Lord Raven on April 28, 2018, 05:02
You sound kind of naïve if you actually think that he meant the guy's mom was a furry. There's a blatant innuendo there.
Hi,

I believe I asked you to PM me if there are issues. I also believe you ignored the entirety of my post if that is what you got out of it.

Please explain yourself, via PM. I am doing this for your good, not mine, because doing this in public will be very unproductive because people will openly participate and it won't be pretty really for either of us. I (and many, MANY others) genuinely have zero idea what that is innuendo for; I'm 99.999% sure he's literally calling his mother either a furry or ridiculously hairy. It's low hanging fruit, but there's absolutely nothing sexual about it. Anything sexual you take out of this one is pretty much on you; it's very unambiguous to everyone here.

And again, if you want to talk more about this, PM me or message me on Discord. That would be the easiest way to establish a dialogue. Calling me naive doesn't explain it to me in the slightest. Obviously, it's not obvious to others, so you have to *really* detail it.

If you throw an accusatory tone at me again instead of PMing me (or actually explaining yourself), I will warn you for spamming. As it stands, calling me naive is regressive towards your cause, because it shows me that your intention is to grandstand and not make a substantial point.