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Title: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: DraconicWings on July 25, 2016, 20:29
I'm uncertain as to whether or not this is a good idea, considering how many bad nicknames there are, but if anyone can prove they're educated and capable enough to leave a decent brief critique, I don't see why one person should have all the nicknames dumped onto him.

So I was thinking that more people should be added to the team. That way, names would be rated faster, thereby allowing more people to submit their Nicknames and heave them rated, and there would be less work for everyone.

The 'new hires' would either send reviews for specific names to the Name Rater, where he could approve/dismiss them and post the rating as his own, or they would just do it themselves.

There would have to be certain criteria that would need to be addressed of course:

Can they differentiate between a good name and a bad one (obviously)?
In the case of a decent name, can they write a good, brief review of it?
And in the case of a bad name, can they explain what is wrong with it.
And in the case of especially bad names, can they demonstrate the appropriate amount of Name Rater cruelty?

These traits would have to be evaluated, but I think that this might be a good idea. Thoughts?
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on July 25, 2016, 21:02
I'm uncertain as to whether or not this is a good idea, considering how many bad nicknames there are, but if anyone can prove they're educated and capable enough to leave a decent brief critique, I don't see why one person should have all the nicknames dumped onto him.

So I was thinking that more people should be added to the team. That way, names would be rated faster, thereby allowing more people to submit their Nicknames and heave them rated, and there would be less work for everyone.

The 'new hires' would either send reviews for specific names to the Name Rater, where he could approve/dismiss them and post the rating as his own, or they would just do it themselves.

There would have to be certain criteria that would need to be addressed of course:

Can they differentiate between a good name and a bad one (obviously)?
In the case of a decent name, can they write a good, brief review of it?
And in the case of a bad name, can they explain what is wrong with it.
And in the case of especially bad names, can they demonstrate the appropriate amount of Name Rater cruelty?

These traits would have to be evaluated, but I think that this might be a good idea. Thoughts?
I'd love to rate nicknames! I'm the name master! The only reason my insults aren't "name rater cruelty" in my nickname rating thread is because of the forum rules (don't want to break the rules by being nasty! ;))
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Shaymin on July 25, 2016, 21:36
we had a competition for this years back and boy it ended badly
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Petzbreeder on July 25, 2016, 21:37
I'm hopeless at coming up with nicknames. I once gave a Bidoof the nickname Bakana Baka, which means stupid idiot in Japanese.
See for yourself ばかなばか.

The nickname works though, Bidoof does look a little stupid.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on July 25, 2016, 21:53
Be honest! Who thinks I'd make a good name rater?
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 25, 2016, 21:56
I mean in theory it sounds like a good idea, but in all honesty if someone was the right person for it, I think Joeno or another admin would've approached them by now about it. Plus shaymin said that the last contest that happened ended horribly, so I don't think it'll happen.

The only reason my insults aren't "name rater cruelty" in my nickname rating thread is because of the forum rules (don't want to break the rules by being nasty!)

The actual name rater insults people quite easily without breaking forum rules. It's all about being witty and sarcastic instead of being flat out nasty.

Be honest! Who thinks I'd make a good name rater?

And this is just asking for someone to start a flame war.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on July 25, 2016, 22:23
The actual name rater insults people quite easily without breaking forum rules. It's all about being witty and sarcastic instead of being flat out nasty.
I'm sure I've seen him swear. If so, how come he can swear and we can't?

And this is just asking for someone to start a flame war.
Is it?
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 25, 2016, 22:27
It's a forum rule that anything past Hell/Damn is too far.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Pam-the-Lamb on July 25, 2016, 22:42
 
Spoiler: show
Lmao the Name Rater slated me for slagging off the Welsh because I called my Grumpig Mochyn aha.


 Definitely could do with some volunteers though to help things go along since the actual Name Rater/s must have their own lives to attend to with jobs and commitments.

 Ngl, I'd be happy to help since I've been here for ages and it'll be nice to put something back into the site instead of talking about the gym on RR.

 Idk, Papa J would probably want to know the person irl in case they go off the rails and start throwing some serious shade at all the kids submitting nicknames since it'll be bad for the site for someone to be called something horrendous because a volunteer came home drunk one night and thought it was hilarious.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Joeno on July 26, 2016, 07:48
As you may expect, we don't comment on any behind the screens work of the name rater.

Here's something to talk about though: If you exclude yourself, which other member would do well as name rater?
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: sans the skeleton on July 26, 2016, 15:06
not to blow my own horn but id be happy to help considering the act of actually emulating my favourite brand of snark would ironically help me vent those emotions out

now that also said, sorry for throwing you under the bus, sylar, but sylar would also be similarly awesome at it
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 26, 2016, 15:59
a volunteer came home drunk one night and thought it was hilarious.

I mean that wouldn't be too much of a problem for me atm curse drinking laws in the US

Here's something to talk about though: If you exclude yourself, which other member would do well as name rater?

I didn't think I would be the best choice in the world in the first place. Muhed if he was more active here would be a good choice imo because his sarcasm and wit is as sharp as an aegislash. Poison also wouldn't be a bad choice either.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Shaymin on July 26, 2016, 16:17
i think muhed/raven (am i thinking of the same person??????? we just don't know) has responsibilities on other sites. but then again my garbage brain may be getting mixed up.

idk tho i'd certainly like to help out. i guess i could bring a confused/apathetic kind of "i can't believe you made me read this with my own two eyes" vibe.

as for other members, i think poison and sirblaziken would be good choices, depending on the kind of humour you're aiming for, or any of the older members who've been around forever that still come on i guess
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 26, 2016, 16:28
^Muhed and Raven are the same person yes. I kinda wish he was able to be more active because it's almost as if him and the name rater are blood. Thanks for the compliment though.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Petzbreeder on July 26, 2016, 16:34
then again my garbage brain may be getting mixed up.

I get a little mixed up with a few things myself from time to time.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Lord Raven on July 26, 2016, 18:51
i have responsibilities everywhere but i can still make time for here. I check this place every day. i only moderate like one forum that's not too active and manage a stream that a bunch of my friends at another place tend to join in on.

but like that's not really the point, the point is that xhanatos/beth would actually be pretty funny at this
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 26, 2016, 19:13
Ok, so imma just help Joeno out a little bit and make a list of people suggested and who nominated them:

-Poison (Shaymin, SirBlaziken)
-SirBlaziken (Shaymin)
-Muhed (SirBlaziken)
-syler (Poison)
-Beth (Pretty much everyone)
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: sans the skeleton on July 26, 2016, 19:35
beth would be great at this indeed yeah
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on July 26, 2016, 20:50
While Beth is off doing whatever, we're pretty much starting a fan club for her.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on July 26, 2016, 22:44
I'd love to be a name rater!
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: lets all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes on August 01, 2016, 14:02
aw crumbs, you lot are real sweet (http://i67.tinypic.com/2utk9w8.gif) i should really get out of RR more, soz for being late and looking hella aloof and indifferent


im rly honoured but i dont think i'd be a good pick unfortch, i have real trouble doing Snark at people submitting names n stuff. i'd worry id be really nasty and upset some people and like, idk, make them cry or something and really ruin their day. i know the idea is to go "Greenleaf? for a meganium? that'd be a good name if i was like, looking in the Dorling Kindersley book of Overly Simplistic Metaphorical Devices for Literal Babies Who Poop Hard in their Diapers Ages 2 to 3 2 to 21 now thanks to you"

but ugh id be so bad at sustaining that and id feel like a mega jerk cos shock horror im actually really bad at being horrible cos it Distresses Me a whole lot. kinda having to go on a Snark Diet cos giving that Weird n Bitter part of me any more time than absolute neccesary is bad news for me rn.

thank u for thinking of me tho, it means a lot. <3 maybe sometime in the future if i ever Get Better???




i mean im still gonna wedgie the hecking heck out of all of you NERDS and steal ur lunch money cos ur all DORKS  //hella blushing// and its n-not like i like any of you lot! //turns away and looks at my private drawing done in crayon of me w my puk buddies hangin out and having fun and there are balloons and i bake a ditto cake n poliwhirl themed cinnamon rolls 4 everyone to enjoy and the wifi frequencies in ther room are alive with hella pokemon trading n battling// aaaaa i love them all so much DONT FORGET, YOURE ALL JERKS //beth awkwardly runs away, stumbles twice//
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on August 01, 2016, 14:52
I think that last paragraph pretty much explains why Beth would be a great name rater.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Lord Raven on August 01, 2016, 20:33
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i'd worry id be really nasty and upset some people and like, idk, make them cry or something and really ruin their day.

i...  think this is the job
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Kpyna on August 02, 2016, 01:10
I think having other name raters would be a fantastic idea! Of course don't nominate me because my life is so busy right now. But if you look a bunch of names are submitted every day and I think if we had 2 or 3 name raters names would get pushed through quite a bit easier.

I like the idea of Beth being a name rater too, but if we all nominated her then there wouldn't be much of a mystery about who this guy is. If a bunch of 12 year old newbies knew it was Beth pooping all over their favorite nicknames it might be an ish!
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: SirBlaziken on August 02, 2016, 19:13
So yeah, it's an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond Beth here for the most part, that everyone is being modest about how they'd be good at name rating.
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: OmegaDelta on September 23, 2016, 15:55
To be a name rater you must be smarter than a bloody chimpanzee and to name a Pokemon you must be smarter than a dung beetle. I'd say you're over qualified
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: sylar on September 23, 2016, 16:16
To be a name rater you must be smarter than a bloody chimpanzee and to name a Pokemon you must be smarter than a dung beetle. I'd say you're over qualified

like most jobs ive applied to it seems im underqualified for this one too then
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on September 23, 2016, 16:35
To be a name rater you must be smarter than a bloody chimpanzee and to name a Pokemon you must be smarter than a dung beetle.
I guess I'd be good at being a name rater then!

I'd love to be a name rater, then I can Insult people!
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: Shaymin on September 23, 2016, 17:55
I guess I'd be good at being a name rater then!

I'd love to be a name rater, then I can Insult people!
it's not just about insulting people lol. you've never been subtle in any of ur posts hence why ur probably not the best candidate
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: The name master on September 23, 2016, 20:06
it's not just about insulting people lol.
It partly is!

you've never been subtle in any of ur posts
Yeah, but I can learn how to be!
Title: Re: Name Rater Apprentices
Post by: KWG08C on December 11, 2016, 20:53
Hello, I surely would love to apply for a name rater position. I know I am just a "new comer" however I don't really lose anything by trying right? That and the idea by itself did sound funny so why not give it a try <=w=>/)

I think giving/posting a special form for aspirants/apprentices would also be nice so you could further examine them (but it's fine if you don't really want to consider this, it is just my opinion).

And even when it might be slightly off topic, may I please know how to submit a nickname for the name rater to review (or crap on)? Unless I am a complete moron (which could very well be a possibility) I don't seem to find an option for me to submit a nickname.

Anyways, thanks for taking the time to read what I had to say and have a nice day.