kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
Love 'em or hate 'em, the new madman and badman have been getting a lot of attention. A large part of the controversy has been due to Oakley's decision to call these things "x-metals", which truly they are not.
Some people, including me, have been coming up with nicknames to call these that differentiates them from "real" x-metals. I think it'd be good for the forum to come to an informal consensus on what to call these, and then voluntarily follow it (though there's always some dissenters...)
Here's the nominees:
neXt-metals - originally coined by me, so far enthusiastically taken up by MJLSr and some others
faux-metals - coined by digi7alph0enix
o-metals - coined by slasher32, I actually like this one better than my "neXt-metals"; simple yet descriptive...
not-metals
new-metals
other-metals
Please vote for your favorite. If you have another one to nominate, please post it. To get it added to the poll, I ask that it follow these guidelines:
- be concise: it should be something quick and simple to type.
- be descriptive: something that captures the difference between these and "real" x-metals.
- not be too derogatory: a little critical is fine but something like "crap-metals" is a bit too much.
- must contain the word "metal" so that we don't get so far away from the original name that people will have a hard time understanding what it being referenced.
However, if you want to post things outside of the above criteria as a joke, feel free. Movie sequel title ripoffs are a good source, such as:
x-metals: Part Deux
x-metals: The Desolation of Smaug
x-metals: Attack of the Clones
Thanks!
EDIT - added:
less-metals
nu-metals
Some people, including me, have been coming up with nicknames to call these that differentiates them from "real" x-metals. I think it'd be good for the forum to come to an informal consensus on what to call these, and then voluntarily follow it (though there's always some dissenters...)
Here's the nominees:
neXt-metals - originally coined by me, so far enthusiastically taken up by MJLSr and some others
faux-metals - coined by digi7alph0enix
o-metals - coined by slasher32, I actually like this one better than my "neXt-metals"; simple yet descriptive...
not-metals
new-metals
other-metals
Please vote for your favorite. If you have another one to nominate, please post it. To get it added to the poll, I ask that it follow these guidelines:
- be concise: it should be something quick and simple to type.
- be descriptive: something that captures the difference between these and "real" x-metals.
- not be too derogatory: a little critical is fine but something like "crap-metals" is a bit too much.
- must contain the word "metal" so that we don't get so far away from the original name that people will have a hard time understanding what it being referenced.
However, if you want to post things outside of the above criteria as a joke, feel free. Movie sequel title ripoffs are a good source, such as:
x-metals: Part Deux
x-metals: The Desolation of Smaug
x-metals: Attack of the Clones
Thanks!
EDIT - added:
less-metals
nu-metals
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