Something Completely Different

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Title: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: jimmy jazz on Apr 01, 2023, 02:12 AM
And what were some of the rejected names before you settled on SCD?

Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Janszoon on Apr 01, 2023, 02:15 AM
Quote from: jimmy jazz on Apr 01, 2023, 02:12 AMAnd what were some of the rejected names before you settled on SCD?

"Something Eerily Similar"
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: robhr on Apr 01, 2023, 02:35 AM
You gon get sued by Monty Python and his Flying Circus.
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Lexi Darling on Apr 01, 2023, 04:52 AM
The Cheese Shop
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Guybrush on Apr 01, 2023, 08:56 AM
More than 100 suggestions came up :laughing:

What would generally happen is Trolls wouldn't like my suggestions and I wasn't too keen on his. Something Completely Different was the first we both felt was good enough.

Some suggestions I made:


Domain based suggestions (these would be working URLs and were made based on availability)


Oh, and these are ideas from me that I admitted could be awful:


So had things gone different, we could have been Fetal Attraction.

The one we finally went for was suggested by Trollheart. I'll let him curate his own list of past suggestions to post here if he wants 🙂
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: jimmy jazz on Apr 01, 2023, 01:51 PM
Fools Academy and Satan's Salon sound great.

Fetal Attraction not so much.

For the Record is good also.

My suggestion would have been Boomer Boards. Message board for the more mature Internet surfer. Most of us are 30+ here.

Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Guybrush on Apr 01, 2023, 02:33 PM
I'll admit Fetal Attraction was just an obnoxious joke :laughing:

Gotta put some in there to grab and soak up some of Troll's negative attention and deflecting it from the proper suggestions.
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Trollheart on Apr 01, 2023, 05:55 PM
I really can't remember. Like Tore says, we had a lot of them. I think Traveller's Rest, The Signpost, The Clubhouse may have been some of them. Natter and Babble were two more. We ended on Something Completely Different because - to answer JJ's question - unlike MB, this place is not primarily a music forum, with people then complaining that the subjects range outside of music. It can be about virtually anything, which is different to MB. If not completely. But it is something.
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: SGR on Apr 01, 2023, 09:15 PM
It's completely different because Batlord isn't around.
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: SGR on Apr 01, 2023, 09:20 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/QXxAknv.jpg)
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: jimmy jazz on Apr 01, 2023, 09:48 PM
Quote from: SGR on Apr 01, 2023, 09:15 PMIt's completely different because Batlord isn't around.

Only a matter of time imo.
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Trollheart on Apr 02, 2023, 04:01 AM
Nah he was here, but when he realised he couldn't just throw his toys everywhere and stomp around without any consequences, he fucked off in a huff.
(https://media.tenor.com/dXR4gB5kMFwAAAAC/screw-you-guys-im-going-home-eric-cartman.gif)
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: jimmy jazz on Apr 02, 2023, 03:29 PM
Yeah I know, but eventually he'll be back when this place is more active than MB. Which is probably about now tbh?
Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Psy-Fi on Apr 02, 2023, 05:10 PM
This place definitely seems to have a better vibe (so far) than MB.

Title: Re: What makes this forum 'completely different'?
Post by: Guybrush on Apr 02, 2023, 05:45 PM
Quote from: Psy-Fi on Apr 02, 2023, 05:10 PMThis place definitely seems to have a better vibe (so far) than MB.

I agree with this 🙂 and keeping a good vibe is definitely a priority for us. I don't worry so much about the toxicity of MB coming over because I think we can have a better handle on it (minimize it) here.