SDMB book contest!

Two things:

  1. Many people have complained that the user title “Charter Member” under their names is too snooty.

  2. SDMB member MonkeyMule, who works for a big NY publishing house, is trying to unload a bunch of books. (Don’t worry, it’s legit.)

Obvious solution: Have a contest!

So, as of now, we’re accepting entries for the Straight Dope New User Title Contest, or StDNUT Contest for short.

Rules:

  1. Only SDMB subscribers can enter. No limit on entries but don’t get ridiculous.

  2. Entries must be posted in this thread.

  3. Proposed user title must be short enough that it could actually BE a user title.

  4. User titles can be either generic (could be used for a whole member category) or tailored to a particular user. If the former, indicate what category you have in mind. If the latter, indicate the user. The user can be you.

  5. You can express your opinion of previous entries but we get to decide who wins.

  6. Monetary or, how shall we say, in-kind contributions won’t help you. OTOH, they couldn’t hurt.

  7. Just kidding. Entries will be judged on the basis of literary merit and whether they make TubaDiva spray pop over the screen.

  8. A user title involving Lynn Bodoni could be really funny. Or it could get you killed. Feeling lucky?

  9. Contest ends whenever we lock the thread, which probably will be late Friday 4/2 or early Saturday. Winner will be announced Monday, probably. Maybe Tuesday.

  10. Prizes:

[ul]
[li]Grand prize - big box o’ books from imprints such as Warner, Little Brown, Hyperion, Arcade, Mysterious Press, Aspect, Miramax, and Backbay[/li][li]1st prize - littler but still respectable box o’ books[/li][li]Three 2nd prizes, each consisting of one copy of The Journals of Eleanor Druse, on which Stephen King’s mini-series “Kingdom Hospital” is based, and one copy Beyond Infinity by Gregory Benford[/li][li]Five 3rd prizes, each consisting of an advance copy (complete with original typos) of Universe on a T-Shirt by Dan Falk and Distant Palaces by Abilio Estevez.[/ul][/li]11. We don’t guarantee that any of the entries will actually get used for a user title, but you never know.

  1. Put in here because who ever heard of a contest with eleven rules?

Let the games begin!

Ed Zotti: The Master’s Master

Zev Steinhardt

jarbabyj
brick in the wall

Doper

Vanquishers of Ignorance

lieu: Driver for Ms. Bodoni

General

Defender of Knowledge

TellMeI’MNotCrazy

Not Crazy.

:wink:

Master Debaters (generic)

Dope Fiends (generic)

I don’t think it is snooty enough, therefore I propose

Superior Being

GQ Mods
Hall Monitor

BBQ Pit Mods
Babysitter

GD Mods
Chancellor

TubaDiva
Oracle

Dooku
Sith Lord

Blind Mammographer

Teeming Million (A Teeming Million, Teemer, Teem-Member)

Pit Pundit

Straight Doper

Member

Payin’ Putz

Slayer Of Ignorance

Part Of The Party

Tres Chic

For Lynn Bodoni:
Angel Of Death (Duh!)

Then, custom titles from a quote or such: lissener “blahblahblah” Ilsa_Lund “Idiot” etc.

I’m not wearing any pants.

Cecilian Mafia

I ripped the idea from your OP.

I want St. Donut as my user title.

General:

Yearly subscriber
Specific to me, Baker:

Only half, only half

I’m actually partial to one suggestion that luluBahrain made, that of Dope Fiend.

-gry

Dang, lulu took mine!

Howzabout:
Cecil B. DeManne

Dope Addicts

Dopers