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Tue Feb 13, 2018 3:36 pm
some people will/may be aware of the 'movement' others not,
BUT
there does seem to be a sizeable minority who find their leagues and teams more aesthetically pleasing when the team names have a 'realistic' sound/feel to them - i.e., in the general form of a Geographic location (City/State/Region) and a mascot or totem (think St. Louis Cardinals or New York Yankees) than one that includes team names like
(for example) 'Embarassing Flatulence' or 'Search for Truth' (not saying I have ever seen those names, but you take my point, yes? Names that would probably never appear in professional sports at any level - I readily concede that softball teams worldwide might well have names like that.
Anyway, I found out that the 'NWN' (no weird names) community exists when I created a league a year (maybe 2) ago with the name No Weird Names and it filled almost exclusively w/ teams that followed the 'formula' a 2nd and third league, likewise, and then some other owners have created leagues also w/ 'no weird names' as part of the name and 'unofficial by-laws'
recently, there was one of those league inbox kerfuffles in the most recent league I created when one or more guys entered teams with 'weird names' and some of the purists spoke of it.
a couple of points and a convention, which I anyway, will follow
first, apparently when some people saw I had created the league (and some of the other earliest franchises who had joined) they presumed is was a NWN league. My ego is big enough to be flattered by that (because of thinking I am well known and thought-of-enough in the community that when people see I have created a league it is w/ the NWN 'stipulation')
second, some (I presume) newer players entered teams which did not adhere to the NWN philosophy leading to one of those league-mail spats we all dislike, but sometimes get sucked into
having not specified NWN in the league name or description, I feel a little responsible ,since I realize now (and again, am flattered) that enough opponents know me well enough (and more, care enough) about my preference to presume that NWN was the preference for team names
anyway, to stop boring you and get to the point, I propose (and will use myself) the convention that if a league name includes 'NWN' that the owners who are joining would enjoy reading headlines, recaps, and viewing standings that would be reasonable in 'real life' absent that convention, eg., in auto-leagues, if you are in a division w/ the ABC 123 or the Disgusting Excretions, that is the way it goes.
thanks for listening,
- Patrick
BUT
there does seem to be a sizeable minority who find their leagues and teams more aesthetically pleasing when the team names have a 'realistic' sound/feel to them - i.e., in the general form of a Geographic location (City/State/Region) and a mascot or totem (think St. Louis Cardinals or New York Yankees) than one that includes team names like
(for example) 'Embarassing Flatulence' or 'Search for Truth' (not saying I have ever seen those names, but you take my point, yes? Names that would probably never appear in professional sports at any level - I readily concede that softball teams worldwide might well have names like that.
Anyway, I found out that the 'NWN' (no weird names) community exists when I created a league a year (maybe 2) ago with the name No Weird Names and it filled almost exclusively w/ teams that followed the 'formula' a 2nd and third league, likewise, and then some other owners have created leagues also w/ 'no weird names' as part of the name and 'unofficial by-laws'
recently, there was one of those league inbox kerfuffles in the most recent league I created when one or more guys entered teams with 'weird names' and some of the purists spoke of it.
a couple of points and a convention, which I anyway, will follow
first, apparently when some people saw I had created the league (and some of the other earliest franchises who had joined) they presumed is was a NWN league. My ego is big enough to be flattered by that (because of thinking I am well known and thought-of-enough in the community that when people see I have created a league it is w/ the NWN 'stipulation')
second, some (I presume) newer players entered teams which did not adhere to the NWN philosophy leading to one of those league-mail spats we all dislike, but sometimes get sucked into
having not specified NWN in the league name or description, I feel a little responsible ,since I realize now (and again, am flattered) that enough opponents know me well enough (and more, care enough) about my preference to presume that NWN was the preference for team names
anyway, to stop boring you and get to the point, I propose (and will use myself) the convention that if a league name includes 'NWN' that the owners who are joining would enjoy reading headlines, recaps, and viewing standings that would be reasonable in 'real life' absent that convention, eg., in auto-leagues, if you are in a division w/ the ABC 123 or the Disgusting Excretions, that is the way it goes.
thanks for listening,
- Patrick