A new name for the forums? Submit ideas here

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Should I just stop now?!

Yep.

I think single words are best. Punchier and more memorable.

If I had to choose one of my suggestions, I'd go with CULTUREVOX. Rolls off the tongue well, rhymes with Ultravox, no one else using it etc.

I don't like those colours. Comes across as a bit too "Irish Republican dissidents" for my liking. (cf. The Irish Tricolour flag).

Dragonpol wrote:

Forum email to all members asking for submissions or a poll where all interested/active members can vote on a list of agreed new names for the relaunch of the site?

Yes. Secret ballot is the answer, though PMs would be enough.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Forum email to all members asking for submissions or a poll where all interested/active members can vote on a list of agreed new names for the relaunch of the site?

Yes. Secret ballot is the answer, though PMs would be enough.

Thanks for the clarification, dear LS. We need more members like you here! You certainly keep things afloat!

Dragonpol wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Should I just stop now?!

Yep.

I think single words are best. Punchier and more memorable.

If I had to choose one of my suggestions, I'd go with CULTUREVOX. Rolls off the tongue well, rhymes with Ultravox, no one else using it etc.

I don't like those colours. Comes across as a bit too "Irish Republican dissidents" for my liking. (cf. The Irish Tricolour flag).

Sorry, forgot you're Northern Irish. Don't worry, I have no Republican sympathies. I chose the colours at random.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Should I just stop now?!

Yep.

I think single words are best. Punchier and more memorable.

If I had to choose one of my suggestions, I'd go with CULTUREVOX. Rolls off the tongue well, rhymes with Ultravox, no one else using it etc.

I don't like those colours. Comes across as a bit too "Irish Republican dissidents" for my liking. (cf. The Irish Tricolour flag).

Sorry, forgot you're Northern Irish. Don't worry, I have no Republican sympathies. I chose the colours at random.

Yes! Can you tell I'm a unionist, then?! :)

I know it was only random - only pulling your leg. BUT DON'T USE THEM. ;)

More name suggestions:

BIG HOUSE CULTURE
CULTUREPOINT (like COUNTERPOINT)
DEGREES OF CULTURE
THE CULTURAL HIGHWAY
CULTUREBOOK (FACEBOOK inspired)
POINT, CULTUREPOINT
THE CULTURE BAZAAR
THE CULTURE LOUNGE
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
THE 1953 VINTAGE
VINTAGE CULTURE
CULTUREAMA
CULTUREGATE (a la Watergate, Nipplegate etc.)
CULTURE CLUB (that last one's not mine...)

Block me before I go and think of more!!! :)

Want to rake in more users?

P0RN PALACE

A couple of Fleming chapter titles that may or may not be good...

-Pink Lights and Campagne
-The High Table
-The Hastening Saloon

Square Eyes, Round Table - for everything seen and heard

When All Is Said And Done - we've barely begun

A Watcher wrote:

Square Eyes, Round Table

I like that. Got a certain ring to it, like a haiku.

Largo's Shark wrote:

A Watcher wrote:

Square Eyes, Round Table

I like that. Got a certain ring to it, like a haiku.

I told you A Watcher could be very useful around here. I told you.

Dragonpol wrote:

Yes, CULTUREVOX is quite simple and nice and snappy.

Sure, but I'm getting visions of Boy George and synthesizer bands.

Loomis wrote:

Dragonpol wrote:

Yes, CULTUREVOX is quite simple and nice and snappy.

Sure, but I'm getting visions of Boy George and synthesizer bands.

Culture Club and Ultravox?

Indeed.

Largo's Shark wrote:

It's possible that our name has been tarnished by some of the controversies over the last year. It's not like Bond and Beyond has a major fan following on Facebook who'd be confused by the name change. It'd be a way of wiping the slate clean. A fresh start.

I see where you're coming from but I think rebranding because of our "controversies" would be a bad PR move. I can see James Page jerking off over it.

I do like the name Culturevox, though. It's cool.

Jack Wade wrote:

I see where you're coming from but I think rebranding because of our "controversies" would be a bad PR move. I can see James Page jerking off over it.

Can't we drop the grudges against James Page et al, and try to be bigger men for it?

Jack Wade wrote:

I do like the name Culturevox, though. It's cool.

Yeah, and only Brits of a certain age will get the synth pop reference.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Jack Wade wrote:

I see where you're coming from but I think rebranding because of our "controversies" would be a bad PR move. I can see James Page jerking off over it.

Can't we drop the grudges against James Page et al, and try to be bigger men for it?

I honestly couldn't care less about JP or MI6 and I certainly have no grudges. It might just look bad if it seems like to outsiders that we're doing damage control.

Jack Wade wrote:

It might just look bad if it seems like to outsiders that we're doing damage control.

We already look bad to outsiders. See recent posts made my 'A Watcher.'

Largo's Shark wrote:

A Watcher wrote:

Square Eyes, Round Table

I like that. Got a certain ring to it, like a haiku.

It is a bit Crouching Forum, Hidden Members isn't it (not a serious suggestion)

Screen and Heard?

Culturevox is smart but you might be tempting people to claim "This means nothing to me..." But if you can live with that, why not?

Control wrote:

Want to rake in more users?

P0RN PALACE

Seriously, who isn't going to click on that? That's gold. We will be getting hits like crazy.

Moore wrote:

Control wrote:

Want to rake in more users?

P0RN PALACE

Seriously, who isn't going to click on that? That's gold. We will be getting hits like crazy.

No. We need to get rid of our trailer trasgh image. I doubt such a name would help us much in that direction.

P.S. I do hope you were joking.

Of course he's joking.

I'm not joking when I say I really don't like any of the suggested titles other than THE BLADES CLUB, and that doesn't seem to be favored for some reason so whatever. I'm starting to wonder if we should expand at all. The site picked up only when we joined for sanctuary after the two biggest Bond forums took wrong turns, and has remained a sanctuary attracting only a few regulars since. Attracting Bond fans hasn't been easy for this site, so how the hell is it going to attract non-Bond folks when it's converted into a sort of vague culture site? What is it about this site that makes us special and will be enough to attract others? How can we sell this site to others beyond "we're about lots of stuff, and we have a sense of humor!"?

I have a feeling we'll always be our own bubble to some extent. I don't see that as a bad thing unless each of us start dropping to the point this site becomes a graveyard. Maybe I'm just being skeptical.

I don't disagree. There are plenty of other places around the web to discuss culture stuff. I think we should still advertise our niche.

That's the thing, what is our niche beyond Bond? What makes us stand out?

Tits. And we don't have CASINOROYALE.