A? release codename

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:50 pm

Oops fixed.

Now if somebody has access to an actual rooster, we could choose the title using Alectryomancy

Print all the entries out in a big font and cut them into slips of paper. Arrange them in the chicken-yard and place a little grain on each one. Observe the rooster to see which it eats from first.

Video it for youtube.

Baconlabs · Post by **Baconlabs** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:28 pm

James Paige wrote:Now if somebody has access to an actual rooster, we could choose the title using Alectryomancy

Print all the entries out in a big font and cut them into slips of paper. Arrange them in the chicken-yard and place a little grain on each one. Observe the rooster to see which it eats from first.

Video it for youtube.

I am totally capable of doing this. My mother has a one-legged rooster who is just barely peaceful enough to go along with this idea.
How much time do I have?

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:50 pm

We have plenty of time.

Lets narrow the list down a bit first before we give it to the rooster.

Maybe we can narrow it down to a top-10 with a simple vote.

Baconlabs · Post by **Baconlabs** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:37 am

James Paige wrote:Maybe we can narrow it down to a top-10 with a simple vote.

No one's suggested anything new, I recommend we start voting soon. But how? The list is kind of long for a standard poll thread.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:00 am

Baconlabs wrote:No one's suggested anything new, I recommend we start voting soon. But how? The list is kind of long for a standard poll thread.

Just have everyone list the ten they like best and spit on anyone that lists less than ten.
Edit: Since Baconlabs started it:
1. Aardvark
2. Astatine
3. Abhorrent
4. Abobo
5. Acorn
6. Algorithm
7. Alligator
8. Allosaurus
9. Alphanumeric
10. Apatosaurus

Baconlabs · Post by **Baconlabs** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:00 am

I guess I'll start. (Also if anyone reading this has forgotten James's list of all A-words so far, here's the list again.)

Acronym
Acropolis
Alectormancy
Alot
Anaconda
Apothecary
Arithmomania
Asparagus
Atarashii
Azarth

Nathan Karr · Post by **Nathan Karr** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:25 am

Here I go then.
Abobo
Acronym
Alot
Alphanumeric
Androgynous
Anubis
Aprobobo
Arithmetic
Asparagus
Avast

FnrrfYgmSchnish · Post by **FnrrfYgmSchnish** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:45 am

In no particular order (because picking just ten is hard enough without needing to decide which ones you like the most)...

Aardvark
Abobo
Acronym
Alligator
Allons-y
Alot
Anaconda
Apatosaurus
Apocalypse
Arrrr!

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:59 pm

I updated the <a href="http://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtop ... 5618">list of candidate words</a> to include definitions. Node that the completely made-up ones, and the ones that return google search pages where more than half of the top 10 is people's website usernames will be disqualified, so don't waste your votes on those ;)

Here are my top 10 votes:

Alectormancy
Alectormancy
Anatidaephobia
Allons-y
Alot
Aboulomania
Arbol-berries
Abobo
Alectormancy
Astatine

raekuul · Post by **raekuul** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:59 am

In alphabetical order (although that's just an excuse to list Abelian first...)

Abelian
Acronym
Anaconda
Antithesis
Anubis
Aprobobo
Arc
Astatine
Azarth
Azimuth

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:40 pm

I said top 10, but top 6 will work better, because of the way the votes came out. Here are all the candidates that got more than 3 votes each.

Votes wrote: 4 Alot
4 Alectormancy
4 Acronym
4 Abobo
3 Astatine
3 Anaconda

Baconlabs, next time you have access to the one legged rooster, a camera, and are in the mood for some alectormancy, please do the honors.

And if you piled a little extra grain on the "Alectormancy" card, that wouldn't count as cheating because really, this is all about the rooster's divine free-will

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:29 pm

I have decided to just unilaterally declare Alectormancy to be the next codename.

Baconlabs, I am still curious to know what the rooster would have chosen, to know whether I have the gods blessing with this name choice, or if I have incurred their wrath. But if it is too much trouble, don't worry about it.

Baconlabs · Post by **Baconlabs** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:38 pm

I was planning to divine the truth next week when everyone's back from vacation. I could try to stack the deck, but I'll sort that out when the time comes.

Also I don't know if I ever mentioned this before, but I do have a little video recorder box and I'm going to send the results to Youtube in some clever way.

guo · Post by **guo** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:32 pm

Can I keep the rooster?