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This badge needs a name!
During the last four years, I've been posting Anniversary badges on Twitter. Torchbearer (9th) (https://twitter.com/leandrotlz/status/328369607096295424), Unstoppable (10th) (https://twitter.com/leandrotlz/status/460730650740260864), Perseverant (11th) (https://twitter.com/leandrotlz/status/592986384912281600) and Indomitable (12th) (https://twitter.com/leandrotlz/status/725855250662457344) were names aimed at the community as a whole, for sticking around with the game while Titan got something like Paragon Chat ready. This year, we have Paragon Chat, so the community can start picking names for the Anniversary badges.
The "rule" for anniversary badges has been that it has to be a single word, and that it should refer to something uplifting or celebratory. It was that was for the "official" 9 badges, and I'm not about to break tradition. And, of course, it can't be a badge name that already exists.
Previous anniversary badge names: Celebrant, Reveler, Pursuer/Elusive, Merrymaker, Entertainer, Jubilant, Exultant, Lucky, Rhapsodic.
Names were gathered on this thread (https://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?topic=12530.0), and added in alphabetical order above. I culled the ones that were multiple words or don't fit the above rules. Here's the list of excluded ones and the reasons why:
$80M Dollar Baby (not one word)
13th Hour (not one word)
Alive (too close to Halloween badge It's Alive!)
Challenger (doesn't fit the theme)
Changer (doesn't fit the theme)
Destroyer of Worlds (not one word)
Devoted (already exists)
Eternal (already exists)
L'chaim! Happy Bar Mitzvah! (not one word)
Luminescence (I included Luminescent instead)
Nacho Lover (not one word)
Never-Ending (not one word)
Pantsless (no)
Paragon of Justice (not one word)
Persistent (already exists)
Punisher (doesn't fit the theme)
Staunch (already exists)
Steadfast (already exists)
Teenybopper (doesn't fit the theme, not gender neutral)
Triskaidekamaniac (not a real word)
Triskaidekaphabulous (not a real word)
Tyrant (really doesn't fit the theme)
Unforgiven (doesn't fit the theme)
What's The Point (not one word)
Words that passed the above filter but got talked out internally:
Contumacious (way too obscure a word)
Cromulent (reference to The Simpsons)
Karmic (doesn't really fit the theme)
Triskadekaphilic (focuses more on the number in the badge than the badge event)
Triskadekaphobic (as above, but also has negative connotations of fear)
Incessant (has negative connotations, used to refer to something annoying that won't stop)
And one that needs more in-depth explaining:
Lunatic
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@Luna, badge hunter from the Freedom server and all-around nice gal, passed away due to cancer last month. The name is only being suggested as a tribute or memorial to her, which I really don't think it's appropriate; Ascendant got an NPC in game, and if Codewalker is willing, Luna could become one as well. But if the name is allowed to go into the voting pool, her friends would feel compelled to vote for it, regardless of other names' merits.
Now go and vote! And if you can, donate to cancer research. <Bleep!> cancer.