Here's another way to look at this year's drawn-out NOTY Tournament: More time to savor the onomastic greatness. Or, what's the rush?
The High Committee is heading overseas. Sure, they have the interwebs over there, but we just don't think posting the next round will be a high priority.
Meantime, enjoy your 2001 NOTY Sweet 16. I think we can all agree it's tragic that either Monsterville Horton IV or Taco B.M. Monster will be eliminated so soon. Seeding is a fickle science.
Happy summer.
Bulltron Regional
No. 9 Rockwell Bonecutter v. No. 12 Leviticus Payne
No. 6 Ebenezer Noonoo v. No. 2 Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson
Sithole Regional
No. 8 Chuntania Dangerfield v. No. 4 Delorean Blow
No. 11 Solo Alone v. No. 15 Yolanda Supersad
Dragonwagon Regional
No. 8 RexAchilles Imperial v. No. 5 Vernon Lee Bad Marriage Jr.
No. 11 Monsterville Horton IV v. No. 2 Taco B.M. Monster
Chrotchtangle Regional
No. 1 La'Peaches Pitts v. No. 13 Neptune Pringle III
No. 14 Heidi Hohl v. No. 2 Madz Negro
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The Sweet 16
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I will post shit for you. For free. You don't have to give me anything. I'll just do it. This isn't hard. You're telling me you literally couldn't find a single person to help out with this? Nobody to move this along a little quicker? You all are the worst.
Seriously, way to turn something everybody loves into a steaming pile of shit.
Uh wow--suffice to say that not all of your fans feel the same as the pleasant fellow above. I feel lucky, having provided you with absolutely nothing, to be able to enjoy the tremendous Sweet 16 you've listed above. For me, the tournament is fun, but as likely to end with a Spaceman Africa as a Doby Chrotchtangle. You guys are awesome, keep up the good work.
Sorry that some of your readership has that depraved sense of entitlement.
Fun bracket in all.
Toughest choices in this round: Noonoo v. Richardson; Alone v. Supersad.
Latest final four projection: Payne, Alone, Bad Marriage, Negro.
I feel about halfway between "the answer" and the other two commenters; I appreciate how much fun you guys have given me, and without asking anything in return (such as, obviously, money). However, I've followed NotY for years, and I tell all my friends about it, and I debate the names vigorously, so I want the tournament to continue; but when you literally go weeks at a time without posting, then claim to be sorry yet continue to be sporadic-at-best even though pretty much anyone with Internet access could post a simple poll for you... well, it makes me stop giving a damn. I'm sure you're not bad guys, and I'm certainly thankful for the existence of NotY, but you come off as incredibly lazy and apathetic.
The last sentence of the first post is harsh, but it's not entirely inaccurate; I've stopped caring, and my few friends who had followed the bracket have stopped caring. Just look at how few votes the most recent polls have received as compared to the previous polls (even if you only count the first few days' worth of votes for those), and it's obvious that we're not the only ones who have lost interest. If you have ALSO lost interest, I can live with that- it's your right, and you're not required to update this web site- but at least be honest with your fanbase and tell us you're not going to bother doing this anymore.
This is definitely fun, but is taking way too long. A bunch of the people in my office, and my friends outside of work, were really pumped about this. They've all totally lost interest.
If the high council could, having a round a week while you're traveling would be great, and help keep people's interest.
If Taco B.M. Monster or Madz Negro don't win this, I will lose all faith in juvenile humanity
Well, that was harsh. I had definitely been drinking when I posted that. Apologies one and all.
There's no sense of entitlement from me. I know it's something that they do on their own time for no money that entertains us all.
I just think it sucks that they obviously don't care, and don't even care enough to find someone who would be willing to help out.
NotY is an awesome idea and has been an awesome thing for a good number of years. This year, it sucks because of the time it has taken. I just think that's really unfortunate.
No rush?
Could you imagine if the superbowl was spread out so that each quarter was played weeks apart?
Or if they played one World Series game each month?
Why not have a set time period for each voting round? And have one master bracket that evolves as the tourny moves forward? It seems like an hour's worth of googling and internet work could take this site from a great idea to an awesome reality.
One day an enterprising person is going to make it happen- might as well be you, right?
And Taco B.M. Monster FTW!
Original poster was harsh but basically correct. This is dereliction of durley...um...duty. Junior.
I know many people who love this site. All of them have become frustrated, many to the point of giving up/forgetting about it. Surely that's not what you were going for.
There certainly are some crazy, entitled readers out there. To take one example, there was a terrifying New Yorker article recently about George R.R. Martin's fantasy fans harassing him online for another novel.
But NOTY (and I say this with all due respect to its awesomeness) ain't novel-writing. Pass it off to someone else if you can't be bothered.
I don't mind.
I have been the biggest champion of this website for years now, having co-workers and friends huddle around my computer debating the intricacies of each name and why they should trump their opponent.
That said, I am stunned at the lethargy and hubris of the committee that runs this site. To apologize and state that we should follow you on Twitter - Twitter is the most idiotic of the social media outlets and the majority of your followers do not tweet or follow tweets. We are not behind the times, being younger than 30 myself, but rather we are rooted in years of just checking this website for its hilarity.
I also have an Ivy League education, but rather than enjoying the usual low-browed humor I have laughed at for years, I am given this year's andromache of a tournament. I am done. One of the best websites of all time has kicked its beloved followers in the pants, embarrassed it's champions, and disgraced itself - I am done. Like "the answer" said, you turned "something everybody loves into a steaming pile of shit".
I've been overseas many many times, but I can still keep my website and blog running BY MYSELF. You are lethargic apologists that I have loved for years, but this URL leaves my favorites and goes the way of the dodo. This is a "what have you done for me lately" society we live in today, and you have done shit for your followers lately.
LeBron is a great analogy for this tournament - starts great but falls apart when it counts.
Done.
You'd think someone with an Ivy League education would understand its/it's. That's the kind of grammatical mistake one would expect from the denizens of Twitter.
As long as we get a fresh bracket every year, I'll happily keep coming back. Thanks to the high committee!
Seriously though guys, wtf?
So is this still a thing? I've pretty much given up.
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Back in August, huh?
What the fuck, dude(s)? Are we ever going to crown Taco B.M. Monster?
Has NOTY died? It seems so. Rest in peace, old friend.
Any bets on whether this year's voting ends before next year's starts?
And my money is still on Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson.
@Barbotus: There's obviously not going to be a next year. Somebody needs to just straight-up steal the idea and do it themselves. Call it "Yame of the Near" or something.
Ok, I have the following Bracket winners:
Bulltron Regional - Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson over Rockwell Bonecutter
Sithole Regional - Delorean Blow over Solo Alone
Dragonwagon Regional - Taco B.M. Monster over Vernon Lee Bad Marriage Jr.
Chrotchtangle Regional - Heidi Hohl over La'Peaches Pitts
damn shame this died when it did. I only discovered it at the beginning of the summer!
Ahhh!!! And my money is still on Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson.
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I have already submitted more than 75 new names so far for 2012.
NOTY is a beautiful thing and I would hate to see it die. If you guys are no longer interested in maintaining the site, please make an announcement so I or someone else can start their own version.
Please!
jangbones,
you should just go ahead and do it. it's pretty clear these guys don't care and we all just want some NOTY in our lives.
So, is this thing dead or what?
Hey, remember when this was a thing?
Geez. I'm starting to feel like I should start my own Name of the Year. I'm sure we could update rounds more often than once every five months.
That's it! NOTY has been hijacked!
Head over to vote:
http://www.upshake.com/blog/2012/1/3/name-of-the-year-has-been-hijacked.html
That's it! NOTY has been hijacked!
Head over to vote:
http://www.upshake.com/blog/2012/1/3/name-of-the-year-has-been-hijacked.html
Ye of little faith.. I still have the brackets on my wall. No way in hizeck I am voting in some bootleg NOTY.
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