Titles
 

I think we should get rid of all permanent titles except the HoF. They should instead be given only to the person who won the latest version of that tournament. So a GC title or Topical Champion title or Scheme Champion should be worn by only the people who won the very last GC, Topical or Scheme tournaments that were held, not by EVERYONE who has ever won one of these tournies. To acknowledge past wins, past winners can permanently keep their trophies or whatever award icon/emcee item (belts, etc.) comes with that.
I think this will make titles in general more coveted and will address some of the reasons why we keep looking for new interchangeable titles (LBT, Text King, etc.).
What do you guys think?

I think this is one of the better ideas ive heard in a min. Makes titles more prestigious. Would also make people that have already won the titles, want to step back in the ring again to re claim that blue jawn.
Title holder would get an entire year basically to sport the title. Then switch...
Id say do it, as long as the past winners and history of champions is well documented (i.e trophies, threads) which seems to be up to date.

I agree that the history of champions should be well documented. That way, when a past champion wins again, we'll know whether to make their title 2X or 3X Champion. I also think we should create a new user group fro secondary champions (orange titles) similar to the Grand Champion user group. Their name will be orange, not just their title, but only the current champ will be there at a time so we won't have a bunch of orange names run in around. Sometimes when I log on here, it seems like I can see 5 blue names logged in at the same time. I think that diminishes the value. There should only be one blue name at a time. If you want it that bad, you know what to do.

Agreed

I’m down for this idea

That just screws up LB history . Continuity is important. Besides, titles are still sought.

And hof is only obtained via voting /nomination

This idea is one of the best ideas ive heard presented on the site imo. Take my titles, pimp.

How does it screw up LB history? EVERYTHING is obtained via voting/nomination, including championships and even staff positions

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Past winners will still be acknowledged in some form by trophies, signatures, a history section, etc.

I only disagree with GC. That's the best of the best on LB. HOF has gotten a little loose these days so GC is the last standing greatest accomplishment you can have. The rest, sure.

Sorry wasn't clear enough,

To get hof title, it's not by battling , a thread has to be made and people decide whether one is deserving of it or not, and with all the titles vanquished, how would you even measure one's chances of being hof?

Activity will also greatly go down, because very few people would join a tournament only to have acknowledgement in the form of a signature , and history has shown that.

Specific titles have lost prestige, but titles as a whole didn't. I hate going to NBA illustrations but it's the first thing that came up, but imagine if there were no roty, playoff championships, mvp (season, all star and finals), dunk contest, etc and there was only Hall of Fame? Its those things that draw people (players or fans) to the league. Yes it would make hof more prestigious but the league as a whole will be bland, and competiveness will sink.


Just 2 cents.