General Romanov Posted:

If you ’’break’’ something, is it @bad if ’’it’’ stops breathing? (for example, just a random example, my son)

I think the joke here is a tad too obtuse. For thread titles, the fewer clauses, the better, because otherwise the reader is unlikely to get it, at least not until after they’ve downvoted it. (See how many commas I just used? Don’t do that.)

Also, several of the synonyms in @bad don’t work very well in the context of that sentence. My advice would be to read through the submission with all the possible combinations (or at least several of them) to make sure that it still works; otherwise, skip the madlib or use a different one. (Replacing “son” with @relative might have been a better one.)

Warpvader Posted:

Forum username: C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER

I like it, but there’s not a lot of value added; i.e., it’s just the meme, with no pun or anything of your own to make it more than a mere meme. I’m not sure what avatar you used with it, but there probably aren’t any good ones for that name anyway. Also being in all caps seems to be at least a slight disadvantage for enemy names.

General Romanov Posted:

How did @rapper_alive destroy @music_genre so thoroughly?

A good idea, but again I think the arbitrariness of madlibs might have hurt it. There are some combinations for which this is hilarious, and others for which it doesn’t make a lot of sense. If your voters get the latter kind, the odds are against you.

Log in to see images! MySpace Tom edited this message on 05/18/2008 10:02PM