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[Dargon Affected]

I thought I'd post this here just to give some people a little insight into this forums new name.
 
Basically, Scuttlebutt is slang for gossip and rumours.
 
The only reason I know this is because my parents were in the navy and Ashley Williams uses it when talking to Femshep about Kaiden.

[ObserverStatus]

Is the scuttlebutt section where we should post any semi-confirmed rumors we've heard?

[Hanako Ikezawa]

The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: a butt (cask) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumours

[Steelcan]

Gossip is sin...

 

So is everything else that is fun

[Dutchess]

I was wondering what it was supposed to mean... What an odd word to use. 

[Welsh Inferno]

The "scuttlebutt" section sounds weird. 

[Jessica Merizan]

I chose scuttlebutt because it was originally a nautical/military term (and later adopted as office slang). So it was appropriate for Dragon Age and Mass Effect as well as BioWare office chatter. You'll notice that there is no longer a "general discussion". It was our largest and the most "vague" subforum. I think it became a catch all, and so I started thinking "what kinds of things are going in here?" We split it up into a few other subforums that we thought would be useful in order to make discussion more focused and on-topic (so self moderation would be easier). That lead to some cool subforums like Scuttlebutt, which I think is cooler sounding than "rumors", as well as the Feedback & Suggestions forum. It also led to the New Player Guide & Quest Help subforums! We really hope they become useful ways to organize your discussions  


EDIT: Originally, we were going to call it "Scuttlebutt around the Web & Beyond" but we thought might be too long. Let me know if you think title would have clarified or if we were right to edit it down to just the one word!

[Dargon Affected]

Is the scuttlebutt section where we should post any semi-confirmed rumors we've heard?

pretty much. conjecture, guessing, etc.

 

edit* Scuttlebutt is an excellent forum title!

[Uccio]

Scuttlebutt works if you are a english native with knowledge of the meaning of the word. For a non-english speaker like myself it really sounds gibberish and in no way represents this forum.

[Reznore57]

Well I think it sounds funny , besides it has"butt" in it...So I check it out on the web and learned a new word .

It's pretty cool.

[ElitePinecone]

I think Scuttlebutt sounds great. It conveys the sense of what this forum covers much better than something like "rumours" or "speculation discussion". 

[Anvos]

I have to agree with the group saying the new name for this section just sounds weird even if it has meaning, but like others have pointed out if you don't know this off the top of your head it just sounds like gibberish.

[Allan Schumacher]

The term has grown on me

 

(I also love that text emoticons more consistently become the emoticons)

[Grieving Natashina]

The term has grown on me

 

(I also love that text emoticons more consistently become the emoticons)

Um, what?

[Rylor Tormtor]

Yes, but would you name a forum "gossip". As far as discussion and information dissemination, scuttlebutt has something of a pejorative and non-official connotation (rumor, innuendo, hearsay of a low or base sort). And while we have little to discuss in an official capacity on the forums, I would think you would a more elevated atmosphere.  

 

Templer Archer: What's the scuttlebutt?

Templer Rogue: Did you hear? Knight-Captain Catherine was arrested by the High Cleric for bestiality!

Templer Archer: Great, just what we need, more neigh-gative press.

[TheLittleBird]

Um, what?

 : ) becomes 

[Allan Schumacher]

Um, what?

 

Typically the BSN would not convert my text emoticons into actual emoticons.

[AlexJK]

Scuttlebutt works if you are a english native with knowledge of the meaning of the word. For a non-english speaker like myself it really sounds gibberish and in no way represents this forum.

 

It would have been a perfect word for the old BSN then - "gibberish" Hopefully the new forums will prove different...

[Grieving Natashina]

Typically the BSN would not convert my text emoticons into actual emoticons.

 

Ah, cool.

[n7stormrunner]

It would have been a perfect word for the old BSN then - "gibberish" Hopefully the new forums will prove different...

 

 

I'm sure it will be for a week or two til someone makes one of the sensitive topics... who wants to start a betting pool, for which topic and how long it takes. 

[Grieving Natashina]

It'll probably be a LI thread, requesting Cullen for romance and/or another thread with someone wondering why Cullen is so popular.   Give it by the weekend.

 

I don't have any money, but we'll see. 

[MstrJedi Kyle]

It is indeed an interesting word.

[The Elder King]

I have to say that as a non-native english used it sounds strange (I didn't know the word until now), but I really don't care about it.

[thats1evildude]

I first heard the term in an old Garfield strip, so I was familiar with it.