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    I nominate, from 925:

    "lame ass herbivore" (Tarquin's Triceratops mount)

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    If we include Belkar calling the Thieves' Guild in 612 "a bunch of third rate wannabes", then I propose we also include him in 613 calling Bozzok and Crystal "glorified pickpockets." (And perhaps include referring to himself as a "seasoned warrior" as well.)

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    Added. OP updated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurald Galain View Post
    That's a standard euphemism for sex, not a personal name for Haley and Elan.
    "loser" is also a standard name

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    Quote Originally Posted by EnderDwarf View Post
    "loser" is also a standard name
    Loser refers to a person. The "beast with two backs" refers to an activity.

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    I pulled out my copy of DStP with Belkar's introduction to the book (Masterwork Theater) - "This stupid paladin-town" for Azure City comes up, Xykon is "The lich", and V, Durkon and Elan are "the other three idiots". The main plotline is "this whole thing with Gates and a god-eating monster".

    Pick whichever of those you like. I like everything other than Xykon as "The lich", but forum choice. All of those are on page 7.

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    I'd also say that "The lich" is not a nickname but I'm in favor of including the other ones.
    I love the one about the main plotline
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    Miron has 'scarf guy' on 928.

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    It seems to me like this thread is starting to drift into listing literally anything Belkar ever said that was not an actual proper name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ti'esar View Post
    It seems to me like this thread is starting to drift into listing literally anything Belkar ever said that was not an actual proper name.
    I don't really see a problem here. And I don't really see a reasonable way how this should work without a whole bunch of work I really wouldn't like for this (like voting on what counts as valid and what not).

    Some names are pretty clear "proper names" (like "Whiskers Von Thor-Bugger" or "Captain Wallow-Pants"). But then it slowly starts to get fuzzy - for someone it might count, for others it might not. The only hard rule that I think that could be used would be capitalization, but even this seems to lead to pretty much arbitrary decisions (e.g. "Lizard Vampire Guy" counts, but "that dwarf guy" don't), while missing out some really funny stuff (" [Thanh's] partner-in-ridiculous-blue-facial-hair" or "That pointy-eared pissbucket"). On top of that is sometimes isn't clear whether some phrase is capitalized or not (e.g. in 1015 the sentence starts with "Fake Durkon". It is impossible to tell from the comic why it is capitalized).



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    I went through my books the other day and remembered this post. I only have DStP, DCF, and NCftPB (and SOD, but Belkar's not in that...). Anyways, the only nickname in the bonus panels of those books that was remotely funny was 34a of DCF where Belkar calls Dwarven Iron Rations (that Elan describes as the illegitimate love child of evil beef jerky and trail mix) as "Dwarven Crap".

    tl;dr 34a - Dwarven Iron Rations = Dwarven Crap

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianSt View Post
    my Rod of Lordly Might ???
    Was this entry left deliberately vague?

    If not, and there is actual question to what it is...well...I do believe that is the name of the Belkster's reproductive appendage.

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    Updated the OP.

    Quote Originally Posted by aurilee View Post
    Was this entry left deliberately vague?

    If not, and there is actual question to what it is...well...I do believe that is the name of the Belkster's reproductive appendage.
    Well, I could put something else there, but haven't found something fitting for my tastes. But since you aren't the first to bring this up, maybe I really should do something about it.

    Currently the most likeliest thing to happen is adding some sort of <censored> to make it clear that there is something that isn't intended for display (and well - it is probably a bit inconsistent to have Belkar's Rod of Lordly Might censored while paraphrasing the Beast with Two Backs).

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    Updated the OP.
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    Strip # Name Addressee
    1027 Roy Chief
    That last line has the name and addressee swapped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by b_jonas View Post
    That last line has the name and addressee swapped.
    small error while updating the OP. I will fix this (and the error you didn't spot ) when I'm back on my desktop (currently on mobile).

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    Quote Originally Posted by aurilee View Post
    Was this entry left deliberately vague?

    If not, and there is actual question to what it is...well...I do believe that is the name of the Belkster's reproductive appendage.
    You call it the -
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    ...aaaand with comic 1030, the first post doubles in length
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianSt View Post
    Updated the OP.



    Well, I could put something else there, but haven't found something fitting for my tastes. But since you aren't the first to bring this up, maybe I really should do something about it.

    Currently the most likeliest thing to happen is adding some sort of <censored> to make it clear that there is something that isn't intended for display (and well - it is probably a bit inconsistent to have Belkar's Rod of Lordly Might censored while paraphrasing the Beast with Two Backs).
    You should call it Belkar's Trouser Titan

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    ...aaaand with comic 1030, the first post doubles in length
    Well, trying to figure out which came from the Belkster might be a little problematic.
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    Jerkon definitely comes from Belkar.

    I suppose that:
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    Also have his mark, but it's harder to tell.
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    We could add a new "Possibly from Belkar" section. Normally I would complain about that a bit, but all these nicknames are so funny that I have absolutely no problem with erring on the side of inclusion for them.
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    Short of the Giant providing a definitive answer, I'd say the only one that's definitely Belkarian (Belkaresque? Belkarish?) is "Leechy Veinquaff."

    It fits in with his previous insulting nicknames for Durkon/Norse-feratu, such as "Lurky Corpsewhiskers" and "Whiskers von Thorbugger." In fact, I'd actually be willing to put money on it being a Belkar construction.

    "Nose-Fur-Atu" and "Deep Fang Friar" are likely Belkarisms, IMO, but they don't have the almost unavoidable Belkar stamp like "Leechy Veinquaff" does.
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    The puns are more Elan's style of humour. I'd certainly put Jerkon as a Belkarism, but Deep Fang Friar is from Elan.
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    As far as I can tell, Belkar's nicknames from 1030 are: "Jerkon", "Leechy Veinquaff", "Pastor Expiration" and "Nose-fur-atu". Probably "Whiskers in the Dark" and "Deep Fang Friar" too, since it matches some previous spontaneous nicknames.

    [In fact, if I had to sort out all the nicknames, I'd say it goes:

    Belkar: Jerkon, Leechy Veinquaff, Pastor Expiration, Nose-fur-atu, Whiskers in the Dark, Deep Fang Friar;
    Haley: Undurkon, The Creature Preacher;
    Elan: Count Durkula, Nega-Dwarf, Nokrud, The Thorsaken;
    V: Hel's Shell, The Corpse Formerly Known as Durkon;
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    Belkar probably says 6 of the nicknames because he's the king of spontaneous nicknames, followed by the party's spoony bard with 4 and the not-so-creative rest with 2 or 1.]

    EDIT: Forgot Durkzzaro, but I have no idea who might have said this one since I couldn't get the pun.
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    I do not plan to include any of these in the main list, because it is impossible to tell whether any of these is really Belkar or not. The only way to really do it would to vote on which is from Belkar and which is not - and I'm not sure this is really useful.

    Since this situation is rather unique I don't think it is necessary to add a special section for these, I think at most a link to the strip with a short explanation would be more than sufficient.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChristianSt View Post
    I do not plan to include any of these in the main list, because it is impossible to tell whether any of these is really Belkar or not. The only way to really do it would to vote on which is from Belkar and which is not - and I'm not sure this is really useful.
    I would suggest just adding a single row in the table listing *all* of them, with a short parenthetical note or endnote telling that some of those are from Belkar. We can still try to find out which ones are from whom, because it's fun and may help understanding the nicknames and the characters, but don't do that in the first post table.

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    I'm going to be a stick-in-the-mud and suggest that none of these get included aside from the ones we know are from Belkar.

    This thread isn't the "Funny Nicknames From Members of the Order of the Stick Thread", as nice of a thread as that might be. As such listing them in a separate bit or adding them in any way is outside the scope of this thread, IMO.

    Are they funny? Sure. Are they nicknames? Undoubtedly. Do we have any way whatsoever of telling which are from Belkar and which aren't? Not really, IMO. Sure there are some that are much more likely than not. But that's not a high enough bar, IMO.
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    If we don't put "Greg" in the first post, I'm quitting this forum.
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