Jib Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Who really is "Captain Twill"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Didn't we have this conversation at some point? Or did that happen via personal message?As I recall, it was another way of saying "thread counter" on this forum according to someone who has been around since the beginning. (Probably Stynky.) Of course, I never remember it being used in that way in any of the old discussions. (Although I haven't read all of them, so who can say?) We talked about changing it to something more obvious and relevant a few years ago when we were overhauling the forums, which I argued against. While it doesn't mean anything to most people, it has a pretty long history here. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jib Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 If we did have the conversation I was drunk! Thanks Mission! It makes more sense to me now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Stynky and I spent a lot of time debating the forum names back when the last batch of name changes were made, so it was probably from personal messages between us. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 (edited) I was part of that thread, it was on the forum. I recall that a "twill" was the pyrate/SCA reenactor genre term for stitch-counter, and thus the term was used to identify this forum with academic based discussion when this site was put in action. This came from a discussion when I first joined when someone else posed the same question back then. 99. 44/100% sure of this. Bo Edited August 25, 2014 by Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Now this is amusing. I was the one who started the thread asking about the name (probably in regard to Stynky wanting to change the name and me wanting to keep it) and Beau was the one who gave the answer he just gave. I don't find any other discussion of the name in this forum. Captain Twill? Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Was the original topic lost when the forum changed hands and remodeled at the time Stynky took over from the original site owners? I can't remember their names, maybe Bloody Buckets or something like that? Anyhow, I remember the site being in adifferent format and such before Stynky took over, perhaps that is where the discussion I remember could be found. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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