I have to admit a little hesitancy in regard to spending time on this name our condo contest. It appears as a bit of a never-ending unfolding debacle to me. The problems, which many forum members have pointed out, are numerous. They include many non-Ontario residents making entries (against the rules), many entries that duplicate existing condo names in town (useless to the developers), a huge percentage of joke entries (makes it difficult to take the contest seriously), and frankly, and huge number of poorly thought out entries that no marketer would touch with a ten-foot (3m) pole. I feel for the developers, though. Castlepoint/Cityzen/Fernbrook have demonstrated that they know very well how much fun we have made of the worst condo names over the years, and they have bravely gone to the public to correct that. They are getting some good entries, but boy there's a lot of dross to sift through to get to them. Too bad the entries weren't moderated a bit more: I'd give more thought to the contest if it weren't such a huge time hog to find the good stuff.
So that's the contest... and then there's this thread. Yes, it has veered off of being strictly a P&C thread, and for the time being, I don't see the problem. As much as I wish there were a contest I could take more seriously, I don't think we need to take this thread too seriously for the moment. We do need a place to record the contest activity, and nowhere on the forum gets more activity than P&C. Since there is no new concrete information on the building itself for the time being, what does it hurt to use the thread for the contest talk? Once the contest is said and done we may remove this portion of posts to another place on the forum, but we'll figure that out as things unfold.
For now though, sure, there are some suboptimal posts on here. While UrbanToronto is not a closed society, we have all these people joining UT just to promote their own entry, imploring us in all seriousness to vote for names that include brands that are associated with other developments (Malina: Glås was built by a competitor, so it's more than unlikely that these developers would want to touch it) or products (MTGallet: NeXXus spelled the same way as a hair product line? Give up on that one...) which do not have much hope of gaining widespread acceptance from our membership or ultimately with the developers. At the same time, all's fair in love and contests, so no need for us to be utterly serious about all of this. Keep the entries coming, only tiresome spamming will be removed,
read the project brief, grab a dictionary, read a map (Yonge Street is not spelled Young, and especially not Younge), make us proud, and, uh, vote your conscience.
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I really do appreciate it. It humbles me to know that there are people like you who will put their life, hobbies, and wide array of interests aside, in order to log onto this forum and notice me. Thanks! And don't try to apply this comment back to me, I was here pushing my own interests. Ciao
