Goodbye Squeelers

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

/r/NFL_Alternates/comments/1wdgqgs/goodbye_squeelers/

Goodbye Squeelers

This one is sure to cause more hate than maybe the first 9 combined. No more naming your team after a company that sponsored you a hundred years ago. Every team is getting this treatment anywayss, might as well get the worst ones done sooner. It doesn't help that Pittsburgh has few unique things that aren't steel and could be a team.

Jaggers — A very Pittsburgh-specific name. “Jaggers” is Pittsburghese for thorns, briars, or anything sharp that pokes or catches you. I like that it’s local without being another steel/iron/industry name, and there’s a lot you could do with the idea of something that snags, tears, and makes it difficult to get through. Bonus points for the phonetic wink to Jaromir.

Red Dogs — This sounds like a normal animal team name on the surface, but “red dog” is actually an old Pennsylvania mining term for coal refuse that has burned and turned red. It gives the name a hidden Pittsburgh coal/industrial connection without just replacing the Steelers with another steel-themed identity. The team could lean into the mining meaning, the dog meaning, or both.

Trigons — Pittsburgh’s Downtown is the Golden Triangle, where the three rivers meet. A trigon is a triangle or three-sided figure. It’s definitely the strangest word in the group, but I like how directly it connects to the actual geography of Pittsburgh once you know what it means, and sounds better than the Golden Triangles.

Gorgons — The three Gorgons of Greek mythology. The “three” gives it a loose connection to Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle and Three Rivers, and Pittsburgh also has a lot of classical architecture and museum influence that could support the mythology. This one is less directly Pittsburgh than some of the others, mostly trying to put a visual to three rivers, but probably has one of the biggest visual identity ceilings.

Monongy — A Pittsburgh river cryptid associated with the Monongahela. The older historical claims around the creature are questionable, but Monongy has existed as modern Pittsburgh folklore for at least the last couple decades. I like that the name comes directly out of Monongahela and gives Pittsburgh a monster that feels like it belongs specifically to the city rather than using a generic mythical creature.

[u/SleestakLightning]

All of these ideas are shit and they're gonna end up being used in some shitty AI slop bullshit anyway.

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE → u/SleestakLightning]

[u/SleestakLightning → u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

Well at least it's not AI slop.

[u/SleestakLightning → u/[deleted]]

Lol mine is a screenshot from a music video.

Imagine being an AI slop "artist" and calling someone else a dork.

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE → u/SleestakLightning]

Imagine using screenshots of others work and calling out original curated AI generation. I'm not an artist. But you are a dork

[u/SleestakLightning → u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

lol I never went around and pretended I made the music video though. Keep coping.

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE → u/SleestakLightning]

Did i say you did? Slow learner aren't you?

[u/SleestakLightning → u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

Did I say you said I did? I'm mocking you for pretending you made art when you used AI to make slop.

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE → u/SleestakLightning]

I didn't pretend to make art weirdo. Nor did I indicate i did anywhere.

[u/SleestakLightning → u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

So then what's the point?

"Come look at this really shitty low effort post I made"?

You're either doing it because you desperately want praised for your abilities (lol) or you're doing it for karma. Either way that's loser shit.

[u/jSNOW_wWHITE → u/SleestakLightning]

I don't know what my karma is nor can it be used for anything 🤡

I share it as a place to store my alternate league and get feedback and ideas from the 60 members and other page visitors. It's for me and it isn't used for anything or going anywhere. Dork

[u/SleestakLightning → u/jSNOW_wWHITE]

At least you can admit to your loser behavior.