Quest to Change the Normal BP name!!!!!!

[Kysenia]

After reading it again I see how people may take that as a serious goal.....that is not what I was thinking in my head at the time........Just wanted to get thoughts about others and use it as an opportunity to let all bp owners that "normals" as just as awesome as any of the morphs....

[MasonC2K]

Normal.

Classic is indicative of something that isn't around anymore or is from a bygone era or is done in a traditional way.

Normal for a Ball Python is fine. Classic just doesn't fit. If for some reason it got to the point that Normals weren't common, then you could say it's classic. Then again, you could also say it was endangered.

Normal and Wild Type I accept.

[azpythons]

honestly the only thing that annoys me is normal "phase", as by definition would mean pretty soon it will go through a change and be a different snake. If people could at least call em normals, wild type, classic, royals, keyboard pythons, or deliciousness...jus not normal phase, wild phase, keyboard phase....etc...

[LadyOhh]

After reading it again I see how people may take that as a serious goal.....that is not what I was thinking in my head at the time........Just wanted to get thoughts about others and use it as an opportunity to let all bp owners that "normals" as just as awesome as any of the morphs....

Well, as it was your quest, that is how I took it.

As for your ambition, I think that people that are in the hobby know how awesome "Normals" are.

If they didn't, they shouldn't be in the hobby.

Normals are the cornerstone of the morph world.

Normals began it all

[Bluebead]

haha. I cant resist
call them:
OLD BALLS

[Hyper Joe]

Well, as it was your quest, that is how I took it.

As for your ambition, I think that people that are in the hobby know how awesome "Normals" are.

If they didn't, they shouldn't be in the hobby.

Normals are the cornerstone of the morph world.

Normals began it all

YEAH! and if we changed the name the price will go up! hahhaha

I have a bunch of normal banded, reduced, dotty, light, dark, black back normals. And changing the name to classic, I will have to relabel all the tubs, documentation, software.. etc..

HAHAHA

And if we change the name why not "Ballers from Africa" more exciting.

[kc261]

honestly the only thing that annoys me is normal "phase", as by definition would mean pretty soon it will go through a change and be a different snake. If people could at least call em normals, wild type, classic, royals, keyboard pythons, or deliciousness...jus not normal phase, wild phase, keyboard phase....etc...

Actually, the way you are defining the word "phase" is just one of the definitions. According to dictionary.com, the first definition of the word has nothing to do with change, just different possibilities, so I think it fits perfectly:
"phase –noun 1. any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind."

I'll be ok with anything except "carolina" which somehow became one of the names for a normal corn snake. Maybe we could call them African BPs? Nah... people that want to find an excuse to be afraid of them would somehow turn that into a bad thing.

[Beardedragon]

A normal is in fact not only a morph, but the super form of a snake we have yet to see.

Here's my theory... when Noah was preparing for the flood he had to go to Africa to get two ball pythons... when he was going through the mounds he found a clutch. In this clutch was the real normal ball python ( it was dull brown) and then two that caught his eyes, two SUPER forums of the dull brown which was brown and snake, which looked like what we have today that we label "normal". So he picked those up, and used them. Ever since we have been only able to get the super form because the lesser of it has never had a chance to break through thanks to genetics, and we all really have supers as normals.

bada bing so now when noobs ask if they have a special morph, they in fact do.

[Slim]

All my Ball Pythons are Classic...one just happens to be a Normal.

[azpythons]

Actually, the way you are defining the word "phase" is just one of the definitions. According to dictionary.com, the first definition of the word has nothing to do with change, just different possibilities, so I think it fits perfectly:
"phase –noun 1. any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind."

I'll be ok with anything except "carolina" which somehow became one of the names for a normal corn snake. Maybe we could call them African BPs? Nah... people that want to find an excuse to be afraid of them would somehow turn that into a bad thing.

are you saying anything with african ________ is a term for something scary??