On "graciously" accepting

[Mr B]

Originally Posted by Justin 188

gracious
–adjective
1. pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.

Saying "graciously accepts" is grammatically correct, but I agree, that's not an appropriate word to use there. Being "gracious" is only a distinction within the context of competition; when you co-operate it should be a given.

'Gratefully', 'humbly', 'proudly', 'enthusiastically', those are all much better words than 'graciously'.

Well said. Saying "graciously" is a tradition we should lose, as it makes people sound pompous. Whenever I hear it I picture hedonism-bot from Futurama marveling about how wondrous he is to accept.

Still, alliance selection is the brief pause in the chaos, and a clever or funny acceptance phrase keeps the fun part of the competition in the spotlight. Thank you all who put forth the effort to be witty.