History TabletopGame / VoteUpACampaignSetting

* FiveRaces: Not all that clear-cut, since they ditched the Player's Handbook races.
* GenieInABottle: It's Arabian Nights, so probably. We know there are genies.
** "What do you mean, junk? We've been looking for Father for the past five years!"

* OurGodsAreDifferent: The overgod, Zihaja, who masquerades as ten different aspects and is the only real god in the setting.
** There are a few gods that aren't actually aspects of Zihaja, but they're either: a) directly subordinate to Zihaja, or b) racial gods of races which will never show up in most games (the dwarves living on the south pole have their own pantheon, for example). They were deliberately let in by Big Z, though.

* SealedEvilInACan: The real Johoum.

* VillainSue: Going by recent banter on the thread, [[TheUntwist afroakuma snuck in a self-insert character]] who more than likely fits the bill.

!!The original and subsequent discussion threads contain the following tropes:

* AllThereInTheManual: Basically, we're all waiting for the setting release to fill in the blank's between afro's tidbits.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Or rather, decapitation.
* BerserkButton: Hourglasses, and later salmon.
** Don't forget plants and animals, he got really mad about that too.
*** To be fair, there are only so many times one can say "If the flora/fauna being asked about is native to the actual geographic regions that this setting is based off of, then it's in the setting" before one goes crazy.
* CardCarryingVillain: He's even admitted as much himself.
** [[RealityWritesThePlot Now comes in]] [[VillainSue in-setting flavor!]]
* ComedicSociopathy: afro's ranting and sarcasm are some of the best parts of the threads.
* DragonInChief: Zeta Kai started VUACS and is still apparently the project leader, but afro seems to have full power over the discussion threads and generally [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity acts like he's in charge]].
** [[OhCrap He is now.]]
* FanNickname: [[Series/{{Mythbusters}} The Build Team]] for the three creators.
* GenericGuy: Shadow Elf is the third member of the team and in charge of all the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Fourth Edition]] coverage, but he rarely posts on the threads and isn't generally as noticeable as afroakuma. Zeta don't post as much either, but banters with afro and did the original vote tallies in the first thread.
* {{Jossed}}: Often appears to be afroakuma's favorite pastime, though sometimes [[MisaimedFandom the audience won't]] [[MemeticMutation let him]].
* MagnificentBastard: afro somehow linking a random Creator/CirqueDuSoleil clip into the history of the setting.
* MemeticMutation: YOUR HEAD CUT OFF
* OffWithHisHead: For a long time during the early days of the discussion threads, this was afro's reaction to any mention of [[spoiler:hourglasses]].
* OnlySaneMan: Zeta Kai, [[TheLeader the project leader]], also the only person with any power to stop afro's madness.
* ThePlan: afroakuma's Creator/CirqueDuSoleil video, which turned out to be, as he said, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome entirely relevant to the setting]].
* PowerTrio: The Build Team.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Zeta Kai.
* SmallNameBigEgo: afroakuma. [[TropesAreNotBad In a good way]].
* StockholmSyndrome: The only reason the audience keeps coming back, given afro's overt malevolence.
* WordOfGod: afroakuma stated in one of his rants that one of the factors in choosing questions to answer is that all of his answers are intended to fall under this trope.

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!!The setting itself contains the following tropes:

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* OurGodsAreGreater: The overgod, Zihaja, who masquerades as ten different aspects and is the only real god in the setting.

* GenericGuy: Shadow Elf is the third member of the team and in charge of all the [[DungeonsAndDragons Fourth Edition]] coverage, but he rarely posts on the threads and isn't generally as noticeable as afroakuma. Zeta don't post as much either, but banters with afro and did the original vote tallies in the first thread.

* DungeonsAndDragons: The setting is for both 3.5 and 4th edition D&D.

* FanNickname: [[{{Mythbusters}} The Build Team]] for the three creators.

* MagnificentBastard: afro somehow linking a random CirqueDuSoleil clip into the history of the setting.

* ThePlan: afroakuma's CirqueDuSoleil video, which turned out to be, as he said, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome entirely relevant to the setting]].

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* CompleteMonster: Ghuls, supposedly, though afro has banned any mention of how they're born or made.

* OnlySaneMan: Zeta Kai, the project leader, also the only person with any power to stop afro's madness.

* XanatosGambit: afroakuma's CirqueDuSoleil video, which turned out to be, as he said, [[CrowningMomentofAwesome entirely relevant to the setting]].

[[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96183 Vote Up A Campaign Setting]] is a project started on the [[OrderOfTheStick Giant in the Playground]] forums to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin build a campaign setting designed by audience vote]]. Originating in November of 2008, the project was released beginning on November 24th, 2010, two years to the day that the voting concluded. The second iteration of the project launched on June 17th, 2011 under new old leadership, and can be found [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11227775#post11227775 here]].

** [[RealityWritesThePlot Now comes in]] [[VillainSue in-setting flavor!]]

* WordOfGod: afroakuma stated in one of his rants that one of the factors in choosing questions to answer is that all of his answers are intended to fall under this trope.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Since all the gods don't exist and are really represented by Zihaja,

* TheXOfY: The setting's formal title is Hourglass of Zihaja.

* ArabianNights: The chosen theme for the setting, as voted by the audience.