History YMMV / RealLife

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The ongoing ”Corona Virus” arc has already been criticized for being too similar to previous pandemic arcs (”The swine flu” and the plague arcs, to name a few). Especially since the [[{{Anvilicious}} ”wash your hands” aesop]] [[CaptainObviousAesop has already been predicted]] by viewers from the very first episode.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: Just about every class starts new levels with a loud, piercing noise, such as [[CockADoodleDawn roosters]] and alarm clocks. [[RingRingCrunch Violent]] and\or [[IWasHavingSuchANiceDream saddened]] reactions usually follow.

* NeverLiveItDown: Ask some viewers, and they'll tell you that the whole thing was ruined by [[Literature/TheBible a woman eating a fruit near the beginning]]. [[PopCultureUrbanLegends While no-one can verify if said episode actually existed]] or if it's just a case of Fanon, these fans feel that even after thousands of seasons, the characters can only be redeemed by a very specific method.

*** Meanwhile some hack was going over a newly independent Poland and decided that after making its breakout appearance on world maps that it was going to have its epic. It digressed into antics including LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters leading into a GambitPileup that caused wars with the Soviet Union and Lithuania, an internal coup and border disputes with Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Reads like train wreck FanFiction culminating with the invasion by [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler]]. God was likely on one hell of a bender when he wrote the interwar period in the region.

* CompleteMonster: ''{{Averted|Trope}}''. The writers for Real Life have written the characters in such a way, that everyone has at least ''some'' sympathetic qualities. For this reason, [[Administrivia/CompleteMonster we don't allow Complete Monster examples from Real Life]].

** The "COVID pandemic" arc, which, as of beginning 2022, has been lasting two years, and still seems not to be wrapping up until well into next season. Not helping matters is the fact that the arc has resulted in many people having to stay in their homes and avoid socializing and many forms of entertainment being postponed or outright cancelled, resulting in a total lack of interesting storylines.

* MemeticMutation: Has [[MemeticMutaiton/RealLife its own page]].

** The War on Communism / UsefulNotes/ColdWar arc lasted a record-stretching 75 seasons and supplied a major CrisisCrossover of the 20th century. Some characters seem to be unaware that the arc ended, and continue to build massive bomb shelters and stockpile ammo in case of a commie takeover. Some would love to see the arc brought back, since they enjoyed the power they had during its continuity.

* DifficultySpike: Trying to level from poor to middle class, as well as from middle class to rich. To further compact this problem, governments tend to [[DynamicDifficulty increase the percentage of money you pay in taxes as you earn more money]]. There are many loopholes, of course. Many of which are used by the characters in the Politician class.
** And it's impossible to live anywhere outside Earth [[ExpansionPackWorld without advanced technology that is either extremely expensive or so far not available]]. Still, you can visit nearby places like the Moon for short amounts of time. ''Living'' there is another matter.
*** It's speculated that even if a character was successfully transferred to the Moon server or a hypothetical space-station server, a bug in the gravity code would gradually change his or her stats to the point of causing game-breaking character glitches if the character ever returned to an Earth server.
** Also, life as a whole becomes much harder [[GrowingUpSucks as you grow up]] (from sleeping in daycare to cramming for a test, to paying bills, etc.)
* DifficultySpike: Trying to level from poor to middle class, as well as from middle class to rich. To further compact this problem, governments tend to [[DynamicDifficulty increase the percentage of money you pay in taxes as you earn more money]]. There are many loopholes, of course. Many of which are used by the characters in the Politician class.
** And it's impossible to live anywhere outside Earth [[ExpansionPackWorld without advanced technology that is either extremely expensive or so far not available]]. Still, you can visit nearby places like the Moon for short amounts of time. ''Living'' there is another matter.
*** It's speculated that even if a character was successfully transferred to the Moon server or a hypothetical space-station server, a bug in the gravity code would gradually change his or her stats to the point of causing game-breaking character glitches if the character ever returned to an Earth server.
** Also, life as a whole becomes much harder [[GrowingUpSucks as you grow up]] (from sleeping in daycare to cramming for a test, to paying bills, etc.)
* DifficultySpike: Trying to level from poor to middle class, as well as from middle class to rich. To further compact this problem, governments tend to [[DynamicDifficulty increase the percentage of money you pay in taxes as you earn more money]]. There are many loopholes, of course. Many of which are used by the characters in the Politician class.
** And it's impossible to live anywhere outside Earth [[ExpansionPackWorld without advanced technology that is either extremely expensive or so far not available]]. Still, you can visit nearby places like the Moon for short amounts of time. ''Living'' there is another matter.
*** It's speculated that even if a character was successfully transferred to the Moon server or a hypothetical space-station server, a bug in the gravity code would gradually change his or her stats to the point of causing game-breaking character glitches if the character ever returned to an Earth server.
** Also, life as a whole becomes much harder [[GrowingUpSucks as you grow up]] (from sleeping in daycare to cramming for a test, to paying bills, etc.)

* ClicheStorm: Good luck finding a character archetype that isn't included.

* CreatorWorship: ''Hoooo'' boy. Talk about the TropeMaker!

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: When you have around 8 billion players sharing the same server, the odds that everyone sees any particular character the same way are ''really'' low!

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: When you have around 7.5 billion players sharing the same server, the odds that everyone sees any particular character the same way are ''really'' low!

** PARDON ME, BUT "REAL ''[[SarcasmMode WHAT]]''"?]]

** Even the evolution of human beings themselves, or multi-celled organisms, or ''[[UpToEleven life itself]]'' would have counted as this at the time.

* SeasonalRot: Although newbies tend to like the Cretaceous more, Jurassic fans are quick to note that the favored dinosaurs of that era (Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops) are mere stand-ins for the KilledOffForReal Allosaurus and Stegosaurus. Some even argue that the whole thing went to pot after the Triassic (and the less said about the seasons after the [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys took over]], the better.)

*** UpToEleven in France where those aiming for high-school teaching can expect written exams that can last for as long as ''7 hours''.

* GenreShift: In the beginning of the series, the genre can be considered as HistoricalFiction or LowFantasy. Now, the setting is getting closer and closer to [[MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness really hard sci-fi]].

** One of the biggest is the release-date history. Many claim it took billions of years of trial-and-error programming to get the final product, others claim the head programmer put it together in a week as a pet-project. And even the identity of the head programmer is in question (for the matter, whether there even ''is'' a head programmer is a subject of constant debate). Some claim to be in contact with him or her, and also claim they know his or her true vision for the product and how is should be used, while others argue he or she wants something completely different. There are also others that denounce any claims as hoaxes. The fact that the lead appears to insist on speaking through other people and not openly to everyone doesn't help matters.

** The "COVID pandemic" arc, which has lasted almost all of 2020, and still seems not to be wrapping up until well into next season. Not helping matters is the fact that the arc has resulted in many people having to stay in their homes and avoid socializing and many forms of entertainment being postponed or outright cancelled, resulting in a total lack of interesting storylines.

** UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror story arc. It got ''real'' old real quick.

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ArchivePanic: Oh ''so much''.

** World War I, World War II, the Great Depression, and the COVID-19 Pandemic qualify. The 100 Years War even more so.

* TooCoolToLive: The Dinosaurs. Big reptilian animals with various character designs, almost taken straight out of a monster-movie. Fascinating creatures. Yet they were killed off millions of episodes ago, because if they lived today? Oh man...

* MisaimedFandom: Throughout the years, there's been a handful of now-banned high-level griefers who spent most of their playtime tearing down other people's work. While the current system is better at preventing these kind of players from reaching high levels, some low-level players believe the griefers were right and that they should follow their lead.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** Constantly, many people complain that the present series is not as good as 'the olden days'.
** "For thousands of years, man thought the moon was made of cheese. We went there in the 60s, and proved it was made of rock. We haven't been back since."
** The entire Raison d'être of fundamentalists of all stripes.
** Each generation thinks this about the generations that came after them.

* VindicatedByHistory: [[SocietyMarchesOn Many things that were once considered to be too much to be shown on air have since became much more acceptable]].

* ClicheStorm: Good luck finding a character archetype that isn't included. Also, World War II.

* DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound: The alarm clock, which is often an episode starter and just as often [[IWasHavingSuchANiceDream ignored]], [[RingRingCRUNCH sometimes aggressively]].

*** The class war against billionaires and their conservative/libertarian enablers has been going strong and has outlasted the communism arc, and is maintained for the benefit of the current holders of power.

* SequelDisplacement: World War II is far more remembered than World War I. The Third Punic War is where Rome kicks Carthage's butt; anyone remember what happened in the 1st and 2nd? Also, frequently happens to monarchs: Everyone remembers Henry VIII. Henrys I-VII, not so much (with the possible exception of Theatre/HenryV.

** The "Somalia" area is considered by many players to be the deadliest location one can find himself in the game (Outside of insta-kill-without-the-necessary-equipment ones like space and the ocean) and for good reason: PVP is fully enabled in almost all locations inside it with little to no punishment, and the player-killers themselves are usually armed with end-game weapons. Luckily, it has practically no rewards outside of a 100% map completion run, so most players [[JustIgnoreIt just ignore it]] and those who spawn inside try to get out of it as soon as possible. (Somaliland is a sub-area of Somalia which, while somewhat dangerous, is considerably better than the rest of it, so players who are curious about how the area looks like are advised to visit it instead.)

* ShockingSwerve: Just when someone thinks they know everything about how the game is played, a curveball's thrown (on personal or server-wide levels) that changes everything.

*** The class war against billionaires and their conservative Christian fascist enablers has been going strong and has outlasted the communism arc, and is maintained for the benefit of the current holders of power.