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Deadlock Clock: Apr 21st 2012 at 11:59:00 PM
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#101: Jan 15th 2013 at 12:37:37 AM

Ok, "Save the World" Climax is now up to 33 examples and wicks, and Saving the World is up to 23 non-videogame examples. Is this enough?

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#102: Jan 17th 2013 at 1:16:08 PM

At the YKTTW, Septimus said that description concerns should go here, so:

Is the "no one else in the world will assist them" element really required? Because that really isn't obvious from the name, and seems overly specific. If that's just a standard way it plays out, maybe it can be phrased to not sound like a requirement?

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#103: Jan 17th 2013 at 1:29:41 PM

Part of the problem is that nobody showed up to rewrite the description from the video game specific one, so I did it even though I am not an expert in description rewrites.

Anyway, apart from this description thing-o, do we still need this thread? "Save the World" Climax has now 37 wicks and only a few examples less. Saving the World has a decent amount of non-videogame examples.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#104: Jan 25th 2013 at 2:06:28 AM

Ok, I fixed up the description. Now, unless someone brings up another issue, I'll within some time request a lock here, since this thread slot is needed for other repairs as well.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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#105: Jan 25th 2013 at 3:44:41 PM

Looks good to me. It really isn't that hard to write an above-average trope description. Start by saying what the trope is—rather than what it isn't, or what circumstances might lead to it, or throwing out a bunch of hypothetical examples and hoping people will figure out what part of them is the trope—and you're already going to be doing better than far-too-many trope descriptions. :)

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