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Waiting Puzzle vs. Rewarding Inactivity

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Zikiel Since: Feb, 2010
#1: Aug 1st 2011 at 8:45:24 PM

Comparing Rewarding Inactivity and Waiting Puzzle.. there's not a huge difference and many of the examples are interchangable. In my opinion, we could:

A) Cut Waiting Puzzle and soft split Rewarding Inactivity into sections for "waiting to solve a puzzle," and "not playing the game."

or

B) Redistribute the examples to be appropriate, with Rewarding Inactivity becoming being rewarded for not playing the game, and Waiting Puzzle becoming about.. waiting puzzles.

I'd prefer A, neither trope is all that healthy, and merging the examples would probably bump Rewarding up to the minimum wick limit.

edited 1st Aug '11 8:45:37 PM by Zikiel

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#2: Aug 2nd 2011 at 4:54:41 AM

There's strong overlap between the definitions; I'm not convinced this warrants two separate pages.

Rhetorical, eh? ... Eight!
Prfnoff Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Aug 2nd 2011 at 6:21:34 AM

Rewarding Inactivity has a vaguely worded definition. The examples are all over the place, many of them being Sheathe Your Sword.

OmegaKross Muhaha... haha... HAHAHAHAHA! from Nameless Dark Oblivion Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#4: Aug 3rd 2011 at 3:31:38 PM

Waiting Puzzle is the okder of the two I think, and Rewarding Inactivity is poorly defined and half its examples belong on Sheathe Your Sword.

Kill Rewarding Inactivity.

edited 3rd Aug '11 3:32:23 PM by OmegaKross

Can't think of anything witty, so have this instead...
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